American, Thai Drug Suspects Stab Guard Before Fleeing Custody
PATTAYA — A guard was severely injured in a dramatic breakout involving a US citizen and two Thai suspects at a court in Pattaya on Monday.
Villages Isolated Over Variant Find Amid Vaccine Worry
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand placed barbed wire and checkpoints in several southern villages along the Malaysian border Monday after identifying a cluster of infections with a coronavirus variant that's believed to spread faster.
Ex-head of Inn With Bacteria Exceeding Limit Dies in Apparent Suicide
The former head of the operator of a southwestern Japan inn, who came under fire for only changing hot spring bathwater twice a year,...
Moderna Vaccines Will Arrive in November, Firm Says
BANGKOK — The longest pre-order of your life may soon be over: Moderna’s mRNA vaccine will start arriving in Thailand by November following months of delay, a distributor representative said.
Brazilian Woman Abducted, Raped by Don Mueang Taxi Driver
SUPHAN BURI — A Brazilian woman was sexually assaulted by a taxi driver in Suphan Buri province after being picked up from a Bangkok airport on Tuesday.
Thai Doctors Say They Cured Patient of Coronavirus ‘in 48 Hours’
BANGKOK — The Ministry of Public Health on Sunday said they discovered medical treatment that rendered the new strain of coronavirus impotent in 48 hours.
Health Official Deemed Guilty of Serial Sexual Assault
BANGKOK — A health ministry official faces expulsion for sexually harassing his employee for years, a ministry inspector said Monday.
10 German Tourists Injured By Bangkok Bus Crash
(9 October) A dozen of people, mostly German tourists, have been injured after their bus crashed into a bridge barrier in central Bangkok.
Gov’t Promises to Fix ‘Thailand Pass’ Following Tourist Complaints
BANGKOK — The government said it’s urgently looking into glitches and delays that afflict the online registration system for entering Thailand during the tourist reopening phase.
Laotian ‘Drug Kingpin’ Arrested at Bangkok Airport
BANGKOK — Police on Thursday arrested a Laotian national identified by police as the “biggest drug lord” in Thailand’s northeastern region, moments after he stepped off a plane at an airport in Bangkok.
