Crime, Courts, Calamity

(October 7) Bangkok public transport authority has ordered the immediate expulsion of a bus driver and a bus conductor who were filmed as they shouted...

BANGKOK — A spokesperson for Thailand’s military junta said he believes the double bombing in front of a shopping mall in Bangkok last night was not designed to harm anyone.

TRAT — Police say a British tourist was found dead in the pool of a hotel on Koh Chang island yesterday morning.

PATHUM THANI – A poorly-maintained road in Pathum Thani province caused a fugitive robbery suspect to lose control of his car and crash while he was being pursued by police today.

BANGKOK — Days after a former abbot of the famed Golden Mount Temple was found hanged in his room, police now say the monk could have been murdered.

BANGKOK — As the investigation into Monday’s bomb attack appears stalled, a multi-faith service was held this morning at the site, the rapid reopening of which has put Bangkok’s governor on the defensive over criticism he ordered it scrubbed and reopened too soon.

BANGKOK — Two police officers accused of kidnapping a Japanese businessman and demanding 3 million baht to free him have been sacked but remain on the loose, police confirmed today.

BANGKOK — Malaysian authorities have not arrested the two bombers behind the bomb attack that killed 20 people in Bangkok last month, said Thailand’s deputy police chief, who reportedly flew to Malaysia without his boss’ knowledge.

BANGKOK — Efforts by the government to curb sales of ivory have been successful following criticism of widespread trafficking in the country, police and conservationists said.

CHONBURI — Police shot dead a local administrative official in Chonburi province after he fired a handgun at his girlfriend and her alleged German partner last night.