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Crime, Culture, Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
Second passenger from Thailand arrested in Australia on alleged drug smuggling after officers found butanediol disguised as shower gel and later recovered steroid tablets. The… Read More ›
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Former Phuket deputy governor Mr Rungruang Thimabutr’s arrest has uncovered a money trail linking jobs-for-cash exam bribery to a Phuket land document scam. Police say… Read More ›
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Bangkok’s Criminal Court jailed a mother for 7½ years after convicting her of trafficking her 12-year-old daughter to Japan for prostitution. The girl’s escape exposed… Read More ›
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Southern insurgents launched coordinated attacks across Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat, torching a petrol station and injuring two Malaysian tourists. PM Anutin orders an emergency security… Read More ›
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King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida have begun a landmark state visit to France, receiving the nation’s highest honours as President Emmanuel Macron hosts only… Read More ›
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Thai Airways flight attendant arrested after Australian border officers found more than 1kg of heroin hidden in 12 tote bags at Melbourne Airport. She faces… Read More ›
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Police arrested a Loei lieutenant colonel accused of leaking classified intelligence to a drug gang, helping traffickers evade arrest and hiding meth pills in his… Read More ›
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Chinese fugitive “Madame Zheng” has been arrested in Chiang Mai after an international manhunt over an alleged ฿20 billion cloud investment scam. Police say more… Read More ›
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Australian Simon Carman faces Thailand’s death penalty after police say CCTV tracked him from a Pattaya hotel to a suitcase containing a murdered 17-year-old girl… Read More ›
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Homeless man slashes Vietnamese office worker with a box cutter in Bangkok’s Silom district before police hunt him down using CCTV. Officers say he admitted… Read More ›
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Thailand’s new 8.3km border fence in Chanthaburi is 45% complete as a parliamentary delegation led by Monthian Songpracha inspects the project. Military chiefs say security… Read More ›
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Pattaya detectives have been honoured after tracking Australian Simon Peter Carman to Bangkok airport within six hours of the murder of 17-year-old Thanyachanok Donhomlao, whose… Read More ›
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Australian Simon Peter Carman, 46, has been charged with murdering a 17-year-old Pattaya sex worker after police say CCTV exposed him hiding her body in… Read More ›
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Australian Simon Peter Carman, 46, was arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport while trying to flee after police say he murdered a 17-year-old Pattaya sex worker, hid… Read More ›
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Miss Thailand Phuket 2026 runner-up says a powerful pageant sponsor entered her hotel bathroom while she was naked in the shower and attempted to rape… Read More ›
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Love rivalry ends in execution-style murder as Nonthaburi police say a man was shot while asleep, sealed inside a cement-filled drum and dumped in a… Read More ›
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Bangkok has gone World Cup mad as Lionel Messi and Argentina dominate a new poll, Monomax’s last-minute TV rights deal delivers every match and football… Read More ›
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Thai customs seized more than ฿23 million hidden inside snack food boxes after stopping a Myanmar-registered car at Mae Sai. The cash haul has triggered… Read More ›
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A 77-year-old British man died after plunging from his eighth-floor Na Jomtien condo while painting his balcony. Neighbours saw him working moments before the fall.… Read More ›
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People’s Party MP Pawut Pongwitayaphanu has been summoned by the DSI in Thailand’s biggest forex fraud probe as investigators examine 70,000 transactions. Courts will rule… Read More ›
Commerce Minister Suphajee talks about gold in an economy and world driven by US-China trade rivalry 
Cannabis industry on the brink. Anutin threatens to reschedule the drug after huge seizures worldwide 
Former Justice Minister calls for action on exam scandal. Says five officials disciplined are scapegoats 
Forex trading now in the sights of lawmakers as Bhumjaithai Party committee boss calls for change 
64 year old dies after being stung by wasps Saturday while picking wild mushrooms in Nakhon Phanom 
Tighter screening on outbound flights across Thai airports in force following Thai Airways hostess case 
Married couple from Loei remanded in prison until July 15 as DSI police pursue drug trafficking case against them 
Death in the car after sexual activity. Bangkok police look into shocking discovery of dead young couple 
Foreign nominee firms still the target of an escalating crackdown and blamed for poor economic growth 
Prime Minister and aides fly to Ubon Ratchathani Saturday to mourn monks killed in horror smash 
Economy to be transformed with new reverse income tax system. Everyone in Thailand will report income 
Bruised Minister of Defence vows to soldier on after being attacked in parliament as a ‘demon minister’ 
Brit arrested for assaulting Phuket tuk-tuk driver, stripped of visa and charged with a criminal offence 
Massive cannabis seizure from Thailand by Polish and German officials piles further pressure on Bangkok 
Former Deputy PM and Pheu Thai stalwart calls for closer ties with China for the economy and security 
King and Queen return to Thailand after state visit to France which culminated in a visit to Airbus HQ in Toulouse 
British man found dead on Thursday morning in Pattaya may have been murdered, according to police 
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