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People’s Party MP Sahasawat Khumkhong has hit back at Chinese Ambassador Zhang Jianwei’s warning over the term ‘Chinese grey capital’, blaming weak Thai regulation—not Chinese… Read More ›
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Former Phuket deputy governor Mr Rungruang Thimabutr’s arrest has uncovered a money trail linking jobs-for-cash exam bribery to a Phuket land document scam. Police say… Read More ›
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Bangkok’s Criminal Court jailed a mother for 7½ years after convicting her of trafficking her 12-year-old daughter to Japan for prostitution. The girl’s escape exposed… Read More ›
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King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida have begun a landmark state visit to France, receiving the nation’s highest honours as President Emmanuel Macron hosts only… Read More ›
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Police arrested a Loei lieutenant colonel accused of leaking classified intelligence to a drug gang, helping traffickers evade arrest and hiding meth pills in his… Read More ›
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DSI investigators will question People’s Party MP Pawut Pongwitayaphanu over a ฿28 million transfer as a sweeping forex fraud probe deepens. The elite police inquiry… Read More ›
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Western men are increasingly abandoning the US, Britain and the West for new lives in Thailand, citing COVID, soaring living costs, remote work and changing… Read More ›
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Chinese fugitive “Madame Zheng” has been arrested in Chiang Mai after an international manhunt over an alleged ฿20 billion cloud investment scam. Police say more… Read More ›
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Pattaya detectives have been honoured after tracking Australian Simon Peter Carman to Bangkok airport within six hours of the murder of 17-year-old Thanyachanok Donhomlao, whose… Read More ›
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Tourism Minister Surasak Phancharoenworakul has unveiled Thailand’s biggest tourism policy overhaul in years, proposing a new public-private decision system, a ฿3 billion stimulus, India visa… Read More ›
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A Phuket deputy governor has won bail after his arrest over alleged cash-for-jobs payments linked to local government examinations, as a separate ฿4.5 billion recruitment… Read More ›
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Australian Simon Peter Carman, 46, has been charged with murdering a 17-year-old Pattaya sex worker after police say CCTV exposed him hiding her body in… Read More ›
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Australian Simon Peter Carman, 46, was arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport while trying to flee after police say he murdered a 17-year-old Pattaya sex worker, hid… Read More ›
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Miss Thailand Phuket 2026 runner-up says a powerful pageant sponsor entered her hotel bathroom while she was naked in the shower and attempted to rape… Read More ›
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Love rivalry ends in execution-style murder as Nonthaburi police say a man was shot while asleep, sealed inside a cement-filled drum and dumped in a… Read More ›
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Bangkok has gone World Cup mad as Lionel Messi and Argentina dominate a new poll, Monomax’s last-minute TV rights deal delivers every match and football… Read More ›
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Thai customs seized more than ฿23 million hidden inside snack food boxes after stopping a Myanmar-registered car at Mae Sai. The cash haul has triggered… Read More ›
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A 77-year-old British man died after plunging from his eighth-floor Na Jomtien condo while painting his balcony. Neighbours saw him working moments before the fall.… Read More ›
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A Khon Kaen drinking session turned deadly after a 59-year-old man accused his friend of being a feared Phi Pop ghost before striking him about… Read More ›
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Thailand restored thousands of local authority appointments as its biggest civil service corruption scandal in decades deepened. Detectives probing alleged exam fraud believe up to… Read More ›
Civil servants linked with irregular exam scores still in place as Interior Ministry only issues guidance to local authorities 
Local government examination fraud probe rolls on. Anti corruption commission and police pursue cases 
Vast deposits and annual income earned by the Office of the Judiciary questioned in parliament on Monday 
Thailand recalibrates policy as data shows Chinese EVS gaining with many not made in the kingdom 
European Embassy tip leads to visa consultancy office in Bangkok being raided. Evidence of forgery found 
Expanding probe into foreign property ownership looking at company ownership of condos in 16 provinces 
Police officer finds 2 year old boy hanging to the back of truck in Sakon Nakhon after travelling 10 km 
Cryptocurrency pair commit suicide by arson at Nonthaburi estate. 2nd floor fire also killed 30 pet cats 
Frenchman’s Koh Samui business empire enmeshed in knotty police probe of nominee firms and pot farm 
Democrat Party deputy leader renews attacks on the TH-AI passport project as the minister pushes ahead 
Seven juveniles appear before a Bangkok court after a vicious assault on a 43 year old Japanese tourist 
Fears for Thailand’s US export market as White House report zeroes in on Chinese transhipment abuses 
Finance Minister warns Thailand faces challenges including higher oil prices and an ageing population 
13 hour bender by Australian at Pattaya’s Soi Bua Khao bar ends in dispute over 32,540 baht unpaid bill 
Anutin jets off to Australia and New Zealand Monday in bid to boost partnership between the countries 
Frenchman and 2 sons found offshore of Koh Samui on Friday morning after overnight search called off 
Young Russian goes berserk at Suvarnabhumi Airport. Tried to enter a restricted area. Taken into custody 
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