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Jenphop Takes Stand to Discuss Drug Use, Fatal Crash
AYUTTHAYA — Jenphop Viraporn took the stand on the last day of his trial Friday to defend himself against the charges it was his recklessness to blame for the deaths of two grad students in a fiery...
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Man Who Set Himself on Fire at Iran Embassy Still Unidentified
BANGKOK — A foreign man is being treated for burns he received after setting himself ablaze Friday in front of the Iranian Embassy in Bangkok, a police spokesman said Saturday.
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Disowning Lawmakers’ Proposal, Govt Says No VAT Increase in 2018
BANGKOK — The rubber stamp parliament’s proposal for a VAT increase next year was shot down by the government on Saturday.
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Actress ‘Anna Reese’ Charged With DUI 2 Years After Killing Cop
BANGKOK — A former British-Thai actress who avoided jail time for killing a policeman in a car crash two years ago was arrested Sunday night for drunk driving.
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14 Year Old in Custody for Allegedly Burning King Portrait
KHON KAEN — Seven people, including a 14-year-old boy, are in military custody on suspicion of setting fire to a roadside portrait of His Majesty the Late King in northeastern Thailand, a police...
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Civilian Military Trials May Resume After Bombing
BANGKOK — In lieu of Monday’s bomb attack at an army-owned hospital, the junta is considering resuming military trials for civilians.
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Where’s Junta No. 2 Prawit? Govt Won’t Say
BANGKOK — The junta’s second-in-command hasn’t been seen in public for over a week now, and the government is mum on his whereabouts.
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Experts Dismiss Deep South Link to Hospital Bomb
BANGKOK — While police brass have yet to name who they think was behind Monday’s bomb attack that wounded dozens in a hospital waiting room, several analysts Thursday ruled out a group of possible...
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11 More Surprisingly Absurd Thai Laws
Be a good citizens and do not to hoist the wrong flag, say the wrong thing into a microphone or tie your buffalo to the wrong thing, mmkay?
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Ko Tee Denies Bombing Hospital, Would Rather Bomb Govt House
BANGKOK — A fugitive Redshirt activist said he was not responsible for bombing a public hospital as alleged by the army chief Thursday but boasted about organizing an armed resistance group.
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Principal Defends Search for ‘Sexually Deviant’ Students
KORAT — A public school director in the northeast said a secret survey asking teachers to identify which students were transgender was for their own good.
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Woman Held for Allegedly Sending Hospital Bomb Letters
BANGKOK — Soldiers took a 51-year-old woman into custody on Saturday for her alleged connection to last week’s bombing of an army-owned hospital, media reports said.
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Police Chief Says He Knows Who Bombed Hospital – But He’s Not Telling
BANGKOK — Just a week after an army-owned hospital was bombed in an attack that injured dozens, police commissioner Chakthip Chaijinda teased that he knows who carried out the brazen attack.
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Machines Coming to Take Millions of Thai Jobs: Report
BANGKOK — Millions of Thais are at risk of losing their jobs in the coming years – and it’s not “illegal immigrants” or “outsourcing” to blame. Yes, the robots are coming to steal jobs. Thanks to...
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Division? What Division? PCAD and Democrats Deny Schism
BANGKOK — It’s a familiar recipe for political drama: leaked chatlogs, rumors of a party coup and disputes over who will be the next prime minister.
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Nothing Done to Extradite ‘Boss Red Bull’
BANGKOK — As media attention again wanes, the public prosecutor said his office has yet to take action to seek the extradition of the ultra-wealthy heir to an energy drink fortune wanted for fatal...
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Suthep Endorses Constitutional Loophole to Keep Prayuth in Power
BANGKOK — As Thailand moves closer to its first election since the 2014 coup – possibly as soon as next year – many wonder whether junta chairman Prayuth Chan-ocha will step down from his post or...
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Air Force Gunrunner Not Linked to Mail Order Grenades, Junta Says
BANGKOK — Investigators said Monday they are questioning an air force officer accused of trying to smuggle a cache of weapons into Cambodia.
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Gulf States Row May Scuttle Qatar-ASEAN Summit
BANGKOK — Thailand’s foreign affairs minister said a high-level meeting between Southeast Asian nations and Qatar later this year may not take place due to a political row in the Gulf States.
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Activists Protest Any Rollback of National Health Care
BANGKOK — Those looking to protect Thailand’s universal health care benefits defied the junta’s assembly ban on Tuesday to protest proposed amendments to the law which would remake the much-praised...
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