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Defiant and indefatigable top cop Big Joke meets criminal defamation case head-on in Bangkok

Defiant and indefatigable top cop Big Joke meets criminal defamation case head-on in Bangkok

December 3, 2025

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

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 ›

Former Justice Minister takes aim at a 70s junta law allowing Thai banks to overcharge customers by 10%

Former Justice Minister takes aim at a 70s junta law allowing Thai banks to overcharge customers by 10%

December 3, 2025

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

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 ›

Money Laundering Office seizes assets with money trail linked to South African financier Ben Smith

Money Laundering Office seizes assets with money trail linked to South African financier Ben Smith

December 3, 2025

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

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 ›

Recovery starts in the South and Hat Yai but calamity has damaged the economy. Death claims rejected

Recovery starts in the South and Hat Yai but calamity has damaged the economy. Death claims rejected

December 3, 2025

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

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 ›

84-year-old German tourist dies at hotel near Kamala in Phuket. Autopsy ordered and Embassy notified

84-year-old German tourist dies at hotel near Kamala in Phuket. Autopsy ordered and Embassy notified

December 2, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

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 ›

Collapsed foreign tourist in Phuket raises questions about Thailand’s flourishing cannabis edibles sector

Collapsed foreign tourist in Phuket raises questions about Thailand’s flourishing cannabis edibles sector

December 2, 2025

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

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 ›

Big Joke repeats his startling claims about the true scale of deaths in the Hat Yai flooding disaster

Big Joke repeats his startling claims about the true scale of deaths in the Hat Yai flooding disaster

December 2, 2025

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

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 ›

Top lawyer wings motorcyclist in arm after road rage incident unfolded in Nonthaburi on Monday morning

Top lawyer wings motorcyclist in arm after road rage incident unfolded in Nonthaburi on Monday morning

December 2, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

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 ›

Queen runs half marathon in early morning Bangkok run on Sunday with Kenyan legend Eliud Kipchoge

Queen runs half marathon in early morning Bangkok run on Sunday with Kenyan legend Eliud Kipchoge

December 1, 2025

Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

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 ›

Major setback for PM Anutin as Southern voters turn back to the Democrat Party and Abhisit Vejjajiva

Major setback for PM Anutin as Southern voters turn back to the Democrat Party and Abhisit Vejjajiva

November 30, 2025

Culture, Foreigners, Living, Media, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

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 ›

Stinging attack on Prime Minister Anutin from former top cop Gen Surachate Hakparn over Hat Yai deaths

Stinging attack on Prime Minister Anutin from former top cop Gen Surachate Hakparn over Hat Yai deaths

November 30, 2025

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

Former top cop General Surachate Hakparn lashes out at Prime Minister Anutin over Hat Yai floods, leaked chat shows alleged mockery of deaths, demands resignation,… Read More ›

Prime Minister Anutin’s best laid political plans sunk by Hat Yai unfolding disaster as failures emerge

Prime Minister Anutin’s best laid political plans sunk by Hat Yai unfolding disaster as failures emerge

November 30, 2025

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

Hat Yai floods devastate southern Thailand, sinking Prime Minister Anutin’s political plans as government failures emerge, hundreds die, tens of thousands are stranded, public outrage… Read More ›

Man last seen starving in Hat Yai found dead on Sunday by rescuers, another fatality from the disaster

Man last seen starving in Hat Yai found dead on Sunday by rescuers, another fatality from the disaster

November 30, 2025

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

A frail 77-year-old man, last seen starving, is found dead in Hat Yai as floodwaters recede, adding to southern Thailand’s death toll, highlighting ongoing fears… Read More ›

Southern islands see more foreign tourists lose lives to sea including a UK man on Saturday in Phuket

Southern islands see more foreign tourists lose lives to sea including a UK man on Saturday in Phuket

November 30, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Four tourists died in southern Thailand within 24 hours, including a British man at Freedom Beach in Phuket, a Russian man in Patong, and two… Read More ›

French burglar on Koh Samui caught red-handed with a house full of stolen loot when a victim walked in

French burglar on Koh Samui caught red-handed with a house full of stolen loot when a victim walked in

November 30, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

French burglar on Koh Samui caught red-handed after police raided his home, recovering 13 stolen items including laptops, jewellery, designer watches, perfumes, a diamond ring,… Read More ›

Planned circuit for 2028 Bangkok Formula One Grand Prix unveiled in Bangkok following Pheu Thai push

Planned circuit for 2028 Bangkok Formula One Grand Prix unveiled in Bangkok following Pheu Thai push

November 29, 2025

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

Bangkok has unveiled a bold 5.7 km Formula One street circuit plan after the last Pheu Thai government previously drove a 2028 Grand Prix bid… Read More ›

Miss Universe world owners past and present on the run in Mexico after highly controversial Thai pageant

Miss Universe world owners past and present on the run in Mexico after highly controversial Thai pageant

November 29, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Miss Universe plunged into scandal as its Mexican and former Thai owners go on the run in Mexico after the chaotic Bangkok pageant, with drug,… Read More ›

Ebbing waters in Hat Yai revealed dead bodies as the disaster in the southern city sparks public anger 

Ebbing waters in Hat Yai revealed dead bodies as the disaster in the southern city sparks public anger 

November 28, 2025

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

Ebbing waters in Hat Yai reveal dead bodies as catastrophic floods devastate southern Thailand, triggering widespread public anger at the government. 110 deaths have so… Read More ›

Former prison boss Manop on Friday denied being the one responsible for Bangkok Prison hooker scandal

Former prison boss Manop on Friday denied being the one responsible for Bangkok Prison hooker scandal

November 28, 2025

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

Former Bangkok Remand Prison governor Manop Chomchuen denies involvement in the scandal where Chinese prostitutes were brought into the prison on Sundays. 20 officers face… Read More ›

Woman with laboured breath rescued from Hat Yai deluge 32 hrs after suffering deadly Krait snake bite 

Woman with laboured breath rescued from Hat Yai deluge 32 hrs after suffering deadly Krait snake bite 

November 27, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Woman rescued after 32 hours with laboured breath and bleeding gums following a deadly krait bite as Hat Yai’s ‘Water of Death’ swells, blocking rescuers,… Read More ›

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