Chinese hookers have all now flown home after being found at Bangkok Prison. 20 officers now implicated

Chinese hookers have all now flown home after being found at Bangkok Prison. 20 officers now implicated

November 22, 2025

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

Chinese women fly home after Bangkok Remand Prison scandal. They were discovered servicing VIP inmates. 20 officials, including the governor, are now implicated as Justice… Read More ›

UK couple’s honeymoon holiday to Thailand halted by Immigration officials over smudged visa stamp

UK couple’s honeymoon holiday to Thailand halted by Immigration officials over smudged visa stamp

November 22, 2025

Culture, Economy, Living, Media, Thailand:

UK couple’s dream honeymoon to Thailand is shattered after Etihad blocked them over a smudged 2019 visa stamp, leaving their holiday cancelled, flights lost and… Read More ›

Paetongtarn visits her Dad former Premier Thaksin Shinawatra in prison. Says he’s under mental stress

Paetongtarn visits her Dad former Premier Thaksin Shinawatra in prison. Says he’s under mental stress

November 21, 2025

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

Paetongtarn visits her father, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, in prison, saying he is under severe mental stress after a Supreme Court tax ruling and… Read More ›

Crackdown on foreign misbehaviour as South Korean who hosted hooker party is nabbed for solicitation

Crackdown on foreign misbehaviour as South Korean who hosted hooker party is nabbed for solicitation

November 21, 2025

Crime, Living, Media, Thailand:

South Korean tourist arrested in Pattaya for meth use, hosting escort party and illegal entry as Thai immigration launches tough crackdown on foreigner crime, seizing… Read More ›

70 year old Thai businesswoman falls for impressive investment platform engineered by Russian for theft

70 year old Thai businesswoman falls for impressive investment platform engineered by Russian for theft

November 21, 2025

Crime, Living, Media, Thailand:

A 70-year-old Thai businesswoman lost ฿11.6 million after a Russian suspect built a fake investment platform that showed fabricated gains, collected cash at her office,… Read More ›

Corruption at Bangkok Remand Prison. High-priced hooker flown in from China for an elite mafia inmate

Corruption at Bangkok Remand Prison. High-priced hooker flown in from China for an elite mafia inmate

November 21, 2025

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

Chinese mafia inmates live like kings in Bangkok Remand Prison, enjoying imported appliances, superior food, paid Thai attendants, and high-priced models flown from China for… Read More ›

Mexico’s Fátima Bosch wins Ms Universe crown even after leading a revolt weeks ago that made world news

Mexico’s Fátima Bosch wins Ms Universe crown even after leading a revolt weeks ago that made world news

November 21, 2025

Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Mexico’s Fátima Bosch wins Miss Universe in Bangkok after leading a mass walkout, surviving police raids, judge resignations, and onstage chaos, closing one of the… Read More ›

British man assaults French lover found in a hotel room with his Thai girlfriend. Denies injuries to the woman

British man assaults French lover found in a hotel room with his Thai girlfriend. Denies injuries to the woman

November 20, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

A 44-year-old British man was arrested in Koh Samui after violently attacking a 23-year-old French tourist he found in a hotel room with his Thai… Read More ›

Police swoop in Nong Khai leads to arrest of Chinese contractor who returned after just being deported

Police swoop in Nong Khai leads to arrest of Chinese contractor who returned after just being deported

November 20, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Blacklisted Chinese contractor slips across the Mekong to re-enter Thailand for factory work, but Nong Khai officers intercept him and two accomplices in a targeted… Read More ›

Elderly Canadian woman dies on speedboat outing to swimming area off Koh Phi Phi. Hit by a freak wave

Elderly Canadian woman dies on speedboat outing to swimming area off Koh Phi Phi. Hit by a freak wave

November 20, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

A 69-year-old Canadian tourist tragically died off Koh Phi Phi after a freak wave struck her while swimming at Pha Daeng. She was pulled ashore… Read More ›

Illicit funds channelled to Thailand through digital assets cause the baht to rise and tourism to fall 

Illicit funds channelled to Thailand through digital assets cause the baht to rise and tourism to fall 

November 19, 2025

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

Illicit funds are flowing into Thailand through cryptocurrencies, gold, and other assets, driving the baht higher, hitting tourism as visitor numbers fall, forcing suspended trade… Read More ›

Big Joke calls on Prime Minister to suspend National Police Chief over rising force corruption scandals. 

Big Joke calls on Prime Minister to suspend National Police Chief over rising force corruption scandals. 

November 19, 2025

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

Big Joke demands Prime Minister Anutin suspend the national police chief amid rising corruption scandals, highlighting that 200 officers remain in post despite Police Complaints… Read More ›

Thaksin may still be eligible for release sometime in March 2026 says top official amid election talk

Thaksin may still be eligible for release sometime in March 2026 says top official amid election talk

November 18, 2025

Culture, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Thaksin Shinawatra may be eligible for parole or a suspended sentence by March 2026, says top official, despite the Attorney-General’s lèse-majesté appeal and ฿17.6 billion… Read More ›

Corruption killer submits evidence of criminality within the Thai Police to the National Police Chief

Corruption killer submits evidence of criminality within the Thai Police to the National Police Chief

November 18, 2025

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

Corruption crusader Atchariya drops a bombshell dossier alleging senior Thai police took bribes, extorted funds and hid billion-baht graft. He handed the files to the… Read More ›

Rising alarm Thailand may lose its US trade deal unless the government acts fast to restore Peace Pact

Rising alarm Thailand may lose its US trade deal unless the government acts fast to restore Peace Pact

November 18, 2025

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

Thailand’s trade talks with the United States are suspended, leaving businesses alarmed, exports at risk, U.S. investment threatened and the country facing increased dependence on… Read More ›

Speedboat disaster off Krabi averted after quick-thinking captain radioed for help with 39 lives aboard

Speedboat disaster off Krabi averted after quick-thinking captain radioed for help with 39 lives aboard

November 18, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

A speedboat carrying 39 tourists from Phuket off Krabi narrowly avoided disaster after the captain spotted cracks in the hull, quickly radioed for help and… Read More ›

Kamphaeng Phet Police fine Westerner for indecency after going to town naked on a motorbike last Sunday

Kamphaeng Phet Police fine Westerner for indecency after going to town naked on a motorbike last Sunday

November 18, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Kamphaeng Phet police fined a Western man for public indecency after he rode a motorbike naked through a busy local market, shocking shoppers, ignoring clothing,… Read More ›

Three children of wanted Cambodian senator and Hun Sen associate Kok An held illegal Thai citizenship

Three children of wanted Cambodian senator and Hun Sen associate Kok An held illegal Thai citizenship

November 18, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Three children of Cambodian Senator Kok An held illegal Thai citizenship through fraudulent birth registrations, triggering a DSI probe into scams, casinos, money laundering and… Read More ›

Attorney General’s move to appeal Thaksin acquittal on lèse-majesté charge to impact 2026 election

Attorney General’s move to appeal Thaksin acquittal on lèse-majesté charge to impact 2026 election

November 17, 2025

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

Attorney-General Ittiporn Kaewthip orders appeal of Thaksin Shinawatra’s lèse-majesté acquittal, blocking early release in January 2026 and threatening Pheu Thai’s campaign momentum ahead of the… Read More ›

Cambodia factor which came from nowhere in June suddenly threatens both Thai politics and its economy

Cambodia factor which came from nowhere in June suddenly threatens both Thai politics and its economy

November 17, 2025

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

Cambodia factor erupts, driving Thai politics and economy toward crisis. Border tensions, scam networks and stalled US trade talks push early 2026 election, heightening instability,… Read More ›

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