The Latest Breaking News from Bangkok Post

Twelve Thai and foreign beggars were arrested on Thursday night. One Thai beggar was found to be carrying more than 300,000 baht in cash and to have about one million baht in her bank account.

A veteran Prachin Buri politician and father of a former cabinet minister is facing a murder charge in the shooting death of his adopted son over what police say was a political dispute.

Flooding and landslide alerts are in effect for all southern provinces near the Gulf of Thailand, with torrential rain forecast to pound the region until next Monday.

A tourist was killed by a wild elephant in Loei

A Belarusian tourist faces charges after attacking police and security guards in Phuket while extremely drunk — and his wife and children are returning home without him.

A 31-year-old patient suffering from alcohol withdrawal died after allegedly being beaten by staff at the Si Sa Ket hospital where he was being treated. 

A masseuse who was reported to have performed a neck-twisting procedure on a luk thung singer who later died has asked for fairness and a chance to tell her side of the story.

A young singer who died after three sessions at a local massage parlour that included neck twisting had died from blood poisoning and an autopsy is needed to determine the actual facts of her death, the provincial health chief said on Monday.

Four foreign men and three Thais have been arrested on charges of making sex videos in Thailand that were sold worldwide.

A Singaporean on holiday in Phuket has died shortly after a body massage at Patong beach, police said.

An exhausted, naked Russian man has been rescued from the sea by a speedboat driver about six kilometres off Pattaya.