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Pheu Thai chiefs promise Anutin all 71 MPs to defeat a no-confidence motion against 18 Bhumjaithai ministers. But former Defence Minister Sutin refuses to give… Read More ›
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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 ›
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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 ›
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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 ›
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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 ›
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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 ›
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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 ›
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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 ›
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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 ›
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Tourism revolt in Thailand. Three industry groups oppose a ฿1,000 airport departure tax, warning of higher airfares and weaker demand. Minister Surasak was unaware that… Read More ›
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Malaysia targets undocumented workers in 10,374 immigration operations, arresting 37,313 migrants. Senator Chaiyong says southern Thai families depend on cross-border jobs worth ฿200 billion annually.… Read More ›
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Thailand’s air force monitors a new Chinese-backed base in Laos, 50km from Vientiane. Satellite images show eight aircraft. Meanwhile, Beijing’s Cambodian naval base, arms deliveries… Read More ›
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Anutin faces a political showdown as the People’s Party targets 18 Bhumjaithai ministers. Pheu Thai is challenged over Senate collusion and coalition loyalty. Yotsanan backs… Read More ›
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Thaksin battles to stop a ฿17.6 billion tax collection drive as five luxury cars and Chiang Mai land face enforcement. His bulletproof vehicles are at… Read More ›
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Arsenic in Chiang Rai farmland raises the stakes for Bangkok. Tests find 20% of sampled soils over limits and another 50% requiring checks. Farmers face… Read More ›
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Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Suphajee Suthumpun wants a ฿450 tourist levy with insurance. THA President Thienprasith Chaiyapatranun questions ฿7bn in medical debts as… Read More ›
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Anutin’s government faces a 145-MP challenge amid exam fraud, Senate collusion, offshore gambling and floods. Three suspects have been freed after the NACC missed a… Read More ›
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Trump wants a November trade deal with Thailand, but the final agreement remains unfinished. Anutin says talks are nearing completion as Suphajee targets the ASEAN… Read More ›
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The kingdom’s fiscal 2025 accounts expose a ฿898.8 billion deficit as spending surges and tax collections disappoint. The World Bank lifts 2026 growth to just… Read More ›
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A ฿1.9bn wealth controversy threatens to engulf Anutin’s Bhumjaithai Party. MP Suchada and her Australian husband face questions over offshore gambling links as a senior… Read More ›
58 year old jealous lover murders rival, cuts off his penis in front of former partner in Chacheongsao 
Thai celebrity faces a maelstrom of suspicion and legal peril as police signal decisive action imminent 
Popular Krabi kamnan leads 1,000 car protest against Prime Minister Anutin’s government on Thursday 
Bangkok preps for renewed war between Iran and the United States in coming weeks. Key meeting this week 
Thai woman arrested for refusing to return money mistakenly lodged into her bank account in February 
Democrat Party spokesman wants answers from the government over long promised but stalled rail link 
Thai Gold market in Thailand shaken by huge Binance cryptocurrency theft linked to North Korean actors 
Thai citizens in Poland warned to stay clear of political crisis and protests over judicial appointments 
Amnesty boss says Cambodian state or officials complicit in the country’s still existing scam industry 
Three Chinese nationals rescued by police in Tak province near Burma. Police top brass want answers 
Prime Minister under fire from MPs in parliament over rumoured cuts to allowances for southern police 
Upmarket prostitution racket in Singapore procuring sexy Thai women to work in the city state smashed 
Border locals in Tak seek protection as war in Burma’s Karen State intensifies between rebels and army 
PM revokes citizenship of Jewish leader in Thailand amid police investigation into Chabad network nationwide 
Tourism chiefs furious as another Chinese abduction and a spat with the Embassy threaten bookings 
Bank of Thailand confirms a tale of two economies one booming, another struggling with decline 
French businessman wanted for VAT fraud arrested this Wednesday on Koh Samui after Interpol Notice 
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