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Ministry averts airport taxi revolt with new ride-hailing app, crackdown on illegal drivers and upgraded facilities. Four-part plan separates app cars from taxis, enforces licensing… Read More ›
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US academic Paul Chambers cleared as Thai Attorney General drops lèse-majesté charges after a 54-day ordeal. Despite no prosecution, Chambers lost his job, was jailed… Read More ›
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Thai PM orders urgent review after US court blocks Trump’s sweeping tariffs, freezing 36% duties that threatened exports. With a White House appeal looming, Bangkok… Read More ›
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Danish tourist Jakob Jensen vanished in March and was later found dead in a Bangkok police cell. Months of confusion, missed warnings, and mental health… Read More ›
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Trump freezes new student visa interviews worldwide, sparking concern among Thai students. But ministry says existing US appointments remain valid. Thai students are seen as… Read More ›
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Bangkok Bank is freezing accounts held by foreigners without long-term visas, triggering outrage from Russian tourists. The crackdown, linked to new SIM ID rules and… Read More ›
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Thai police launch sweeping crackdown on foreign sex workers in Bangkok, targeting Vietnamese nationals flooding red-light zones. New tech screens tourists at the border as… Read More ›
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A Cambodian soldier was killed in a dawn gunfight near Thailand’s Ubon Ratchathani as Thai and Khmer troops clashed over trench digging in a disputed… Read More ›
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Bangkok taxi tensions explode as police crackdown ahead of talks. Drivers threaten to blockade Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang over Grab access. Unions vow no special… Read More ›
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Thai police shut a secret border gate dubbed the ‘Doraemon Door’ after seizing ฿18 million in cash from a 25-year-old man caught smuggling money from… Read More ›
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Thailand to end cannabis free-for-all by June with strict new rules requiring medical certs, 30-day limits and licenced supplies. The crackdown comes amid rising smuggling… Read More ›
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Thaksin Shinawatra returned to the spotlight with a fiery speech, branding Myanmar’s Wa drug lords as Thailand’s top enemy, slamming ISOC and anti-drug agencies urging… Read More ›
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UK mum insists her son was set up after being caught with cocaine hidden in his passport at Phuket airport. Despite his legal conviction and… Read More ›
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Three Chinese workers were arrested in a Pattaya real estate raid amid a crackdown on illegal foreign businesses. Following the March 28 earthquake in Bangkok,… Read More ›
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Thaksin to address Thailand’s drug control board despite protests over his 2003 crackdown that caused thousands of deaths. Critics warn his violent legacy risks politicising… Read More ›
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Thailand’s entire police air fleet has been grounded after two deadly crashes in one month killed nine officers. On Saturday, a 1973 helicopter exploded mid-air,… Read More ›
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Liverpool fans in Bangkok took to the streets a day early to celebrate the club’s 2024/25 Premier League title. Led by legend John Arne Riise,… Read More ›
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Lovesick man’s attack on ex turns deadly when a grenade he threw fails to explode first time but detonates in his hand on the second… Read More ›
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Top Thai economist Dr. Anusorn warns the US dollar is set to weaken under Trump’s new trade war, pushing the baht up. He urges swift… Read More ›
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UK fraudster Ashton Saunders, posing as a hotel tycoon on Koh Samui, was busted alongside armed robbery suspect Kieran Thornton in a Thai Immigration Bureau… Read More ›
Gold duo escape 20 years prison. Court shows mercy and suspends jail term after ฿57 million in refunds 
Khao Kradong land tussle believe to be behind State Railway of Thailand (SRT) boss’s shock resignation 
Rangsiman Rome MP says he has new information on Cambodian scammer funds flowing into Thailand 
Police officer found dead sitting next to murdered wife in Nonthaburi in yet another love triangle crime 
Police deny knowledge of scammer links with money whizz Ben Smith. People’s Party MP insists its true 
Chiang Mai Police act after noting suspicious transfer saving young woman ฿800,000 sent to scammers 
Minister intervenes in shocking Kanchanaburi case where escaped Lion nearly devoured 11 year old boy 
Chuwit raises the alarm over a ‘working group’ into sensitive cases set up by the new Justice Minister 
Ben Smith money fixer to the elite in Thailand lines up ฿100M defamation case against Rangsiman Rome 
Raging prison director in Korat guns down estranged wife and her new lover before taking his own life 
Steely new line being taken as Thailand toughens its Cambodian border posture. Families ordered out 
Hitman who murdered Kim Limya in Bangkok gets life in prison on Friday. Cambodian abettors remain free 
Brit left his home in Pattaya and is believed to have crossed over into Myanmar to call centre scammers 
US trade pact being finalised by Commerce Ministry officials despite the shutdown in Washington 
Major breakthrough in Pattaya as evil Dutch pimp of underage children is arrested by elite DSI police 
2 more tourists drown off Phuket’s idyllic but deadly beaches on Wednesday as drownings toll mounts 
Phuket People’s Party MP wants action to limit and screen foreign tourist visas to weed out undesirables 
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