Chatuchak building collapse death toll rises to 12, dozens still missing
The death toll from the building collapse in Chatuchak district rose to 12 today, while 75 others remain unaccounted for.
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The death toll from the building collapse in Chatuchak district rose to 12 today, while 75 others remain unaccounted for.
The Senate conducted a drill on Sunday, in preparation for today’s meetings, following the fatal tremors experienced in Thailand from the Myanmar earthquake last Friday.
Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra today dismissed rumors that Bangkok was hit by an earthquake or tremors this morning, stating that the quake in Myanmar did not send any tremors to Thailand.
Can the catastrophic outcome of last week’s earthquake transform Myanmar’s brutal regime into a more sympathetic one? The only answer is to wait and see.
The foreign ministers of Malaysia and Thailand will undertake a joint humanitarian trip to Myanmar next week to assess the earthquake situation.
A misunderstanding led to the evacuation of officials from Building A of the Government Complex on Chaeng Watthana Road this morning.
Chatuchak district officials have filed a complaint with the police after four Chinese employees of a Chinese construction firm responsible for constructing the building that collapsed last Friday entered the restricted site without permission.
The Thai government flew more relief materials and manpower to Myanmar today, to help earthquake victims.
Three more bodies have been recovered from the debris of the collapsed SAO building in Bangkok today, bringing the death toll at this construction site to 13. The remains have been taken to the Institute of Forensic Science at the Police General Hospital for identification.
The State Audit Office (SAO) is coming under heavy criticism on social media over the awarding of the contract for the construction of its new head office, which collapsed following the earthquake centered in Myanmar on Friday, to a Chinese construction company in joint venture with Italian-Thai Development (ITD).
Two buildings in Bangkok have been declared unsafe and all the occupants have been evacuated, after structural enagineers, mobilised by Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), inspected 155 buildings, including high-rises in Bangkok, according to the Public Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department.
Four Thai fishermen, pardoned by a Myanmar court after being imprisoned for fishing in Myanmar’s waters last year, have been released and reunited with their families.
Mandalay, Myanmar - Rescuers clambered into the wreckage of the Wisdom Villa Private High School on the outskirts of Mandalay on Saturday until a jammed door blocked their passage.
Seventeen people have been confirmed dead and 32 injured, with 83 others still unaccounted for in Bangkok following the earthquake in Myanmar, which sent tremors to many parts of Thailand on Friday, according to the Erawan Medical Emergency Centre.
ASEAN has expressed readiness to provide humanitarian assistance to Myanmar and Thailand, after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar on March 28, with tremors reaching many parts of Thailand.