Articles by: James Morris and Son Nguyen

Bombshell as former Police Chief Torsak and 200 senior officers are linked to corruption by board

Bombshell as former Police Chief Torsak and 200 senior officers are linked to corruption by board

October 26, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Bombshell in Thailand as former Police Chief Torsak Sukwimol and over 200 senior officers are formally linked to corruption, bribery, and illegal activities tied to… Read More ›

29 year old Samut Prakan man died on the phone to Grandma after a bite from cobra that entered home

29 year old Samut Prakan man died on the phone to Grandma after a bite from cobra that entered home

October 24, 2025

Crime, Culture, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

39-year-old man in Samut Prakan dies on the phone to his 74-year-old grandmother after a cobra bites him in his apartment, leaving him fatally poisoned… Read More ›

White Mercedes driven by American tourists burst into flames on the way to Hua Hin. ฿3 million damage

White Mercedes driven by American tourists burst into flames on the way to Hua Hin. ฿3 million damage

October 23, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Two American tourists narrowly escaped death when their white Mercedes suddenly burst into flames near a Hua Hin gas station. The blaze destroyed the luxury… Read More ›

Russian arrested at a motorbike rental business and for retailing illicit substances on Koh Phangan 

Russian arrested at a motorbike rental business and for retailing illicit substances on Koh Phangan 

October 23, 2025

Crime, Culture, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

Russian arrested on Koh Phangan for illegal motorcycle and car rentals, seizing tourists’ passports, and selling psilocybin mushrooms and cannabis vapes, prompting authorities to launch… Read More ›

UK Coke dealer arrested as police moved in just as he intercepted package from Europe at condo complex

UK Coke dealer arrested as police moved in just as he intercepted package from Europe at condo complex

October 22, 2025

Crime, Culture, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

UK cocaine dealer nabbed in a dramatic Bangkok condo raid as police swooped while he tried to claim a parcel from Europe. Officers seized 1.1kg… Read More ›

No respite for Koh Phangan foreign business owners with new raids on Tuesday targeting high end villas

No respite for Koh Phangan foreign business owners with new raids on Tuesday targeting high end villas

October 22, 2025

Crime, Culture, Economy, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:

Koh Phangan crackdown hits foreigners hard as police raid luxury villas, offices, and a consultancy linked to 89 companies, summoning tourists and caretakers, exposing complex… Read More ›

Immigration Bureau confirms Belarusian national travelled through Thailand at Suvarnabhumi Airport

Immigration Bureau confirms Belarusian national travelled through Thailand at Suvarnabhumi Airport

October 21, 2025

Crime, Culture, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

Belarusian model Vera Kravtsova travelled through Thailand before being murdered in Myanmar, her organs sold by a Chinese-led scam gang. Thai police confirm she passed… Read More ›

Western foreigner naked in the red light area of Pattaya cries out to God as locals react with shock on their commute

Western foreigner naked in the red light area of Pattaya cries out to God as locals react with shock on their commute

October 21, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Naked Western man caused chaos in Pattaya’s red-light area, shouting to God and blocking traffic as shocked locals filmed the bizarre scene. Police restrained and… Read More ›

Crackdown to wipe out foreign business abuses and ownership on Koh Phangan & Koh Samui intensifies

Crackdown to wipe out foreign business abuses and ownership on Koh Phangan & Koh Samui intensifies

October 21, 2025

Crime, Culture, Economy, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

Thai police intensify an unprecedented crackdown on illegal foreign land ownership and business on Koh Phangan and Koh Samui, ending nominee arrangements, enforcing strict compliance… Read More ›

Horror motorbike crash leaves German wife dead and her husband fighting for life in Khao Lak Phang-nga

Horror motorbike crash leaves German wife dead and her husband fighting for life in Khao Lak Phang-nga

October 21, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Horror in Khao Lak as a German woman, 63, is killed and her husband critically injured when a speeding pickup strikes their motorbike on Phang-nga’s… Read More ›

High powered, secretive meeting chaired by PM agrees robust action against Cambodian networks

