Dutch man entered into a mediated settlement after assaulting a young Thai woman at a Koh Samui bar
CCTV catches a Dutch man repeatedly striking a Thai woman at a Koh Samui bar before he raises a metal stool. Two days later, police… Read More ›
Crime
Sex network boss arrested in shock police home raid on Sunday after probe exposed child porn racket
Bangkok influencer Nanyapat Prueksawangwong arrested over ฿3m OnlyFans porn business. Police say hotel rooms were used to film content, including a video involving a 17-year-old… Read More ›
Activist lawyer wants action on corruption which pilfers lottery revenue for the disabled for the rich
Crime, Living, Media, Thailand:
Lawyer Tum is back, taking aim at a lottery quota system for disabled Thais. Sittra Biebangkerd says politicians and influencers cashed in while over ฿200m… Read More ›
Indian tourist severely injured but coherent after early morning fall last Friday from his Pattaya hotel
Indian tourist Abhishek Jagannath Kunjir, 42, suffers broken wrists and severe back injuries in a mystery Pattaya hotel fall. Police find no evidence of assault… Read More ›
Vicious attack on UK man in Jomtien Pattaya leads to arrest of Thai man. 70 year old kicked in the face
Daylight horror on Jomtien Beach as Briton, 70, is kicked in the face and punched while USS Abraham Lincoln sailors fill Pattaya. Thai attacker, 35,… Read More ›
UK Nigerian influencer wanted for drug trafficking died in Bangkok due to genital enlargement therapy
Crime, Living, Media, Thailand:
Luxury Bangkok holiday ends in tragedy as Igho “Tiny” Ubiribo dies after penis filler injections. UK inquest links his death to the treatment as his… Read More ›
Missing Kanchanaburi mother found on southbound bus after 7 day northern stay shrouded in mystery
Crime, Living, Media, Thailand:
Seven-day mystery ends as missing mum Wichuda, 33, is found alive on a bus home. Boyfriend Nut crosses the border alone as police find his… Read More ›
Koh Samui Israeli expat the first to be deported under Prime Minister Anutin’s new deportation regime
Crime, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:
5-year Israeli expat Yaacov Ohayon is ordered deported after a Samui zoo threats conviction. Anutin uses Thailand’s new deportation rules eight days after launch, as… Read More ›
17 year old legal fight for schoolboy who is now a grown man against the Police finally ends in victory and pay day
Crime, Living, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:
Wrongly arrested at 18, assaulted and pushed to confess, Rittirong Chuenjit wins ฿4.38 million after 17 years. Supreme Court orders police to erase his criminal… Read More ›
Malaysian online gambling boss arrested in Bangkok raid. 48 year old was a UFA network Master agent
Crime, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Thailand:
Cyber police arrest Malaysian UFA executive Lim Teck Wee, 48, and seize ฿16 million in cash. Investigators uncover more than 20 gambling sites, pirate football… Read More ›
Crazed ex lover rams former girlfriend and her new boyfriend on a motorbike to their death with pickup
Crime, Foreigners, More News from Thailand, Thailand:
Songphon, 23, allegedly hunted his ex-girlfriend through Bangkok with emergency lights flashing before smashing his pickup into her motorcycle. She and her new lover died… Read More ›
Fears grow for 33 year old single mother who is missing from her Kanchanaburi home since Friday August 28
Crime, Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
Missing mother Ms Wichuda, 33, disappears after CCTV shows her climbing into her boyfriend’s white pickup. He denies seeing her for months, then blocks her… Read More ›
Boss heir free to return to Thailand next year unless he gives himself up or is arrested by Interpol abroad
Crime, Living, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:
The clock is running out on Red Bull heir Vorayuth “Boss” Yoovidhya. He vanished after flying to Singapore in 2017 and has never faced trial… Read More ›
HIV and AIDS still lurk behind the neon signs of Thailand’s sex industry especially as it moves online
Crime, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Thailand:
Thailand’s neon sex trade hides a deepening HIV danger as online prostitution bypasses regular health checks. Nearly 60,000 infections may be undiagnosed, while 620,000 people… Read More ›
