Eight people have been confirmed dead and at least 24 injured following a collision between a train and a passenger bus near the Makkasan station of the Airport Rail Link in Bangkok on Saturday afternoon.

Ayutthaya will be transformed into a high-value and sustainable tourism destination focused on specialised visitor markets, according to Tourism and Sports Minister Surasak Phancharoenworakul.

Some schools in Thailand are refusing to issue academic documents to students with unpaid maintenance fees, raising the risk they will not be able to enrol in further classes, says the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).

“Preventive engineering” measures are needed to reduce damage from severe summer storms in Thailand, including offering low-interest emergency loans to help households strengthen homes and buildings before disasters strike, an expert says...

Thailand’s prison system requires urgent restructuring to tackle overcrowding, inequality and repeat offending, according to Rudklao Intawong Suwankiri, a deputy leader of the Democrat Party.