Articles by: Carla Boonkong & Pranee O' Connor

Arrests ordered in Narathiwat fireworks blast, death toll reaches 12 with 300 homes ruined

Arrests ordered in Narathiwat fireworks blast, death toll reaches 12 with 300 homes ruined

July 31, 2023

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

Government response to the disaster has been quick and effective but the utter devastation suffered by the local community is sobering and re-building represents a… Read More ›

Prime Minister, business leaders oppose strategy to countdown the clock on the Senate’s power

Prime Minister, business leaders oppose strategy to countdown the clock on the Senate’s power

July 27, 2023

Living, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

The strategy was first mooted publicly by former United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) leader Jatuporn Prompan as the best course of action as… Read More ›

Tide going out in parliament for Move Forward as it faces being axed or sidelined from real power

Tide going out in parliament for Move Forward as it faces being axed or sidelined from real power

July 19, 2023

Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

It may be back to the streets for Move Forward as the nomination of Mr Pita Limjaroenrat in parliament for Prime Minister faces opposition and… Read More ›

Fitch retains Thailand’s BBB+ rating as country’s external finances remain impressively robust and strong

Fitch retains Thailand’s BBB+ rating as country’s external finances remain impressively robust and strong

July 15, 2023

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

Crippling level of debt throughout the world economy has left 3.3 billion people living in countries where borrowing costs exceed spending on education and health.… Read More ›

Police have identified two young women who may have parked the car of missing German in Pattaya

Police have identified two young women who may have parked the car of missing German in Pattaya

July 9, 2023

Crime, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Case of the missing German took a sinister turn on Sunday morning with a senior Thai police officer confirming that someone had used a cleaning… Read More ›

Facebook to copy Twitter with its own paid-for blue check and verification service on its network in Thailand

Facebook to copy Twitter with its own paid-for blue check and verification service on its network in Thailand

July 6, 2023

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

New Facebook verification service and blue tick will be quite similar to Twitter’s but Mark Zuckerberg is promising personal support at the end of the… Read More ›

Breakthrough deal could see either Pita or Srettha take job as Thailand’s 30th PM on July 13th in key vote

Breakthrough deal could see either Pita or Srettha take job as Thailand’s 30th PM on July 13th in key vote

July 3, 2023

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

Observers believe that the pact reportedly brokered between the Move Forward and Pheu Thai parties on Thursday evening last may hold the key to avoiding… Read More ›

Freak escalator accident sees 57-year-old female passenger’s leg severed at Don Mueang Airport 

Freak escalator accident sees 57-year-old female passenger’s leg severed at Don Mueang Airport 

June 29, 2023

Foreigners, Living, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

Thailand’s second busiest airport was the kingdom’s main airport until 2006. Thursday’s freak accident followed another freak event with an escalator in 2019 when a… Read More ›

Go easy on the growing cannabis industry says Anutin who concedes that Pita will be the next PM

Go easy on the growing cannabis industry says Anutin who concedes that Pita will be the next PM

June 25, 2023

Living, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Constructive noises from the Bhumjaithai Party and Mr Anutin’s plea to the new government to protect the nascent cannabis industry comes in a week which… Read More ›

Election Commission certifies all 500 MPs in big step forward towards quickly forming the next government

Election Commission certifies all 500 MPs in big step forward towards quickly forming the next government

June 20, 2023

Living, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

The surprise decision on Monday comes as the legal position relating to Prime Minister-elect Pita Limjaroenrat linked to to his controversial shareholding in defunct media… Read More ›

79 new MPs face scrutiny as Election Commission says only 321 to be declared elected on June 21st

79 new MPs face scrutiny as Election Commission says only 321 to be declared elected on June 21st

June 16, 2023

Living, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

The delay in confirming the MPs elected to parliament comes with reports of discrepancies in 16 provinces and controversy over the status of Mr Pita… Read More ›

Canadian extradited hitman suspect to stand trial in Bangkok for drug kingpin’s murder in Phuket

Canadian extradited hitman suspect to stand trial in Bangkok for drug kingpin’s murder in Phuket

June 6, 2023

Crime, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Dupre was arrested by Canadian police in Alberta on February 21st 2022 only 18 days after the Friday night murder in Phuket on February 4th… Read More ›

Lawyers: Don’t deal with unhappy former owners in foreclosure sales after woman is gunned down

Lawyers: Don’t deal with unhappy former owners in foreclosure sales after woman is gunned down

June 3, 2023

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

Police this week only convinced the irate elderly man to surrender by promising him access to key media programmes to vent his point of view… Read More ›

Brit’s killer safe in Oslo and will not be extradited to Thailand with local police taking on the case

Brit’s killer safe in Oslo and will not be extradited to Thailand with local police taking on the case

June 2, 2023

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

A frail and ill Roger Bullman, after a nightmare of nearly four years on the run, is recovering in Oslo with his family while police… Read More ›

Suspected Canadian hired killer extradited back to Thailand to face trial for premeditated murder

Suspected Canadian hired killer extradited back to Thailand to face trial for premeditated murder

May 29, 2023

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

There appear to be no assurances, at least publicly known at this point, concerning the death penalty with the judge in Alberta at the end… Read More ›

Compromise mooted between Pheu Thai and Move Forward on House Speaker job before key meeting

Compromise mooted between Pheu Thai and Move Forward on House Speaker job before key meeting

May 27, 2023

Foreigners, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:

This week’s deadlock has dismayed many insiders within both the Move Forward and Pheu Thai camps with rising speculation of an alternative coalition involving the… Read More ›

Move Forward opposes any plan to allow a US base in Thailand and commits to uphold its sovereignty

Move Forward opposes any plan to allow a US base in Thailand and commits to uphold its sovereignty

May 26, 2023

Living, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Rangsiman Rome tells reporters that efforts by conservative elements or perhaps misinformation operations should stop as he clarifies the Move Forward foreign policy position. He… Read More ›

Smartphone betrays gang who robbed Chinese tourists in early May as police nab them in Sa Kaeo

Smartphone betrays gang who robbed Chinese tourists in early May as police nab them in Sa Kaeo

May 24, 2023

Crime, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

The Chonburi police chief was happy to close the case file. He told reporters that the gang had spent the ฿400,000 taken in the raid… Read More ›

Kooky Palang Pracharat reports rejected on Tuesday by Prawit as Pheu Thai stands by Pita for PM

Kooky Palang Pracharat reports rejected on Tuesday by Prawit as Pheu Thai stands by Pita for PM

May 23, 2023

Living, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Palang Pracharat Party leadership on Tuesday rejected spurious reports that the party was to disband so that its members could join the Pheu Thai Party,… Read More ›

US TV late-night star Conan O’Brien to feature Bangkok in HBO travel show in possible tourism boost

US TV late-night star Conan O’Brien to feature Bangkok in HBO travel show in possible tourism boost

May 20, 2023

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

The filming of the show took place in May and should help boost Western tourists to the kingdom with figures showing the majority of the… Read More ›