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USS George HW Bush arrives in Phuket one day early and berths 3.3km offshore. Sailors landing ashore in holiday mode
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A ring of steel grips Phuket Deep Sea Port as USS George H.W. Bush arrives a day early with 5,109 US personnel. The 97,000-ton nuclear… Read More ›
Thai industrial base hammered by flooding crisis. Over 4k firms report a need for financial assistance
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Floods batter 4,216 Thai businesses across 55 provinces, with factories stopping and FTI losses topping ฿1 billion. Toyota and Honda suspend production, while 95% of… Read More ›
US raises the stakes on industrial capacity and transshipments posing trade barriers to Thai exports
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Bangkok’s US trade bargain faces a tariff squeeze as Jamieson Greer targets industrial overcapacity. Suphajee wants a 19% ceiling, but Section 301 cases, Thailand’s surging… Read More ›
Thai Airways boss fired by the board chaired by Finance Ministry chief on Friday over baggage crisis
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Chai Eamsiri’s four-decade Thai Airways career hits a dramatic reversal as he is ousted from command after 10,000 bags pile up. The executive who helped… Read More ›
Bank of Thailand top official warns serial economic shocks are weakening the country’s resilience
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Floodwaters threaten a wider economic shock as the Bank of Thailand warns indebted households and small firms are already stretched. Losses could reach ฿33.8 billion… Read More ›
Naturalised citizenship scrutinised as PM scraps Israeli’s Thai status over ongoing home passport use
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Seven years after becoming Thai, Israeli-born Ariel Blustein loses his citizenship as Anutin cites Israeli passport use and an undisclosed Uruguayan nationality. The case lands… Read More ›
Business leaders pile pressure on Thai Airways over vital air cargo artery for the kingdom’s exports to the world
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Suvarnabhumi turmoil spreads from baggage halls to Thailand’s export lifeline as Thai Airways battles 8,000 stranded bags and cancelled flights. Chamber demands an overhaul, Phiphat… Read More ›
Department of Business Development (DBD) contacts 43 foreign embassies on nominee shareholder firms
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DBD sends details of over 100,000 foreign-linked firms to 43 embassies as Thailand widens its nominee crackdown. Land, shareholder funds and financial trails face scrutiny,… Read More ›
Government takes a stronger hand as Thai Airways crisis at Suvarnabhumi Airport worsened Wednesday
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Government anger closes in on Thai Airways as 8,000 bags remain stranded at Suvarnabhumi. Phiphat takes charge, Air Force reinforcements move in and flights remain… Read More ›
Flooding crisis another black eye for Thai governance as Prime Minister Anutin faces rising criticism
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Flood fury closes in on PM Anutin as Bangkok battles rising waters. Fifteen years after the 2011 disaster, vital defences remain unfinished while ageing canals… Read More ›
Thai Airways admits it got it wrong as Suvarnabhumi Airport public areas are swamped by a baggage flood
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Chaos spreads from Suvarnabhumi baggage belts to the Thai Airways flight schedule as 5,600 bags pile up. Capacity is slashed by up to 40%, 37… Read More ›
Mixed messages from Thai government on a US Thai trade deal despite Commerce Minister’s optimism
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Thailand’s US trade deal hits a hiatus as Suphajee says an agreement is close at hand but Sihasak flags market access. AI rules, US investment… Read More ›
Thai News for Foreigners
USS George HW Bush arrives in Phuket one day early and berths 3.3km offshore. Sailors landing ashore in holiday mode
October 5, 2026
A ring of steel grips Phuket Deep Sea Port as USS
Police investigate a Burmese kingpin who entered Thailand by plane from India and had access to wealth
October 4, 2026
Wanted Burmese drug suspect Aung Zaw Min Khant is
Thai industrial base hammered by flooding crisis. Over 4k firms report a need for financial assistance
October 4, 2026
Floods batter 4,216 Thai businesses across 55
House Committee chair Rome to call Bhumjaithai MP and Australian husband on Wednesday over wealth
October 4, 2026
Nearly ฿2bn in family wealth comes under the
Two German tourists killed at Phang-nga zebra crossing. Pickup driver tore into them on Friday night
October 3, 2026
Two German tourists killed after a Mazda pickup runs a
Storm clouds gathering again as Thailand races to bolster its flood defences after last week’s deluge
October 3, 2026
Prime Minister Anutin puts Thailand on nationwide
Bhumjaithai MP files police report against People’s Party’s Rangsiman Rome over scammer link remarks
October 2, 2026
Suchada Sangtanasap goes to police after Rangsiman
Thai Airways boss fired by the board chaired by Finance Ministry chief on Friday over baggage crisis
October 2, 2026
Chai Eamsiri’s four-decade Thai Airways career
Elderly woman seriously injured after an old man drove EV car at speed into a crowded Bangkok shrine
October 2, 2026
Bangkok shrine chaos as a grey BYD EV races through
Tuk Tuk driver in Phuket assaulted by Middle Eastern looking tourist who failed to pay his fare to a hotel
October 2, 2026
Phuket tuk-tuk driver says foreign tourist left his
Naturalised citizenship scrutinised as PM scraps Israeli’s Thai status over ongoing home passport use
October 1, 2026
Seven years after becoming Thai, Israeli-born Ariel
Business leaders pile pressure on Thai Airways over vital air cargo artery for the kingdom’s exports to the world
October 1, 2026
Suvarnabhumi turmoil spreads from baggage halls to
Department of Business Development (DBD) contacts 43 foreign embassies on nominee shareholder firms
September 30, 2026
DBD sends details of over 100,000 foreign-linked firms
British mother from Croydon in a Cambodian hellhole prison facing up to 20 years after drug mule dupe
September 30, 2026
Tamara Martins thought she was carrying electronics.
Serving Election Commissioner again voicing his concerns about the probe into the 2024 Senate poll
September 30, 2026
Senate probe rocked by two razor-thin EC votes as
Thai Airways admits it got it wrong as Suvarnabhumi Airport public areas are swamped by a baggage flood
September 30, 2026
Chaos spreads from Suvarnabhumi baggage belts to the
Turkish arsonist arrested. His Thai girlfriend hired him to destroy evidence at her former workplace
September 29, 2026
Police crack Bangkok arson case after CCTV leads to a
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