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Body of 18 year old of Hannah Lynch found in the wreck of superyacht which foundered off Sicily on Monday 

Body of 18 year old of Hannah Lynch found in the wreck of superyacht which foundered off Sicily on Monday 

August 23, 2024

Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Divers recover body of 18-year-old Hannah Lynch, daughter of IT mogul Mike Lynch, from the wreck of the superyacht Bayesian off Sicily. The yachting disaster,… Read More ›

Plane carrying tourists to Trat plunges to the ground 11 minutes after takeoff from Suvarnabhumi Airport on Thursday

Plane carrying tourists to Trat plunges to the ground 11 minutes after takeoff from Suvarnabhumi Airport on Thursday

August 22, 2024

Crime, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Plane carrying nine, including five foreign tourists, crashes 11 minutes after takeoff from Suvarnabhumi. Rescuers, battling rising floodwaters in Chachoengsao, recover body parts and personal… Read More ›

Top Thai health official assures the public as the first case of Clade 1b Monkeybox variant is suspected

Top Thai health official assures the public as the first case of Clade 1b Monkeybox variant is suspected

August 21, 2024

Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Thai officials await confirmation on suspected Clade 1b Monkeypox case from a European traveller in Bangkok hospital, as WHO declares international emergency amid rising concerns… Read More ›

Digital Wallet budget to be used for direct cash stimulus. New government plans to adjust policy in statement

Digital Wallet budget to be used for direct cash stimulus. New government plans to adjust policy in statement

August 21, 2024

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

The government may transform the Digital Wallet scheme into a direct cash giveaway, as economic stimulus is urgently needed. Funding has been reserved in the… Read More ›

Ung Ing takes charge as business leaders focus on who will be Finance Minister and economic policy

Ung Ing takes charge as business leaders focus on who will be Finance Minister and economic policy

August 19, 2024

Economy, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Paetongtarn Shinawatra, Thailand’s new Prime Minister, begins cabinet talks while briefing herself into the role. All eyes are on her choice as Finance Minister and… Read More ›

New PM Ung Ing chides the media on reports of an end to the Digital Wallet and a rupture in the coalition

New PM Ung Ing chides the media on reports of an end to the Digital Wallet and a rupture in the coalition

August 18, 2024

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

New PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra denies media claims of the Digital Wallet’s end and a cabinet shakeup at her first press conference. Speculation grew however as… Read More ›

Russian survives 8th floor jump in Pattaya. Previously a suspect in his girlfriend’s fatal 2023 fall in Jomtien 

Russian survives 8th floor jump in Pattaya. Previously a suspect in his girlfriend’s fatal 2023 fall in Jomtien 

August 17, 2024

Crime, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Russian man survives 8th-floor jump in Pattaya after a suicide attempt. Previously a suspect in his girlfriend’s fatal fall from a 7th-floor Jomtien condo in… Read More ›

Thailand is vigilant although well placed to deal with Monkeypox as Sweden confirms its first new variant case

Thailand is vigilant although well placed to deal with Monkeypox as Sweden confirms its first new variant case

August 16, 2024

Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Thailand remains vigilant as Sweden reports its first case of the dangerous Clade 1b monkeypox variant. The World Health Organization’s global emergency declaration heightens fears… Read More ›

Patricide in Yala as a former boxing champ sees red with his father. Suspect then fled to the hills

Patricide in Yala as a former boxing champ sees red with his father. Suspect then fled to the hills

August 16, 2024

Crime, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Former boxing champ accused of killing his father in Yala. Villagers are shocked as police launch a manhunt, and the suspect flees to nearby hills.… Read More ›

PM vote in disarray as Pheu Thai MPs vote to support Paetongtarn or Ung Ing for the top job instead

PM vote in disarray as Pheu Thai MPs vote to support Paetongtarn or Ung Ing for the top job instead

August 15, 2024

Living, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Pheu Thai MPs throw support behind Paetongtarn for Prime Minister as Chaikasem’s nomination falters amid health concerns. The party now faces uncertainty heading into Friday’s… Read More ›

‘I am a man of integrity.’ Dismissed PM defends his honour as he is forced out of Government House

‘I am a man of integrity.’ Dismissed PM defends his honour as he is forced out of Government House

August 14, 2024

Living, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Dismissed Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin leaves office after the court’s stinging verdict over the unethical appointment of a disbarred lawyer. He defended his integrity but… Read More ›

China has become a bad news story for business investors who are shifting to ASEAN bloc countries

China has become a bad news story for business investors who are shifting to ASEAN bloc countries

August 14, 2024

Economy, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

China’s economic woes drive investors to ASEAN bloc countries, with Thailand struggling at under 3% growth until 2034. As Foreign Direct Investment shifts away from… Read More ›

Ex-Senator gives PM Srettha 50:50 odds on surviving this Wednesday. Not impressed with his defence

Ex-Senator gives PM Srettha 50:50 odds on surviving this Wednesday. Not impressed with his defence

August 12, 2024

Living, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Ex-senator gives PM Srettha a 50:50 chance of surviving Wednesday’s court ruling, doubts legal defence. Coalition leaders insist there’s nothing to worry about. Nonetheless, a… Read More ›

Irish tourist questioned after fighting rampage in Pattaya knocked a police volunteer unconscious

Irish tourist questioned after fighting rampage in Pattaya knocked a police volunteer unconscious

August 12, 2024

Crime, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Irish tourist in violent Pattaya brawl injures Bolt driver, knocks volunteer police officer unconscious, and lands in hospital. Locals restrain the man before he is… Read More ›

Most business executives see GDP growth of less than 2% in 2024 as ministers meet without the PM

Most business executives see GDP growth of less than 2% in 2024 as ministers meet without the PM

August 11, 2024

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

Business leaders warn of economic turmoil as Thai ministers meet without the PM amid concerns over political instability and a Chinese import surge. Fears of… Read More ›

Mae Hong Son Police shocked as local confesses. Lighter used to heat a bomb placed in wife’s mouth

Mae Hong Son Police shocked as local confesses. Lighter used to heat a bomb placed in wife’s mouth

August 9, 2024

Crime, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Crazed husband confesses after horrific murder in Mae Hong Son, shocking police. He heated a bomb with a lighter after placing it in his wife’s… Read More ›

Thailand finds itself facing economic and political turmoil. Top economist warns of trouble ahead

Thailand finds itself facing economic and political turmoil. Top economist warns of trouble ahead

August 8, 2024

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

Thailand faces worsening economic and political turmoil. The Constitutional Court’s dissolution of the Move Forward Party and the potential removal of PM Srettha Thavisin could… Read More ›

Constitutional Court orders the Move Forward Party’s dissolution. Deemed hostile to the Monarchy

Constitutional Court orders the Move Forward Party’s dissolution. Deemed hostile to the Monarchy

August 7, 2024

Living, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Constitutional Court dissolves the Move Forward Party for hostility towards the monarchy. Executive banned from politics including Mr Pita Limjaroenrat who is no longer an… 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 ›

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