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Hua Lamphong turns 100 on Saturday
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 20/06/2016
» Hua Lamphong station will celebrate its 100th anniversary this Saturday. One of the country's busiest and best-known landmarks, it will soon be turned into a museum.
UPDATE: Phuket Speedboat crash: 2 tourists dead, 36 injured
Jon Fernquest, Published on 08/06/2016
» Two speed boats collided in the sea off of Phuket. Two dead & 36 injured among mostly Korean & Chinese passengers.
UPDATE: Leicester City visits and parades through Bangkok (Photos)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 20/05/2016
» Newly crowned EPL champions Leicester City received a hero’s welcome yesterday, visiting the Grand Palace and the Temple of the Emerald Buddha and parading through the Siam Square area.
University killings and suicide: Motives revealed (UPDATE 4)
Jon Fernquest, Published on 20/05/2016
» FRI UPDATE: A suicide note and a police investigation reveal that the 60-year-old university lecturer who killed himself yesterday had a long set of grievances against the two lecturers he shot and killed the day before.
Famous Khru Noi children's home to close due to debts
Jon Fernquest, Published on 12/05/2016
» Ban Khru Noi home set up in 1980 to care for children from poor & broken families to close Sunday due to continuing debt problems.
67 injured in Saen Saeb canal boat explosion (Updated Sunday)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 05/03/2016
» (New: CCTV footage) At least sixty people were injured, two critically, early Saturday morning when the engine on a Bangkok commuter boat exploded, pitching several passengers into one of the city's canals, emergency officials said.
Bangkok sidewalks: Making safe for walking
Jon Fernquest, Published on 01/03/2016
» Sidewalks as motorcycle expressways, open sewer holes, vendors hogging all space so people walk in street to cars not stopping at crosswalks, Bangkok has dangerous sidewalks.
Erawan bombers first targeted pier for Chinese tourists
Jon Fernquest, Published on 26/02/2016
» Bangkok bombers initially targeted Chao Phraya river pier for dinner cruises for high Chinese casualties, chief of Thailand's police bomb squad told Reuters.
Fire safety laws don't work: Deadly fire reveals
Jon Fernquest, Published on 10/02/2016
» Doomed 10-storey building had no fire safety features as it was built before fire safety laws & laws not retroactive.
Bank employee held for ATM theft
Jon Fernquest, Published on 09/02/2016
» Four-year 40 million baht crime spree by bank employee using fake ATM cards & motorcycle helmet to withdraw cash, especially targeting foreigners.