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Thailand trips to cost more as a minister-chaired panel approves a 53% airport tax hike, pushing up return fares for foreign travellers. The sharp increase,… Read More ›
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34-year-old Brit Louis Johe Jarvie is critically injured in a vicious early-morning stabbing at Maya Bay Phuket bar. The large European-looking attacker fled, but police… Read More ›
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Phuket buyers say they lost over ฿100m in a luxury villa scam, finding only crude shells, no land proof and a vanished agent. They claim… Read More ›
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Runaway baht triggers urgent central bank action as officials push rate cuts, tighten gold scrutiny and demand a jump in outflow limits from $1m to… Read More ›
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Thailand scraps its 53-year afternoon alcohol ban for a 6-month trial as tourism pushes for longer hours, but midnight cutoffs and stiff fines remain, leaving… Read More ›
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Ten foreign poker players were busted in a covert late-night raid on Koh Phangan as armed police stormed a rented house known as Golden Moon,… Read More ›
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Nightmare for British husband as 75-year-old wife Suzanne is killed instantly crossing a motorway in Nonthaburi. Driver charged with reckless driving, the victim’s husband forgives… Read More ›
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Thai police smash Chinese mafia bitcoin mining operation with over 3,600 devices seized from shipping containers, water-cooled systems dismantled and stolen electricity losses to the… Read More ›
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Shock grips Bangkok as photos of PM Anutin Charnvirakul and Finance Minister Ekniti Nitithanprapas with controversial financier Ben Smith emerge online, sparking calls from the… Read More ›
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American John Michael Walsh, 69, was found dead in a Pattaya hotel bathroom with his hands handcuffed behind his back and a black plastic bag… Read More ›
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Defiant top cop Big Joke faces criminal defamation case in Bangkok, stands by TV claims police are a ‘criminal organisation,’ and vows to release detailed… Read More ›
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Former justice minister Thawee Sodsong slams a 1972 junta law he says lets Thai banks charge up to 28% interest—thirteen points above the legal cap—driving… Read More ›
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AMLO seizes hundreds of assets tied to South African financier Ben Smith, Cambodian tycoons Chen Zhi and Kok An, uncovering transnational fraud, cryptocurrency laundering, investment… Read More ›
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Hat Yai and southern Thailand begin a month-long recovery after record floods that halted trade, devastated industries, slashed GDP from 2% to 1.9%, and confirmed… Read More ›
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An 84-year-old German tourist was found dead in his hotel room near Kamala Beach in Phuket on Sunday. Police ordered an autopsy and notified the… Read More ›
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Foreign tourist collapsed in Phuket after consuming cannabis edibles, sparking scrutiny of Thailand’s booming ฿43 billion market and other hospitalisations of tourists and a toddler,… Read More ›
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Big Joke repeats shocking claims that the true Hat Yai flood death toll is far higher than official 140. The ex top cop warns deaths… Read More ›
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Top lawyer and president of a provincial lawyers’ association shot a motorcyclist in the arm during a road rage incident in Nonthaburi on Monday morning.… Read More ›
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Queen Suthida ran the half-marathon in Bangkok with Eliud Kipchoge as 50,000 runners participated, completing 21.1 kilometres in 2 hours 13 minutes and 40 seconds,… Read More ›
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Major setback for PM Anutin as southern voters abandon Bhumjaithai and flock to Abhisit Vejjajiva and the Democrat Party amid floods, rising corruption, and high… Read More ›
Constitutional crisis again as Bhumjaithai MPs vote to uphold the veto power of the Senate over reform 
Police in Phuket probe death of tourist who checked into a hotel room and hours later fell off a balcony 
Thailand’s foreign tourism sector in crisis as visitor decline accelerates. 9.8% fewer arrivals than 2024 
Woman denied entry to Thailand on proof of funds criteria. Rule brought back in May to tighten security 
Minister of Defence comes out to assure the public that Thai armed forces were acting within the law 
Fears for US Thai trade deal as hostilities flared on Monday with Thai sources ruling out intervention 
Norwegian man sent to hospital after he went berserk in Bangkok on Friday and tried to steal a Tuk Tuk 
Thai nationals ordered evacuated from conflict zones in 4 provinces near Cambodia as conflict threatens 
Second UK man in three days lost while swimming at the beach. 91 year old on Koh Lanta lost on Tuesday 
Rangsiman Rome sued for ฿100M by Deputy Prime Minister Thamanat Prompow for defamation 
Higher return fares to Thailand after 53% Airport Tax rise ok’d by panel chaired by Transport Minister 
10 property buyers in Phuket complain about scam villa development after paying out over ฿100 million 
Afternoon drinking ban gone on a test basis for 6 months as foreign tourism sector asks for later hours 
Nightmare of Brit husband as loving 75-year-old wife is killed suddenly in motorway crash on Wednesday 
Shock in Bangkok as photos of the Prime Minister and Finance Minister with Ben Smith published online 
Defiant and indefatigable top cop Big Joke meets criminal defamation case head-on in Bangkok 
Money Laundering Office seizes assets with money trail linked to South African financier Ben Smith 
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