
Two women killed by train at level crossing
Two young women on a motorcycle crashed into a lowered railway crossing barrier and were then run over by a freight train and killed about an hour before dawn on Sunday in Chon Buri.

Two young women on a motorcycle crashed into a lowered railway crossing barrier and were then run over by a freight train and killed about an hour before dawn on Sunday in Chon Buri.

Diesel prices rose another 2.80 baht a litre at 5am on Sunday as the state Oil Fuel Fund cut the diesel price subsidy.

Satellite data shows a record number of hotspots across Thailand, with 4,750 detected in a single day, the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (Gistda) reported on Tuesday.

Thailand is pushing for regulations that would require international tourists to obtain accident insurance before entering the country, as rising unpaid medical bills and accident risks place a mounting strain on public healthcare.

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Bangkok, Thailand – Phoonseeraah “Ada” Tieanworn, a student at Choate Rosemary Hall, USA, has been named by the International Baccalaureate Organization (IB)—a nonprofit foundation headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland and founded in 1968—as a recipient of the Global Youth Action Fund 2025. This highly competitive award includes $2,500 USD in funding to expand her initiative, Global Hospitality Aid (GHA), which pioneers upcycling of byproducts from Thailand’s hotel industry into survival kits for displaced individuals in conflict and disaster zones around the world.