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Bangkok protest passes off with no overnight camp. Meanwhile, the PM prepares for July 1st court date
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Bangkok protest draws 20,000 with no overnight camp. Speakers blast PM Paetongtarn amid growing unrest. Police keep peace as cabinet reshuffle seeks royal approval. All… Read More ›
PM Paetongtarn names herself Culture Minister also in new cabinet ahead of Constitutional Court ruling
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PM Paetongtarn names herself Culture Minister in bold cabinet reshuffle ahead of a crucial July 1 Constitutional Court ruling over a leaked call with Hun… Read More ›
Hun Sen’s mask falls. Speech on Friday clearly showed deliberate ill will to collapse Thailand’s democracy
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Hun Sen’s blistering speech attacking Thailand’s leaders sparks fears of foreign meddling and a coup. Thai MPs and cybercrime chief warn his threats and fake… Read More ›
Minister dismisses reports of an 18% tariff deal with the United States on exports. Talks still in play
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Finance Minister shoots down 18% tariff deal with U.S., says talks still ongoing. Thailand pushes to keep 10% rate as July 9 deadline looms. UTCC… Read More ›
Crazed Hun Sen threatens to expose Thaksin before Bangkok street protests as his evil empire is exposed
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Crazed Hun Sen vows to expose Thaksin ahead of Bangkok protests as his criminal empire unravels. Cambodia’s strongman fuels Thailand’s border crisis with threats, scams… Read More ›
PM Paetongtarn hoping to get a fillip from US-Thai trade talks as she battles for political survival against arch foes
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Under fire at home, PM Paetongtarn looks to US trade talks for a vital economic and political lifeline. As growth slows and dissent brews, her… Read More ›
Prime Minister Paetongtarn’s casino plan may be the motive for Hun Sen’s betrayal of the Shinawatra clan
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Hun Sen’s explosive audio leak may be revenge over Paetongtarn’s casino plans, threatening decades-old family ties and pushing Thailand toward chaos. With protests rising and… Read More ›
Finance Minister is banking on a U.S. extension of the reciprocal tariff suspension expiring on July 9
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Thailand reels from political turmoil and a 4.24% tourism drop as US tariffs on exports threaten to soar from 10% to 36% on July 9.… Read More ›
Cannabis or marijuana again going underground on November 11 2025 after minister’s order on Monday
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Thailand’s cannabis free-for-all is over. Minister Somsak signs a sweeping crackdown, shutting down most of 18,000 weed shops. From Nov 11, 2025, only prescription use… Read More ›
Constitutional Court President admits he’s troubled by the audio clip case against the Prime Minister
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Court rattled as leaked audio of PM Paetongtarn and Hun Sen sparks uproar, legal firestorm and mass protests. With July 1 looming, Thailand faces a… Read More ›
Thai News for Foreigners
Chinese man who procured a young Thai woman for sex and drugs arrested after finally coming from Laos
June 29, 2025
Chinese man arrested after Thai escort, 22, found dead
New York police arrest man who mugged and robbed a 26-year-old Thai woman at a city subway station
June 28, 2025
Slashed, robbed and ignored—Thai model Zine
PM Paetongtarn names herself Culture Minister also in new cabinet ahead of Constitutional Court ruling
June 28, 2025
PM Paetongtarn names herself Culture Minister in bold
Minister dismisses reports of an 18% tariff deal with the United States on exports. Talks still in play
June 27, 2025
Finance Minister shoots down 18% tariff deal with
Police raid on a Den of Iniquity weed shop shows just why Thailand has moved to again outlaw the drug
June 27, 2025
Police raid a Khon Kaen weed shop-turned-teen drug den
PM Paetongtarn hoping to get a fillip from US-Thai trade talks as she battles for political survival against arch foes
June 26, 2025
Under fire at home, PM Paetongtarn looks to US trade
Swede handed a nasty docket in Pattaya as his former life of fraud at home caught up with him Wednesday
June 26, 2025
Swedish fraudster Ludde, 39, was caught in Pattaya
Finance Minister is banking on a U.S. extension of the reciprocal tariff suspension expiring on July 9
June 25, 2025
Thailand reels from political turmoil and a 4.24%
Cannabis or marijuana again going underground on November 11 2025 after minister’s order on Monday
June 25, 2025
Thailand’s cannabis free-for-all is over. Minister
Elderly Latvian arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport trying to smuggle heroin out of Laos to Malaysia
June 24, 2025
Elderly Latvian man caught at Suvarnabhumi Airport
iPhone saves woman from a crossbow arrow fired by crazy Norwegian on Thursday morning in Surat Thani
June 23, 2025
A drunken Norwegian fired a crossbow at a fellow
Bhumjaithai Party lays down the gauntlet on weed. Calls for passage of its original 2022 control law
June 23, 2025
Bhumjaithai Party blasts Pheu Thai for ignoring
Search for a new central bank boss heats up amid a political and economic storm buffeting the kingdom
June 23, 2025
Thailand faces rising turmoil as U.S. tariffs loom,
Two drug mules in drug party killed by Thai armed forces on the Myanmar border. 4.8 million pills seized
June 22, 2025
Two drug mules killed in a firefight with Thai forces
Cannabis ghost back to life after finishing quest to Chiang Mai. Piya reclaimed his life from the drug
June 22, 2025
“I was a ghost,” said 46-year-old Piya after
48-year-old Russian tourist drowns swimming off Karon Beach with red flags raised warning of danger
June 21, 2025
A 48-year-old Russian tourist drowned off Karon Beach
Time to face up to the villainous regime on Thailand’s eastern border. Hun Sen’s gangsterism exposed in new audio clip
June 21, 2025
Hun Sen exposed in another shocking audio clip
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