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Safety failures cost lives
Oped, Editorial, Published on 16/01/2026
» First and foremost, this newspaper extends its condolences to the families of the victims of two deadly crane collapses -- one on Wednesday at a railway construction site in Nakhon Ratchasima province, and another yesterday on a section of Rama II Highway in Samut Sakhon. We join the public in praying for those injured and receiving treatment in hospital, hoping for their full recovery.
PM ends Italian-Thai contracts after deadly crane collapses
Online Reporters, Published on 15/01/2026
» Caretaker Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has ordered the Ministry of Transport to terminate two contracts with Italian-Thai Development Plc (ITD) following crane collapse incidents that resulted in over 30 deaths.
Thaksin ‘expected to be paroled in May’
Online Reporters, Published on 15/01/2026
» Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is expected to be granted parole in May, when he will have served two-thirds of his one-year prison term, according to a source at the Department of Corrections.
Back-to-back crane failures linked to same contractor
AFP and Post Reporters, Published on 15/01/2026
» Two fatal crane collapses in two days have both been linked to the construction contractor Italian-Thai Development Plc (ITD), acting Transport Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn said on Thursday.
No more bodies found at Korat train crash site
Online Reporters, Published on 15/01/2026
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA - Authorities have ended the search for three missing persons after failing to locate their bodies at the site where a crane collapsed onto a moving train on Wednesday, killing 32 people.
Rama II Road crane collapse kills two
Gary Boyle, Published on 15/01/2026
» Two people were killed and five injured when parts of a construction crane collapsed onto Rama II Road in Samut Sakhon on Thursday morning, reportedly hitting two vehicles travelling below.
Rama II Road crane collapse kills two
Online Reporters, Published on 15/01/2026
» SAMUT SAKHON – Two people were killed and five injured when parts of a construction crane collapsed onto Rama II Road in Samut Sakhon on Thursday morning, reportedly hitting two vehicles travelling below, police said.
Accident-prone Thailand: Construction mishaps pile up
Reuters and Online Reporters, Published on 14/01/2026
» Dozens of people were killed on Wednesday after a crane collapsed onto a moving train in northeastern Thailand, the latest in a series of construction accidents in recent years.
Moving train hits collapsed crane, 22 killed
Gary Boyle, Published on 14/01/2026
» A Bangkok-Ubon Ratchathani train collided with a collapsed construction crane in Nakhon Ratchasima, killing 22 passengers and injuring 55 others.
Political party probed over ‘paid media buzz’
Post Reporters, Published on 10/01/2026
» The Election Commission is investigating allegations that a political party may have paid for favourable media coverage without receipts, after leaked Line chat messages suggested off-the-books arrangements during the campaign for the Feb 8 election.