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Chiang Mai tops New Year traffic casualties
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 31/12/2018
» The first four of this year's "seven dangerous days" of New Year travel has seen 2,194 road accidents, 236 deaths and 2,265 people injured -- with Chiang Mai posting the highest number of accidents, deaths and injuries midway through the week-long travel spree.
Man guns down children, 4 in-laws at New Year party
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 02/01/2019
» A man who felt slighted by his in-laws shot dead six family members including his two young children at a New Year's Eve party before turning the gun on himself, police said on Tuesday.
Man starts New Year with heroic act, misses countdown
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 02/01/2019
» A man celebrating the countdown in Surat Thani missed the climax when he jumped into a river to save a drowning woman and came out of the water to see that the fireworks had already begun.
GrabTukTuk opens in Chiang Mai
Gary Boyle, Published on 14/06/2019
» Grab has partnered with Nakorn Lanna Cooperative to launch GrabTukTuk Electric service in Chiang Mai.
Speeding, drunk drivers face murder rap over Songkhran
Published on 05/04/2019
» Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon says he has ordered police to charge speeding and drunk motorists who cause fatal accidents during the Songkran holiday with murder.
PM Prayut calls for unity to 'keep peace'
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 12/04/2019
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has called for national unity in a Songkran message, saying that it is important to work together to maintain peace and steer the country toward democracy.
Day 1: 42 dead, 432 injured
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 28/12/2018
» Forty-two people were killed and more than 400 injured in road accidents across the country on Thursday, the first of the “seven dangerous days’ of the New Year holiday.
Chiang Mai still No.1 for road accidents
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 02/01/2019
» The first five of the "seven dangerous days" of New Year travel has seen 2,761 road accidents, 314 deaths and 2,848 people injured -- with Chiang Mai posting the highest number of accidents, while Nakhon Ratchasima has suffered the most deaths.
City bus fares tipped for hike
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 20/11/2018
» City bus fare hikes are likely to be approved after New Year, Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith has said, as 200 bus operators and staff gathered at the ministry on Monday to call for increases.
Lion cub rescued from Lamborghini in Paris
Gary Boyle, Published on 15/11/2018
» PARIS: A French animal protection agency says it is caring for a lion cub that was found by police in a Lamborghini on Paris' famed Champs-Elysees boulevard.