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Bhumjaithai wins Sisaket by-election as Jintawan Traisaranakul takes the seat by 8,744 votes, giving PM Anutin a timely boost, yet Pheu Thai retains key support,… Read More ›
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Former Bangkok deputy governor demands full accountability for the giant Samsen Road sinkhole, slams MRTA for dodging responsibility and questions the contract consortium linked to… Read More ›
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Prime Minister Anutin sparks outrage in Ayutthaya after claiming votes for People’s Party MP Tae are votes for him, triggering immediate backlash from party leaders… Read More ›
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Pheu Thai fights for its political survival in Sisaket as the Bhumjaithai-People’s Party alliance pushes a top-down charter rewrite. Sunday’s by-election becomes a high-stakes battle… Read More ›
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New Tourism and Sports Minister Atthakorn Sirilathayakorn announces a bold plan to revive Thailand’s tourism industry by shifting focus to Asia and the Middle East,… Read More ›
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The Attorney-General will not appeal Thaksin Shinawatra’s lèse-majesté acquittal, handing him a major legal win weeks into prison, while claims of outside work duties caused… Read More ›
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Thailand’s constitutional reform faces mounting gridlock as Pheu Thai pushes a 151-member draft with broad public input, while Bhumjaithai and the People’s Party favour parliament-only… Read More ›
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Bangkok’s massive Samsen Road sinkhole sparks political chaos as Parliament collapses. Pheu Thai MPs demand debate, but the People’s Party blocks it. PM Anutin refuses… Read More ›
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PM Anutin vows there will be no casinos as Thailand prepares for March-April 2026 election, pledges strict law enforcement, constitutional reforms, agricultural support and round-the-clock… Read More ›
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Thailand’s new Prime Minister Anutin and his conservative cabinet were sworn in before the King and Queen amid political turmoil, economic instability and urgent pressure… Read More ›
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Bangkok narrowly escapes disaster as a massive sinkhole opens near Vajira Hospital and Samsen Police Station, swallowing road and vehicles. Officials link it to subway… Read More ›
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Chaos erupts on the Sisaket border as Thai and Cambodian forces exchange fire. Hundreds flee homes, locals fear repeat missile attacks, evacuations disrupt daily life,… Read More ›
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Former PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra heads to Sisaket to battle the Bhumjaithai Party in a high-stakes by-election, confronting fallout from the Hun Sen audio scandal, recent… Read More ›
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Thailand’s tourism industry is collapsing as the surging baht, safety concerns, and rising competition from Vietnam and Malaysia are driving visitors away, threatening the kingdom’s… Read More ›
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The Thai baht’s mysterious rise is hammering exports and tourism, with economists baffled and regulators divided. Suspect gold flows, shadowy capital, and weak oversight are… Read More ›
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Anutin is aggressively consolidating power as Thailand’s Prime Minister courts MPs and military allies, expands Bhumjaithai, defies critics while building a Buriram network that now… Read More ›
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Redshirts hold a large vigil outside Khlong Prem Prison as former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra prepares to see a specialist on Monday for a degenerative… Read More ›
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Political strife and confusion grip Thailand as trust collapses between parties, Anutin campaigns hard, Bhumjaithai manoeuvres behind a 120-day government, while alliances are tested and… Read More ›
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Thailand braces as Thaksin’s son-in-law, Natthaphong Kunakornwong, is tipped as potential Pheu Thai PM while the new Anutin government faces scrutiny and the opposition prepares… Read More ›
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Top Thai banker launches blistering attack on the economy, warning growth lags, 48% of GDP is hidden in the black economy, and urgent reforms are… Read More ›
Nightmare of Brit husband as loving 75-year-old wife is killed suddenly in motorway crash on Wednesday 
Shock in Bangkok as photos of the Prime Minister and Finance Minister with Ben Smith published online 
Defiant and indefatigable top cop Big Joke meets criminal defamation case head-on in Bangkok 
Money Laundering Office seizes assets with money trail linked to South African financier Ben Smith 
84-year-old German tourist dies at hotel near Kamala in Phuket. Autopsy ordered and Embassy notified 
Big Joke repeats his startling claims about the true scale of deaths in the Hat Yai flooding disaster 
Queen runs half marathon in early morning Bangkok run on Sunday with Kenyan legend Eliud Kipchoge 
Stinging attack on Prime Minister Anutin from former top cop Gen Surachate Hakparn over Hat Yai deaths 
Man last seen starving in Hat Yai found dead on Sunday by rescuers, another fatality from the disaster 
French burglar on Koh Samui caught red-handed with a house full of stolen loot when a victim walked in 
Miss Universe world owners past and present on the run in Mexico after highly controversial Thai pageant 
Former prison boss Manop on Friday denied being the one responsible for Bangkok Prison hooker scandal 
Former top cop General Surachate Hakparn or Big Joke strikes back against the National Police Chief 
Busy beer bar run by British woman on Koh Samui probed with owner charged and facing a criminal case 
Swedish national arrested by Pattaya police after being wanted at home for an arson attack in Sävsjö 
Ex-Thai Miss Universe owner subject to an arrest warrant in Bangkok, where show was held last week 
Rising ‘Water of Death’ sees Songkhla and Hat Yai facing worst flooding in 300 years say some observers 
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