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  • Northern Thailand NewsIsaan governor orders investigation into 3 year old boy’s death

    Isaan governor orders investigation into 3 year old boy’s death

    The governor of Isaan’s Kalasin province ordered an investigation into the death of a 3 year old boy. Relatives say the child died after falling out of bed. Medical examiners say the child’s forehead was swollen, eyes were bruised and arm was broken. The child’s family says the boy fell off the bed and then collapsed in the bathroom, but…

  • Thailand NewsKing Bhumibol Adulyadej – in remembrance of the “Father of Thailand”

    King Bhumibol Adulyadej – in remembrance of the “Father of Thailand”

    His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej was Thailand’s monarch for just over 70 years. At the time of his passing in October 2016, King Bhumibol was the world’s longest-serving head of state and the longest-reigning monarch in Thai history. Amongst his many other gifts, he was was revered as a calming and compassionate influence, overseeing Thailand’s stormy political history in the second half of the…

  • Chiang Mai NewsChiang Mai police investigate elderly American’s death from apparent 7th storey fall

    Chiang Mai police investigate elderly American’s death from apparent 7th storey fall

    Police are investigating the death of an 85 year old American man who appeared to have fallen out a window of his 7th floor condominium. Officers say they do not suspect foul play and there are no signs of struggle. The man’s wife speculates that her husband may have fainted while cleaning the glass. Jerry Harris Bunker has lived in…

  • Road deathsBangkok DJ dies in high speed crash on notorious ‘death road’

    Bangkok DJ dies in high speed crash on notorious ‘death road’

    A well known local DJ died early this morning in a high speed car crash on a Bangkok road bend nicknamed “Curve of 100 Deaths.” Police say his car’s speedometer was found stuck at 200 kilometres per hour. Police suspect 33 year old Annop Poonsripattana was going around a curve when he lost control of the car due to the…

  • Crime NewsBangkok family shot dead in possible murder suicide

    Bangkok family shot dead in possible murder suicide

    Bangkok police found 5 family members, including a 9 year old boy, shot dead inside a Suksawat home this morning. Police suspect the incident was a murder suicide, or even a multiple suicide. Neighbours say they heard several gunshots coming from the house and called the police. Officers from the Thun Khru police station found 3 men, a woman and…

  • Thailand NewsBoy dies after 100 squat punishment, school apologises to the family

    Boy dies after 100 squat punishment, school apologises to the family

    A student died sometime after being forced to do jump squats as punishment for not doing his homework. The school has ‘apologised’ to the family and said they take responsibility for the death. The 13 year old boy was sick for about a week and was even checked in to the hospital before going back to school last Thursday, according…

  • Central Thailand NewsMan’s body found at Chon Buri beach, police suspect drowning

    Man’s body found at Chon Buri beach, police suspect drowning

    A 25 year old man was found dead at Na Jomtien beach in Chon Buri yesterday. Police say they believe the man drowned while diving for shells. Police identified the Thai man as Chaiwat Poeprasert. His mother told police her son went out to sea on his boat to look for shells. She noticed Chaiwat had been gone for a…

  • Crime NewsWoman’s body found floating down Bangkok river

    Woman’s body found floating down Bangkok river

    A woman’s body was found floating in the Chao Phraya River today. Her body was wrapped in plastic bags and emergency responders say she had critical injuries. The body was found near the Tha Din Daeng pier in Bangkok. The call came from 61 year old Sahaphop Kruekrat who saw the bag floating in the river and noticed human legs were…

  • Crime NewsLop Buri mass shooter gets death penalty

    Lop Buri mass shooter gets death penalty

    The Court has handed down the death penalty to the school director who shot and killed 3 people before robbing a Lop Buri gold shop in January. He was found guilty on 3 counts of murder and 1 count of attempted murder. The court says 38 year old Prasittichai “Golf” Khaokaew entered the Robinson shopping mall in Lop Buri with a…

  • Northern Thailand NewsIsaan village chief finds human bones in rice field

    Isaan village chief finds human bones in rice field

    An Isaan village chief found human bones in a rice field today as he was spreading fertiliser over his crops. A local 49 year old man was reported missing last month and police suspect the remains are his. The found bones scattered around the field in Buri Ram. Police along with a doctor from the district hospital investigated the scene.…

