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Two grifting thieves caused millions of baht damage taking businesses and homes in Bangkok offline

Two grifting thieves caused millions of baht damage taking businesses and homes in Bangkok offline

July 25, 2025

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Two fake maintenance workers brought Bangkok’s internet to its knees, stealing telecom cabinets in a months-long spree that left hospitals, homes, and offices offline. Police… Read More ›

14 killed and over 100,000 evacuated as army brings in more guns trained on Cambodian border forces

14 killed and over 100,000 evacuated as army brings in more guns trained on Cambodian border forces

July 25, 2025

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Thailand reels after 14 killed—including 13 civilians—and 100,000+ evacuated as Cambodian rockets and artillery strike border areas. Thai military boosts defences with more artillery targeting… Read More ›

Thai border sealed and citizens in Cambodia urged to get home as war rages in deadly cross border fire

Thai border sealed and citizens in Cambodia urged to get home as war rages in deadly cross border fire

July 24, 2025

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Thai-Cambodia border erupts in fierce fighting as Cambodia fires rockets, killing 3 Thai civilians and wounding over a dozen. Thailand seals the border, urges citizens… Read More ›

Evacuations continue as Cambodian shells and missiles rain down on Thai civilians as hostilities rage

Evacuations continue as Cambodian shells and missiles rain down on Thai civilians as hostilities rage

July 24, 2025

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Cambodian rockets and shells hit Thai civilians, sparking mass evacuations. Thai F-16s strike two Cambodian bases and destroy a cable car in Sisaket. Fighting spreads… Read More ›

Hostilities flare up at multiple points after Cambodia attacked Thailand after 7am with rockets and artillery 

Hostilities flare up at multiple points after Cambodia attacked Thailand after 7am with rockets and artillery 

July 24, 2025

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War breaks out along the Thai-Cambodian border after Cambodia fires rockets and artillery at Thai villages. Thai Air Force retaliates with airstrikes on Cambodian bases.… Read More ›

More assault incidents linked with Pattaya Beach and transgender sex workers in the notorious resort city

More assault incidents linked with Pattaya Beach and transgender sex workers in the notorious resort city

July 24, 2025

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Pattaya reels from rising violence tied to beachfront and transgender sex workers as tourists clash with locals. Recent assaults and hotel robberies fuel fears, prompting… Read More ›

Chaos at Suvarnabhumi Airport as Qantas flight is cancelled. Passengers forced to hand over passports

Chaos at Suvarnabhumi Airport as Qantas flight is cancelled. Passengers forced to hand over passports

July 24, 2025

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Bangkok airport chaos as Qantas flight to Sydney is cancelled. Passengers forced to hand over passports under Thai immigration rules or stay overnight. Hundreds stranded,… Read More ›

Bitter end of the dream for Chinese woman who came to Thailand to start a new life over 30 years ago

Bitter end of the dream for Chinese woman who came to Thailand to start a new life over 30 years ago

July 23, 2025

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Chinese fugitive Zhou Jinghua’s 30-year reinvention in Thailand ends in extradition. Once a respected wife and mother, she is now facing justice for embezzlement. Her… Read More ›

Japanese tourist warns Pattaya visitors about sexy transgender gang after failed gold snatch on Soi 6

Japanese tourist warns Pattaya visitors about sexy transgender gang after failed gold snatch on Soi 6

July 22, 2025

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Japanese tourist warns of transgender gang targeting visitors on Pattaya’s Walking Street after failed necklace snatch. The victim says the thief used intimate contact as… Read More ›

Suspected killer and rapist not mourned by Australian daughter after passing away in Patpong, Phuket

Suspected killer and rapist not mourned by Australian daughter after passing away in Patpong, Phuket

July 22, 2025

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Australian Kevin Correll, prime suspect in a 2001 murder, was found dead in a Phuket hotel. His daughter feels no sympathy, saying justice was denied… Read More ›

Deadly Bangkok market tragedy sees two small traders die over a trade rivalry over second hand jeans

Deadly Bangkok market tragedy sees two small traders die over a trade rivalry over second hand jeans

July 21, 2025

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Two small traders died in a deadly Bangkok market shooting over rival second-hand jeans stalls. The 72-year-old shooter later killed himself after his wife confronted… Read More ›

Two more Brazilian drug mules arrested at Koh Samui Airport with ฿20 million worth of hidden cocaine

Two more Brazilian drug mules arrested at Koh Samui Airport with ฿20 million worth of hidden cocaine

July 21, 2025

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Brazilian couple busted at Koh Samui Airport with 6.93kg of cocaine worth ฿20 million, just weeks after another pair was caught at Suvarnabhumi with a… Read More ›

Australian cop loses life savings after trusting his instincts with a Phuket based German crypto whiz

Australian cop loses life savings after trusting his instincts with a Phuket based German crypto whiz

July 21, 2025

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Retired Australian cop loses over ฿40 million in Phuket crypto scam by a German conman. Trusting his instincts, he invested life savings in a fake… Read More ›

Private runway probed by DSI linked to golf course owned by Anutin’s family in Nakhon Ratchasima

Private runway probed by DSI linked to golf course owned by Anutin’s family in Nakhon Ratchasima

July 21, 2025

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DSI is investigating a private runway at Rancho Charnvee Resort, owned by former Deputy PM Anutin’s family, amid claims a public road was absorbed into… Read More ›

Pattaya punters preyed upon by transgender sex workers in a rash of hotel robberies while showering

Pattaya punters preyed upon by transgender sex workers in a rash of hotel robberies while showering

July 20, 2025

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Transgender sex workers are being linked to a wave of hotel robberies in Pattaya, where tourists are being targeted while showering. Victims include a Chinese… Read More ›

Horror in Thailand as young Brit throws himself from a condo building in Chiang Mai after Friday Night lover’s tiff

Horror in Thailand as young Brit throws himself from a condo building in Chiang Mai after Friday Night lover’s tiff

July 20, 2025

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A British man on holiday in Chiang Mai fell to his death from a 10th-floor condo after a heated row with his fiancée. The couple… Read More ›

Military blasts Cambodia for breaching international law by planting mines which injured 3 soldiers

Military blasts Cambodia for breaching international law by planting mines which injured 3 soldiers

July 20, 2025

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The Thai military accuses Cambodia of planting new Russian-made landmines that injured 3 soldiers near the border. Over 100 mines are believed to have been… Read More ›

Sex worker reported to police by Indian tourists for refusing to leave their hotel bedroom over dispute

Sex worker reported to police by Indian tourists for refusing to leave their hotel bedroom over dispute

July 19, 2025

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Indian tourists in Pattaya called police on a sex worker who refused to leave their hotel room after they rejected her body shape and refused… Read More ›

Tourism minister visits Pattaya. Promises new safer environment for foreign tourists with security tech

Tourism minister visits Pattaya. Promises new safer environment for foreign tourists with security tech

July 19, 2025

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Tourism minister visits Pattaya, pledges crackdown on crime and new security tech after safety fears shake the city. With tourism down 5%, officials vow a… Read More ›

Infant girl dumped by hard hearted mother at a bridge in Samut Prakan found healthy after stormy night

Infant girl dumped by hard hearted mother at a bridge in Samut Prakan found healthy after stormy night

July 19, 2025

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Newborn girl dumped in backpack on a bridge survives stormy night alone. CCTV shows a woman riding off after abandoning the infant. Baby found alive… Read More ›

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