Hitman wanted by police for murder live streamed arrest scene and washed his teeth as officers waited

Hitman wanted by police for murder live streamed arrest scene and washed his teeth as officers waited

June 18, 2026

Crime, Culture, Living, Thailand:

A suspected shotgun killer accused of executing a Buriram lottery vendor stunned police by brushing his teeth on a livestream as officers surrounded his Sa… Read More ›

Scots fighter dies after Tuk Tuk fall in Phuket on Sunday. Driver charged by police over the incident

Scots fighter dies after Tuk Tuk fall in Phuket on Sunday. Driver charged by police over the incident

June 18, 2026

Crime, Living, Media, Thailand:

Scottish boxing champion Colin Cairney, 22, has died after a horror fall from a moving Phuket tuk-tuk. Police charged the driver after he admitted to… Read More ›

Stark and disturbing data shows Thai households are losing out in an economy that is driving inequality

Stark and disturbing data shows Thai households are losing out in an economy that is driving inequality

June 18, 2026

Economy, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Thailand’s economy is surging ahead on paper as exports rise, growth forecasts improve and global ratings agencies express confidence. Yet new data reveals a harsher… Read More ›

Minister visits Koh Samui to talk safety as concerns about the island’s roads grow over motorbike deaths

Minister visits Koh Samui to talk safety as concerns about the island’s roads grow over motorbike deaths

June 18, 2026

Crime, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Koh Samui’s safety record is under the spotlight after the death of Australian sprint star Jemma Stapleton, prompting a ministerial intervention, a major police probe… Read More ›

Deputy Governor Krung, in the eye of a political storm receives a hero’s welcome in Nakhon Si Thammarat

Deputy Governor Krung, in the eye of a political storm receives a hero’s welcome in Nakhon Si Thammarat

June 18, 2026

Culture, Living, Politics, Thailand:

Deputy Governor Krung gets a hero’s welcome after being swept out of Phuket in a dramatic clean-up. As crowds cheer his return home, Bangkok inspectors… Read More ›

People’s Party piles pressure on Senate President with video and new questions over rigged 2024 election claims

People’s Party piles pressure on Senate President with video and new questions over rigged 2024 election claims

June 18, 2026

Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Senate election chaos deepens as a leaked video, alleged vote-fixing and Surat Thani money trails pile pressure on Senate President Mongkol Surasajja. With 229 people… Read More ›

Bangkok engineers scrambled to repair another large sinkhole in the busy Bang Kapi area of the capital

Bangkok engineers scrambled to repair another large sinkhole in the busy Bang Kapi area of the capital

June 18, 2026

Living, Media, Thailand:

Bangkok’s sinkhole scare strikes again as a major road near Lotus Bang Kapi collapses, forcing an overnight emergency operation. Engineers reopened the route before dawn,… Read More ›

Smiling killer shocked reporters with remarks as a court jailed him and two others for Bangkok murder

Smiling killer shocked reporters with remarks as a court jailed him and two others for Bangkok murder

June 18, 2026

Crime, Culture, Living, Thailand:

Three men are jailed after a Bangkok court denied bail over the killing of a cannabis dealer whose body was stuffed into a plastic container… Read More ›

Run on Thai Airways shares expected as investors plan major sell off on Thursday as rising fuel costs force route cuts

Run on Thai Airways shares expected as investors plan major sell off on Thursday as rising fuel costs force route cuts

June 17, 2026

Economy, Living, Media, Thailand:

THAI faces a major test as 565 million shares worth ฿3.39 billion go on sale at a discount on Thursday. The move comes as soaring… Read More ›

EV bosses fear as the cars come under the spotlight with two fires in as many days sparking enquiries

EV bosses fear as the cars come under the spotlight with two fires in as many days sparking enquiries

June 17, 2026

Crime, Economy, Media, Thailand:

Thailand’s EV industry faces mounting scrutiny after two fires in three days destroyed a family home in Khon Kaen and a Volvo SUV in Bangkok.… Read More ›

High level shakeup in Phuket. Governor and deputies transferred out after a complex power struggle

High level shakeup in Phuket. Governor and deputies transferred out after a complex power struggle

