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‘The Serpent’ serial killer who terrorised Bangkok released by Nepal on human rights grounds
Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
The 78-year-old thief and murderer profited handsomely and lived in luxury off his exploits since he was arrested in India in 1976 even while spending… Read More ›
Thailand looking at new modular US nuclear reactors as a future sustainable power source
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Successful summit was wrapped up by Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan ocha in Bangkok on Saturday as he handed over the baton to the US… Read More ›
Pattani bombs put Thai security agencies on alert as they gear up for APEC Summit in Bangkok
Crime, Culture, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:
Deputy Prime Minister issued a new order to Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) in the South and other agencies to step up already heightened vigilance… Read More ›
World Cup all set to be available on free-to-air TV in a vital boost to the foreign tourism industry
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The US dollar has fallen by 3.7% against the baht in the last 3 weeks as the number of foreign tourists entering the country is… Read More ›
CNN reporters leave Thailand after being cleared of trespass but fined for illegally working on a tourist visa
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Tensions and feelings are running high over the kingdom’s worst mass massacre. A senior police officer was summarily removed from his post on Monday after… Read More ›
King and Queen support bereaved families of victims of the country’s worst mass murder in on Thursday
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King spoke movingly to parents of the bereaved gathered on Friday night on the first floor of Nong Bua Lamphu Hospital, the day after Thailand’s… Read More ›
Myanmar’s junta crumbles along with Russia’s war in Ukraine as US progresses in the Indo Pacific
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Russia’s attempts to pivot to Asia were greeted politely and initially with interest up to this point by nervous Southeast Asian countries anxious for another… Read More ›
King Charles III to be acclaimed as the World comes to terms with the loss of Queen Elizabeth II
Culture, Living, Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
Change of era: for 90% of the world’s population there has never been any other Queen of England, a key figure in news events and… Read More ›
Property market collapse in China and a Chinese economic recession is the key threat to Thailand
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Thai economy is currently chugging along in choppy waters as China’s problems grow and the US dices with recession. However, the key worry is, increasingly,… Read More ›
Investigation into police woman’s maid abuse scandal raising serious questions about corruption
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It has emerged that the 43-year-old policewoman, jailed on Monday after being refused bail, was working within Thailand’s Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC), the equivalent… Read More ›
Police woman who kept 30-year-old soldier as a slave rocks Thailand, exposing a hidden, dark culture
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Explosive details of a woman’s 2-year nightmare as a slave within the house of a serving Special Branch police woman who claimed to be the… Read More ›
Pelosi defies Communist China’s concerted campaign of intimidation and visits Taiwan sparking a crisis
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The landing of the US House of Representatives Speaker in Taipei has triggered a major crisis between China and the United States in the region… Read More ›
Prayut retains all the cards as Thailand may be pivoting back to a one-ballot election process
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Political naiveté on the part of the leading Pheu Thai Party in believing that the coalition government, through the electoral reform process, was going to… Read More ›
Canadian institute identifies Pegasus spyware on phones of 30 people linked to Bangkok protests
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This new controversy arises as Thailand and the United States recently signed a joint communiqué on promoting democracy and democratic principles not only in Thailand… Read More ›
Southeast Asia’s biggest online retailer Lazada landed in hot water in Thailand over Tik Tok video ad skit
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Tik Tok video featuring a transgender influencer joking with a disabled person in a wheelchair sparks fury across Thailand from royalists who claim the skit… Read More ›
Defiant Thanathorn vows to prove his innocence after being charged with Lèse-majesté offence in Bangkok
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The latest charges against Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, a key political activist and opponent of the government, have been anticipated for some time ever since the Prime… Read More ›
Channel 5 TV rumpus shows Thailand feels the heat in an altered world after the Ukrainian war raised divisions
Culture, Living, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:
The Ukraine war and the unprecedented resolve of western countries to sanction Russia even while sacrificing their individual economic interests, make it crystal clear that… Read More ›
Thai News for Foreigners
Russian man barrels his way into a Pattaya Seven-Eleven store smashing the glass door to pieces
January 16, 2023
A Russian man went wild in the heart of Pattaya on
Fraud suspect nabbed by police in Phuket linked to $100 million fraud centred on Jersey, US deli shop
January 14, 2023
The search for the third accused in the New Jersey
Thai economy up against it in 2023 despite the hype and hoopla over Chinese tourists returning
January 13, 2023
Thailand is an export-led economy operating in an
Police promise full charges to be filed against reckless Bentley driver over multicar expressway smash-up
January 10, 2023
Driver, with a woman in tow, fled the scene in a taxi.
Covid chaos descends again on Thailand’s foreign tourism sector amid cancellations and complaints
January 8, 2023
Travel agents in France have been forced to cancel
Pattaya police hunt down the killer of a UK man who had just returned to Thailand from Britain the day before
January 6, 2023
UK expat and murder victim was on his way home after
Prayut to make his move for a third term but is the battle for power already lost to Pheu Thai?
January 4, 2023
There are signs that a seismic change is about to
Economic chiefs promise a brighter 2023 for Thai people despite the more gloomy world outlook for the year
January 2, 2023
The foreign tourism industry will be the key driver of
Fears for Aung San Suu Kyi who faces 33 years in a Myanmar prison held under primitive conditions
December 31, 2022
The latest conviction of the popular Burmese
PM orders ‘full force’ help for Thai nationals and families linked to the Poipet casino disaster in Cambodia
December 29, 2022
Fire which destroyed the Grand Diamond casino in the
PM and Ung Ing to do battle in 2023 for the top job with public debt and the economy as key issues
December 27, 2022
Public debt and the management of the economy will be
Police officer, wife of Du Hao kingpin and niece of former police chief arrested and grilled by prosecutors
December 25, 2022
The scale and depth of this corruption scandal keeps
Australian travelling with family arrested for illegal gun possession boarding a Ko Samui flight
December 23, 2022
Police in Ko Samui said on Wednesday that they did
22 still missing as naval chiefs plan refloat of the Sukhothai which capsized and sunk on Sunday
December 21, 2022
35-year-old, US-built vessel lying capsized at a depth
Chinese gangs approaching expectant Thai fathers in private hospitals seeking identity transfers
December 19, 2022
The Narcotics Suppression Bureau (NSB) moved last
King and Queen visit Princess Bajrakitiyabha at a Bangkok hospital after she took ill on Wednesday
December 16, 2022
Well wishes have come from around the country as
Chinese mafia case taken over by police chief with top officers assigned to different key roles on the probe
December 14, 2022
Last week, the chief whistleblower, in this case,
