Articles by: James Morris and Son Nguyen

20-year-old Burmese man drowned after ignoring a Red Flag warning on a Phuket beach last Sunday

20-year-old Burmese man drowned after ignoring a Red Flag warning on a Phuket beach last Sunday

May 7, 2024

Foreigners, Living, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

Burmese man drowns after defying red flag warning in Phuket tragedy. Despite warnings, 20-year-old Nay Myo Zaw insisted on swimming and therefore met a tragic… Read More ›

British man’s holiday nightmare as cocaine is found between the pages of his passport on arrival in Phuket

British man’s holiday nightmare as cocaine is found between the pages of his passport on arrival in Phuket

May 4, 2024

Crime, Foreigners, Living, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

British tourist’s Phuket nightmare as cocaine was found in his passport at a Thai airport checkpoint leading to his arrest. James Louis Swaine faces up… Read More ›

Oppressive sunshine and heat teach Thailand a lesson this year on what climate change might mean for it

Oppressive sunshine and heat teach Thailand a lesson this year on what climate change might mean for it

May 2, 2024

Economy, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Thailand is dealing with scorching temperatures and climate change challenges as the heatwave wreaks havoc. Infrastructure buckles fatalities rise while water rationing hits tourist hotspots.… Read More ›

Fierce and enraged UK tourist assaulted a Phuket Tuk Tuk driver on Saturday over a fare and change dispute

Fierce and enraged UK tourist assaulted a Phuket Tuk Tuk driver on Saturday over a fare and change dispute

May 1, 2024

Crime, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Outrage in Phuket as UK tourist assaults Tuk Tuk driver over fare dispute. Arrested three days later at a luxury hotel on Ko Phi Phi… Read More ›

Popular UK publisher and ex fleet street journalist Colin Hastings died in Chonburi car crash on Sunday

Popular UK publisher and ex fleet street journalist Colin Hastings died in Chonburi car crash on Sunday

April 30, 2024

Living, Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

UK publisher Colin Hastings dies in Chonburi crash. Expats mourn loss – Tributes flood in after tragic accident claims life of veteran Fleet Street journalist… Read More ›

Marijuana use is linked to a tragic murder-suicide case in Nakhon Si Thammarat on Monday morning

Marijuana use is linked to a tragic murder-suicide case in Nakhon Si Thammarat on Monday morning

April 29, 2024

Crime, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Marijuana use linked to a tragic murder-suicide in Nakhon Si Thammarat. A 50-year-old, mentally ill from cannabis, killed his family with a crowbar. Police investigating… Read More ›

Phuket police promise to charge a foreign man for cutting a chain put on his illegally parked bike

Phuket police promise to charge a foreign man for cutting a chain put on his illegally parked bike

April 27, 2024

Crime, Foreigners, Living, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

Phuket police to charge a foreigner over a motorbike chain incident with criminal damage. Outrage sparked after the cavalier tourist cut the police chain on… Read More ›

Thaksin’s real influence hinted at with a lunchtime meeting at his daughter’s central Bangkok hotel in Ploenchit

Thaksin’s real influence hinted at with a lunchtime meeting at his daughter’s central Bangkok hotel in Ploenchit

April 26, 2024

Foreigners, Living, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:

Thaksin’s secret hotel summit fuels cabinet speculation. PM Srettha Thavisin and Deputy PM Phumtham Wechayachai met the former Premier amidst growing expectations of a reshuffle.… Read More ›

Big Joke storms Royal Thai Police headquarters insisting that he is still the right man for the top job

Big Joke storms Royal Thai Police headquarters insisting that he is still the right man for the top job

April 25, 2024

Crime, Living, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Big Joke fights back as he returns to police HQ. The top cop insisted he was the right man for the top job in October.… Read More ›

Big Joke drops case against the PM as his nameplate and photo have been removed at Royal Thai Police HQ

Big Joke drops case against the PM as his nameplate and photo have been removed at Royal Thai Police HQ

April 24, 2024

Crime, Foreigners, Living, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:

Big Joke drops case against PM. His nameplate and photo were removed at Royal Thai Police HQ. The National Anti-Corruption Commission, however, confirms an ongoing… Read More ›

