Crime, Courts, Calamity

YALA — Authorities are beefing up security for this Thursday’s Eid al-Fitr celebration in the wake of a spate of deadly bombings in the restive southern border provinces over the weekend.

BANGKOK — A soap opera star who’s spoken out against corruption failed to impress his fanclub Sunday by boasting online that he tried to bribe a police officer.

SAMUT PRAKAN — More than 20 tourists fell into waist-deep water at a floating market Sunday when a wooden walkway collapsed.

BANGKOK — A 27-year-old man publicly confessed Monday to murdering a Saraburi teacher he had sexually assaulted.

BANGKOK — Traffic near the Pak Khlong Talad market was stopped for three hours Friday night by a blockade of roses, marigolds and garlands as vendors protested their eviction by City Hall.

PATHUM THANI — Nearly eight months ago, migrant worker Tin Nyo Win thought he was doing the right thing — the only thing — to help free his pregnant wife from slavery inside a Thai shrimp peeling shed. He ran for help and prompted police to raid the business, freeing nearly 100 Burmese laborers, including children.

BANGKOK — A fire broke out in the basement of luxury shopping mall Emporium this morning.

CHACHOENGSAO — Four crew members were hospitalized with injuries sustained today when their gas tanker exploded in the Gulf of Thailand. The Pattarawadee 12, a...

BANGKOK — A Bangkok man confessed today to slashing a woman's arm with a knife last week, but said it was a case of mistaken identity because he was really drunk at the time.

PHUKET — A Korean woman was found dead on Patong Beach early Wednesday morning.