Serving police officer investigated over commotion and shots fired on Saturday morning at Pattaya condo

Serving police officer investigated over commotion and shots fired on Saturday morning at Pattaya condo

September 21, 2026

Crime, Living, Media, Thailand:

Gunfire tears through a South Pattaya apartment as a serving policeman fires repeatedly after a violent clash. CCTV later shows him being struck with a… Read More ›

Assistant Headman dies in Yala attack on night of mayhem in the southern province into Sunday

Assistant Headman dies in Yala attack on night of mayhem in the southern province into Sunday

September 20, 2026

Crime, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Village official Hamdee Jehsoh is gunned down in Yala before attackers strike Highway 410 hours later, burning machinery and a civilian car, smashing CCTV and… Read More ›

Engineers work through night after Sunday’s fire on Bangkok’s Blue Line saw more damage than thought

Engineers work through night after Sunday’s fire on Bangkok’s Blue Line saw more damage than thought

September 20, 2026

Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Race to save Bangkok’s Monday commute after MRT fire cripples Tao Poon. Engineers work through the night repairing 750V power, rail and signalling systems as… Read More ›

Phuket drug checkpoint scandal. Defence Corps unit set up to target the menace is accused of extortion

Phuket drug checkpoint scandal. Defence Corps unit set up to target the menace is accused of extortion

September 20, 2026

Crime, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Phuket governor sacks an entire Defence Corps checkpoint team after villagers claim they were urine-tested, then asked for up to ฿15,000 to go free. Bangkok… Read More ›

Thailand’s Royal Navy announces ambitious South Korean deal to build next frigate partly at home

Thailand’s Royal Navy announces ambitious South Korean deal to build next frigate partly at home

September 20, 2026

Economy, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Thailand turns to South Korea for a ฿16.73 billion missile-packed frigate as the Navy plans eight warships by 2037, shifts up to 30% of construction… Read More ›

Thaksin era minister reflects on Thailand’s 2006 coup d’état. Calls for a democracy dedicated to people

Thaksin era minister reflects on Thailand’s 2006 coup d’état. Calls for a democracy dedicated to people

September 20, 2026

Economy, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Twenty years after tanks toppled Thaksin, Phumtham warns Thailand still bears the scars. Two coups, dissolved parties, fallen prime ministers and rewritten charters later, over… Read More ›

Irate daughter in law kills mother in law at home and also tried to execute estranged partner and others

Irate daughter in law kills mother in law at home and also tried to execute estranged partner and others

September 20, 2026

Crime, Living, Media, Thailand:

Durian dispute turns deadly as Thanyathorn Songserm reportedly targets four members of her former partner’s family. His mother is killed, his brother seriously wounded and… Read More ›

45 year old Australian Simon Peter Carman is refused bail as he pleaded not guilty to murder in Pattaya

45 year old Australian Simon Peter Carman is refused bail as he pleaded not guilty to murder in Pattaya

September 19, 2026

Crime, Living, Media, Thailand:

Australian murder accused Simon Peter Carman stays behind bars after denying killing 17-year-old “Cake” in Pattaya. CCTV, DNA and an autopsy form the prosecution case… Read More ›

Defence volunteers killed in Narathiwat insurgency bomb and gun ambush. Bangkok seeks peace talks

Defence volunteers killed in Narathiwat insurgency bomb and gun ambush. Bangkok seeks peace talks

September 19, 2026

Crime, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Bomb and gun ambush leaves two Volunteer Defence Corps men dead and 16 wounded in Narathiwat. A huge gas-cylinder device flips their truck before concealed… Read More ›

Time for government to tighten its belt as debt ceiling looms and public debt surges from the pre Covid era

Time for government to tighten its belt as debt ceiling looms and public debt surges from the pre Covid era

September 18, 2026

Economy, Living, Politics, Thailand:

Thailand’s debt races towards its 70% ceiling as chief economic planner Danucha Pichayanan demands 2–3 years of tight budgets. Debt servicing tops ฿400 billion yearly… Read More ›

Anutin urged officials to expel undesirable foreigners. On cemeteries, the PM urged them to die at home

