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Thai police launch sweeping crackdown on foreign sex workers in Bangkok, targeting Vietnamese nationals flooding red-light zones. New tech screens tourists at the border as… Read More ›
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Bangkok taxi tensions explode as police crackdown ahead of talks. Drivers threaten to blockade Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang over Grab access. Unions vow no special… Read More ›
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Thailand to end cannabis free-for-all by June with strict new rules requiring medical certs, 30-day limits and licenced supplies. The crackdown comes amid rising smuggling… Read More ›
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UK mum insists her son was set up after being caught with cocaine hidden in his passport at Phuket airport. Despite his legal conviction and… Read More ›
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Thaksin to address Thailand’s drug control board despite protests over his 2003 crackdown that caused thousands of deaths. Critics warn his violent legacy risks politicising… Read More ›
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Liverpool fans in Bangkok took to the streets a day early to celebrate the club’s 2024/25 Premier League title. Led by legend John Arne Riise,… Read More ›
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Top Thai economist Dr. Anusorn warns the US dollar is set to weaken under Trump’s new trade war, pushing the baht up. He urges swift… Read More ›
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Thailand edges closer to crisis as former rivals unite against Prime Minister Paetongtarn amid looming export tariffs, a surging baht and a deepening political scandal… Read More ›
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3 police officers died when a 1973 Bell 212 helicopter malfunctioned mid-air and crashed in Prachuap Khiri Khan—Thailand’s second fatal police air accident in a… Read More ›
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Thai man’s bomb joke sparks airport panic, delays AirAsia flight at Phuket. 200 evacuated, full bomb search clears plane. Man arrested, charged with causing public… Read More ›
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Jailed Thai human rights lawyer Arnon Nampa received the 2025 Front Line Defenders Award in Dublin for his courageous fight for democracy and free speech… Read More ›
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Arsenic from Wa State gold mining poisons Chiang Rai’s Kok River, threatening thousands of families and businesses. Thai ministers will meet on May 27 to… Read More ›
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Koh Samui cops nab murder suspect working at papaya salad shop after 36-year-old nurse found strangled in her dorm. Victim’s car stolen, signs of sexual… Read More ›
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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 ›
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 ›
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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 ›
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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 ›
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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 ›
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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 ›
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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 ›
PM Paetongtarn hoping to get a fillip from US-Thai trade talks as she battles for political survival against arch foes 
Swede handed a nasty docket in Pattaya as his former life of fraud at home caught up with him Wednesday 
Finance Minister is banking on a U.S. extension of the reciprocal tariff suspension expiring on July 9 
Cannabis or marijuana again going underground on November 11 2025 after minister’s order on Monday 
Elderly Latvian arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport trying to smuggle heroin out of Laos to Malaysia 
iPhone saves woman from a crossbow arrow fired by crazy Norwegian on Thursday morning in Surat Thani 
Bhumjaithai Party lays down the gauntlet on weed. Calls for passage of its original 2022 control law 
Search for a new central bank boss heats up amid a political and economic storm buffeting the kingdom 
Two drug mules in drug party killed by Thai armed forces on the Myanmar border. 4.8 million pills seized 
Cannabis ghost back to life after finishing quest to Chiang Mai. Piya reclaimed his life from the drug 
48-year-old Russian tourist drowns swimming off Karon Beach with red flags raised warning of danger 
Time to face up to the villainous regime on Thailand’s eastern border. Hun Sen’s gangsterism exposed in new audio clip 
Online prostitution network operating in Singapore from Thailand is smashed by joint police operation 
Liquidity crisis or shortage of cash on the ground is shrinking Thailand’s economic growth prospects 
People’s Party leader and opposition leader Teng calls for dissolution of parliament to prevent a coup 
13 Western online bond fraud salesmen appear in court after raid on palatial mansion in Samut Prakan 
German cocaine dealing beer bar owner caught red handed by undercover Pattaya Police. Business over 
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