Thai officials have begun demolishing a police station in central Bangkok, situated above a sinkhole that appeared last month, following safety concerns.
Thailand's corrections department has denied reports that former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra bought pizza for 6,500 guards and inmates to hold a "party" at the Bangkok prison where he is serving his sentence.
Thailand's Supreme Court ruled that Thaksin did not serve his prison sentence according to the law in 2023 and ordered the former prime minister to serve the remaining one year.
After four consecutive years of growth, Thailand's hotel industry is forced to lower room rates for the first time due to a sharp decline in international tourists.
Former Thai prime minister Thaksin appears to be in Singapore for a medical checkup, just days before a Thai court is set to rule on whether his hospitalization time counts towards his prison sentence.
