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Road collapse causes traffic snag after pickup falls into sinkhole

An incident caused alarm among motorists in Samut Sakhon, when a section of Rama II Road on the inbound carriageway to Bangkok collapsed.

Double tragedy for Thailand

A crane collapsed onto a road near Thailand's capital, crushing two vehicles and killing two people a day after a similar accident in the northeast caused the derailing of a train and the deaths of 32 passengers.

Crane crushes moving train

A crane at a China-backed high-speed rail project in Thailand collapsed onto and derailed a passenger train, killing at least 32 people and injuring scores, local authorities said.

Two 4.2 quakes hit off Sumatra

Two magnitude-4.2 quakes off northern Sumatra were detected early yesterday, with tremors in the region near Phuket and Satun, Thailand's Met Depart­ment says.

Kelantan told to postpone travel to southern Thailand following bomb attacks

KOTA BARU: Residents in Kelantan have been advised to postpone travel to southern Thailand following bomb explosions at several petrol stations in the region on Sunday (Jan 11).

No Malaysians affected by attacks in southern Thailand, Wisma Putra says

KUALA LUMPUR: There have been no reports of Malaysians directly affected by the attacks in Yala, Narathiwat and Pattani in southern Thailand in the early hours of Sunday (Jan 11).

Cross-border ‘strike’ sparks protest

THE country has accused Cambodia of violating a 10-day-old truce, saying cross-border mortar fire wounded a soldier, while Phnom Penh said a "pile of garbage" exploded, injuring two of its own troops.

A way of life on borrowed time

Deep in a Thai forest, a young man sprints through the undergrowth, blowpipe in hand, before pumping a poisoned dart at a monkey.

Mohamad Hasan visits Bangkok and calls on Malaysian abroad to work closely with embassies

Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan on Friday reminded Malaysians abroad to work closely with Malaysian embassies in preserving the country's image on the global stage.

POWs home in time for the new year

THE soldiers were given a hero's welcome after Thailand released them as part of a truce deal that ended weeks of deadly fighting along their contested frontier.