  • Road deathsBangkok teacher and student killed in road accident

    Bangkok teacher and student killed in road accident

    A teacher and his student were killed in a road accident in Bangkok today when their motorbike slid under an 18-wheel concrete mixer truck. The teacher and the 17 year old student were wearing helmets, but the impact from the crash fractured their skulls, according to the Nation Thailand. Police believe the teacher lost control of the motorcycle and slid…

  • Crime NewsBangkok man allegedly kills 1, injures another in fight outside liquor store

    Bangkok man allegedly kills 1, injures another in fight outside liquor store

    A man allegedly attacked and stabbed a man to death outside a Bangkok liquor store in the Don Muang district. Another man was stabbed and severely injured when he stepped in to break up the fight. 46 year old Itthiphol Sunsomboon died at the scene after suffering from 4 knife wounds to his chest. Emergency responders tried to resuscitate the…

  • Crime NewsCharges expected in Phuket student’s death

    Charges expected in Phuket student’s death

    Rajabhat University in the southern province of Phuket is denying reports that a first-year student was forced to run around an old mine on the campus until she collapsed and later died. University officials say the incident took place in a parking lot, maintaining that it was part of a sports activity and not a hazing ritual. Police say they…

  • Phuket NewsPhuket university freshman forced to run herself to death

    Phuket university freshman forced to run herself to death

    A university freshman in Phuket has died after reportedly being forced to run until she collapsed yesterday. It’s thought the incident was related to hazing. Phuket Rajabhat University insists it was cheerleading practice, though it has promised to investigate allegations that 19 year old Phornphiphat “Nong Mint” Eaddam was forced to run until she had seizures. The university has given…

  • Thailand NewsCadet threatened with legal action for draft dodging – 3 years after dying in training

    Cadet threatened with legal action for draft dodging – 3 years after dying in training

    The family of a young army cadet who died in suspicious circumstances while in military training, has received a letter threatening him with legal action over his failure to show up for service. 18 year old Pakapong Tanyakan died nearly 3 years ago, while undergoing training at a military academy in the central province of Nakhon Nayok, north-east of Bangkok.…

  • Northern Thailand NewsPolice: No foul play in Vorayuth witness’s death

    Police: No foul play in Vorayuth witness’s death

    Police today ruled out the possibility of murder in the death of a key witness in Red Bull drinks heir Vorayuth “Boss” Yoovidhya’s hit-and-run case. The regional police commander in Chiang Mai, where the witness died in a motorcycle incident last month, said new autopsy results found no trace of any suspicious substance apart from alcohol in Jaruchart Mardthong’s body.…

  • Crime NewsKey witness in the Vorayuth “Boss” Yoovidhya case dies in motorbike incident

    Key witness in the Vorayuth “Boss” Yoovidhya case dies in motorbike incident

    One of the key witnesses of the 2012 hit and run incident, involving Red Bull heir Vorayuth “Boss” Yoovidhya, died this morning as a result of a motorbike incident in Chiang Mai. He was one of two main witnesses identified by police in the case. The incident happened this morning just after 2am in the main city area of Chiang…

  • Road deathsPattaya motorcyclist in fatal crash

    Pattaya motorcyclist in fatal crash

    A motorcyclist in Pattaya was pronounced dead at the scene of the incident after crashing into a water truck yesterday. Pattaya City Police were notified of the incident at the Chaiyapruek Intersection at about 1:30am. Police, emergency responders and reporters rushed to the scene to find the body of 22 year old Kittipan Duangrassamee lying on the road, bleeding heavily…

  • Road deathsMotorcyclist, gazing at phone, plummets from Bangkok bridge

    Motorcyclist, gazing at phone, plummets from Bangkok bridge

    A man is dead after plummeting 10 metres from Bangkok’s Rama 3 bridge yesterday. Police and rescue workers were called to an area below the bridge and found the body of a 43 year old motorcyclist, identified only as “Kiatpong.” Still on the bridge was his Honda Zoomer-X scooter, and there was evidence of scratches along the bridge wall. He appeared…

  • World NewsDeath sentence of Lao drug lord “Mr X” commuted to life

    Death sentence of Lao drug lord “Mr X” commuted to life

    Bangkok’s Criminal Court handed down life imprisonment to Laotian drug ring leader Xaysana “Mr. X” Keopimpha, on charges of smuggling 1.2 million methamphetamine pills, known as “yaba,” into Thailand. He was initially sentenced to death, and the sentence was upheld by a lower court in December, but the penalty was commuted to life imprisonment because he cooperated with the court.…

