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Son in Law from Hell arrested in Pattaya. Taken to Nakhon Sawan as police find three buried bodies in a plantation
Son-in-law from hell confesses to murdering his estranged wife and her elderly parents after police say they caught him burglarising their home for a third… Read More ›
British man found dead on Thursday morning in Pattaya may have been murdered, according to police
Crime, Living, Media, Thailand:
British cannabis businessman found stabbed to death in his luxury Chonburi home as police reject his wife’s suicide claim. A blood trail, washed knife, CCTV… Read More ›
Questions asked in Bangkok after 11 year old drove a pickup truck into monks in procession killing nine
Crime, Culture, Living, Thailand:
An 11-year-old boy driving his father’s pickup wiped out a Buddhist pilgrimage in Mukdahan, killing nine monks and injuring 13 others. Parliament is now demanding… Read More ›
Chinese second car concern smashed by police as part of a nationwide crackdown on foreign businesses
Undercover police smashed a suspected Chinese-run illegal used car dealership in Chonburi, seized 19 vehicles and arrested two men now facing three charges before deportation,… Read More ›
Chilling Nonthaburi find linked to a despicable love rivalry murder by a cruel killer still on the run
Police have recovered a cement-filled container holding what they believe are the remains of murdered Nonthaburi man Mr Uten after a difficult pond search. Detectives… Read More ›
Fire at unlicensed Pattaya nightclub left one member of staff dead. Police investigation now underway
An employee died after fire tore through an unlicensed Pattaya nightclub with no fire exit, reviving memories of the Mountain B tragedy. Police are investigating… Read More ›
Lopburi monkeys escape and counterattack in war between humans and primates for ancient capital
Crime, Culture, Living, Thailand:
Monkey mayhem is back in Lopburi as escaped macaques storm a police station, damage homes and reignite Thailand’s extraordinary five-year battle to tame the former… Read More ›
Court throws out one bar code case but more serious challenges to the February 8th poll remain in play
Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:
Thailand’s Constitutional Court has thrown out one barcode ballot challenge, handing Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul a legal lift in Paris. But the biggest case remains,… Read More ›
Thailand horrified by savage daylight public murder of 61-year-old out walking in southern Trat province
Graphic CCTV footage has exposed the savage roadside murder of 61-year-old Mr Boonyu Samjai in Trat, showing a suspect allegedly beating him, returning to continue… Read More ›
Police in Thailand and Australia hunt to track down network behind the arrest of a Thai Airways hostess
Crime, Living, Media, Thailand:
Thai police have widened the probe into a Thai Airways flight attendant arrested with heroin in Australia, raiding her home, probing deleted Facebook courier messages… Read More ›
State chapter of European Union deal closed in Brussels. Talks targeted for completion by end of 2026
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Thailand and the EU have completed a key free trade agreement chapter on state enterprises, taking negotiations to 11 of 24 chapters. Both sides aim… Read More ›
Police raid and search the home of former Phuket deputy governor in widening corruption investigation
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Former Phuket deputy governor Mr Rungruang Thimabutr’s arrest has uncovered a money trail linking jobs-for-cash exam bribery to a Phuket land document scam. Police say… Read More ›
PM orders top aides south from Paris as coordinated attacks torch a petrol station and injure tourists
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Southern insurgents launched coordinated attacks across Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat, torching a petrol station and injuring two Malaysian tourists. PM Anutin orders an emergency security… Read More ›
First state visit to France by a Thai Monarch in six decades begins in Paris as King and Queen land
Culture, Living, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:
King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida have begun a landmark state visit to France, receiving the nation’s highest honours as President Emmanuel Macron hosts only… Read More ›
Senior police officer arrested in Loei for working with a drug network and passing on classified intelligence
Crime, Culture, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
Police arrested a Loei lieutenant colonel accused of leaking classified intelligence to a drug gang, helping traffickers evade arrest and hiding meth pills in his… Read More ›
People’s Party’s Pawut faces questioning as a witness on July 2 by the DSI in a complex forex fraud case
Crime, Culture, Economy, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:
DSI investigators will question People’s Party MP Pawut Pongwitayaphanu over a ฿28 million transfer as a sweeping forex fraud probe deepens. The elite police inquiry… Read More ›
Thai News for Foreigners
State chapter of European Union deal closed in Brussels. Talks targeted for completion by end of 2026
June 30, 2026
Thailand and the EU have completed a key free trade
Police raid and search the home of former Phuket deputy governor in widening corruption investigation
June 30, 2026
Former Phuket deputy governor Mr Rungruang
PM orders top aides south from Paris as coordinated attacks torch a petrol station and injure tourists
June 29, 2026
Southern insurgents launched coordinated attacks
Thai Airways air hostess held in an Australian prison on heroin trafficking charges. Thai police seek details
June 29, 2026
Thai Airways flight attendant arrested after
People’s Party’s Pawut faces questioning as a witness on July 2 by the DSI in a complex forex fraud case
June 29, 2026
DSI investigators will question People’s Party
International migration from West to East is a rising phenomenon now going far beyond ‘Passport Bros’
June 29, 2026
Western men are increasingly abandoning the US,
Aussie arrested for murdering a teenage girl in Pattaya faces the death penalty if convicted by a Thai court
June 29, 2026
Australian Simon Carman faces Thailand’s death
Chadchart wins the Bangkok governor contest by a crushing landslide after a slick re-election campaign
June 28, 2026
Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt is heading for
Police chief in Pattaya commends the investigative team that arrested Aussie murder suspect in 6 hours
June 28, 2026
Pattaya detectives have been honoured after tracking
Bank of Thailand boss defends the central bank’s low interest rate policy aimed at boosting the economy
June 28, 2026
The Bank of Thailand has defied mounting pressure to
Arrest and bail for controversial deputy Phuket governor as he is charged with exam corruption offences
June 27, 2026
A Phuket deputy governor has won bail after his arrest
46 year old Aussie arrested at Bangkok’s main airport charged with murdering a 17 year old prostitute in Pattaya
June 27, 2026
Australian Simon Peter Carman, 46, was arrested at
Love rivalry sees 38 year old man executed, stuffed in barrel of cement and dumped in a Nonthaburi pond
June 27, 2026
Love rivalry ends in execution-style murder as
Beijing unveils ‘security partnership’ with Phnom Penh ahead of a visit in July by Prime Minister Anutin
June 27, 2026
China has unveiled a sweeping security pact with
Man arrested at Mae Sai border point with 23 million baht in cardboard boxes smuggling it to Burma
June 26, 2026
Thai customs seized more than ฿23 million hidden
‘Talent Mobility’ protocol launched by Dr Cheng to boost training and give Thailand 22,220 more doctors
June 26, 2026
Thailand is overhauling its future with 22,200 new
People’s Party MP summoned by DSI. Pawut insists that there is no crime. Justice Minister orders updates
June 26, 2026
People’s Party MP Pawut Pongwitayaphanu has been
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