Politics
Licenced online gambling site abroad linked to the husband of a government MP raises legal quandary
Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:
A ฿1.9bn wealth controversy threatens to engulf Anutin’s Bhumjaithai Party. MP Suchada and her Australian husband face questions over offshore gambling links as a senior… Read More ›
Thaksin comes to Tax Court in Bangkok seeking temporary injunction to halt Revenue Department’s enforcement
Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:
Thaksin returns to court smiling as he fights further asset seizures over a final ฿17.629 billion tax bill. His lawyers point to ฿46.37 billion already… Read More ›
Senators from the ‘blue’ camp move against dissident Election Commissioner Sitthichot Intrawises
Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:
Five blue senators demand an ethics probe into EC commissioner Sitthichot Intrawises after he revealed bitter splits over the Senate collusion case, including political links… Read More ›
Thai industrial base hammered by flooding crisis. Over 4k firms report a need for financial assistance
Economy, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:
Floods batter 4,216 Thai businesses across 55 provinces, with factories stopping and FTI losses topping ฿1 billion. Toyota and Honda suspend production, while 95% of… Read More ›
House Committee chair Rome to call Bhumjaithai MP and Australian husband on Wednesday over wealth
Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:
Nearly ฿2bn in family wealth comes under the microscope as Rangsiman Rome summons Bhumjaithai MP Suchada Sangtanasap and her husband over a ฿1.44bn loan to… Read More ›
Top anti corruption crusader arrested and charged by police in online gambling probe linked to boxing
Crime, Living, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:
Thailand’s top crime fighter Atchariya is jailed after cyber police turn their sights on their longtime critic. A ฿1bn gambling probe and disputed ฿40m money… Read More ›
US raises the stakes on industrial capacity and transshipments posing trade barriers to Thai exports
Economy, Living, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:
Bangkok’s US trade bargain faces a tariff squeeze as Jamieson Greer targets industrial overcapacity. Suphajee wants a 19% ceiling, but Section 301 cases, Thailand’s surging… Read More ›
Storm clouds gathering again as Thailand races to bolster its flood defences after last week’s deluge
Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:
Prime Minister Anutin puts Thailand on nationwide alert as another burst of severe weather threatens from October 4. Bangkok is still recovering from floods, but… Read More ›
Bhumjaithai MP files police report against People’s Party’s Rangsiman Rome over scammer link remarks
Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:
Suchada Sangtanasap goes to police after Rangsiman Rome questions scam links involving her husband in Parliament. Now, nearly ฿2 billion in family assets, including more… Read More ›
Thai Airways boss fired by the board chaired by Finance Ministry chief on Friday over baggage crisis
Economy, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:
Chai Eamsiri’s four-decade Thai Airways career hits a dramatic reversal as he is ousted from command after 10,000 bags pile up. The executive who helped… Read More ›
Sex workers group calls for enquiry into arrest of 25 Pattaya street prostitutes before US carrier visit
Crime, Living, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:
Sex worker group SWING turns the tables on Pattaya’s pre-US Navy crackdown, demanding an investigation into how 25 people were treated. The row comes as… Read More ›
Thai News for Foreigners
Police investigate a Burmese kingpin who entered Thailand by plane from India and had access to wealth
October 4, 2026
Wanted Burmese drug suspect Aung Zaw Min Khant is
Thai industrial base hammered by flooding crisis. Over 4k firms report a need for financial assistance
October 4, 2026
Floods batter 4,216 Thai businesses across 55
House Committee chair Rome to call Bhumjaithai MP and Australian husband on Wednesday over wealth
October 4, 2026
Nearly ฿2bn in family wealth comes under the
Two German tourists killed at Phang-nga zebra crossing. Pickup driver tore into them on Friday night
October 3, 2026
Two German tourists killed after a Mazda pickup runs a
Storm clouds gathering again as Thailand races to bolster its flood defences after last week’s deluge
October 3, 2026
Prime Minister Anutin puts Thailand on nationwide
Bhumjaithai MP files police report against People’s Party’s Rangsiman Rome over scammer link remarks
October 2, 2026
Suchada Sangtanasap goes to police after Rangsiman
Thai Airways boss fired by the board chaired by Finance Ministry chief on Friday over baggage crisis
October 2, 2026
Chai Eamsiri’s four-decade Thai Airways career
Elderly woman seriously injured after an old man drove EV car at speed into a crowded Bangkok shrine
October 2, 2026
Bangkok shrine chaos as a grey BYD EV races through
Tuk Tuk driver in Phuket assaulted by Middle Eastern looking tourist who failed to pay his fare to a hotel
October 2, 2026
Phuket tuk-tuk driver says foreign tourist left his
Naturalised citizenship scrutinised as PM scraps Israeli’s Thai status over ongoing home passport use
October 1, 2026
Seven years after becoming Thai, Israeli-born Ariel
Business leaders pile pressure on Thai Airways over vital air cargo artery for the kingdom’s exports to the world
October 1, 2026
Suvarnabhumi turmoil spreads from baggage halls to
Department of Business Development (DBD) contacts 43 foreign embassies on nominee shareholder firms
September 30, 2026
DBD sends details of over 100,000 foreign-linked firms
British mother from Croydon in a Cambodian hellhole prison facing up to 20 years after drug mule dupe
September 30, 2026
Tamara Martins thought she was carrying electronics.
Serving Election Commissioner again voicing his concerns about the probe into the 2024 Senate poll
September 30, 2026
Senate probe rocked by two razor-thin EC votes as
Thai Airways admits it got it wrong as Suvarnabhumi Airport public areas are swamped by a baggage flood
September 30, 2026
Chaos spreads from Suvarnabhumi baggage belts to the
Turkish arsonist arrested. His Thai girlfriend hired him to destroy evidence at her former workplace
September 29, 2026
Police crack Bangkok arson case after CCTV leads to a
Race against time and water flows as PM Anutin works round the clock tackling flooding emergency
September 29, 2026
Bangkok battles to drain as Thailand’s flood
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