Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Bangkok Post

Yingluck may return under 'Thaksin model'

Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra may return home under a similar model used by her brother Thaksin, according to an adviser to the prime minister, Pichit Chuenban.

Bangkok Post

‘Big Joke’ suspended from police force

The acting national police chief has suspended deputy chief Surachate Hakparn and four subordinates accused of involvement with an online gambling network, according to a source familiar with the case.

Bangkok Post

Brit arrested for drug use on Koh Phangan

A British man was arrested while begging in front of a convenience store on Koh Phangan.

Bangkok Post

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Ammonia leak in Chon Buri affects 100 people

An ammonia leak from an ice factory in Chon Buri's Bang Lamung district has affected about 100 people within a one-kilometre radius early Thursday morning.

Bangkok Post

Russian dies in Phuket motorbike crash

A Russian man was killed when his motorcycle plunged into a deep roadside ditch in Phuket around sunrise on Wednesday.

Bangkok Post

Indian man arrested over fatal hotel stabbing

An Indian man has been arrested in Kanchanaburi province for allegedly stabbing a Thai woman 31 times, killing her, at a hotel in Bangkok on Tuesday night.

Bangkok Post

Songkran road accidents kill 243 people

Road accidents killed 243 people and injured 1,837 others during the six days of the Songkran festival holiday.

Bangkok Post

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Police crack down on foreign criminals

Authorities are ramping up their crackdown on foreign criminals who arrive as tourists and use Thailand as their base for crimes.

Bangkok Post

Fire destroys Ayutthaya tour boat

A fire broke out on a sightseeing boat while it cruised along the Chao Phraya River in Ayutthaya on Tuesday but all passengers and crew members are safe.

Bangkok Post

Woman complains about Songkran groping

A woman has complained to police about being groped during a Songkran celebration in Samut Prakan on Monday night.

Bangkok Post

Bangkok pavements to get facelift

City Hall will give Bangkok’s pavements a facelift, in a pilot project to be carried out on 16 roads with a combined pavement length of up to 86 kilometres.

Bangkok Post

Foreigner drowns trying to retrieve water gun from canal

Two foreigners died in Bangkok from Sunday night to early Monday morning. One drowned in a canal in an apparent attempt to retrieve a water gun, while the other fell to his death from a hotel fire escape.

Bangkok Post

Scaffolding collapses on Rama II Road

The director-general of the Department of Highways has ordered a rapid investigation into the collapse of scaffolding onto Rama II Road in Samut Sakhon province on Sunday afternoon.

Bangkok Post

Songkran traffic accidents claim 116 lives

Traffic accidents have claimed 116 lives and injured nearly 1,000 others over the first three days of a road safety campaign week during this Songkran festival.

Bangkok Post

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Bangkok Post

Israel-bound passengers return to Suvarnabhumi airport

Immigration police received passengers on Israel-bound flights forced to return to Suvarnabhumi airport and allowed them to stay at either a hotel or the airport.

Bangkok Post

'7 dangerous days' of travelling begin

People have started travelling upcountry ahead of the Songkran holiday amid concerns over increases in road accidents outside of the so-called "seven dangerous days" of travelling.

Bangkok Post

Illegal overseas worker kills daughter, 10

A former illegal overseas migrant worker has been placed on suicide watch after being arrested for killing his 10-year-old daughter at a resort in Uttaradit, police said on Thursday.

Bangkok Post

Thai woman stabbed to death in London

Police in London are facing public criticism of their slow response to calls from worried friends of a 27-year-old Thai woman who was found stabbed to death in her home in Westminster.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Bangkok Post

Bangkok only city with hazardous PM2.5 levels

Bangkok was the only city blanketed by red-coded (seriously hazardous) levels of fine dust pollution among 63 provinces battling thick smog late Thursday morning.

Bangkok Post

Thousands of vape pens seized near schools

At least 12,000 e-cigarettes, worth about 3.6 million baht, have been seized during raids on five shops near schools in Bangkok.

Bangkok Post

Overstay couple allegedly sent cannabis to Philippines

A Philippine couple have been arrested in Bangkok for allegedly posting 10 kilogrammes of cannabis back home with intent to sell it.

Bangkok Post

Air fares cut for Songkran travel

Air fares on three popular domestic routes are cheaper by 3.8-14% for the Songkran festival from this Friday, the transport minister said on Wednesday.

Bangkok Post

Thailand prepares for Myanmar refugee influx

Thailand is prepared to accept 100,000 refugees fleeing fighting in Myanmar after rebel forces seized control of Myawaddy, a border town opposite Tak's Mae Sot district, according to Foreign Affairs Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara.

Bangkok Post

15 policemen jailed over dinner-party murder

The Central Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases has sentenced 15 policemen and seven civilians to prison in connection with the murder of a highway policeman during a dinner party at the home of an influential kamnan last year.

Bangkok Post

Vaping plane passenger faces charges

Authorities at Mae Fah Luang Airport have identified the passenger who smoked an e-cigarette on a plane departing from Chiang Rai on Sunday.

1 … 28 29 30 31

People

Suriya Juangroongruangkit

11 stories

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Department of Highways

10 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

the Chao Phraya River

12 stories

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.