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Bank of Thailand pushes a baht backed stablecoin but warns against Forex trading and payment gateways
Economy, Living, Media, Thailand:
Bank of Thailand will launch a baht-backed stablecoin while cracking down on speculative forex trading and foreign currency payments, as Governor Vitai Ratanakorn declares blockchain… Read More ›
Chadchart wins the Bangkok governor contest by a crushing landslide after a slick re-election campaign
Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:
Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt is heading for another landslide as two major polls predict a crushing re-election victory, cementing the former coup detainee’s rise as… Read More ›
Tourism Minister to forge a stronger consultation process between the private sector and top officials
Culture, Economy, Politics, Thailand:
Tourism Minister Surasak Phancharoenworakul has unveiled Thailand’s biggest tourism policy overhaul in years, proposing a new public-private decision system, a ฿3 billion stimulus, India visa… Read More ›
Bank of Thailand boss defends the central bank’s low interest rate policy aimed at boosting the economy
Economy, Living, Media, Thailand:
The Bank of Thailand has defied mounting pressure to raise interest rates, keeping its benchmark at 1% as Governor Vitai Ratanakorn insists the baht’s slide… Read More ›
Arrest and bail for controversial deputy Phuket governor as he is charged with exam corruption offences
Crime, Culture, Foreigners, Living, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:
A Phuket deputy governor has won bail after his arrest over alleged cash-for-jobs payments linked to local government examinations, as a separate ฿4.5 billion recruitment… Read More ›
New evidence of a vast conspiracy behind the 2024 Senate election as former officials file police report
Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:
Thailand’s Senate election scandal is reaching its climax as the Election Commission weighs sending 229 suspects to the Constitutional Court amid explosive new evidence, secret… Read More ›
Beijing unveils ‘security partnership’ with Phnom Penh ahead of a visit in July by Prime Minister Anutin
Foreigners, Media, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:
China has unveiled a sweeping security pact with Cambodia covering defence, policing and cybercrime as Beijing deepens its military footprint ahead of Thai PM Anutin’s… Read More ›
‘Talent Mobility’ protocol launched by Dr Cheng to boost training and give Thailand 22,220 more doctors
Economy, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:
Thailand is overhauling its future with 22,200 new doctors, researchers sent into private industry and a high-tech AI drive as Dr Cheng unveils a sweeping… Read More ›
People’s Party deputy leader warns that public finances appear to be on the verge of a cashflow crisis
Economy, Living, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:
People’s Party deputy leader Sirikanya Tansakul claimed the government is suffering a cash-flow crisis, using a ฿10.3 billion budget transfer to stay afloat. She said… Read More ›
Quality over Volume tourism strategy questioned by industry insiders as Thailand faces gradual decline
Economy, Living, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:
Thailand’s tourism strategy faces its biggest credibility test yet as foreign arrivals fall for a third straight year while Spain and Greece surge ahead. Industry… Read More ›
Defence Minister not concerned with military support for Cambodia from China. Says Thailand is confident
Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:
Thailand brushed off China’s arms support for Cambodia as Defence Minister Lt Gen Adul insisted Bangkok would strengthen its own defences before PM Anutin’s crucial… Read More ›
Job appointments in poisoned exam process goes ahead as the impact of the scandal is still expanding
Culture, Economy, Foreigners, Living, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:
Thailand restored thousands of local authority appointments as its biggest civil service corruption scandal in decades deepened. Detectives probing alleged exam fraud believe up to… Read More ›
Fears rising exports are also delivering even bigger trade deficits as Thailand becomes a transit hub
Economy, Living, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:
Thailand’s economy is booming on paper but cracking underneath. Record exports and stronger growth forecasts collide with a soaring trade deficit, an 8% baht slump,… Read More ›
Chiang Mai MP raises alarm about government stasis in the face of a chronic arsenic river poisoning crisis
Economy, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:
Thailand faces one of its biggest environmental disasters in decades as arsenic from gold and rare earth mines in Myanmar contaminates the Kok, Mekong, Salween… Read More ›
Government to use loan funds to push EV conversions for old cars in what could be a niche growth industry
Economy, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Thailand:
Thailand is set to bankroll the conversion of petrol and diesel vehicles into EVs under a proposed ฿400 billion programme, marking a dramatic policy shift.… Read More ›
Opposition leader calls for political leaders to answer for exam cheating scandal and a new constitution
Living, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:
One of Thailand’s biggest corruption scandals in decades threatens a political firestorm as opposition leader Nattapong demands Prime Minister Anutin investigate politicians over a jobs-for-cash… Read More ›
Thai News for Foreigners
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
Love rivalry sees 38 year old man executed, stuffed in barrel of cement and dumped in a Nonthaburi pond
June 27, 2026
Love rivalry ends in execution-style murder as
Beijing unveils ‘security partnership’ with Phnom Penh ahead of a visit in July by Prime Minister Anutin
June 27, 2026
China has unveiled a sweeping security pact with
Man arrested at Mae Sai border point with 23 million baht in cardboard boxes smuggling it to Burma
June 26, 2026
Thai customs seized more than ฿23 million hidden
‘Talent Mobility’ protocol launched by Dr Cheng to boost training and give Thailand 22,220 more doctors
June 26, 2026
Thailand is overhauling its future with 22,200 new
People’s Party MP summoned by DSI. Pawut insists that there is no crime. Justice Minister orders updates
June 26, 2026
People’s Party MP Pawut Pongwitayaphanu has been
Defence Minister not concerned with military support for Cambodia from China. Says Thailand is confident
June 26, 2026
Thailand brushed off China’s arms support for
Job appointments in poisoned exam process goes ahead as the impact of the scandal is still expanding
June 25, 2026
Thailand restored thousands of local authority
Chiang Mai MP raises alarm about government stasis in the face of a chronic arsenic river poisoning crisis
June 25, 2026
Thailand faces one of its biggest environmental
Government to use loan funds to push EV conversions for old cars in what could be a niche growth industry
June 25, 2026
Thailand is set to bankroll the conversion of petrol
Drug mafia figures on the run from French police arrested on Wednesday in Immigration Bureau raid
June 25, 2026
French crime gang brothers wanted by Interpol and
Bank of Thailand leaves interest rates unchanged, raises growth projection with the baht set to go lower
June 24, 2026
Thailand’s economy won a growth upgrade to 2.3%
Tourism Minister passes on concerns of Chinese envoy to Thailand over coverage of ‘grey Chinese’ used in media coverage
June 24, 2026
China has again warned Thailand that criticism of
Weakening baht falls below 33 to the US dollar as industry leaders warn borrowing costs will also rise
June 24, 2026
Thailand’s baht has crashed through the ฿33
Thailand sets out game plan to escape the middle income trap to an advanced economy in 12 years
June 24, 2026
Thailand has launched a 12-year bid to become a
Crazed Icelandic man arrested for robbery of a female taxi driver in Phuket. Bizarre but serious incident
June 23, 2026
A Phuket taxi driver’s desperate horn blasts
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