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As pressure from Trump mounts Thailand implores the United States not to link sovereignty with trade

As pressure from Trump mounts Thailand implores the United States not to link sovereignty with trade

December 10, 2025

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

Thailand urges Trump not to link its sovereignty with trade as all-out war with Cambodia escalates, civilians flee border towns, artillery and air strikes continue.… Read More ›

Police in Phuket probe death of tourist who checked into a hotel room and hours later fell off a balcony

Police in Phuket probe death of tourist who checked into a hotel room and hours later fell off a balcony

December 10, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Mexican-Canadian tourist falls from ninth-floor balcony at Patong hotel in Phuket just hours after checking in, as authorities investigate latest high-rise tourist death amid series… Read More ›

Queen Suthida centre stage as Southeast Asian games are opened in Bangkok by King Maha Vajiralongkorn

Queen Suthida centre stage as Southeast Asian games are opened in Bangkok by King Maha Vajiralongkorn

December 10, 2025

Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Queen Suthida took centre stage as Thailand opened the 33rd Southeast Asian Games in Bangkok, leading the Thai team into a roaring, sell-out Rajamangala National… Read More ›

Thailand’s foreign tourism sector in crisis as visitor decline accelerates. 9.8% fewer arrivals than 2024

Thailand’s foreign tourism sector in crisis as visitor decline accelerates. 9.8% fewer arrivals than 2024

December 10, 2025

Culture, Economy, Living, Media, Thailand:

Thailand’s tourism crisis deepens as arrivals plunge 9.8% amid crime shocks, flooding, border clashes and a surging baht. Confidence is collapsing, Vietnam is racing ahead,… Read More ›

Thai PM vows to pursue military operations against Cambodia and to deliver a crushing blow to Hun Sen

Thai PM vows to pursue military operations against Cambodia and to deliver a crushing blow to Hun Sen

December 10, 2025

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

Thai PM Anutin vows no ceasefire as Thailand drives a full military push to cripple Cambodia’s forces. He rejected outright false peace claims as fighting… Read More ›

Woman denied entry to Thailand on proof of funds criteria. Rule brought back in May to tighten security

Woman denied entry to Thailand on proof of funds criteria. Rule brought back in May to tighten security

December 9, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Woman denied entry at Thailand’s Don Mueang Airport for failing to meet proof of funds rule, reinstated in May as authorities tighten security against scammers.… Read More ›

Thai women human trafficked into sex slavery in Myanmar rescued from hell by Paweena Foundation

Thai women human trafficked into sex slavery in Myanmar rescued from hell by Paweena Foundation

December 9, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Two Thai women trafficked into prostitution in Myanmar were rescued from a Chinese-run brothel after brutal beatings and electric shocks, thanks to the Paweena Foundation… Read More ›

Minister of Defence comes out to assure the public that Thai armed forces were acting within the law

Minister of Defence comes out to assure the public that Thai armed forces were acting within the law

December 9, 2025

Culture, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Thai forces respond after deadly Cambodian attacks on the border. 1 soldier killed, 18 wounded, nearly 400,000 civilians evacuated as fighting spreads across seven provinces,… Read More ›

Thai man & Norwegian girlfriend arrested by Phuket police on Sunday for drug dealing. Both were high 

Thai man & Norwegian girlfriend arrested by Phuket police on Sunday for drug dealing. Both were high 

December 9, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Thai man and Norwegian girlfriend arrested in Phuket villa raid as police seize heroin, meth, cash and drug gear. Both test positive and face trafficking… Read More ›

Fears for US Thai trade deal as hostilities flared on Monday with Thai sources ruling out intervention

Fears for US Thai trade deal as hostilities flared on Monday with Thai sources ruling out intervention

December 8, 2025

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

Thai–Cambodian clashes explode as Thai jets strike and troops fall, sparking fears the US–Thai trade deal is doomed, and officials openly doubt any future talks… Read More ›

