Horror care centre closed in Kanchanaburi where patients were locked into caged beds and prison cells
Crime, Living, Media, Thailand:
Steel cage beds, barred rooms and psychiatric patients trigger the closure of a Kanchanaburi care home licensed for elderly care. Inspectors found 129 beds instead… Read More ›
Thaksin comes to Tax Court in Bangkok seeking temporary injunction to halt Revenue Department’s enforcement
Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:
Thaksin returns to court smiling as he fights further asset seizures over a final ฿17.629 billion tax bill. His lawyers point to ฿46.37 billion already… Read More ›
Senators from the ‘blue’ camp move against dissident Election Commissioner Sitthichot Intrawises
Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:
Five blue senators demand an ethics probe into EC commissioner Sitthichot Intrawises after he revealed bitter splits over the Senate collusion case, including political links… Read More ›
Corruption and crime crusader carted off to Bangkok Remand Prison after court refused last minute bail
Crime, Living, Media, Thailand:
Atchariya is behind bars after losing bail as cyber police probe nearly ฿359m in turnover across two accounts, 212 transactions exceeding ฿40m and claims that… Read More ›
Grab delivery driver strikes rich in Phuket by using trade to burgle 2 homes netting 3.69 million baht
Crime, Living, Media, Thailand:
Routine food deliveries allegedly became scouting missions before ฿3.69m vanished from two foreign residents’ Phuket homes. Police traced dollars, gold and football gambling before arresting… Read More ›
Two Germans killed on Khao Lak died on a road that had already claimed foreign lives and seen carnage
Crime, Living, Media, Thailand:
German couple killed at a Khao Lak crossing join a grim roll call of foreign tourist road deaths. Four have died on its Phetkasem corridor… Read More ›
Police investigate a Burmese kingpin who entered Thailand by plane from India and had access to wealth
Crime, Living, Media, Thailand:
Wanted Burmese drug suspect Aung Zaw Min Khant is caught in luxury Bangkok digs over a ฿150m drug haul. He arrived openly from India five… Read More ›
Harrowing moments for husband in Chonburi who saw his wife killed by an angry elephant early Sunday
Crime, Living, Media, Thailand:
Wild elephant pursues and kills Wanna Sridachama, 36, after she warned her husband to run from their Chonburi rubber plantation. Three local workers have now… Read More ›
Drunk driver mowed down a Thai woman and her German friend in Saturday’s early hours. Both died
Double tragedy on Bangkok’s Thong Lor Road as Thai Thitima Yasi, 23, and German Michelle Thipkan, 22, die after a grey MG hits them. Driver… Read More ›
House Committee chair Rome to call Bhumjaithai MP and Australian husband on Wednesday over wealth
Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:
Nearly ฿2bn in family wealth comes under the microscope as Rangsiman Rome summons Bhumjaithai MP Suchada Sangtanasap and her husband over a ฿1.44bn loan to… Read More ›
Two German tourists killed at Phang-nga zebra crossing. Pickup driver tore into them on Friday night
Crime, Living, Media, Thailand:
Two German tourists killed after a Mazda pickup runs a red light at a Khao Lak crossing, police say. Driver flees, then surrenders with damaged… Read More ›
Thai News for Foreigners
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October 3, 2026
Prime Minister Anutin puts Thailand on nationwide
Bhumjaithai MP files police report against People’s Party’s Rangsiman Rome over scammer link remarks
October 2, 2026
Suchada Sangtanasap goes to police after Rangsiman
Thai Airways boss fired by the board chaired by Finance Ministry chief on Friday over baggage crisis
October 2, 2026
Chai Eamsiri’s four-decade Thai Airways career
Elderly woman seriously injured after an old man drove EV car at speed into a crowded Bangkok shrine
October 2, 2026
Bangkok shrine chaos as a grey BYD EV races through
Tuk Tuk driver in Phuket assaulted by Middle Eastern looking tourist who failed to pay his fare to a hotel
October 2, 2026
Phuket tuk-tuk driver says foreign tourist left his
Naturalised citizenship scrutinised as PM scraps Israeli’s Thai status over ongoing home passport use
October 1, 2026
Seven years after becoming Thai, Israeli-born Ariel
Business leaders pile pressure on Thai Airways over vital air cargo artery for the kingdom’s exports to the world
October 1, 2026
Suvarnabhumi turmoil spreads from baggage halls to
Department of Business Development (DBD) contacts 43 foreign embassies on nominee shareholder firms
September 30, 2026
DBD sends details of over 100,000 foreign-linked firms
British mother from Croydon in a Cambodian hellhole prison facing up to 20 years after drug mule dupe
September 30, 2026
Tamara Martins thought she was carrying electronics.
Serving Election Commissioner again voicing his concerns about the probe into the 2024 Senate poll
September 30, 2026
Senate probe rocked by two razor-thin EC votes as
Thai Airways admits it got it wrong as Suvarnabhumi Airport public areas are swamped by a baggage flood
September 30, 2026
Chaos spreads from Suvarnabhumi baggage belts to the
Turkish arsonist arrested. His Thai girlfriend hired him to destroy evidence at her former workplace
September 29, 2026
Police crack Bangkok arson case after CCTV leads to a
Race against time and water flows as PM Anutin works round the clock tackling flooding emergency
September 29, 2026
Bangkok battles to drain as Thailand’s flood
Thailand moves carefully with AI regulation as US tech warns over key provisions hindering investment
September 29, 2026
US tech groups push back as Thailand drafts tough AI
Military operations are expanded at Suvarnabhumi Airport as crisis is still not brought under control
September 28, 2026
Troops reinforce Suvarnabhumi as the baggage breakdown
PM’s relief as Constitutional Court upholds February 8th General Election despite a barcode warning
September 28, 2026
Anutin’s government escapes a nationwide election
Royal Thai Army deployed to Suvarnabhumi Airport after baggage chaos gets the better of exhausted staff
September 28, 2026
Troops are sent into Suvarnabhumi as floods cripple
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