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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 ›

Sultan of Brunei and Prince fly into Bangkok for cooperation talks with the Thai government

Sultan of Brunei and Prince fly into Bangkok for cooperation talks with the Thai government

April 28, 2024

Living, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Sultan of Brunei and Prince Abdual Mateen in Bangkok for Government talks. Historic visit coincides with the 40th diplomatic anniversary. Trade, investment, and tourism top… Read More ›

Thaksin family TV channel set to switch off by the end of May. Shock news came in a media post on Friday

Thaksin family TV channel set to switch off by the end of May. Shock news came in a media post on Friday

April 27, 2024

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

Thaksin family TV Channel shutting down by the end of May. Voice TV, a prominent Thai online broadcaster, is to suspend operations citing media saturation… Read More ›

Thai driver sent to prison as police hunt two Yakuza who murdered and butchered one of their own

Thai driver sent to prison as police hunt two Yakuza who murdered and butchered one of their own

April 26, 2024

Crime, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Thai driver jailed for Yakuza murder. Police hunt two suspects. Victim’s identity revealed. Crime details emerge. Body parts found. Investigation update. Yakuza presence in Thailand… 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 ›

Junta retakes Myawadee as it redeploys forces while rebels there have staged a ‘tactical’ retreat for now

Junta retakes Myawadee as it redeploys forces while rebels there have staged a ‘tactical’ retreat for now

April 24, 2024

Living, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Myawaddy reportedly retaken by the junta as rebels staged a ‘tactical’ retreat. Karen forces vow to counterattack and destroy the redeployed junta forces in the… Read More ›

Call for junta law on recycling factories to be rescinded as questions are raised over massive Rayong fire

Call for junta law on recycling factories to be rescinded as questions are raised over massive Rayong fire

April 23, 2024

Living, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Rayong fire sparks urgent call to rescind 2016 junta law on planning. A top environmentalist demands more accountability and government action. Public unease is rising… 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 ›

Thailand’s oldest association endorses Big Joke after being fired Thursday amid a police corruption crisis

Thailand’s oldest association endorses Big Joke after being fired Thursday amid a police corruption crisis

April 19, 2024

Crime, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

One of Thailand’s oldest associations endorses Big Joke after suspension amid police crisis. The Southern Thai Association backed General Surachate Hakparn, also known as ‘Big… Read More ›

Heist duo stole ฿1 million diamond bracelet and casually walked out of a Pathumwan shopping centre

Heist duo stole ฿1 million diamond bracelet and casually walked out of a Pathumwan shopping centre

April 18, 2024

Crime, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Asian heist duo swipes ฿1 million diamond bracelet in bold Pathumwan shopping centre robbery. Collected at the front of the mall by a Bangkok-registered taxi.… Read More ›

Big cabinet reshuffle talks confirmed by the PM after Songkran visit to Thonburi to meet Thaksin at home

Big cabinet reshuffle talks confirmed by the PM after Songkran visit to Thonburi to meet Thaksin at home

April 16, 2024

Living, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Major cabinet reshuffle talks confirmed by PM Srettha Thavisin after a Songkran visit to former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in Thonburi. Several ministers, including the… 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 ›

Crumbling Burmese junta sends a plane to Tak to rescue retreating soldiers. They failed to show up as rebels advance

Crumbling Burmese junta sends a plane to Tak to rescue retreating soldiers. They failed to show up as rebels advance

April 8, 2024

Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Myanmar junta sends a rescue plane to Tak but fails as soldiers don’t arrive. Signs of the regime’s collapse evident as rebels gain ground. Move… 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 ›

Big Joke released on bail. Emerged to speak briefly to reporters at 8 pm. Top cop appeared at ease, relaxed

Big Joke released on bail. Emerged to speak briefly to reporters at 8 pm. Top cop appeared at ease, relaxed

April 3, 2024

Crime, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Big Joke released on bail after surrendering to an arrest warrant at Tao Poon Police Station at 5.30 pm. He appeared calm and maintained his… Read More ›

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