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Cabinet green lights navy submarine and new Gripen jets. Acting PM says  the details are ‘state secrets’

Cabinet green lights navy submarine and new Gripen jets. Acting PM says  the details are ‘state secrets’

August 6, 2025

Economy, Living, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Cabinet approves ฿19.5 billion Gripen jet deal and revives stalled submarine project with Chinese engines as acting PM Phumtham Wechayachai shuts down media, calling plans… Read More ›

Labour Minister reveals scandal over Social Security Office (SSO) Headquarters purchase in Bangkok

Labour Minister reveals scandal over Social Security Office (SSO) Headquarters purchase in Bangkok

August 6, 2025

Crime, Culture, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:

Thailand’s new Labour Minister, Pongkawin, faces a major scandal over the ฿7 billion Social Security Office HQ purchase, allegedly nearly double the market value. Senior… Read More ›

2 Chinese men arrested in Bangkok centre for visa fraud and forgery trying to fool Immigration officers

2 Chinese men arrested in Bangkok centre for visa fraud and forgery trying to fool Immigration officers

August 5, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Two Chinese men arrested in Bangkok for forging passport stamps to obtain work visas. Caught trying to pass off a fake Non-Immigrant B visa, they… Read More ›

Well-known French expat dies in Lampang after suffering a diabetic episode while driving near home

Well-known French expat dies in Lampang after suffering a diabetic episode while driving near home

August 5, 2025

Culture, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

A well-known 60-year-old French expat was found dead in his car after a suspected diabetic shock in Lampang. Locals saw the vehicle the night before,… Read More ›

Fear on Eastern border under Martial law. Cambodian Bond nabbed on ฿162 a day from Phnom Penh regime

Fear on Eastern border under Martial law. Cambodian Bond nabbed on ฿162 a day from Phnom Penh regime

August 5, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Thai border tensions soar after Cambodian spy caught for just ฿162/day. Martial law orders to tighten security, nationwide drone ban enforced. Arrests and rocket attacks… Read More ›

Prime Minister Paetongtarn lodges defence and will not resign before the Constitutional Court judgement

Prime Minister Paetongtarn lodges defence and will not resign before the Constitutional Court judgement

August 5, 2025

Culture, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:

Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has submitted her defence to the Constitutional Court by the August 4 deadline, denying resignation rumours. She acted to protect national… Read More ›

Hun Sen expels party official and deputy governor for expressing her concern for starving frontline soldiers

Hun Sen expels party official and deputy governor for expressing her concern for starving frontline soldiers

August 4, 2025

Living, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Hun Sen purges rising star Thee Sovantha for exposing starving troops as Cambodia reels after mass surrender of soldiers, health crises among frontline troops and… Read More ›

Nightly patrols, a ban on drones and the arrest of spies. Thai border provinces are still very much in war mode

Nightly patrols, a ban on drones and the arrest of spies. Thai border provinces are still very much in war mode

August 4, 2025

Crime, Culture, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

Thai border provinces remain on edge with nightly patrols, a nationwide drone ban and spy arrests after Cambodian attacks displaced over 100,000. Cambodia continues troop… Read More ›

Business leaders and bankers urge the government to push through the US Thai tariff deal at all costs

Business leaders and bankers urge the government to push through the US Thai tariff deal at all costs

August 4, 2025

Economy, Living, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Game-changer deal approved! Thai cabinet backs historic US trade pact slashing tariffs to 19% — industry leaders and bankers demand rapid rollout to boost exports,… Read More ›

Thai soldiers near a battleground dubbed a killing field at the border report rotting Cambodian corpses

Thai soldiers near a battleground dubbed a killing field at the border report rotting Cambodian corpses

August 4, 2025

Crime, Culture, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:

Thai soldiers near a killing field at the border endure the unbearable stench of rotting Cambodian corpses left unretrieved. As talks continue in Malaysia, tensions… Read More ›

Nigerian arrested on Friday linked to international drug smuggling cartel led by Africans on Koh Samui

