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Fake building permit racket uncovered on Koh Samui
Gary Boyle, Published on 23/03/2026
» Authorities on Koh Samui are widening an investigation into construction permit forgery involving at least 10 projects and potentially involving both municipal staff and outsiders.
Bar girl hands tourist's lost bag and cash over to Pattaya police
Gary Boyle, Published on 14/10/2025
» A woman employee at a Pattaya go-go bar has given police a tourist’s bag she found containing 9,700 Australian dollars, hoping it could be returned to its owner.
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.
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.
Frequent small tremors in Chiang Mai, Mae Hong Son
Gary Boyle, Published on 08/04/2025
» Sixteen small tremors measuring 1.9-3.8 on the Richter scale were recorded in Wiang Haeng district of Chiang Mai and Pai district of Mae Hong Son on Monday morning, but only a few were felt by residents.
National checks find 34 buildings badly damaged
Gary Boyle, Published on 03/04/2025
» Post-earthquake inspections confirmed that 34 buildings across Thailand were severely damaged and have since been declared off-limits.
Hospital building, airport terminal also being built by discredited Chinese company
Gary Boyle, Published on 03/04/2025
» A new building at Songkhla Hospital is being built by the same Chinese company constructing the 30-storey State Audit Office building that collapsed during the earthquake last Friday.
Search continues for building collapse survivors
Gary Boyle, Published on 01/04/2025
» The search for survivors trapped in the collapsed State Audit Office building in Bangkok continued on Monday amid reports that life signs were being detected three days after Friday's devastating earthquake.
Old cracks cause alarm, evacuation of Bangkok buildings
Published on 31/03/2025
» Fearful workers fled buildings in Bangkok on Monday morning amid reports of vibrations and cracks being found in the buildings, but the scare was later dismissed as a false alarm.
Hotlines open for building checks
Gary Boyle, Published on 31/03/2025
» The Department of Public Works and Town and Country Planning (DPT) has set up emergency hotlines for those seeking building inspections following the earthquake.