Thailand to Feel Tropical Storm Mangkhut’s Side Effects: Officials
BANGKOK — Although Thailand won’t directly cross paths with tropical storm Mangkhut, the country will suffer inundations from the southwestern monsoons it intensifies.
As Mangkhut...
Typhoon Mangkhut Storms Kingdom (Photos)
BANGKOK — Typhoon Mangkhut has started to impact many parts of Thailand as it lashes southern China and looms over Vietnam on Sunday.
Mahouts Charged After Young Elephant Dies From Fall, Electrocution
Down the road he was led, forced to sell food. Two mahouts were driving the 10-year-old elephant when he fell through a makeshift drainage cover. As the scared animal fell in, so did nearby electric wires, electrocuting the animal. He died an hour later.
Thai Police Move Against ‘Little Ghost’ Recruiters
BANGKOK — Thai police promised to step up a crackdown on recruiting agents supplying illegal workers to South Korea, weeks after the Seoul government reportedly mulled an end to visa waivers for Thai travelers.
Colombian Kingpin Busted in Massive Smuggling Operation
LOS ANGELES — A Colombian drug kingpin who participated in a violent ring that used planes, speedboats and submarines to smuggle hundreds of millions of dollars in cocaine in an operation stretching to Thailand faced federal trafficking charges Friday in a Los Angeles courtroom, prosecutors said.
Builder Faces Charges Over Silom Crane Collapse
BANGKOK — A construction engineer faces prosecution for a crane collapse Friday in the Silom area that injured three people, according to a city official.
Police Rule Koh Tao Businessman’s Death a Suicide
SURAT THANI — Investigators ruled a Koh Tao businessman’s death as suicide by gunshot, police said Friday.
Private Dies After Senior Soldiers Beat Him Into Coma
LOPBURI — A young soldier died Friday morning after spending weeks in a coma from being beaten senseless at his post. Police said the...
At Least 3 Injured When Crane Collapses in Silom
A construction crane collapsed Friday morning on a car and electric poles in central Bangkok, injuring at least three people.
Storm Floods Pattaya as Typhoon Bears Down (Photos)
PATTAYA — Portions of Pattaya were flooded Thursday morning when a weakening tropical storm hit the seaside tourist city.
After about an hour of heavy...
