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PM meets security heads to discuss expanded martial law as border war rages on with more soldiers killed

PM meets security heads to discuss expanded martial law as border war rages on with more soldiers killed

December 17, 2025

Culture, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Anutin consults with security chiefs to discuss expanding martial law as border clashes with Cambodia escalate. With 19 Thai soldiers and 16 civilians dead, there… Read More ›

Police arrest local man charged with abusing niece of a temple abbot in Bangkok some nine years ago

Police arrest local man charged with abusing niece of a temple abbot in Bangkok some nine years ago

December 17, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Bangkok temple volunteer arrested over 2016 abuse of abbot’s niece, who endured years of anxiety before reporting. The suspect denies all charges as police continue… Read More ›

Russian Embassy says its nationals here have nothing to do with the ongoing Thai-Cambodian border war

Russian Embassy says its nationals here have nothing to do with the ongoing Thai-Cambodian border war

December 17, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Russian diplomats in Bangkok deny any involvement of its nationals in the Thai-Cambodian border conflict, blaming false outside reports and dismissing claims of mercenaries or… Read More ›

Blitzkrieg on foreign firms and enterprises on Koh Phangan continues with French owned resort busted

Blitzkrieg on foreign firms and enterprises on Koh Phangan continues with French owned resort busted

December 16, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Unprecedented crackdown on foreign firms rolls on as police raid a French-run Koh Phangan resort, arrest a 32-year-old French operator and 4 Burmese workers, shut… Read More ›

Rising fears that Thailand’s trade deal with the United States may be scrapped over the Cambodian war

Rising fears that Thailand’s trade deal with the United States may be scrapped over the Cambodian war

December 16, 2025

Culture, Economy, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Thailand’s US trade deal is on the brink as the war with Cambodia intensifies and Bangkok weighs an oil and arms embargo. The fear is… Read More ›

Advanced anti tank rockets being used against Thai military forces in the raging border with Cambodia

Advanced anti tank rockets being used against Thai military forces in the raging border with Cambodia

December 16, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Thailand investigates Cambodia’s use of advanced GAM-102 LR anti-tank missiles costing $112,000 per launch and military drones in border clashes, raising urgent questions about funding,… Read More ›

Ex Energy Minister supports oil and arms supplies blockade against Cambodia in the Gulf of Thailand

Ex Energy Minister supports oil and arms supplies blockade against Cambodia in the Gulf of Thailand

December 16, 2025

Culture, Economy, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Former Energy Minister Pirapan Salirathavibhaga backs Royal Thai Navy blockade of Cambodia in the Gulf to cut oil and military supplies as border clashes escalate,… Read More ›

Chuwit described the People’s Party’s leadership as ‘childish’ and says the party was spoilt by voters

Chuwit described the People’s Party’s leadership as ‘childish’ and says the party was spoilt by voters

December 15, 2025

Culture, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Chuwit Kamolvisit brands the People’s Party ‘childish’ and says it was spoiled by voters, blasting its September misstep in backing Anutin Charnvirakul as Prime Minister.… Read More ›

Tale of a young woman who took her life in Phuket. Mary Magdalene was a well known online influencer

Tale of a young woman who took her life in Phuket. Mary Magdalene was a well known online influencer

December 15, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Tragic end of online influencer Mary Magdalene: Denise Gongora, 33, died after a hotel fall in Phuket following years of extreme cosmetic surgery, health crises,… Read More ›

Travellers being ‘restricted’ from entering Thailand as security risks linked to the Thai Cambodian war

Travellers being ‘restricted’ from entering Thailand as security risks linked to the Thai Cambodian war

December 15, 2025

Crime, Culture, Economy, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Travellers are being blocked from flights and denied entry to Thailand as immigration tightens security amid the escalating war with Cambodia targeting suspected mercenaries, foreign… Read More ›

Chinese and Burmese men arrested for flouting immigration and labour laws selling Buddhist amulets

Chinese and Burmese men arrested for flouting immigration and labour laws selling Buddhist amulets

December 14, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Thai immigration police in Nonthaburi arrested three Chinese nationals and one Burmese man for illegally selling Buddhist amulets at a shopping mall. All lacked work… Read More ›

Foreign Minister Sihasak expresses disappointment at Trump’s remarks on border landmine incidents

Foreign Minister Sihasak expresses disappointment at Trump’s remarks on border landmine incidents

December 14, 2025

Culture, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Thai Foreign Minister Sihasak expresses strong disappointment at Trump’s remarks on border landmine incidents, rejects ‘accident’ claim, backs Thai military and PM, stresses ceasefire requires… Read More ›

Police save 75 year old woman from scammers as the scale and scope of the threat still rises in Thailand

Police save 75 year old woman from scammers as the scale and scope of the threat still rises in Thailand

December 14, 2025

Crime, Culture, Economy, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Police rescue a 75-year-old woman from scammers in Bangkok, intercepting her before she handed over savings, highlighting the alarming scale and sophistication of call center… Read More ›

War to continue says PM Anutin. Dismisses President Trump’s ceasefire talk as a ‘misunderstanding’

War to continue says PM Anutin. Dismisses President Trump’s ceasefire talk as a ‘misunderstanding’

December 14, 2025

Culture, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

War will continue, Prime Minister Anutin says, rejecting any ceasefire and dismissing President Trump’s claims as a “misunderstanding”, as Thai forces press on by land,… Read More ›

Teenager reports to Udon Thani police after running away from home. Reports sexual abuse by her father

Teenager reports to Udon Thani police after running away from home. Reports sexual abuse by her father

December 13, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

14-year-old girl flees home in Udon Thani, reports seven years of sexual abuse by her father and alleged involvement of his friends. Authorities are also… Read More ›

Australian tourist goes berserk and runs into glass partition at Phuket restaurant leading to his death

Australian tourist goes berserk and runs into glass partition at Phuket restaurant leading to his death

December 13, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Australian tourist goes berserk at a Phuket restaurant, suddenly runs into a glass divider, suffers deep, fatal leg wounds, collapses amid blood and shattered glass… Read More ›

Top tourist body expresses concern about the Thai Cambodian war’s impact on foreign tourism industry

Top tourist body expresses concern about the Thai Cambodian war’s impact on foreign tourism industry

December 13, 2025

Culture, Economy, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Top tourism body ATTA warns Thai-Cambodian conflict and caretaker government paralysis are rattling foreign tourist confidence, as visitors question safety in Pattaya and Udon Thani,… Read More ›

Siblings return to Thailand after 50 years seeking to find the gentle man who watched over them in 1975

Siblings return to Thailand after 50 years seeking to find the gentle man who watched over them in 1975

December 13, 2025

Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

After 50 years, three American siblings returned to Thailand to find the tricycle driver who cared for them as children in 1975. Armed with memories… Read More ›

Confusion after Trump’s 20 minute phone call with PM Anutin. US side claimed a ceasefire was agreed

Confusion after Trump’s 20 minute phone call with PM Anutin. US side claimed a ceasefire was agreed

December 13, 2025

Culture, Economy, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Uncertainty after Trump’s 20-minute call with Thai PM Anutin, as the US claims a ceasefire, Thailand denies. Thailand is facing diplomatic turmoil over the border… Read More ›

Thailand moves to election mode after King approves dissolution of parliament decree request by Anutin

Thailand moves to election mode after King approves dissolution of parliament decree request by Anutin

December 12, 2025

Culture, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:

Thailand moves to election mode after the King approves parliament’s dissolution, requested by PM Anutin. The Bhumjaithai Party broke ranks over Senate powers, and a… Read More ›

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