Nigerian arrested on Friday linked to international drug smuggling cartel led by Africans on Koh Samui

August 3, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Nigerian man arrested with cocaine in Phuket linked to a major drug cartel based in Koh Samui. Two Brazilians caught with ฿20 million worth of… Read More ›

German crypto conman suspect collared by police in southern Thailand, delighting his Australian victim

German crypto conman suspect collared by police in southern Thailand, delighting his Australian victim

August 3, 2025

Crime, Culture, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

German crypto conman arrested in Thailand after swindling retired Aussie cop out of $1.1 million. The elaborate scam highlights rising crypto fraud targeting expats. Victim… Read More ›

Thaksin wants higher excise duties on EV cars that are simply assembled in Thailand by Chinese firms 

Thaksin wants higher excise duties on EV cars that are simply assembled in Thailand by Chinese firms 

August 3, 2025

Economy, Living, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Thaksin urges steep excise taxes on Chinese-assembled EVs in Thailand to protect local industry. The government plans new tax rules rewarding genuine Thai-made parts, aiming… Read More ›

Conservative protesters promise a move to oust government and excoriate US-prompted ceasefire on July 28th

Conservative protesters promise a move to oust government and excoriate US-prompted ceasefire on July 28th

August 3, 2025

Culture, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:

Conservative protesters surged onto a Bangkok roundabout, condemning the US-backed ceasefire as a national humiliation. Led by Jatuporn Prompan, they demand PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra’s immediate… Read More ›

Well mannered 9 year old school girl who dreamed of being a doctor dies on a school yard ‘train’ swing

Well mannered 9 year old school girl who dreamed of being a doctor dies on a school yard ‘train’ swing

August 2, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Nine-year-old Nong Praewa, a well-mannered third grader who dreamed of becoming a doctor, died after being struck by a rocking playground ride at her school… Read More ›

Swedish Nonproliferation and Export Control Agency reviewing Thailand’s Gripen jets deal. No suspension

Swedish Nonproliferation and Export Control Agency reviewing Thailand’s Gripen jets deal. No suspension

August 2, 2025

Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:

Thailand’s ฿19.5 billion deal to buy 12 Swedish Gripen jets still on, despite combat use sparking a review by Sweden’s export agency. Air Chief Marshal… Read More ›

World hears what happened in Sisaket. Cambodia used Chinese rocket systems to target civilians in a war crime

World hears what happened in Sisaket. Cambodia used Chinese rocket systems to target civilians in a war crime

August 2, 2025

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

Cambodia’s deadly three-day rocket attack on Sisaket targeted innocent Thai civilians using Chinese-made weapons. 17 killed nationwide. A last-minute US-brokered ceasefire stopped further bloodshed. Survivors’… Read More ›

Game changer US Thai trade deal approved at special cabinet meeting as 19% tariff rate warmly welcomed

Game changer US Thai trade deal approved at special cabinet meeting as 19% tariff rate warmly welcomed

August 2, 2025

Economy, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:

Emergency cabinet backs game-changing US-Thai trade deal as 19% tariff rate lands. Exporters get soft loans, key industries gain protection, and investor confidence surges. Pact… Read More ›

Swedish Gripen fighters deal on hold as Foreign Minister refuses to sign off over Thai Cambodia clash last week

Swedish Gripen fighters deal on hold as Foreign Minister refuses to sign off over Thai Cambodia clash last week

August 1, 2025

Culture, Economy, Living, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Sweden’s $600M Gripen jet deal with Thailand is on hold after Thai jets struck Cambodian targets, as part of last week’s border conflict. Foreign Minister… Read More ›

Cruel revenge killing by spurned man sparks lynching attempt in Chonburi as police collar murderer

Cruel revenge killing by spurned man sparks lynching attempt in Chonburi as police collar murderer

August 1, 2025

Crime, Culture, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

A 54-year-old father is fatally stabbed by his 28-year-old former son-in-law in Chonburi after a failed reconciliation with his daughter. Furious locals attempt lynching, but… Read More ›

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