  • Covid-19 NewsNational Covid-19 figures with 1 additional death (June 2)

    National Covid-19 figures with 1 additional death (June 2)

    Today the Centre of Covid-19 Administration reported 1 new Covi-19 case and 1 addition death in Thailand. This takes the total number of infections to 3,085 and the accumulated death toll to 58. The additional fatality was an 80 year old Thai man living in Narathiwat and the latest patient was a 32 year old male student who had recently…

  • Road deathsTwo men die after truck plows into power pole in Phuket

    Two men die after truck plows into power pole in Phuket

    A Thai and Burmese man were killed after a work truck collided with a power pole on Kata hill, southern Phuket yesterday afternoon. The deputy chief of Karon police reported that the incident happened near the turn off onto Soi Suksan 1, on the Chalong side of the hill. The power pole crashed on top of the truck as it fell,…

  • Thailand NewsElephant injures 2 Burmese men in Kanchanburi

    Elephant injures 2 Burmese men in Kanchanburi

    2 Burmese men were attacked and critically injured by an elephant in a forest in the western province of Kanchanaburi’s Thong Pha Phum district last night, according to Thong Pha Phum National Park officials. They had only patchy details of the incident. 35 year old “Tun” and 60 year old “Ngae” had gone into the forest to pick mushrooms in…

  • Hot NewsUPDATE: ‘Bleach mum’ was the maternal mother of sick boy

    UPDATE: ‘Bleach mum’ was the maternal mother of sick boy

    Today local Thai media report the latest update about the women allegedly forcing her children to drink bleach. Her adopted daughter died due to ‘allergies’ back in December. But the latest case of her sick son now unveils a suspected malicious intent to cause illness in her children. Doctors at Thammasat Hospital in Bangkok confirm that a DNA identity test…

  • Bangkok News77 year old woman falls to her death in Bangkok

    77 year old woman falls to her death in Bangkok

    An elderly woman fell to her death from a tenth floor condominium in Bangkok’s Bang Khen district yesterday morning, after a worried relative took her in to keep her safe from Covid-19. Police say 77 year old Surinee Dokkaew was found dead at about 6am on the ground at the base of the 15 storey building on Chaeng Wattana Road.…

  • World NewsCrocodile attacks and kills 55 year old fisherman in Indonesia

    Crocodile attacks and kills 55 year old fisherman in Indonesia

    A crocodile was hunted and killed after it attacked and ate a 55 year old fisherman. Reports reveal that villagers at Riau province Indonesia, on the central eastern coast of Sumatra facing the Strait of Malacca, got together to help to catch the crocodile. When the crocodile was eventually captured and killed, the villagers then cut open the crocodile’s belly to…

  • Northern Thailand News68 year old dies from heat trauma in Uttaradit

    68 year old dies from heat trauma in Uttaradit

    A 68 year old man has allegedly died from heat trauma in Uttaradit (northern Thailand), as a local news source reports that he died from shock and has been dead for 3 days. A collector for funeral expenses was the first person to arrive at the scene. He says he noticed a foul smell coming from the man’s house so he…

  • Northern Thailand News11 soldiers being investigated after allegedly torturing and killing one brother, injuring the other

    11 soldiers being investigated after allegedly torturing and killing one brother, injuring the other

    Police officers in Nakhon Phanom (northeastern Thailand bordering Laos) are investigation a parent’s complaint filed on Sunday that two of her sons were taken away by soldiers leading to the death of one and the other being seriously injured. 11 soldiers are now under investigation over the incident. The complaint was made by 59 year old Niwat Saisa and his…

  • Chiang Mai NewsChiang Mai farmer trampled by elephant, dies

    Chiang Mai farmer trampled by elephant, dies

    In the second such incident in a week, a farmer has been trampled to death by an elephant yesterday in Thailand’s northern Chiang Mai Province. Police say the body of 68 year old Sa-ard Khamsrijai was found in the garden of his vegetable farm in San Sai district. Officers say the body had wounds consistent with trampling, and a female…

  • Central Thailand NewsVillage elder stomped and gored to death by wild elephant

    Village elder stomped and gored to death by wild elephant

    A village elder in the central Thailand Tha Takiab district was stomped and gored to death by a wild elephant while collecting mangoes last night. Relatives told police that 53 year old Chalermphol Sukthawee, the elder of Moo 10 in Tha Takiab, was last seen leaving his home around 3pm yesterday. When he didn’t return home his family formed a search…