Showing 1 - 10 of 202
Thailand scores poorly in corruption ranking
Gary Boyle, Published on 13/02/2026
» The government has said it will act after Thailand scored 33 out of 100 and ranked 116th in the latest Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI).
Hat Yai school gunman captured
Gary Boyle, Published on 12/02/2026
» Police have arrested a gunman who seriously wounded a school director and injured two students before taking hostages in Hat Yai district of Songkhla on Wednesday afternoon.
Thailand and Cambodia truce begins
Gary Boyle, Published on 29/07/2025
» Thailand and Cambodia's leaders agreed to an "unconditional" ceasefire on Monday, after five days of combat along their border that has killed at least 36 people.
Thai ex-ranger arrested for punching Cambodian soldier
R May, Published on 14/07/2025
» SURIN: A former Thai paramilitary ranger was arrested for punching a Cambodian soldier at Ta Muen Thom temple ruins in this northeastern province on Sunday.
Thailand hopes for direct US flights
Gary Boyle, Published on 12/06/2025
» Thailand will accelerate its efforts to establish direct flight routes between Thailand and the United States, says Transport Minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit.
Fire breaks out at Bangkok condo construction site
Gary Boyle, Published on 06/06/2025
» A fire erupted at a condominium tower under construction in the Chatuchak district of Bangkok on Thursday afternoon.
Bangkok Bank cracks down on foreigners’ accounts
Gary Boyle, Published on 29/05/2025
» Bangkok Bank has adopted stricter requirements for opening new accounts in Thailand for foreign customers, affecting tourists and potentially any expats who do not hold long-term visas.
Thai Student Awarded Global Youth Action Fund 2025 for Transforming Hotel Waste into Humanitarian Aid
Published on 15/05/2025
» Bangkok, Thailand – Phoonseeraah “Ada” Tieanworn, a student at Choate Rosemary Hall, USA, has been named by the International Baccalaureate Organization (IB)—a nonprofit foundation headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland and founded in 1968—as a recipient of the Global Youth Action Fund 2025. This highly competitive award includes $2,500 USD in funding to expand her initiative, Global Hospitality Aid (GHA), which pioneers upcycling of byproducts from Thailand’s hotel industry into survival kits for displaced individuals in conflict and disaster zones around the world.
Search for bodies ends at Bangkok collapse site
Gary Boyle, Published on 12/05/2025
» Efforts to recover the bodies of those lost in the collapse of the State Audit Office building in Bangkok, triggered by the 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Myanmar on March 28, have ended, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration announced on Saturday.
Five more bodies pulled from rubble
Gary Boyle, Published on 02/05/2025
» Five more bodies have been retrieved from the collapsed State Audit Office (SAO) building.