Politics
People’s Party to release new evidence amid tensions over Election Commission’s Senate collusion cases
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Thailand’s Senate scandal heads for a crunch decision as the Election Commission weighs 229 collusion cases and the People’s Party prepares to release new money… Read More ›
Cabinet minister issues strong warning to foreigners in Thailand breaking the law. ‘This is our home,’ he declared
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Deputy Interior Minister Worasit warns foreigners nobody is above Thai law after an Israeli man was charged with threatening a Koh Samui business owner. He… Read More ›
Official denies wrongdoing by PM Anutin in removal of Burapha University as exam contractor in 2024
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New evidence jolts Thailand’s local government exam scandal as Rome reveals a 2024 document naming Anutin in the Burapha University contract dispute. Interior Ministry official… Read More ›
PM Anutin apologises for clashes on Thursday at Interior Ministry. Planned meeting ended in protest
Anutin apologises after P-Move protesters clash with Volunteer Defence Corps at the Interior Ministry, leaving three injured. Protesters demand answers over why the police force… Read More ›
Sharp exchanges between Thailand and UN Special Rapporteur on human rights over Cambodian border
Bangkok turns on UN rapporteur Tom Andrews over Cambodia findings, accusing him of bias and disputing his 650,000 displaced figure. Thailand says it includes refugee… Read More ›
People’s Party MP stages protest in parliament in the presence of reviled Burmese leader Min Aung Hlaing
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Thai MP thrown out of parliament after shouting “For peace! For humanity!” at Myanmar leader Min Aung Hlaing as his controversial Bangkok visit sparked protests,… Read More ›
Prime Minister Anutin vows to continue his tough policy on gun ownership after Friday’s mass shooting near Bangkok
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Anutin vows tougher gun laws and zero tolerance after the Nonthaburi school massacre, ordering immediate arrests for unlawful firearm carrying while mobilising village leaders nationwide… Read More ›
Isolated Myanmar military leader visits Bangkok against a storm of opposition from democracy groups
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Fierce protests greeted Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing’s Bangkok visit as Anutin pressed ahead with talks on trade, border security and polluted rivers despite… Read More ›
Anutin tells ministers disregard political rumours as his short lived government faces a brewing crisis
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Thailand’s ruling coalition faces a tough test as the Election Commission weighs action against 229 people in the Senate collusion case. Anutin projects unity, but… Read More ›
Police and security forces crush insurgents linked to the July 22nd checkpoint atrocity in Narathiwat
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Eleven suspects arrested and two insurgents shot dead after Thai security forces smashed a militant cell behind Sunday’s Tak Bai police killings. Forensic evidence now… Read More ›
Thailand’s first lunar mission to launch this month as the country’s partnership with China bears fruit
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Historic countdown begins as Thailand prepares to send its first scientific payload to the Moon aboard China’s Chang’e 7. The mission crowns years of Thai… Read More ›
Chinese refugee Zhang Xinyan makes it to Canada on second flight after receiving a senior police escort
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Thailand has allowed Chinese activist Zhang Xinyan to fly to Canada after blocking her July 8 departure despite her UN refugee status. Canadian diplomatic pressure… Read More ›
Minister plans to inject loan decree cash into boosting Thailand’s dwindling tourism prospects in 2026
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Tourism Minister Surasak launches a ฿2.45bn recovery drive with possible flight subsidies as visitor numbers slip, global tensions mount and Thailand moves to restore confidence… Read More ›
Former Deputy PM and Justice Minister calls for death penalty to be carried out after all legal appeals end
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Pirapan calls for immediate executions after Pattaya’s five-body murder horror, saying brutal killers deserve death. As police probe alleged links between officers and suspect “Pong”,… Read More ›
Battle for Bangkok Port opens up with plans to close the old cargo facility and focus on development
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Thailand’s biggest waterfront redevelopment is on the table as ministers seek to move Bangkok Port to Laem Chabang, unlocking 2,353 rai while unions, experts and… Read More ›
Prime Minister in Indonesia for two-day visit focused on regional issues, security and economic progress
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Thailand and Indonesia enter a new era as PM Anutin and President Prabowo unveil a five-year partnership covering defence, trade, cybercrime, transport and ASEAN cooperation… Read More ›
Thailand to get tough with online platforms and may even support class action lawsuits by consumers
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Thailand moves to make digital platforms answer for online scams, counterfeit goods and unsafe products as Ms. Supamas backs class action lawsuits to help consumers… Read More ›
Thai News for Foreigners
15 year old killer hit back after being bullied at school say police investigating Friday’s horrific act of Evil
August 7, 2026
Police say the Grade 9 student behind Friday’s
9 people dead after schoolboy’s morning of gunfire in Nonthaburi just outside Bangkok. 2 crime scenes
August 7, 2026
Seven die in Nonthaburi school massacre after
Isolated Myanmar military leader visits Bangkok against a storm of opposition from democracy groups
August 7, 2026
Fierce protests greeted Myanmar junta chief Min Aung
Disaster area declared in Khon Kaen rural area as large, expanding sinkholes appear on village lands
August 6, 2026
Seven giant sinkholes have ripped through farmland in
Man who caused a disruption at Nonthaburi hospital claiming a device was planted in his head committed
August 6, 2026
Live-streaming chaos at a Nonthaburi hospital ended
Western foreigner in Pattaya wanted for the alleged theft of a woman’s smartphone at a busy coffee shop
August 6, 2026
CCTV allegedly shows an elderly Western man stealing a
Hlun Solo’s remains due back on Thursday as his family are set to pursue a second autopsy in Thailand
August 5, 2026
After more than two weeks in a Georgian morgue, Hlun
Looking for ‘Finger’ as pressure grows to find killer’s police handler. Retired detective denies it’s him
August 5, 2026
Retired Huai Yai detective denies being gang leader
Chinese refugee Zhang Xinyan makes it to Canada on second flight after receiving a senior police escort
August 5, 2026
Thailand has allowed Chinese activist Zhang Xinyan to
Swedish woman wanted for sixty million baht fraud at home arrested by Phuket Immigration Bureau police
August 4, 2026
Phuket Immigration officers captured a Swedish
Minister plans to inject loan decree cash into boosting Thailand’s dwindling tourism prospects in 2026
August 4, 2026
Tourism Minister Surasak launches a ฿2.45bn recovery
Battle for Bangkok Port opens up with plans to close the old cargo facility and focus on development
August 4, 2026
Thailand’s biggest waterfront redevelopment is
13 year old died on Saturday in Nakhon Si Thammarat after being stung by jelly fish at an after match swim
August 4, 2026
A charity football day on Saturday, August 1, turned
Police chief orders probe into claims that the local Pattaya police station had links to Killer ‘Pong’
August 3, 2026
Thailand’s police chief orders an urgent probe
Thailand to get tough with online platforms and may even support class action lawsuits by consumers
August 3, 2026
Thailand moves to make digital platforms answer for
Dark case of murder and terror in Pattaya only beginning as police explore the horror reign of ‘Pong’
August 3, 2026
Five bodies, an alleged reign of terror and fears of
Two senior policemen killed in Tak Bai drug operation on Sunday. Detectives looking at insurgency links
August 2, 2026
Two Tak Bai police investigators died in an M16 ambush
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