Thaksin’s mansion and bulletproof cars on the line as court reserves decision on tax debt injunction to halt collection
Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:
Thaksin battles to stop a ฿17.6 billion tax collection drive as five luxury cars and Chiang Mai land face enforcement. His bulletproof vehicles are at… Read More ›
Indian YouTube on tour of Thailand with no money hits a snag at Udon Thani temple and is asked to leave
Crime, Culture, Media, Thailand:
An Indian YouTuber’s no-money travel adventure hits a wall in Udon Thani. Banshi is told to leave a temple, refuses a ฿400 hotel and heads… Read More ›
5 Chinese man gang departs Thailand within hours of a 37 million baht heist in Pattaya of Turkish target
One month watching their target. Six hours to escape Thailand. Five Chinese suspects are wanted over a ฿37 million Pattaya robbery. Gunmen force a Turkish… Read More ›
Horrorific work incident saw woman (49) decapitated by a lift on Saturday. Police investigation underway
Decapitated at work. Alon Aneka, 49, dies as a Bangkok freight elevator drops from the second floor during parcel loading. A colleague, 25, survives with… Read More ›
Eleven arrested in Saturday property raids linked to foreigners with links to criminality across Bangkok
Crime, Living, Media, Thailand:
Police raid Bangkok’s luxury estates, targeting 94 homes worth ฿6 billion. Eleven foreigners arrested as Chinese murder fugitives and suspected nominee firms emerge. Police insist… Read More ›
Counterfeiting racket selling on TikTok and Lazada busted in Samut Sakhon. Six foreigners arrested on site
Crime, Living, Media, Thailand:
Online beauty bargain trap uncovered in Samut Sakhon. Six foreigners arrested after police raid two warehouses storing fake branded cosmetics sold on TikTok, Lazada and… Read More ›
Burmese drug kingpin with multiple identities and lives linked to massive cash seizure in Chiang Rai
Crime, Living, Media, Thailand:
Dead in 2022. Arrested in South Korea in 2026. Noo Chen is back in headlines after ฿23 million was found in a Chiang Rai pickup.… Read More ›
Thailand reels at story of mother taken against her will to a prison like nursing home with caged beds for inmates
Crime, Living, Media, Thailand:
Police probe a family nightmare as Mother Phat, 63, accuses her son of arranging her removal to a nursing home. She claims two years of… Read More ›
Murder in Trang over meth tablet dealing. Two men arrested after burned remains found near reservoir
Botched ฿30,000 drug deal ends in murder. Theerasak, 37, is beaten to death in Trang. His killer reportedly tries to dump the body in a… Read More ›
51 year old Frenchman arrested in Chiang Mai for running a tourist hostel through a nominee company
Frenchman arrested after police raid a Chiang Mai hostel offering beds for just ฿120. Julien, 51, reportedly ran the business for five years without a… Read More ›
Queen is first Thai woman to fly a Swedish Gripen fighter jet. King in Surat Thani to congratulate her
From Boeing jets to a supersonic fighter: Queen Suthida flies a Gripen solo for 41 minutes as King Vajiralongkorn watches. Thailand’s first female Gripen pilot… Read More ›
Armed police action in Nonthaburi as man wanted for attempted murder sought to evade an arrest warrant
Crime, Living, Media, Thailand:
Chaos hits Nonthaburi as an attempted murder fugitive jumps from a condo parking level and threatens to shoot himself. Armed officers close a major road… Read More ›
Licenced online gambling site abroad linked to the husband of a government MP raises legal quandary
Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:
A ฿1.9bn wealth controversy threatens to engulf Anutin’s Bhumjaithai Party. MP Suchada and her Australian husband face questions over offshore gambling links as a senior… Read More ›
Thai News for Foreigners
New taxes simply for going in and out of Thailand in addition to higher airport tax already implemented
October 8, 2026
Thailand plans another hit on air travel with a
Thaksin comes to Tax Court in Bangkok seeking temporary injunction to halt Revenue Department’s enforcement
October 7, 2026
Thaksin returns to court smiling as he fights further
Senators from the ‘blue’ camp move against dissident Election Commissioner Sitthichot Intrawises
October 6, 2026
Five blue senators demand an ethics probe into EC
Thai Airways defeats flood crisis but finds itself in a brewing crisis of confidence over its management
October 5, 2026
Thai Airways clears its baggage crisis, but a bigger
Grab delivery driver strikes rich in Phuket by using trade to burgle 2 homes netting 3.69 million baht
October 5, 2026
Routine food deliveries allegedly became scouting
USS George HW Bush arrives in Phuket one day early and berths 3.3km offshore. Sailors landing ashore in holiday mode
October 5, 2026
A ring of steel grips Phuket Deep Sea Port as USS
Police investigate a Burmese kingpin who entered Thailand by plane from India and had access to wealth
October 4, 2026
Wanted Burmese drug suspect Aung Zaw Min Khant is
Thai industrial base hammered by flooding crisis. Over 4k firms report a need for financial assistance
October 4, 2026
Floods batter 4,216 Thai businesses across 55
House Committee chair Rome to call Bhumjaithai MP and Australian husband on Wednesday over wealth
October 4, 2026
Nearly ฿2bn in family wealth comes under the
Two German tourists killed at Phang-nga zebra crossing. Pickup driver tore into them on Friday night
October 3, 2026
Two German tourists killed after a Mazda pickup runs a
Storm clouds gathering again as Thailand races to bolster its flood defences after last week’s deluge
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
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