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Defiant and indefatigable top cop Big Joke meets criminal defamation case head-on in Bangkok

Defiant and indefatigable top cop Big Joke meets criminal defamation case head-on in Bangkok

December 3, 2025

Crime, Culture, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:

Defiant top cop Big Joke faces criminal defamation case in Bangkok, stands by TV claims police are a ‘criminal organisation,’ and vows to release detailed… Read More ›

Money Laundering Office seizes assets with money trail linked to South African financier Ben Smith

Money Laundering Office seizes assets with money trail linked to South African financier Ben Smith

December 3, 2025

Crime, Culture, Economy, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:

AMLO seizes hundreds of assets tied to South African financier Ben Smith, Cambodian tycoons Chen Zhi and Kok An, uncovering transnational fraud, cryptocurrency laundering, investment… Read More ›

84-year-old German tourist dies at hotel near Kamala in Phuket. Autopsy ordered and Embassy notified

84-year-old German tourist dies at hotel near Kamala in Phuket. Autopsy ordered and Embassy notified

December 2, 2025

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

An 84-year-old German tourist was found dead in his hotel room near Kamala Beach in Phuket on Sunday. Police ordered an autopsy and notified the… Read More ›

Big Joke repeats his startling claims about the true scale of deaths in the Hat Yai flooding disaster

Big Joke repeats his startling claims about the true scale of deaths in the Hat Yai flooding disaster

December 2, 2025

Crime, Culture, Economy, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:

Big Joke repeats shocking claims that the true Hat Yai flood death toll is far higher than official 140. The ex top cop warns deaths… Read More ›

Top lawyer wings motorcyclist in arm after road rage incident unfolded in Nonthaburi on Monday morning

Top lawyer wings motorcyclist in arm after road rage incident unfolded in Nonthaburi on Monday morning

December 2, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Top lawyer and president of a provincial lawyers’ association shot a motorcyclist in the arm during a road rage incident in Nonthaburi on Monday morning.… Read More ›

Major setback for PM Anutin as Southern voters turn back to the Democrat Party and Abhisit Vejjajiva

Major setback for PM Anutin as Southern voters turn back to the Democrat Party and Abhisit Vejjajiva

November 30, 2025

Culture, Living, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Major setback for PM Anutin as southern voters abandon Bhumjaithai and flock to Abhisit Vejjajiva and the Democrat Party amid floods, rising corruption, and high… Read More ›

Stinging attack on Prime Minister Anutin from former top cop Gen Surachate Hakparn over Hat Yai deaths

Stinging attack on Prime Minister Anutin from former top cop Gen Surachate Hakparn over Hat Yai deaths

November 30, 2025

Crime, Culture, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:

Former top cop General Surachate Hakparn lashes out at Prime Minister Anutin over Hat Yai floods, leaked chat shows alleged mockery of deaths, demands resignation,… Read More ›

Man last seen starving in Hat Yai found dead on Sunday by rescuers, another fatality from the disaster

Man last seen starving in Hat Yai found dead on Sunday by rescuers, another fatality from the disaster

November 30, 2025

Crime, Culture, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:

A frail 77-year-old man, last seen starving, is found dead in Hat Yai as floodwaters recede, adding to southern Thailand’s death toll, highlighting ongoing fears… Read More ›

Southern islands see more foreign tourists lose lives to sea including a UK man on Saturday in Phuket

Southern islands see more foreign tourists lose lives to sea including a UK man on Saturday in Phuket

November 30, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Four tourists died in southern Thailand within 24 hours, including a British man at Freedom Beach in Phuket, a Russian man in Patong, and two… Read More ›

French burglar on Koh Samui caught red-handed with a house full of stolen loot when a victim walked in

French burglar on Koh Samui caught red-handed with a house full of stolen loot when a victim walked in

November 30, 2025

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

French burglar on Koh Samui caught red-handed after police raided his home, recovering 13 stolen items including laptops, jewellery, designer watches, perfumes, a diamond ring,… Read More ›

