Thailand wins Asian Women’s Volleyball title for the third time in a thrilling win over China on Sunday
Thailand’s volleyball queens conquer China 3-2 on home soil, seize a fourth Asian crown and storm into their first Olympics. After two fierce Chinese fightbacks,… Read More ›
Pattaya police operation targets street sex workers ahead of expected arrival of US sailors on Wednesday
Crime, Living, Media, Thailand:
Battle-tested USS Abraham Lincoln steams towards Pattaya with 5,000 sailors and Marines desperate for shore leave. Police arrest 25 street sex workers as bars, hotels… Read More ›
Thailand approaches a seminal moment in politics as Senate collusion case decision set for September 14
Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:
Thailand braces for a defining Senate ruling as Abhisit warns of injustice and opposition leaders demand 229 cases reach the Supreme Court. The Election Commission… Read More ›
Underage woman ran up 60,000 baht tab at host bar after pursuing a man. Bill paid by shaving her hair
Crime, Culture, Living, Thailand:
A Bangkok host-bar manager shaves an 18-year-old customer bald after her TikTok romance drives a ฿60,000 bill for over 200 drinks. She claims staff threatened… Read More ›
Thailand’s America’s Got Talent star returned home on Friday ahead of her September date with destiny
From Phuket’s Naka Market to America’s biggest talent stage, Nene Royal storms into the final—with Mel B’s Golden Buzzer. After a heroine’s welcome home, the… Read More ›
Myanmar authorities remain tight lipped over death of US diplomat in May and his jailed Thai partner
Crime, Media, Politics, Thailand:
Pavinee Supasirivisan is handed one year in a Myanmar prison after her American diplomat former husband was found stabbed to death in May. However, the… Read More ›
Norway’s King Haakon VIII ascends the throne in Oslo after death on Friday of much loved King Harald V
King Harald V dies peacefully at 89 as Haakon VIII takes Norway’s throne and declares “All for Norway”. But rape convictions, Queen Mette-Marit’s Epstein links,… Read More ›
Police respond within 10 minutes to drunk foreign tourist attacking and breaking into ATM for lost card
Crime, Living, Media, Thailand:
Fury grips Khao San Road as a drunk foreign tourist rips open a Krungsri ATM that swallowed his card. Police seize him within ten minutes… Read More ›
Huge fire in central Bangkok at a major electronics retail centre. Governor Chadchart was on the scene
Crime, Living, Media, Thailand:
Bangkok’s Khlong Thom electronics hub burns through the night as repeated explosions tear across shops and sections collapse. Three emergency workers are injured, water runs… Read More ›
Police probing Chinese woman’s kidnapping on the trail of human trafficking gang. More victims feared
Photos of bound Chinese people found on a suspect’s phone transform one woman’s dramatic checkpoint rescue into a major trafficking inquiry. Four Thai men face… Read More ›
Pheu Thai leader Julapun insists coalition government is ‘very strong’ at Government House on Friday
Pheu Thai closes ranks behind Anutin as Julapun rejects rumours of a Kla Tham alliance to install Yotsanan. Yet Cholnan joins an opposition crisis forum… Read More ›
Police cordon off mountain area to manhunt for man who murdered his lover’s husband after affair ended
Jealous lover Kitti shoots a 56-year-old school janitor dead after the victim’s wife ends their secret affair. She witnesses the Phang Nga killing as Kitti… Read More ›
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Immigration Koh Tao raids see UK and Spanish diving instructors arrested for working on DTV visas
August 26, 2026
Six foreign diving instructors are arrested on Koh Tao
US Navy Aircraft carrier group to descend on Pattaya after taking part in ‘Epic Fury’ and blockading Iran
August 26, 2026
Fresh from combat missions against Iran, the USS
Tourists to be briefed on Thai laws before departure. Minister says Israeli man’s visa has been revoked
August 25, 2026
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Opposition alleging a potential whitewash by Election Commission on Friday over Senate election case
August 25, 2026
Bombshell Senate collusion ruling lands Friday, as 138
Thaksin back at centre of politics as Pheu Thai power play with the Kla Tham Party is speculated upon
August 25, 2026
A bombshell Senate collusion ruling lands Friday with
Two men arrested after Chinese tourist is abducted, tied up and taken to Mae Sot near the Thai Burmese border
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August 24, 2026
Radio fame, homelessness and murder collide as Wichai
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August 24, 2026
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August 23, 2026
Foreigners face a tougher banking climate as the Bank
Major onslaught across southern provinces as region is rocked by bombs, arson and attacks by gunmen
August 23, 2026
Southern Thailand burns as 51 bombings, arson attacks
Well known Thai snooker player killed after being struck by a truck in Bangkok motorcycling home after calling wife
August 23, 2026
Snooker great Worawit “Tek Hua Hin” Suriyasriwan,
Young American driven by meth slashes Bangkok police officer’s neck. Charged with attempted murder
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Knife terror in Bangkok as American thief slashes
People’s Party MP warns of a fiscal crisis by 2028. Demands spending cuts and action on corruption
August 22, 2026
Thailand’s finances race towards a 2028 reckoning as
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