Trending
Bangkok News
Rare Hail Falls Over Bangkok as Storms Sweep the Capital
BANGKOK, Thailand – Bangkok residents were startled Thursday afternoon when heavy rain lashed several districts accompanied by hail, a rare sight during the rainy season, with people in Ratchadapisek, Chatuchak, Lat Phrao and Chokchai 4 posting photos and clips of the ice pellets online. Samut Songkhram on Flood Alert as Bangkok’s Waters Recede Somkuan Tonjan, […]
Rescue Underway After Man Buried in Sukhumvit Landslide
BANGKOK, Thailand – Emergency crews are battling to free a man trapped roughly three metres underground after a landslide in Soi Pridi Banomyong 14, off Sukhumvit 71, on Thursday evening. Prachin Buri Hospital Moves Patients to Field Facility as Floodwaters Rise The Rama 199 radio centre received the alert via the 199 hotline at 6.47pm […]
Car Ploughs Into Yaowarat’s Guanyin Shrine, Injuring Three
BANGKOK, Thailand – Three people were hurt Thursday when an electric car crashed into the Guanyin Shrine in Bangkok’s Chinatown, after the driver reportedly lost consciousness behind the wheel and hit the accelerator. Phuket Police Get Into a Car Chase with a Nigerian Man on a Four Year Overstay, Seize Cocaine From His Home The […]
Thai Woman And Turkish Man Arrested Over Bangkok Arson Case
BANGKOK, Thailand – Police have arrested a Turkish man and a former sales manager accused of torching a Bang Khae company to destroy documents tied to an alleged 10-million-baht embezzlement, with investigators saying the ex-employee paid her former boyfriend 10,000 baht to set the blaze. Arson Attacks Strike Southern Thailand During PM Anutin’s Visit to […]
Nine Deer Dead, Ten Saved as Floodwaters Trap Animals at Bangkok Private Park
BANGKOK, Thailand – A desperate overnight rescue at a private park in Bangkok saved ten deer but failed to prevent nine deaths after rising floodwater trapped the animals, with one more still undergoing treatment. Chanya Tamada, president of the Little Paws Adoption Center, said teams from Huai Sai Wildlife Park, the Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand, […]
Two Electrocuted as Crane Hits Power Line in Samut Prakan
BANGKOK, Thailand – Two men died in Bang Phli, Samut Prakan, early on Sunday when a crane lifting a flooded car struck an overhead power line, sending a fatal current through water more than 1.2 metres deep. Crane operator Sittiphop Meesamrit, 31, was electrocuted and fell into the floodwater, and homeowner Thanakrit Chimphalee, 40 — […]
Pattaya News
Six Bodies Recovered From Sunken Fishing Boat Off Sattahip
BANGKOK, Thailand – Salvage teams have recovered six bodies from the wreck of the S. Kanchanawari 888, the fishing boat that sank about 50 nautical miles off Samae San in Sattahip, Chonburi, closing the search for the Myanmar crew members missing since the vessel went down in a storm around 10pm on 21 September. Fishing […]
Read more
German Man Seriously Injured In Pattaya Hotel Balcony Fall
PATTAYA, Thailand – A 33-year-old German man has been seriously injured after plunging backwards from a second-floor hotel balcony in Pattaya early on 1 October, with police now working to establish exactly what happened at the property on Soi Pratumnak 2. Mother And Daughter Injured In Fourth-floor Bangkok Apartment Fall Pattaya City Police were alerted […]
Read more
Knife-Wielding Man Subdued After Taking Toy Shop Worker Hostage in Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand – A dramatic hostage standoff at a toy shop near a school in Nong Prue ended with a 31-year-old employee rescued and a knife-wielding man subdued on 29 September 2026, with police later saying the suspect was high on methamphetamine and believed officers were chasing him. Pattaya Police Rescue Woman Held Hostage by […]
Read more
Body Found in Pattaya Canal After Korean Tourist Vanishes
PATTAYA, Thailand – A grim discovery in a Pattaya canal has brought a three-day search to a close, with rescuers recovering a body believed to be that of a Korean man who vanished after being carried off by floodwater. Foreign Man Missing After Being Swept Into Canal Near Pattaya The body was pulled from a […]
Read more
American Man Arrested In Pattaya Drug Lab Raid
PATTAYA, Thailand – A 42-year-old American man of Chinese descent has been arrested after police uncovered a suspected drug-mixing operation at a house in Nong Prue, Bang Lamung district, Chon Buri, seizing roughly 60 grams of MDMA and ketamine that officers allege were being prepared for sale to foreigners in Thailand and overseas. Pattaya Police […]
Read more
80-year-old Former Tourist Police Officer Arrested With Loaded Gun In Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand – An 80-year-old former Tourist Police officer was arrested after allegedly entering the home of a close female friend in Nong Prue while heavily drunk and carrying a loaded handgun, police said. The man, identified as former Police Senior Sergeant Major Somchai, was carrying a firearm with 11 rounds of ammunition, with officers […]
Read more
Trending News
Phuket News
Chiang Mai News
Chiang Mai Closes Two Waterfalls as Heavy Rain Raises Flood Risk