High powered, secretive meeting chaired by PM agrees robust action against Cambodian networks

October 21, 2025

Crime, Culture, Economy, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:

PM Anutin chairs a secret Government House meeting, orders crackdown on Thai networks linked to Cambodian scams, vows to revoke citizenship of dual nationals involved,… Read More ›

Police racing to verify disturbing reports of Belarusian model alleged to have been taken by scammers

Police racing to verify disturbing reports of Belarusian model alleged to have been taken by scammers

October 20, 2025

Crime, Culture, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

Thai police are urgently probing claims that Belarusian model Vera Kravchova was lured to Thailand, trafficked into Myanmar, enslaved in a scam compound and died,… Read More ›

Nigerian arrested with 10 other foreigners who tested positive for illicit drugs in dawn Bangkok pub raid

Nigerian arrested with 10 other foreigners who tested positive for illicit drugs in dawn Bangkok pub raid

October 20, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Bangkok police carried out an intelligence-led raid on a Ratchathewi pub, arresting a Nigerian drug pusher and 10 foreigners who tested positive for illicit drugs,… Read More ›

Thailand and Cambodia face danger from ‘Dragon Head’ the Chinese mafia leader behind the scams

Thailand and Cambodia face danger from ‘Dragon Head’ the Chinese mafia leader behind the scams

October 20, 2025

Crime, Culture, Economy, Living, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Thailand and Cambodia face a major threat from Dragon Head, the Chinese mafia boss, as Chen Zhi faces US charges exposing scams, political links and… Read More ›

Crazy foreigner clambers for the roof in Phuket. This time it was an intoxicated Dane, a former professional boxer

Crazy foreigner clambers for the roof in Phuket. This time it was an intoxicated Dane, a former professional boxer

October 19, 2025

Crime, Culture, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

Chaos erupted in Phuket as a drunken former Danish boxer climbed rooftops in Kata, shouting and risking his life. Police worked carefully to calm him,… Read More ›

Pakistani tourist, reportedly a policeman, brutalised a 25 year old sex worker in Phuket and robbed her

Pakistani tourist, reportedly a policeman, brutalised a 25 year old sex worker in Phuket and robbed her

October 19, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Pakistani tourist, reportedly a police officer, brutally attacked and robbed a 25-year-old transgender sex worker in Phuket after arranging to meet her online. He was… Read More ›

Horror story of Belarusian woman taken in Bangkok by Burmese scam compound gang being investigated

Horror story of Belarusian woman taken in Bangkok by Burmese scam compound gang being investigated

October 19, 2025

Crime, Culture, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

Belarusian model Vera Kravchova, 26, vanished after a Bangkok job offer. She was trafficked to a Myanmar scam camp, enslaved, and reportedly killed. Her family… Read More ›

Raids on foreign owned hotels on Koh Phangan carry on with three Israelis arrested and a fourth sought

Raids on foreign owned hotels on Koh Phangan carry on with three Israelis arrested and a fourth sought

October 19, 2025

Crime, Culture, Economy, Living, Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Immigration police raid Koh Phangan hotels, arrest three Israelis and pursue a fourth, targeting illegal nominee firms controlling resorts. Eight people were detained in total,… Read More ›

Israeli who demanded a refund after a massage accused of snatching temple offering at Pattaya massage shop

Israeli who demanded a refund after a massage accused of snatching temple offering at Pattaya massage shop

October 18, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Israeli tourist in Pattaya demanded a refund after a Thai massage, then seized a temple donation envelope. Locals and motorcycle taxi drivers chased him down.… Read More ›

Evil Romance scammers break the hearts of lonely middle-aged women in the Kingdom’s Northeast

Evil Romance scammers break the hearts of lonely middle-aged women in the Kingdom’s Northeast

October 17, 2025

Crime, Culture, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

Ruthless Thai romance scammers in the Northeast are fleecing lonely middle-aged women, taking tens of thousands of baht for fake foreign husbands, leaving victims blocked… Read More ›

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