Articles by: Joseph O' Connor
Crime, Living, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:
Pressure mounts on Anutin over the ฿4.5bn local exam scandal as Rangsiman Rome targets questions around his adviser. Police are tracing 2,000 suspected altered results,… Read More ›
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Thailand produces archival proof after Miss Universe Cambodia used a historic 1906 photo of Thai women in a Cambodian clothing presentation. Culture Minister Sabeeda demands… Read More ›
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Washington adds a fresh condition to Thailand’s US trade deal as Anutin heads for New York. The expected Trump call remains unconfirmed while Senate, ballot… Read More ›
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Vietnam’s tourism boom is closing the gap on Thailand as low prices, easier visas and soaring Western arrivals drive growth. Thailand faces falling visitor numbers,… Read More ›
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Phuket governor sacks an entire Defence Corps checkpoint team after villagers claim they were urine-tested, then asked for up to ฿15,000 to go free. Bangkok… Read More ›
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Thailand turns to South Korea for a ฿16.73 billion missile-packed frigate as the Navy plans eight warships by 2037, shifts up to 30% of construction… Read More ›
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Twenty years after tanks toppled Thaksin, Phumtham warns Thailand still bears the scars. Two coups, dissolved parties, fallen prime ministers and rewritten charters later, over… Read More ›
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Thailand’s debt races towards its 70% ceiling as chief economic planner Danucha Pichayanan demands 2–3 years of tight budgets. Debt servicing tops ฿400 billion yearly… Read More ›
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Anutin tells governors to use new deportation powers without hesitation as Thailand targets troublesome foreigners, illegal businesses, nominee firms and landholding while warning: “If you’re… Read More ›
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Thailand slams the brakes on cheap imported EVs with a proposed 30% tax, demanding foreign carmakers build locally as Chinese price wars squeeze its huge… Read More ›
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Thailand joins the global tax net with a 15% minimum levy on multinational giants, not expatriates. But overseas account sharing is already live as Bangkok… Read More ›
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Thaksin fights to halt Revenue seizures over a ฿17.629 billion Shin Corp tax debt, saying the state already took ฿46.37 billion. Officials are hunting assets… Read More ›
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Thailand races to resolve 11,000 company probes by September 30 as ฿85 billion in land and assets come under scrutiny. Investigators are tracing property transfers,… Read More ›
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Nestlé and billionaire Prayudh Mahagitsiri turned Nescafé into Thailand’s dominant coffee brand. Now their 34-year partnership has become a ฿120 billion legal war as Nestlé… Read More ›
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Thailand’s taxman chases the smartphone economy as 173,579 unregistered operators enter the system, including 56,091 online traders. Weak markets and rising costs are pushing more… Read More ›
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Bank of Thailand Governor Vitai Ratanakorn orders financial ‘bottlenecks’ as 11 bodies target scams, gambling and illicit cash, tracking money through bank transfers, withdrawals, money… Read More ›
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Election Commission commissioners face possible Section 157 action after sending only 77 Senate cases towards court, warn opposition figures. No political party officeholder was referred… Read More ›
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Senate scandal heads for court as EC targets 77 people, including 26 serving senators, but extraordinarily withholds every name. Anutin, Newin and other accused political… Read More ›
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Billions pour into Thailand’s data centres and technology, but households are cutting food. Some 32.83% in a health survey eat less or skip meals as… Read More ›
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Monday’s Senate showdown could open a new political battle if the Election Commission fails to refer all 229 cases. Parit threatens a parliamentary offensive while… Read More ›
Tuk Tuk driver in Phuket assaulted by Middle Eastern looking tourist who failed to pay his fare to a hotel 
Naturalised citizenship scrutinised as PM scraps Israeli’s Thai status over ongoing home passport use 
Business leaders pile pressure on Thai Airways over vital air cargo artery for the kingdom’s exports to the world 
Department of Business Development (DBD) contacts 43 foreign embassies on nominee shareholder firms 
British mother from Croydon in a Cambodian hellhole prison facing up to 20 years after drug mule dupe 
Serving Election Commissioner again voicing his concerns about the probe into the 2024 Senate poll 
Thai Airways admits it got it wrong as Suvarnabhumi Airport public areas are swamped by a baggage flood 
Turkish arsonist arrested. His Thai girlfriend hired him to destroy evidence at her former workplace 
Race against time and water flows as PM Anutin works round the clock tackling flooding emergency 
Thailand moves carefully with AI regulation as US tech warns over key provisions hindering investment 
Military operations are expanded at Suvarnabhumi Airport as crisis is still not brought under control 
PM’s relief as Constitutional Court upholds February 8th General Election despite a barcode warning 
Royal Thai Army deployed to Suvarnabhumi Airport after baggage chaos gets the better of exhausted staff 
Love triangle horror in Chumphon sees all three dead after government officer goes on a killing rampage 
NIDA opinion poll shows rising apathy among the Thai public as Prime Minister Anutin’s base crashes 
Flooding tragedy in Samut Prakan near Bangkok. Two die from electrocution after family car is submerged 
Crucial ballot decision of Constitutional Court on Monday could upend government and Thai politics 
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