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Angry Lion who pounced on keeper last Wednesday was named Trump. Family has received first payment

Angry Lion who pounced on keeper last Wednesday was named Trump. Family has received first payment

September 13, 2025

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Dominant lion named Trump mauled veteran zookeeper to death in a 20-minute rampage as tourists watched in horror. Family receives initial ฿31,500 payout amid autopsy… Read More ›

Udon Thani man steals gold ring to relax in prison and get away from the humdrum struggles with real life

Udon Thani man steals gold ring to relax in prison and get away from the humdrum struggles with real life

September 12, 2025

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A desperate man in Udon Thani tried to steal a gold ring to get arrested and escape life, tested positive for meth, shocking police and… Read More ›

Police surprise insurgency group hiding in Songkhla rubber plantation. Firefight injures at least one

Police surprise insurgency group hiding in Songkhla rubber plantation. Firefight injures at least one

September 12, 2025

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Police stormed a rubber plantation in Songkhla, targeting insurgents behind deadly attacks on civilians, monks and officers. A fierce gunfight erupted, injuring at least one.… Read More ›

2024 Senate election enquiries into collusion are a problem for new Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul

2024 Senate election enquiries into collusion are a problem for new Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul

September 12, 2025

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

Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul races to finalise his cabinet as a massive Senate collusion scandal unfolds. EC and DSI probe 229 officials, including Bhumjaithai executives… Read More ›

Sex tourism from the United Kingdom to Thailand spotlighted in BBC documentary series just aired

Sex tourism from the United Kingdom to Thailand spotlighted in BBC documentary series just aired

September 11, 2025

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BBC’s new documentary exposes Thailand’s thriving sex trade as young British men flock for cheap sex and fantasy relationships, seeking escape from UK pressures, while… Read More ›

Bangkok’s Safari World Zoo closed after keeper is attacked by Lions and mauled to death for 20 minutes before tourists

Bangkok’s Safari World Zoo closed after keeper is attacked by Lions and mauled to death for 20 minutes before tourists

September 11, 2025

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Bangkok’s Safari World Zoo shut after a veteran zookeeper was mauled to death by lions in full view of horrified tourists. Police investigate why he… Read More ›

Big Joke brings a new complaint to the Supreme Court claiming an ethics breach by a judge of the bench

Big Joke brings a new complaint to the Supreme Court claiming an ethics breach by a judge of the bench

September 10, 2025

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Big Joke Strikes Back! Thailand’s ousted top cop Surachate Hakparn accuses Supreme Court judge of ethics breach, claiming ties to a police rival behind his… Read More ›

Suspended prison sentences and fines for owners and driver of school bus that killed 23 people in inferno

Suspended prison sentences and fines for owners and driver of school bus that killed 23 people in inferno

September 10, 2025

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Thanyaburi court handed down suspended sentences and fines to bus owners and driver after deadly October 2024 Pathum Thani school bus explosion killed 23, exposing… Read More ›

Former PM Thaksin transferred within hours to the notorious Khlong Prem Prison or the ‘Bangkok Hilton’

Former PM Thaksin transferred within hours to the notorious Khlong Prem Prison or the ‘Bangkok Hilton’

September 9, 2025

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Former PM Thaksin Shinawatra was abruptly transferred to Thailand’s notorious Khlong Prem Prison just hours after returning to Bangkok Remand. Smiling behind bars and giving… Read More ›

Heartache at deadly crash in Ayutthaya. A young volunteer nurse discovered victim was her boyfriend

Heartache at deadly crash in Ayutthaya. A young volunteer nurse discovered victim was her boyfriend

September 9, 2025

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Heartache in Ayutthaya as a young volunteer nurse rushed to help at a deadly crash, only to discover her boyfriend was the victim, killed instantly… Read More ›

62 year old safe say doctors after being bitten by one of Thailand’s most venomous snakes in Buriram

62 year old safe say doctors after being bitten by one of Thailand’s most venomous snakes in Buriram

September 9, 2025

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Buriram woman bitten by one of Thailand’s deadliest snakes, a krait, while picking mushrooms; her quick-thinking husband struck the snake, killed it, and rushed her… Read More ›

Horrifying tragedy in Nakhon Ratchasima as three year old killed in car explosion at a local village

Horrifying tragedy in Nakhon Ratchasima as three year old killed in car explosion at a local village

September 9, 2025

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A three-year-old boy was killed in Nakhon Ratchasima when a car exploded after relatives left him alone while collecting mushrooms, turning a routine forest trip… Read More ›

Thaksin stuns Bangkok’s political establishment by returning from Dubai ahead of his Tuesday hearing

Thaksin stuns Bangkok’s political establishment by returning from Dubai ahead of his Tuesday hearing

September 8, 2025

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Thaksin shocks Bangkok by returning from Dubai just hours before Tuesday’s Supreme Court hearing, thrilling Pheu Thai supporters, rattling critics and plunging Thai politics into… Read More ›

UK man the latest foreign tourist to die in high rise balcony fall in Nong Prue Pattaya last Saturday

UK man the latest foreign tourist to die in high rise balcony fall in Nong Prue Pattaya last Saturday

September 8, 2025

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UK tourist Keith Jones, 74, has died after falling from a Pattaya hotel balcony in Nong Prue. Found face down in swim trunks, he suffered… Read More ›

South Korean assaults elderly UK man in Udon Thani for glaring at him during a heated verbal altercation

South Korean assaults elderly UK man in Udon Thani for glaring at him during a heated verbal altercation

September 7, 2025

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An 81-year-old UK retiree was left bloodied on Saturday after a South Korean man punched him at an Udon Thani mall for glaring during a… Read More ›

UK father offers reward to find 3 year old who may be in Thailand after being abducted by his mother

UK father offers reward to find 3 year old who may be in Thailand after being abducted by his mother

September 7, 2025

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UK father offers €100,000 reward to find three-year-old Oliver Pugh, feared abducted by his Russian mother to Thailand after fleeing Spain. Social media posts now… Read More ›

Fake doctor who found his credentials online worked for nearly a decade as a real medical practitioner

Fake doctor who found his credentials online worked for nearly a decade as a real medical practitioner

September 6, 2025

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Fake doctor Boonmak Phansila, 74, used stolen credentials to work nearly a decade at clinics in Bangkok, Chachoengsao and Rayong, duping patients and staff, exploiting… Read More ›

Police close in on Chinese murder suspect thinking he may be a serial killer linked to an earlier horror case

Police close in on Chinese murder suspect thinking he may be a serial killer linked to an earlier horror case

September 5, 2025

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Chonburi police are closing in on a Chinese suspect after a woman’s body was found weighted in a suitcase floating in a local reservoir, raising… Read More ›

No fatalities reported as tourist bus from Bangkok to Chiang Mai crashes on dangerous mountainous bend

No fatalities reported as tourist bus from Bangkok to Chiang Mai crashes on dangerous mountainous bend

September 5, 2025

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A tourist van from Bangkok smashed into a trailer truck on a deadly Chiang Mai mountain curve, leaving multiple people injured and one woman with… Read More ›

Rage driven alcoholic murdered much loved Grandma in frenzy after being refused ฿20 credit for drink

Rage driven alcoholic murdered much loved Grandma in frenzy after being refused ฿20 credit for drink

September 4, 2025

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

Beloved 73-year-old grandmother stabbed 13 times by raging alcoholic after he was refused ฿20 credit for liquor. The horror reveals the deadly dangers of daily… Read More ›

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