Vietnamese woman slashed in Bangkok by obese man who told reporters he doesn’t like overweight people

Vietnamese woman slashed in Bangkok by obese man who told reporters he doesn’t like overweight people

June 28, 2026

Crime, Living, Media, Thailand:

Homeless man slashes Vietnamese office worker with a box cutter in Bangkok’s Silom district before police hunt him down using CCTV. Officers say he admitted… Read More ›

Chadchart wins the Bangkok governor contest by a crushing landslide after a slick re-election campaign

Chadchart wins the Bangkok governor contest by a crushing landslide after a slick re-election campaign

June 28, 2026

Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt is heading for another landslide as two major polls predict a crushing re-election victory, cementing the former coup detainee’s rise as… Read More ›

Parliamentary delegation inspects new Thai border fence with Cambodia in Chanthaburi. 45% complete

Parliamentary delegation inspects new Thai border fence with Cambodia in Chanthaburi. 45% complete

June 28, 2026

Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Thailand’s new 8.3km border fence in Chanthaburi is 45% complete as a parliamentary delegation led by Monthian Songpracha inspects the project. Military chiefs say security… Read More ›

Police chief in Pattaya commends the investigative team that arrested Aussie murder suspect in 6 hours

Police chief in Pattaya commends the investigative team that arrested Aussie murder suspect in 6 hours

June 28, 2026

Crime, Culture, Living, Thailand:

Pattaya detectives have been honoured after tracking Australian Simon Peter Carman to Bangkok airport within six hours of the murder of 17-year-old Thanyachanok Donhomlao, whose… Read More ›

Tourism Minister to forge a stronger consultation process between the private sector and top officials

Tourism Minister to forge a stronger consultation process between the private sector and top officials

June 28, 2026

Culture, Economy, Politics, Thailand:

Tourism Minister Surasak Phancharoenworakul has unveiled Thailand’s biggest tourism policy overhaul in years, proposing a new public-private decision system, a ฿3 billion stimulus, India visa… Read More ›

Bank of Thailand boss defends the central bank’s low interest rate policy aimed at boosting the economy

Bank of Thailand boss defends the central bank’s low interest rate policy aimed at boosting the economy

June 28, 2026

Economy, Living, Media, Thailand:

The Bank of Thailand has defied mounting pressure to raise interest rates, keeping its benchmark at 1% as Governor Vitai Ratanakorn insists the baht’s slide… Read More ›

Commerce Minister Suphajee visits Brussels to push a badly needed Thai European Union trade pact

Commerce Minister Suphajee visits Brussels to push a badly needed Thai European Union trade pact

June 28, 2026

Economy, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Thailand has sent Deputy Prime Minister Suphajee Suthumpun to Brussels in a high-stakes bid to seal a landmark EU free trade pact after 13 years… Read More ›

Arrest and bail for controversial deputy Phuket governor as he is charged with exam corruption offences

Arrest and bail for controversial deputy Phuket governor as he is charged with exam corruption offences

June 27, 2026

Crime, Culture, Living, Politics, Thailand:

A Phuket deputy governor has won bail after his arrest over alleged cash-for-jobs payments linked to local government examinations, as a separate ฿4.5 billion recruitment… Read More ›

Aussie Simon Peter Carman charged with murder of teenager in Pattaya after being nabbed at the airport

Aussie Simon Peter Carman charged with murder of teenager in Pattaya after being nabbed at the airport

June 27, 2026

Crime, Culture, Media, Thailand:

Australian Simon Peter Carman, 46, has been charged with murdering a 17-year-old Pattaya sex worker after police say CCTV exposed him hiding her body in… Read More ›

46 year old Aussie arrested at Bangkok’s main airport charged with murdering a 17 year old prostitute in Pattaya

46 year old Aussie arrested at Bangkok’s main airport charged with murdering a 17 year old prostitute in Pattaya

June 27, 2026

Crime, Culture, Media, Thailand:

Australian Simon Peter Carman, 46, was arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport while trying to flee after police say he murdered a 17-year-old Pattaya sex worker, hid… Read More ›

