Suicide
Suicide-related news in Thailand, including mental health awareness, crisis responses, and legal matters.
If you or someone you know is struggling, please call Thailand’s Mental Health Hotline at 1323, available 24/7 for free and confidential support.
- Thailand News
Separate tragedies across the nation
Tragedy has struck around the nation in separate incidents. In…
- Pattaya News
Russian man found hanged in Pattaya shophouse
A 45 year old Russian man has been found dead…
- Crime News
UPDATE: Kidnap/murder suspect Banyin in suicide bid
UPDATE: According to Thai PBS World, former deputy commerce minister…
- Bangkok News
Policeman uses beer and hometown connection to coax man down from Bangkok building – VIDEO
A policeman in Bangkok has prevented a man from leaping…
- Crime News
7 year old daughter helps police prevent father’s suicide
When police in the central plains province of Uthai Thani…
- Northern Thailand News
Fire kills man at his mother’s funeral in Kalasin
Police in Issan’s Kalasin province say a man has died…
- Pattaya News
Denied sex, Chon Buri man threatens suicide… again
A man in Chon Buri threatened to jump from a…
- Crime News
Police investigating a double murder and suicide in Lampang
Police in the northern province of Lampang were called to…
- Covid-19 News
National poll says mental health problems on the rise
Stress from finances as well as health worries has increased…
- Crime News
Suspect in Phattalung murder commits suicide as police close in
A murder suspect in Thailand’s southern Trang province committed suicide…
- Central Thailand News
Samut Prakhan student severely injured in suicide bid
A 23 year old student at a prominent private university…
- Covid-19 News
Suicide deaths during pandemic could exceed virus-related deaths
Stress with money and other worries, brought on by the…
- Bangkok News
77 year old woman falls to her death in Bangkok
An elderly woman fell to her death from a tenth…
- Covid-19 News
Public mental health a government concern during Covid crisis
Following a spike in suicides and suicide attempts nationwide, thought…
- Covid-19 News
UPDATE: Thai Returnee from Indonesia commits suicide on last day of quarantine
A 51 year old Muslim man from Thailand’s deep south…
- Covid-19 News
British businessman jumps to his death in Bangkok
A British businessman is dead in an apparent suicide this…
- Chiang Mai News
Judge commits suicide
A judge is dead after shooting himself in the heart…
- Crime News
Pattaya police investigate a man’s shooting death, the day after his birthday
A man in Pattaya has died after being shot. The…
- World News
Thailand is the leading ASEAN nation in annual suicide rates
“Thailand, which ranks in 32nd place with 14.4 of suicides…
- South Thailand News
Outpouring of public support for Thai judge who shot himself in Yala court
“Return verdict to the judge, return justice to the people.”…
- Health
Land of teenage tears – tackling Thailand’s youth depression and suicide
Thailand had the highest suicide rates in ASEAN, according to…
- Northern Thailand News
68 year old Australian hangs himself after alleging Pattaya police failed to take a missing passport report
A 68 year old Australian has been found hanged in…
- Bangkok News
Murder accused under police hospital watch to face charges “soon”
Police confirm that a man accused of killing his 21…
- Bangkok News
Father, mother and child found dead in back of car in Pathum Thani
PHOTO: Siam Rath The bodies of a husband, wife and young…
- Health
Thai attempted suicide rates are on the increase
The Thai Department of Mental Health has released disturbing research…
- Phuket News
Phuket policeman shoots himself, dies in hospital
A Vichit policeman has shot himself at a house in…
- Hot News
Six per cent of Thai university students have attempted suicide
Recent research reveals a disturbing finding that over 6 per…
- Bangkok News
Russian tourist leaps from fourth floor at Suvarnabhumi
A Russian tourist was fatally injured after clambering over a…
- South Thailand News
Patient dies after jumping from balcony at Chumphon hospital
PHOTO: Khet Udomsak Hospital A distressed patient diagnosed with colon…
- Bangkok News
Parents call for police to investigate suspicious death of Muay Thai daughter
Parents of the World Muay Thai women’s champ, found hanged…
- Northern Thailand News
‘Ailing’ monk hangs himself from a tree in Uttradit
by Boonpim Baiya A monk appears to have committed suicide by…
- Chiang Mai News
Australian living in Chiang Mai hangs himself from a roadside tree
An Australian man is believed to have hanged himself from…
