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People living along the riverside in Chiang Mai are being strongly advised to move their belongings, including vehicles, to high ground as the Ping River is rising rapidly and expected to flood into the city on Tuesday night.

Several roads were flooded and morning traffic came to a standstill during rush hours on Tuesday morning as rain blanketed Greater Bangkok.

The ruling Pheu Thai Party has defended its casino-entertainment complex project, saying it will legalise the underground activity and allow the government to collect tax revenue from it.

Train services have been halted by a landslide and flooding on the northern line between Lampang and Chiang Mai stations, the State Railway of Thailand said on Monday. 

A 22-wheeled truck smashed into 16 other vehicles on Bangkok

People living near Thai Plastic and Chemicals Plc in the Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate in Rayong have been advised to stay away from toxic smoke from its plant fire.

Thai police may now take urine or blood samples to test the blood alcohol levels of drivers who refuse to blow into breathalyser devices, under a new regulation.

A jealous man shot his ex-wife, her mother and a teen relative before turning the gun on himself at a house in Khon Kaen on Saturday, leaving his two-year-old daughter alone and in shock.

Thailand has proposed a new bill to regulate its cannabis industry and restrict marijuana uses to health and medical purposes, the latest effort to control recreational smoking after several policy u-turns. 

A depression near the upper Vietnamese coast has developed into Tropical Storm Soulik and is expected to cause heavy downpours across Thailand until Monday, according to the Meteorological Department.

New City Hall rules say that only “poor Thais” will be allowed to be street vendors in Bangkok and they will be barred from employing migrants.