CHIANG MAI, Thailand – Authorities have shut off access to two waterfalls in Doi Suthep-Pui National Park after heavy rainfall swelled their waters, as the provincial governor ordered officials across Chiang Mai to stay alert for flash floods and other sudden natural hazards. Bangkok Rain Eases but Floodwaters Linger as Airport Baggage Backlog Persists Governor […]
Canadian Arrested In Chiang Mai Over Rape Of British Tourist
CHIANG MAI, Thailand – A 38-year-old Canadian man of foreign origin has been arrested in Chiang Mai on a charge of raping a British tourist, after police said they found information indicating he was preparing to leave Thailand. The suspect, named by authorities as A. G. O. S., was detained in a hotel room in […]
Chiang Mai Police Head Ousted Amid Probe into Illegal Gambling Dens
CHIANG MAI, Thailand – The Chang Phueak police superintendent in Chiang Mai was abruptly transferred yesterday to the provincial police bureau over his alleged failure to crack down on illegal gambling businesses in his district. Police chief Torsak and his deputy Surachate Hakparn transferred to inactive posts On Friday night, Deputy Interior Minister Polapee Suwunchwee […]
Chinese Man Arrested In Chiang Mai Over Cryptocurrency Money Laundering
CHIANG MAI, Thailand – Chiang Mai police have arrested Chinese national Wei Huang, also known as Ah Wei, over an alleged cryptocurrency money-laundering trail worth more than 238 million baht. The Central Investigation Bureau and Anti-Online Scam Centre announced the arrest on 16 September under their Highway Scam Hunter operation, with police saying Wei was […]
Man Held After Death Of Woman In Chiang Mai Resort
CHIANG MAI, Thailand – A 23-year-old Thai-American man has been detained by police after a 26-year-old woman died following an alleged assault at a resort in Mae On district, with the suspect facing a charge of assault causing death. Police identified the man as K. R., who is receiving treatment at Nakornping Hospital after allegedly […]
Northern Thailand News
Samut Songkhram on Flood Alert as Bangkok’s Waters Recede
BANGKOK, Thailand – Samut Songkhram has declared three districts disaster zones and opened 33 temporary shelters able to hold up to 6,140 people as it braces for potential flooding from surging Mae Klong Dam discharges. Prachin Buri Hospital Moves Patients to Field Facility as Floodwaters Rise Governor Chayachai Saeng-in said outflow hit 2,227 cubic metres […]
Prachin Buri Hospital Moves Patients to Field Facility as Floodwaters Rise
PRACHIN BURI, Thailand – Abhaibhubejhr Hospital has begun evacuating inpatients to a 200-bed field hospital set up at Chakrapong Military Hospital as flooding deepens around its compound. Floods Stall Toyota Production and Halt Thai Airways Cargo The first group moved yesterday included the seriously ill, sick children, mothers with newborn infants and two elderly men. […]
Nine Drug Smugglers Killed in Border Firefight; 272kg of Meth Seized in Chiang Rai
CHIANG RAI, Thailand – Nine suspected drug smugglers were killed in a gun battle with Thai soldiers near the Myanmar border in Chiang Rai’s Mae Fah Luang district, with troops later recovering 272kg of crystal methamphetamine from 16 modified sacks abandoned at the scene, the Phamuang Force said. Four Drug Smugglers Killed in Chiang Mai […]
Mother And 12-year-Old Daughter Found Dead In Kanchanaburi Flood
BANGKOK, Thailand – A 55-year-old woman and her 12-year-old daughter have been found dead after their pickup truck was swept off a road by strong floodwaters in Kanchanaburi’s Thong Pha Phum district, with the search spanning two days through remote terrain and hazardous conditions. Flood Losses Hit 12.3 Billion Baht as Bangkok Bears the Brunt […]
Isan News
Woman in ICU After Falling From Seventh Floor at Mukdahan Hospital
BANGKOK, Thailand – A 29-year-old patient is fighting for her life in intensive care after falling from the seventh floor of a building at Mukdahan Hospital on 26 September 2026. Sai Jai Charunsri was found on a third-floor balcony of the Chaloem Phra Kiat building and rushed to the ICU. Mother And Daughter Injured In […]
Thai Woman Dies In Fall At Pha Taem Waterfall In Ubon Ratchathani
UBON RATCHATHANI, Thailand – A 48-year-old Thai woman tourist has died after slipping while taking photographs at Kuang Ton Waterfall in Pha Taem National Park, Khong Chiam district, Ubon Ratchathani Province on the evening of 19 September. The woman, Wansisa, fell from the second tier of the waterfall to a lower level more than 10 […]
Volunteer Officer Accidentally Kills Village Headman In Nakhon Phanom
NAKHON PHANOM, Thailand – A village headman in Nakhon Phanom province has died after being struck by a bullet fired by a volunteer security officer during an attempt to restrain a man armed with a knife. Wasana Srikason, 52, headman of Moo 8 in Phon Thong subdistrict, Ban Phaeng district, was shot in the chest […]
Yasothon Hospital Apologizes After Nurse’s Assistant Severs Toddler’s Fingertip
YASOTHON, Thailand – A Yasothon hospital has apologised to the family of a one-year-old boy who lost the tip of his right index finger after an assistant nurse accidentally cut it while trying to remove tape securing his IV line, in an incident that has drawn widespread attention after the family sought help from a […]