Miss Thailand Phuket runner up star accuses wealthy pageant sponsor of attempted rape at a Rayong hotel

Miss Thailand Phuket runner up star accuses wealthy pageant sponsor of attempted rape at a Rayong hotel

June 27, 2026

Crime, Culture, Media, Thailand:

Miss Thailand Phuket 2026 runner-up says a powerful pageant sponsor entered her hotel bathroom while she was naked in the shower and attempted to rape… Read More ›

Love rivalry sees 38 year old man executed, stuffed in barrel of cement and dumped in a Nonthaburi pond

Love rivalry sees 38 year old man executed, stuffed in barrel of cement and dumped in a Nonthaburi pond

June 27, 2026

Crime, Culture, Thailand:

Love rivalry ends in execution-style murder as Nonthaburi police say a man was shot while asleep, sealed inside a cement-filled drum and dumped in a… Read More ›

New evidence of a vast conspiracy behind the 2024 Senate election as former officials file police report

New evidence of a vast conspiracy behind the 2024 Senate election as former officials file police report

June 27, 2026

Media, Politics, Thailand:

Thailand’s Senate election scandal is reaching its climax as the Election Commission weighs sending 229 suspects to the Constitutional Court amid explosive new evidence, secret… Read More ›

Beijing unveils ‘security partnership’ with Phnom Penh ahead of a visit in July by Prime Minister Anutin

Beijing unveils ‘security partnership’ with Phnom Penh ahead of a visit in July by Prime Minister Anutin

June 27, 2026

Media, Politics, Thailand:

China has unveiled a sweeping security pact with Cambodia covering defence, policing and cybercrime as Beijing deepens its military footprint ahead of Thai PM Anutin’s… Read More ›

Argentinian football star Messi steals the World Cup show in Bangkok where the 2026 tournament is a hit

Argentinian football star Messi steals the World Cup show in Bangkok where the 2026 tournament is a hit

June 27, 2026

Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Bangkok has gone World Cup mad as Lionel Messi and Argentina dominate a new poll, Monomax’s last-minute TV rights deal delivers every match and football… Read More ›

Man arrested at Mae Sai border point with 23 million baht in cardboard boxes smuggling it to Burma

Man arrested at Mae Sai border point with 23 million baht in cardboard boxes smuggling it to Burma

June 26, 2026

Crime, Culture, Living, Thailand:

Thai customs seized more than ฿23 million hidden inside snack food boxes after stopping a Myanmar-registered car at Mae Sai. The cash haul has triggered… Read More ›

Hapless accident as elderly UK man falls from his Pattaya condo balcony in Jomtien while painting

Hapless accident as elderly UK man falls from his Pattaya condo balcony in Jomtien while painting

June 26, 2026

Crime, Culture, Living, Thailand:

A 77-year-old British man died after plunging from his eighth-floor Na Jomtien condo while painting his balcony. Neighbours saw him working moments before the fall.… Read More ›

‘Talent Mobility’ protocol launched by Dr Cheng to boost training and give Thailand 22,220 more doctors

‘Talent Mobility’ protocol launched by Dr Cheng to boost training and give Thailand 22,220 more doctors

June 26, 2026

Economy, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Thailand is overhauling its future with 22,200 new doctors, researchers sent into private industry and a high-tech AI drive as Dr Cheng unveils a sweeping… Read More ›

People’s Party deputy leader warns that public finances appear to be on the verge of a cashflow crisis

People’s Party deputy leader warns that public finances appear to be on the verge of a cashflow crisis

June 26, 2026

Economy, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

People’s Party deputy leader Sirikanya Tansakul claimed the government is suffering a cash-flow crisis, using a ฿10.3 billion budget transfer to stay afloat. She said… Read More ›

People’s Party MP summoned by DSI. Pawut insists that there is no crime. Justice Minister orders updates

People’s Party MP summoned by DSI. Pawut insists that there is no crime. Justice Minister orders updates

June 26, 2026

Crime, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

People’s Party MP Pawut Pongwitayaphanu has been summoned by the DSI in Thailand’s biggest forex fraud probe as investigators examine 70,000 transactions. Courts will rule… Read More ›

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