Police top brass push back on claims by Cambodia’s Hun Sen that scammers enter through Thailand

Police top brass push back on claims by Cambodia’s Hun Sen that scammers enter through Thailand

May 25, 2026

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

Thai police reject Hun Sen’s claim that Thailand is a scam transit route, insist Cambodia hosts bases. Border fraud, trafficking and Chinese-linked syndicates surge as… Read More ›

Police officer’s wife killed in troubled Pattani province on Monday holding her baby by hajib gunmen

Police officer’s wife killed in troubled Pattani province on Monday holding her baby by hajib gunmen

May 25, 2026

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

Gunmen disguised in hijabs ambushed a police officer’s family outside a Pattani school, killing teacher Fatimoh Ya-ngoh as she held her infant child inside the… Read More ›

Widening Sa Kaeo police extortion scandal has badly damaged Chinese tourist market for Thailand

Widening Sa Kaeo police extortion scandal has badly damaged Chinese tourist market for Thailand

May 25, 2026

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

Thailand faces a tourism and policing crisis as six cops are charged over the extortion of five Chinese nationals in Sa Kaeo, triggering warnings from… Read More ›

Digital Minister threatens crackdown on social media platforms with tighter regulation over sex stream

Digital Minister threatens crackdown on social media platforms with tighter regulation over sex stream

May 25, 2026

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

Thailand threatens a sweeping crackdown on Facebook and Meta Platforms after explicit live sex streams watched by tens of thousands stayed online for hours, triggering… Read More ›

Drug trafficking player killed in northern Sukhothai province after police chase with 2 million pills

Drug trafficking player killed in northern Sukhothai province after police chase with 2 million pills

May 25, 2026

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Fatal checkpoint chase in Sukhothai ends in a deadly crash as a grey sedan hits a pole, killing one and injuring a teen. Police then… Read More ›

Top Pheu Thai Minister Suriya rushed to hospital in Udon Thani on Sunday night after taking ill at hotel

Top Pheu Thai Minister Suriya rushed to hospital in Udon Thani on Sunday night after taking ill at hotel

May 25, 2026

Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Thai Agriculture Minister Suriya Jungrungruangkit rushed to hospital after collapsing at a Udon Thani hotel at 10 pm. The 72-year-old lost consciousness during an official… Read More ›

Austrian national living on Phuket’s streets arrested and deportation ordered after repeated complaints

Austrian national living on Phuket’s streets arrested and deportation ordered after repeated complaints

May 25, 2026

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Destitute Austrian  arrested and deported in Phuket after viral Rawai footage showed alleged intoxicated disorder, road chaos and cash demands. The Immigration Bureau revoked his… Read More ›

Thai Royal Princess honoured with Légion d’honneur presented in Paris during the Prime Minister’s visit

Thai Royal Princess honoured with Légion d’honneur presented in Paris during the Prime Minister’s visit

May 25, 2026

Culture, Living, Media, Politics, PR News, Thailand:

Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana Rajakanya awarded France’s Grand Officier of the Légion d’honneur in Paris, decree signed by President Emmanuel Macron. Ceremony attended by Prime Minister… Read More ›

Teenagers die swimming in the Chao Phraya River. Rescuers found both holding each other under water

Teenagers die swimming in the Chao Phraya River. Rescuers found both holding each other under water

May 25, 2026

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Bangkok tragedy at Chao Phraya River: three teens swim at Phasi Pier, strong current pulls two under during rescue attempt. Divers from Ruamkatanyu recover both… Read More ›

Young woman (21) found dead at railway crossing in Bangkok. Freight train collided with her motorbike

Young woman (21) found dead at railway crossing in Bangkok. Freight train collided with her motorbike

May 24, 2026

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

A 21-year-old woman died after a freight train smashed into her motorcycle at an unguarded railway crossing in Bangkok’s Lat Krabang district. Police are investigating… Read More ›

Koh Phangan Police to oppose bail for foreign investors. 21 to be charged before the court on Monday

Koh Phangan Police to oppose bail for foreign investors. 21 to be charged before the court on Monday

May 24, 2026

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

Police will oppose bail for 21 foreign suspects arrested in a Koh Phangan nominee business crackdown after raids uncovered 38 land plots worth 200 million… Read More ›

Unprotected sex stream on Facebook overnight stuns Thailand. Government orders robust police action

Unprotected sex stream on Facebook overnight stuns Thailand. Government orders robust police action

May 24, 2026

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

Thailand erupts after an explicit Facebook sex stream goes viral overnight as cyber police launch an urgent probe. Meta faces backlash while users are warned… Read More ›

Nest of Nigerian scammers and drug dealers raided in Nonthaburi days after prolific conman was arrested

Nest of Nigerian scammers and drug dealers raided in Nonthaburi days after prolific conman was arrested

May 24, 2026

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Police raided a luxury Nonthaburi condo and arrested six Nigerians linked to cocaine trafficking and AI-powered romance scams targeting older Thai women. Officers seized phones,… Read More ›

Horror scene at Pattaya hotel on Thursday morning as blood dripped to the ground before the entrance

Horror scene at Pattaya hotel on Thursday morning as blood dripped to the ground before the entrance

May 24, 2026

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Pattaya hotel horror as a 33-year-old Chinese man plunges from the 6th floor and is found impaled on a steel beam above the entrance roof,… Read More ›

Air Asia boss calls on government to postpone 53.4% hike in airport charges for a year over fuel costs

Air Asia boss calls on government to postpone 53.4% hike in airport charges for a year over fuel costs

May 24, 2026

Economy, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

AirAsia boss Tony Fernandes urges Thailand to delay a 53% airport fee hike, warning airlines are under strain from soaring fuel costs, volatile oil prices… Read More ›

29 year old Police Sergeant dies after insurgent attack on a new Pattani police station on Friday evening

29 year old Police Sergeant dies after insurgent attack on a new Pattani police station on Friday evening

May 23, 2026

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

Gunmen ambush the new Sai Buri police station in Pattani, killing 29-year-old officer Nattawut Surarat. Security forces launch a mass manhunt with checkpoints, drones and… Read More ›

Bee hives destroyed at Nakhon Ratchasima temple on Saturday after 2 terror attacks on locals this week

Bee hives destroyed at Nakhon Ratchasima temple on Saturday after 2 terror attacks on locals this week

May 23, 2026

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Firefighters armed with smoke machines and water cannons stormed a temple in Nakhon Ratchasima after aggressive bee swarms injured 13 people in two attacks, including… Read More ›

Sweep of nominee firms and business networks on Koh Phangan. 22 arrested, 200 million in land seized

Sweep of nominee firms and business networks on Koh Phangan. 22 arrested, 200 million in land seized

May 23, 2026

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

More than 300 police raided Koh Phangan in a massive crackdown on foreign nominee businesses, arresting 22 foreigners and seizing land worth over 200 million… Read More ›

Horror crash in southern Chumphon province leaves six dead on the road after head on impact at speed

Horror crash in southern Chumphon province leaves six dead on the road after head on impact at speed

May 23, 2026

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

Six people, including a two-year-old girl, died after a speeding pickup carrying durian harvest workers lost control in heavy rain and smashed head-on into another… Read More ›

Opposition and People’s Party leader attacks ‘blue regime’ on the 12th anniversary of the 2014 coup

Opposition and People’s Party leader attacks ‘blue regime’ on the 12th anniversary of the 2014 coup

May 23, 2026

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

Thailand’s opposition leader has launched a blistering attack on the post-coup “blue regime”, accusing elites, courts and the Senate of crushing dissent and monopolising power… Read More ›

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