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Deputy Minister of Finance Woraphak bows out after only 33 days amid furore over scammer centre claims

Deputy Minister of Finance Woraphak bows out after only 33 days amid furore over scammer centre claims

October 23, 2025

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Deputy Finance Minister Woraphak Thanyawong resigns amid an escalating Cambodian scam scandal, denies any wrongdoing and vows legal action. Prime Minister Anutin faces mounting political… Read More ›

UK Coke dealer arrested as police moved in just as he intercepted package from Europe at condo complex

UK Coke dealer arrested as police moved in just as he intercepted package from Europe at condo complex

October 22, 2025

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UK cocaine dealer nabbed in a dramatic Bangkok condo raid as police swooped while he tried to claim a parcel from Europe. Officers seized 1.1kg… Read More ›

Latest tally is two dead in Narathiwat tea shop bomb that went off last Thursday shaking the province

Latest tally is two dead in Narathiwat tea shop bomb that went off last Thursday shaking the province

October 22, 2025

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A deadly tea shop bombing in Narathiwat killed two and injured 17 last Thursday, deliberately targeting morning commuters, prompting police and officials to heighten security,… Read More ›

No respite for Koh Phangan foreign business owners with new raids on Tuesday targeting high end villas

No respite for Koh Phangan foreign business owners with new raids on Tuesday targeting high end villas

October 22, 2025

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Koh Phangan crackdown hits foreigners hard as police raid luxury villas, offices, and a consultancy linked to 89 companies, summoning tourists and caretakers, exposing complex… Read More ›

PM asks top minister for explanation as ex official claims Hun Sen started war to protect his scam centre industry

PM asks top minister for explanation as ex official claims Hun Sen started war to protect his scam centre industry

October 22, 2025

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PM Anutin demands top minister provide a full written explanation over alleged illicit funds links, as a former official claims Hun Sen deliberately triggered the… Read More ›

Immigration Bureau confirms Belarusian national travelled through Thailand at Suvarnabhumi Airport

Immigration Bureau confirms Belarusian national travelled through Thailand at Suvarnabhumi Airport

October 21, 2025

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Belarusian model Vera Kravtsova travelled through Thailand before being murdered in Myanmar, her organs sold by a Chinese-led scam gang. Thai police confirm she passed… Read More ›

Western foreigner naked in the red light area of Pattaya cries out to God as locals react with shock on their commute

Western foreigner naked in the red light area of Pattaya cries out to God as locals react with shock on their commute

October 21, 2025

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Naked Western man caused chaos in Pattaya’s red-light area, shouting to God and blocking traffic as shocked locals filmed the bizarre scene. Police restrained and… Read More ›

Crackdown to wipe out foreign business abuses and ownership on Koh Phangan & Koh Samui intensifies

Crackdown to wipe out foreign business abuses and ownership on Koh Phangan & Koh Samui intensifies

October 21, 2025

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Thai police intensify an unprecedented crackdown on illegal foreign land ownership and business on Koh Phangan and Koh Samui, ending nominee arrangements, enforcing strict compliance… Read More ›

Horror motorbike crash leaves German wife dead and her husband fighting for life in Khao Lak Phang-nga

Horror motorbike crash leaves German wife dead and her husband fighting for life in Khao Lak Phang-nga

October 21, 2025

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Horror in Khao Lak as a German woman, 63, is killed and her husband critically injured when a speeding pickup strikes their motorbike on Phang-nga’s… Read More ›

High powered, secretive meeting chaired by PM agrees robust action against Cambodian networks

High powered, secretive meeting chaired by PM agrees robust action against Cambodian networks

October 21, 2025

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PM Anutin chairs a secret Government House meeting, orders crackdown on Thai networks linked to Cambodian scams, vows to revoke citizenship of dual nationals involved,… Read More ›

Popular expats figure Barry Kenyon killed in Pattaya on Saturday evening last in freak motorbike crash

