PETALING JAYA: Thousands of people, including Malaysians, remain stranded in Hat Yai due to high water levels and strong currents, says Wisma Putra in a statement on Wednesday (Nov 26). The Foreign Ministry said coordinated rescue efforts have continued to make steady progress and that assistance would continue until all Malaysians are safely evacuated. “A total of...
BANGKOK: Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt confirmed on Friday (Sept 26) that emergency work to repair the major road subsidence on Samsen Road has been complicated, revealing the operation was halted after 1,500 tonnes of poured concrete leaked into the underground tunnel network. The governor visited the site in front of Vachira Hospital on Sept 26 to...
SEOUL: G-Dragon’s "Ubermensch" world tour stop in Bangkok has been cancelled, fuelling growing frustration among fans over the disorganised rollout of the singer’s highly anticipated comeback tour. Concert organiser AEG Presents Asia announced Thursday (July 10) that the show, originally scheduled for Aug 2 at Rajamangala National Stadium in Bangkok, had been called off due to...
PETALING JAYA: Women’s doubles pair Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah let their racquets do the talking as they put aside the uncertainty over their contract situation to cruise into the second round of the Thailand Open. The top seeds were in complete control during their opening match at the Nimibutr Arena in Bangkok, sweeping aside India’s Rashmi Ganesh-Sania...
BANGKOK: As Bangkok experienced tremors on March 28, a Korean man jumped across a broken sky walkway, 50 storeys above ground, to get from one swaying building to another where his wife and daughter were supposed to be. Thai resident Kwon Young-jun’s feat has been captured on video and circulated online amid other indelible images of...
ALOR SETAR: The Kedah women's cycling team, participating in the Tour of Thailand 2025 in Bangkok, Thailand, is confirmed safe, says head coach Noor Alfizar Othman. The Thai capital was shaken by earthquake tremors on Friday (March 28). ALSO READ: Why Thai authorities could not issue an earthquake warning Noor Alfizar told Bernama on Saturday (March 29) that the...
BANGKOK: The Metropolitan Police Bureau (MPB) on Thursday (March 27) revealed details of their investigation into the murder of a Thai woman at a condominium in Sukhumvit Soi 39, in Bangkok’s Watthana district. A manhunt has been launched for Singaporean national Daniel Benjamin Goh Wei-En, 32, after the body of his 30-year-old girlfriend, Phraophilas (surname withheld),...
BANGKOK: Strong high pressure system is prolonging the current cold spell in much of Thailand, but rain is expected to ease in the South. Cold to very cold weather has been forecast for the upper part of Thailand as the strong high-pressure system from China extends to cover upper Thailand and the South China Sea, the...
Are the Thai Hot Guys auditioning newbies? We jest, but it seems Taiwanese boyband Lollipop did quite well when they were spotted recently at popular Bangkok restaurant Staneemeehoi, which is famed for the Thai Hot Guys performers. In a video posted online, Lollipop, which found fame in the noughties and are now making their group comeback, was seen dressed in the...
BANGKOK: The disappearance of Malaysian Goh Beng Shong and his girlfriend, in Bangkok has taken an unexpected turn after Thai authorities confirmed he had left Thailand on Sept 7. Goh’s mother, Tan Lee Lie, 60, who travelled from Penang to Bangkok to look for her 21-year-old son, said she contacted the Malaysian embassy in Thailand for...
