Crime, Courts, Calamity

A prominent Thai police officer, Pol. Gen. Surachate Hakparn, commonly known as "Big Joke," deputy national police chief, had his home surprisingly raided by...

PRACHUAP KIRI KHAN — Beach vendors in the popular seaside town of Hua Hin are defending their “overpriced” food and encroachment on public land.

BANGKOK — Even the time-honored tradition of buying, gifting, and eating mooncakes for the Mid-Autumn Festival seems to pale in the face of the coronavirus’ onslaught on the economy.

BANGKOK — Police said Wednesday a case involving two businessmen mugged for over 197 million yen Monday would be easily solved. Investigators Wednesday were reviewing...

BANGKOK — When deputy inspector Chanchai Yensuk was told by a colleague that he could get him promoted to full inspector for 700,000 baht, Chanchai handed over the money.

BANGKOK — Drunk driving overtook speeding as the number one killer on Thai roads this Songkran, though total fatalities saw an 8 percent dip...

BANGKOK — Police said today that a foreign national who plunged to his death from a hotel near Khaosan Road on Monday fell trying to climb between balconies.

PATTAYA — Police on Monday said a heavy tree branch which fell and killed an Italian retiree on Jomtien Beach was most likely overlooked by city maintenance workers.

LOEI — Eleven administrative officials in the northeastern province of Loei tested positive for drug use Wednesday after security officers raided their meeting and forced them to take drug tests.

CHIANG MAI — A Chiang Mai rooftop bar was permanently closed by police Sunday after a customer was badly beaten in a brawl there by guards over his use of a restroom.