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Passengers using the Airport Rail Link (ARL) in Bangkok faced severe travel disruptions early this morning, following a technical malfunction at a turnout switch within the system's maintenance depot, which drastically reduced train operations.
Barely two decades since its introduction, Thailand’s universal healthcare scheme is tottering on the brink of collapse under a growing financial burden. Radical reforms now seem unavoidable.
A car bomb exploded in front of the old Khao Tan Yong police station in Muang district of Narathiwat province Tuesday night. No one was injured.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Southeast Asian foreign ministers on Wednesday that Iranian control of the Strait of Hormuz would set a dangerous precedent with repercussions beyond the Middle East.
The Criminal Court has acquitted Sararat Rangsiwuthaporn, commonly known as "Am Cyanide", who has been dubbed Thailand's worst serial poisoner, of the premeditated murder of a greengrocer.
The Fine Arts Department has announced the discovery of additional gold ornaments at the Don Yai Thong archaeological site in Phetchaburi province, providing further evidence of the historical significance of the area.
The Narathiwat provincial public prosecutor has decided not to indict a naval officer charged by police with attempting to murder People’s Party MP Kamonsak Leewamoh due to insufficient evidence.
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has praised Thailand's efforts to eradicate transnational scam networks, while both sides have pledged to strengthen cooperation in combating cross-border crime, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said today after meeting FBI Director Kash Patel.
About 600 suspected scammers, more than half of them Thai nationals, were arrested by Laotian police in a raid on a major transnational scam and online gambling den in the capital of Vientiane last Saturday.
The Ministry of Commerce is moving swiftly to absorb and distribute 300,000 tonnes of Southern durian amid fears of a market glut caused by a slowdown in Chinese imports, after shipments containing immature fruit were detected.
Customs and foreign trade officials have staged a major joint operation today at Laem Chabang Port in Chon Buri province, seizing Chinese imports worth more than 101 million baht and falsely labelled "Made in Thailand" to exploit trade privileges for export.
Thailand’s Constitutional Court finally has a new president, almost two years after his predecessor’s term officially ended in November 2024.
A hospital in Ratchaburi has dismissed a 72-year-old doctor accused of refusing to properly examine a patient who later died of a heart attack, while the Social Security Office (SSO) has approved 400,000 baht in compensation for the victim's family.
People's Party MP Piyarat Chongthep today filed criminal complaints against a group of civilians and state officials, accusing them of fabricating evidence that was used to prosecute him in a subsequently dismissed lèse-majesté case.
Using heavy machinery, officials from the Forest Department, the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, and local police are continuing to demolish buildings encroaching on Nui Beach in Phuket, which lies within the Nark Kerd National Forest Reserve.
A post by the Swedish Embassy in Thailand showing one of its diplomats enjoying a classic Thai street ice cream has gone viral, drawing praise for the diplomat's embrace of local culture and Thailand's popular street dessert.
