Woman in northern Thailand builds thriving concern farming and selling live cockroaches for fishing in nearby rivers
Live cockroaches are flying off the shelves in Phitsanulok as a 29-year-old breeder earns up to ฿5,200 weekly. Anglers swear their scent and underwater movement… Read More ›
Devastating tragedy in Bangkok as pregnant teacher takes her life after paternity fight with boyfriend
A customer finds a pregnant Bangkok teacher dead behind the wheel of her Mazda after ten silent hours. Police seize a charcoal brazier and a… Read More ›
Pattaya police probe a nightclub shooting on the city’s Southside in the early hours of Monday morning
Crime, Living, Media, Thailand:
South Pattaya nightlife turns bloody before thousands of USS Abraham Lincoln sailors descend on Pattaya. Two men are shot, a woman suffers a head wound… Read More ›
Travel Blogger claims he was accosted by cocaine hucksters in broad daylight on Bangkok’s Sukhumvit
Crime, Living, Media, Thailand:
Sukhumvit’s cocaine hucksters approach a travel vlogger beside his young children in broad daylight. Despite raids, hidden drug rooms and a ฿380 million kingpin arrest,… Read More ›
American man arrested in Phuket on US state and federal warrants relating to sexual abuse of minors at home
American fugitive Lance Michael Beck is caught at a Phuket hotel after an FBI alert sparks a 48-hour hunt. Wanted on eight warrants for sexual… Read More ›
Thailand wins Asian Women’s Volleyball title for the third time in a thrilling win over China on Sunday
Thailand’s volleyball queens conquer China 3-2 on home soil, seize a fourth Asian crown and storm into their first Olympics. After two fierce Chinese fightbacks,… Read More ›
Pattaya police operation targets street sex workers ahead of expected arrival of US sailors on Wednesday
Crime, Living, Media, Thailand:
Battle-tested USS Abraham Lincoln steams towards Pattaya with 5,000 sailors and Marines desperate for shore leave. Police arrest 25 street sex workers as bars, hotels… Read More ›
Thailand approaches a seminal moment in politics as Senate collusion case decision set for September 14
Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:
Thailand braces for a defining Senate ruling as Abhisit warns of injustice and opposition leaders demand 229 cases reach the Supreme Court. The Election Commission… Read More ›
Underage woman ran up 60,000 baht tab at host bar after pursuing a man. Bill paid by shaving her hair
Crime, Culture, Living, Thailand:
A Bangkok host-bar manager shaves an 18-year-old customer bald after her TikTok romance drives a ฿60,000 bill for over 200 drinks. She claims staff threatened… Read More ›
Thailand’s America’s Got Talent star returned home on Friday ahead of her September date with destiny
From Phuket’s Naka Market to America’s biggest talent stage, Nene Royal storms into the final—with Mel B’s Golden Buzzer. After a heroine’s welcome home, the… Read More ›
Myanmar authorities remain tight lipped over death of US diplomat in May and his jailed Thai partner
Crime, Media, Politics, Thailand:
Pavinee Supasirivisan is handed one year in a Myanmar prison after her American diplomat former husband was found stabbed to death in May. However, the… Read More ›
Thai News for Foreigners
Police respond within 10 minutes to drunk foreign tourist attacking and breaking into ATM for lost card
August 29, 2026
Fury grips Khao San Road as a drunk foreign tourist
Huge fire in central Bangkok at a major electronics retail centre. Governor Chadchart was on the scene
August 29, 2026
Bangkok’s Khlong Thom electronics hub burns through
Pheu Thai leader Julapun insists coalition government is ‘very strong’ at Government House on Friday
August 28, 2026
Pheu Thai closes ranks behind Anutin as Julapun
Police cordon off mountain area to manhunt for man who murdered his lover’s husband after affair ended
August 28, 2026
Jealous lover Kitti shoots a 56-year-old school
Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) turns to railway to boost the appeal of Thailand to foreign tourists
August 27, 2026
Thailand puts railways at the heart of its tourism
Koh Samui zoo dispute morphs into wider protest at Israelis and foreigners misbehaving in Thailand
August 27, 2026
A Koh Samui zoo clash ignites a wider Thai nationalist
Tourism chiefs monitor Chinese media after rescue of young woman by Kamphaeng Phet police. 4 arrested
August 27, 2026
Police rescue a bound Chinese woman after four Thai
Central bank holds interest rate steady at 1% as real economy strains and investment targets technology
August 26, 2026
Bank of Thailand keeps its rate at 1% as two economies
Immigration Koh Tao raids see UK and Spanish diving instructors arrested for working on DTV visas
August 26, 2026
Six foreign diving instructors are arrested on Koh Tao
US Navy Aircraft carrier group to descend on Pattaya after taking part in ‘Epic Fury’ and blockading Iran
August 26, 2026
Fresh from combat missions against Iran, the USS
Tourists to be briefed on Thai laws before departure. Minister says Israeli man’s visa has been revoked
August 25, 2026
Thailand axes an Israeli tourist’s visa as a Koh
Opposition alleging a potential whitewash by Election Commission on Friday over Senate election case
August 25, 2026
Bombshell Senate collusion ruling lands Friday, as 138
Thaksin back at centre of politics as Pheu Thai power play with the Kla Tham Party is speculated upon
August 25, 2026
A bombshell Senate collusion ruling lands Friday with
Two men arrested after Chinese tourist is abducted, tied up and taken to Mae Sot near the Thai Burmese border
August 24, 2026
Bound and beaten Chinese tourist jumps from a moving
Radio star’s fall from fame led him to being homeless and murder in a Bangkok park. Family shocked
August 24, 2026
Radio fame, homelessness and murder collide as Wichai
Scammer who worked for Cambodian gang in Poipet arrested by Bangkok police on Friday over Phuket case
August 24, 2026
Bangkok police arrest Surasak, 33, after a bogus
New Bank of Thailand regulatory plan may impinge on foreigners’ dealings with tougher, intrusive actions
August 23, 2026
Foreigners face a tougher banking climate as the Bank
© 2026 Thai Examiner. All rights reserved.