Bangkok Post

NAKHON RATCHASIMA - Swarms of butterflies have returned to the shores of Lam Chae Dam reservoir, creating a striking natural display that is drawing visitors as the annual “butterfly season” begins.

Police need DNA matching with relatives to identify the eight deceased victims of Saturday’s frightful train-bus collision in Bangkok because their bodies were so badly burnt.

Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt has announced he will resign from office at 5pm on Monday, before his term ends later in the week, to attend his son’s graduation overseas and prepare a fresh bid for re-election as an independent.

KHON KAEN - A tongue-in-cheek sign at a construction site near Khon Kaen University has gone viral, as contractors plead with thieves to stop stealing electrical cables – even offering them money instead.  

Bangkok police have charged both the driver of the passenger bus and the freight train involved in Saturday afternoon's collision with reckless driving causing death.

KINSHASA - An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has so far killed 88 people and authorities warn there is no vaccine for the strain in a crisis that the World Health Organization declared an international health emergency on Sunday.

Thailand's first commercial seaplane operator plans to launch flights connecting Phuket with destinations across the Andaman region by September, targeting high-end tourists seeking faster access to resort islands and coastal destinations.

If Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt resigns from office, a new gubernatorial election must be held within 60 days, says the Bangkok Election Commission.

The proposed Land Bridge project has returned to the centre of national debate, with supporters hailing it as a potential economic game-changer and critics warning it could become one of Thailand's costliest and most environmentally damaging gambles.

Eight people have been confirmed dead and at least 35 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.

RANONG - Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul cut short his visit to Phuket on Sunday afternoon to inspect an illegal warehouse found to be storing smuggled electrical appliances worth about 50 million baht belonging to a Myanmar national.

GRANADILLA DE ABONA (SPAIN) - Occupants of a cruise ship struck by a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has sparked international alarm began leaving the vessel in Spain's Canary Islands on Sunday for their repatriation.

Supporters linked to the red-shirt movement began gathering outside Klong Prem Central Prison on Sunday, setting up camp along Ngam Wong Wan Road as they await the scheduled parole of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Monday.

The hantavirus in the headlines following an outbreak of the disease on a cruise ship which has arrived in Spain poses a very low risk to Thailand, according to a renowned Thai virologist.

TENERIFE: The cruise ⁠ship ⁠hit by a deadly hantavirus ​outbreak arrived early on Sunday near the Port of Granadilla in Tenerife, ​Reuters footage showed, where it ‌will anchor for the evacuation of the passengers and some of the crew.

Police are expanding their investigation into a suspected illegal arms supply network linked to a Chinese national arrested in Pattaya, with three suspects, one of them a Thai navy officer, now in custody for questioning.

The Bhumjaithai (BJT) Party's proposed Southern Economic Corridor (SEC) bill would not lead to casinos in the region, says chief government whip Korrawee Prissananantakul.

Researchers from Chulalongkorn University's Transportation Institute have raised concerns over the government's proposed Land Bridge project, saying it may struggle to compete with regional shipping routes and could fail to generate the expected economic returns without extensive industrial development.

Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is due to be released on parole on Monday, a development that has reignited speculation over how much influence he could regain within the Pheu Thai Party as it struggles to retain political dominance.

Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has concluded his participation in the 48th Asean Summit in Cebu, the Philippines, underscoring Thailand's role in promoting regional peace, stability and cooperation amid global uncertainty.