Articles by: Carla Boonkong & Pranee O' Connor

79 new MPs face scrutiny as Election Commission says only 321 to be declared elected on June 21st

79 new MPs face scrutiny as Election Commission says only 321 to be declared elected on June 21st

June 16, 2023

Living, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

The delay in confirming the MPs elected to parliament comes with reports of discrepancies in 16 provinces and controversy over the status of Mr Pita… Read More ›

Canadian extradited hitman suspect to stand trial in Bangkok for drug kingpin’s murder in Phuket

Canadian extradited hitman suspect to stand trial in Bangkok for drug kingpin’s murder in Phuket

June 6, 2023

Crime, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Dupre was arrested by Canadian police in Alberta on February 21st 2022 only 18 days after the Friday night murder in Phuket on February 4th… Read More ›

Lawyers: Don’t deal with unhappy former owners in foreclosure sales after woman is gunned down

Lawyers: Don’t deal with unhappy former owners in foreclosure sales after woman is gunned down

June 3, 2023

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

Police this week only convinced the irate elderly man to surrender by promising him access to key media programmes to vent his point of view… Read More ›

Brit’s killer safe in Oslo and will not be extradited to Thailand with local police taking on the case

Brit’s killer safe in Oslo and will not be extradited to Thailand with local police taking on the case

June 2, 2023

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

A frail and ill Roger Bullman, after a nightmare of nearly four years on the run, is recovering in Oslo with his family while police… Read More ›

Suspected Canadian hired killer extradited back to Thailand to face trial for premeditated murder

Suspected Canadian hired killer extradited back to Thailand to face trial for premeditated murder

May 29, 2023

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

There appear to be no assurances, at least publicly known at this point, concerning the death penalty with the judge in Alberta at the end… Read More ›

Compromise mooted between Pheu Thai and Move Forward on House Speaker job before key meeting

Compromise mooted between Pheu Thai and Move Forward on House Speaker job before key meeting

May 27, 2023

Foreigners, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:

This week’s deadlock has dismayed many insiders within both the Move Forward and Pheu Thai camps with rising speculation of an alternative coalition involving the… Read More ›

Move Forward opposes any plan to allow a US base in Thailand and commits to uphold its sovereignty

Move Forward opposes any plan to allow a US base in Thailand and commits to uphold its sovereignty

May 26, 2023

Living, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Rangsiman Rome tells reporters that efforts by conservative elements or perhaps misinformation operations should stop as he clarifies the Move Forward foreign policy position. He… Read More ›

Smartphone betrays gang who robbed Chinese tourists in early May as police nab them in Sa Kaeo

Smartphone betrays gang who robbed Chinese tourists in early May as police nab them in Sa Kaeo

May 24, 2023

Crime, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

The Chonburi police chief was happy to close the case file. He told reporters that the gang had spent the ฿400,000 taken in the raid… Read More ›

Kooky Palang Pracharat reports rejected on Tuesday by Prawit as Pheu Thai stands by Pita for PM

Kooky Palang Pracharat reports rejected on Tuesday by Prawit as Pheu Thai stands by Pita for PM

May 23, 2023

Living, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Palang Pracharat Party leadership on Tuesday rejected spurious reports that the party was to disband so that its members could join the Pheu Thai Party,… Read More ›

US TV late-night star Conan O’Brien to feature Bangkok in HBO travel show in possible tourism boost

US TV late-night star Conan O’Brien to feature Bangkok in HBO travel show in possible tourism boost

May 20, 2023

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

The filming of the show took place in May and should help boost Western tourists to the kingdom with figures showing the majority of the… Read More ›

Crazed Pole denied bail before a Bangkok court charged with the murder of Ukrainian girlfriend

Crazed Pole denied bail before a Bangkok court charged with the murder of Ukrainian girlfriend

May 20, 2023

Crime, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

The 25-year-old man had arrived with his 27-year-old girlfriend Arona Shevchenko on April 29th as tourists. Both were staying at an upmarket condominium on Sathorn… Read More ›

Am Cyanide touched by the evil of online gambling sites where she lost as much as ฿1 million a day

Am Cyanide touched by the evil of online gambling sites where she lost as much as ฿1 million a day

May 17, 2023

Crime, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

A key issue for police, at this stage, in the final stages of the investigation aside from getting the alleged serial killer to confess, amid… Read More ›

Murder of Ukrainian woman being investigated in Bangkok as police nab Polish boyfriend at border

Murder of Ukrainian woman being investigated in Bangkok as police nab Polish boyfriend at border

May 16, 2023

Crime, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Polish man fled the apartment after it appears he lost the nerve to dismember his girlfriend’s corpse. He then tried to inveigle a confused taxi… Read More ›

Phuket to enforce more control on motorbike rentals as 15th foreigner this year dies in Karon area

Phuket to enforce more control on motorbike rentals as 15th foreigner this year dies in Karon area

May 13, 2023

Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

77% of those who die on Thailand’s roads are still men with 79% of the fatalities occurring in motorbike accidents. Action being undertaken in Phuket… Read More ›

Ukrainian boy flown to Bangkok as family and supporters raise ฿3 million to help fund his medical care

Ukrainian boy flown to Bangkok as family and supporters raise ฿3 million to help fund his medical care

May 12, 2023

Foreigners, Living, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

Cost of intensive care treatment runs at ฿130,000 per day placing intolerable financial strain on the boy’s mother and family in addition to the worry… Read More ›

Crackdown on foreign tourism abuses with police in hotspots targeting Chinese and Russian gangs

Crackdown on foreign tourism abuses with police in hotspots targeting Chinese and Russian gangs

May 8, 2023

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

The crackdown involves targeting firms licensed in the foreign tourism sector run by foreigners that are not on a pre-approved list while police in tourist… Read More ›

Move Forward Party surging in the polls as the General Election campaign enters its final week

Move Forward Party surging in the polls as the General Election campaign enters its final week

May 7, 2023

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

Polls show the current ruling Palang Pracharat Party led by Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan floundering on marginal support levels and well off its former… Read More ›

Tourism boss calls for special state body to manage the new foreign tourism levy postponed yet again

Tourism boss calls for special state body to manage the new foreign tourism levy postponed yet again

May 6, 2023

Economy, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Plans this year to have airlines collect the proposed ฿300 levy ran into difficulty while industry leaders are anxious to see the proposal for emergency… Read More ›

Ukrainian boy placed on life support after cardiac arrest at a Phuket swimming pool on Tuesday

Ukrainian boy placed on life support after cardiac arrest at a Phuket swimming pool on Tuesday

May 5, 2023

Foreigners, Living, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

Doctors say the prognosis for the 10-year-old is poor after the near-drowning incident during which rescuers took 10 minutes to revive him leaving him with… Read More ›

Police to arrest serial killer suspect’s husband, 10 more charges for gambling addict ‘Am Cyanide’

Police to arrest serial killer suspect’s husband, 10 more charges for gambling addict ‘Am Cyanide’

May 3, 2023

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

On Tuesday, as a conference on the case was announced, General Surachate Hakparn warned firms involved in the supply chain relating to cyanide are being… Read More ›

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