Articles by: James Morris and Son Nguyen

Nakhon Si Thammarat woman denies murdering her own daughter over a land dispute on April 11th at her home

Nakhon Si Thammarat woman denies murdering her own daughter over a land dispute on April 11th at her home

June 6, 2020

Crime, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

54-year-old woman was arrested and charged by police on Tuesday with murdering her 29-year old daughter Chonthira Jindawong at her home in the Bang Khan… Read More ›

Thailand begins herd immunity study in Pattani as the world questions the response to Covid 19 and lockdowns

Thailand begins herd immunity study in Pattani as the world questions the response to Covid 19 and lockdowns

June 2, 2020

Economy, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Herd immunity study by Chulalongkorn University on a village in the Thung Yang Daeng district of southern Pattani. It comes, as around the world, people… Read More ›

UK wife abuser arrested by Immigration Bureau police in Bangkok for attempted murder

UK wife abuser arrested by Immigration Bureau police in Bangkok for attempted murder

May 28, 2020

Crime, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

46-year old David Mitchell threw his 56-year-old wife off an 8th-floor balcony in Rayong and shockingly, appears to have fled the province after his initial… Read More ›

Ex UK soldier flies home following rescue by a compatriot after being abused by his Thai partner’s family

Ex UK soldier flies home following rescue by a compatriot after being abused by his Thai partner’s family

May 26, 2020

Foreigners, Living, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

86 year old UK man only identified as Ron flew home to Britain last Sunday on an Eva Air flight. The elderly man was tearful… Read More ›

Wife confesses to affair with father in law after her husband’s body was found in Songkhla province forest

Wife confesses to affair with father in law after her husband’s body was found in Songkhla province forest

May 24, 2020

Crime, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

41-year-old man from Phatthalung province owned up to murdering his son on April 30th after a quarrel turned violent over his affair with his son’s… Read More ›

Former minister pleads not guilty to chilling abduction and murder of judge’s older brother in fraud case

Former minister pleads not guilty to chilling abduction and murder of judge’s older brother in fraud case

May 23, 2020

Crime, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

On Friday, a former minister and four codefendants pleaded not guilty while one of those charged owned up before the law to the appalling crime.… Read More ›

Gambling debts the motive for the armed robbery on Monday in Chiang Rai, main suspect charged in court

Gambling debts the motive for the armed robbery on Monday in Chiang Rai, main suspect charged in court

May 21, 2020

Crime, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

34-year-old Sittichok Muangma was arrested on Tuesday for the armed robbery heist on Monday morning outside the Bangkok Bank branch in Chiang Saen when he… Read More ›

86-year-old man rescued by a compatriot from a small room where he was fed on rice and water

86-year-old man rescued by a compatriot from a small room where he was fed on rice and water

May 20, 2020

Foreigners, Living, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

86-year-old ex-soldier Ron from Brighton rescued by a UK expat living in Thailand Declan Theodore after losing contact with his family at home. Mr Theodore… Read More ›

Chiang Rai police track 2 member snatch gang who stole over ฿1 million from co-op employee fetching cash

Chiang Rai police track 2 member snatch gang who stole over ฿1 million from co-op employee fetching cash

May 18, 2020

Crime, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Chiang Saen police have turned to CCTV footage and patrols to find the two men who staged an armed robbery outside a bank in northern… Read More ›

Parents believe the murderer of their little girl this week in Mukdahan was a local to their rural village area

Parents believe the murderer of their little girl this week in Mukdahan was a local to their rural village area

May 18, 2020

Crime, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

40-year-old mother revealed that both and her husband believe that the killer must have known the locality as police disclose that 5 people have already… Read More ›

Gangster murders older man over illicit sexual relationship with his wife while held in prison on charges

Gangster murders older man over illicit sexual relationship with his wife while held in prison on charges

May 16, 2020

Crime, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

32-year-old Sunathorn Saenphakdi, with criminal connections, gunned down and murdered 41-year-old Suthat Watthana over his suspicions that the older man had a sexual affair with… Read More ›

Western man who stole food rescued by a police officer who paid his bill after he was nabbed at Bangkok store

Western man who stole food rescued by a police officer who paid his bill after he was nabbed at Bangkok store

May 15, 2020

Crime, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

The intervention of a considerate, off duty police officer saved a western foreigner the nightmarish scenario of being arrested and legally prosecuted for theft in… Read More ›

Police arrest French bar owner, staff and punters on Ko Samui in shock Sunday night raid on lounge party

Police arrest French bar owner, staff and punters on Ko Samui in shock Sunday night raid on lounge party

May 11, 2020

Crime, Foreigners, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

24-year-old French man Quentin Thioliet was named by police as the owner of the venue. If true, he could be in hot water not only… Read More ›

Killer Spaniard surprised naked Chilean man at his home on Ko Phangan and knifed him to death

Killer Spaniard surprised naked Chilean man at his home on Ko Phangan and knifed him to death

May 10, 2020

Crime, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

41-year-old Chilean man Rennie Patricio Goodmen Barahona was murdered by a deranged 34-year-old Spaniard, Carlos Alkanis Morales, early on Saturday morning after he was awoken… Read More ›

3 foreigners in Pattaya arrested for brazen flouting of the law on Saturday by swimming at a beach

3 foreigners in Pattaya arrested for brazen flouting of the law on Saturday by swimming at a beach

May 10, 2020

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

3 foreigners arrested on a secluded beach in Pattaya on Saturday deserve little sympathy for breaking the law. However, this virus situation and the experience… Read More ›

PM thanks Thai entrepreneurs as he aims for a safe return to a confident future free of the coronavirus threat

PM thanks Thai entrepreneurs as he aims for a safe return to a confident future free of the coronavirus threat

May 8, 2020

Economy, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Prime Minister Prayuth Chan ocha indicated a May 17th second stage easing of virus lockdown measures as he looked forward to the return of business… Read More ›

New taxi cab as Air Force delivers safety bulkhead barrier solution to protect drivers and passengers

New taxi cab as Air Force delivers safety bulkhead barrier solution to protect drivers and passengers

May 7, 2020

Economy, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

New look for the inside of Thai taxi cabs as the Air Force delivers new bulkhead partitions to top taxi fleets in Bangkok. See-through dividers… Read More ›

Ambulance expels female patient on a stretcher on to busy Bangkok street while speeding to hospital in traffic

Ambulance expels female patient on a stretcher on to busy Bangkok street while speeding to hospital in traffic

May 7, 2020

Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

A patient in an ambulance was expelled from the vehicle into oncoming traffic on a busy Bangkok street on Tuesday. Video of the incident has… Read More ›

Australian hotel manager in Phang Nga province becomes Thailand’s 55th casualty from the Covid 19 virus

Australian hotel manager in Phang Nga province becomes Thailand’s 55th casualty from the Covid 19 virus

May 6, 2020

Foreigners, Living, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

Australian who died after contracting Covid 19 on Tuesday suffered from asthma. He lived and worked as a hotel manager in the Khao Lak area… Read More ›

3 western men arrested by Pattaya police at the ‘Pussycat Club’ on Saturday night and locked up

3 western men arrested by Pattaya police at the ‘Pussycat Club’ on Saturday night and locked up

May 4, 2020

Crime, Foreigners, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

Western foreigners were taken away by police and held in custody after being found in a local Pattaya bar in defiance of Thailand’s emergency decree… Read More ›