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American from North Dakota appears in Federal Court this week charged with abuse of Phuket minors

American from North Dakota appears in Federal Court this week charged with abuse of Phuket minors

November 25, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

North Dakota man faces seven federal counts over the alleged abuse of Phuket minors, with prosecutors citing repeated trips to Thailand since 2018 and explicit… Read More ›

65-year-old woman wakes up just moments before her cremation in a coffin. Not dead, just low sugar

65-year-old woman wakes up just moments before her cremation in a coffin. Not dead, just low sugar

November 25, 2025

Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

A 65-year-old Thai woman believed dead wakes up moments before her cremation at a temple in Nonthaburi. Doctors confirm she was not dead, only suffering… Read More ›

Former Pheu Thai Finance Minister calls for a liquidity boost and a cheaper baht to pump the economy

Former Pheu Thai Finance Minister calls for a liquidity boost and a cheaper baht to pump the economy

November 25, 2025

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

Former Deputy PM and Finance Minister Dr Suchart calls for a liquidity injection and a weaker baht to revive Thailand’s economy, boost exports and tourism,… Read More ›

Koh Phangan crackdown continues as Thai officials send a message. Illegal investors are not wanted

Koh Phangan crackdown continues as Thai officials send a message. Illegal investors are not wanted

November 25, 2025

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

Koh Phangan crackdown continues as Thai authorities raid luxury villa projects, seizing records, questioning foreign investors, detaining illegal workers and sending a clear message that… Read More ›

Prime Minister floats the prospect of a Bhumjaithai People’s Party government after the next election

Prime Minister floats the prospect of a Bhumjaithai People’s Party government after the next election

November 24, 2025

Culture, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul signals a potential Bhumjaithai–People’s Party coalition after a wave of MPs defect, intensifying speculation over the next government, the likely early… Read More ›

Temptation faces Prime Minister Anutin to play the nationalist card as a General Election looms in 2026

Temptation faces Prime Minister Anutin to play the nationalist card as a General Election looms in 2026

November 24, 2025

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

Anutin is squeezed as nationalist protests erupt, US trade talks freeze and the Thai-Cambodian border crisis deepens — triggering economic risk, diplomatic backlash, and a… Read More ›

Bank of Thailand boss calls for a lower valued baht for an economy that is presently failing to perform

Bank of Thailand boss calls for a lower valued baht for an economy that is presently failing to perform

November 23, 2025

Economy, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Bank of Thailand calls for a weaker baht as Thailand’s economy falters, GDP slows, exports and tourism decline, household debt rises, banks tighten credit and… Read More ›

Big Joke in crosshairs of police probe for defamation of the Royal Thai Police after robust TV comments

Big Joke in crosshairs of police probe for defamation of the Royal Thai Police after robust TV comments

November 23, 2025

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

Big Joke, former deputy police chief Surachate Hakparn, faces an official defamation probe after calling the Royal Thai Police the ‘biggest criminal gang in Thailand’… Read More ›

Australian’s bizarre case draws world attention to archaic and abused Thai criminal defamation law

Australian’s bizarre case draws world attention to archaic and abused Thai criminal defamation law

November 23, 2025

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

Australian journalist Murray Hunter faces a bizarre criminal defamation trial in Thailand over posts on a Malaysian government agency. The case has drawn global attention,… Read More ›

Israeli father dies heroically off Koh Phangan after saving his son from the sea which turned dangerous 

Israeli father dies heroically off Koh Phangan after saving his son from the sea which turned dangerous 

November 23, 2025

Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Israeli father, 45, dies a hero on Koh Phangan after rescuing his son from sudden deadly currents, being swept away in furious surf and triggering… Read More ›

Chinese hookers have all now flown home after being found at Bangkok Prison. 20 officers now implicated

Chinese hookers have all now flown home after being found at Bangkok Prison. 20 officers now implicated

November 22, 2025

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

Chinese women fly home after Bangkok Remand Prison scandal. They were discovered servicing VIP inmates. 20 officials, including the governor, are now implicated as Justice… Read More ›

UK couple’s honeymoon holiday to Thailand halted by Immigration officials over smudged visa stamp

UK couple’s honeymoon holiday to Thailand halted by Immigration officials over smudged visa stamp

November 22, 2025

Culture, Economy, Living, Media, Thailand:

UK couple’s dream honeymoon to Thailand is shattered after Etihad blocked them over a smudged 2019 visa stamp, leaving their holiday cancelled, flights lost and… Read More ›

Paetongtarn visits her Dad former Premier Thaksin Shinawatra in prison. Says he’s under mental stress

Paetongtarn visits her Dad former Premier Thaksin Shinawatra in prison. Says he’s under mental stress

November 21, 2025

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

Paetongtarn visits her father, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, in prison, saying he is under severe mental stress after a Supreme Court tax ruling and… Read More ›

Crackdown on foreign misbehaviour as South Korean who hosted hooker party is nabbed for solicitation

Crackdown on foreign misbehaviour as South Korean who hosted hooker party is nabbed for solicitation

November 21, 2025

Crime, Living, Media, Thailand:

South Korean tourist arrested in Pattaya for meth use, hosting escort party and illegal entry as Thai immigration launches tough crackdown on foreigner crime, seizing… Read More ›

70 year old Thai businesswoman falls for impressive investment platform engineered by Russian for theft

70 year old Thai businesswoman falls for impressive investment platform engineered by Russian for theft

November 21, 2025

Crime, Living, Media, Thailand:

A 70-year-old Thai businesswoman lost ฿11.6 million after a Russian suspect built a fake investment platform that showed fabricated gains, collected cash at her office,… Read More ›

Corruption at Bangkok Remand Prison. High-priced hooker flown in from China for an elite mafia inmate

Corruption at Bangkok Remand Prison. High-priced hooker flown in from China for an elite mafia inmate

November 21, 2025

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

Chinese mafia inmates live like kings in Bangkok Remand Prison, enjoying imported appliances, superior food, paid Thai attendants, and high-priced models flown from China for… Read More ›

Mexico’s Fátima Bosch wins Ms Universe crown even after leading a revolt weeks ago that made world news

Mexico’s Fátima Bosch wins Ms Universe crown even after leading a revolt weeks ago that made world news

November 21, 2025

Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Mexico’s Fátima Bosch wins Miss Universe in Bangkok after leading a mass walkout, surviving police raids, judge resignations, and onstage chaos, closing one of the… Read More ›

British man assaults French lover found in a hotel room with his Thai girlfriend. Denies injuries to the woman

British man assaults French lover found in a hotel room with his Thai girlfriend. Denies injuries to the woman

November 20, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

A 44-year-old British man was arrested in Koh Samui after violently attacking a 23-year-old French tourist he found in a hotel room with his Thai… Read More ›

Police swoop in Nong Khai leads to arrest of Chinese contractor who returned after just being deported

Police swoop in Nong Khai leads to arrest of Chinese contractor who returned after just being deported

November 20, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Blacklisted Chinese contractor slips across the Mekong to re-enter Thailand for factory work, but Nong Khai officers intercept him and two accomplices in a targeted… Read More ›

Elderly Canadian woman dies on speedboat outing to swimming area off Koh Phi Phi. Hit by a freak wave

Elderly Canadian woman dies on speedboat outing to swimming area off Koh Phi Phi. Hit by a freak wave

November 20, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

A 69-year-old Canadian tourist tragically died off Koh Phi Phi after a freak wave struck her while swimming at Pha Daeng. She was pulled ashore… Read More ›

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