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Living in Thailand's age of impunity
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 17/01/2026
» There's no place like Thailand. Joyscrolling TikTok and Reels reveals dozens of clips made by international visitors lamenting having to leave our lovely country and return to dreary Europe or joyless America. "Nobody talks about how hard it is to go from this" -- insert a cut of a wonderful beach in Krabi -- "to this"--cut to a drab, damp suburban street somewhere in the West. Add a crying-face emoji. "I want to move here!" the traveller announces. True, everybody loves Thailand.
When societies rise, fall, and face catastrophe
News, Antara Haldar, Published on 11/10/2025
» When the United Nations emerged from the rubble of two world wars 80 years ago, it represented humanity's most ambitious attempt ever to turn catastrophe into cooperation. But while the scarred world of 1945 had hope following the Allied victory, that optimism has since curdled. The UN today is underfunded, risk-averse, and paralysed.
Crews advance in grim search at SAO collapse site
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 07/05/2025
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has reported continued progress in search and recovery efforts for the last 13 missing people following the collapse of the recently erected State Audit Office (SAO).
30 fake engineers' signatures on State Audit building documents
News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/05/2025
» The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has found 30 forged engineers' signatures on documents for the collapsed State Audit Office (SAO) building in a probe into alleged nominee practices by China Railway No.10 (Thailand).
Probe into collapsed Bangkok tower is unacceptably slow: PM
News, Online Reporters, Published on 04/05/2025
» The investigation into the collapsed State Audit Office tower is unacceptably slow, despite officials saying it would be unusually fast, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said.
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.
DSI to question SAO site engineers
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 29/04/2025
» The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) will interrogate 40 engineers involved in the construction of the collapsed State Audit Office (SAO) building on Tuesday.
Workers to reach first floor of collapsed Bangkok tower on Monday
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/04/2025
» Demolition workers should reach the first floor of the collapsed 30-storey State Audit Office tower in Bangkok on Monday as the City Hall confirmed 62 deaths there.
Focus turns to lift shaft in hunt for collapse victims
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 20/04/2025
» Rescue teams are focusing on clearing rubble around the lift shaft of the collapsed State Audit Office (SAO) building, where the bodies of around 30 missing individuals are expected to be found.
Salvage work at State Audit Office site speeds up
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 19/04/2025
» The Royal Thai Police's Disaster Victim Identification Centre says 33 individuals have been identified following the collapse of the State Audit Office (SAO) building in the recent earthquake.