Articles by: James Morris and Son Nguyen

Calls for murdered Norwegian woman’s Japanese killer to be brought to justice if found in Thailand

Calls for murdered Norwegian woman’s Japanese killer to be brought to justice if found in Thailand

May 1, 2021

Crime, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

38-year-old Japanese national Hiroyuki Ogu is the subject of an Interpol Red Notice and is being sought by police in Laos in relation to a… Read More ›

Wave of calamity scuppers any foreign tourism recovery with even 7% of visitors now in doubt

Wave of calamity scuppers any foreign tourism recovery with even 7% of visitors now in doubt

April 30, 2021

Economy, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Heavy hand of the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) reintroduces 14 day quarantine period for all visitors after May 6th as the campaign to… Read More ›

German man and trans partner arrested in Pattaya for drug dealing in police undercover operation

German man and trans partner arrested in Pattaya for drug dealing in police undercover operation

April 26, 2021

Crime, Foreigners, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

The 59-year-old German man had retired to live in Thailand after working in Europe as a truck driver. He is understood to have drifted into… Read More ›

3 ‘innocent’ relatives dead in a horrifying terrorist attack on a main road in southern Thailand

3 ‘innocent’ relatives dead in a horrifying terrorist attack on a main road in southern Thailand

April 24, 2021

Crime, Foreigners, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

Top Pattani official has predicted arrests in relation to the incident will follow swiftly and has blamed it on a local warlord and crime boss… Read More ›

Ministry fails to halt ฿25.4 billion payment order to Hong Kong based firm linked to 1990 contract

Ministry fails to halt ฿25.4 billion payment order to Hong Kong based firm linked to 1990 contract

April 22, 2021

Economy, Foreigners, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

The ongoing saga began with a rail contract in 1990 which was hampered by corruption in acquiring land, a coup, a government suspension and finally… Read More ›

FM Don to attend Myanmar ASEAN summit with high stakes for Thailand as civil war there looms large

FM Don to attend Myanmar ASEAN summit with high stakes for Thailand as civil war there looms large

April 20, 2021

Economy, Foreigners, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

The battle of the public, allied with civil society in Myanmar, against the repressive junta is increasingly being seen, in a broader context, as a… Read More ›

Officials deny long-time resident American professor in Khon Kaen was targeted because of political activities

Officials deny long-time resident American professor in Khon Kaen was targeted because of political activities

April 18, 2021

Foreigners, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

American David Streckfuss’s visa has not been revoked as Immigration Bureau officers confirm his application for an extension is under review by officers at Division… Read More ›

Still time to avoid lockdown says Health Minister as 3rd virus wave dwarfs all infections to date

Still time to avoid lockdown says Health Minister as 3rd virus wave dwarfs all infections to date

April 15, 2021

Economy, Living, More News from Thailand, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

The growing third wave of the virus has just begun to present the Thai government with perhaps its greatest challenge yet as it stands ready… Read More ›

6 year old among 5 people burned to death in overnight bus tragedy on Tuesday morning in Khon Kaen

6 year old among 5 people burned to death in overnight bus tragedy on Tuesday morning in Khon Kaen

April 13, 2021

Economy, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

The freak accident comes as the Ministry of the Interior coordinates a campaign to control the carnage on the roads during the Songkran holiday which… Read More ›

Drug violence and death now a daily part of life in Thailand, drug dealer dies in firefight with police

Drug violence and death now a daily part of life in Thailand, drug dealer dies in firefight with police

April 11, 2021

Crime, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Senior police officer, a chief of staff with the anti-crime suppression task force at Sadao Police Station in Songkhla, gunned down his cousin at point-blank… Read More ›

UK variant driving the 3rd virus wave in Thailand may have come from Phnom Penh in Cambodia 

UK variant driving the 3rd virus wave in Thailand may have come from Phnom Penh in Cambodia 

April 9, 2021

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

On March 11th, the Cambodian Health Ministry confirmed that the UK variant of Covid-19 was highly active and prevalent in the capital city of Phnom… Read More ›

Deputy PM and  Public Health Minister Anutin photographed without a face mask at party event

Deputy PM and Public Health Minister Anutin photographed without a face mask at party event

April 7, 2021

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

The controversial Minister of Public Health was the first person in Thailand to be vaccinated on February 28th last at the Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute… Read More ›

Fears that a 3rd wave of Covid-19 may have begun in Thailand with top doctors raising the alarm

Fears that a 3rd wave of Covid-19 may have begun in Thailand with top doctors raising the alarm

April 5, 2021

Foreigners, Living, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

Key source of concern is a spreading cluster of infections linked with pubs and entertainment venues in Bangkok with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in… Read More ›

Myanmar facing all out revolution as the bloody struggle between the army and the public spirals out of control

Myanmar facing all out revolution as the bloody struggle between the army and the public spirals out of control

April 2, 2021

Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

The calls by Myanmar’s Miss Grand International, Han Lay, on stage last Saturday night in Bangkok for ‘urgent intervention’ in her country are growing louder… Read More ›

Death of schoolboy playing football from lightning strike in Surat Thani leaves father distraught in grief 

Death of schoolboy playing football from lightning strike in Surat Thani leaves father distraught in grief 

April 1, 2021

Living, More News from Thailand, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Deaths from lightning strikes are quite common in Thailand particularly in farms with open pastures where one lightning strike can kill many living beings including… Read More ›

Reopening of Phuket still not officially approved although it is the ideal test for a broader move

Reopening of Phuket still not officially approved although it is the ideal test for a broader move

March 31, 2021

Economy, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

The rate of vaccination in Thailand and the success of plans to reopen Phuket to quarantine free tourism are becoming critical factors in the government’s… Read More ›

Crisis in Myanmar threatens to escalate as Thai authorities monitor the situation on a daily basis

Crisis in Myanmar threatens to escalate as Thai authorities monitor the situation on a daily basis

March 29, 2021

Foreigners, Living, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

An unusually strongly-worded statement from the defence ministers of the United States, United Kingdom, Australia and Japan castigated the junta and the military in Myanmar… Read More ›

Provincial agency boss arrested in Mukdahan after trying to extort ฿2 million from a businessman

Provincial agency boss arrested in Mukdahan after trying to extort ฿2 million from a businessman

March 27, 2021

Crime, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

The Director of the Pongsawan Wood Industry Co. which owned ฿600 million of seized wood ordered to be returned to it by the Supreme Court,… Read More ›

Gambling Godfather arrested in Rayong linked with the murder of a moto-taxi driver in Pattaya

Gambling Godfather arrested in Rayong linked with the murder of a moto-taxi driver in Pattaya

March 25, 2021

Crime, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Friday’s police operations assisted by the elite Hanuman unit of the Crime Suppression Division (CSD), seized the property empire and assets of gambling kingpin, Somchai… Read More ›

Woman publicly stripped, beaten to a gruesome death in front of onlookers over sexual jealousy on Sunday last

Woman publicly stripped, beaten to a gruesome death in front of onlookers over sexual jealousy on Sunday last

March 24, 2021

Crime, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Three murders, two women and a man, at different ends of the country, tell us about a society where many lives are destroyed by either… Read More ›

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