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Defiant and indefatigable top cop Big Joke meets criminal defamation case head-on in Bangkok

Defiant and indefatigable top cop Big Joke meets criminal defamation case head-on in Bangkok

December 3, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Defiant top cop Big Joke faces criminal defamation case in Bangkok, stands by TV claims police are a ‘criminal organisation,’ and vows to release detailed… Read More ›

Former Justice Minister takes aim at a 70s junta law allowing Thai banks to overcharge customers by 10%

Former Justice Minister takes aim at a 70s junta law allowing Thai banks to overcharge customers by 10%

December 3, 2025

Culture, Economy, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Former justice minister Thawee Sodsong slams a 1972 junta law he says lets Thai banks charge up to 28% interest—thirteen points above the legal cap—driving… Read More ›

Money Laundering Office seizes assets with money trail linked to South African financier Ben Smith

Money Laundering Office seizes assets with money trail linked to South African financier Ben Smith

December 3, 2025

Crime, Culture, Economy, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

AMLO seizes hundreds of assets tied to South African financier Ben Smith, Cambodian tycoons Chen Zhi and Kok An, uncovering transnational fraud, cryptocurrency laundering, investment… Read More ›

Recovery starts in the South and Hat Yai but calamity has damaged the economy. Death claims rejected

Recovery starts in the South and Hat Yai but calamity has damaged the economy. Death claims rejected

December 3, 2025

Culture, Economy, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Hat Yai and southern Thailand begin a month-long recovery after record floods that halted trade, devastated industries, slashed GDP from 2% to 1.9%, and confirmed… Read More ›

Collapsed foreign tourist in Phuket raises questions about Thailand’s flourishing cannabis edibles sector

Collapsed foreign tourist in Phuket raises questions about Thailand’s flourishing cannabis edibles sector

December 2, 2025

Crime, Culture, Economy, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Foreign tourist collapsed in Phuket after consuming cannabis edibles, sparking scrutiny of Thailand’s booming ฿43 billion market and other hospitalisations of tourists and a toddler,… Read More ›

Big Joke repeats his startling claims about the true scale of deaths in the Hat Yai flooding disaster

Big Joke repeats his startling claims about the true scale of deaths in the Hat Yai flooding disaster

December 2, 2025

Crime, Culture, Economy, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Big Joke repeats shocking claims that the true Hat Yai flood death toll is far higher than official 140. The ex top cop warns deaths… Read More ›

Major setback for PM Anutin as Southern voters turn back to the Democrat Party and Abhisit Vejjajiva

Major setback for PM Anutin as Southern voters turn back to the Democrat Party and Abhisit Vejjajiva

November 30, 2025

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

Major setback for PM Anutin as southern voters abandon Bhumjaithai and flock to Abhisit Vejjajiva and the Democrat Party amid floods, rising corruption, and high… Read More ›

Stinging attack on Prime Minister Anutin from former top cop Gen Surachate Hakparn over Hat Yai deaths

Stinging attack on Prime Minister Anutin from former top cop Gen Surachate Hakparn over Hat Yai deaths

November 30, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Former top cop General Surachate Hakparn lashes out at Prime Minister Anutin over Hat Yai floods, leaked chat shows alleged mockery of deaths, demands resignation,… Read More ›

Prime Minister Anutin’s best laid political plans sunk by Hat Yai unfolding disaster as failures emerge

Prime Minister Anutin’s best laid political plans sunk by Hat Yai unfolding disaster as failures emerge

November 30, 2025

Culture, Economy, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Hat Yai floods devastate southern Thailand, sinking Prime Minister Anutin’s political plans as government failures emerge, hundreds die, tens of thousands are stranded, public outrage… Read More ›

Man last seen starving in Hat Yai found dead on Sunday by rescuers, another fatality from the disaster

Man last seen starving in Hat Yai found dead on Sunday by rescuers, another fatality from the disaster

