Prime Minister cock a hoop as IMF World Bank meet ends in Bangkok. Insists Thailand’s standing has risen

Prime Minister cock a hoop as IMF World Bank meet ends in Bangkok. Insists Thailand’s standing has risen

October 17, 2026

Economy, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Anutin predicts an economic leap after Bangkok hosts the IMF–World Bank summit for 191 nations. US Fed chief Kevin Warsh applauded Thailand’s organisation, OECD chief… Read More ›

Justice Ministry boss reveals ‘Black Research’ aimed at High School students. 3,000 sexual abuse images

Justice Ministry boss reveals ‘Black Research’ aimed at High School students. 3,000 sexual abuse images

October 16, 2026

Crime, Living, Media, Politics, 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 ›

Departures tax pushed by the Ministry of Finance is the death kiss for the tourist sector say top execs

Departures tax pushed by the Ministry of Finance is the death kiss for the tourist sector say top execs

October 16, 2026

Economy, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Thai AirAsia sounds the alarm over a ฿1,000 departure tax as Thailand’s tourism recovery stalls again and dives. Foreign arrivals reach just 23.94 million, ASEAN… Read More ›

Man gunned down by motorcycle assassins outside a weed shop in Bangkok’s Laksi district early Friday

Man gunned down by motorcycle assassins outside a weed shop in Bangkok’s Laksi district early Friday

October 16, 2026

Crime, Living, Thailand:

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 ›

US Bangkok broadside to the IMF and the World Bank delivered by Scott Bessent who snubbed the meeting

US Bangkok broadside to the IMF and the World Bank delivered by Scott Bessent who snubbed the meeting

October 16, 2026

Economy, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Washington turns up the heat at Bangkok’s IMF–World Bank meetings. Absent Treasury chief Scott Bessent demands oil and gas funding, nuclear investment, an end to… Read More ›

Police arrest South Korean after child reports mother being abused. Man found to have overstayed his visa

Police arrest South Korean after child reports mother being abused. Man found to have overstayed his visa

October 16, 2026

Crime, Living, Media, Thailand:

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 ›

Friday protests by anti IMF World Bank activists continue after overnight camp event in central Bangkok

Friday protests by anti IMF World Bank activists continue after overnight camp event in central Bangkok

October 16, 2026

Economy, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Bangkok’s IMF–World Bank summit faces angry street protests as police block a march and demonstrators occupy roads overnight. Campaigners attack corporate influence and public debt,… Read More ›

Base pipe bomb attack on Thursday in southern Yala province left five army officers with minor injuries

Base pipe bomb attack on Thursday in southern Yala province left five army officers with minor injuries

October 16, 2026

Crime, Media, Politics, Thailand:

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 ›

Air hostess linked to international trafficking ring smuggling Chinese nationals in and out of Thailand

Air hostess linked to international trafficking ring smuggling Chinese nationals in and out of Thailand

October 16, 2026

Crime, Living, Media, Thailand:

Police arrest Chinese air hostess in Hat Yai over suspected migrant smuggling between Thailand and Malaysia. Two men crossed illegally, another woman hid inside a… Read More ›

Prime Minister Anutin talks of an economy driven by ‘quality growth’ at the Bangkok IMF World Bank forum

Prime Minister Anutin talks of an economy driven by ‘quality growth’ at the Bangkok IMF World Bank forum

October 15, 2026

Economy, Living, Media, Politics, 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 ›

Protests at the IMF World Bank meetings turn violent but Bangkok police deny being heavy handed

Protests at the IMF World Bank meetings turn violent but Bangkok police deny being heavy handed

October 15, 2026

Economy, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Violence flares near Bangkok’s IMF and World Bank summit as police clash with protesters trying to hang banners from a bridge. Demonstrators are injured, but… Read More ›

Thai Airways now says baggage failure was five times worse than admitted. Board orders compensation

Thai Airways now says baggage failure was five times worse than admitted. Board orders compensation

October 15, 2026

Economy, Media, Politics, Thailand:

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 ›

Bhumjaithai Party Southern MP facing political strain as questions grow about her husband’s online fortune

Bhumjaithai Party Southern MP facing political strain as questions grow about her husband’s online fortune

October 15, 2026

Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Suchada Sangtanasap is left to fight alone as Bhumjaithai refuses lawyers amid an NACC probe into her family’s ฿1.97 billion assets. Her Australian husband’s crypto… Read More ›

Boss Surat Thani woman shot worker who borrowed a cooking pot and motorbike dead after he attacked her

Boss Surat Thani woman shot worker who borrowed a cooking pot and motorbike dead after he attacked her

October 15, 2026

Crime, Thailand:

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 ›

Portuguese woman’s 5 year stay in Thailand without a valid visa ends at a Phuket cookery class on Tuesday

Portuguese woman’s 5 year stay in Thailand without a valid visa ends at a Phuket cookery class on Tuesday

October 15, 2026

Crime, Living, Media, Thailand:

Phuket cooking class ends in arrest for a Portuguese woman after immigration police expose a 1,807-day overstay. She has no original passport, only a phone… Read More ›

Malaysian couple on honeymoon with 40 litres of petrol spark security crisis at IMF World Bank summit

Malaysian couple on honeymoon with 40 litres of petrol spark security crisis at IMF World Bank summit

October 14, 2026

Crime, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Bomb squad police search a Malaysian couple’s car near Bangkok’s IMF–World Bank meetings after finding 40 litres of petrol. The honeymooners are cleared. Meanwhile, police… Read More ›

Thai police get involved in Hong Kong prostitution ring smashed last weekend which yielded vast returns

Thai police get involved in Hong Kong prostitution ring smashed last weekend which yielded vast returns

October 14, 2026

Crime, Living, Media, Thailand:

Thai women recruited for lucrative Hong Kong hotel sex bookings as police arrest 16 and seize or freeze ฿77 million. Organisers pocketed 70% of takings,… Read More ›

Ekniti clings to AI to buoy the Thai economy and even promises a second life for the ‘sick man of Asia’

Ekniti clings to AI to buoy the Thai economy and even promises a second life for the ‘sick man of Asia’

October 14, 2026

Economy, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Ekniti pitches an AI-powered revival at the IMF–World Bank summit as Thailand’s debt crisis bites. Public borrowing nears its ceiling, SMEs struggle for loans and… Read More ›

Police arrest Chinese tourist thief who used Thai flights to snatch credit cards and run up charges on them

Police arrest Chinese tourist thief who used Thai flights to snatch credit cards and run up charges on them

October 14, 2026

Crime, Media, Thailand:

Police swoop on Chinese tourist, 51, at Don Mueang on Sunday, October 11, over two earlier flight thefts. Cards and cash worth ฿317,662 vanished on… Read More ›

Child trafficked from Burma sold for 30k baht by her mother as top ministers smash vile ring in Bangkok

Child trafficked from Burma sold for 30k baht by her mother as top ministers smash vile ring in Bangkok

October 13, 2026

Crime, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Two arrested and six Burmese children rescued in Bangkok trafficking raids. Children were reportedly forced to sell flowers until 4 am and burned with heated… Read More ›

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