Crime, Courts, Calamity

BANGKOK — Business owners and vendors at the once-bustling Pratunam Market say they are bearing the brunt of a massive drop in tourism amid the coronavirus epidemic.

BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai court on Friday acquitted nearly 70 people of all charges related to mass protests that shut down Bangkok’s two...

BANGKOK — The Cabinet on Tuesday voted down a proposal by the coronavirus taskforce to postpone all public holidays in May.

TAK — Police on Friday dismissed reports they were hunting for a suspect related to last year’s bombing of the Erawan shrine in a northwestern border province.

BANGKOK — Three celebrities have been fined for advertising alcohol on social media, police said Monday.

BANGKOK — One Thai died overseas from the coronavirus, while the Ministry of Public Health on Monday said 122 new cases of coronavirus infection were reported in Thailand, raising the total tally to 721 since the outbreak began.

BANGKOK (Xinhua) — Two Thai ministries on Tuesday said they have laid grounds in launching the first medical marijuana tour in Southeast Asia next year as they finalised a draft programme for plantations across Thailand.

BANGKOK — The police force gave a red card Friday to a celebrity footballer mixed up in a series of serious allegations, including raping a minor and threatening to murder his girlfriend.

BANGKOK — After more than four years of inaction, authorities on Thursday said they would seek an arrest warrant and an extradition order for a wealthy businessman accused of a hit-and-run that killed a policeman in 2012.

CHONBURI — A 28-year-old man was arrested in the resort town of Pattaya last night for allegedly posing as a police officer to extort "protection money" from a Cambodian fruit vendor.