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PATTAYA — A transgender woman was arrested in Pattaya yesterday for assaulting an elderly Italian tourist, police say.

BANGKOK — Not long before speeding on to cause two highway deaths, vehicular manslaughter suspect Jenphop Viraporn smashed through a Bangkok toll booth barrier in an incident also captured on video.

By Teeranai Charuvastra
Staff Reporter

AYUTTHAYA — The police officers investigating Sunday’s deadly collision that left two dead on an Ayutthaya highway have been replaced following criticism they failed to test the driver for alcohol and drug use.

(The Isaan Record)

MEXICO CITY — The governor of one of Mexico's most violent states is making waves by proposing that impoverished farmers be allowed to grow opium poppies for legal medical use.

NAKHON RATCHASIMA — A bus crashed into a truck early Friday morning at Non Song district, killing four and injuring at least 19 police said.

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea defied U.N. resolutions by firing a medium-range ballistic missile into the sea on Friday, Seoul and Washington officials said, days after its leader Kim Jong Un ordered weapons tests linked to its pursuit of a long-range nuclear missile capable of reaching the U.S. mainland.

BANGKOK — Two days after it was ordered by officials to stop operating, GrabBike is giving rides as usual today.

AYUTTHAYA — Police today charged a luxury car dealer with deadly reckless driving four days after his speeding Mercedes-Benz barreled into a car on a highway, killing the two people inside.

NEW DELHI — Security personnel have evacuated passengers and crew from two aircrafts operating from New Delhi's international airport after they received anonymous phone calls of explosives being placed in the planes.