Economy
Deputy Minister of Finance Woraphak bows out after only 33 days amid furore over scammer centre claims
Crime, Culture, Economy, Living, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:
Deputy Finance Minister Woraphak Thanyawong resigns amid an escalating Cambodian scam scandal, denies any wrongdoing and vows legal action. Prime Minister Anutin faces mounting political… Read More ›
No respite for Koh Phangan foreign business owners with new raids on Tuesday targeting high end villas
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Koh Phangan crackdown hits foreigners hard as police raid luxury villas, offices, and a consultancy linked to 89 companies, summoning tourists and caretakers, exposing complex… Read More ›
PM asks top minister for explanation as ex official claims Hun Sen started war to protect his scam centre industry
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PM Anutin demands top minister provide a full written explanation over alleged illicit funds links, as a former official claims Hun Sen deliberately triggered the… Read More ›
Crackdown to wipe out foreign business abuses and ownership on Koh Phangan & Koh Samui intensifies
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Thai police intensify an unprecedented crackdown on illegal foreign land ownership and business on Koh Phangan and Koh Samui, ending nominee arrangements, enforcing strict compliance… Read More ›
High powered, secretive meeting chaired by PM agrees robust action against Cambodian networks
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PM Anutin chairs a secret Government House meeting, orders crackdown on Thai networks linked to Cambodian scams, vows to revoke citizenship of dual nationals involved,… Read More ›
Thailand and Cambodia face danger from ‘Dragon Head’ the Chinese mafia leader behind the scams
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Thailand and Cambodia face a major threat from Dragon Head, the Chinese mafia boss, as Chen Zhi faces US charges exposing scams, political links and… Read More ›
Raids on foreign owned hotels on Koh Phangan carry on with three Israelis arrested and a fourth sought
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Immigration police raid Koh Phangan hotels, arrest three Israelis and pursue a fourth, targeting illegal nominee firms controlling resorts. Eight people were detained in total,… Read More ›
Cambodia lashes out at Anutin’s call to South Korean President Lee Jae-myung as internal interference
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Cambodia lashes out at PM Anutin’s call to South Korean President Lee Jae-myung, accusing Thailand of interfering in its internal affairs while pledging to help… Read More ›
Cyber police and Money Laundering agency seek UK and US co-operation targeting Cambodian networks
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Thai cyber police and money laundering investigators seek to join forces with US and UK authorities in a sweeping crackdown on a powerful Cambodian scam… Read More ›
Fears grow among foreign business owners after Koh Phangan blitz sees German, French and Israelis held
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Koh Phangan sees a dramatic crackdown as Thai authorities arrest German, French and Israeli nationals for running unlicensed hotels, restaurants and tours via Thai nominees.… Read More ›
Thai News for Foreigners
Russian arrested at a motorbike rental business and for retailing illicit substances on Koh Phangan
October 23, 2025
Russian arrested on Koh Phangan for illegal motorcycle
UK Coke dealer arrested as police moved in just as he intercepted package from Europe at condo complex
October 22, 2025
UK cocaine dealer nabbed in a dramatic Bangkok condo
No respite for Koh Phangan foreign business owners with new raids on Tuesday targeting high end villas
October 22, 2025
Koh Phangan crackdown hits foreigners hard as police
Immigration Bureau confirms Belarusian national travelled through Thailand at Suvarnabhumi Airport
October 21, 2025
Belarusian model Vera Kravtsova travelled through
Crackdown to wipe out foreign business abuses and ownership on Koh Phangan & Koh Samui intensifies
October 21, 2025
Thai police intensify an unprecedented crackdown on
High powered, secretive meeting chaired by PM agrees robust action against Cambodian networks
October 21, 2025
PM Anutin chairs a secret Government House meeting,
Police racing to verify disturbing reports of Belarusian model alleged to have been taken by scammers
October 20, 2025
Thai police are urgently probing claims that
Thaksin serves his prison term as a teacher to inmates at Khlong Prem without further pardon
October 20, 2025
Thaksin Shinawatra has ruled out seeking another royal
Crazy foreigner clambers for the roof in Phuket. This time it was an intoxicated Dane, a former professional boxer
October 19, 2025
Chaos erupted in Phuket as a drunken former Danish
Horror story of Belarusian woman taken in Bangkok by Burmese scam compound gang being investigated
October 19, 2025
Belarusian model Vera Kravchova, 26, vanished after a
Fears the Bhumjaithai Party has ensnared the People’s Party and any hope of real Constitutional reform
October 18, 2025
Bhumjaithai Party exploits Senate control to block
Former Pheu Thai leader welcomes return of Ex Democrat Party PM Abhisit back to frontline politics
October 18, 2025
Former PM Abhisit Vejjajiva returns as Democrat Party
Evil Romance scammers break the hearts of lonely middle-aged women in the Kingdom’s Northeast
October 17, 2025
Ruthless Thai romance scammers in the Northeast are
Kla Tham MP dismisses unproven scam centre claims about Deputy Prime Minister Thamanat Prompow
October 17, 2025
Kla Tham Party MP Pai Lik defends Deputy PM Thamanat
People’s Party warns Anutin of a No Confidence move over cabinet links to Cambodian scam networks
October 16, 2025
People’s Party warns Prime Minister Anutin with
Euphoric Israeli soldiers on leave arrested for illicit narcotic use on Koh Phangan on Tuesday morning
October 16, 2025
Four Israeli soldiers on leave were arrested on Koh
Cambodian scam, centre bosses target young Thai nationals seeking better pay due to the poor economy
October 16, 2025
Cambodian call centre gangs target young Thai workers
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