Articles by: James Morris and Son Nguyen
Drug use suspected in deaths of two revellers at Phuket’s Electric Daisy Music festival on Saturday
Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
Two foreign tourists, a Canadian and an American, tragically die at Phuket’s Electric Picnic Music Festival. Both lost consciousness and were later confirmed dead. Drug… Read More ›
Defiant Pole charged with perpetrating an indecent act on a young Thai woman at a convenience store
Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
Defiant Polish man faces up to 10 years in Thai prison after slapping a woman’s bottom in a Sathorn store, refusing to apologize or comply… Read More ›
Death of young Irish diver Robby Kinlan is the latest incident on Ko Tao. Police suggest cardiac failure
Crime, Living, Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
The death of young Irish tourist Robby Kinlan, found dead on Ko Tao, adds to the island’s notorious reputation. Police suggest cardiac arrest, but ongoing… Read More ›
Murder of ex-Cambodian MP Kim Limfa linked to regime through second wanted suspect Kimsrin Pich
Crime, Living, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:
Ex-Cambodian MP Kim Limfa’s murder linked to pro-regime ties as more details emerge about wanted suspect Kimsrin Pich. Meanwhile, the extradited hitman Ekkalak Paenoy refuses… Read More ›
Thai Sang Thai leader Sudarat suggests people in power in Thailand are linked to transnational gangs
Crime, Economy, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:
Thai Sang Thai leader claims figures in power benefit from transnational crime as Thailand’s tourism image takes a hit. She urges former PM Thaksin to… Read More ›
Britain seeks rapprochement with China as a massive rifts open up between Labour’s UK and Trump’s USA
Economy, Living, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:
UK seeks rapprochement with China amid rising tensions with the US, as Labour’s controversial high-tax budget and Donald Trump’s return stoke political rifts. Chancellor Rachel… Read More ›
Dial M for Murder in Bangkok. Sergeant M extradited back and tells police he was hired for just ฿60,000 to kill ex MP
Crime, Living, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:
Ex-Thai Navy Sergeant M Extradited After Assassination of Cambodian MP in Bangkok. Sergeant M, aka Ekkalak Paenoy, has confessed to the murder of former opposition… Read More ›
King Power family to launch biggest fatal accident action in English legal history. Inguest on Monday
Crime, Culture, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Thailand:
King Power family to launch £2.15 billion lawsuit over 2018 helicopter crash that killed Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha. The legal action, believed to be the largest fatal… Read More ›
University urged to file a police complaint over Chinese police training. Participants return to China
Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:
Siam University clarifies reports of a controversial Chinese police training course. The Thai government however urges the university to file a police complaint after unauthorized… Read More ›
Hitman who gunned down former Cambodia MP in Bangkok arrested in Cambodia. Taken to Phnom Penh
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Ex-Royal Thai Navy marine arrested in Cambodia after Bangkok assassination of Cambodian-French MP. Ekkalak Paenoy, accused of gunning down opposition figure Lim Kimya, fled to… Read More ›
Former Cambodian French opposition MP and thorn in the side of ruling party gunned down in Bangkok
Crime, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:
Cambodian-French opposition MP assassinated in Bangkok: Lim Kim-Ya, 74, was gunned down by a motorbike hitman near Wat Bowon in a suspected political hit. The… Read More ›
Former drug addict woke from surgery delirious. Shot dead by Surin police while grasping a large red axe
Crime, Living, Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
Former drug addict, 26, shot dead by Thai police in chaotic hospital scene after waking from surgery delirious. Armed with a large red axe, he… Read More ›
Thai News for Foreigners
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China and Thailand face economic strains with low
Thaksin replies to bombshell Ministry of the Interior news on Thursday. No big deal says the former PM
January 18, 2025
Thaksin downplays land dispute over Alpine Golf Club,
Finally, hope dawns for jailed Uyghurs as incoming US Secretary of State Marco Rubio promises support
January 17, 2025
Hope for Bangkok’s Uyghurs as incoming US Secretary
Bangkok-born US Senator Tammy Duckworth schools Trump’s pick for Defence Secretary in Washington
January 16, 2025
Bangkok-born U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth exposes
UK granny, high on cheap booze, left wandering in a Bangkok Hotel stark naked after going to bed
January 15, 2025
UK granny’s Bangkok nightmare. 61-year-old Janet
Government to take its chances by legalising casino complex operations and online gambling in Thailand
January 14, 2025
Thai cabinet moves to legalise casino complexes and
Thai Sang Thai leader Sudarat suggests people in power in Thailand are linked to transnational gangs
January 12, 2025
Thai Sang Thai leader claims figures in power benefit
American rescues a suicidal young Thai woman in Pattaya. It was her second attempt in two weeks
January 12, 2025
American man saves a suicidal woman in Pattaya,
King Power family to launch biggest fatal accident action in English legal history. Inguest on Monday
January 11, 2025
King Power family to launch £2.15 billion lawsuit
Visa waiver scheme questioned with another China Crisis for foreign tourism driven by security fears
January 10, 2025
Thailand’s visa waiver scheme faces mounting
฿13 million swindled and robbed in Chinese criminal exploits in central Bangkok on Thursday afternoon
January 9, 2025
฿13M stolen in Bangkok crypto scams: Chinese
Hitman who gunned down former Cambodia MP in Bangkok arrested in Cambodia. Taken to Phnom Penh
January 8, 2025
Ex-Royal Thai Navy marine arrested in Cambodia after
Former Cambodian French opposition MP and thorn in the side of ruling party gunned down in Bangkok
January 7, 2025
Cambodian-French opposition MP assassinated in
22-year-old Spanish tourist gored to death on Ko Yao by an elephant she was bathing on Friday afternoon
January 6, 2025
Spanish tourist Blanca Ojanguren García, 22, was
Chinese policing programme at a Bangkok university linked by the Interior Ministry to a defence force
January 4, 2025
Thai police and officials investigate Siam
Revenue Department boss calls on tax residents in Thailand to file 2024 returns by March 31st deadline
January 3, 2025
Revenue Department urges tax residents in Thailand to
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