Articles by: James Morris and Son Nguyen
Living, Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
From Boeing jets to a supersonic fighter: Queen Suthida flies a Gripen solo for 41 minutes as King Vajiralongkorn watches. Thailand’s first female Gripen pilot… Read More ›
Crime, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Thailand:
Chaos hits Nonthaburi as an attempted murder fugitive jumps from a condo parking level and threatens to shoot himself. Armed officers close a major road… Read More ›
Crime, Living, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:
A tiny Bangkok office registered to six entities, 61 companies at another address and hundreds of millions in Chabad funding. Minister of Justice Rutthaphon leads… Read More ›
Crime, Living, Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
Steel cage beds, barred rooms and psychiatric patients trigger the closure of a Kanchanaburi care home licensed for elderly care. Inspectors found 129 beds instead… Read More ›
Crime, Living, Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
Atchariya is behind bars after losing bail as cyber police probe nearly ฿359m in turnover across two accounts, 212 transactions exceeding ฿40m and claims that… Read More ›
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Routine food deliveries allegedly became scouting missions before ฿3.69m vanished from two foreign residents’ Phuket homes. Police traced dollars, gold and football gambling before arresting… Read More ›
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German couple killed at a Khao Lak crossing join a grim roll call of foreign tourist road deaths. Four have died on its Phetkasem corridor… Read More ›
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Wanted Burmese drug suspect Aung Zaw Min Khant is caught in luxury Bangkok digs over a ฿150m drug haul. He arrived openly from India five… Read More ›
Crime, Living, Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
Wild elephant pursues and kills Wanna Sridachama, 36, after she warned her husband to run from their Chonburi rubber plantation. Three local workers have now… Read More ›
Crime, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
Double tragedy on Bangkok’s Thong Lor Road as Thai Thitima Yasi, 23, and German Michelle Thipkan, 22, die after a grey MG hits them. Driver… Read More ›
Crime, Living, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:
Thailand’s top crime fighter Atchariya is jailed after cyber police turn their sights on their longtime critic. A ฿1bn gambling probe and disputed ฿40m money… Read More ›
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Two German tourists killed after a Mazda pickup runs a red light at a Khao Lak crossing, police say. Driver flees, then surrenders with damaged… Read More ›
Living, Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
Phuket hotel staff track down a French tourist in Koh Samui after finding ฿100,000 in forgotten euros. He flies back, collects every euro from owner… Read More ›
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Fatal turn in Bangkok shrine crash as woman, 82, dies after a 78-year-old driver’s BYD ploughs through worshippers. Eight others are injured, two seriously. Police… Read More ›
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Sex worker group SWING turns the tables on Pattaya’s pre-US Navy crackdown, demanding an investigation into how 25 people were treated. The row comes as… Read More ›
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Bangkok shrine chaos as a grey BYD EV races through worshippers and crashes near the Guanyin altar. Three are injured, one seriously. The driver, 78,… Read More ›
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Phuket tuk-tuk driver says foreign tourist left his phone as security after claiming he had no cash. An hour later, the man grabbed back the… Read More ›
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Fatal Sukhumvit 71 landslide buries Myanmar worker Nian Chan, 49, three metres underground as his colleague escapes. Rescuers battle to reach him but recover his… Read More ›
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Bangkok hotel horror as police find a full-term baby frozen inside a black rubbish bag. Thai mother, 21, admits taking abortion pills bought online as… Read More ›
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Tamara Martins thought she was carrying electronics. Cambodian customs say her suitcase held 71 packages and 34.5kg of cannabis. The British mother is now behind… Read More ›
Prime Minister cock a hoop as IMF World Bank meet ends in Bangkok. Insists Thailand’s standing has risen 
Departures tax pushed by the Ministry of Finance is the death kiss for the tourist sector say top execs 
US Bangkok broadside to the IMF and the World Bank delivered by Scott Bessent who snubbed the meeting 
Friday protests by anti IMF World Bank activists continue after overnight camp event in central Bangkok 
Air hostess linked to international trafficking ring smuggling Chinese nationals in and out of Thailand 
Protests at the IMF World Bank meetings turn violent but Bangkok police deny being heavy handed 
Bhumjaithai Party Southern MP facing political strain as questions grow about her husband’s online fortune 
Portuguese woman’s 5 year stay in Thailand without a valid visa ends at a Phuket cookery class on Tuesday 
Thai police get involved in Hong Kong prostitution ring smashed last weekend which yielded vast returns 
Police arrest Chinese tourist thief who used Thai flights to snatch credit cards and run up charges on them 
UK man urgently sought by family after vanishing in Thailand over a week ago just before his flight home 
Tax grab targeted at outbound passengers is opposed by travel industry as ministry pushes a new agenda 
Upmarket Thai prostitution racket smashed by Hong Kong police. 16 people arrested in separate swoops 
Air force monitors Chinese base operation in Laos as Beijing strengthens military ties with neighbours 
Tourist police reach out to Russian Embassy to inform tourists visiting Thailand about laws and customs 
Police chief says Bangkok is ready for World Bank and IMF meetings with over 18,000 delegates visiting 
Indian YouTube on tour of Thailand with no money hits a snag at Udon Thani temple and is asked to leave 
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