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Still hope for Yingluck after Supreme Court sets ฿10 billion civil liability. Lawyer cites new evidence

Still hope for Yingluck after Supreme Court sets ฿10 billion civil liability. Lawyer cites new evidence

May 22, 2025

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

Thailand’s Supreme Court slaps Yingluck with ฿10bn debt over rice scheme. She calls it hopeless, but her lawyer vows to fight on, citing fresh evidence… Read More ›

Second UK woman is jailed in a Third World hell hole after smuggling cannabis-based drugs from Bangkok

Second UK woman is jailed in a Third World hell hole after smuggling cannabis-based drugs from Bangkok

May 22, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

A second British woman is jailed in Sri Lanka after smuggling £1.2m of Kush from Bangkok. Charlotte May Lee, 21, wept in court as she… Read More ›

Health Minister Somsak launches regulatory blitz to outlaw non-medical cannabis use within 40 days

Health Minister Somsak launches regulatory blitz to outlaw non-medical cannabis use within 40 days

May 21, 2025

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Health Minister Somsak launches a 40-day blitz to ban non-medical cannabis use and stop smuggling. This follows the arrests of two young British women linked… Read More ›

Bhumjaithai comes out fighting. Says it will sue reserve Senator for defamation over explosive election rigging claims

Bhumjaithai comes out fighting. Says it will sue reserve Senator for defamation over explosive election rigging claims

May 21, 2025

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Bhumjaithai vows legal war after explosive Senate rigging claims. Party slams reserve senator’s call for its dissolution as slander. Threatens defamation suits. Allegations include audio,… Read More ›

People’s Party Sirikanya attacks GDP growth claims by Minister. Points to rising Chinese transshipments

People’s Party Sirikanya attacks GDP growth claims by Minister. Points to rising Chinese transshipments

May 20, 2025

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

Sirikanya slams government minister’s 3-quarter GDP streak claims as misleading, citing weak industry and Chinese transshipments. Warns of looming recession, fading tourism, and budget gimmicks.… Read More ›

Sleep-deprived trailer truck ploughed into stationery passenger car at traffic lights. Driver was asleep

Sleep-deprived trailer truck ploughed into stationery passenger car at traffic lights. Driver was asleep

May 20, 2025

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

Sleep-deprived trucker slammed into a car at a red light in Phang Nga, killing one and injuring three. Victims were trapped in wreckage after trailer… Read More ›

Anutin laughs off Senate probe and effort to link Bhumjaithai to an alleged plot to rig the upper house 

Anutin laughs off Senate probe and effort to link Bhumjaithai to an alleged plot to rig the upper house 

May 20, 2025

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

Anutin laughs off explosive claims linking Bhumjaithai to a Senate-rigging plot as the EC and DSI ramp up investigations, summoning over 140 people. Coup fears… Read More ›

Police suspect DJ was abducted and executed by drug dealer after getting too friendly with his moll

Police suspect DJ was abducted and executed by drug dealer after getting too friendly with his moll

May 19, 2025

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

DJ Tete, a well-known Kanchanaburi DJ, was found executed in a forest after being abducted. Police suspect a drug dealer’s revenge over a romantic link… Read More ›

Status of Burma’s General Saw Chit Tu in Thailand may be a further issue in future US-Thai talks on security

Status of Burma’s General Saw Chit Tu in Thailand may be a further issue in future US-Thai talks on security

May 19, 2025

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

Warlord Saw Chit Tu’s grip on Myanmar’s scam capital Myawaddy defies Thai crackdown efforts and fuels U.S. concern ahead of key security talks. Despite sanctions… Read More ›

Tourism Ministry should hold its nerve and pursue long-haul markets with higher visitor spends strategy

Tourism Ministry should hold its nerve and pursue long-haul markets with higher visitor spends strategy

May 18, 2025

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

Thailand shifts focus to wealthy European tourists after Chinese arrivals collapse. Officials push long-stay travel and high-end spending, but confusion over visas, safety concerns, and… Read More ›

Thammasat University legal scholar and 1992 protest leader warns another coup cannot be ruled out

Thammasat University legal scholar and 1992 protest leader warns another coup cannot be ruled out

May 18, 2025

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Thammasat University legal scholar and former 1992 protest leader warns Thailand still faces the risk of another coup. Despite decades of progress, political deadlock and… Read More ›

Government in peril over the coming weeks with Constitutional Court petition over Senate collusion conspiracy

Government in peril over the coming weeks with Constitutional Court petition over Senate collusion conspiracy

May 17, 2025

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

Thailand’s fragile government faces collapse as the Senate vote-fixing scandal explodes and Thaksin heads to court. With economic pain mounting and coalition parties at war… Read More ›

Collapsed building executives and engineers denied bail by the Criminal Court and sent to Bangkok Prison

Collapsed building executives and engineers denied bail by the Criminal Court and sent to Bangkok Prison

May 17, 2025

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

Executives and engineers linked to Bangkok’s collapsed Auditor General building denied bail and remanded to prison. The court cited case severity and risks of evidence… Read More ›

Commerce Minister meets US trade boss Jamieson Greer in Korea. Paul Chambers case still dogs talks

Commerce Minister meets US trade boss Jamieson Greer in Korea. Paul Chambers case still dogs talks

May 16, 2025

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

Thai trade minister meets US negotiator Greer at APEC summit in Korea as July deadline looms. But hopes of a deal remain clouded by ongoing… Read More ›

Bangkok police in an armed standoff with drag crazed man who lost control after fighting with his wife

Bangkok police in an armed standoff with drag crazed man who lost control after fighting with his wife

May 16, 2025

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

Bangkok police face a tense standoff with a drug-affected man armed with a gun and sword after a violent fight with his wife. Surrounded by… Read More ›

Italian Thai boss and 16 others arrested on Thursday charged with Auditor General building deaths

Italian Thai boss and 16 others arrested on Thursday charged with Auditor General building deaths

May 15, 2025

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

Bangkok police issued arrest warrants for 17 executives, engineers and company representatives linked to the March Auditor General building collapse that killed 100. Charges include… Read More ›

Bank of Thailand warns economy faces headwinds in second half of 2025. Low inflation but no deflation

Bank of Thailand warns economy faces headwinds in second half of 2025. Low inflation but no deflation

May 15, 2025

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

Bank of Thailand officials warn of uncertain economic outlook for the second half of 2025, with growth potentially dipping to 1.3%. While inflation remains under… Read More ›

Horror in Samut Prakan as unusually aggressive Monitor Lizard partially eats body of newborn infant 

Horror in Samut Prakan as unusually aggressive Monitor Lizard partially eats body of newborn infant 

May 14, 2025

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

Terrified locals in Samut Prakan found a monitor lizard with a newborn’s body in its jaws. Police launched a full probe to trace the mother… Read More ›

Brit flies out after leaving French nightclubber seriously injured after stabbing in Cherngtalay Phuket

Brit flies out after leaving French nightclubber seriously injured after stabbing in Cherngtalay Phuket

May 14, 2025

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

A British tourist fled Thailand after stabbing a French man during a violent brawl outside a Phuket nightclub on May 11. The victim remains in… Read More ›

Shocking and real evidence of a massive Senate election collusion campaign. 1,200 people being probed by DSI

Shocking and real evidence of a massive Senate election collusion campaign. 1,200 people being probed by DSI

May 14, 2025

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

DSI exposes massive Senate vote-rigging plot with damning evidence, hotel meetings, and ฿20k bribes. Over 1,200 people are under scrutiny, including sitting senators. Secret society… Read More ›

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