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Alleged Anti-Junta Elderly Militants Denied Bail
BANGKOK — All of the 15 suspects arrested for allegedly plotting anti-government violence were denied bail release by the military court Friday.
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Masked Gunmen Target Family in Muang Thong Thani Condo
BANGKOK — A family of eight from southern Thailand said they were robbed by three masked men at a condominium where they were staying in the Muang Thong Thani housing complex early Saturday.
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Chiang Rai Rangers Searching for Missing Asian Tourist
CHIANG RAI — Park rangers in Chiang Rai province launched a search Thursday for a foreign tourist who went into the forest to meditate a week ago and then vanished.
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‘Revolutionary Group’ All Talk But No Solid Plan, Activists Say
BANGKOK — A Redshirt group accused of plotting armed insurrection against the military junta has no capability of doing such a thing, two people familiar with the movement said. Fifteen people who...
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Search for Missing ‘Asian Tourist’ in Chiang Rai Yields No Clues
CHIANG RAI — A search for a man who reportedly went missing 10 days ago during a forest meditation trip in Chiang Rai has had no success so far, police said.
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Court Rejects Police’s Warrant on Southern Bombing Suspect
NAKHON SI THAMMARAT — The military court on Tuesday declined to issue an arrest warrant on a man accused by police of participating in the wave of bomb attacks two weeks ago.
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Activist ‘Pai Dao Din’ Freed on Bail, For Real This Time
KHON KAEN — A military court in Khon Kaen province on Tuesday agreed to set an anti-junta activist free on bail, ending his two weeks of imprisonment.
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Govt Condemns ‘Barbaric’ Bomb Attack on Deep South Hotel
PATTANI — The government on Wednesday condemned a twin car bomb at a hotel in the southern border province of Pattani that left one person dead and at least 30 others injured, including women and...
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Bangkok ‘Fight Club’ Ignores Police Chief
BANGKOK — Organizers of an underground boxing tournament said they won’t stop their streetside bouts despite threat of legal action from the chief of Bangkok police force.
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BRN Implicated in ‘Unprecedented’ Ambulance Car Bomb
PATTANI — A radical separatist cell called BRN is thought by police to be responsible for pulling off Tuesday’s twin car bomb in front of a hotel in Pattani.
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You Just Got 44’d : Prayuth Suspends Bangkok Governor
BANGKOK — Invoking his emergency power, junta chairman Prayuth Chan-ocha on Thursday suspended the governor of Bangkok indefinitely without pay, citing an ongoing graft investigation against him.
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Guide Fined 500 For Arranging Sea Creature Photo Shoots
TRAT — A tour guide was fined Thursday for allegedly urged tourists to take photos with rare sea creatures in the sea off Koh Chang.
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Traffic Notice: Olympic Triumph Parade Kicks Off This Afternoon
BANGKOK — A parade honoring Thai Olympians will take place at 3pm today in Bangkok and will likely complicate already notorious Friday traffic.
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Mass Pokemon Go Gathering Saturday at Bangkok’s CentralWorld
BANGKOK — The elusive unity and national reconciliation of Thais will finally be realized Saturday, when the kingdom comes together as one in CentralWorld Plaza.
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Prayuth to Add 30 ‘Mostly Military’ to Rubber-Stamp Parliament
BANGKOK — The interim parliament on Friday voted unanimously to increase its membership from 220 to 250 in line with the military government’s request for more lawmakers to move a backlog of...
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Elections Official Defends Indicted Charter Activists
BANGKOK — Four activists and a reporter accused of violating a law passed before the Aug. 7 charter referendum have found an unlikely ally in Election Commissioner Somchai Srisutthiyakorn, whose...
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Regime Moves to Ease Drug Laws Starting With Meth, Marijuana
BANGKOK — The penalties and restrictions on marijuana and methamphetamines will be relaxed by year’s end, according the nation’s top drug enforcement official.
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Former Palace Employee Arrested in Connection With Alleged Royal Impostors
BANGKOK — A suspected accomplice in the case of an alleged royal impostor was arrested on a charge of insulting the monarch, police said Tuesday.
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Two Thais Arrested for Robbing Chinese Tourist in Pattaya
PATTAYA — Two transgender women were arrested Tuesday in the resort town of Pattaya on accusation that they stole from a Chinese tourist there a month ago.
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Police Say Cops Injured by Fierce Competition at Football Match, Not Brawl
SAKON NAKHON — Police say photos spread online Wednesday night showed cops in Sakon Nakhon province giving their best at a friendly football match and were not evidence of a brawl, as the internet...
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