Sexual misconduct charges against its leader continued to roil the Shambhala Buddhist community this week, with famed nun and best-selling author Pema Chodron stepping down as a Shambhala teacher, saying adherents are "yearning for accountability."

Bangkok music fans will on Sunday (January 19) be rocking to help victims of the bushfires ravaging all of Australia.

The Ministry of Justice has agreed to pay compensation and legal expenses to victims and defendants in several criminal cases, totalling Bt667,979, including the high-profile “Lunlabelle” case.

Plane crash victims' families 'sickened' by fired Boeing CEO's $62 million payout. Hundreds of people who lost loved ones aboard doomed 737 Max jets learned Friday evening that Dennis Muilenburg - the fired Boeing chief executive who presided over the flawed airplanes' development and pushed regulators to keep them in the air - will receive at least $62 million on his way out.

Aurora has pledged to compensate the kin of three people who were shot dead and the four who were injured during an armed robbery at its gold shop on Thursday in Lopburi province.

The 15th anniversary of the deadly tsunami was held at Baan Nam Kem Tsunami memorial park in remembrance of 230,000 victims with government agencies, local and foreigners participating in the event.

SAN FRANCISCO - For the first time in its history, Uber this month reported data on the dangers of sexual assault on its app. Now it's facing calls to action, requiring the ride-hailing giant to make tough decisions on how to balance victims' wishes with demands to report dangerous riders and passengers to local regulators or law enforcement - or both.

Uber will pay $4.4 million to victims of alleged gender discrimination and strengthen its defenses against sexual harassment, government officials announced Wednesday.

More than 10 victims of an employment scam met with Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD) Deputy Inspector of Division 2, Pol Capt Phiphop Klomklueng on Monday (December 9) to file a complaint against the owner of a Facebook page who they say tricked them into working without paying,

The Commerce Ministry is organising Blue Flag fairs in northeastern provinces affected by the Podul and Kajiki storms, enabling low-income people and farmers to buy cheap consumer goods in order to help reduce the cost of living.

Dr. Sukhum Kanjanapimai, permanent secretary for the Public Health Ministry said this week that his Ministry has received an order from Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-Cha to have hospitals and medical centres in Narathiwas province stock up on drugs and medical supplies to provide aid to flood victims in the province.

The cabinet has extended the period of help to victims of the Podul and Kajiki storms.  With a budget of Bt2.09 billion, the government will give Bt5,000 per household to people in 32 provinces until March 31, extending the period from November 25, deputy spokeswoman Ratchada Thanadirek said on Tuesday (December 3).

The Royal Thai Police is working with Border Patrol Police, Highway Police and Tourist Police Bureau to provide aid to residents of four districts in Narathiwas province who are affected by flooding as a result of Typhoon Kammuri that has since reached the coast of Philippines, said Deputy police spokesman Pol Colonel Krisana Pattanajaroen today (December 2).

Some 100 plaintiffs filed complaints on Monday (November 25) with Samart Jenchajitwanit, vice minister of justice at the ministry’s branch office in the Chaeng Watthana Government Complex against the owner(s) of Facebook page “2gether” and Instragram account “twogether1” for selling cheap air tickets and tour packages that didn’t exist. Altogether 514 complaints have been made with total estimated damages amounting to Bt31 million.

Representatives from Life Quality Improvement Network and more than 30 victims of road accidents handed in a petition to the Prime Minister at the Government House today( November 14), seeking a strengthening of traffic law and measures to reduce accidents on the roads. The letter was received by Tewan Liptapallop, Minister Attached to the Prime Minister’s Office, The visitors arranged 60 pairs of shoes into the slogan "STOP VICTIM", to raise awareness that 60 people are killed daily in traffic

Police in Chantaburi rushed to the courts of justice at 9.05am on Tuesday (November 12) after reports of a shooting during a hearing. There they discovered five injured, four men and one woman, including the shooter. They were all rushed Prapokklao Chanthaburi Hospital where two of the male victims later died.

The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) has teamed up with local authorities and the residents of Sirindhorn district in Ubon Ratchathani to rehabilitate the areas which were hit by floods.

Worried families who fear their loved ones were aboard the deadly Essex lorry can contact special hotlines to provide information to the authorities, the Việt Nam's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday.

HÀ NỘI — Worried families who fear their loved ones were aboard the deadly Essex lorry can contact special hotlines to provide information to the authorities, the Việt Nam's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday.

Thousands of residents of West Seram Regency in Maluku fled to nearby mountains and forests on Tuesday amid fears of an incoming tsunami after fake news spread online following a deadly earthquake that jolted the region late last month.

Nok Air has its planes transporting flood victims from Ubon Ratchathani in the Northeast to a Bangkok hospital for emergency treatment.

The justice minister has instructed officials to speed up paying compensation to "damaged parties" due to crimes, including the family of Karen rights activist “Billy” who was a victim of enforced disappearance, with an allocation of Bt176 million from the government’s central fund.

Pisit Serewiwattana, president of the Export-Import Bank of Thailand (EXIM Thailand), has announced that customers directly and indirectly hit by the severe flooding in the north and northeast regions will see their debt and interest payments suspended.

Over 20,000 people in four northeastern provinces continue to wait for evacuation from floods caused by tropical storms and the monsoon that have so far killed 34 people.