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GDP up, highest in eleven years but so is runaway inflation. Finance Minister warns of high oil prices
Thailand posts its strongest growth in 11 years as exports and investment surge, but soaring oil prices, rising inflation, weakening…
Phuket’s deadly seas claim another life as police man’s body is removed off Naithon Beach early on Sunday
Young police officer ignores Phuket beach red flags and vanishes beneath violent monsoon waves before his body washes ashore after…
Police in Bangkok revealed train driver and linesman in Saturday’s disaster tested positive for drugs
Bangkok police probe a deadly train-bus crash that killed 8 after the train driver tested positive for drugs. CCTV showed…
Irish tourist and Czech girl die after motorbike crash on slippery road near Doi Inthanon in Chiang Mai
Irish student filmmaker and his Czech girlfriend were killed after their rented scooter skidded on a rain-soaked mountain curve on…
Police probe into train bus smash in Bangkok focuses on the train driver as police still find body parts
Eight killed and 30 injured after a freight train smashed into a Bangkok bus before bursting into flames. Police say…
Tributes for Irish filmmaker prodigy who died with his Czech girlfriend on Thailand’s dangerous roads
Glowing tributes pour in after rising Irish filmmaker Max Hendrickson, 20, and his Czech girlfriend died in a rented scooter…
Community tensions rise between locals and Israelis in southern Thailand particularly on Koh Phangan
Alarm grows over Koh Phangan’s expanding Israeli community as MPs warn of security risks, illegal businesses and foreign influence, while…
40 year old taxi driver murders his girlfriend in Nonathaburi. Brings body to the police station in cab
A taxi driver drove to a Nonthaburi police station with his girlfriend’s body hidden in his car after an alleged…
Rail crash in central Bangkok kills eight. Train struck a bus stuck in traffic. Junction barriers failed to lower
Eight people died after a freight train smashed into a packed Bangkok bus, dragging it 50 metres before it burst…