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Thailand’s security forces arrest 5 suspects linked to BRN insurgents behind a coordinated bomb plot targeting Phuket and southern tourist hotspots. Fifteen devices meant to… Read More ›
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Third tourist drowns at Phuket’s Karon Beach in just 18 days amid deadly rip currents. Despite clear red-flag warnings, swimmers ignored the danger and drowned.… Read More ›
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A Laotian mother was killed crossing a Pathum Thani zebra crossing while carrying her baby. The taxi driver fled but was caught. This follows recent… Read More ›
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Pot-crazed Thai man slashes nephew’s arm with a sword in an unprovoked attack. His 82-year-old mother, boiling noodles nearby, watched in horror and called police.… Read More ›
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Two men arrested in tourist provinces near Phuket after non-lethal explosive devices were found. Thai officials say Phuket, Krabi, and Phang Nga remain safe as… Read More ›
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Chinese man arrested after Thai escort, 22, found dead in Bangkok hotel. Cops say he fled to Laos after forcing her to take drugs. Family… Read More ›
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Slashed, robbed and ignored—Thai model Zine Raksasutee, 26, was brutally attacked in a Brooklyn subway as Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) staff failed to help. Her… Read More ›
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Irish fugitive Mr. Lee arrested in Krabi after 415-day overstay. Caught inside a cannabis shop, he faces extradition to Ireland for charges including assault, cocaine… Read More ›
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Swedish fraudster Ludde, 39, was caught in Pattaya after a $106K scam across Europe. Wanted by INTERPOL and Swedish courts for using fake IDs to… Read More ›
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Thai police arrest 33-year-old Daniel Reio Karvonen, one of Europe’s most wanted fugitives, in a covert gym sting in Hua Hin. The Finnish national is… Read More ›
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Elderly Latvian man caught at Suvarnabhumi Airport with 3 kg of heroin hidden in stretcher tubes. Travelling from Laos to Malaysia, he tried to evade… Read More ›
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A drunken Norwegian fired a crossbow at a fellow tourist in Koh Samui, but the arrow struck her iPhone 12 Mini during a 911 call,… Read More ›
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Bhumjaithai Party blasts Pheu Thai for ignoring cannabis chaos and demands urgent passage of their 2022 control law. With pot shops booming and tourists caught… Read More ›
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Dutchman, 54, found dead in Thai hotel room with wrist wound and knife in bloody tub. Body found beside bed, sparking police probe. Suicide suspected,… Read More ›
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Two drug mules killed in a firefight with Thai forces near the Myanmar border. Authorities seized 4.8 million methamphetamine pills in one of the largest… Read More ›
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Bangkok police bust a loan shark gang using iCloud access to lock iPhones if borrowers missed payments. The gang charged a brutal 365% yearly interest… Read More ›
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A 48-year-old Russian tourist drowned off Karon Beach despite red flag warnings. He vanished minutes after entering the water with his son. Lifeguards recovered his… Read More ›
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A drunk Swedish tourist miraculously survived after a car ran over his head in a Pattaya nightclub parking lot. The shocking 3:50 a.m. incident was… Read More ›
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Hun Sen exposed in another shocking audio clip ordering hits on regime opponents in Thailand as Bangkok reels from the political fallout of the first.… Read More ›
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Thai and Singapore police smashed a transnational online prostitution ring. Key suspects, including two Singaporeans, were arrested in Thailand. Over S$2 million in assets seized.… Read More ›
Trump counters Iran with tougher terms and a warning. Tehran now says it does not trust the US 
Former top Justice Ministry figure calls for tough line against NACC official charged over road death 
Bangkok Pride flags the Thai capital as a Gay Pride centre as Pheu Thai leader Yotsanun pledges support 
Government to reopen Hua Hin to international flights as it pushes Thai Airways on more flights 
Short term and long term warnings lights for the ailing Thai economy as it ploughs through headwinds 
31 year old man dies in front of his wife in Buriram talking on a charging phone after lightning strike 
4 year manhunt for fraudster ends in Udon Thani with her arrest by the Highway Police over Swedish jobs 
21 year old suspect arrested in Bangkok linked with recent Pattani bombing spree targeting fuel stations 
Top official assaulted by delivery driver at funeral of deceased rider whom he collided with on road 
NACC Director now confirms he was the driver after pickup collision that cost a delivery driver his life 
Political firestorm as parliament votes to withhold MP wanted by DSI police over organised crime probe 
Vietnam’s President visits King and Queen at Dusit Palace in Bangkok. Five decades of ties celebrated 
Top Finance Ministry official says Thailand needs technology, investment and a leap in productivity 
Corruption activist Atchariya faces a new defamation trial over cyber police bribery claims on National TV 
Police deny any Koh Samui taxi mafia but confirm 8 suspects are now being sought over cabbie’s murder 
People’s Party leader doubles down on ‘blue regime’ remarks but stresses it refers to political groups 
Parliament to decide on DSI request to quiz Songhla MP Chonnapat who police link to organised crime 
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