Crime, Living, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:
Thailand’s drug crisis sees Anutin act with new bills targeting yaba dealers, extending police detention to seven days and expanding investigations. With 1.5 million yaba… Read More ›
Economy, Living, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:
Revolt puts Thailand’s ฿1,000 departure tax in doubt as hotels battle a debt crisis. Over half face liquidity problems, as COVID-era repayment deadlines threaten ownership.… Read More ›
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Police target ฿800 million in Pattaya property across 12 raids, probing suspected foreign nominees and 85 people. Three Chinese men and 100 computers were found… Read More ›
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Blue replaces orange for 5,281 Pattaya motorcycle taxi drivers, igniting a row over politics and road safety. Riders say tourists no longer recognise them, business… Read More ›
Living, Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
Queen Suthida meets Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako after a remarkable fortnight. The 48-year-old Queen flew a Gripen fighter jet solo, piloted herself to… Read More ›
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Death penalty looms for two Thai men after guilty pleas over the rape and murder of Russian siblings in Pattaya. The case exposed three earlier… Read More ›
Economy, Living, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:
China warns its citizens of abductions and trafficking in Thailand as criminal gangs use fake jobs and business deals to trap victims. With arrivals struggling,… Read More ›
Economy, Living, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:
Anutin puts thousands of suspected foreign land nominees on notice as Thailand probes ฿14.01 billion in property. Governors face a December deadline, illegal holdings risk… Read More ›
Crime, Living, Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
Police storm a karaoke bar at 4 am, arresting 13 Vietnamese and one Thai in a ketamine bust. Meanwhile, four Chinese KTV clubs are closed… Read More ›
Crime, Living, Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
Bangkok cocaine sting leads police from a dealer to a Nigerian supplier mixing drugs with chalk and baking soda. Big Nop’s crackdown nets three arrests,… Read More ›
Crime, Living, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:
Four unlicensed KTV clubs serving Chinese customers face a midnight crackdown in Rayong. Suspected prostitution, drugs and illegal workers emerge. Claims of ฿10,000–฿30,000 monthly payoffs… Read More ›
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Nearly four months after a court issued its first warrant, immigration police arrest an American businessman in Sukhumvit. Workers claim over ฿1 million in unpaid… Read More ›
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Pheu Thai chiefs promise Anutin all 71 MPs to defeat a no-confidence motion against 18 Bhumjaithai ministers. But former Defence Minister Sutin refuses to give… Read More ›
Crime, Living, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:
Schoolboys aged 15–17 were tricked into supplying intimate videos for bogus university research, DSI says. Bangkok hotel worker, 26, arrested. DSI investigators seized 5,000 explicit… Read More ›
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Two motorcycle gunmen unleash more than ten shots outside a Bangkok cannabis shop, killing a 31-year-old man. Friends dive for cover as the killers flee.… Read More ›
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A sudden call from a Thai woman’s child triggers a Pattaya police operation and the arrest of a South Korean man. Officers find a 274-day… Read More ›
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Yala security forces come under bomb attack as assailants throw two pipe bombs towards troop accommodation. Five officers are injured, one by shrapnel. The second… Read More ›
Economy, Living, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:
Anutin promises advanced industries, richer tourists and better jobs at the IMF–World Bank gathering. Outside, protesters clash with police over inequality. Inside, Thailand’s middle-income trap,… Read More ›
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Thai Airways faces a worldwide reckoning after 25,000 bags were stranded and over 200 flights cancelled. Chairman Lavaron Sangsnit orders baggage deliveries through other airlines… Read More ›
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Roadside bloodshed in Surat Thani as a woman shoots dead her former rubber tapper, 47, over a rice cooker and borrowed motorcycle. She admits threatening… Read More ›
Pledges on investment are up but Foreign Direct Investment for the first six months is down nearly 5% 
Frenchman arrested by Immigration. Officer spotted him on Interpol wanted list for drug trafficking 
Drunk woman stripped naked on a Pattaya public street Tuesday night hurling abuse. Arrested by police 
Former top Democrat Party aide and MP met DSI over Bhumjaithai MP’s husband’s links to online gambling 
Row over handling of two online gambling cases related to MPs. Questions of jurisdiction and fair play 
German family members injured in Phuket after app based taxi driver lost control of car looking at GPS 
Bhumjaithai MP and her husband answer questions of the elite DSI police over links to online gambling 
Hellish battle with UK Home Office for Brit seeking to bring Burmese fiancée and son home for Christmas 
7kg heroin in drink sachets bound for Australia found in a Samut Prakan premises after police tip off 
Much loved Robocop, a popular figure in Nonthaburi near Bangkok dies in a tragic road traffic accident 
Thai star Nene Royal faces trademark headaches in Thailand and South Korea as she secures her fortune 
Six dead in deadly clashes in Southern Thailand including a policeman killed on National Police Day 
Underfire southern MP says Prime Minister Anutin telephoned her and urged her to post a selfie online 
Prime Minister cock a hoop as IMF World Bank meet ends in Bangkok. Insists Thailand’s standing has risen 
Departures tax pushed by the Ministry of Finance is the death kiss for the tourist sector say top execs 
US Bangkok broadside to the IMF and the World Bank delivered by Scott Bessent who snubbed the meeting 
Friday protests by anti IMF World Bank activists continue after overnight camp event in central Bangkok 
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