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Double-decker horror in Trang as Phuket-bound tour bus carrying 52 overturns near school, injuring over 30. Driver, 52, loses leg after vehicle slides 80 metres… Read More ›
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Inferno rips through Koh Samui’s Fisherman’s Village, gutting three shops and damaging a restaurant as tourists flee. Fire crews battle narrow lanes and live power… Read More ›
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Pattaya hotel worker confronts a foreign couple having candlelit sex beside a shrine and is assaulted. Eartlier, two French tourists were deported in Phuket while… Read More ›
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Senior Metropolitan Police officer “Captain Khaek” arrested by his own force over an alleged 800,000 baht marijuana dispensary robbery in Pathum Thani. Dismissed immediately, remanded… Read More ›
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Tourist police in Korat staged a Valentine’s week reunion after an elderly couple were split for over five hours at Ya Mo Monument. Officers tracked… Read More ›
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Big Joke saga on the radar again, as lawyer sues four cops over revived Minnie gambling case that saw client jailed 84 days despite prior… Read More ›
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Fugitive Chinese bank boss accused of stealing over ฿10 million tracked to Pattaya condo and arrested after two-week Immigration sting. Biometric checks showed no legal… Read More ›
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Phuket police smash alleged Russian-run poker den in luxury Rawai villa, arrest nine foreigners after Instagram sting. High-stakes games took ฿20,000 entry fees, cash and… Read More ›
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A 46-year-old Chinese national wanted on prostitution charges in China was arrested at a luxury Bangkok condominium on Wednesday following an extradition request from Beijing.… Read More ›
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Drunk Russian tourist, 30, arrested after punching Thai woman outside Pattaya mall. Victim’s head hit the pavement as crowds pinned the suspect to the ground.… Read More ›
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Hat Yai school gunman, 18, blindfolded and strapped to a stretcher as armed police transferred him to a psychiatric hospital after a local school principal… Read More ›
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Hero principal shot dead after offering to replace student hostage in Hat Yai school siege. Teen gunman stole police weapon before storming the school. Funeral… Read More ›
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Axe-wielding druggie steals police gun and storms Hat Yai school, principal shot and students hurt in hostage siege; tactical units seal campus and arrest 19-year-old… Read More ›
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Bleeding American, 57, collapses outside Pattaya condo after two rescue calls in one night. Found injured 500m apart and highly intoxicated, Matthew Blain Plymale was… Read More ›
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Hospital van slams into a highway patrol truck on Highway 1 in Nakhon Sawan, killing three medical staff and injuring seven others. Police probe the… Read More ›
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Four workers were injured, one seriously, after a billion-baht Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) dome collapsed near Suvarnabhumi Airport. The site was sealed as engineers probed… Read More ›
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Bangkok salon raid nets unlicensed Congolese hairdresser as police launch nationwide crackdown on illegal work after top-level meeting orders tougher immigration and labour enforcement. Immigration… Read More ›
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TV feud ends in court defeat as Jae Ning is ordered to pay 8 million baht for defaming Big Joke’s wife, after judges rule her… Read More ›
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Helmeted gunman shot dead a 24-year-old Iraqi tourist in a daylight attack on busy Patong hotel street as police launched a manhunt and arrested the… Read More ›
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French tourist arrested at Phuket airport after cocaine sachets fell from his trousers before screening, with CCTV leading police to more drugs, including ecstasy, seized… Read More ›
Ugandan ladies on the game in Koh Phangan tell cops they were making big bucks to send home to Africa 
Tycoon Quentin Griffiths arrested off first class flight. Later convicted in Pattaya of fraud and forgery 
Visa waivers, discounted hotel stays and 2,000 baht a person per day for stranded tourists announced over Iran war 
US fighting for regime change in Tehran as the Middle East conflict throws airline industry into chaos 
Thai wife who hired two men to murder love rival in a car bomb explosion arrested by police this week 
Quentin Griffith’s wife of 16 years says her children are missing since his death in Pattaya on Feb 9th after fall 
Major war breaks out between United States and Iran causing chaos for air travel to Thailand at this time 
Swedish man detained by Phuket police on Thursday after Aussie died from blow to the head Wednesday 
Bank of Thailand boss issues warning about private sector debt weighing down the Thai economy in 2026 
Minister confirm expanded enquiry into death of a soldier after a spoon was found in his remains 
Top tycoon’s Gulf conglomerate increases its stake in Kasikorn Bank to over 10%. Warns about speculation 
Police HQ orders Director of Songkhla police station removed to allow probe into February 11th rampage 
Cowardly soldier afraid to face up to his brutal acts against his girlfriend hangs himself in custody 
Trump fires back with 10% tariff under a 1974 law after Supreme Court setback. Good news for Thailand 
Police believe UK fashion tycoon took his own life in Pattaya over legal cases and criminal prosecutions 
Wild gunman ‘L’ left in tears on Thursday after being denied bail by Pathum Thani Court after rampage 
Israeli drug dealing boss caught on Koh Phangan collecting his takings in a shoe sock left for punters 
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