Eighteen passengers injured including six seriously in train crash at Kanchanaburi station on Saturday

Eighteen passengers injured including six seriously in train crash at Kanchanaburi station on Saturday

December 8, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Eighteen passengers were injured, including six seriously, when a State Railway of Thailand locomotive slammed into six stationary carriages at Kanchanaburi station during a routine… Read More ›

Norwegian man sent to hospital after he went berserk in Bangkok on Friday and tried to steal a Tuk Tuk

Norwegian man sent to hospital after he went berserk in Bangkok on Friday and tried to steal a Tuk Tuk

December 7, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Norwegian man goes berserk in Bangkok, attacking a tuk-tuk driver and a woman on a bicycle before fleeing through Sukhumvit. Police arrested him near a… Read More ›

35-year-old Frenchman arrested on Koh Phangan on Sunday for rape as island-wide swoop nets 6 suspects

35-year-old Frenchman arrested on Koh Phangan on Sunday for rape as island-wide swoop nets 6 suspects

December 7, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Frenchman, 35, seized on Koh Phangan for rape as police launch island-wide sweep that netted five more suspects, including foreigners running illegal hotels and a… Read More ›

Thai nationals ordered evacuated from conflict zones in 4 provinces near Cambodia as conflict threatens

Thai nationals ordered evacuated from conflict zones in 4 provinces near Cambodia as conflict threatens

December 7, 2025

Economy, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Thai panic as border firefight erupts — Police Chief orders mass evacuations in four provinces after Cambodian troops open fire, soldiers wounded, landmine fears surge,… Read More ›

Mounting concern as police investigate death of top Channel 8 news reporter after high cyanide levels

Mounting concern as police investigate death of top Channel 8 news reporter after high cyanide levels

December 6, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Mounting concern as police investigate the death of Channel 8 reporter Nattawut Ponglangka, 35, found dead at his Nonthaburi home. Post-mortem revealed lethal cyanide. Authorities… Read More ›

Second UK man in three days lost while swimming at the beach. 91 year old on Koh Lanta lost on Tuesday

Second UK man in three days lost while swimming at the beach. 91 year old on Koh Lanta lost on Tuesday

December 6, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Second British holidaymaker drowns in Thailand in three days as 91-year-old dies on Koh Lanta while 37-year-old Jason Lambert perishes at Phuket beach amid strong… Read More ›

Pheu Thai figures tear into Prime Minister Anutin and his faltering government with scathing attacks

Pheu Thai figures tear into Prime Minister Anutin and his faltering government with scathing attacks

December 6, 2025

Culture, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Pheu Thai savages Prime Minister Anutin as floods, scam failures and leaked Ben Smith photos fuel a spiralling crisis that has shredded his credibility. Both… Read More ›

Rangsiman Rome sued for ฿100M by Deputy Prime Minister Thamanat Prompow for defamation

Rangsiman Rome sued for ฿100M by Deputy Prime Minister Thamanat Prompow for defamation

December 6, 2025

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

Deputy PM Thamanat hits MP Rangsiman Rome with a ฿100M defamation suit as a widening scandal over criminal infiltration, grey capital, Cambodian scam networks and… Read More ›

Young wife in harrowing scene in Chacheongsao as he tries to revive her young husband after bike crash

Young wife in harrowing scene in Chacheongsao as he tries to revive her young husband after bike crash

December 5, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Young wife collapses in agony as her 25-year-old husband dies instantly after being hurled into an electric pole in a Chachoengsao crash, with bystanders watching… Read More ›

Higher return fares to Thailand after 53% Airport Tax rise ok’d by panel chaired by Transport Minister

Higher return fares to Thailand after 53% Airport Tax rise ok’d by panel chaired by Transport Minister

December 5, 2025

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

Thailand trips to cost more as a minister-chaired panel approves a 53% airport tax hike, pushing up return fares for foreign travellers. The sharp increase,… Read More ›

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