Articles by: Carla Boonkong & Pranee O' Connor
Swede dies in motorbike crash after 5 days in Thailand seeking to marry his 27-year-old fiancé from Roiet
Crime, Culture, Living, Thailand:
Police at Suvarnabhumi Police Station in Roiet are investigating the death of the Swedish man but this is just a matter of routine. It appears… Read More ›
FTI boss warns Thailand faces a more dangerous geopolitical world with potential Asian flashpoints
Thailand finds itself, at this time, in a part of the world where geopolitical tensions are rising and are already adversely affecting its economy since… Read More ›
Siam Commercial Bank says it plans to open one of the first virtual banks in Thailand due in 2025
New virtual banking services are expected to offer cheaper and more inclusive banking products to customers who are currently not catered for by the existing… Read More ›
Justice is meted out for ‘pretty’ woman who died in 2019 after a plot to get her drunk went wrong
Crime, Culture, Living, Thailand:
Male model must now serve eight years in prison while the host of the party in Nonthaburi and his girlfriend must serve 5 years and… Read More ›
Police promise full charges to be filed against reckless Bentley driver over multicar expressway smash-up
Crime, Culture, Foreigners, Living, More News from Thailand, Thailand:
Driver, with a woman in tow, fled the scene in a taxi. Onlookers took video clips and photos of the escape which showed a bottle… Read More ›
Tourism industry blow: Entry criteria for all arrivals reimposed in response to the arrival of Chinese tourists
Culture, Economy, Living, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:
No firm details yet as to what date the new regime comes into force nor how it will be administered. Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said it… Read More ›
Ministers urged to tread cautiously on new entry requirements as China reopens to foreign travel this week
Culture, Economy, Living, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:
The conflicting reports over the weekend were the product of two high-powered committee meetings within the Ministry of Public Health ahead of a meeting of… Read More ›
Australian travelling with family arrested for illegal gun possession boarding a Ko Samui flight
Crime, Foreigners, More News from Thailand, Thailand:
Police in Ko Samui said on Wednesday that they did not think the gun was purchased to commit a crime in Thailand nor had the… Read More ›
Chinese gangs approaching expectant Thai fathers in private hospitals seeking identity transfers
Crime, Foreigners, Living, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:
The Narcotics Suppression Bureau (NSB) moved last Thursday to seize the entire business of a luxury hotel in Samut Prakan run by a company in… Read More ›
Pheu Thai to knock back skyrocketing electricity costs hitting business with a 21% rise in 2023 already confirmed
Economy, Living, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:
The business sector, in recent months, is expressing higher confidence with the return of foreign tourism at critical levels but is expecting to be left… Read More ›
Top Immigration Bureau officers investigated by high-level panel over Chinese corruption claims
Crime, Culture, Foreigners, Living, More News from Thailand, Thailand:
Minister Somsak Thepsutin praises former massage parlour boss and politician Chuwit Kamolvisit for his work in pursuing corruption concerning this unfolding case. Mr Chuwit has… Read More ›
New Air Canada link from Vancouver to Bangkok an aviation first, will boost American arrivals to Thailand
Economy, Foreigners, Living, More News from Thailand, PR News, Thailand:
Direct 13-hour flight from Vancouver to Bangkok is a first for Air Canada and Thailand which is trying to regain its position as a power… Read More ›
Offenders tagged for up to 10 years after release as young girls are 31% of females abused annually
Crime, Culture, Foreigners, Living, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:
New law, championed by Minister of Justice Somsak Thepsutin will come into effect on January 23rd next and is designed to help police deal with… Read More ›
Constitutional Court voting decision a watershed moment for Thai politics says top Pheu Thai MP and whip
Culture, Foreigners, Living, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:
The Pheu Thai Party won zero party list seats in the 2019 General Election with 21.9% of the vote, seats that ultimately, due to the… Read More ›
