[3] The most moving time to visit Hellfire Pass is during the Dawn Service on ANZAC Day. You have to come down here before 4:00am and your way is lit by oil lanterns. The flickering lights give you an idea of why the prisoners called it Hellfire Pass
2 year agoThai police have taken into custody more than 60,000 suspects, on charges related to firearms and illegal narcotics, during a nation-wide crime suppression campaign, which began on October 10th, ahead of the APEC Summit in Bangkok
2 year agoHeavy rain led to landslides in the Kathu District of Phuket, a district where Patong Beach is located, around 3 pm. No one was injured and the road to the beach is now closed.
Tonight I'm staying at Genting Hotel which is about an 8 minute walk from the Su-Ngai Kolok border checkpoint an across the road from the railway station. Only 600 Baht. Downside is the room smells of smoke and they cannot guarantee that the disco won't disturb me
Thai police: The death toll in the shooting at a child care center has risen to 34, including 22 children
2 year agoThailand media reports a man apparently went into a child care center & shot at kids killing at least 3. in Nong Bua Lamphu, upper northeastern. But some reporting fatalities to number at least 20. Shooter still on the run. Site is 8 hrs drive from Bangkok
(30/09) Thai security forces in Tak province reportedly pushed back asylum seekers, all of them were children who escaped fighting in Myanmar, across river. Boat sunk due to strong currents. No casualties
A fire broke out at a cooling facility in a factory on Ekkachai Road in Samut Sakhon, behind Ekachai Hospital and near Natong Nimit community, around 3pm. The cause is still unknown. Vid via @AMC_010 #Thailand #ไฟไหม้สมุทรสาคร
2 year agoThai Defense Minister visits flood-hit areas in Rayong to provide military support
A Thai male school teacher has been held and charged by police for after he allegedly took nine male and female students to a resort in Maha Sarakham province for a drinks party
The National Police Policy Committee Meeting has voted unanimously for Pol Gen Damrongsak Kittipraphat as the next and 13th National Police Chief, succeeding Pol Gen Suwat Jangyodsuk, who will retire on Sep 30. The meeting was chaired by acting PM Prawit Wongsuwan
At 16.30, the march arrived on Phayathai Road. It is still unclear where their destination is. While protesters stopped to take a break in front of Samyan Mitrtown Shopping Mall, police officers came to ask where the protesters are marching to. #ม็อบ28สิงหา65
The police also said that a royal motorcade is scheduled to go past Phayathai Road by 17.00, but protesters told the police that they were not marching in the same direction as the motorcade. #ม็อบ28สิงหา65
Prayut cannot take over as Caretaker PM if other Deputy PMs refused to accept the position as it would be against the Constitutional Court's order, a former adviser to the Constitution Drafting Committee Jade Donavanik said
Fourteen of the 19 suspects in the deadly shootout between two gangs in Muang district of Ubon Ratchathani early this month have been arrested
2 year agoThe situation at the Democracy Monument remains peaceful with some Red Shirts protesters singing and dancing at the site
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Wednesday condemned a series of attacks by insurgents in Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat
The plane of the ousted president of Sri Lanka arrives in Thailand with the aim of staying for a temporary period
Deputy Police Chief Pol Lt Gen said Friday after further investigation on Mountain B pub fire which now claims 14 lives that at least 1 exit door was locked when the fire occurred after 1am Friday in Chonburi.
2 year agoPM Prayut led cabinet ministers, senior government officials and military officers, in a merit-making ceremony at Sanam Luang this morning (Thursday) to express their good wishes to His Majesty the King on his birthday
Nutthanit and Netiporn were previously charged with royal defamation, sedition, and refusing to comply with a police order after they conducted a poll on 8 February 2022 at Siam Paragon shopping mall about royal motorcades
2 year agoPM Gen Prayut was welcomed by supporters in Chiang Mai on Wednesday while protesters were kept away by 2,120 police officers deployed. Prayut said he respect human rights and will push for ASEAN to become conflict-free zone & food source for the world
2 year agoA blaze in Bangkok's Bon Kai community in Pathumwan district this afternoon has destroyed several houses. The fire is now under control
2 year agoThailand is proposing to open five more cross-border trade checkpoints with Laos to facilitate trade between the two countries. The extra checkpoints in Chiang Rai will also boost exports through China, the government spokeswoman, Ratchada Thanadirek, said on Thursday
2 year agoThree people were killed and another seriously injured in a scuffle between two rival groups of visitors in front of a pub in Muang district of Thailand's southern province of Nakhon Si Thammarat early Friday morning
Shanghai authorities on Tuesday began dismantling fences around housing compounds and ripping police tape off public squares and buildings before a painful two-month lockdown is lifted at midnight. Read more > #ThaiPBSWorld #COVID19
Thailand setting up cyber-defense division after hacks targeting Ministry of Defense, Prime Minister's Office
Prayut said the country is financially secure and noted then that the 1st strategy for the 2023 budget is "national stability" The opposition leader called him a "narcissist" who failed to recognise his inability to manage fiscal budget
China's destroyer flotilla has conducted a live-fire multi-subject combat drill in the South China Sea, reported by Chinese state media CCTV. Read more > #ThaiPBSWorld
The protesters are still staying on Chamai Maruchet bridge to wait to hear from the cabinet
