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Outline peace deal agreed at border talks but cabinet approval needed before Defence Minister signs

Outline peace deal agreed at border talks but cabinet approval needed before Defence Minister signs

December 26, 2025

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Tentative border peace deal reached as Cambodia bows to Thai terms — but Anutin says no land will be ceded and the pact still needs… Read More ›

Swiss man taken up in police net on Christmas Day linked to online romance scam fraud on Thai woman

Swiss man taken up in police net on Christmas Day linked to online romance scam fraud on Thai woman

December 25, 2025

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Swiss man among 13 arrested in Christmas Day raids across nine provinces over ฿21.4 million online romance scam on Thai woman. Canadian and Cambodian suspects… Read More ›

UK Drug Kingpin sent down for 14 years despite barrister’s plea after one year at the ‘Bangkok Hilton’ before deportation

UK Drug Kingpin sent down for 14 years despite barrister’s plea after one year at the ‘Bangkok Hilton’ before deportation

December 25, 2025

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UK drug kingpin Ben Ransome, 29, is jailed for 14 years after running a £20m-a-year cocaine empire from Thailand. He was seized at a Phuket… Read More ›

37 year old Alphard driver nabbed on Koh Chang for murder of young man in hideous road rage act

37 year old Alphard driver nabbed on Koh Chang for murder of young man in hideous road rage act

December 24, 2025

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37-year-old Alphard driver Songkran Phanphu was arrested on Koh Chang after allegedly gunning down 34-year-old Anuwat in a Bangkok motorway road rage attack witnessed by… Read More ›

German man arrested at Chonburi coastal market with Dr Jekyll Mr Hyde personality in legal trouble

German man arrested at Chonburi coastal market with Dr Jekyll Mr Hyde personality in legal trouble

December 24, 2025

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Drunk German runs wild at Bang Sare market — smashing stalls, bleeding and terrifying shoppers until Thai police drag him away. His visa stands, but… Read More ›

Crisis for Thailand as baht rockets in value putting exports and foreign tourism under further pressure

Crisis for Thailand as baht rockets in value putting exports and foreign tourism under further pressure

December 24, 2025

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

Baht blast hits Thailand as the currency rockets toward ฿30 per US dollar, hammering exports and shrinking tourist spending. Officials scramble to trace gold-fuelled capital… Read More ›

Motorway murder on busy Bangkok expressway. Man gunned down in front of girlfriend while driving home

Motorway murder on busy Bangkok expressway. Man gunned down in front of girlfriend while driving home

December 23, 2025

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Motorway murder shocks Bangkok as a 34-year-old man is gunned down in front of his girlfriend on the Sri Ratch Expressway early Tuesday morning. Suspect… Read More ›

Driver fined, suspended and faces prosecution after losing temper with tourist who rubbished his van

Driver fined, suspended and faces prosecution after losing temper with tourist who rubbished his van

December 23, 2025

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

Phuket van driver fined and banned for six months after striking a foreign tourist with a plastic bottle at the airport during a rubbish dispute.… Read More ›

Welder killed from gas explosion while working and conditioning manhole covers outside a Chonburi mall

Welder killed from gas explosion while working and conditioning manhole covers outside a Chonburi mall

December 22, 2025

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30-year-old welder killed and another seriously injured after a late-night gas explosion during manhole repairs outside a Chonburi shopping mall. The blast shattered concrete, injured… Read More ›

Top Commerce Ministry official warns that any US trade deal must wait for new parliament and cabinet

Top Commerce Ministry official warns that any US trade deal must wait for new parliament and cabinet

December 22, 2025

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The US may raise tariffs if the Thailand-Cambodia peace fails. Caretaker government cannot sign any trade deal until a new parliament and cabinet approve, while… Read More ›

Asean Summit on Monday and Tuesday seen by United States as pivotal to restoring border peace

Asean Summit on Monday and Tuesday seen by United States as pivotal to restoring border peace

December 21, 2025

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Summit diplomacy looms as Washington pushes to revive the Thai-Cambodian ceasefire, but border fighting continues, missiles fly, F-16s strike targets, landmines maim troops and Bangkok… Read More ›

Poll shows there’s still a chance for a Pheu Thai People’s Party coalition but it will take a bit of luck

Poll shows there’s still a chance for a Pheu Thai People’s Party coalition but it will take a bit of luck

December 21, 2025

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Bangkok opinion poll shows a narrow path remains for a Pheu Thai–People’s Party coalition after September’s Anutin gamble. Support has slid, voters are undecided and… Read More ›

Lopburi Police arrest local man who viciously beat new wife to death after row erupted over her cooking

Lopburi Police arrest local man who viciously beat new wife to death after row erupted over her cooking

December 20, 2025

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Newly married man, 37, arrested after brutally beating his new 45-year-old wife to death following an argument over her cooking. He slept beside her overnight… Read More ›

Brit online tour operator in Thailand arrested by police and charged with running an illegal business

Brit online tour operator in Thailand arrested by police and charged with running an illegal business

December 20, 2025

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British online tour operator arrested in Bangkok after police say he ran illegal national park tours for over a decade. Officers estimate he cost Thailand… Read More ›

Tourists warned about rising Vietnamese pickpocket menace targeting popular Bangkok attractions

Tourists warned about rising Vietnamese pickpocket menace targeting popular Bangkok attractions

December 19, 2025

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Vietnamese pickpocket gangs target Bangkok attractions, using coordinated thefts, umbrellas to block the view, forged identities and illegal entry are part of the mix. Arrests… Read More ›

Bank of Thailand’s sounds warning to government on the urgent need for action to curb the baht’s value

Bank of Thailand’s sounds warning to government on the urgent need for action to curb the baht’s value

December 18, 2025

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Baht alarm bells: Thailand’s central bank warns the currency is surging dangerously, pushes the government for stronger powers over gold trading and capital flows as… Read More ›

Rates cut to 1.25% as damaged economy limps on to the end of 2025 with even stiffer headwinds ahead

Rates cut to 1.25% as damaged economy limps on to the end of 2025 with even stiffer headwinds ahead

December 17, 2025

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Central Bank lowers borrowing costs as Thailand’s battered economy limps toward year-end, hit by weak growth, tourism slump, floods, war costs, trade uncertainty with the… Read More ›

Police arrest local man charged with abusing niece of a temple abbot in Bangkok some nine years ago

Police arrest local man charged with abusing niece of a temple abbot in Bangkok some nine years ago

December 17, 2025

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Bangkok temple volunteer arrested over 2016 abuse of abbot’s niece, who endured years of anxiety before reporting. The suspect denies all charges as police continue… Read More ›

Blitzkrieg on foreign firms and enterprises on Koh Phangan continues with French owned resort busted

Blitzkrieg on foreign firms and enterprises on Koh Phangan continues with French owned resort busted

December 16, 2025

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Unprecedented crackdown on foreign firms rolls on as police raid a French-run Koh Phangan resort, arrest a 32-year-old French operator and 4 Burmese workers, shut… Read More ›

Advanced anti tank rockets being used against Thai military forces in the raging border with Cambodia

Advanced anti tank rockets being used against Thai military forces in the raging border with Cambodia

December 16, 2025

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

Thailand investigates Cambodia’s use of advanced GAM-102 LR anti-tank missiles costing $112,000 per launch and military drones in border clashes, raising urgent questions about funding,… Read More ›

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