November 30, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

A frail 77-year-old man, last seen starving, is found dead in Hat Yai as floodwaters recede, adding to southern Thailand’s death toll, highlighting ongoing fears… Read More ›

Planned circuit for 2028 Bangkok Formula One Grand Prix unveiled in Bangkok following Pheu Thai push

Planned circuit for 2028 Bangkok Formula One Grand Prix unveiled in Bangkok following Pheu Thai push

November 29, 2025

Culture, Economy, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Bangkok has unveiled a bold 5.7 km Formula One street circuit plan after the last Pheu Thai government previously drove a 2028 Grand Prix bid… Read More ›

Ebbing waters in Hat Yai revealed dead bodies as the disaster in the southern city sparks public anger 

Ebbing waters in Hat Yai revealed dead bodies as the disaster in the southern city sparks public anger 

November 28, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Ebbing waters in Hat Yai reveal dead bodies as catastrophic floods devastate southern Thailand, triggering widespread public anger at the government. 110 deaths have so… Read More ›

Former prison boss Manop on Friday denied being the one responsible for Bangkok Prison hooker scandal

Former prison boss Manop on Friday denied being the one responsible for Bangkok Prison hooker scandal

November 28, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Former Bangkok Remand Prison governor Manop Chomchuen denies involvement in the scandal where Chinese prostitutes were brought into the prison on Sundays. 20 officers face… Read More ›

Former top cop General Surachate Hakparn or Big Joke strikes back against the National Police Chief

Former top cop General Surachate Hakparn or Big Joke strikes back against the National Police Chief

November 27, 2025

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

Former top cop Surachate Hakparn, known as Big Joke, strikes back at the National Police Chief, filing a Section 157 lawsuit, presenting corruption and bribery… Read More ›

33 deaths and still rising as southern floods threaten to overwhelm the government’s dithered response

33 deaths and still rising as southern floods threaten to overwhelm the government’s dithered response

November 27, 2025

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

33 dead and rising as southern Thailand floods engulf nine provinces, tens of thousands stranded, homes submerged with rescue efforts stretched. PM Anutin remains in… Read More ›

Rising ‘Water of Death’ sees Songkhla and Hat Yai facing worst flooding in 300 years say some observers

Rising ‘Water of Death’ sees Songkhla and Hat Yai facing worst flooding in 300 years say some observers

November 25, 2025

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

Rising ‘Water of Death’ floods Songkhla and Hat Yai and southern provinces. 1.9 million affected, water up to four metres high, worst in 300 years,… Read More ›

Former Pheu Thai Finance Minister calls for a liquidity boost and a cheaper baht to pump the economy

Former Pheu Thai Finance Minister calls for a liquidity boost and a cheaper baht to pump the economy

November 25, 2025

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

Former Deputy PM and Finance Minister Dr Suchart calls for a liquidity injection and a weaker baht to revive Thailand’s economy, boost exports and tourism,… Read More ›

Prime Minister floats the prospect of a Bhumjaithai People’s Party government after the next election

Prime Minister floats the prospect of a Bhumjaithai People’s Party government after the next election

November 24, 2025

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

Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul signals a potential Bhumjaithai–People’s Party coalition after a wave of MPs defect, intensifying speculation over the next government, the likely early… Read More ›

Temptation faces Prime Minister Anutin to play the nationalist card as a General Election looms in 2026

Temptation faces Prime Minister Anutin to play the nationalist card as a General Election looms in 2026

November 24, 2025

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

Anutin is squeezed as nationalist protests erupt, US trade talks freeze and the Thai-Cambodian border crisis deepens — triggering economic risk, diplomatic backlash, and a… Read More ›

Bank of Thailand boss calls for a lower valued baht for an economy that is presently failing to perform

Bank of Thailand boss calls for a lower valued baht for an economy that is presently failing to perform

November 23, 2025

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

Bank of Thailand calls for a weaker baht as Thailand’s economy falters, GDP slows, exports and tourism decline, household debt rises, banks tighten credit and… Read More ›

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