
Two tourists die during music festival in Phuket
Police are investigating the cases of two foreign tourists, who died after attending a music festival on Phuket Island during the weekend.
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Police are investigating the cases of two foreign tourists, who died after attending a music festival on Phuket Island during the weekend.

Concerned by frequent reports of conscript abuse, including cases that have resulted in fatalities, many able-bodied young Thai men and their families choose to bribe their way out of mandatory military service.

A look at Donald Trump's sensational but frequently vague promises for a second term -- much of them likely to be enacted through executive orders.

Five people were slightly injured by a running elephant, which was frightened by the sound of fireworks at a local fair in the Muang district of Nong Bua Lamphu province last night.

Southern insurgents fired two M79 grenades into Kapho district police station in Pattani province this morning, but no one was killed or injured.

South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol had his mug shot taken and underwent a physical check before spending his first night in jail as a criminal suspect, a prison officer said Monday.

All of Bangkok’s 50 districts are suffering high levels of PM2.5 dust in the air, according to the Air Quality Information Centre of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration.

A warehouse in Bangkok’s Bang Po area, storing a vast quantity of wood and processed wood products was razed to the ground by fire today.

Southeast Asian foreign ministers told Myanmar's junta to prioritise a ceasefire in its civil war over fresh elections during a meeting in Malaysia on Sunday.

Washington, United States - TikTok disconnected access to its users in the United States late Saturday shortly before a national ban on the app was to take effect, with President-elect Donald Trump unable to intervene until he takes office.

A call centre gang in Myanmar recently used the AI generated voice of President-elect Donald Trump to call Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, in an attempt to persuade her to transfer money to an organisation in Hong Kong, claims former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) will seek cooperation from private businesses and government agencies by allowing their staff to work from home on Monday and Tuesday next week, in anticipation of increased air pollution.

Washington, United States - The US Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law that could force TikTok to shut down in the United States, potentially cutting off the app's 170 million users within days.

Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra said today that he is confident that Pheu Thai Party’s candidates are likely to win the upcoming Provincial Administrative Organisation (PAO) elections in most provinces.


The Air Quality Information Centre of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has warned today that air pollution in the capital will reach the health-threatening “Red” level from January 22nd to 25th, due to very weak air circulation, trapping air-borne PM2.5 dust.