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Work on Purple Line river tunnel begins
Published on 04/08/2025
» Tunnelling under the Chao Phraya River as part of the southern extension of the MRT Purple Line has begun and is slated for completion in May next year, according to Transport Minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit.
Roman bigfoot? UK archaeologists probe 'unusually large' shoes
AFP, Published on 04/07/2025
» LONDON - A stash of "unusually large" 2,000-year-old shoes dug up at a Roman site in northern England has left archaeologists searching for an explanation, they told AFP on Thursday.
Ireland prepares to excavate 'mass grave' at mother and baby home
AFP, Published on 16/06/2025
» TUAM (IRELAND) - Over a decade since a historian discovered an unmarked mass burial site for children at a former mother and baby home in western Ireland, workers finally began on Monday to prepare for extensive excavations.
Bangkok quake claims deadline extended to May 2
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 26/04/2025
» City Hall has extended the deadline for accepting compensation claims related to the recent earthquake to May 2 and agreed to streamline the claims process.
Salvage work nears end at collapsed building: 'We will find everyone'
Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 25/04/2025
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has promised to find all remaining persons trapped in the ruins of the collapsed State Audit Office building as the rescue operation nears its final phase.
Rubble levels reduced, more bodies emerging at disaster site
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 23/04/2025
» The height of the rubble at the collapsed State Audit Office (SAO) tower in Bangkok has been reduced to a level where rescuers could soon start finding more bodies of missing construction workers.
No signs of life, more bodies expected at collapsed tower: Bangkok governor
Post Reporters, Published on 06/04/2025
» Heavy machines are increasingly being used to excavate the rubble of the collapsed State Audit Office building and rescuers are likely to find more bodies as no further signs of life have been detected, Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt said on Sunday.
Another body spotted at building collapse site
Published on 05/04/2025
» Another body has been spotted beneath the rubble of the collapsed State Audit Office in Bangkok, but it cannot be retrieved until more debris is cleared, officials said on Saturday.
Hope dies in Thailand's broken system
Oped, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 28/02/2025
» A woman, stunned, her husband holding her hand as she walks down the courthouse stairs. Prof Pirongrong Ramasoota, a respected scholar and commissioner of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), has been sentenced to two years in jail. Her crime? Having a dispute with a corporate giant during her work as a state media regulator.
Missing child's body found in Sukhothai house collapse
News, Online Reporters, Published on 11/10/2024
» Rescuers found the body of a 10-year-old girl on Thursday afternoon, two days after she went missing when her home in Sukhothai collapsed into the Yom River.