Deadly Bangkok Building Collapse Exposes Costly Failures and Corruption in Construction Oversight

On March 28, a tragic failure shook Bangkok—not only from the tremor of a distant earthquake but from the catastrophic collapse of a high-rise under construction that was intended to house Thailand’s State Audit Office. This disaster claimed at least 92 lives, turning an ambitious project into a deadly monument of oversight lapses and corporate malfeasance.Now, nearly three months later, Thai prosecutors have indicted 23 individuals and companies linked to the catastrophe. Among them are Italian-Thai Development Co., the lead contractor, and China Railway No. 10, their joint venture partner. These indictments highlight professional negligence, forgery of documents, and failure...