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Trains linking the main and satellite terminals at Suvarnabhumi airport were out of service for more than two and a half hours on Friday during a check on the electrical system.

The parents of 10 youths caught motorcycle street racing in Samut Prakan have been charged and fined 10,000 baht, police said on Thursday.

The son of a former politician has been charged with reckless driving causing death and drug use after he hit a group of students in Songkhla on Wednesday, killing two and injuring 13 others.

The Meteorological Department has announced the start of summer, with temperatures expected to peak at a blistering 45°C over the next few months in some areas.

Former Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen has invited Pheu Thai Party leader Paetongtarn Shinawatra to Cambodia next month. He extended the invitation while visiting former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra at his home in Bangkok on Wednesday.

Problems remain at Bangkok's airports, but passenger charges are increasing.

Longer stays from European guests helped drive room revenue in the first quarter in southern provinces, as room rates set a new record despite small numbers of Chinese tourists.

A 33-year-old man accused of killing his wife and burning her body after they celebrated his birthday together was taken for a reenactment of the crime on Wednesday.

A motorcyclist accused of trying to rape a Chinese woman on an roadside near Pattaya before fleeing with her money has been arrested.

Dhupatemiya Golf Course cannot be converted into a sports complex as the site is a military security stronghold, the Defence Ministry said.

Thaksin Shinawatra is preparing to welcome another former prime minister on Wednesday when Hun Sen flies in from Cambodia to visit the parolee at his Bangkok home.