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Orangutan 'stoically waits' for tourists in award-winning photograph 'See No Evil'

Aaron Gekoski's image of an orangutan sitting patiently at Safari World in Bangkok has won the 2024 Environmental Photography Award competition.

LiveScience

Woman arrested for running karaoke sex bar

A woman has been arrested and charged for procuring teens into prostitution following a raid on a karaoke bar in Bangkok's Bang Khen district late on Thursday night.

Bangkok Post

Pet market raids coming after fire

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) will raid unauthorised pet markets throughout the city following Tuesday's fire at a pet market in Chatuchak district which killed more than 5,000 animals.

Bangkok Post

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Rights groups urge Thailand not to extradite Vietnamese activist, saying he's at risk if sent home

Human rights groups are urging Thailand not to extradite a Vietnamese activist detained in Bangkok

The Independent UK

Bangkok to Beijing train trial run starts

Train travel between Bangkok and Beijing is inching closer as Thailand prepares to expand its rail network.

Bangkok Post

Fake taxi motorcyclist suspected of rape

A man who pretended to be a taxi motorcyclist and preyed on drunk women nightly has been arrested on charges of raping a Chinese woman he picked up from a Bangkok nightspot, police say.

Bangkok Post

Thailand market fire kills more than 1,000 animals prompting calls for crackdown

Animal welfare groups have called for better regulation of the sale of wildlife after a fire swept through the pet zone of one of Bangkok’s biggest markets

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Fire At Chatuchak Market Kills Hundreds Of Caged Animals

Devastating fire at Chatuchak Weekend Market in Bangkok results in tragic deaths of caged animals. Investigations ongoing.

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Singapore Airlines reveals compensation for injured passengers of turbulence-hit flight

The SQ321 flight from Bangkok to London suffered severe turbulence over Myanmar, causing it to instantly plunge 178ft

The Independent UK

Singapore Airlines Offers $10,000 To Passengers Hurt By Turbulence

Singapore Airlines said Tuesday it has offered $10,000 compensation to passengers who suffered minor injuries on a flight hit by violent turbulence last month and will discuss higher payouts with those more badly hurt.

International Business Times

Singapore Airlines offers $10,000 compensation to those injured in turbulence flight

The airline has said that anyone who sustained serious injuries on SQ321 last month could be entitled to a larger payment

The Guardian - AU

Tourists injured in boat-ferry crash

Three Chinese tourists were injured when a tour boat hit a navy ferry in the Chao Phraya River near a pier in Phra Nakhon district of Bangkok late Thursday afternoon.

Bangkok Post

Wife arrested in hitman case

A woman was arrested in Bangkok on Monday over an alleged hitman plan targetting her husband, who died in Maha Sarakham in April.

Bangkok Post

Chinese passport forger arrested in Bangkok

The leader of a passport forgery gang who fled to Thailand to escape capture in his home country of China has been arrested in Bangkok, police said.

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Boxing World Qualifiers: Arundhati Choudhary moves to pre-quarters, Narender Berwal knocks out

National champion Arundhati Choudhary recorded a convincing triumph in the 66kg weight category to reach the pre-quarter-finals while Narender Berwal lost in the +92kg category by a 3:2 verdict in the Boxing World Olympics Qualifiers in Bangkok on Wednesday. Read further on Dynamite News:

Bangkok Post

Couple arrested for selling ‘magic mushrooms’

A couple have been arrested at a Bangkok condominium for growing “magic mushrooms” and selling them online, claiming they could help cure many diseases.

Dynamite News

Boxing World Olympic qualifiers: Nishant Dev punches out Otgonbaatar in two minutes; Abhinash Jamwal loses

India's Nishant Dev outpunched and outclassed his Mongolian opponent Otgonbaatar Byamba-Erdeneto in just over two minutes to advance to the 71kg pre-quarterfinals of the second Boxing World Olympic Qualifiers in Bangkok on Tuesday. Read further on Dynamite News:

Bangkok Post

Man found dead inside electrical utility box

The body of a man was found inside an electrical utility box on a footpath in Min Buri district of Bangkok on Thursday.

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F1 says Thailand, South Korea and Indonesia eyeing races

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The Independent UK

Singapore Airlines: 22 passengers suffer spinal cord injuries after flight encounters severe turbulence

Of the 40 people on the flight still under treatment, 22 patients have spinal cord injuries and six have brain and skull injuries

International Business Times

Brain, Skull And Spine Injuries On Turbulent Singapore Flight

Passengers on a Singapore Airlines flight that hit extreme turbulence over Asia suffered skull, brain and spinal injuries, the head of a Bangkok hospital said Thursday.

Evening Standard

Singapore Airlines: 48 people from turbulence-hit flight still under treatment including seven Britons

A spokesman for Samitivej Srinakarin Hospital in Bangkok said the remaining patients are being treated across three hospitals

The Independent UK

Bangkok hospital says most seriously injured from turbulence-hit flight need spinal operations

A Bangkok hospital says many of the more seriously injured people who were on the Singapore Airlines flight that hit severe turbulence need operations on their spines

Al Jazeera

Singapore Airlines death: Is climate change making air turbulence worse?

Experts say climate change is expected to make incidents of turbulence worse for air travellers.

Bangkok Post

Man falls to death from Bangkok shopping mall

A foreign man fell to his death from the fifth floor of a shopping mall in Sukhumvit area of Bangkok on Wednesday night.

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