The former abbot of the Aids hospice at Wat Phra Bat Nam Phu and his fund-raiser on Wednesday denied all the fraud and embezzlement charges against them as a court approved a police request to extend their detention.

PHUKET – A group of foreign tourists who assaulted a lifeguard at Nai Harn Beach in Phuket have agreed to pay the man 200,000 baht in compensation after a video showing the attack was widely shared on social media.

CHIANG MAI – Two people were confirmed killed and another was missing after a landslide hit a village in Mae Chaem district as heavy rain pounded the North of Thailand on Wednesday morning.

The embattled former abbot of Wat Phra Bat Nam Phu has broken his silence about his early life, admitting he evaded military service and assumed a friend’s identity before illegally entering Malaysia where he worked for several years before returning to Thailand.

Suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra expressed optimism about resuming her duties during a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, voicing her determination to return to work later this week.

Thai authorities are considering legal action under the Criminal Code following a border incident in which a group of Cambodian nationals allegedly dismantled sections of barbed wire fencing in the Nong Chan area of Sa Kaeo on Monday.