Death sentence for murderous trio who executed a loving Thai wife and her UK husband in Phrae
The first hit man sought out by the Thai man, who was reported by his extended family to be inseparable from his sister, pulled out.… Read More ›
Crime
Charges imminent against Thai celebrities and stars linked with the Magic Skin fake products
Crime, Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
Last year up to 60 well known and popular celebrities gave evidence to the Thai police in the ongoing investigation into a range of fake… Read More ›
Thai man brutally murders the man who took his wife as his own in a country that lives off passion
Crime, Culture, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
The news over the weekend of a Thai man killing the man who stole away his Thai wife is a common one. Nearly all foreigners… Read More ›
Criminal flyer exposed by new Thai police facial scanner on Friday and arrested with $500,000 in cash
Crime, Foreigners, More News from Thailand, Thailand:
New biometric facial scanning and fingerprint technology rolled out across Thailand at 170 different locations at a cost of ฿2.1 billion. The technology is developed… Read More ›
Pattaya plagued by foreign thieves preying on Thai locals and tourists as French man is arrested for theft
Crime, Foreigners, Living, Thai World, Thailand:
Pattaya’s fun lovin criminals: Tourists and expats in Pattaya on guard against low life thieves, many of them foreigners, targeting the city’s booming tourist trade,… Read More ›
Thai police seek extended detention for gay sex party duo as they probe the death of a teenager in G string
Crime, More News from Thailand, Personal, Thailand:
Thai police on Monday, nearly two days after the incident, reported that the evidence of both men appeared to be confused or contradictory. This prompted… Read More ›
Scotsman known as ‘Big Daddy’ escapes Thailand before arrest warrant issued for human trafficking
Crime, Foreigners, Thai World, Thailand:
Evidence of a Tanzanian woman to a Bangkok court last month led to an arrest warrant being issued against a Scotsman who left Thailand last… Read More ›
Thai wife murders her younger husband and buries him 3 metres underground in her orchard
Crime, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
The 50 year Thai wife assisted police last Tuesday including Deputy National Police Chief General Weerachai Songmetta, recover the body of the local politician, her… Read More ›
Thai woman jailed awaiting sentencing after guilty verdict in sex slavery case in Australia
Crime, More News from Thailand, Personal, Thailand:
The Thai woman has been found guilty of controlling two other Thai women in conditions of sex slavery in 2004 and 2005 just after both… Read More ›
Thai police arrest junkie just out of prison for rape of 26 year Norwegian woman on Ko Pha-ngan
Crime, Foreigners, Thai World, Thailand:
The Norwegian woman is now in the care of the island’s tourist police as police announce the arrest of the suspected motorbike attacker who they… Read More ›
Police raid on prostitution bar in Udon Thani linked with serving policeman and his Thai wife
Crime, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
The raid on the bar took place at ten minutes to midnight on Thursday and was led by a high powered team. This included the… Read More ›
Italians held in Phang Nga since April 17th last as police probe a complaint of illegal fishing within national park
Crime, Foreigners, More News from Thailand, Thailand:
A senior police officer in Kuraburi spoke to the media this week. He confirmed that the men, together with the speed boat crew and a… Read More ›
Elite Thai police internal security unit arrests Thai police captain for drug dealing in Nakhon Phanom
Crime, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
59 year old police captain was caught red handed selling ฿50,000 worth of methamphetamine pills, sourced from his mistress in Laos, to an undercover agent.… Read More ›
UK man removed from Phuket condo after 16 week standoff and siege following his refusal to pay any rent
Crime, Foreigners, Living, Thai World, Thailand:
The skeletal UK man refused medical attention after a carefully planned police operation was successful in removing him on Friday last from the apartment he… Read More ›
UK man safe after being attacked by knife man as he arrived for agreed meeting with Thai girlfriend’s ex
Crime, Foreigners, Thai World, Thailand:
Thai police at Wichit Police Station in Phuket are confident that they will find the attacker involved in a cold blooded knife attack on a… Read More ›
Thai woman on trial facing slavery charges in Australia for Thai women hired out as sex workers in Sydney
Crime, Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
Evidence presented at the trial suggested that one of the Thai women who testified had been assisted by the Australian Federal Police to obtain a… Read More ›
Thai murder suspect insists his Thai girlfriend played an insane game of Russian roulette
Crime, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
Russian roulette killing is not the first such story within recent times in Thailand. Shocking crime or tragic incident, it can hardly be called an… Read More ›
American speedboat bandit freed as he apologises to Ko Phi Phi boat owner, all charges dropped
Crime, Foreigners, Thai World, Thailand:
Parker Wilson, the US backpacker who was accused of theft and criminal damage after he drove away a speedboat on Ko Phi Phi on Friday… Read More ›
Debt means death as a crazed Thai man slaughters his loving wife and children in Bangkok in horror scene
Crime, Economy, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
The top police boss in the Bangkok’s Metropolitan area has ordered that the investigation into the murder of a Thai wife and her two daughters… Read More ›
Police in Chiang Mai reported to be looking at new legal action against UK man freed on phone theft
Reporting of the story of 29 year old Chris Dodd, who was arrested and jailed in Thailand on suspicion of the theft of a smartphone,… Read More ›
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Nightmare road traffic accident in Nakhon Pathom as an Isuzu pickup sped away from a police patrol
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Massive international drug shipment worth 100 million baht seized in three 2 metre-high Buddha statues
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Thai police uncover a huge drug haul worth ฿100
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PM Paetongtarn urged to secure more bilateral trade pacts worldwide. Priority for now is a US-Thai deal
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Phuket Police Chief warns criminals to give island a miss as four tourists are nabbed for extortion
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Phuket Police Chief warns foreign visitors pursuing
Thaksin warns drug dealers: “I’m back” as he tells Udon Thani crowd his children give him orders
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Thaksin returns to the political spotlight, rallying
Tourism Ministry official describes Full Moon Party Israeli security alert as mere ‘rumour-mongering’ without facts
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Thai authorities dismiss terror threat reports at Ko
Channel 3 TV firm announces radical restructuring as ad revenue moves inexorably online and off-air
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Palang Pracharat Party leader General Prawit Wongsuwan vows to oppose Thai Cambodian maritime memo
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Palang Pracharat Party leader General Prawit Wongsuwan
PM tests biometric sites at Suvarnabhumi Airport as she flies out to drum up business for Thailand
November 12, 2024
PM Paetongtarn tested the biometric system at Bangkok
Trade chief Robert Lighthizer asked to take up role by Trump as Thailand has 13th largest deficit worldwide
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President-elect Trump has invited Robert Lighthizer to
Ko Kood at the centre of Thailand’s rising political storm waged against Paetongtarn’s government
November 10, 2024
Ko Kood remains at the centre of a political storm,
Financial experts and economists in sombre warning to government: Hands off the Bank of Thailand
November 9, 2024
Economists and financial experts warn the Thai
Ung Ing meets reviled junta boss General Min Aung Hlaing at Kunming summit after Chinese invitation
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Thai PM Ung Ing meets Myanmar junta chief Min Aung
Mayor and business leader gunned down by Muslim-clad killers armed with military calibre rifles in Narathiwat
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Mayor Wichet Thaithongnum, a prominent community
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