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Crazed Icelandic man arrested for robbery of a female taxi driver in Phuket. Bizarre but serious incident
June 23, 2026
A Phuket taxi driver’s desperate horn blasts
Phone records frozen by the court as the Prachachart Party hunts for those behind MP’s attempted murder
June 23, 2026
Court-sealed phone records from three networks could
34 year old arrested in Udon Thani for wanton destruction of family home to pay for his chronic drug habit
June 23, 2026
A drug-addicted son allegedly demolished his
Screws are being fitted and are soon to be turned on Thailand’s cannabis industry which must be reined in
June 23, 2026
Thailand’s cannabis dream is being rolled back
Sirikanya warns public finances are losing flexibility as salaries and pensions rise with less investment
June 22, 2026
People’s Party deputy leader Sirikanya Tansakul says
Democrat Party deputy leader warns online gambling sites target day to day enterprises to launder funds
June 22, 2026
Democrat MP Chaichana Dechdecho has linked the Winnie
Mystery body over 500 years old with coins unearthed in Kamphaeng Phet by farmer working on rice field
June 22, 2026
A farmer digging a ditch in Kamphaeng Phet uncovered a
Game over for Starmer as UK PM as pundits say resignation is a matter of days off after Burnham’s win
June 22, 2026
Sir Keir Starmer’s premiership is hanging by a
French online fraudster who conned investors out of 8 billion baht arrested at his luxury Cha-am villa
June 21, 2026
French fugitive Mr Dogan, 38, wanted by Interpol and
Netflix hit show ‘The Evil Lawyer’ shows audiences the dark side of Thai law except it’s even darker in real life
June 21, 2026
Netflix hit The Evil Lawyer is gripping Thailand with
Phuket Governor pushes a tripling of the island’s hotel tax rate to boost foreign tourist arrival numbers
June 21, 2026
Phuket is considering tripling hotel taxes to 3% in a
American DJ in Chiang Mai arrested while performing and charged with working without a visa. Faces jail
June 20, 2026
American DJ Rick Alberto was arrested during a
One dead and another injured in building partial collapse in historic quarter of Bangkok on Saturday
June 20, 2026
A deadly balcony collapse in Bangkok’s Talat Noi
Dr. Cheng goes to Brussels to get Thailand’s access to Horizon Europe, an advanced technology programme
June 20, 2026
Dr. Cheng heads to Brussels to plug Thailand into
People’s Party MP says DSI claims are not right and vows to co-operate despite parliamentary immunity
June 20, 2026
People’s Party MP Pawut Pongwitayaphanu denies links
Man haunted by online messages breaks in next door and kills old-timer he suspected was behind them
June 20, 2026
Neighbour haunted by mystery messages he blamed on a
Rapid deportation order from PM means scrapping the rule that prisoners must pay for their flights home in advance
June 19, 2026
Deputy Prime Minister Pakorn Nilprapunt is preparing
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