BANGKOK – Authorities have entered the second day of stabilization work at the massive sinkhole near Vajira Hospital in Dusit district, where a combination of unstable soil and a damaged water pipe caused ground material to collapse into an adjacent subway construction tunnel. The ongoing operation aims to seal the rupture, prevent further erosion, and […]
BANGKOK – Police have launched an investigation after the mutilated body of a 72-year-old man was discovered beneath a bridge in Thung Khru district on the evening of September 25. Officers responded to reports of a corpse near Soi Pracha Uthit 90 under the Ya Saeng canal bridge at approximately 6:00 p.m., where they found […]
BANGKOK – Two emergency workers narrowly escaped injury on Wednesday during a perilous attempt to salvage a vehicle from the massive sinkhole that opened on Samsen Road. The workers, from the city administration’s Public Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Office, had lowered themselves on ropes to the bottom of the 50-meter-deep cavity in an effort to […]
BANGKOK – A massive sinkhole opened abruptly on a major thoroughfare in front of Vajira Hospital in Bangkok’s Dusit district early Wednesday morning, leading to the evacuation of nearby residents and significant disruptions to hospital services. The incident occurred on Samsen Road, a key traffic artery, and has resulted in extensive road closures in the […]
SAMUT PRAKAN — A 33-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly killing his 24-year-old girlfriend after she lost 25,000 baht in online gambling, sparking a violent argument that ended in her death. The incident occurred on the evening of September 18 at their townhouse in Soi Mitr Maitri, Bang Yha Phraek. Uzbek National Arrested in […]
BANGKOK — A 21-year-old Moroccan woman died in the early hours of Saturday after falling from the seventh-floor rooftop of a Sukhumvit hotel, where she had been arguing with her boyfriend after both consumed marijuana. The incident occurred at approximately 2:00 a.m. at a hotel on Sukhumvit Soi 13 in Watthana District. Indian Man Dies […]
BANGKOK — A man was found dead on the third-floor balcony of a four-story shophouse near Nang Linchi Intersection on Ratchadaphisek Road early Monday morning after a fire tore through the building. The blaze, which erupted around 5:05 a.m., is believed to have originated from a refrigerated pickup truck parked against the ground floor. Three […]
BANGKOK — A high-profile temple in Pathum Thani is under intense scrutiny after police launched an investigation into alleged financial misconduct involving a 12.2 million baht international money transfer. The case, sparked by a complaint from a Thai woman based in Germany, accuses a senior monk of using her as a conduit to divert temple […]
