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PM urges respect for the court’s decision. However, he was confident Move Forward MPs had a plan

PM urges respect for the court’s decision. However, he was confident Move Forward MPs had a plan

August 8, 2024

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

Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin urges reporting of financial inducements to the dissolved Move Forward Party’s remaining MPs. Confident progressive MPs will continue as the main… Read More ›

State theft and modern slavery. Illegal Burmese junta orders migrant workers to pay up for permits abroad

State theft and modern slavery. Illegal Burmese junta orders migrant workers to pay up for permits abroad

August 6, 2024

Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

The illegal Burmese military junta exploits nationals in Thailand, demanding 25% of their wages be remitted to a specified bank in Yangon. With control over… Read More ›

View or Police Sergeant Major Kulwut Vitidsarn kindles joy on Monday night with Silver in Paris

View or Police Sergeant Major Kulwut Vitidsarn kindles joy on Monday night with Silver in Paris

August 6, 2024

Culture, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

The 23-year-old badminton ace brings joy to Thailand with a silver medal in the Paris Olympics. Despite presently only standing 54th in the medal table,… Read More ›

The prospect of America’s first female President has just opened up three months before the November poll

The prospect of America’s first female President has just opened up three months before the November poll

August 3, 2024

Living, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Shock exit of President Biden shakes the presidential election race. It has propelled Vice President Kamala Harris to lead with huge fundraising and dizzying poll… Read More ›

Catch me if you Can thief gets rude awakening by Songkhla police task force. Claims he’s innocent

Catch me if you Can thief gets rude awakening by Songkhla police task force. Claims he’s innocent

August 1, 2024

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

Belgian theft suspect gets rude awakening by Songkhla police raid, denies wrongdoing as officers find stolen items and cash in his luxury suite. Police investigate… Read More ›

Former internet star and online gambling tycoon alleges he is being targeted at Bang Kwang Prison

Former internet star and online gambling tycoon alleges he is being targeted at Bang Kwang Prison

July 30, 2024

Crime, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Former internet idol and alleged gambling tycoon, Siapo Po-arnon, raises alarm over safety in Bang Kwang Prison. Lawyer to outline assassination attempts and outline rights… Read More ›

Apple’s Lampoonish vision of Thailand generates a backlash among offended commentators in Bangkok

Apple’s Lampoonish vision of Thailand generates a backlash among offended commentators in Bangkok

July 29, 2024

Culture, Economy, Living, Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Apple’s lampoonish vision of Thailand generates backlash among offended Bangkok commentators. The smartphone maker’s ad ruffles feathers in Bangkok, hitting too close to the bone… Read More ›

North Korea reminds the World of its evil state repression by executing 30 young students for watching TV

North Korea reminds the World of its evil state repression by executing 30 young students for watching TV

July 28, 2024

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

North Korea brutally executed over 30 students for watching banned South Korean dramas, underscoring the regime’s harsh repression and ideological control. This act highlights North… Read More ›

Dismissed Chiang Mai cop’s network could make 10k calls a day. Top officers fear endemic corruption

Dismissed Chiang Mai cop’s network could make 10k calls a day. Top officers fear endemic corruption

July 26, 2024

Crime, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Dismissed Chiang Mai cop’s network made 10k calls daily. Senior officers warn of endemic corruption undermining Thai society. They point to rising corruption both inside… Read More ›

Burma’s General Min Aung Hlaing suffers more setbacks as his regime moves towards collapse

Burma’s General Min Aung Hlaing suffers more setbacks as his regime moves towards collapse

July 25, 2024

Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Burma’s General Min Aung Hlaing suffers another setback as his regime moves towards certain collapse. The fall of the military’s Northeastern headquarters in Shan State… Read More ›

Aussie Dad travels to Thailand and finds his son in Bangkok only to be told he won’t talk to him at this time

Aussie Dad travels to Thailand and finds his son in Bangkok only to be told he won’t talk to him at this time

July 24, 2024

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

Aussie dad travels to Thailand and finds his missing son in Bangkok after two weeks, but the son refuses to speak with him, leaving the… Read More ›

Road rage caused a marijuana dealer to fatally stab a Burmese painter in Bangkok on Sunday night

Road rage caused a marijuana dealer to fatally stab a Burmese painter in Bangkok on Sunday night

July 23, 2024

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

Road rage leads to fatal stabbing in Bangkok. Thai marijuana dealer kills Burmese painter in violent altercation at Bang Kapi district shopping centre car park.… Read More ›

Magic loses its touch: ‘invisible’ drug dealing Nigerian nabbed by cops in Ko Phangan Hotel swoop

Magic loses its touch: ‘invisible’ drug dealing Nigerian nabbed by cops in Ko Phangan Hotel swoop

July 21, 2024

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

A Nigerian man who claimed to use magic to evade police was arrested in Ko Phangan. He had overstayed his visa for nearly nine years,… Read More ›

PM Srettha expresses concern for Thais in Bangladesh and advises them to monitor Dhaka Embassy alerts

PM Srettha expresses concern for Thais in Bangladesh and advises them to monitor Dhaka Embassy alerts

July 21, 2024

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

Thai PM Srettha Thavisin warns Thai nationals in Dhaka to stay vigilant amidst ongoing violent protests and urged them to monitor embassy alerts as hundreds… Read More ›

Evil act of mass murder at Bangkok tea party of death in the heart of the capital shocks Thailand and the World

Evil act of mass murder at Bangkok tea party of death in the heart of the capital shocks Thailand and the World

July 17, 2024

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

Six people were found dead in a Bangkok hotel, poisoned at a tea party orchestrated by Sherine Chong, a Vietnamese American. Chong, facing a legal… Read More ›

New Zealand Day brothers have landed back home in their own country after 4 months in detention

New Zealand Day brothers have landed back home in their own country after 4 months in detention

July 13, 2024

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

Two middle-aged New Zealand brothers returned home after spending four months detained in Thailand for a violent assault on a Phuket police officer in March.… Read More ›

New Visa measure to go into effect on Monday. 60 days stay for visitors of up to 93 countries stamped on entry

New Visa measure to go into effect on Monday. 60 days stay for visitors of up to 93 countries stamped on entry

July 12, 2024

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

The package of four measures was approved by the Minister of the Interior Anutin Charnvirakul on Friday. A key development is the introduction of the… Read More ›

Wrangling within the Pheu Thai Party came to the surface this week as bigwig Chalerm seeks his own expulsion

Wrangling within the Pheu Thai Party came to the surface this week as bigwig Chalerm seeks his own expulsion

July 11, 2024

Living, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

List MP seeks a new party amid Pheu Thai turmoil. Rising internal divisions and a potential Bhumjaithai Cannabis clash. Ex-Premier Thaksin estranged from former party… Read More ›

Anutin turns up the heat on PM over cannabis issue as critical drug control panel meeting looms to decide

Anutin turns up the heat on PM over cannabis issue as critical drug control panel meeting looms to decide

July 9, 2024

Living, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Deputy PM Anutin clashes with PM over Cannabis recriminalization. As public support surges, Anutin vows to vote against rescheduling cannabis as a controlled drug at… Read More ›

Ranong femme fatale followed her illicit lover to his new job. It ended on Friday night with murder on the street

Ranong femme fatale followed her illicit lover to his new job. It ended on Friday night with murder on the street

July 6, 2024

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

Ranong’s shocking murder unfolds as an officer surrenders for killing his girlfriend’s lover, a delivery driver. The tragic tale of passion and violence destroyed a… Read More ›

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