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Crackdown aimed at upending foreign business trade moves from Koh Phangan to Phuket. Four arrested

Crackdown aimed at upending foreign business trade moves from Koh Phangan to Phuket. Four arrested

October 27, 2025

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

Thailand’s nationwide crackdown on illegal foreign businesses has hit Phuket hard. Police raided five Israeli-linked firms — including restaurants and a tour outlet — arresting… Read More ›

Prime Minister Anutin signs accord with Cambodia witnessed by US President Trump in Kuala Lumpur

Prime Minister Anutin signs accord with Cambodia witnessed by US President Trump in Kuala Lumpur

October 27, 2025

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

Trump brokers landmark peace as Thai PM Anutin and Cambodia’s Hun Manet sign the ‘Kuala Lumpur Accords’ in Malaysia. The US-backed deal ends deadly border… Read More ›

Thailand in mourning for Queen Sirikit, the Queen Mother who passed away on Friday at 93 years of age

Thailand in mourning for Queen Sirikit, the Queen Mother who passed away on Friday at 93 years of age

October 26, 2025

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

Thailand plunges into deep mourning as Queen Sirikit, the Queen Mother, dies at 93 years old. Thousands of citizens line Bangkok streets in black to… Read More ›

UK Thai woman suddenly loses her British accent after stroke in Turkey. Now speaks like Thai mother

UK Thai woman suddenly loses her British accent after stroke in Turkey. Now speaks like Thai mother

October 24, 2025

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

A British-Thai woman’s dream holiday turned to horror when she suffered a stroke in Turkey and woke up speaking with a Thai accent. Cathy Warren,… Read More ›

29 year old Samut Prakan man died on the phone to Grandma after a bite from cobra that entered home

29 year old Samut Prakan man died on the phone to Grandma after a bite from cobra that entered home

October 24, 2025

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

39-year-old man in Samut Prakan dies on the phone to his 74-year-old grandmother after a cobra bites him in his apartment, leaving him fatally poisoned… Read More ›

Pheu Thai moves beyond Paetongtarn era as bitter party leadership showdown looms on October 31st

Pheu Thai moves beyond Paetongtarn era as bitter party leadership showdown looms on October 31st

October 23, 2025

Crime, Culture, Economy, Foreigners, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:

Pheu Thai faces a high-stakes leadership showdown on October 31 as Chaturon Chaisaeng and Julapun Amornvivat battle for the top post, while veteran Suriya Jungrungruangkit… Read More ›

Russian arrested at a motorbike rental business and for retailing illicit substances on Koh Phangan 

Russian arrested at a motorbike rental business and for retailing illicit substances on Koh Phangan 

October 23, 2025

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

Russian arrested on Koh Phangan for illegal motorcycle and car rentals, seizing tourists’ passports, and selling psilocybin mushrooms and cannabis vapes, prompting authorities to launch… Read More ›

UK Coke dealer arrested as police moved in just as he intercepted package from Europe at condo complex

UK Coke dealer arrested as police moved in just as he intercepted package from Europe at condo complex

October 22, 2025

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

UK cocaine dealer nabbed in a dramatic Bangkok condo raid as police swooped while he tried to claim a parcel from Europe. Officers seized 1.1kg… Read More ›

No respite for Koh Phangan foreign business owners with new raids on Tuesday targeting high end villas

No respite for Koh Phangan foreign business owners with new raids on Tuesday targeting high end villas

October 22, 2025

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

Koh Phangan crackdown hits foreigners hard as police raid luxury villas, offices, and a consultancy linked to 89 companies, summoning tourists and caretakers, exposing complex… Read More ›

Immigration Bureau confirms Belarusian national travelled through Thailand at Suvarnabhumi Airport

Immigration Bureau confirms Belarusian national travelled through Thailand at Suvarnabhumi Airport

October 21, 2025

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

Belarusian model Vera Kravtsova travelled through Thailand before being murdered in Myanmar, her organs sold by a Chinese-led scam gang. Thai police confirm she passed… Read More ›

