Bangkok News
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Bangkok public buses criticised for refusing to serve disabled passenger
Thai Smile Bus faced online criticism after a viral video showed its buses repeatedly ignored a disabled man on a wheelchair until the man had to block the road yesterday, March 12. The Mirror Foundation posted the clip on its official Facebook page, showing a disabled man in a wheelchair struggling to get a bus stop. In its caption, the…
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Foreign man praised for helping residents evacuate during fire
A foreign man helped Thai residents escape a Bangkok house fire by waking people up, urging them to evacuate and assisting a disabled resident out of a building. The fire broke out on the second floor of a two-storey commercial building in Soi Samsen 3, Ban Pan Thom, Phra Nakhon district, at about 4.55am on Wednesday, March 11. The buildings…
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Pro-Palestinian protest planned in Bangkok today, police on high alert
Bangkok police are preparing for the International Quds Day gathering at about 2pm today, March 13, increasing security planning and surveillance measures around diplomatic premises and other sensitive venues, amid the heightened Middle East tensions. The Metropolitan Police Bureau has been reviewing the situation with other security agencies and adjusting its readiness accordingly. Pol. Lt. Gen. Sayam Boonsom, the bureau…
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Conflicting accounts emerge after 5 month old baby dies during nursery care
A Thai mother accused a nursery in Bangkok of causing the death of her five month old daughter, while the nursery owner denied wrongdoing and claimed the child was not properly cared for at home, alleging the baby’s stepfather fed the infant a soft drink. The 37 year old mother asked the Paveena Foundation for Children and Women to help…
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Motorcycle crash victim dies after taken to police station instead of hospital
A family is seeking accountability after a rescue team took a Thai woman to a police station instead of a hospital following a motorcycle crash in Bangkok, leaving her to die at the station in February last year. The case resurfaced after the family of Warissara approached the non-profit organisation Saimai Survive for assistance. The family said the motorcycle accident…
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Bangkok man kills ex-wife after she refuses to have sex with him
A Thai man fatally stabbed his ex-wife at a rented room in Bangkok yesterday, March 8, after she refused to have sex with him. The suspect, 58 year old Samorn, contacted a friend, who is a police officer, to confess that he murdered his ex-wife, 49 year old Wanatda. Samorn also told the officer he planned to commit suicide, prompting…
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MEA suspends communications system after remote key motorbike failures
The Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) issued a statement yesterday, March 5, saying it had temporarily shut down its network communications system after reports that remote key motorbikes in Wang Thonglang, Bangkok, were failing to start due to suspected signal interference. On its official Facebook account, the MEA said that it had been made aware that residents in Intharaphon Road, Soi…
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Transwoman nabbed in Bangkok over South Korean tourist robbery
Following an earlier report on the pool villa incident involving a transgender suspect and a South Korean tourist in Chon Buri, police tracked down and arrested the 20 year old in Bangkok yesterday, March 5. The case dates back to about 3am on February 24, when 46 year old South Korean national Kim Sangyul, and two male friends invited three…
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Signal interference disrupts remote-key motorcycles in Bangkok
A suspected signal interference issue has been reported in the Town in Town area of Bangkok, where locals say remote-key motorcycles have repeatedly failed to start. The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has now issued a preliminary finding after inspecting the area. The issue gained attention after TikTok user @iggunji posted a clip with the captioned headline stating that…
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94 Vietnamese arrested in Bangkok raid linked to gambling network
Police arrested 94 Vietnamese nationals during a raid on an office in a luxury condominium in Rama 9, Bangkok, yesterday, March 4, after suspicions that the site may have been linked to a call centre scam network. Officers from Makkasan Police Station, Immigration Police and the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau searched the office, located on the first floor of the…
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Mongkolkit pitches white-skin injections and flying cars for Bangkok
Mongkolkit Suksintharanont, a former New Alternative Party member, said today, March 2, that his team is gearing up for the Bangkok governor election, with applications already coming in from Bangkok councillor candidates. Mongkolkit said that preparations for the “Krungthep Bin Dai” team, meaning “Bangkok Can Fly”, are underway and that applications have begun coming in from prospective Bangkok councillor candidates.…
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Influencer seeks refund over botched 400,000 baht nose surgery in Bangkok
A female influencer has filed a complaint over an alleged botched nose surgery procedure from a well-known hospital in Bangkok, after reporting post-operation complications and an unresolved dispute over compensation. The 25 year old influencer said she decided to undergo revision nose surgery at the hospital, where she reportedly paid 400,000 baht for the operation. The woman claimed she trusted…
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