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Facebook parent firm and other tech giants face a landmark lawsuit over online thefts and fraud losses

Facebook parent firm and other tech giants face a landmark lawsuit over online thefts and fraud losses

June 9, 2026

Crime, Culture, Economy, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Investor loses ฿165 million after a Facebook advert, LINE group and App Store download. Now Meta, Apple, LINE-linked firms and banks face a landmark ฿230… Read More ›

Old timer driven by jealousy over a 15 year old girl strikes out and then ends his own life in Saraburi

Old timer driven by jealousy over a 15 year old girl strikes out and then ends his own life in Saraburi

June 9, 2026

Crime, Culture, Living, Thailand:

A jealous 60-year-old gardener allegedly shot a mother and her 15-year-old daughter at a Saraburi rental complex before barricading himself during a police siege. The… Read More ›

Opposition and trade want answers from Minister as controversial Chinese steel firm is cleared to reopen

Opposition and trade want answers from Minister as controversial Chinese steel firm is cleared to reopen

June 9, 2026

Culture, Economy, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Xin Ke Yuan Steel is back. The Chinese-owned firm linked to the collapsed OAG tower, 7,000 alleged fake tax invoices and hazardous waste stockpiles has… Read More ›

Yakuza scam boss who netted 200 million baht from his Cambodian lair arrested in Suvarnabhumi swoop

Yakuza scam boss who netted 200 million baht from his Cambodian lair arrested in Suvarnabhumi swoop

June 9, 2026

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

A suspected yakuza boss was snared at Suvarnabhumi Airport moments before take-off after a Thai-Japanese manhunt. Police say Takafumi Sugawara ran a Cambodia scam empire… Read More ›

Election Commission to decide finally on 2024 Senate allegations after panel moved to clear all involved

Election Commission to decide finally on 2024 Senate allegations after panel moved to clear all involved

June 9, 2026

Culture, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Thailand’s disturbing Senate election scandal has reached a climax as the Election Commission weighs allegations against 229 people. Reserve senators accuse top officials of a… Read More ›

Brit director re-arrested and sent to Koh Samui Prison after his bail was revoked amid expanded charges

Brit director re-arrested and sent to Koh Samui Prison after his bail was revoked amid expanded charges

June 8, 2026

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

British tour boat boss Duncan Wilcock was jailed after a top Thai doctor died from a Koh Phangan hit-and-run. Police upgraded charges to causing death,… Read More ›

PM’s visit to Hanoi strikes a new message of closer ties and partnership between Thailand and Vietnam

PM’s visit to Hanoi strikes a new message of closer ties and partnership between Thailand and Vietnam

June 8, 2026

Culture, Economy, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul arrived in Hanoi for a high-stakes push to deepen Thailand-Vietnam ties, launching talks on trade, investment, parliamentary cooperation and regional diplomacy… Read More ›

Cannabis smuggling from Thailand to UK and Europe continues. UK Embassy officials meet police top brass

Cannabis smuggling from Thailand to UK and Europe continues. UK Embassy officials meet police top brass

June 8, 2026

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Thailand and Britain have launched a joint crackdown after 135 cannabis smugglers were caught at Thai airports in five months. Police uncovered repeat offenders, indirect… Read More ›

Time running out for the World Cup as Thailand still has no TV deal just days before kick off in Mexico

Time running out for the World Cup as Thailand still has no TV deal just days before kick off in Mexico

June 8, 2026

Culture, Economy, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Thailand faces a World Cup blackout just days before kick-off as talks with FIFA stall over a ฿1.3 billion rights fee. While Laos and most… Read More ›

Couple commit suicide in Hua Hin after exhaustion from dealing with rising informal debt and lenders

Couple commit suicide in Hua Hin after exhaustion from dealing with rising informal debt and lenders

June 8, 2026

Crime, Culture, Economy, Living, Media, Thailand:

