Thailand Construction Accidents

Why Thailand’s Repeated Construction Crashes Are Exposing Systemic Failures in Safety, Oversight, and Accountability

Thailand’s construction industry is under intense public scrutiny following a string of deadly accidents that have raised questions about safety standards, regulatory oversight, and the accountability of major contractors. The latest incidents, occurring just days apart, have amplified public concern...
Chinese detainees at the Immigration Bureau in Bangkok

Thai Police Dismiss Officer, Charge Four Others Over Corruption Scheme Linked to Disappearance of Chinese Detainees

One police officer has been dismissed, and four others are facing criminal and disciplinary action over their alleged involvement in corruption linked to the unlawful release of Chinese detainees, the Royal Thai Police said on Friday. All five officers are...
Thailand halts Italian-Thai projects after deadly crane accidents, deepening pressure on construction giant

Thailand halts Italian-Thai projects after deadly crane accidents, deepening pressure on construction giant

Thailand’s Ministry of Transport on Friday ordered a 15-day suspension of construction across 14 contracts involving Italian-Thai Development Plc (ITD), following two fatal crane accidents in as many days that have intensified scrutiny of safety standards on state-backed infrastructure projects....
Damaged building after a bomb attack at a PTT petrol station in Thailand's southern province of Narathiwat

Thailand Steps Up Security After Coordinated Bomb Attacks on Petrol Stations in Restive Southern Provinces

Assailants detonated bombs at nearly a dozen petrol stations across Thailand’s conflict-hit Deep South early Sunday (Jan 11), injuring four people and prompting authorities to raise security to the highest level, the Thai army said. According to an army statement,...
Chinese VT-4 Tanks - Thai Army

Thai Army Launches Comprehensive Review of Chinese VT-4 Tanks After Catastrophic Gun Rupture and Repeated Mechanical Failures During Cambodia Border Operations

The Royal Thai Army has launched a comprehensive technical and operational review of its Chinese-manufactured VT-4 main battle tank fleet following a series of highly visible mechanical failures during border operations near Cambodia in December 2025. The episode has intensified...
Thailand carried out air strikes in an area between Cambodia's Oddar Meanchey and Siem Reap provinces

Thailand Accuses Cambodia of Violating Fragile Border Truce After Mortar Fire Wounds Soldier, While Phnom Penh Claims Explosion Injured Its Troops

Thailand accused Cambodia of violating a 10-day-old ceasefire on Tuesday, claiming cross-border mortar fire wounded a Thai soldier, while Phnom Penh said an accidental explosion from “a pile of garbage” injured two of its own troops. Thailand’s Foreign Ministry said...
Cambodian soldiers, who had been captured by Thai soldiers

Thailand Releases 18 Cambodian Soldiers as Fragile Truce Holds Along Disputed Border

Thailand on Tuesday released 18 Cambodian soldiers who had been held in custody since July, a move described by Bangkok as a “demonstration of goodwill and confidence-building” amid renewed efforts to stabilise a fragile ceasefire along the volatile Thai-Cambodian border....
Malaysia-Thailand border

Thai halal snacks, new bridges and old insecurities: How Malaysia-Thailand border trade is poised between promise and peril

 Travelled from Bangkok to Thailand’s southernmost province of Narathiwat to study consumer response to his company’s new halal crab sausage snack, he expected feedback mainly from local customers. Instead, what caught him by surprise were Malaysians clearing shelves in border...
Malaysia–Thailand River Towns , Malaysia–Thailand border

Thailand–Malaysia’s Border Crackdown Slashes Drug Smuggling but Leaves Kelantan–Sungai Golok River Towns Economically Strangled

The Rantau Panjang duty-free zone on Malaysia’s northeastern frontier was a picture of cross-border vibrancy. Shoppers from both sides of the Malaysia–Thailand border thronged the narrow streets near a modest bridge linking Kelantan to Sungai Golok in Thailand’s Narathiwat province....
Cambodia-Thailand border: Displaced people arrive at a temporary camp in Cambodia's Oddar Meanchey province

Border Ceasefire Brings Cautious Relief as Thousands Remain Displaced in Thailand and Cambodia

At a university campus in Surin city, Thailand, now serving as a temporary shelter for displaced residents, 21-year-old homemaker Kanlaya Somjettana is reluctant to return home despite a truce halting weeks of cross-border clashes with Cambodia. The ceasefire, announced on...
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