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Govt targets poor-safety contractors
News, Post Reporters, Published on 18/01/2026
» The government is poised to halt state-owned construction projects or cancel contracts with contractors that fail to protect public safety, after another accident on Rama II Road on Saturday added to a string of recent construction fatalities.
Experts, candidates weigh in on site safety standards
News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/01/2026
» The president of the Structural Engineers Association of Thailand has raised concerns about safety standards in Thailand's large-scale construction projects following a deadly crane collapse on the northeast-bound train in Nakhon Ratchasima's Sikhiu district.
Sinkhole area girds for school traffic
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 22/10/2025
» Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt has ordered traffic adjustments around the Sept 24 sinkhole on Samsen Road ahead of the new school term, which begins next Monday.
Construction peril demands action
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 17/10/2025
» Accidents at large-scale construction sites in Thailand occur often -- only to quietly fade from public attention, leaving no trace of lasting accountability.
5.4 earthquake off Myanmar felt in Bangkok
News, Online Reporters, Published on 21/08/2025
» A 5.4-magnitude earthquake was detected near the southern coast of Myanmar and felt in several parts of Bangkok on Thursday morning.
Chula doctors back Medical Council of Thailand probe
News, Published on 26/05/2025
» A group of senior physicians from Chulalongkorn University has backed the Medical Council of Thailand's (MCT) disciplinary action against three doctors who issued medical certificates for former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
5 more bodies pulled from rubble
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 02/05/2025
» Five more bodies have been retrieved from the collapsed State Audit Office (SAO) building, according to a senior City Hall official.
Investigators grill construction boss about collapsed Bangkok tower
News, Supoj Wancharoen and Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 29/04/2025
» A senior executive of one of the contractors for the collapsed State Audit Office (SAO) building in Bangkok testified on Tuesday about the construction contracts at the Department of Special Investigation (DSI).
Medical Council can't let public down
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 07/04/2025
» Kudos to Tul Sitthisomwong, a lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University and a member of the Medical Council of Thailand for having the courage to voice his disagreement with the council's decision last Friday to postpone consideration of its subcommittee's findings on former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's treatment for suspicious "life-threatening" illnesses at the Police General Hospital.
Faith in Medical Council 'at risk' as probe delayed
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 05/04/2025
» The Medical Council has postponed its decision on whether doctors who treated former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra at the Police General Hospital (PGH) violated ethical standards after a probe committee received additional documents about the case.