Chuvit claims Chinese gangster billionaire may be still at large in Thailand as is his executive jet
Crime, Foreigners, Living, More News from Thailand, Thailand:
The former candidate for Governor of Bangkok, underworld figure and massage parlour boss has emerged as an unlikely campaigner against huge flows of corrupt money… Read More ›
President Xi Jinping touches down in Bangkok for APEC Summit hosted by Thailand, PM at the airport
Culture, Economy, Foreigners, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:
National Police Commissioner General Damrongsak Kittiprapat has implored the public in Bangkok to assist the police in carrying out the mammoth security operation for the… Read More ›
Net set to widen on Chinese money gangs, top police officer warns of powerful financial interests
Crime, Culture, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
General Surachate Hakparn or ‘Big Joke’ underlined that police do not fear being sued by the criminal gangs but said that they had to approach… Read More ›
Chinese businessman in the heart of Bangkok with a fake Chinese Embassy car and police escort arrested
Crime, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
Bizarre discovery by police securing the city centre of Bangkok for the forthcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit comes as police continue to track down… Read More ›
Thais in Malaysia face charges in joint police force action against cross-border human trafficking
Crime, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
Arrest of the three Thai nationals in Malaysia and their deportation to Thailand sends a strong signal to any cross-border traffickers thinking of targeting young… Read More ›
Thai News for Foreigners
Russian man barrels his way into a Pattaya Seven-Eleven store smashing the glass door to pieces
January 16, 2023
A Russian man went wild in the heart of Pattaya on
Fraud suspect nabbed by police in Phuket linked to $100 million fraud centred on Jersey, US deli shop
January 14, 2023
The search for the third accused in the New Jersey
Thai economy up against it in 2023 despite the hype and hoopla over Chinese tourists returning
January 13, 2023
Thailand is an export-led economy operating in an
Police promise full charges to be filed against reckless Bentley driver over multicar expressway smash-up
January 10, 2023
Driver, with a woman in tow, fled the scene in a taxi.
Covid chaos descends again on Thailand’s foreign tourism sector amid cancellations and complaints
January 8, 2023
Travel agents in France have been forced to cancel
Pattaya police hunt down the killer of a UK man who had just returned to Thailand from Britain the day before
January 6, 2023
UK expat and murder victim was on his way home after
Prayut to make his move for a third term but is the battle for power already lost to Pheu Thai?
January 4, 2023
There are signs that a seismic change is about to
Economic chiefs promise a brighter 2023 for Thai people despite the more gloomy world outlook for the year
January 2, 2023
The foreign tourism industry will be the key driver of
Fears for Aung San Suu Kyi who faces 33 years in a Myanmar prison held under primitive conditions
December 31, 2022
The latest conviction of the popular Burmese
PM orders ‘full force’ help for Thai nationals and families linked to the Poipet casino disaster in Cambodia
December 29, 2022
Fire which destroyed the Grand Diamond casino in the
PM and Ung Ing to do battle in 2023 for the top job with public debt and the economy as key issues
December 27, 2022
Public debt and the management of the economy will be
Police officer, wife of Du Hao kingpin and niece of former police chief arrested and grilled by prosecutors
December 25, 2022
The scale and depth of this corruption scandal keeps
Australian travelling with family arrested for illegal gun possession boarding a Ko Samui flight
December 23, 2022
Police in Ko Samui said on Wednesday that they did
22 still missing as naval chiefs plan refloat of the Sukhothai which capsized and sunk on Sunday
December 21, 2022
35-year-old, US-built vessel lying capsized at a depth
Chinese gangs approaching expectant Thai fathers in private hospitals seeking identity transfers
December 19, 2022
The Narcotics Suppression Bureau (NSB) moved last
King and Queen visit Princess Bajrakitiyabha at a Bangkok hospital after she took ill on Wednesday
December 16, 2022
Well wishes have come from around the country as
Chinese mafia case taken over by police chief with top officers assigned to different key roles on the probe
December 14, 2022
Last week, the chief whistleblower, in this case,
