Articles by: James Morris and Son Nguyen
Delivery driver interaction leads to arrest of 31 year old relative for rape and strangulation of beauty
Crime, Culture, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Thailand:
Brother-in-law confesses to strangling 21-year-old “Praew” after failed rape attempt in a Chiang Mai orchard house. Waitress found half-naked in her bedroom. Suspect staged a… Read More ›
High tech online drug networks a key challenge for police on Koh Phangan as Israeli drug lord is arrested
Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
Police smash foreign drug network on Koh Phangan after arrest of Israeli ringleader with cocaine. Crackdown follows Brazilian suspect arrest and probes Russian gang as… Read More ›
Director-general of DSI Police denies that he has been moved to an inactive post after reports in Bangkok
Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:
Pressure mounts on DSI chief Pol. Col. Yutthana amid rumours of a transfer as his agency pursues the explosive Senate collusion probe and Buriram’s Khao… Read More ›
Swedes who ran illicit drug platforms from Thailand controlling 80% of European market arrested
Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
Thai police smash a Swedish-run darknet drugs empire run from luxury villas in Bangkok and Prachuap Khiri Khan. Three suspects arrested in Operation Pandora as… Read More ›
Immigration Bureau denies targeting Cambodian and Indian foreign tourists on arrival at Thai airports
Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
Thailand’s Immigration Bureau has rejected Cambodian media claims that travellers were denied entry, forced to buy return tickets and charged ฿1,000 at Thai airports, saying… Read More ›
Australian drug kingpin who sneaked into Thailand arrested in Bangkok’s Din Daeng. Held for deportation
Crime, Culture, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Thailand:
Thai immigration police arrested an alleged Australian drug trafficking kingpin in a Din Daeng condominium after an international manhunt. The 44-year-old, wanted on 11 narcotics… Read More ›
Systemic VIP corruption alleged at Immigration detention centre in Bangkok by rights activist ‘Genius’
Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
Thai whistleblower Atchariya alleges a ฿100m-a-year bribery racket at Bangkok’s Suan Phlu Immigration Detention Centre. Complaint claims Chinese detainees paid up to ฿200,000 monthly for… Read More ›
Interpol Red notice under review by elite police as case widens against South African whiz Ben Smith
Crime, Culture, Economy, Living, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:
Fugitive financier Ben Smith refuses to return to Thailand after the Criminal Court issues arrest warrants. Police say he’s in the UAE as investigators review… Read More ›
Russian woman severely injured after jumping from her fourth floor balcony at a Phuket hotel after a row
Crime, Culture, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Thailand:
Russian tourist, 53, seriously injured after plunging from a fourth-floor hotel balcony in Patong just hours after check-in. Police say she had been drinking with… Read More ›
Man with brain haemorrhage arrested by police for drunk driving. Hospital surgery leaves him disabled
Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
Police in Ayutthaya face a probe after a 42-year-old taxi driver suffering a cerebral haemorrhage was mistaken for a drunk driver, handcuffed and arrested. He… Read More ›
Australian handed down 18 years prison sentence after pleading guilty to using a dead man’s passport
Crime, Culture, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Thailand:
Australian fugitive Paul Noel Casey, wanted over drug charges in Sydney, hid for years on Koh Phangan using a dead Irishman’s passport while running a… Read More ›
Jealous boyfriend murders woman and turns the gun on himself in Sisaket last Sunday over wedding plans
Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
Jealous rage erupts in Sisaket as a 33-year-old man allegedly shoots his 28-year-old girlfriend dead at home before turning the gun on himself. Police found… Read More ›
Thai News for Foreigners
Delivery driver interaction leads to arrest of 31 year old relative for rape and strangulation of beauty
March 10, 2026
Brother-in-law confesses to strangling 21-year-old
Fears Thailand may lose 600k visitors from Europe and the Middle East as Iran war decimates tourism
March 10, 2026
Thailand’s tourism sector faces fresh turmoil as the
Thailand advises all 77k nationals in the Middle East to evacuate the region as the US Iran war ratchets up
March 9, 2026
Thailand warns 77,000 nationals to evacuate the Middle
Neutralising the Iranian regime is the US goal as Thailand evacuates citizens and secures its reserves
March 8, 2026
Thailand braces for economic shock as the US–Israel
Australian drug kingpin who sneaked into Thailand arrested in Bangkok’s Din Daeng. Held for deportation
March 7, 2026
Thai immigration police arrested an alleged Australian
Anutin urged to press ahead with new government as US Iran war throws up new challenges for Thailand
March 7, 2026
Thailand braces for Middle East shock as US–Iran
Russian woman severely injured after jumping from her fourth floor balcony at a Phuket hotel after a row
March 7, 2026
Russian tourist, 53, seriously injured after plunging
Australian handed down 18 years prison sentence after pleading guilty to using a dead man’s passport
March 6, 2026
Australian fugitive Paul Noel Casey, wanted over drug
Naval war in focus Thursday as US Iranian war widens further leaving Thailand’s tourism sector reeling
March 6, 2026
Trump hails Iran war as tankers burn, casualties mount
Analysts urge the government to prepare for higher oil prices as top bank predicts 33 baht to dollar rate
March 5, 2026
Baht on brink as Middle East war sends oil soaring.
Royal Thai Police tightens security for diplomatic missions in Bangkok linked to US Iran war in the Gulf
March 4, 2026
Police upgrade security for the US, Israeli and
Ugandan ladies on the game in Koh Phangan tell cops they were making big bucks to send home to Africa
March 3, 2026
Koh Phangan vice shock as two Ugandan women admit
Tycoon Quentin Griffiths arrested off first class flight. Later convicted in Pattaya of fraud and forgery
March 3, 2026
ASOS co-founder Quentin Griffiths fell to his death
Visa waivers, discounted hotel stays and 2,000 baht a person per day for stranded tourists announced over Iran war
March 3, 2026
WAR SHOCKWAVES HIT THAILAND: Iran–US clash grounds
US fighting for regime change in Tehran as the Middle East conflict throws airline industry into chaos
March 2, 2026
Middle East war triggers mass airspace closures,
Thai wife who hired two men to murder love rival in a car bomb explosion arrested by police this week
March 1, 2026
Wife hires hitmen in Chonburi car bomb plot: four
Quentin Griffith’s wife of 16 years says her children are missing since his death in Pattaya on Feb 9th after fall
February 28, 2026
Thai ex-wife of UK fashion tycoon Quentin Griffiths
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