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Police top brass introduce former Big Joke sidekick as a witness in the prosecution of the former cop

Police top brass introduce former Big Joke sidekick as a witness in the prosecution of the former cop

December 31, 2025

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

Big Joke bombshell: Anti-Corruption cops say they’ve nailed ex-deputy police chief Surachate with a gold-bar bribery trail worth over ฿10m, backed by CCTV, audio, photos… Read More ›

Boost for border peace as 18 Cambodian prisoners of war are repatriated after 72 hour ceasefire holds

Boost for border peace as 18 Cambodian prisoners of war are repatriated after 72 hour ceasefire holds

December 31, 2025

Culture, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Thailand repatriates 18 Cambodian prisoners of war after 155 days, following a 72-hour ceasefire. Full Geneva Convention compliance observed, with Red Cross and ASEAN officials… Read More ›

8 foreign women arrested for prostitution in Pattaya. Police fined them and held them for deportation

8 foreign women arrested for prostitution in Pattaya. Police fined them and held them for deportation

December 31, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Eight foreign women, including five Ugandans, two Uzbeks and one Madagascan, were arrested on Pattaya Beach Road for soliciting sex in public, fined ฿1,000 each,… Read More ›

Maid arrested on live TV sent to prison for New Year after she fails to come up with ฿30,000 bail money

Maid arrested on live TV sent to prison for New Year after she fails to come up with ฿30,000 bail money

December 31, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Maid arrested live on Bangkok TV for allegedly feeding Dettol to an infant is sent to prison after failing to raise ฿30,000 bail, with the… Read More ›

Swiss man with Alzheimers who biked 250km from Nong Bua Lamphu to Phetchbun rescued by police

Swiss man with Alzheimers who biked 250km from Nong Bua Lamphu to Phetchbun rescued by police

December 31, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Swiss man with Alzheimers, missing from his Thai wife since Christmas, travelled 250 km across northeastern Thailand on a Honda motorbike before being rescued by… Read More ›

Devious housemaid who slipped Dettol into child’s feed arrested by police live on national TV on Tuesday

Devious housemaid who slipped Dettol into child’s feed arrested by police live on national TV on Tuesday

December 31, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Devious housemaid Usanee “Ann” arrested live on Thai TV after allegedly slipping Dettol into toddler’s milk. The child is safe as police investigate prior thefts… Read More ›

Accused man in Big Joke bribery case claims police in Surat Thani forced him to sign a false statement

Accused man in Big Joke bribery case claims police in Surat Thani forced him to sign a false statement

December 31, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Former top cop “Big Joke” tied to alleged ฿10m gold bribe as probe widens. Suspect claims Surat Thani police forced him to sign a false… Read More ›

Peace and war being weighed on both sides of Thai Cambodian border as tensions began to rise again

Peace and war being weighed on both sides of Thai Cambodian border as tensions began to rise again

December 30, 2025

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

Peace hangs in the balance on the Thai-Cambodian border as confidence in the fragile ceasefire is tested. Thailand reports night-time drone incursions, Cambodia denies it.… Read More ›

Lawyer for Thaskin challenges the legality of Attorney General’s decision to appeal lèse-majesté case

Lawyer for Thaskin challenges the legality of Attorney General’s decision to appeal lèse-majesté case

December 30, 2025

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

Thaksin’s lawyer challenges the Attorney General’s move to appeal his lèse-majesté acquittal, calling it potentially unlawful. The AG denies any political link to his daughter’s… Read More ›

Jealousy drives 28 year old man to murder suicide in Bang Na after his girlfriend found a new boyfriend

Jealousy drives 28 year old man to murder suicide in Bang Na after his girlfriend found a new boyfriend

December 30, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

A jealous 28-year-old motorbike delivery driver murders his ex-girlfriend in Bang Na after she found a new boyfriend, then shoots himself in a murder-suicide, police… Read More ›

Horror knife attack by three Chinese men in Pattaya leaves three injured security guards, one seriously

Horror knife attack by three Chinese men in Pattaya leaves three injured security guards, one seriously

December 30, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

Horror at Pattaya bar as three Chinese men launch late-night knife attack, stabbing three security guards. One victim is critically injured in hospital. One suspect… Read More ›

Pattaya lifeguard brings Dutch woman with no pulse back to life after rescuing from the water on Sunday

Pattaya lifeguard brings Dutch woman with no pulse back to life after rescuing from the water on Sunday

December 30, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Pattaya lifeguard heroically revives Dutch tourist after she’s dragged from the sea with no pulse. The 60-year-old collapsed from muscle cramps at Jomtien Beach before… Read More ›

Big Joke fights back, questions the latest case against him as Anti Corruption official files complaint

Big Joke fights back, questions the latest case against him as Anti Corruption official files complaint

December 29, 2025

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

Big Joke blasts back over ฿10m gold-bribe probe. Ex-deputy national police chief says he is being framed again. He questioned why a complaint was filed… Read More ›

People’s Party candidate in Bangkok arrested on Monday over links to money laundering network

People’s Party candidate in Bangkok arrested on Monday over links to money laundering network

December 29, 2025

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

People’s Party candidate in Bangkok arrested Monday over ties to ฿20 billion money laundering network linked to drugs. Party leader Nattapong Ruangpanyawut apologises and rushes… Read More ›

Russian nabbed by police as he returns to Thailand after smashing scam investing network in 2023

Russian nabbed by police as he returns to Thailand after smashing scam investing network in 2023

December 28, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Russian romance-scam boss busted at Bangkok airport. Cyber cops nab 31-year-old Gabriel Chilashvili over fake ATFX investments that burned a Thai businessman for more than… Read More ›

Big Joke plunged into new legal trouble as claims of a ฿10 million gold bar bribe are being investigated

Big Joke plunged into new legal trouble as claims of a ฿10 million gold bar bribe are being investigated

December 28, 2025

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

Big Joke plunged into fresh scandal as police probe a filmed ฿10m gold bar bribe allegedly used to sway a corruption case. Raids hit 11… Read More ›

Man survives after jumping from Expressway height on Bangkok’s ring road but suffers two broken legs

Man survives after jumping from Expressway height on Bangkok’s ring road but suffers two broken legs

December 28, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Foreign man survives a leap from Bangkok’s Sirat Expressway near Rama 9 but breaks both legs. Found conscious at the scene, he was rushed to… Read More ›

UK man on the run from horror wife abuse rap at home nabbed in Sisaket in St. Stephen’s Day swoop

UK man on the run from horror wife abuse rap at home nabbed in Sisaket in St. Stephen’s Day swoop

December 28, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

A 26-year-old British man wanted for violent domestic abuse in the United Kingdom has been arrested in Sisaket, Thailand on St. Stephen’s Day after fleeing… Read More ›

Toppled Hindu statue raises alarm for tourism chiefs even as peace holds on the Thai Cambodian border

Toppled Hindu statue raises alarm for tourism chiefs even as peace holds on the Thai Cambodian border

December 28, 2025

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

Toppled Hindu statue at Thai-Cambodian border sparks India boycott calls, Thai officials express regret, Prime Minister stresses soldier safety, while ceasefire holds and tourism industry… Read More ›

Russian woman killed on Christmas Day in Phuket in motorcycle smash with oncoming car on a Karon hill

Russian woman killed on Christmas Day in Phuket in motorcycle smash with oncoming car on a Karon hill

December 27, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Russian tourist killed on Christmas Day in Phuket after motorcycle slams head-on into oncoming car on steep Karon hill. Woman died at the scene. Boyfriend… Read More ›

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