Top generals meet as ties thaw post-coup
THE country's top general welcomed Myanmar's military chief for talks, the latter's first foreign trip in office as his coup-staging armed forces shake off their ¬pariah status.
‘Suitcase murder teen died of suffocation’
A TEEN whose body was found in a suitcase in the seaside resort of Pattaya in June died of suffocation, police said.
Schools hold drills after deadly shooting
SCHOOLS conducted active shooter drills as authorities moved to strengthen security measures two weeks after a 14-year-old opened fire at a school and killed at least eight people.
Outcry over drug kingpin’s release
The nation's justice minister pledged to review pardon criteria following backlash over the release of an 85-year-old drug trafficker who served less than a decade of a life prison sentence.
‘Gun crackdown misses the mark’
Loaves of sourdough bread now fill the display window of Suchart and Friends Gun, a firearms shop-turned-bakery in Bangkok's old quarter where pistols and rifles once lined the glass case
French family rescued after 16 hours adrift at sea
A French family spent more than 16 hours floating at sea after their jet ski capsized off Koh Samui island before being rescued, a local official said.
Thai schools step up security
Students stood quietly outside their Bangkok school as teachers checked their bags, pockets and even pencil cases under new security measures introduced after last week's deadly shooting.
11 French nationals caught for drug trafficking
At least 11 French nationals have been held since the start of the summer after being arrested with several kilogrammes of cannabis in their luggage, a police source said
Thai PM orders gun permit freeze
Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul suspended the issuance of permits to buy firearms and said existing licences would be reviewed, days after a 14-year-old gunman killed nine people.
Ex-MP shoots dead local official
A gunman killed a Thai official inside a local government office on the capital Bangkok's outskirts, authorities said, days after a teenager's shooting spree at a school in the same province reignited debate over gun control.
