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Russians arrested in Bangkok for murder of comrade in Pattaya over an unpaid debt. Organs found missing
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Pattaya police probe the brutal killing of Russian man Mikhail Emelianov after his dismembered remains were found across multiple sites. Two Russians are held as… Read More ›
People’s Party firebrand ‘ICE’ calls for actions against Election Commission after advance voting errors
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Firebrand ex-MP Ice Rakchanok attacks the Election Commission over advance voting chaos, missing People’s Party posters and claims voters were misled. She rejected the agency’s… Read More ›
Officials plan to relocate bull elephant that killed a 69 year old camper on Monday. Third human victim
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A 69-year-old tourist was killed before dawn by a wild bull elephant while exercising near his tent at a Khao Yai National Park campground. Officials… Read More ›
People’s Party leader and former MPs in court on Monday seeking bail in Gulf Criminal defamation case
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Election week drama as People’s Party leader Nattapong and two MPs face Criminal Court over energy remarks, posting bail in a defamation case filed by… Read More ›
Minister files police report over audio clip claiming a People’s Party government will spark a coup d’état
Culture, Living, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:
Leaked audio allegedly linked to Deputy Interior Minister Sakda Wichiensilp has shaken Thailand’s election days before voting, triggering a police complaint, denial and fierce political… Read More ›
Resigned Big Joke confirms he remains in Bangkok in tennis court media interview after flight rumours
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Big Joke resurfaces at a Bangkok tennis court, denying flight after his police career ended as bribery and abuse cases emerge. NACC probes move toward… Read More ›
Incoherent and drunk Russian tourist denied entry to Thailand on Thursday morning after chaotic flight
Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
Naked, intoxicated Russian man caused mid-air chaos on a Vietnam–Bangkok flight, argued with the crew and demanded the door opened. He then failed immigration screening… Read More ›
French tourist pair put on sex show in the back of a red Tuk Tuk on frantic ride through central Phuket
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Two French tourists were fined after a viral video showed them having sex on a moving tuk-tuk in Phuket. Police traced the couple within two… Read More ›
Pattaya Police comb site in Bang Lamung for missing Russian man believed murdered and dismembered
Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
Russian man Mikhail Emelianov vanished after debt threats and was later found dismembered and buried in Chonburi. Police believe the killing was revenge over unpaid… Read More ›
Election Commission officers raid Surat Thani house after reports of vote buying activity were received
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Grey money fears intensify as Thailand nears polling day, with banks flagging huge withdrawals, a ฿250 million probe opened, police raiding a Surat Thani vote-buying… Read More ›
UN exposes sham basis of Burma’s military junta’s ‘election’ that saw 80% vote for pro military party
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UN investigators say Myanmar’s military unleashed more than 400 airstrikes during elections, killing at least 170 civilians, as the junta’s proxy party claimed a landslide… Read More ›
Dane broke into Chinese man’s home on Koh Samui. Made off with safe full of deeds and build permits
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Danish tourist arrested after stealing a safe packed with ฿100 million property deeds from a Chinese businessman’s Koh Samui home. Police caught him in Krabi… Read More ›
Two women arrested on Koh Phangan in police take hard line on illicit narcotics at Full Moon Party events
Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
Two women were arrested in a police crackdown on drug sales to foreign tourists during Koh Phangan’s Full Moon Party, as officers seized methamphetamine and… Read More ›
Sharpest fall in gold in 43 years sees baht fall by 2 per cent against the US dollar and gold shop panic
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Gold chaos grips Thailand as prices crash 12% after record highs, sparking panic selling, bargain buying and packed pawn shops, while the baht weakens, volatility… Read More ›
Election boss says officials are probing six account holders in 250 million baht linked to vote buying
Culture, Living, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:
Vote-buying fears grip Thailand as election nears, with allegations of intimidation, misuse of state power and a probe into ฿250 million cash withdrawals, prompting intensified… Read More ›
Thailand’s success in the United States and sharp rise in exports sees it put on the Treasury’s watchlist
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Thailand has been placed back on the US Treasury currency watchlist as December’s exports to America surge 54.3% and the trade surplus widens. Washington tightens… Read More ›
Pattaya police probe fatal motorbike crash that took the life of an American rider on Wednesday night
Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
An American motorcyclist, 55, was killed in a head-on crash with a Bangkok-registered SUV on a Pattaya overpass late Wednesday night. Police say the rider… Read More ›
Fears quick fix to taxi driver’s car in Buriram while away from Bangkok may have caused deadly inferno
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Taxi driver, 58, was found burned to death inside his Toyota taxi on a rural Buriram road after midnight. Police found no struggle or foul… Read More ›
Mae Sot Police raid and smash internet transmission facilities busy beaming signals into Myawaddy
Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
Thai police smash cross-border scam links in Mae Sot, uncovering illegal internet transmissions beamed into Myanmar. Raids near the Friendship Bridge expose routers, antennas and… Read More ›
Thai News for Foreigners
People’s Party firebrand ‘ICE’ calls for actions against Election Commission after advance voting errors
February 3, 2026
Firebrand ex-MP Ice Rakchanok attacks the Election
People’s Party leader and former MPs in court on Monday seeking bail in Gulf Criminal defamation case
February 2, 2026
Election week drama as People’s Party leader
Resigned Big Joke confirms he remains in Bangkok in tennis court media interview after flight rumours
February 2, 2026
Big Joke resurfaces at a Bangkok tennis court, denying
French tourist pair put on sex show in the back of a red Tuk Tuk on frantic ride through central Phuket
February 2, 2026
Two French tourists were fined after a viral video
Election Commission officers raid Surat Thani house after reports of vote buying activity were received
February 1, 2026
Grey money fears intensify as Thailand nears polling
Dane broke into Chinese man’s home on Koh Samui. Made off with safe full of deeds and build permits
January 31, 2026
Danish tourist arrested after stealing a safe packed
Sharpest fall in gold in 43 years sees baht fall by 2 per cent against the US dollar and gold shop panic
January 31, 2026
Gold chaos grips Thailand as prices crash 12% after
Thailand’s success in the United States and sharp rise in exports sees it put on the Treasury’s watchlist
January 31, 2026
Thailand has been placed back on the US Treasury
Fears quick fix to taxi driver’s car in Buriram while away from Bangkok may have caused deadly inferno
January 30, 2026
Taxi driver, 58, was found burned to death inside his
Pheu Thai tally will decide 2026 election. Party’s PM nominee already a winner with the Thaksin touch
January 30, 2026
Thailand’s election enters its final week as
Bank of Thailand boss acts to thwart illicit activity in the banking system which could be vote buying
January 29, 2026
Thai poll cash fears. Bank of Thailand flags massive
Manhunt intensifies for 37 year old escaped prison inmate in Chiang Mai discovered missing on Monday
January 28, 2026
Drug convict Tanuphat Chakka escaped from Doi Hang
58 year old Brit arrested in Maha Sarakham for murdering his Thai wife. Single bullet to the head
January 28, 2026
British man, 58, arrested after Thai wife, 44, was
Top level Thai delegation at Davos came home Friday with 500 billion in economic investment pledges
January 27, 2026
Thailand storms Davos as Finance Minister Ekniti
Secrets of a sprawling international scam empire revealed on Thai Cambodian border in Surin province
January 27, 2026
Thai troops and police raided a Surin border compound,
Health ministry increase screening at top airports for the Nipah virus which has broken out in India
January 26, 2026
Thailand tightens airport screening after India’s
Massive raid by Immigration on Muang Thong Thani romance scam centre sees 13 Africans arrested
January 25, 2026
Bangkok police smashed a condo-based romance scam hub
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