Breakthrough in Thai Airways drug trafficking case. Courier arrested and confessed to supplying drugs
Inspector Jae arrested courier Mr Ithai, blowing open the Thai Airways heroin case. Police say his confession has exposed a Thailand-Australia trafficking network, identified a… Read More ›
Pattaya police continue to quiz wife of UK business man stabbed to death at home on Thursday morning
British cannabis entrepreneur Thomas David, 34, found stabbed to death in a luxury Pattaya home as police question his 21-year-old British wife. Detectives challenge her… Read More ›
Brit arrested for assaulting Phuket tuk-tuk driver, stripped of visa and charged with a criminal offence
Crime, Culture, Living, Thailand:
British tourist Shane Daniel Correia arrested after allegedly flooring a Phuket tuk-tuk driver in a ฿300 fare row. Video of the attack went viral as… Read More ›
Officials face disciplinary action over exam cheating scandal as appointments get the go ahead case by case
Crime, Culture, Politics, Thailand:
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul orders a sweeping probe into Thailand’s local government exam scandal as 15,000 appointments face scrutiny, five DLA officials face disciplinary action,… Read More ›
Thai Laotian couple arrested in Loei linked to heroin trafficking and the jailed Thai Airways hostess
Thai police arrest a Thai husband and Laotian wife over the heroin case linked to Thai Airways hostess Ms Meena as the Office of the… Read More ›
King and Queen return to Thailand after state visit to France which culminated in a visit to Airbus HQ in Toulouse
Culture, Economy, Politics, Thailand:
King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida have returned after the first Thai royal state visit to France in 66 years, marking 340 years of ties… Read More ›
Son in Law from Hell arrested in Pattaya. Taken to Nakhon Sawan as police find three buried bodies in a plantation
Son-in-law from hell confesses to murdering his estranged wife and her elderly parents after police say they caught him burglarising their home for a third… Read More ›
British man found dead on Thursday morning in Pattaya may have been murdered, according to police
Crime, Living, Media, Thailand:
British cannabis businessman found stabbed to death in his luxury Chonburi home as police reject his wife’s suicide claim. A blood trail, washed knife, CCTV… Read More ›
Thai hostess to face the music for her actions as Prime Minister pushes to close drug trafficking gaps
Crime, Media, Politics, Thailand:
Thai PM orders sweeping airport security crackdown after heroin cases linked to Australia, with investigators increasingly convinced a Thai Airways hostess knowingly joined a trafficking… Read More ›
Questions asked in Bangkok after 11 year old drove a pickup truck into monks in procession killing nine
Crime, Culture, Living, Thailand:
An 11-year-old boy driving his father’s pickup wiped out a Buddhist pilgrimage in Mukdahan, killing nine monks and injuring 13 others. Parliament is now demanding… Read More ›
Thai Airways bolsters the kingdom’s connection to Europe with daily flight from Bangkok to Amsterdam
Thai Airways has resumed daily Bangkok-Amsterdam flights after 28 years, taking on KLM and EVA Air with fares from ฿30,690 while restoring a key European… Read More ›
Thai News for Foreigners
Fire at unlicensed Pattaya nightclub left one member of staff dead. Police investigation now underway
July 2, 2026
An employee died after fire tore through an unlicensed
Lopburi monkeys escape and counterattack in war between humans and primates for ancient capital
July 2, 2026
Monkey mayhem is back in Lopburi as escaped macaques
Thailand horrified by savage daylight public murder of 61-year-old out walking in southern Trat province
July 1, 2026
Graphic CCTV footage has exposed the savage roadside
Digital Economy minister presses ahead with AI law even with warnings of adverse investment reaction
July 1, 2026
Thailand will finalise its landmark AI Act this fiscal
King and Queen join Princess Sirivannavari on a cruise of the Seine in Paris in a busy day on Royal Tour
July 1, 2026
King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida’s
State chapter of European Union deal closed in Brussels. Talks targeted for completion by end of 2026
June 30, 2026
Thailand and the EU have completed a key free trade
Police raid and search the home of former Phuket deputy governor in widening corruption investigation
June 30, 2026
Former Phuket deputy governor Mr Rungruang
PM orders top aides south from Paris as coordinated attacks torch a petrol station and injure tourists
June 29, 2026
Southern insurgents launched coordinated attacks
Thai Airways air hostess held in an Australian prison on heroin trafficking charges. Thai police seek details
June 29, 2026
Thai Airways flight attendant arrested after
People’s Party’s Pawut faces questioning as a witness on July 2 by the DSI in a complex forex fraud case
June 29, 2026
DSI investigators will question People’s Party
International migration from West to East is a rising phenomenon now going far beyond ‘Passport Bros’
June 29, 2026
Western men are increasingly abandoning the US,
Aussie arrested for murdering a teenage girl in Pattaya faces the death penalty if convicted by a Thai court
June 29, 2026
Australian Simon Carman faces Thailand’s death
Chadchart wins the Bangkok governor contest by a crushing landslide after a slick re-election campaign
June 28, 2026
Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt is heading for
Police chief in Pattaya commends the investigative team that arrested Aussie murder suspect in 6 hours
June 28, 2026
Pattaya detectives have been honoured after tracking
Bank of Thailand boss defends the central bank’s low interest rate policy aimed at boosting the economy
June 28, 2026
The Bank of Thailand has defied mounting pressure to
Arrest and bail for controversial deputy Phuket governor as he is charged with exam corruption offences
June 27, 2026
A Phuket deputy governor has won bail after his arrest
46 year old Aussie arrested at Bangkok’s main airport charged with murdering a 17 year old prostitute in Pattaya
June 27, 2026
Australian Simon Peter Carman, 46, was arrested at
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