Crime, Culture, Media, Thailand:
Second passenger from Thailand arrested in Australia on alleged drug smuggling after officers found butanediol disguised as shower gel and later recovered steroid tablets. The… Read More ›
Bangkok’s Criminal Court jailed a mother for 7½ years after convicting her of trafficking her 12-year-old daughter to Japan for prostitution. The girl’s escape exposed… Read More ›
Thai Airways flight attendant arrested after Australian border officers found more than 1kg of heroin hidden in 12 tote bags at Melbourne Airport. She faces… Read More ›
Crime, Culture, Living, Thailand:
Police arrested a Loei lieutenant colonel accused of leaking classified intelligence to a drug gang, helping traffickers evade arrest and hiding meth pills in his… Read More ›
Economy, Living, Media, Thailand:
Bank of Thailand will launch a baht-backed stablecoin while cracking down on speculative forex trading and foreign currency payments, as Governor Vitai Ratanakorn declares blockchain… Read More ›
Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:
Western men are increasingly abandoning the US, Britain and the West for new lives in Thailand, citing COVID, soaring living costs, remote work and changing… Read More ›
Crime, Culture, Living, Thailand:
Chinese fugitive “Madame Zheng” has been arrested in Chiang Mai after an international manhunt over an alleged ฿20 billion cloud investment scam. Police say more… Read More ›
Crime, Living, Media, Thailand:
Australian Simon Carman faces Thailand’s death penalty after police say CCTV tracked him from a Pattaya hotel to a suitcase containing a murdered 17-year-old girl… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
Arrest and bail for controversial deputy Phuket governor as he is charged with exam corruption offences 
46 year old Aussie arrested at Bangkok’s main airport charged with murdering a 17 year old prostitute in Pattaya 
Love rivalry sees 38 year old man executed, stuffed in barrel of cement and dumped in a Nonthaburi pond 
Beijing unveils ‘security partnership’ with Phnom Penh ahead of a visit in July by Prime Minister Anutin 
Man arrested at Mae Sai border point with 23 million baht in cardboard boxes smuggling it to Burma 
‘Talent Mobility’ protocol launched by Dr Cheng to boost training and give Thailand 22,220 more doctors 
People’s Party MP summoned by DSI. Pawut insists that there is no crime. Justice Minister orders updates 
Defence Minister not concerned with military support for Cambodia from China. Says Thailand is confident 
Job appointments in poisoned exam process goes ahead as the impact of the scandal is still expanding 
Chiang Mai MP raises alarm about government stasis in the face of a chronic arsenic river poisoning crisis 
Government to use loan funds to push EV conversions for old cars in what could be a niche growth industry 
Drug mafia figures on the run from French police arrested on Wednesday in Immigration Bureau raid 
Bank of Thailand leaves interest rates unchanged, raises growth projection with the baht set to go lower 
Tourism Minister passes on concerns of Chinese envoy to Thailand over coverage of ‘grey Chinese’ used in media coverage 
Weakening baht falls below 33 to the US dollar as industry leaders warn borrowing costs will also rise 
Thailand sets out game plan to escape the middle income trap to an advanced economy in 12 years 
Crazed Icelandic man arrested for robbery of a female taxi driver in Phuket. Bizarre but serious incident 
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