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Digital Economy Ministry working to have Thai fake news centre up and running by November 1st

Digital Economy Ministry working to have Thai fake news centre up and running by November 1st

September 8, 2019

Media, More News from Thailand, Personal, Thailand:

Four key news coverage areas have been identified for monitoring which are natural events or disasters, reports on the economy, reports on harmful consumer products… Read More ›

South Korean woman’s banknote pics led to Thai baggage handler being caught red-handed by police

South Korean woman’s banknote pics led to Thai baggage handler being caught red-handed by police

September 7, 2019

Crime, More News from Thailand, Personal, Thailand:

South Korean woman used her smartphone to take photos of her wallet and each of the twenty ฿1,000 banknotes before she placed them inside her… Read More ›

Thai man in debt turned to armed bank robbery as a way out. Tearful wife says he was a ‘good’ man

Thai man in debt turned to armed bank robbery as a way out. Tearful wife says he was a ‘good’ man

September 7, 2019

Crime, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Husband and father entered the bank with no disguise and paused for a few seconds before bounding on to the teller counter. Foiled when he… Read More ›

Drugs leave Thai prisons chronically overcrowded with 87% of female prisoners jailed for meths

Drugs leave Thai prisons chronically overcrowded with 87% of female prisoners jailed for meths

September 7, 2019

Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Seminar hears a call for a more rehabilitative criminal justice system where petty offences are not even brought to court. Thailand has one of the… Read More ›

Chiang Rai woman’s downfall when fake US dollar purchaser revealed himself as a local police boss

Chiang Rai woman’s downfall when fake US dollar purchaser revealed himself as a local police boss

September 6, 2019

Crime, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

54-year-old Thai woman met the undercover policeman at a local station and showed off her product and even showed part of the counterfeiting process. Then… Read More ›

Maldives minister dashes to the airport over Air Asia Bangkok flight as plane’s engine caught fire

Maldives minister dashes to the airport over Air Asia Bangkok flight as plane’s engine caught fire

September 6, 2019

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Panic inside Maldives Bangkok flight: A Kiwi couple were sitting right beside the engine that exploded. As passenger panic on the plane grew, the New… Read More ›

Gold shop in Thonburi, Bangkok robbed by man at gunpoint – ฿3 million taken as well as ฿40k cash

Gold shop in Thonburi, Bangkok robbed by man at gunpoint – ฿3 million taken as well as ฿40k cash

September 6, 2019

Crime, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Man fled on a Honda Click motorbike heading for Taling Chan as Thai police in Bang Phlat scour CCTV to identify and track him down.… Read More ›

Man arrested in ฿500 million cryptocurrency fraud in Bangkok. Scam targeted Asian countries

Man arrested in ฿500 million cryptocurrency fraud in Bangkok. Scam targeted Asian countries

September 5, 2019

Crime, Economy, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Cryptocurrency trading and investing have emerged as a growing and legitimate industry in Thailand with tight government regulation. However, it still appears to be a… Read More ›

Database tech catches man days before statute of limitations expired on death penalty murder case

Database tech catches man days before statute of limitations expired on death penalty murder case

September 4, 2019

Crime, More News from Thailand, Personal, Thailand:

Foreigners also targeted by new police high tech. Finnish man gets a nasty shock as he flew home through Suvarnabhumi Airport on August 22nd after… Read More ›

Thai households struggling with a growing debt burden with ฿13 trillion in debt owed to banks

Thai households struggling with a growing debt burden with ฿13 trillion in debt owed to banks

September 3, 2019

Economy, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Even during the former period of stronger economic growth, many economists presciently warned that the high level of household debt was a lag factor on… Read More ›

Prosecutors to tell Thanathorn on October 1st if he faces criminal proceedings over Facebook show

Prosecutors to tell Thanathorn on October 1st if he faces criminal proceedings over Facebook show

September 3, 2019

Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Article 14 of Thailand’s very wide-ranging Computer Crime Act makes it an offence to import any false information into a computer system such as a… Read More ›

Education Minister issues new rules to crack down on sexy mini skirts and deadly inter-school rivalry

Education Minister issues new rules to crack down on sexy mini skirts and deadly inter-school rivalry

September 2, 2019

Culture, More News from Thailand, Personal, Thailand:

Minister used his powers under the Child Protection Act 2003 to tighten up and add to regulations that had not been amended since 2005. There… Read More ›

Star defrocked as a monk and arrested in ฿13 million credit card fraud linked to Udon Thani hotel

Star defrocked as a monk and arrested in ฿13 million credit card fraud linked to Udon Thani hotel

September 2, 2019

Crime, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

The fraud investigation has been pursued by the Economic Crime Suppression Division of the Royal Thai Police after credit cards issuers smelled a rat when… Read More ›

Thai court issues warrants for two southern insurgents linked to ฿85 million gold heist in Songkhla

Thai court issues warrants for two southern insurgents linked to ฿85 million gold heist in Songkhla

September 1, 2019

Crime, More News from Thailand, Personal, Thailand:

The mastermind and leader of the gold heist is thought by police to be 39-year old Jae-arong Heng who is already understood to have crossed… Read More ›

Parliament to debate PM’s oath-taking question which is also referred to the Constitutional Court

Parliament to debate PM’s oath-taking question which is also referred to the Constitutional Court

September 1, 2019

Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam suggests that the debate should be held behind closed doors due to sensitive issues that may arise as MPs plan… Read More ›

Unit suggests that TM30 reporting be scrapped to make doing business in Thailand easier as Chambers weigh in

Unit suggests that TM30 reporting be scrapped to make doing business in Thailand easier as Chambers weigh in

August 31, 2019

Economy, Foreigners, Living, Personal, Thailand:

The TM30 reporting for foreigners living in Thailand is reported to be causing severe problems for long term expats in Thailand since March 25th this… Read More ›

Thaksin cleared in ‘Big Boss’ Krung Thai Bank loan scandal which has so far seen 19 people jailed

Thaksin cleared in ‘Big Boss’ Krung Thai Bank loan scandal which has so far seen 19 people jailed

August 31, 2019

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

The scandal has embroiled the former prime minister’s son Mr Panthongtae Shinawatra or ‘Oak’ who has denied receiving any benefit from the loans and strenuously… Read More ›

Chinese boss murdered by migrant restaurant staff in Bangkok after complaining of noise

Chinese boss murdered by migrant restaurant staff in Bangkok after complaining of noise

August 30, 2019

Crime, More News from Thailand, Personal, Thailand:

Chen Yi Hai had been living in accommodation over the restaurant since August 20th and was due to assume control on September 1st. He is… Read More ›

GM laying off workers at its plant at Rayong but company says it remains committed to Thailand

GM laying off workers at its plant at Rayong but company says it remains committed to Thailand

August 30, 2019

Economy, More News from Thailand, Personal, Thailand:

General Motors has its Southeast Asian headquarters in Bangkok. It ascribes the cost-cutting move to a need for efficiency in its operations in Thailand going… Read More ›

Thai police in Nakhon Ratchasima raid farm with marijuana crop growing at its heart on Tuesday

Thai police in Nakhon Ratchasima raid farm with marijuana crop growing at its heart on Tuesday

August 30, 2019

Crime, More News from Thailand, Personal, Thailand:

The growing and possession of cannabis is still strictly illegal in Thailand except under a controlled government programme for medical cannabis which is now in… Read More ›

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