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Myanmar junta leader’s family buys B100m Bangkok home
Published on 01/04/2026
» The family of Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing purchased a luxury home worth nearly 100 million baht in Bangkok, bypassing Thai laws prohibiting foreigners from owning land or houses in the country, according to a human rights group.
Man falls from Pattaya condo, body torn in two
Gary Boyle, Published on 02/10/2025
» An Asian man fell from a condominium tower in Pattaya, landing on a wall below that tore his body apart, early on Wednesday morning.
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.
Construction executive of collapsed Bangkok building arrested
Gary Boyle, Published on 21/04/2025
» The Department of Special Investigation has arrested a Chinese executive of the construction company that was building the State Audit Office tower in Bangkok, where dozens of people died when it collapsed during the March 28 earthquake.
Four more bodies found in collapsed tower
Gary Boyle, Published on 09/04/2025
» Four more bodies have been found in the rubble that was the State Audit Office tower in Bangkok, as searchers approach an area where many labourers were working when the March 28 earthquake struck.
Big spending on furniture for collapsed tower sparks outrage
Gary Boyle, Published on 04/04/2025
» A list of expensive furniture prepared for a new building under construction for the State Audit Office (SAO) -- which collapsed during Friday's earthquake -- has sparked a strong backlash on social media.
Chinese construction firm investigated
Gary Boyle, Published on 02/04/2025
» The government is stepping up its investigation into other construction projects linked to the Chinese contractor of the State Audit Office's (SAO) under-construction building that collapsed in Bangkok during last Friday's earthquake.
‘Substandard steel’ used in collapsed Bangkok tower
Published on 01/04/2025
» The contractors of the under-construction office tower that collapsed in Bangkok during last Friday’s earthquake apparently used substandard steel bars made by a factory that had been closed by authorities.
Hundreds of vendors at Chatuchak market given deadline to move
Gary Boyle, Published on 20/02/2025
» City Hall has told 529 stallholders near the clock tower at Chatuchak weekend market they must move out by April 30 to make way for planned redevelopment.
2 Thais among 179 dead in plane crash in South Korea
Gary Boyle, Published on 30/12/2024
» Two Thai nationals were among the 175 passengers, as well as six crew members, on board the airliner that crashed on Sunday at South Korea's Muan International Airport, South Korea's Transport Ministry said.