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State chapter of European Union deal closed in Brussels. Talks targeted for completion by end of 2026
June 30, 2026
Thailand and the EU have completed a key free trade
Police raid and search the home of former Phuket deputy governor in widening corruption investigation
June 30, 2026
Former Phuket deputy governor Mr Rungruang
PM orders top aides south from Paris as coordinated attacks torch a petrol station and injure tourists
June 29, 2026
Southern insurgents launched coordinated attacks
Thai Airways air hostess held in an Australian prison on heroin trafficking charges. Thai police seek details
June 29, 2026
Thai Airways flight attendant arrested after
People’s Party’s Pawut faces questioning as a witness on July 2 by the DSI in a complex forex fraud case
June 29, 2026
DSI investigators will question People’s Party
International migration from West to East is a rising phenomenon now going far beyond ‘Passport Bros’
June 29, 2026
Western men are increasingly abandoning the US,
Aussie arrested for murdering a teenage girl in Pattaya faces the death penalty if convicted by a Thai court
June 29, 2026
Australian Simon Carman faces Thailand’s death
Chadchart wins the Bangkok governor contest by a crushing landslide after a slick re-election campaign
June 28, 2026
Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt is heading for
Police chief in Pattaya commends the investigative team that arrested Aussie murder suspect in 6 hours
June 28, 2026
Pattaya detectives have been honoured after tracking
Bank of Thailand boss defends the central bank’s low interest rate policy aimed at boosting the economy
June 28, 2026
The Bank of Thailand has defied mounting pressure to
Arrest and bail for controversial deputy Phuket governor as he is charged with exam corruption offences
June 27, 2026
A Phuket deputy governor has won bail after his arrest
46 year old Aussie arrested at Bangkok’s main airport charged with murdering a 17 year old prostitute in Pattaya
June 27, 2026
Australian Simon Peter Carman, 46, was arrested at
Love rivalry sees 38 year old man executed, stuffed in barrel of cement and dumped in a Nonthaburi pond
June 27, 2026
Love rivalry ends in execution-style murder as
Beijing unveils ‘security partnership’ with Phnom Penh ahead of a visit in July by Prime Minister Anutin
June 27, 2026
China has unveiled a sweeping security pact with
Man arrested at Mae Sai border point with 23 million baht in cardboard boxes smuggling it to Burma
June 26, 2026
Thai customs seized more than ฿23 million hidden
‘Talent Mobility’ protocol launched by Dr Cheng to boost training and give Thailand 22,220 more doctors
June 26, 2026
Thailand is overhauling its future with 22,200 new
People’s Party MP summoned by DSI. Pawut insists that there is no crime. Justice Minister orders updates
June 26, 2026
People’s Party MP Pawut Pongwitayaphanu has been
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