Miss Universe world owners past and present on the run in Mexico after highly controversial Thai pageant

Miss Universe world owners past and present on the run in Mexico after highly controversial Thai pageant

November 29, 2025

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

Miss Universe plunged into scandal as its Mexican and former Thai owners go on the run in Mexico after the chaotic Bangkok pageant, with drug,… Read More ›

Former prison boss Manop on Friday denied being the one responsible for Bangkok Prison hooker scandal

Former prison boss Manop on Friday denied being the one responsible for Bangkok Prison hooker scandal

November 28, 2025

Crime, Culture, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:

Former Bangkok Remand Prison governor Manop Chomchuen denies involvement in the scandal where Chinese prostitutes were brought into the prison on Sundays. 20 officers face… Read More ›

Former top cop General Surachate Hakparn or Big Joke strikes back against the National Police Chief

Former top cop General Surachate Hakparn or Big Joke strikes back against the National Police Chief

November 27, 2025

Crime, Culture, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:

Former top cop Surachate Hakparn, known as Big Joke, strikes back at the National Police Chief, filing a Section 157 lawsuit, presenting corruption and bribery… Read More ›

Immigration Bureau hit back at false reports that Chinese and Russian visitors are being targeted

Immigration Bureau hit back at false reports that Chinese and Russian visitors are being targeted

November 27, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Thailand’s Immigration Bureau denied claims it targets Chinese and Russian tourists, saying new checks focus on visa-run abuses and illicit businesses, while assuring genuine visitors… Read More ›

Busy beer bar run by British woman on Koh Samui probed with owner charged and facing a criminal case

Busy beer bar run by British woman on Koh Samui probed with owner charged and facing a criminal case

November 27, 2025

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

British woman on Koh Samui charged over running a busy beer bar through Thai nominees. Police traced ฿17.3 million in transfers to her accounts. The… Read More ›

33 deaths and still rising as southern floods threaten to overwhelm the government’s dithered response

33 deaths and still rising as southern floods threaten to overwhelm the government’s dithered response

November 27, 2025

Living, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

33 dead and rising as southern Thailand floods engulf nine provinces, tens of thousands stranded, homes submerged with rescue efforts stretched. PM Anutin remains in… Read More ›

Swedish national arrested by Pattaya police after being wanted at home for an arson attack in Sävsjö

Swedish national arrested by Pattaya police after being wanted at home for an arson attack in Sävsjö

November 26, 2025

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

Swedish fugitive wanted for arson in Sävsjö, Sweden, arrested in Pattaya using forged German ID after overstaying visa. Thai police tracked him across the city,… Read More ›

Russian-Chinese Koh Phangan alliance to sell drugs to foreigners. Accused entered Thailand illegally

Russian-Chinese Koh Phangan alliance to sell drugs to foreigners. Accused entered Thailand illegally

November 26, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Russian–Chinese drug ring exposed on Koh Phangan as police raid a rented house and seize mushrooms, MDMA, ecstasy and LSD. Officers say the Chinese suspect… Read More ›

Ex-Thai Miss Universe owner subject to an arrest warrant in Bangkok, where show was held last week

Ex-Thai Miss Universe owner subject to an arrest warrant in Bangkok, where show was held last week

November 26, 2025

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

Ex-Thai Miss Universe owner Anne or Jakkaphong Jakrajutatip issued an arrest warrant in Bangkok for fraud after fleeing to Mexico, as Miss Universe 2025 faces… Read More ›

Rising ‘Water of Death’ sees Songkhla and Hat Yai facing worst flooding in 300 years say some observers

Rising ‘Water of Death’ sees Songkhla and Hat Yai facing worst flooding in 300 years say some observers

November 25, 2025

Culture, Economy, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:

Rising ‘Water of Death’ floods Songkhla and Hat Yai and southern provinces. 1.9 million affected, water up to four metres high, worst in 300 years,… Read More ›

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