Thailand mandates earthquake-resistant standards for escalators by 2025, ensuring public safety in malls and airports.

Pennung Warnitchai, director of Earthquake Research Center of Thailand, who helped draft Bangkok’s earthquake-resistant standards, said that the building should have been able to stay up.

Chadchart said building owners need to inspect their properties ... it urged a review of all large scale projects in the city ...

The authorities said they are investigating the cause of the building collapse as criticisms and concerns grow over safety and quality standards of Bangkok buildings. Chadchart Sittipunt, the city ...

Chadchart said building owners need to ... Most buildings in Bangkok were built before the government revised construction standards to require meet earthquake safety requirements, said Christian ...

Chadchart said building owners need to inspect their properties ... it urged a review of all large-scale projects in the city. Most buildings in Bangkok were built before the government revised ...