Swiss tourist saved from the heat as survey shows 72.6% of Thai people worry about hotter weather

Swiss tourist saved from the heat as survey shows 72.6% of Thai people worry about hotter weather

April 21, 2024

Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Tourist collapse sparks alarm as 72.6% of Thais fret over rising temperatures. Climate change looms large amid a scorching heatwave. Thailand is currently in the… Read More ›

Emergency averted in Pattaya’s Nong Prue area as 60 people cough blood and foam at the mouth from gas

Emergency averted in Pattaya’s Nong Prue area as 60 people cough blood and foam at the mouth from gas

April 18, 2024

Crime, Foreigners, Living, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

Emergency averted in Pattaya as 60 suffer from ammonia leak. Quick response contained the crisis. Ammonia leak at a Nong Prue ice factory caused 60… Read More ›

Big Joke requests time as Bangkok police station weighs cases against him and the also suspended police chief

Big Joke requests time as Bangkok police station weighs cases against him and the also suspended police chief

April 17, 2024

Crime, Foreigners, Living, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

‘Big Joke’ seeks 10-day delay in money laundering case. Bangkok police station handles cases against him and the police chief amid intense scrutiny. It follows… Read More ›

Scammer’s plan to use SpaceX Starlink satellites in transnational scam network targeting Thailand with deception

Scammer’s plan to use SpaceX Starlink satellites in transnational scam network targeting Thailand with deception

April 14, 2024

Crime, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Thai police disrupt a transnational scam network using Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite, targeting Thailand with high-tech operations spanning across Asia and other parts of the… Read More ›

Anutin tells Swiss man Urs Fehr he should go home as he urges Phuket’s governor to monitor the court case

Anutin tells Swiss man Urs Fehr he should go home as he urges Phuket’s governor to monitor the court case

April 12, 2024

Crime, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul urges Swiss man Urs Fehr to leave Thailand as the Phuket governor is tasked with monitoring the prosecution of Fehr’s assault… Read More ›

Lethal Cadmium linked to a shift in dangerous e-waste recycling from China to Thailand since 2017

Lethal Cadmium linked to a shift in dangerous e-waste recycling from China to Thailand since 2017

April 10, 2024

Crime, Economy, Living, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Thailand’s toxicity crisis is linked to the shift of e-waste processors to the kingdom. Cadmium scare shocks Thailand with health fears for workers in Samut… Read More ›

Big Joke urged to resign by pundit Jatuporn Prompan after arrest warrant and guilty finding by PM’s panel

Big Joke urged to resign by pundit Jatuporn Prompan after arrest warrant and guilty finding by PM’s panel

April 6, 2024

Crime, Living, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Big Joke urged to resign amid scandal that has enveloped him. Pundit Jatuporn Prompan advises a career shift after preliminary guilty finding by the PM’s… Read More ›

Deputy PM Anutin urges Phuket officials to get tough with foreign offenders. Time to be less considerate

Deputy PM Anutin urges Phuket officials to get tough with foreign offenders. Time to be less considerate

April 4, 2024

Crime, Living, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Minister of the Interior Anutin expresses fury at foreign misconduct in Phuket. Calls for firmness and less leniency. The senior government minister calls for a… Read More ›

Police warn travellers arriving at Bangkok’s airports of a fast-track immigration clearance scam offer

Police warn travellers arriving at Bangkok’s airports of a fast-track immigration clearance scam offer

April 1, 2024

Crime, Foreigners, Living, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

Bangkok airports scam alert issued by the Immigration Bureau. Beware of fast-track promises, they are a fraud. Immigration busts fake VIP offers. No fast lane… Read More ›

Police chief withdraws defamation case to allow a full and open probe by investigators into his affairs

Police chief withdraws defamation case to allow a full and open probe by investigators into his affairs

March 30, 2024

Crime, Foreigners, Living, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

Thai Police Chief withdraws lawsuit amid corruption claims. General Torsak Sukwimol’s bold move allows a fully open police probe into his affairs. Lawyer Tum’s allegations… Read More ›

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