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Row over handling of two online gambling cases related to MPs. Questions of jurisdiction and fair play

Row over handling of two online gambling cases related to MPs. Questions of jurisdiction and fair play

October 21, 2026

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

฿226 million frozen in one gambling case, questions in another! Rome challenges the treatment of Chonnapat and a Bhumjaithai MP’s husband. Suchada’s shifting share-sale account,… Read More ›

German family members injured in Phuket after app based taxi driver lost control of car looking at GPS

German family members injured in Phuket after app based taxi driver lost control of car looking at GPS

October 20, 2026

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GPS distraction sparks terror on a Phuket street as a white Toyota hits a food vendor and pedestrians. Six people are injured, including German children… Read More ›

Bhumjaithai MP and her husband answer questions of the elite DSI police over links to online gambling

Bhumjaithai MP and her husband answer questions of the elite DSI police over links to online gambling

October 20, 2026

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

DSI investigators question the Australian husband of Bhumjaithai MP Suchada over his former stake in Shuffle.com. Separately, ฿1.9 billion in declared wealth faces scrutiny as… Read More ›

Hellish battle with UK Home Office for Brit seeking to bring Burmese fiancée and son home for Christmas

Hellish battle with UK Home Office for Brit seeking to bring Burmese fiancée and son home for Christmas

October 20, 2026

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British father battles UK visa refusal that threatens his baby’s first Christmas in Lancashire. His Burmese fiancée is barred from visiting despite their Koh Tao… Read More ›

7kg heroin in drink sachets bound for Australia found in a Samut Prakan premises after police tip off

7kg heroin in drink sachets bound for Australia found in a Samut Prakan premises after police tip off

October 19, 2026

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

Thai police uncover 7kg of suspected heroin packed into instant drink sachets for Australia. The senders remain unidentified. Meanwhile, officers seize 2.56 million yaba tablets… Read More ›

Much loved Robocop, a popular figure in Nonthaburi near Bangkok dies in a tragic road traffic accident

Much loved Robocop, a popular figure in Nonthaburi near Bangkok dies in a tragic road traffic accident

October 19, 2026

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

Just two hours after his final Facebook post, Nonthaburi’s ‘Robocop’ policeman, 28, was dead. A car turned across double yellow lines into his motorcycle’s path.… Read More ›

Thai star Nene Royal faces trademark headaches in Thailand and South Korea as she secures her fortune

Thai star Nene Royal faces trademark headaches in Thailand and South Korea as she secures her fortune

October 18, 2026

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

Nene Royal, 16, conquers America’s Got Talent, meets Thailand’s King and rocks with Avenged Sevenfold. But a Chiang Mai woman filed for her stage name… Read More ›

Six dead in deadly clashes in Southern Thailand including a policeman killed on National Police Day

Six dead in deadly clashes in Southern Thailand including a policeman killed on National Police Day

October 17, 2026

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

Gunfire tears through a Narathiwat hideout as police and soldiers confront armed suspects. A sergeant and three men die, while two rangers are badly wounded.… Read More ›

Underfire southern MP says Prime Minister Anutin telephoned her and urged her to post a selfie online

Underfire southern MP says Prime Minister Anutin telephoned her and urged her to post a selfie online

October 17, 2026

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

World leaders applaud Anutin’s saxophone solo as an MP’s gambling links trouble Bhumjaithai. Suchada insists her husband owns just 1% of an overseas firm. Their… Read More ›

Prime Minister cock a hoop as IMF World Bank meet ends in Bangkok. Insists Thailand’s standing has risen

Prime Minister cock a hoop as IMF World Bank meet ends in Bangkok. Insists Thailand’s standing has risen

October 17, 2026

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

Anutin predicts an economic leap after Bangkok hosts the IMF–World Bank summit for 191 nations. US Fed chief Kevin Warsh applauded Thailand’s organisation, OECD chief… Read More ›

Departures tax pushed by the Ministry of Finance is the death kiss for the tourist sector say top execs

Departures tax pushed by the Ministry of Finance is the death kiss for the tourist sector say top execs

October 16, 2026

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

Thai AirAsia sounds the alarm over a ฿1,000 departure tax as Thailand’s tourism recovery stalls again and dives. Foreign arrivals reach just 23.94 million, ASEAN… Read More ›

US Bangkok broadside to the IMF and the World Bank delivered by Scott Bessent who snubbed the meeting

US Bangkok broadside to the IMF and the World Bank delivered by Scott Bessent who snubbed the meeting

October 16, 2026

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

Washington turns up the heat at Bangkok’s IMF–World Bank meetings. Absent Treasury chief Scott Bessent demands oil and gas funding, nuclear investment, an end to… Read More ›

Friday protests by anti IMF World Bank activists continue after overnight camp event in central Bangkok

Friday protests by anti IMF World Bank activists continue after overnight camp event in central Bangkok

October 16, 2026

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

Bangkok’s IMF–World Bank summit faces angry street protests as police block a march and demonstrators occupy roads overnight. Campaigners attack corporate influence and public debt,… Read More ›

Air hostess linked to international trafficking ring smuggling Chinese nationals in and out of Thailand

Air hostess linked to international trafficking ring smuggling Chinese nationals in and out of Thailand

October 16, 2026

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

Police arrest Chinese air hostess in Hat Yai over suspected migrant smuggling between Thailand and Malaysia. Two men crossed illegally, another woman hid inside a… Read More ›

Protests at the IMF World Bank meetings turn violent but Bangkok police deny being heavy handed

Protests at the IMF World Bank meetings turn violent but Bangkok police deny being heavy handed

October 15, 2026

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

Violence flares near Bangkok’s IMF and World Bank summit as police clash with protesters trying to hang banners from a bridge. Demonstrators are injured, but… Read More ›

Bhumjaithai Party Southern MP facing political strain as questions grow about her husband’s online fortune

Bhumjaithai Party Southern MP facing political strain as questions grow about her husband’s online fortune

October 15, 2026

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

Suchada Sangtanasap is left to fight alone as Bhumjaithai refuses lawyers amid an NACC probe into her family’s ฿1.97 billion assets. Her Australian husband’s crypto… Read More ›

Portuguese woman’s 5 year stay in Thailand without a valid visa ends at a Phuket cookery class on Tuesday

Portuguese woman’s 5 year stay in Thailand without a valid visa ends at a Phuket cookery class on Tuesday

October 15, 2026

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

Phuket cooking class ends in arrest for a Portuguese woman after immigration police expose a 1,807-day overstay. She has no original passport, only a phone… Read More ›

Thai police get involved in Hong Kong prostitution ring smashed last weekend which yielded vast returns

Thai police get involved in Hong Kong prostitution ring smashed last weekend which yielded vast returns

October 14, 2026

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

Thai women recruited for lucrative Hong Kong hotel sex bookings as police arrest 16 and seize or freeze ฿77 million. Organisers pocketed 70% of takings,… Read More ›

Police arrest Chinese tourist thief who used Thai flights to snatch credit cards and run up charges on them

Police arrest Chinese tourist thief who used Thai flights to snatch credit cards and run up charges on them

October 14, 2026

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

Police swoop on Chinese tourist, 51, at Don Mueang on Sunday, October 11, over two earlier flight thefts. Cards and cash worth ฿317,662 vanished on… Read More ›

UK man urgently sought by family after vanishing in Thailand over a week ago just before his flight home

UK man urgently sought by family after vanishing in Thailand over a week ago just before his flight home

October 13, 2026

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

Eight days lost in Thailand: Bailey-Harris Singh, 20, vanished after failing to board his UK flight at Bangkok airport. His phone and location services are… Read More ›

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