Bangkok’s ambulance volunteers: Saving lives or putting them at risk?
101 East enters the dangerous world of Bangkok’s volunteer ambulance crews racing to be first at accident scenes.

101 East enters the dangerous world of Bangkok’s volunteer ambulance crews racing to be first at accident scenes.

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Two men were sentenced to death in the 2015 Thai Erawan shrine bombing that killed 20 people and wounded more than 100.
The August 2015 attack at the popular Erawan shrine in Bangkok’s commercial heart killed 20 and wounded over 100 more.
US State Department confirms the fatality, but refuses to provide more information about the person’s death in Yangon.
The search and rescue team say it is ‘high risk’ to continue the operation.
Thai authorities are ramping up enforcement of local ownership rules, stoking anxiety among foreign businesses.
Rescuers face heavy rains, equipment failures in search for two people trapped in central Laos cave by flash floods.
Southeast Asia’s tourism powerhouse to introduce new tiered visa system.

Devastating railway accident in Bangkok kills at least eight people. And an investigation is underway.

At least eight people have been killed after a freight train crashed into a public bus in Thailand.
A train crashed into a public bus near an airport rail link station in Bangkok’s city centre, Thai media report.