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Fire breaks out at Chatuchak market
Gary Boyle, Published on 02/06/2019
» A fire hit Chatuchak market on Sunday night but there were no reports of deaths.
Pattaya turning 60 with plans for tourist activities
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 22/05/2019
» Pattaya celebrates its 60th anniversary next month and has plans for marketing campaigns and promotions throughout the year.
30 illegal racers rounded up in Hat Yai
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 20/05/2019
» SONGKHLA: Thirty racers, most of them teenagers, were rounded up and 32 motorcycles seized by police while illegally racing on Rat Uthit road through the heart of Hat Yai city early on Sunday, police said.
174 die, 1,728 hurt on roads in first 3 days of Songkran
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 15/04/2019
» The first three days of the danger-prone Songkran travel week saw 1,665 traffic accidents, with 174 deaths and 1,728 people injured -- a significant drop from last year's road toll and lower than Thailand's average number of road deaths throughout the year, according to World Health Organization figures.
7 injured in bizarre expressway car crash
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 16/04/2019
» Seven people were injured in a crash on a Bangkok expressway when a car drove against the traffic flow on Monday.
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.
High speeds boost road deaths, says study
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 12/04/2019
» More than half of drivers in Bangkok have exceeded the speed limit, while 27% of road users have driven after drinking and 35% of motorcycle riders have incorrectly worn their helmets, according to a study by the Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS).
Van on railway crossing hit by train, 6 killed, 9 hurt
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 12/04/2019
» LOP BURI: Six passengers, one a child, were killed and nine others hurt when a van driver went through a rail crossing barrier and into the path of a Bangkok-bound passenger train in Phatthana Nikhon district in the early hours of Friday.
Over 1,500 turtles found inside luggage in Philippines
Gary Boyle, Published on 05/03/2019
» MANILA: Philippine authorities said Monday that they found more than 1,500 live exotic turtles stuffed inside luggage at Manila's airport.
Vehicles overturn after crude oil leaks from road tanker
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 26/12/2018
» AYUTTHAYA: Several vehicles overturned on a highway in Phra Nakhon Luang district after crude oil leaked from a tanker carrying 38,000 litres to a refinery in Rayong province early on Wednesday morning.