Minister of Defence comes out to assure the public that Thai armed forces were acting within the law

Minister of Defence comes out to assure the public that Thai armed forces were acting within the law

December 9, 2025

Culture, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Thai forces respond after deadly Cambodian attacks on the border. 1 soldier killed, 18 wounded, nearly 400,000 civilians evacuated as fighting spreads across seven provinces,… Read More ›

Thai man & Norwegian girlfriend arrested by Phuket police on Sunday for drug dealing. Both were high 

Thai man & Norwegian girlfriend arrested by Phuket police on Sunday for drug dealing. Both were high 

December 9, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Thai man and Norwegian girlfriend arrested in Phuket villa raid as police seize heroin, meth, cash and drug gear. Both test positive and face trafficking… Read More ›

Fears for US Thai trade deal as hostilities flared on Monday with Thai sources ruling out intervention

Fears for US Thai trade deal as hostilities flared on Monday with Thai sources ruling out intervention

December 8, 2025

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

Thai–Cambodian clashes explode as Thai jets strike and troops fall, sparking fears the US–Thai trade deal is doomed, and officials openly doubt any future talks… Read More ›

Eighteen passengers injured including six seriously in train crash at Kanchanaburi station on Saturday

Eighteen passengers injured including six seriously in train crash at Kanchanaburi station on Saturday

December 8, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Eighteen passengers were injured, including six seriously, when a State Railway of Thailand locomotive slammed into six stationary carriages at Kanchanaburi station during a routine… Read More ›

Norwegian man sent to hospital after he went berserk in Bangkok on Friday and tried to steal a Tuk Tuk

Norwegian man sent to hospital after he went berserk in Bangkok on Friday and tried to steal a Tuk Tuk

December 7, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Norwegian man goes berserk in Bangkok, attacking a tuk-tuk driver and a woman on a bicycle before fleeing through Sukhumvit. Police arrested him near a… Read More ›

35-year-old Frenchman arrested on Koh Phangan on Sunday for rape as island-wide swoop nets 6 suspects

35-year-old Frenchman arrested on Koh Phangan on Sunday for rape as island-wide swoop nets 6 suspects

December 7, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Frenchman, 35, seized on Koh Phangan for rape as police launch island-wide sweep that netted five more suspects, including foreigners running illegal hotels and a… Read More ›

Thai nationals ordered evacuated from conflict zones in 4 provinces near Cambodia as conflict threatens

Thai nationals ordered evacuated from conflict zones in 4 provinces near Cambodia as conflict threatens

December 7, 2025

Economy, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Thai panic as border firefight erupts — Police Chief orders mass evacuations in four provinces after Cambodian troops open fire, soldiers wounded, landmine fears surge,… Read More ›

Mounting concern as police investigate death of top Channel 8 news reporter after high cyanide levels

Mounting concern as police investigate death of top Channel 8 news reporter after high cyanide levels

December 6, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Mounting concern as police investigate the death of Channel 8 reporter Nattawut Ponglangka, 35, found dead at his Nonthaburi home. Post-mortem revealed lethal cyanide. Authorities… Read More ›

Second UK man in three days lost while swimming at the beach. 91 year old on Koh Lanta lost on Tuesday

Second UK man in three days lost while swimming at the beach. 91 year old on Koh Lanta lost on Tuesday

December 6, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Second British holidaymaker drowns in Thailand in three days as 91-year-old dies on Koh Lanta while 37-year-old Jason Lambert perishes at Phuket beach amid strong… Read More ›

Pheu Thai figures tear into Prime Minister Anutin and his faltering government with scathing attacks

Pheu Thai figures tear into Prime Minister Anutin and his faltering government with scathing attacks

December 6, 2025

Culture, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Pheu Thai savages Prime Minister Anutin as floods, scam failures and leaked Ben Smith photos fuel a spiralling crisis that has shredded his credibility. Both… Read More ›

Rangsiman Rome sued for ฿100M by Deputy Prime Minister Thamanat Prompow for defamation

Rangsiman Rome sued for ฿100M by Deputy Prime Minister Thamanat Prompow for defamation

December 6, 2025

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

Deputy PM Thamanat hits MP Rangsiman Rome with a ฿100M defamation suit as a widening scandal over criminal infiltration, grey capital, Cambodian scam networks and… Read More ›

Young wife in harrowing scene in Chacheongsao as he tries to revive her young husband after bike crash

Young wife in harrowing scene in Chacheongsao as he tries to revive her young husband after bike crash

December 5, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Young wife collapses in agony as her 25-year-old husband dies instantly after being hurled into an electric pole in a Chachoengsao crash, with bystanders watching… Read More ›

Higher return fares to Thailand after 53% Airport Tax rise ok’d by panel chaired by Transport Minister

Higher return fares to Thailand after 53% Airport Tax rise ok’d by panel chaired by Transport Minister

December 5, 2025

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

Thailand trips to cost more as a minister-chaired panel approves a 53% airport tax hike, pushing up return fares for foreign travellers. The sharp increase,… Read More ›

34-year-old Brit in hospital after vicious attack on Wednesday at Maya Bay nightlife venue in Phuket

34-year-old Brit in hospital after vicious attack on Wednesday at Maya Bay nightlife venue in Phuket

December 5, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

34-year-old Brit Louis Johe Jarvie is critically injured in a vicious early-morning stabbing at Maya Bay Phuket bar. The large European-looking attacker fled, but police… Read More ›

10 property buyers in Phuket complain about scam villa development after paying out over ฿100 million

10 property buyers in Phuket complain about scam villa development after paying out over ฿100 million

December 5, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Phuket buyers say they lost over ฿100m in a luxury villa scam, finding only crude shells, no land proof and a vanished agent. They claim… Read More ›

Central Bank moves to restrain runaway baht. Plan to raise the transaction limit from $1 to $10 million for accounts 

Central Bank moves to restrain runaway baht. Plan to raise the transaction limit from $1 to $10 million for accounts 

December 5, 2025

Economy, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Runaway baht triggers urgent central bank action as officials push rate cuts, tighten gold scrutiny and demand a jump in outflow limits from $1m to… Read More ›

Afternoon drinking ban gone on a test basis for 6 months as foreign tourism sector asks for later hours

Afternoon drinking ban gone on a test basis for 6 months as foreign tourism sector asks for later hours

December 4, 2025

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

Thailand scraps its 53-year afternoon alcohol ban for a 6-month trial as tourism pushes for longer hours, but midnight cutoffs and stiff fines remain, leaving… Read More ›

Ten foreign Poker players arrested in a police swoop on a rented house in Koh Phangan on Tuesday night

Ten foreign Poker players arrested in a police swoop on a rented house in Koh Phangan on Tuesday night

December 4, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Ten foreign poker players were busted in a covert late-night raid on Koh Phangan as armed police stormed a rented house known as Golden Moon,… Read More ›

Nightmare of Brit husband as loving 75-year-old wife is killed suddenly in motorway crash on Wednesday

Nightmare of Brit husband as loving 75-year-old wife is killed suddenly in motorway crash on Wednesday

December 4, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Nightmare for British husband as 75-year-old wife Suzanne is killed instantly crossing a motorway in Nonthaburi. Driver charged with reckless driving,  the victim’s husband forgives… Read More ›

Chinese mafia run bitcoin mining exploit with devices in containers smashed with billions of baht lost

Chinese mafia run bitcoin mining exploit with devices in containers smashed with billions of baht lost

December 4, 2025

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

Thai police smash Chinese mafia bitcoin mining operation with over 3,600 devices seized from shipping containers, water-cooled systems dismantled and stolen electricity losses to the… Read More ›

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