Anutin urged officials to expel undesirable foreigners. On cemeteries, the PM urged them to die at home

September 18, 2026

Crime, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Anutin tells governors to use new deportation powers without hesitation as Thailand targets troublesome foreigners, illegal businesses, nominee firms and landholding while warning: “If you’re… Read More ›

Thailand prepares to impose a 30% tax on EVs built outside the kingdom in a move to boost its auto base

Thailand prepares to impose a 30% tax on EVs built outside the kingdom in a move to boost its auto base

September 18, 2026

Economy, Living, Politics, Thailand:

Thailand slams the brakes on cheap imported EVs with a proposed 30% tax, demanding foreign carmakers build locally as Chinese price wars squeeze its huge… Read More ›

Thai star Lisa hits big time in US with ‘SaWaDiKa’ shooting into the Hot 100 before a Jimmy Fallon spot

Thai star Lisa hits big time in US with ‘SaWaDiKa’ shooting into the Hot 100 before a Jimmy Fallon spot

September 17, 2026

Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Lisa conquers another US milestone as “SaWaDiKa” hits Billboard No. 69, smashes 100 million YouTube views and carries Bangkok nightlife, tuk-tuks and Muay Thai onto… Read More ›

Good Samaritan in Pattaya gets punched for his trouble by erratic farang after he lost motorbike keys with girlfriend

Good Samaritan in Pattaya gets punched for his trouble by erratic farang after he lost motorbike keys with girlfriend

September 17, 2026

Crime, Living, Thailand:

Good Samaritan Sarasin Pramoonpong, 17, offers to help a stranded foreigner in Pattaya but ends up injured. Police took the aggressive, shirtless man away after… Read More ›

Former minister in Anutin’s first government appears on Congress list for sanctions over scam industry

Former minister in Anutin’s first government appears on Congress list for sanctions over scam industry

September 17, 2026

Crime, Economy, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Woraphak Thanyawong faces a US sanctions investigation after two powerful congressional chairmen name him among 28 scam-network targets. The former Anutin minister denies all links.… Read More ›

Purchaser of foreclosed Chiang Mai property shocked on Tuesday to find skeletal remains of former owner

Purchaser of foreclosed Chiang Mai property shocked on Tuesday to find skeletal remains of former owner

September 17, 2026

Crime, Living, Media, Thailand:

Skeleton found beneath a mosquito net stuns a Chiang Mai homebuyer after a foreclosed house is sold at auction. Police suspect missing owner Sriwan Sae… Read More ›

Udon Thani police hunt killer of a 24 year old woman found naked and strangled with electrical cord

Udon Thani police hunt killer of a 24 year old woman found naked and strangled with electrical cord

September 17, 2026

Crime, Thailand:

Phattharawarin “Pim” Piadok, 24, was found naked and strangled with an electrical cable inside her Udon Thani room. Police found signs she was dragged from… Read More ›

Mother urges police to find Chinese national involved in road traffic crash that claimed her son’s life

Mother urges police to find Chinese national involved in road traffic crash that claimed her son’s life

September 17, 2026

Crime, Living, Media, Thailand:

Tommy Boulanger, 15, dies from catastrophic brain injuries after a Chinese driver reverses into his path in Pattaya. Nearly seven months later, Wang Xian remains… Read More ›

Thailand joins minimum tax regime aimed at large global corporations as it hooks into world networks

Thailand joins minimum tax regime aimed at large global corporations as it hooks into world networks

September 16, 2026

Economy, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Thailand joins the global tax net with a 15% minimum levy on multinational giants, not expatriates. But overseas account sharing is already live as Bangkok… Read More ›

Thaksin seeks injunctive relief from Revenue efforts to collect 17 billion tax judgment in August 2025

Thaksin seeks injunctive relief from Revenue efforts to collect 17 billion tax judgment in August 2025

September 16, 2026

Media, Politics, Thailand:

Thaksin fights to halt Revenue seizures over a ฿17.629 billion Shin Corp tax debt, saying the state already took ฿46.37 billion. Officials are hunting assets… Read More ›

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