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Motorway murder on busy Bangkok expressway. Man gunned down in front of girlfriend while driving home

Motorway murder on busy Bangkok expressway. Man gunned down in front of girlfriend while driving home

December 23, 2025

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

Motorway murder shocks Bangkok as a 34-year-old man is gunned down in front of his girlfriend on the Sri Ratch Expressway early Tuesday morning. Suspect… Read More ›

Driver fined, suspended and faces prosecution after losing temper with tourist who rubbished his van

Driver fined, suspended and faces prosecution after losing temper with tourist who rubbished his van

December 23, 2025

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Phuket van driver fined and banned for six months after striking a foreign tourist with a plastic bottle at the airport during a rubbish dispute.… Read More ›

Welder killed from gas explosion while working and conditioning manhole covers outside a Chonburi mall

Welder killed from gas explosion while working and conditioning manhole covers outside a Chonburi mall

December 22, 2025

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30-year-old welder killed and another seriously injured after a late-night gas explosion during manhole repairs outside a Chonburi shopping mall. The blast shattered concrete, injured… Read More ›

Top Commerce Ministry official warns that any US trade deal must wait for new parliament and cabinet

Top Commerce Ministry official warns that any US trade deal must wait for new parliament and cabinet

December 22, 2025

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

The US may raise tariffs if the Thailand-Cambodia peace fails. Caretaker government cannot sign any trade deal until a new parliament and cabinet approve, while… Read More ›

Asean Summit on Monday and Tuesday seen by United States as pivotal to restoring border peace

Asean Summit on Monday and Tuesday seen by United States as pivotal to restoring border peace

December 21, 2025

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

Summit diplomacy looms as Washington pushes to revive the Thai-Cambodian ceasefire, but border fighting continues, missiles fly, F-16s strike targets, landmines maim troops and Bangkok… Read More ›

Poll shows there’s still a chance for a Pheu Thai People’s Party coalition but it will take a bit of luck

Poll shows there’s still a chance for a Pheu Thai People’s Party coalition but it will take a bit of luck

December 21, 2025

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

Bangkok opinion poll shows a narrow path remains for a Pheu Thai–People’s Party coalition after September’s Anutin gamble. Support has slid, voters are undecided and… Read More ›

Lopburi Police arrest local man who viciously beat new wife to death after row erupted over her cooking

Lopburi Police arrest local man who viciously beat new wife to death after row erupted over her cooking

December 20, 2025

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

Newly married man, 37, arrested after brutally beating his new 45-year-old wife to death following an argument over her cooking. He slept beside her overnight… Read More ›

Brit online tour operator in Thailand arrested by police and charged with running an illegal business

Brit online tour operator in Thailand arrested by police and charged with running an illegal business

December 20, 2025

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

British online tour operator arrested in Bangkok after police say he ran illegal national park tours for over a decade. Officers estimate he cost Thailand… Read More ›

Tourists warned about rising Vietnamese pickpocket menace targeting popular Bangkok attractions

Tourists warned about rising Vietnamese pickpocket menace targeting popular Bangkok attractions

December 19, 2025

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

Vietnamese pickpocket gangs target Bangkok attractions, using coordinated thefts, umbrellas to block the view, forged identities and illegal entry are part of the mix. Arrests… Read More ›

Bank of Thailand’s sounds warning to government on the urgent need for action to curb the baht’s value

Bank of Thailand’s sounds warning to government on the urgent need for action to curb the baht’s value

December 18, 2025

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

Baht alarm bells: Thailand’s central bank warns the currency is surging dangerously, pushes the government for stronger powers over gold trading and capital flows as… Read More ›

Rates cut to 1.25% as damaged economy limps on to the end of 2025 with even stiffer headwinds ahead

Rates cut to 1.25% as damaged economy limps on to the end of 2025 with even stiffer headwinds ahead

December 17, 2025

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

Central Bank lowers borrowing costs as Thailand’s battered economy limps toward year-end, hit by weak growth, tourism slump, floods, war costs, trade uncertainty with the… Read More ›

Police arrest local man charged with abusing niece of a temple abbot in Bangkok some nine years ago

Police arrest local man charged with abusing niece of a temple abbot in Bangkok some nine years ago

December 17, 2025

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

Bangkok temple volunteer arrested over 2016 abuse of abbot’s niece, who endured years of anxiety before reporting. The suspect denies all charges as police continue… Read More ›

Blitzkrieg on foreign firms and enterprises on Koh Phangan continues with French owned resort busted

Blitzkrieg on foreign firms and enterprises on Koh Phangan continues with French owned resort busted

December 16, 2025

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

Unprecedented crackdown on foreign firms rolls on as police raid a French-run Koh Phangan resort, arrest a 32-year-old French operator and 4 Burmese workers, shut… Read More ›

Advanced anti tank rockets being used against Thai military forces in the raging border with Cambodia

Advanced anti tank rockets being used against Thai military forces in the raging border with Cambodia

December 16, 2025

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

Thailand investigates Cambodia’s use of advanced GAM-102 LR anti-tank missiles costing $112,000 per launch and military drones in border clashes, raising urgent questions about funding,… Read More ›

Chuwit described the People’s Party’s leadership as ‘childish’ and says the party was spoilt by voters

Chuwit described the People’s Party’s leadership as ‘childish’ and says the party was spoilt by voters

December 15, 2025

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

Chuwit Kamolvisit brands the People’s Party ‘childish’ and says it was spoiled by voters, blasting its September misstep in backing Anutin Charnvirakul as Prime Minister.… Read More ›

Travellers being ‘restricted’ from entering Thailand as security risks linked to the Thai Cambodian war

Travellers being ‘restricted’ from entering Thailand as security risks linked to the Thai Cambodian war

December 15, 2025

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

Travellers are being blocked from flights and denied entry to Thailand as immigration tightens security amid the escalating war with Cambodia targeting suspected mercenaries, foreign… Read More ›

Foreign Minister Sihasak expresses disappointment at Trump’s remarks on border landmine incidents

Foreign Minister Sihasak expresses disappointment at Trump’s remarks on border landmine incidents

December 14, 2025

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

Thai Foreign Minister Sihasak expresses strong disappointment at Trump’s remarks on border landmine incidents, rejects ‘accident’ claim, backs Thai military and PM, stresses ceasefire requires… Read More ›

Bizarre crash involving four UAE bikers in Phang-nga leads to one death and three being hospitalised

Bizarre crash involving four UAE bikers in Phang-nga leads to one death and three being hospitalised

December 14, 2025

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

Bizarre Phang Nga motorcycle crash involving four UAE bikers riding together left the youngest rider, 25, dead and three others injured and hospitalised as police… Read More ›

Teenager reports to Udon Thani police after running away from home. Reports sexual abuse by her father

Teenager reports to Udon Thani police after running away from home. Reports sexual abuse by her father

December 13, 2025

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

14-year-old girl flees home in Udon Thani, reports seven years of sexual abuse by her father and alleged involvement of his friends. Authorities are also… Read More ›

Top tourist body expresses concern about the Thai Cambodian war’s impact on foreign tourism industry

Top tourist body expresses concern about the Thai Cambodian war’s impact on foreign tourism industry

December 13, 2025

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

Top tourism body ATTA warns Thai-Cambodian conflict and caretaker government paralysis are rattling foreign tourist confidence, as visitors question safety in Pattaya and Udon Thani,… Read More ›

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