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Thai star Nene Royal faces trademark headaches in Thailand and South Korea as she secures her fortune
October 18, 2026
Nene Royal, 16, conquers America’s Got Talent, meets
Six dead in deadly clashes in Southern Thailand including a policeman killed on National Police Day
October 17, 2026
Gunfire tears through a Narathiwat hideout as police
Underfire southern MP says Prime Minister Anutin telephoned her and urged her to post a selfie online
October 17, 2026
World leaders applaud Anutin’s saxophone solo as
Prime Minister cock a hoop as IMF World Bank meet ends in Bangkok. Insists Thailand’s standing has risen
October 17, 2026
Anutin predicts an economic leap after Bangkok hosts
Departures tax pushed by the Ministry of Finance is the death kiss for the tourist sector say top execs
October 16, 2026
Thai AirAsia sounds the alarm over a ฿1,000
US Bangkok broadside to the IMF and the World Bank delivered by Scott Bessent who snubbed the meeting
October 16, 2026
Washington turns up the heat at Bangkok’s
Friday protests by anti IMF World Bank activists continue after overnight camp event in central Bangkok
October 16, 2026
Bangkok’s IMF–World Bank summit faces angry
Air hostess linked to international trafficking ring smuggling Chinese nationals in and out of Thailand
October 16, 2026
Police arrest Chinese air hostess in Hat Yai over
Protests at the IMF World Bank meetings turn violent but Bangkok police deny being heavy handed
October 15, 2026
Violence flares near Bangkok’s IMF and World
Bhumjaithai Party Southern MP facing political strain as questions grow about her husband’s online fortune
October 15, 2026
Suchada Sangtanasap is left to fight alone as
Portuguese woman’s 5 year stay in Thailand without a valid visa ends at a Phuket cookery class on Tuesday
October 15, 2026
Phuket cooking class ends in arrest for a Portuguese
Thai police get involved in Hong Kong prostitution ring smashed last weekend which yielded vast returns
October 14, 2026
Thai women recruited for lucrative Hong Kong hotel sex
Police arrest Chinese tourist thief who used Thai flights to snatch credit cards and run up charges on them
October 14, 2026
Police swoop on Chinese tourist, 51, at Don Mueang on
UK man urgently sought by family after vanishing in Thailand over a week ago just before his flight home
October 13, 2026
Eight days lost in Thailand: Bailey-Harris Singh, 20,
Tax grab targeted at outbound passengers is opposed by travel industry as ministry pushes a new agenda
October 13, 2026
Tourism revolt in Thailand. Three industry groups
Upmarket Thai prostitution racket smashed by Hong Kong police. 16 people arrested in separate swoops
October 13, 2026
Hong Kong police uncover a cross-border prostitution
Air force monitors Chinese base operation in Laos as Beijing strengthens military ties with neighbours
October 12, 2026
Thailand’s air force monitors a new
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