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BTS says staff quick to respond to station assault
Gary Boyle, Published on 10/05/2024
» The operator of Bangkok's Skytrain services has come out to defend its safety procedures, after it came under heavy criticism following an assault on a woman at Kheha station on Tuesday morning.
Outrage after child pees in temple
Gary Boyle, Published on 10/05/2024
» Tourism and Sports Minister Sermsak Pongpanit has blamed a foreign couple for letting their child urinate in public inside the Grand Palace.
Cannabis U-turn could bring protests, lawsuits
Gary Boyle, Published on 10/05/2024
» The government’s move to reclassify cannabis as a narcotic threatens to trigger street protests and lawsuits by owners of thousands of dispensaries that have sprung up across the country since decriminalisation two years ago.
One dead in Rayong gas tank blast
Gary Boyle, Published on 09/05/2024
» One person has died after a massive pyrolysis gasoline (pygas) tank exploded and caught fire at Map Ta Phut Tank Terminal Co Ltd (MTT) in Rayong on Thursday morning.
Truck hits clearance bar, causes traffic jam
Gary Boyle, Published on 09/05/2024
» Traffic was nearly paralysed after a truck hit a height clearance bar at Phaya Thai intersection in Ratchathewi district of Bangkok on Thursday morning.
Masturbating train station thief was high on drugs
Gary Boyle, Published on 09/05/2024
» A 26-year-old man who later admitted to being high on drugs has been arrested for masturbating in public, assaulting a 30-year-old woman and stealing her bag at Kheha BTS skytrain station on Tuesday.
PM: Cannabis to be relisted as a narcotic by year-end
Gary Boyle, Published on 09/05/2024
» Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin on Wednesday said that cannabis would be relisted as a narcotic by the end of 2024.
Building collapses during demolition
Gary Boyle, Published on 08/05/2024
» A building collapsed while workers were demolishing it alongside Charan Sanitwong Road in Bangkok on Wednesday morning.
Visa waiver extended for Indians, Taiwanese
Gary Boyle, Published on 08/05/2024
» The cabinet has approved a plan to extend visa exemptions for tourists from India and Taiwan for six more months, as the country seeks to boost the number of foreign arrivals.
US fugitive arrested in Bangkok
Gary Boyle, Published on 08/05/2024
» Police have arrested a 37-year-old American for extradition to the United States, where he faces trial on serious charges of violence and abduction.