64 year old German on the run in Thailand since 2024 hunted down and arrested by police in Mae Hong Son
Crime, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
A three-year hunt ends at a Mae Hong Son guesthouse as Thai immigration police seize German fugitive Jürgen Herbert Schneider, 64. Wanted for attacking officials… Read More ›
Younger brother kills sibling after finding him drinking as their mother fought for life in hospital
Crime, Foreigners, More News from Thailand, Thailand:
Komkrit, 31, is stabbed to death by his younger brother during a savage Lamphun row over their terminally ill mother. The killer leaves him bleeding,… Read More ›
Former PM Paetongtarn files police complaint over false social media post linking her with Israeli land
Crime, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:
Paetongtarn launches a cybercrime case after a Facebook post accused her government of aiding a UN-backed Jewish land grab in Thailand. Pheu Thai brands the… Read More ›
Thai wife’s nose smelt out her husband’s infidelity and proved it in court to finalise ‘smelly underwear’ case
Crime, Culture, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
Wife sniffs out her husband’s adultery after perfume and a fresh shower scent cling to his underwear. Detectives pose as rubbish collectors and fruit vendors… Read More ›
Thai News for Foreigners
Koh Samui Israeli expat the first to be deported under Prime Minister Anutin’s new deportation regime
September 5, 2026
5-year Israeli expat Yaacov Ohayon is ordered deported
US Navy’s Pattaya visit is plain sailing with strong spending breeze. Chonburi governor hails it a success
September 5, 2026
Pattaya cashes in as thousands of USS Abraham Lincoln
Paying AI users in Thailand had a nightmare week online just as the government waded into the market
September 5, 2026
Thailand’s AI revolution hits turbulence days after
Malaysian online gambling boss arrested in Bangkok raid. 48 year old was a UFA network Master agent
September 4, 2026
Cyber police arrest Malaysian UFA executive Lim Teck
Crazed ex lover rams former girlfriend and her new boyfriend on a motorbike to their death with pickup
September 4, 2026
Songphon, 23, allegedly hunted his ex-girlfriend
Blunder over Indian visa policy saw Thailand lose tourists in August. Quick volte face to a 30 day visa
September 4, 2026
Thailand’s Indian tourism boom slams into reverse
Data centre projects on hold in Bangkok as officials scramble to examine the impact of the industry on resources
September 3, 2026
Governor Chadchart slams the brakes on Bangkok’s
HIV and AIDS still lurk behind the neon signs of Thailand’s sex industry especially as it moves online
September 3, 2026
Thailand’s neon sex trade hides a deepening HIV
Younger brother kills sibling after finding him drinking as their mother fought for life in hospital
September 3, 2026
Komkrit, 31, is stabbed to death by his younger
Former PM Paetongtarn files police complaint over false social media post linking her with Israeli land
September 2, 2026
Paetongtarn launches a cybercrime case after a
People’s Party firebrand attacks flagship TH AI project launched this week with corruption agency filing of claims
September 2, 2026
Thailand’s most prominent opposition MP targets the
The boys are back in town. US servicemen return to Pattaya, a town they helped create, for wartime R&R
September 2, 2026
The Yanks who helped make Pattaya famous are back as
Pot shop worker attacks UK man on his motorbike over 29,200 baht fraud on Monday in broad daylight
September 1, 2026
Briton Matthew Ryan was hunted through Pattaya over
Woman in northern Thailand builds thriving concern farming and selling live cockroaches for fishing in nearby rivers
September 1, 2026
Live cockroaches are flying off the shelves in
Pattaya police probe a nightclub shooting on the city’s Southside in the early hours of Monday morning
August 31, 2026
South Pattaya nightlife turns bloody before thousands
Anutin begins week with twin economic headaches as car makers and rail consortium threaten to walk
August 31, 2026
Toyota publicly denies plans to leave Thailand as
American man arrested in Phuket on US state and federal warrants relating to sexual abuse of minors at home
August 31, 2026
American fugitive Lance Michael Beck is caught at a
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