Richard C. Paddock

Bangkok

Reporter at The New York Times

Reporting for The New York Times from Southeast Asia. Ex-@LATimes, ex-@WSJ. Shared in PBS NewsHour Emmy in 2015.

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Articles

Kanittha can barely imagine returning to the office. It’s on the 29th floor

3 weeks 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.
Kanittha can barely imagine returning to the office. It’s on the 29th floor

3 weeks ago | watoday.com.au | Damien Cave |Muktita Suhartono |Richard C. Paddock

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In Bangkok, looking at high-rises with a new sense of dread after massive quake

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Damien Cave |Muktita Suhartono |Richard C. Paddock

1 hour agoCalling it. In The White Lotus Season 3, episode 7, Rick Hatchett (Walton Goggins) finally comes face to face with Jim Hollinger (Scott Glenn), the man he believes murdered his father. However, friends, the confrontation doesn't go the violent way we — and Rick's friend Frank (Sam Rockwell) — think it …
After Bangkok Building Collapse, Fearing High-Rises

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Damien Cave |Muktita Suhartono |Richard C. Paddock

Thailand upgraded its earthquake-resistant building code in 2007, and experts said the vast majority of the city's buildings were clearly strong enough to withstand what should still be considered a rare seismic event. Still, some engineers called for greater scrutiny and a potential upgrade in standards and enforcement.
In Bangkok, grim vigils as people seek word of relatives at collapsed building

3 weeks ago | japantimes.co.jp | Muktita Suhartono |Richard C. Paddock

Aubonrat Setnawet, an electrician’s helper, was working with her husband on the 23rd floor of a new office tower on the northern edge of Bangkok moments before disaster struck. She needed to get some equipment, so she took the construction elevator to the ground floor. Suddenly, she felt the ground sway beneath her and, with two sharp cracking sounds, the unfinished building began to collapse. With her cellphone in hand, she ran to escape the falling debris as a huge dust cloud rose.
Major Quake Batters Myanmar; High Toll Is Feared as Buildings Topple

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Sui-Lee Wee |John Yoon |Richard C. Paddock |Michael Levenson

A powerful earthquake struck central Myanmar on Friday, gouging open roads, toppling century-old religious monuments and destroying multistory buildings as it shook a vast expanse of Southeast Asia and dealt another severe blow to a country that has been ripped apart by civil war.
Thailand Starts Recognizing Same-Sex Marriage

Jan 22, 2025 | nytimes.com | Richard C. Paddock |Muktita Suhartono

Twelve years ago, the Thai couple headed to the marriage registrar's office to take part in a mass wedding ceremony on Valentine's Day in Bangkok. Rungtiwa Thangkanopast wore a long white dress, and her partner, Phanlavee Chongtangsattam, a black tuxedo. Officials welcomed them. But when they reached the registrar's desk and presented their identity cards, which show each to be female, they were turned away. Marriage between two women, they were told, was not permitted.
Thailand Celebrates New Same-Sex Marriage Law With Mass Wedding

Jan 21, 2025 | flipboard.com | Richard C. Paddock |Muktita Suhartono

5 hours agoThere's been a surge in Americans applying to “golden visas” in Greece, Panama, Thailand, and beyond. Have your heart set on moving abroad—but put off by the mountainous paperwork and frustrating delays of traditional visa applications? For those with savings to spare, “golden visas” can provide a …
Arms dealer linked to Myanmar junta acquitted in money laundering case

Jan 31, 2024 | japantimes.co.jp | Muktita Suhartono |Richard C. Paddock

A wealthy Myanmar arms broker with close ties to the leader of Myanmar’s brutal military regime was acquitted on Tuesday by a Bangkok court on charges of drug trafficking and money laundering, raising fears that he will be free to resume his activities aiding the junta. U Tun Min Latt, whom the United States placed under sanctions last year for supplying the Myanmar regime with weapons, had spent 16 months in a Thai jail awaiting trial.
In Indonesia, Democracy or Dynasty?

Jan 6, 2024 | iverifyu.com | Richard C. Paddock |Muktita Suhartono

Critics say that hard-won progress toward democracy in Indonesia has been backsliding under Joko Widodo, a two-term president who was once a political outsider. Not long ago, the eldest son of President Joko Widodo of Indonesia was running a catering business and a chain of dessert shops. Now he is the symbol of a budding political dynasty and the beneficiary of family maneuvering.