Thailand

Bangkok Blast: Border cops under fire over graft accusations

Suspect arrested in connection with deadly Bangkok bomb attack allegedly confessed to having paid immigration police more than 21,000 baht (US$581) in bribes each time he travelled in and out of Thailand.
11 September 2015, 04:42 AM

Thai blast mastermind left Dhaka after 2 weeks: police

The mastermind behind the fatal bomb blast in Bangkok had arrived in Bangladesh a day before the August 17 blast and left for China after two weeks, police says.
10 September 2015, 15:17 PM

Ailing Lucky Akhand flown to Bangkok

Noted singer-composer Lucky Akhand will be taken to Thailand tonight for better treatment as his condition has deteriorated.
10 September 2015, 09:06 AM

Ailing Lucky Akhand may fly to Bangkok tomorrow

Noted singer-composer Lucky Akhand is likely to fly for Bangkok tomorrow for better treatment as his condition has deteriorated.
9 September 2015, 13:49 PM

Bangkok blast: Thailand asks Interpol to seek Bangladesh help

Bangkok English daily The Nation reports that Thai police seeks assistance from Bangladesh through Interpol to help locate the mastermind behind the fatal bomb blast after investigations indicated that ‘he might have fled to this South Asian country’.
9 September 2015, 12:56 PM

Thailand constitution: Military's council rejects draft

A council appointed by Thailand's military rulers rejects a controversial new constitution drafted after last year's coup.
6 September 2015, 11:39 AM

The journalists sued by the Thai navy

A court in the southern Thai island of Phuket acquits two journalists of defaming the navy and breaching the Computer Crimes Act.
1 September 2015, 05:39 AM

'Bomb-making material' found in 2nd Bangkok flat

Thai police say they have found bomb-making materials in a second apartment, after the arrest of a suspect in the explosion at Bangkok's Erawan Shrine.
31 August 2015, 07:27 AM

Thailand charges man 'linked to bomb'

Police in Bangkok have charged a man in connection with the bomb attack that killed 20 people in the Thai capital nearly two weeks ago.
30 August 2015, 09:25 AM

Thai police struggle to track suspect; 'new bomb' false alarm (video)

Thai police say the trail had gone cold in the hunt for a bomber a week after 20 people were killed in the country's worst bomb attack.
24 August 2015, 12:30 PM

Malaysia finds mass graves of 24 suspected human trafficking victims

Malaysian authorities have found mass graves containing the remains of more than 20 people believed to be human trafficking victims near the border with Thailand, police said.
23 August 2015, 09:02 AM

$280,000 in reward offered

The authorities believe that bomb blasts at the Erawan shrine and Sathorn Bridge in Bangkok this week were aimed at discrediting the military government in Thailand, national police chief General Somyot Poompanmuang says.
21 August 2015, 15:28 PM

Rites of 5 religions held for Bangkok blast victims

The PM's Office and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration and the Ratchaprasong community hold rites of five religions at the Erawan shrine to remember the victims of the Bangkok blast.
21 August 2015, 07:32 AM

'No foreign role' in Bangkok bombing

Monday's bombing in Thailand "unlikely" to be the work of international terror group, Thai government says.
20 August 2015, 05:33 AM

Bangkok bomb-hit Erawan shrine reopens

The Erawan shrine in Bangkok which was hit by a deadly explosion on Monday reopens to the public.
19 August 2015, 06:12 AM

2nd Bangkok explosion hits pier

A day after Bangkok's deadly bomb attack there has been a second explosion in the capital, but no one is hurt, police say.
18 August 2015, 09:03 AM

Bangkok bomb was worst ever attack, says Thai PM

Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has said the bombing of a shrine in the capital, Bangkok, on Monday was the "worst ever attack" on the country.
18 August 2015, 06:43 AM

Bomb in Thai capital kills 16, wounds 81 in bid 'to destroy economy'

A bomb planted at one of the Thai capital's most renowned shrines on Monday kills 16 people.
17 August 2015, 12:34 PM

Ailing Thai king treated for 'water on the brain'

Thailand's revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej has been treated for "water on the brain" and a chest infection, the palace revealed in a rare statement.
11 August 2015, 11:20 AM

Stay away from brokers: Expat minister

Newly appointed overseas employment Minister Nurul Islam urges countrymen not to deal with brokers for employment in Malaysia.
11 August 2015, 07:25 AM