June 17, 2026

Crime, Culture, Politics, Thailand:

Phuket’s governor is out and two deputy governors have been moved as PM Anutin Charnvirakul launches a dramatic shake-up amid beach land scandals, alleged mafia-style… Read More ›

Three men arrested in Don Mueang area of Bangkok after a man was killed over the ownership of a watch

Three men arrested in Don Mueang area of Bangkok after a man was killed over the ownership of a watch

June 17, 2026

Crime, Culture, Living, Thailand:

Watch row turns deadly as Bangkok cannabis dealer is stabbed, stuffed into a plastic container and buried in a planter box. Three men are arrested,… Read More ›

Ben Smith’s 600 million baht yacht is being auctioned off after being seized by money laundering agency

Ben Smith’s 600 million baht yacht is being auctioned off after being seized by money laundering agency

June 17, 2026

Crime, Media, Politics, Thailand:

AMLO is auctioning the 600-million-baht ATLAS superyacht seized in the Ben Smith cybercrime probe as Thailand’s biggest fraud crackdown tops ฿20 billion in frozen assets.… Read More ›

Khon Kaen Police probing a pre dawn blaze caused by a charging EV that burned down a family home

Khon Kaen Police probing a pre dawn blaze caused by a charging EV that burned down a family home

June 17, 2026

Crime, Living, Media, Thailand:

Five residents narrowly escaped death in Khon Kaen when a charging BYD Dolphin EV erupted into flames, triggering a devastating pre-dawn inferno that destroyed the… Read More ›

PM Anutin flies to Asean-Russia Summit. Expected to have talks with Putin as Thailand seeks oil supplies

PM Anutin flies to Asean-Russia Summit. Expected to have talks with Putin as Thailand seeks oil supplies

June 16, 2026

Economy, Media, Politics, Thailand:

PM Anutin heads to Russia for a crucial summit with Vladimir Putin as Thailand pushes for new energy supplies, expanded exports, investment and tourism links.… Read More ›

Tourism bosses in the South ask Minister to improve planned visa regime for Indian arrivals to Thailand

Tourism bosses in the South ask Minister to improve planned visa regime for Indian arrivals to Thailand

June 16, 2026

Economy, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Tourism industry battles a new visa crackdown that could make Indian tourists the biggest losers, with operators warning a ฿2,000 fee and shorter stays threaten… Read More ›

UK tourist who saved for dream trip to Thailand ends up jailed in Bangkok hell holes for a year and half

UK tourist who saved for dream trip to Thailand ends up jailed in Bangkok hell holes for a year and half

June 16, 2026

Crime, Living, Media, Thailand:

British tourist Oliver Hardy’s dream Thailand stay became a 16-month prison nightmare after a visa scam, fake immigration stamps and a conviction. The Croydon man… Read More ›

Deal breakthrough between Iran and the United States as oil ships cross the Strait of Hormuz and new ‘final’ talks begin

Deal breakthrough between Iran and the United States as oil ships cross the Strait of Hormuz and new ‘final’ talks begin

June 16, 2026

Economy, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Trump unveils a historic US-Iran digital accord as Thailand welcomes a breakthrough in the Middle East crisis. The Strait of Hormuz will reopen, nuclear talks… Read More ›

Thai PM assures the public that the Kingdom is ready to defend itself as Cambodia acquires Chinese tanks

Thai PM assures the public that the Kingdom is ready to defend itself as Cambodia acquires Chinese tanks

June 16, 2026

Media, Politics, Thailand:

Thailand’s military goes on high alert as China supplies Cambodia with T-59D tanks amid unresolved border tensions, with Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul ordering vigilance, accelerating… Read More ›

Phuket Muay Thai teacher forced to use martial arts skills in a bloody street fight with a Western foreigner

Phuket Muay Thai teacher forced to use martial arts skills in a bloody street fight with a Western foreigner

June 16, 2026

Crime, Culture, Living, Thailand:

Phuket street dispute became a bloody duel when a foreign tourist armed with a metal pipe fought Muay Thai instructor Mr Waikun, who used a… Read More ›

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