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Foreign man carjacks airport SUV on Koh Samui, drags driver from seat and flees as victim clings on for 3.5km. Police chase and stop the… Read More ›
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‘Mr Spray’ unmasked: German graffiti suspect arrested in Bangkok after Koh Phangan vandal spree, faces charges, deportation and lifetime Thailand ban as island cleans up… Read More ›
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Phuket police arrested a 32-year-old Swedish tourist at a Patong hotel on a rape warrant after a fellow Swedish woman reported being assaulted in his… Read More ›
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German tourist dubbed “Mr Spray” was arrested after defacing more than 40 sites on Koh Phangan with political graffiti. Detained in Bangkok, he faces criminal… Read More ›
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Thailand’s Election Commission faces fresh turmoil days before polling as a minor party pushes plans to buy Manchester United, clone dinosaurs, fix marriages and redraw… Read More ›
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German jogger, 61, arrested in Nonthaburi after tearing down eight People’s Party election signs over two days. CCTV led police to the suspect, who apologised,… Read More ›
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Tourist dubbed “Mr. Spray” sparks fury on Koh Phangan after red graffiti appears at 40 sites. Images spread online show slogans on signs, roads and… Read More ›
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French couple filmed having sex on a Phuket tuk-tuk, thought a police station fine ended it. Instead, immigration police arrested them, revoked their visas, blacklisted… Read More ›
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Fish porridge fugitive caught: Thai police arrest Hong Kong murder suspect who hid in Bangkok for 32 years as a shop owner. Mui Yiu Keung,… Read More ›
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Pattaya police probe the brutal killing of Russian man Mikhail Emelianov after his dismembered remains were found across multiple sites. Two Russians are held as… Read More ›
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Firebrand ex-MP Ice Rakchanok attacks the Election Commission over advance voting chaos, missing People’s Party posters and claims voters were misled. She rejected the agency’s… Read More ›
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A 69-year-old tourist was killed before dawn by a wild bull elephant while exercising near his tent at a Khao Yai National Park campground. Officials… Read More ›
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Naked, intoxicated Russian man caused mid-air chaos on a Vietnam–Bangkok flight, argued with the crew and demanded the door opened. He then failed immigration screening… Read More ›
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Two French tourists were fined after a viral video showed them having sex on a moving tuk-tuk in Phuket. Police traced the couple within two… Read More ›
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Russian man Mikhail Emelianov vanished after debt threats and was later found dismembered and buried in Chonburi. Police believe the killing was revenge over unpaid… Read More ›
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Grey money fears intensify as Thailand nears polling day, with banks flagging huge withdrawals, a ฿250 million probe opened, police raiding a Surat Thani vote-buying… Read More ›
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Danish tourist arrested after stealing a safe packed with ฿100 million property deeds from a Chinese businessman’s Koh Samui home. Police caught him in Krabi… Read More ›
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Two women were arrested in a police crackdown on drug sales to foreign tourists during Koh Phangan’s Full Moon Party, as officers seized methamphetamine and… Read More ›
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An American motorcyclist, 55, was killed in a head-on crash with a Bangkok-registered SUV on a Pattaya overpass late Wednesday night. Police say the rider… Read More ›
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Taxi driver, 58, was found burned to death inside his Toyota taxi on a rural Buriram road after midnight. Police found no struggle or foul… Read More ›
Immigration Bureau chief explains that there are fewer than 100k Israelis in Thailand at any one time 
MBK mecca for pirated goods raided by elite DSI police after citation in US intellectual property report 
Thailand summons Iran’s top envoy in Bangkok over cargo ship attack. 3 engine room crew still missing 
Gulf War on the verge of severely harming Thailand’s economy. Petrol stations’ early 10pm closure planned 
Thai vessel evacuated in the Strait of Hormuz after coming under fire and suffering engine room damage 
Delivery driver interaction leads to arrest of 31 year old relative for rape and strangulation of beauty 
Fears Thailand may lose 600k visitors from Europe and the Middle East as Iran war decimates tourism 
Thailand advises all 77k nationals in the Middle East to evacuate the region as the US Iran war ratchets up 
Neutralising the Iranian regime is the US goal as Thailand evacuates citizens and secures its reserves 
Australian drug kingpin who sneaked into Thailand arrested in Bangkok’s Din Daeng. Held for deportation 
Anutin urged to press ahead with new government as US Iran war throws up new challenges for Thailand 
Russian woman severely injured after jumping from her fourth floor balcony at a Phuket hotel after a row 
Australian handed down 18 years prison sentence after pleading guilty to using a dead man’s passport 
Naval war in focus Thursday as US Iranian war widens further leaving Thailand’s tourism sector reeling 
Analysts urge the government to prepare for higher oil prices as top bank predicts 33 baht to dollar rate 
Royal Thai Police tightens security for diplomatic missions in Bangkok linked to US Iran war in the Gulf 
Ugandan ladies on the game in Koh Phangan tell cops they were making big bucks to send home to Africa 
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