Muktita Suhartono

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Damien Cave |Muktita Suhartono

6 hours agoBANGKOK (AP) — For most of the day, somberness clouded over a makeshift shelter set up for grief-stricken relatives of dozens of workers who remain missing at the building collapse in Bangkok. They huddled together, a short distance from the rubble, awaiting news for their loved ones to be …

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Damien Cave |Muktita Suhartono

Workers said poor-quality materials were used during construction by a Chinese developer as it sought to cut costs. Investigators also said they found substandard steel bars in the rubble. Only one building in Bangkok fell during the earthquake on Friday that rocked Myanmar, hundreds of miles away. Recovery efforts continue with at least 15 people killed and dozens still missing. Determining the cause could take months.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Damien Cave |Muktita Suhartono

All around them, the street where the building entrance would have been had become a community. Tents had multiplied with volunteer assistance, with food for relatives, pallets of water for rescuers and the occasional mental health worker offering support. Each group wore a different uniform: firefighters in red and the police in blue. Mr. Thinkaew and his team wore green jumpsuits with gold lettering. Others wore neon orange or yellow.

1 month ago | smh.com.au | Damien Cave |Muktita Suhartono |Richard C. Paddock

By Damien Cave, Muktita Suhartono and Richard C. Paddock March 31, 2025 — 3.15pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Bangkok: When the earth started rocking beneath her home in Bangkok on Friday, Kanittha Thepasak thought she was simply dizzy. Then she heard an odd creaking sound, saw a lamp moving and threw aside a curtain to find cars swaying like boats at sea.

1 month ago | watoday.com.au | Damien Cave |Muktita Suhartono |Richard C. Paddock

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