Crime, Courts, Calamity

BANGKOK — A car burst into flames late Sunday night in the capital’s northwest after the driver fell asleep and crashed. Police Lt. Col. Suthee...

By Panarat Thepgumpanat and Pairat Temphairojana
Reuters

BANGKOK — Lawyers filed an appeal on Monday against the conviction of two Myanmar migrant workers sentenced to death in Thailand for the 2014 murder of two British backpackers on a holiday island, another twist in a case mired in controversy and dispute.

KANCHANABURI — Forty-eight motorcycles were impounded by the police after 60 illegal racers were arrested Friday night west of Bangkok in Kanchanaburi province.

BANGKOK — A fire in north of Bangkok is sending up a large column of smoke Tuesday morning. A wooden house is burning in the Baan...

BANGKOK — A massive fire destroyed five buildings used to accommodate sport officials early Monday in eastern Bangkok.

BANGKOK — Weapons were found Tuesday on the campuses of two rival vocational colleges in the heart of Bangkok one week before a date known to be commemorated with violence.

PATTAYA — A Danish tourist faces criminal action in Pattaya for allegedly filing a false theft complaint.

PATTANI — One of five suspects sought in connection with last month’s attacks was reportedly being held Monday by the military in the Deep South.

BANGKOK - Police say they have rescued three Nepalese students who were abducted by five former classmates in Bangkok earlier this week.

SURAT THANI — Police presented a detailed timeline of the events leading up to the deaths of two British tourists on Koh Tao during the second session of the controversial murder trial today.