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GDP up, highest in eleven years but so is runaway inflation. Finance Minister warns of high oil prices
May 18, 2026
Thailand posts its strongest growth in 11 years as
Police in Bangkok revealed train driver and linesman in Saturday’s disaster tested positive for drugs
May 17, 2026
Bangkok police probe a deadly train-bus crash that
Tributes for Irish filmmaker prodigy who died with his Czech girlfriend on Thailand’s dangerous roads
May 17, 2026
Glowing tributes pour in after rising Irish filmmaker
40 year old taxi driver murders his girlfriend in Nonathaburi. Brings body to the police station in cab
May 16, 2026
A taxi driver drove to a Nonthaburi police station
Eye of an economic storm as Thai government insists 400 billion loan must go ahead despite opposition
May 16, 2026
Thailand faces mounting economic turmoil as the
Anutin visits Koh Phangan as nominee crackdown shows 68% of firms with foreign ownership links
May 14, 2026
PM Anutin Charnvirakul landed on Koh Phangan as 300
Finance Minister defends 400 billion baht loan decree as opposition files Constitutional Court challenge
May 12, 2026
Thailand faces a political and economic storm as
Prime Minister signals review of Chinese visa policy after latest criminal case in Pattaya linked to arms
May 12, 2026
Pattaya crash probe explodes into a national security
Senator condemns mob incident in Bangkok where transgender woman was forced to shave her head
May 11, 2026
Muslim senator Angkhana Neelaphaijit condemned “mob
Russian tourist wins viral online praise in Phuket after he gave a local vendor a helping hand on Friday
May 10, 2026
Russian tourist praised after viral Phuket clip shows
Thai Airports to become far more expensive after government jacks up service charge by 50% from June
May 10, 2026
Thailand will hike international airport passenger
Prime Minister Anutin and Cambodian counterpart Hun Manet hold three way meeting at ASEAN summit
May 10, 2026
Thailand and Cambodia agreed to restart border talks
School student selling grilled pork saves collapsed tourist’s life in Kathu after he fainted on a local road
May 9, 2026
Phuket schoolboy Jojo Savel dropped his after-school
Wave of badly behaved foreign tourists hits Thailand’s already crisis hit industry with numbers down 7%
May 8, 2026
Sex romps, fake payment scams, dine-and-dash disputes
Prime Minister Anutin says 2001 pact with Camdodia was outdated after his cabinet tore it up on Tuesday
May 7, 2026
Thailand has scrapped its 25-year maritime agreement
Corrections Department insists Thaksin’s parole in May 11th is entirely lawful and within regulations
May 7, 2026
Thaksin’s family makes final visit before May 11
Ayutthaya police investigate foul murder of Pathum Thani based taxi driver found on Tuesday evening
May 6, 2026
Taxi driver, 65, found dead with head wound beside
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