Telecom firms likely to swoop on electricity authority for control of its fibre-optic network

Tragedy lingers in forgotten slum

Life is about as pitiable as it gets for the few victims of the 1991 chemical fire still living in Klong Toey. Almost 15 years after the event, the 1991 Klong Toey Port chemical fire still leaves its mark on the slum’s residents, not only the victims of the tragedy itself, but their descendants too.

Pop star Phai dies in funfair tragedy

A teenage singer died of head injuries yesterday afternoon, a day after being hit by a 10-kilogram steel tank, which broke loose from a fairground ride at a radio station funfair on Saturday. Vigoon “Phai” Boonthanom, 22, of GMM Grammy’s the First Stage Project Album, had been in a coma at Bangkok Hospital since Saturday.