A debt-ridden husband and wife were found dead side by side at a Hua Hin hotel, exposing Thailand’s hidden ฿2.2 trillion informal debt crisis. Up… Read More ›

Thailand may miss the AI boat over political brawls as a pioneering project becomes mired in controversy

Thailand may miss the AI boat over political brawls as a pioneering project becomes mired in controversy

June 8, 2026

Culture, Economy, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Thailand is sleepwalking into an AI crisis, a leading academic warns. As fierce battles rage over the TH-AI Passport scheme, rivals are training millions in… Read More ›

Koh Phangan police seek to re-arrest Brit tour boat boss who faces graver charges after doctor’s death

Koh Phangan police seek to re-arrest Brit tour boat boss who faces graver charges after doctor’s death

June 8, 2026

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

British tour boat boss Duncan Wilcock is being hunted after a cocaine-fuelled hit-and-run on Koh Phangan claimed the life of top doctor “Professor Ton”. Police… Read More ›

Police probe death of German man living in Thailand found at home on Sunday. Note found with the body

Police probe death of German man living in Thailand found at home on Sunday. Note found with the body

June 8, 2026

Crime, Living, Media, Thailand:

German programmer Frank Wolk, 59, was found dead in a chair with a nitrogen tank and a plastic bag over his head after a frantic… Read More ›

Vexing questions regarding M16 rifles and 11 phone numbers being raised over attempted murder of MP

Vexing questions regarding M16 rifles and 11 phone numbers being raised over attempted murder of MP

June 7, 2026

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

A Navy rifle officially destroyed in 2020 allegedly resurfaced in a bid to kill an MP. Now Kamolsak Leewamae says hidden phone records, US-supplied weapons… Read More ›

Tax and welfare revolution as Thailand moves ahead with Negative Income Tax that expands reporting

Tax and welfare revolution as Thailand moves ahead with Negative Income Tax that expands reporting

June 7, 2026

Economy, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Thailand is preparing a welfare revolution that could pay cash to millions instead of collecting taxes. A Pheu Thai-backed Negative Income Tax scheme promises up… Read More ›

Doctor injured in hit and run with motorbike driven by a Brit without a licence on Koh Phangan has died

Doctor injured in hit and run with motorbike driven by a Brit without a licence on Koh Phangan has died

June 7, 2026

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

A top Thai doctor has died after a Koh Phangan hit-and-run allegedly caused by a British biker with cocaine in his bloodstream and no licence.… Read More ›

Killer monkey left 6 year old boy with life threatening injuries on his chest and legs causing his death

Killer monkey left 6 year old boy with life threatening injuries on his chest and legs causing his death

June 7, 2026

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Grandpa’s pet macaque turned killer in Nakhon Si Thammarat when it savaged six-year-old Nathan Ekkarat Srichan, driving its fangs into his lung. Despite a desperate… Read More ›

Economy in deep trouble going forward due to lack of babies, shrinking workforce and elderly population

Economy in deep trouble going forward due to lack of babies, shrinking workforce and elderly population

June 7, 2026

Culture, Economy, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Thailand’s economic miracle is running out of people. A leading bank warns that a collapsing birth rate, a shrinking workforce and a rapidly ageing population… Read More ›

Japanese scam kingpin at the heart of a Cambodian scam centre empire arrested while hiding in Bangkok

Japanese scam kingpin at the heart of a Cambodian scam centre empire arrested while hiding in Bangkok

June 7, 2026

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Japanese scam kingpin accused of running a billion-yen fraud empire from Cambodia was arrested in Bangkok after an international manhunt. Police say the fugitive led… Read More ›

Thailand to knock harder on the door of UN climate change fund seeking funding for nationwide action

Thailand to knock harder on the door of UN climate change fund seeking funding for nationwide action

June 7, 2026

Culture, Economy, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Thailand is racing to tap a 23.8 billion baht UN climate fund after Minister Suchart Chomklin secured Cabinet approval for a new climate agency and… Read More ›

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