Articles by: James Morris and Son Nguyen
Crime, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
Nearly four months after a court issued its first warrant, immigration police arrest an American businessman in Sukhumvit. Workers claim over ฿1 million in unpaid… Read More ›
Crime, Living, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:
Schoolboys aged 15–17 were tricked into supplying intimate videos for bogus university research, DSI says. Bangkok hotel worker, 26, arrested. DSI investigators seized 5,000 explicit… Read More ›
Crime, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
Two motorcycle gunmen unleash more than ten shots outside a Bangkok cannabis shop, killing a 31-year-old man. Friends dive for cover as the killers flee.… Read More ›
Crime, Living, Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
A sudden call from a Thai woman’s child triggers a Pattaya police operation and the arrest of a South Korean man. Officers find a 274-day… Read More ›
Crime, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:
Yala security forces come under bomb attack as assailants throw two pipe bombs towards troop accommodation. Five officers are injured, one by shrapnel. The second… Read More ›
Crime, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Thailand:
Police arrest Chinese air hostess in Hat Yai over suspected migrant smuggling between Thailand and Malaysia. Two men crossed illegally, another woman hid inside a… Read More ›
Economy, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:
Violence flares near Bangkok’s IMF and World Bank summit as police clash with protesters trying to hang banners from a bridge. Demonstrators are injured, but… Read More ›
Crime, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
Roadside bloodshed in Surat Thani as a woman shoots dead her former rubber tapper, 47, over a rice cooker and borrowed motorcycle. She admits threatening… Read More ›
Crime, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Thailand:
Phuket cooking class ends in arrest for a Portuguese woman after immigration police expose a 1,807-day overstay. She has no original passport, only a phone… Read More ›
Crime, Living, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:
Bomb squad police search a Malaysian couple’s car near Bangkok’s IMF–World Bank meetings after finding 40 litres of petrol. The honeymooners are cleared. Meanwhile, police… Read More ›
Crime, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Thailand:
Thai women recruited for lucrative Hong Kong hotel sex bookings as police arrest 16 and seize or freeze ฿77 million. Organisers pocketed 70% of takings,… Read More ›
Crime, Foreigners, Media, More News from Thailand, Thailand:
Police swoop on Chinese tourist, 51, at Don Mueang on Sunday, October 11, over two earlier flight thefts. Cards and cash worth ฿317,662 vanished on… Read More ›
Crime, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:
Two arrested and six Burmese children rescued in Bangkok trafficking raids. Children were reportedly forced to sell flowers until 4 am and burned with heated… Read More ›
Crime, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Thailand:
Eight days lost in Thailand: Bailey-Harris Singh, 20, vanished after failing to board his UK flight at Bangkok airport. His phone and location services are… Read More ›
Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
An adventure trip in Phetchabun ended with two foreign tourists seriously injured on rocks below the cliff. Their rescue took six hours. Minister Suchart says… Read More ›
Crime, Foreigners, Media, More News from Thailand, Thailand:
Hong Kong police uncover a cross-border prostitution operation recruiting Thai women for hotel sex bookings. Sixteen arrested, ฿55 million cash seized. A Thai suspect and… Read More ›
Culture, Living, Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
Beauty, brains and grit! Thai-British Saffron Maya Snook, 23, wins Miss Global 2026 on home soil. Behind the crown: first-class honours at Sussex, prize-winning AI… Read More ›
Crime, Economy, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:
Bangkok turns to Russia’s embassy for help explaining Thai laws to visitors. Tourist Police chief Pongsiam Meekanthong raises safety and employment issues. Nearly 1.9 million… Read More ›
Crime, Living, Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
Police raid a Pattaya condo and discover cocaine wrapped in black tape inside a kitchen extractor hood. Two Nigerians arrested. One tests positive for drugs… Read More ›
Economy, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:
Police Chief Samran Nuanma declares Bangkok ready for 18,000 IMF and World Bank visitors. Intelligence warns of mass protests, six roads face emergency closures and… Read More ›
PM revokes citizenship of Jewish leader in Thailand amid police investigation into Chabad network nationwide 
Tourism chiefs furious as another Chinese abduction and a spat with the Embassy threaten bookings 
Bank of Thailand confirms a tale of two economies one booming, another struggling with decline 
French businessman wanted for VAT fraud arrested this Wednesday on Koh Samui after Interpol Notice 
Thailand’s GDP may get a bump up from the 3rd quarter after recent economic agency talks with PM Anutin 
Thousands of fake Thai citizens of Chinese origin identified in one case going back over two decades 
New police chief wants officers who show their faces to the public and issue warnings instead of fines 
Special Branch and cyber police move against the ‘Godd Dam’ Facebook page after PM ‘tea money’ fake 
Government spokesman’s rebuke to the World Health Organisation (WHO). Keep out of Thai internal affairs 
Mystery of Dutch TV star deepens as police confirm he left Thailand and lawyer claims he wants privacy 
Prime Minister in a spot as no confidence debate looks like it’s being stalled or postponed in parliament 
PM calls police chief and orders preparations to make sure Thailand is not subject to French like rioting 
Pledges on investment are up but Foreign Direct Investment for the first six months is down nearly 5% 
Frenchman arrested by Immigration. Officer spotted him on Interpol wanted list for drug trafficking 
Drunk woman stripped naked on a Pattaya public street Tuesday night hurling abuse. Arrested by police 
Former top Democrat Party aide and MP met DSI over Bhumjaithai MP’s husband’s links to online gambling 
Row over handling of two online gambling cases related to MPs. Questions of jurisdiction and fair play 
© 2026 Thai Examiner. All rights reserved.