Crime
Cross-border corruption and money laundering between Thai and Cambodian labour officials probed
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DSI busts massive foreign worker extortion ring in Bangkok. Raids over a potential ฿6 billion scam, secret payments to Cambodian officials, and suspected collusion within… Read More ›
Austrian died after falling down Koh Samui stairwell on Wednesday morning. Lost footing while drunk
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A 45-year-old Austrian tourist died after falling down a Koh Samui hotel stairwell while heavily intoxicated. Police ruled out foul play. This is the third… Read More ›
Bella May Culley tries to lie her way out of her Georgian hellhole prison by blaming Thai border guards
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Brit teen Bella May Culley claims Thai cops forced her to smuggle drugs—but CCTV shows her calmly walking through Bangkok airport. Now jailed in Georgia,… Read More ›
Thaksin appears before Criminal Court in lèse-majesté case. Lawyer afterwards expresses optimism
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Former PM Thaksin Shinawatra faced lese-majeste charge as his daughter was suspended as PM. Thaksin arrived cheered on the street by supporters, and played his… Read More ›
Welsh family need help as 29-year-old Ashton Jones, father of two, still battles for his life in a Pattaya hospital
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Ashton Jones meanwhile remains on a ventilator in critical condition after vanishing from friends in Bangkok on June 3rd. His father has flown in to… Read More ›
Canadian nabbed at Suvarnabhumi Airport trying to smuggle 3kg of heroin hidden in women’s handbags
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Busted in Bangkok: Canadian man caught smuggling 3.2 kg of heroin hidden in women’s handbags at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport. Arrested before boarding a flight to… Read More ›
Army security agency confirms bomb spree targeting tourist hotspots near Phuket linked to insurgency
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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 ›
Third loved one and tourist downed off Karon Beach in dangerous rip tides in just 18 days on Saturday
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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 ›
Death traps: Laotian mother killed carrying her baby across the road at a Pathum Thani Zebra crossing
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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 ›
Thai News for Foreigners
Thailand strikes out at efforts to clinch a US tariff deal. Finance Minister Pichai now on the way home, not giving up
July 4, 2025
Thailand’s trade talks with the US collapse, leaving
Austrian died after falling down Koh Samui stairwell on Wednesday morning. Lost footing while drunk
July 4, 2025
A 45-year-old Austrian tourist died after falling down
New cabinet members solemn oath-taking ceremony before the King and Queen at the Dusit Palace
July 3, 2025
Thailand’s new cabinet took a solemn oath before the
Political feud targeting the Prime Minister as Senators object to her swearing in as Culture Minister
July 3, 2025
Suspended PM Paetongtarn faces backlash over bid to
Welsh family need help as 29-year-old Ashton Jones, father of two, still battles for his life in a Pattaya hospital
July 2, 2025
Ashton Jones meanwhile remains on a ventilator in
PM Paetongtarn suspended from duties while Deputy Prime Minister Suriya Jungrungruangkit takes power
July 1, 2025
PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra was suspended by the
Army security agency confirms bomb spree targeting tourist hotspots near Phuket linked to insurgency
July 1, 2025
Thailand’s security forces arrest 5 suspects linked
Third loved one and tourist downed off Karon Beach in dangerous rip tides in just 18 days on Saturday
June 30, 2025
Third tourist drowns at Phuket’s Karon Beach in just
Death traps: Laotian mother killed carrying her baby across the road at a Pathum Thani Zebra crossing
June 30, 2025
A Laotian mother was killed crossing a Pathum Thani
82-year-old grandmother calls police to arrest pot crazed son who attacked her grandson with a sword
June 29, 2025
Pot-crazed Thai man slashes nephew’s arm with a
Chinese man who procured a young Thai woman for sex and drugs arrested after finally coming from Laos
June 29, 2025
Chinese man arrested after Thai escort, 22, found dead
New York police arrest man who mugged and robbed a 26-year-old Thai woman at a city subway station
June 28, 2025
Slashed, robbed and ignored—Thai model Zine
PM Paetongtarn names herself Culture Minister also in new cabinet ahead of Constitutional Court ruling
June 28, 2025
PM Paetongtarn names herself Culture Minister in bold
Minister dismisses reports of an 18% tariff deal with the United States on exports. Talks still in play
June 27, 2025
Finance Minister shoots down 18% tariff deal with
Police raid on a Den of Iniquity weed shop shows just why Thailand has moved to again outlaw the drug
June 27, 2025
Police raid a Khon Kaen weed shop-turned-teen drug den
PM Paetongtarn hoping to get a fillip from US-Thai trade talks as she battles for political survival against arch foes
June 26, 2025
Under fire at home, PM Paetongtarn looks to US trade
Swede handed a nasty docket in Pattaya as his former life of fraud at home caught up with him Wednesday
June 26, 2025
Swedish fraudster Ludde, 39, was caught in Pattaya
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