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Two seriously hurt after Grab car mounts pavement in Chiang Mai
Gary Boyle, Published on 29/01/2026
» A Grab car carrying two foreign passengers mounted the pavement and crashed into a soy milk stall outside the Chiang Mai Gate Market on Wednesday morning, leaving a vendor seriously injured and one passenger in critical condition.
Youth electrocuted pushing motorcycle along flooded road
Gary Boyle, Published on 08/09/2025
» A 17-year-old boy was electrocuted while pushing his motorcycle through floodwater when he grabbed hold of a concrete barrier with an electrical wire running along it, in Samut Prakan early Monday morning.
Man paints over no-parking kerb to ‘help’ food stall
Gary Boyle, Published on 27/05/2025
» A man as been fined for painting over the red-and-white no-parking kerb in front of a food outlet in Udon Thani, a move he said was to attract more customers.
American tourist electrocuted in Phuket
Gary Boyle, Published on 09/12/2024
» An American tourist was killed when he slipped on a wet pavement and was electrocuted by a faulty streetlight in Phuket, authorities said on Friday.
Drunk Brit fights with passersby in Pattaya
Online reporters, Published on 19/11/2024
» A British tourist, too drunk to get into a taxi, ended up in a fistfight with two Thais who offered to drive him home in the early hours of Tuesday in Pattaya.
Only ‘poor Thais’ can be street vendors
Gary Boyle, Published on 20/09/2024
» New City Hall rules say that only “poor Thais” will be allowed to be street vendors in Bangkok and they will be barred from employing migrants.
Japan cracks down on electric suitcase riders
Gary Boyle, Published on 30/07/2024
» The growing popularity of rideable suitcases with electric motors designed to get people quickly around airports and train stations has alarmed Japanese authorities following a rise in incidents of foreign visitors using them illegally on public roads.
Phuket paints over rainbow crossings after accidents
Gary Boyle, Published on 12/07/2024
» Phuket is painting over the rainbow zebra crossings created for Pride Month in June because the slippery paint led to more motorcycle accidents.
Bangkok pavements to get facelift
Gary Boyle, Published on 16/04/2024
» City Hall will give Bangkok’s pavements a facelift, in a pilot project to be carried out on 16 roads with a combined pavement length of up to 86 kilometres.
Police chief steps in to bribes row
Gary Boyle, Published on 30/01/2023
» The national police chief has ordered investigators to find more evidence related to a Taiwanese actress's complaint that police extorted 27,000 baht from her at a checkpoint in Huai Khwang district this month.