Crackdown to wipe out foreign business abuses and ownership on Koh Phangan & Koh Samui intensifies

Crackdown to wipe out foreign business abuses and ownership on Koh Phangan & Koh Samui intensifies

October 21, 2025

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

Thai police intensify an unprecedented crackdown on illegal foreign land ownership and business on Koh Phangan and Koh Samui, ending nominee arrangements, enforcing strict compliance… Read More ›

High powered, secretive meeting chaired by PM agrees robust action against Cambodian networks

High powered, secretive meeting chaired by PM agrees robust action against Cambodian networks

October 21, 2025

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

PM Anutin chairs a secret Government House meeting, orders crackdown on Thai networks linked to Cambodian scams, vows to revoke citizenship of dual nationals involved,… Read More ›

Police racing to verify disturbing reports of Belarusian model alleged to have been taken by scammers

Police racing to verify disturbing reports of Belarusian model alleged to have been taken by scammers

October 20, 2025

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

Thai police are urgently probing claims that Belarusian model Vera Kravchova was lured to Thailand, trafficked into Myanmar, enslaved in a scam compound and died,… Read More ›

Thaksin serves  his prison term as a teacher to inmates at Khlong Prem without further pardon

Thaksin serves his prison term as a teacher to inmates at Khlong Prem without further pardon

October 20, 2025

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

Thaksin Shinawatra has ruled out seeking another royal pardon and is serving his one-year sentence at Klong Prem Prison, teaching fellow inmates, keeping disciplined, maintaining… Read More ›

Crazy foreigner clambers for the roof in Phuket. This time it was an intoxicated Dane, a former professional boxer

Crazy foreigner clambers for the roof in Phuket. This time it was an intoxicated Dane, a former professional boxer

October 19, 2025

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

Chaos erupted in Phuket as a drunken former Danish boxer climbed rooftops in Kata, shouting and risking his life. Police worked carefully to calm him,… Read More ›

Horror story of Belarusian woman taken in Bangkok by Burmese scam compound gang being investigated

Horror story of Belarusian woman taken in Bangkok by Burmese scam compound gang being investigated

October 19, 2025

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

Belarusian model Vera Kravchova, 26, vanished after a Bangkok job offer. She was trafficked to a Myanmar scam camp, enslaved, and reportedly killed. Her family… Read More ›

Fears the Bhumjaithai Party has ensnared the People’s Party and any hope of real Constitutional reform 

Fears the Bhumjaithai Party has ensnared the People’s Party and any hope of real Constitutional reform 

October 18, 2025

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

Bhumjaithai Party exploits Senate control to block Pheu Thai and limit People’s Party influence, threatening meaningful constitutional reform, shaping the 2026 election, as ongoing investigations… Read More ›

Former Pheu Thai leader welcomes return of Ex Democrat Party PM Abhisit back to frontline politics

Former Pheu Thai leader welcomes return of Ex Democrat Party PM Abhisit back to frontline politics

October 18, 2025

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

Former PM Abhisit Vejjajiva returns as Democrat Party leader, warmly welcomed by ex-Pheu Thai chief Dr. Cholnan Srikaew, promising democratic reform, youth engagement, and renewed… Read More ›

Evil Romance scammers break the hearts of lonely middle-aged women in the Kingdom’s Northeast

Evil Romance scammers break the hearts of lonely middle-aged women in the Kingdom’s Northeast

October 17, 2025

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

Ruthless Thai romance scammers in the Northeast are fleecing lonely middle-aged women, taking tens of thousands of baht for fake foreign husbands, leaving victims blocked… Read More ›

Kla Tham MP dismisses unproven scam centre claims about Deputy Prime Minister Thamanat Prompow

Kla Tham MP dismisses unproven scam centre claims about Deputy Prime Minister Thamanat Prompow

October 17, 2025

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

Kla Tham Party MP Pai Lik defends Deputy PM Thamanat Prompow against unverified Cambodian Scam Centre scam claims. He calls the accusations baseless and challenges… Read More ›

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