Popular expats figure Barry Kenyon killed in Pattaya on Saturday evening last in freak motorbike crash

October 20, 2025

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Popular Pattaya expat Barry Kenyon, 84, former British consul, journalist, and community figure, dies in shocking motorbike crash while crossing busy Thappraya Road Saturday night,… Read More ›

Police racing to verify disturbing reports of Belarusian model alleged to have been taken by scammers

Police racing to verify disturbing reports of Belarusian model alleged to have been taken by scammers

October 20, 2025

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Thai police are urgently probing claims that Belarusian model Vera Kravchova was lured to Thailand, trafficked into Myanmar, enslaved in a scam compound and died,… Read More ›

Nigerian arrested with 10 other foreigners who tested positive for illicit drugs in dawn Bangkok pub raid

Nigerian arrested with 10 other foreigners who tested positive for illicit drugs in dawn Bangkok pub raid

October 20, 2025

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Bangkok police carried out an intelligence-led raid on a Ratchathewi pub, arresting a Nigerian drug pusher and 10 foreigners who tested positive for illicit drugs,… Read More ›

Thailand and Cambodia face danger from ‘Dragon Head’ the Chinese mafia leader behind the scams

Thailand and Cambodia face danger from ‘Dragon Head’ the Chinese mafia leader behind the scams

October 20, 2025

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Thailand and Cambodia face a major threat from Dragon Head, the Chinese mafia boss, as Chen Zhi faces US charges exposing scams, political links and… Read More ›

Crazy foreigner clambers for the roof in Phuket. This time it was an intoxicated Dane, a former professional boxer

Crazy foreigner clambers for the roof in Phuket. This time it was an intoxicated Dane, a former professional boxer

October 19, 2025

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Chaos erupted in Phuket as a drunken former Danish boxer climbed rooftops in Kata, shouting and risking his life. Police worked carefully to calm him,… Read More ›

Pakistani tourist, reportedly a policeman, brutalised a 25 year old sex worker in Phuket and robbed her

Pakistani tourist, reportedly a policeman, brutalised a 25 year old sex worker in Phuket and robbed her

October 19, 2025

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Pakistani tourist, reportedly a police officer, brutally attacked and robbed a 25-year-old transgender sex worker in Phuket after arranging to meet her online. He was… Read More ›

Horror story of Belarusian woman taken in Bangkok by Burmese scam compound gang being investigated

Horror story of Belarusian woman taken in Bangkok by Burmese scam compound gang being investigated

October 19, 2025

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Belarusian model Vera Kravchova, 26, vanished after a Bangkok job offer. She was trafficked to a Myanmar scam camp, enslaved, and reportedly killed. Her family… Read More ›

Raids on foreign owned hotels on Koh Phangan carry on with three Israelis arrested and a fourth sought

Raids on foreign owned hotels on Koh Phangan carry on with three Israelis arrested and a fourth sought

October 19, 2025

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Immigration police raid Koh Phangan hotels, arrest three Israelis and pursue a fourth, targeting illegal nominee firms controlling resorts. Eight people were detained in total,… Read More ›

Fears the Bhumjaithai Party has ensnared the People’s Party and any hope of real Constitutional reform 

Fears the Bhumjaithai Party has ensnared the People’s Party and any hope of real Constitutional reform 

October 18, 2025

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Bhumjaithai Party exploits Senate control to block Pheu Thai and limit People’s Party influence, threatening meaningful constitutional reform, shaping the 2026 election, as ongoing investigations… Read More ›

Israeli who demanded a refund after a massage accused of snatching temple offering at Pattaya massage shop

Israeli who demanded a refund after a massage accused of snatching temple offering at Pattaya massage shop

October 18, 2025

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Israeli tourist in Pattaya demanded a refund after a Thai massage, then seized a temple donation envelope. Locals and motorcycle taxi drivers chased him down.… Read More ›

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