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Thai Chinese criminal matriarch has built a safe empire and legitimate fortune for her three Thai children

Thai Chinese criminal matriarch has built a safe empire and legitimate fortune for her three Thai children

April 19, 2023

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

Deputy National Police Chief raises a red flag as he advises that unless the flow of Chinese criminality into Thailand which has been ongoing for… Read More ›

Sub call due soon but closer ties between Chinese and Thai navies signalled by top-level visit

Sub call due soon but closer ties between Chinese and Thai navies signalled by top-level visit

April 16, 2023

Culture, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

A decision on the $400 million S26 Yuan class submarine was in the background to this high-profile visit by the Thai naval commander to China… Read More ›

Pattaya Motosai in fracas with Hong Kongers over ฿160 fare, refunds money after police are called

Pattaya Motosai in fracas with Hong Kongers over ฿160 fare, refunds money after police are called

April 15, 2023

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Police resolved the situation to the satisfaction of both the Hong Kong tourists and the elderly motosai driver on Friday but a Chilean tourist was… Read More ›

Chuwit sets out to campaign against Bhumjaithai as Anutin tells Reuters marijuana is a vote winner

Chuwit sets out to campaign against Bhumjaithai as Anutin tells Reuters marijuana is a vote winner

April 15, 2023

Culture, Living, Personal, Politics, Thai World:

Chuwit, who recently successfully contested a court order to gag his criticism and campaign against the Bhumjaithai Party, has described his latest roadshow in opposition… Read More ›

PM Prayut gets back to his youth on Friday in water gun battles on Bangkok’s Khao San Road

PM Prayut gets back to his youth on Friday in water gun battles on Bangkok’s Khao San Road

April 15, 2023

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

It wasn’t all fun and frolics on Friday as the PM held talks just before the walkabout on the Khao San Road which has led… Read More ›

6 dead in violent family feud involving a serving policeman including his wife, son and brother

6 dead in violent family feud involving a serving policeman including his wife, son and brother

April 14, 2023

Crime, Culture, Foreigners, Living, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

Reports including a plea for understanding from the rogue officer’s first wife this week suggest that the origins of the feud may have been a… Read More ›

Songkran in full swing as Thailand prepares to welcome back long-haul visitors in large numbers

Songkran in full swing as Thailand prepares to welcome back long-haul visitors in large numbers

April 14, 2023

Culture, Economy, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Thailand is set to welcome over 1.5 million Russian visitors this year as the Ukraine war, in one respect at least, has proved a boon… Read More ›

Thailand’s days of GDP growth in excess of 5% may be a thing of the past as it has grown too old

Thailand’s days of GDP growth in excess of 5% may be a thing of the past as it has grown too old

April 11, 2023

Culture, Economy, Living, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Population figures are not projections or predictions as we see with climate change but facts with a time lag of twenty years or so. Evidence… Read More ›

Nightmare for Chinese Christian asylum seekers ends after they are flown into the United States

Nightmare for Chinese Christian asylum seekers ends after they are flown into the United States

April 10, 2023

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Happy ending: Chinese Christians arrived in Dallas Texas on Friday to a warm welcome but the US State Department was playing down their arrival and… Read More ›

Leader of PM’s UTN tells rally a government led by his party will ‘get tough’ with nation haters

Leader of PM’s UTN tells rally a government led by his party will ‘get tough’ with nation haters

April 8, 2023

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

With just five weeks to go to the May 14th General Election, the old political divide is starting to reassert itself as pro-establishment parties seem… Read More ›

Chuwit vows to continue his crusade against the Bhumjaithai Party and marijuana despite order

Chuwit vows to continue his crusade against the Bhumjaithai Party and marijuana despite order

April 7, 2023

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Activist plans to appeal the court order on Friday and to stage a public rally at Victory Monument at 5 pm in his campaign calling… Read More ›

Ex-minister rejects claim new prison regulations were designed to aid Thaksin’s return to Thailand

Ex-minister rejects claim new prison regulations were designed to aid Thaksin’s return to Thailand

April 1, 2023

Culture, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

The prospect of the return of Thaksin Shinawatra to serve his prison sentence in Thailand has been widely greeted by Thai observers and establishment politicians… Read More ›

Marijuana crazed man stole a Bangkok ambulance on Wednesday night and crashed it into an MG car

Marijuana crazed man stole a Bangkok ambulance on Wednesday night and crashed it into an MG car

March 31, 2023

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

Police in Thung Khru have confirmed that the detained man, arrested for theft of the hospital ambulance, will have access to treatment for his marijuana… Read More ›

Mystery ฿6 million to be traced after Chuwit outwits detractors again by calling in the police to investigate

Mystery ฿6 million to be traced after Chuwit outwits detractors again by calling in the police to investigate

March 31, 2023

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

Over the last six weeks, Mr Chuwit’s anti-corruption crusade has moved on to politics and his attacks on the Bhumjaithai Party which he has labelled… Read More ›

Business leaders praise election clarity but survey shows anxiety about threat of political instability

Business leaders praise election clarity but survey shows anxiety about threat of political instability

March 23, 2023

Culture, Economy, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Growing speculation that the current Prime Minister, Prayut Chan ocha, may take a seat in the House of Representatives for the United Thai Nation (Ruam… Read More ›

Pheu Thai brewing up a storm which threatens to sweep aside the political order seen since 2019

Pheu Thai brewing up a storm which threatens to sweep aside the political order seen since 2019

March 20, 2023

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

A new poll confirms that the country’s largest and main opposition party will, barring an extraordinary upset or unforeseen circumstances, form the next Thai government… Read More ›

Swiss man on the run abroad after underage sex ring and bar in Phuket is shut down in police raid

Swiss man on the run abroad after underage sex ring and bar in Phuket is shut down in police raid

March 18, 2023

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

The Royal Thai Police has, quite rightly, in recent years, prioritised the fight against underage prostitution linked with the human trafficking industry. On Saturday, Deputy… Read More ›

Social welfare scheme sees millions signed up for monthly handouts and easy access to small loans

Social welfare scheme sees millions signed up for monthly handouts and easy access to small loans

March 13, 2023

Culture, Economy, Living, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

The programme approved by the cabinet in 2022 may prove to be a vote winner for the prime minister and his United Thai Nation (Ruam… Read More ›

Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan warns that those in power who support coups still exist

Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan warns that those in power who support coups still exist

March 12, 2023

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The highlighting of the ideological divisions in Thai society by Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan on Wednesday and a statement which appeared to suggest the… Read More ›

Crazed man sets wife ablaze in front of onlookers and knifed her to death afterwards in a Samut Prakan ravine

Crazed man sets wife ablaze in front of onlookers and knifed her to death afterwards in a Samut Prakan ravine

March 8, 2023

Crime, Culture, Foreigners, Living, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

Harrowing circumstances of the murder of 45-year-old Nathanan Joomfong bring home the cruelty and violence against women seen in Thailand on an almost daily basis.… Read More ›