When risky carry-for-hire doesn’t fly
Early in the morning on June 18, a message from an unknown account slipped into the TikTok inbox of a flight attendant in Bangkok with a series of questions: "Are you flying to Australia? Do you do carry-for-hire? What is your rate?".
New platform targets cyber scams and trafficking
The International Operational Dialogue ended with the rollout of a Thailand-designed information-sharing platform to dismantle cyber scam and human trafficking networks, Xinhua reported.
Breaking a taboo in order to save lives
A nurse challenged Buddhist customs when she stepped in to treat the victims of a car accident that killed 10 monks.
Death toll hits 10 in monk procession crash
The number of monks killed has risen to 10 after an 11-year-old boy drove a pickup truck into a Buddhist procession in Thailand, officials said.
Viral Macron photo refuted
THE foreign ministry has denied that French President Emmanuel Macron (pic) knelt before the country's king during his state visit to Paris this week, after an artificial intelligence- generated picture circulated online.
Child crashes truck into monks
AN 11-year-old boy drove his parents' truck into a Buddhist procession in Thailand, killing at least nine monks and seriously injuring around 10 others, police and local authorities said.
Opposition head goes on trial
The kingdom's main opposition leader and nine other MPs were among dozens on trial, accused of ethics breaches over attempts to reform the kingdom's strict royal insult law.
Man faces death penalty
An Australian man has been charged with murder and concealment of a body in connection with the death of a teenage girl in an eastern tourist city in Thailand, police said.
Aussie cops arrest airline crew over heroin smuggling
Australian police said a Thai airline employee has been arrested and charged for allegedly importing more than 1kg of heroin into Melbourne.
Aussie man charged over dead teen in suitcase
The family of a 17-year-old Thai girl whose body was found in a suitcase in Pattaya said they were devastated by her death, for which an Australian man has been arrested and charged with murder.
