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Russian firearms dealer arrested while keeping his visa status legal in Thailand at Phuket Immigration

Russian firearms dealer arrested while keeping his visa status legal in Thailand at Phuket Immigration

August 15, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Russian firearms dealer arrested at Phuket Immigration while maintaining legal visa status, linked to alleged weapons trafficking. Thai authorities emphasise zero tolerance and the protection… Read More ›

Cambodian recoils at Thai concertina wire makeshift barriers just erected along the contentious border

Cambodian recoils at Thai concertina wire makeshift barriers just erected along the contentious border

August 15, 2025

Culture, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Tensions on the boil at the Thai-Cambodian border as Thailand erects tyre and wire barricades, Cambodia stages tearful protests for foreign observers, and over 100… Read More ›

People’s Party MPs claim they were offered ฿10 million to vote for casino bill before it was withdrawn

People’s Party MPs claim they were offered ฿10 million to vote for casino bill before it was withdrawn

August 15, 2025

Culture, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

People’s Party MPs reveal they were offered ฿10 million to vote for the now-withdrawn Entertainment Complex Bill athe 2026 budget. They rejected the bribes but… Read More ›

Prime Minister Paetongtarn to call five expert witness on August 21st to support her Hun Sen audio clip defence

Prime Minister Paetongtarn to call five expert witness on August 21st to support her Hun Sen audio clip defence

August 15, 2025

Culture, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra will call five expert witnesses on August 21 to support her defence over a leaked audio with Cambodian leader Hun Sen,… Read More ›

Trouble in paradise for marriages between foreigner and Thais as Australian gets ready to return home

Trouble in paradise for marriages between foreigner and Thais as Australian gets ready to return home

August 14, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Trouble in paradise for Thai–farang marriages as 75-year-old Australian prepares to return home after wife seeks divorce, while Pattaya faces repeated domestic abuse cases involving… Read More ›

Uncle Phol carted off to prison for murdering niece, Nong Chompoo in May 2020 but may still be bailed

Uncle Phol carted off to prison for murdering niece, Nong Chompoo in May 2020 but may still be bailed

August 14, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Uncle Phol, 49-year-old Chaiphon Wipha, jailed for murdering his 3-year-old niece Nong Chompoo in May 2020, remains behind bars in Mukdahan but may still be… Read More ›

Tensions are still rising on Thai Cambodian border as 2nd Army commander reveals defensive tactics

Tensions are still rising on Thai Cambodian border as 2nd Army commander reveals defensive tactics

August 14, 2025

Culture, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Thai-Cambodian border tensions escalate as 2nd Army Commander Boonsin visits soldiers maimed by landmines, unveils new defensive tactics using machinery, drones and surveillance. He vows… Read More ›

Thailand heading into another Constitutional crisis as August 29th date set for deciding the PM’s fate

Thailand heading into another Constitutional crisis as August 29th date set for deciding the PM’s fate

August 14, 2025

Culture, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Thailand heads into a fresh constitutional crisis as the August 29 court date looms for PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra, with three high-stakes family-related court battles set… Read More ›

Brainy 16 year old swats his maths teacher leaving her with a black eye in act which has stunned Thailand

Brainy 16 year old swats his maths teacher leaving her with a black eye in act which has stunned Thailand

August 13, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

A top Thai student shocked the nation by punching his math teacher after receiving a lower-than-expected grade. The 16-year-old, known for high achievement, left her… Read More ›

Cambodia is using lethal Russian PMN2 landmines to subvert the Thai military’s composure on the border

Cambodia is using lethal Russian PMN2 landmines to subvert the Thai military’s composure on the border

August 13, 2025

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

Cambodia is planting fresh Russian-made PMN-2 landmines on the Thai border, causing serious injuries and escalating tensions. Thailand vows strong defence while Cambodia denies claims,… Read More ›

Arrest in Phang-nga linked to grisly murder found at a local pier. Body dumped in chains and dumbbells

Arrest in Phang-nga linked to grisly murder found at a local pier. Body dumped in chains and dumbbells

August 13, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Phang Nga police arrest a 21-year-old in the grisly murder of a 51-year-old woman found chained and weighted with dumbbells near Ban Tha Yai pier.… Read More ›

Pheu Thai MP publicly asks the Constitutional Court to defer decision on the PM’s fate, fearing a crisis 

Pheu Thai MP publicly asks the Constitutional Court to defer decision on the PM’s fate, fearing a crisis 

August 13, 2025

Culture, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Pheu Thai MP urges Constitutional Court to delay ruling on PM Paetongtarn amid political crisis. Border clashes with Cambodia escalate, creating a power vacuum and… Read More ›

Expert warns foreign tourism has become Thailand’s curse, fueling inertia and a widespread malaise

Expert warns foreign tourism has become Thailand’s curse, fueling inertia and a widespread malaise

August 12, 2025

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

Thailand’s reliance on foreign tourism is now a curse, warns a Hong Kong bond analyst. It fuels corruption, instability and stagnation. Arrivals are down 6.56%,… Read More ›

Two die in an SUV crash in Prachuap Khiri Khan at notorious black spot. Three rescued including child

Two die in an SUV crash in Prachuap Khiri Khan at notorious black spot. Three rescued including child

August 12, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Two die in a horrific SUV crash at the notorious Ang Thong Curve in Prachuap Khiri Khan. Three others, including a 7-year-old child, were seriously… Read More ›

Early morning Pattaya madness dumps UK biker in hot water after obstructing an ambulance rescue

Early morning Pattaya madness dumps UK biker in hot water after obstructing an ambulance rescue

August 12, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

British motorcyclist Paul Dennis Holloway fined after recklessly cutting off an ambulance rushing a drowning victim in Pattaya. Ignoring sirens and flashing lights, he made… Read More ›

Rate cut anticipated as outgoing Bank of Thailand governor attends last Monetary Policy Committee

Rate cut anticipated as outgoing Bank of Thailand governor attends last Monetary Policy Committee

August 12, 2025

Economy, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Outgoing Bank of Thailand governor’s final MPC meeting on August 13 may cut rates by 25bps to support the economy amid rising US tariffs, weaker… Read More ›

Morning surprise for 29-year-old Indian Bon Vivant who paid a large restaurant bill with a forged slip

Morning surprise for 29-year-old Indian Bon Vivant who paid a large restaurant bill with a forged slip

August 11, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Indian tourist arrested in Pattaya after running up a ฿90,000 restaurant bill and trying to pay with a forged bank transfer slip. Police caught him… Read More ›

Flailing Hun Sen wages new war on his own nationals in Thailand by threatening them if they don’t return

Flailing Hun Sen wages new war on his own nationals in Thailand by threatening them if they don’t return

August 11, 2025

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

Hun Sen’s regime threatens Cambodian workers in Thailand with loss of citizenship and property if they don’t return. After losing 3,000 soldiers in fierce clashes… Read More ›

Blind man dies chained to pole inside burning home in Kanchanaburi. Police launch full investigation

Blind man dies chained to pole inside burning home in Kanchanaburi. Police launch full investigation

August 11, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

A 66-year-old blind man was found chained to a pole and burned alive in his Kanchanaburi home. His wife admitted they had argued 10 days… Read More ›

Conservatives behind plan to bring back General Prayut. Pheu Thai on Sunday insisted politics will hold

Conservatives behind plan to bring back General Prayut. Pheu Thai on Sunday insisted politics will hold

August 11, 2025

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

Conservatives push to bring back General Prayut as incumbent Prime Minister Paetongtarn faces a court ruling and her father Thaksin battles legal troubles. Political tensions… Read More ›

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