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Nominee shareholding crackdown is impacting the property market in Phuket and small foreign investors

Nominee shareholding crackdown is impacting the property market in Phuket and small foreign investors

June 21, 2026

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

Thailand’s sweeping crackdown on foreign nominee ownership networks is rattling the property market, with buyers delaying villa purchases, thousands of firms under scrutiny and police… Read More ›

Child saves police officers lives in Narathiwat by raising the alarm as a bomb was fitted to their truck

Child saves police officers lives in Narathiwat by raising the alarm as a bomb was fitted to their truck

June 21, 2026

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

A child foiled a deadly bomb plot in Narathiwat after spotting a suspect beside a police vehicle outside a mosque. Minutes later, the device exploded.… Read More ›

Thailand’s media firmament faces a slow collapse as international digital services eat up market share

Thailand’s media firmament faces a slow collapse as international digital services eat up market share

June 21, 2026

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

Thailand’s broadcasting model is under siege as Netflix, YouTube and TikTok reshape viewing habits, drain advertising revenue and challenge regulation. With TV licences set to… Read More ›

Pre dawn chaos in Pattaya’s Nong Prue as an unruly street brawl sees locals fight foreigners with punches

Pre dawn chaos in Pattaya’s Nong Prue as an unruly street brawl sees locals fight foreigners with punches

June 20, 2026

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Pattaya’s latest foreigner-versus-local street brawl left one man injured and reignited scrutiny of the resort’s growing punch-up problem, with police probing a chase through city… Read More ›

Crackdown in southern provinces against nominee and foreign owned enterprises intensifies. 48 arrested

Crackdown in southern provinces against nominee and foreign owned enterprises intensifies. 48 arrested

June 20, 2026

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

More than 500 police officers launched dawn raids across Phuket, Phang Nga and Krabi, arresting 48 suspects and seizing ฿1.05 billion in assets as investigators… Read More ›

17th floor HORROR as a mentally ill younger sister stabs her sibling 50 times. Room drenched in blood

17th floor HORROR as a mentally ill younger sister stabs her sibling 50 times. Room drenched in blood

June 20, 2026

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

A mentally ill woman, 21, stabbed her older sister more than 50 times in a blood-soaked 17th-floor Bangkok condo horror. Police say she planned the… Read More ›

DSI looks at Lawyer Tum’s file alleging corruption in airport procurement linked to a former deputy PM

DSI looks at Lawyer Tum’s file alleging corruption in airport procurement linked to a former deputy PM

June 20, 2026

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

DSI investigators have opened a probe into an alleged ฿74.9 million Suvarnabhumi Airport contract scandal after claims linked a former deputy PM and a major… Read More ›

Herbal jars scam shop raided by police. Six Pakistani men arrested who were working on tourist visas

Herbal jars scam shop raided by police. Six Pakistani men arrested who were working on tourist visas

June 19, 2026

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

Six Pakistani men were arrested in a midnight Pattaya sting after police uncovered a suspected miracle-cure scam that allegedly fleeced tourists of tens of thousands… Read More ›

Forex trading network scam smashed by DSI police. Billions of baht in losses as People’s Party MP denies culpability

Forex trading network scam smashed by DSI police. Billions of baht in losses as People’s Party MP denies culpability

June 19, 2026

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

DSI raids at 24 locations have uncovered an alleged forex fraud network tied to luxury assets, crypto wallets and money flows linked to a People’s… Read More ›

Long haul arrivals down 1.6% but tourism chiefs hope to recover and match 2025 visitor and income levels

Long haul arrivals down 1.6% but tourism chiefs hope to recover and match 2025 visitor and income levels

June 19, 2026

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

TAT cuts its 2026 long-haul tourism forecast by one million visitors after Middle East flight disruption, but arrivals are down just 1.6%. Europe and the… Read More ›

Thailand sought out closer ties with Russia at Kazan Summit as an attack by Ukraine unfolded in Moscow

Thailand sought out closer ties with Russia at Kazan Summit as an attack by Ukraine unfolded in Moscow

June 19, 2026

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

Anutin and Foreign Minister Sihasak return from Russia after high-stakes talks on energy, trade and space technology as Moscow targets ASEAN’s 680 million consumers. The… Read More ›

Hitman wanted by police for murder live streamed arrest scene and washed his teeth as officers waited outside

Hitman wanted by police for murder live streamed arrest scene and washed his teeth as officers waited outside

June 18, 2026

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

A suspected shotgun killer accused of executing a Buriram lottery vendor stunned police by brushing his teeth on a livestream as officers surrounded his Sa… Read More ›

Stark and disturbing data shows Thai households are losing out in an economy that is driving inequality

Stark and disturbing data shows Thai households are losing out in an economy that is driving inequality

June 18, 2026

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

Thailand’s economy is surging ahead on paper as exports rise, growth forecasts improve and global ratings agencies express confidence. Yet new data reveals a harsher… Read More ›

Deputy Governor Krung, in the eye of a political storm receives a hero’s welcome in Nakhon Si Thammarat

Deputy Governor Krung, in the eye of a political storm receives a hero’s welcome in Nakhon Si Thammarat

June 18, 2026

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

Deputy Governor Krung gets a hero’s welcome after being swept out of Phuket in a dramatic clean-up. As crowds cheer his return home, Bangkok inspectors… Read More ›

Bangkok engineers scrambled to repair another large sinkhole in the busy Bang Kapi area of the capital

Bangkok engineers scrambled to repair another large sinkhole in the busy Bang Kapi area of the capital

June 18, 2026

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Bangkok’s sinkhole scare strikes again as a major road near Lotus Bang Kapi collapses, forcing an overnight emergency operation. Engineers reopened the route before dawn,… Read More ›

Run on Thai Airways shares expected as investors plan major sell off on Thursday as rising fuel costs force route cuts

Run on Thai Airways shares expected as investors plan major sell off on Thursday as rising fuel costs force route cuts

June 17, 2026

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

THAI faces a major test as 565 million shares worth ฿3.39 billion go on sale at a discount on Thursday. The move comes as soaring… Read More ›

High level shakeup in Phuket. Governor and deputies transferred out after a complex power struggle

High level shakeup in Phuket. Governor and deputies transferred out after a complex power struggle

June 17, 2026

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

Phuket’s governor is out and two deputy governors have been moved as PM Anutin Charnvirakul launches a dramatic shake-up amid beach land scandals, alleged mafia-style… Read More ›

Ben Smith’s 600 million baht yacht is being auctioned off after being seized by money laundering agency

Ben Smith’s 600 million baht yacht is being auctioned off after being seized by money laundering agency

June 17, 2026

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

AMLO is auctioning the 600-million-baht ATLAS superyacht seized in the Ben Smith cybercrime probe as Thailand’s biggest fraud crackdown tops ฿20 billion in frozen assets.… Read More ›

PM Anutin flies to Asean-Russia Summit. Expected to have talks with Putin as Thailand seeks oil supplies

PM Anutin flies to Asean-Russia Summit. Expected to have talks with Putin as Thailand seeks oil supplies

June 16, 2026

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

PM Anutin heads to Russia for a crucial summit with Vladimir Putin as Thailand pushes for new energy supplies, expanded exports, investment and tourism links.… Read More ›

UK tourist who saved for dream trip to Thailand ends up jailed in Bangkok hell holes for a year and half

UK tourist who saved for dream trip to Thailand ends up jailed in Bangkok hell holes for a year and half

June 16, 2026

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

British tourist Oliver Hardy’s dream Thailand stay became a 16-month prison nightmare after a visa scam, fake immigration stamps and a conviction. The Croydon man… Read More ›

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