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15% VAT rate plan withdrawn over fierce backlash. Thailand needs time and patience for tax reform

15% VAT rate plan withdrawn over fierce backlash. Thailand needs time and patience for tax reform

December 9, 2024

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

A 15% VAT tax plan for Thailand was scrapped after public outcry. While the idea aimed to boost investment and tackle inequality, critics warned it… Read More ›

American tourist of Burmese origin dies in Phuket from electrocution after grabbing a faulty lamp pole

American tourist of Burmese origin dies in Phuket from electrocution after grabbing a faulty lamp pole

December 7, 2024

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

American tourist Thua Kyaw, 33, tragically dies in Phuket after grabbing a faulty lamp post during a slip. The lamppost, live with a dangerous high-voltage… Read More ›

Chinese EV players in Thailand may opt out of subsidies as a difficult year ends. But there is optimism for electric cars

Chinese EV players in Thailand may opt out of subsidies as a difficult year ends. But there is optimism for electric cars

December 6, 2024

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

Thailand’s EV market faces sharp sales declines in 2024, with Chinese firms struggling with subsidy challenges and unsold stock. Despite global backlash and consumer doubts,… Read More ›

UK man nabbed by top police agency for sexually abusing girlfriend’s 7 years old daughter in Pattaya after UK tip-off

UK man nabbed by top police agency for sexually abusing girlfriend’s 7 years old daughter in Pattaya after UK tip-off

December 4, 2024

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

UK man arrested in Pattaya after tip-off: suspected of abusing girlfriend’s 7-year-old daughter and posting a clip online. Police raided his home as shocking evidence… Read More ›

South Korean President shocks the World by declaring Martial Law. Raises tensions further in Asia Pacific

South Korean President shocks the World by declaring Martial Law. Raises tensions further in Asia Pacific

December 3, 2024

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

South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol declares martial law, heightening tensions with North Korea and the US, impacting the Indo-Pacific region and alarming Thailand. The… Read More ›

Hopes for direct US flights with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Category 1 status restoration

Hopes for direct US flights with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Category 1 status restoration

December 2, 2024

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

Thailand aims to regain FAA Category 1 status in February 2025, restoring direct US flights lost since 2015 due to safety concerns. With reforms and… Read More ›

Police corruption probes widening. May embroil a former Deputy Prime Minister and influential political player

Police corruption probes widening. May embroil a former Deputy Prime Minister and influential political player

December 1, 2024

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

Police corruption probes widen, with a former Deputy PM linked to a land encroachment scandal. Ongoing investigations into money laundering, extortion, and high-level political ties… Read More ›

Police probe as six more workers die on the ill fated Rama 2 motorway project with 136 prior deaths

Police probe as six more workers die on the ill fated Rama 2 motorway project with 136 prior deaths

November 30, 2024

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

Six more workers were killed and 11 injured in Rama 2 motorway collapse, pushing the total death toll to 142 since 2018. Thailand’s police chief… Read More ›

Samart on hunger strike in prison over arrest and subsequent denial of bail. Rejects police charges

Samart on hunger strike in prison over arrest and subsequent denial of bail. Rejects police charges

November 27, 2024

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

Former Vice Minister Samart Jenchaijitwanit is on hunger strike after his arrest and bail denial over alleged money laundering tied to Icon Group. His lawyer… Read More ›

Landlord’s love triangle ends in violent multiple murder-suicide on Monday night in Samut Prakan

Landlord’s love triangle ends in violent multiple murder-suicide on Monday night in Samut Prakan

November 26, 2024

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

Jealous landlord’s love triangle turns deadly: Four killed, young girl critically injured in Samut Prakan massacre. Shooter, enraged by betrayal, ended the killing spree by… Read More ›

Thaksin calls for more cash flow and predicts a realignment of the world financial system in 5 years

Thaksin calls for more cash flow and predicts a realignment of the world financial system in 5 years

November 25, 2024

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

Thaksin urges economic reform, calls for a liquidity boost to support small businesses, and predicts a global financial realignment within five years. He criticised the… Read More ›

Department of Special Investigation (DSI) raids home of ex-Palang Pracharat figure over Icon fraud case

Department of Special Investigation (DSI) raids home of ex-Palang Pracharat figure over Icon fraud case

November 25, 2024

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

DSI raids Bangkok home of ex-Palang Pracharat spokesman Samart over Icon fraud. Mother arrested; suspect not at home amid money laundering and conspiracy charges tied… Read More ›

Spurned 60-year-old guns down two women after inviting them to dinner at his home. Both in a coma

Spurned 60-year-old guns down two women after inviting them to dinner at his home. Both in a coma

November 24, 2024

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

A frustrated 60-year-old man shoots two women after inviting them to dinner at his Ayutthaya home. Victims, aged 50 and 33, suffered multiple gunshot wounds… Read More ›

Smoking and the very real dangers of secondhand smoke and vaping highlighted at a high-level seminar

Smoking and the very real dangers of secondhand smoke and vaping highlighted at a high-level seminar

November 23, 2024

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

Bangkok seminar highlights the serious risks of secondhand smoke and vaping, with medical experts warning about cancer, respiratory issues and increased pollution while emphasising the… Read More ›

Thaksin and Pheu Thai survive legal complaint considered before the Constitutional Court on Friday

Thaksin and Pheu Thai survive legal complaint considered before the Constitutional Court on Friday

November 22, 2024

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

Thaksin Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party win a significant legal victory as the Constitutional Court dismisses six complaints against them. This solidifies their position… Read More ›

Trump’s Attorney General pick Gaetz withdraws from confirmation process amid damaging leaks

Trump’s Attorney General pick Gaetz withdraws from confirmation process amid damaging leaks

November 22, 2024

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

Matt Gaetz withdraws from consideration as Trump’s Attorney General pick after pressure from leaked reports of sexual misconduct and drug use. The decision follows growing… Read More ›

Big Joke case still before Supreme Court. The news comes in a shock statement rebuking media reports

Big Joke case still before Supreme Court. The news comes in a shock statement rebuking media reports

November 21, 2024

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

General Surachate’s case remains before the Supreme Court, despite media reports claiming it was dismissed. The court rebuked false claims and confirmed the case is… Read More ›

Scammer in a car with a base station using AIS Bangkok transmitters to send over 1 million SMS texts

Scammer in a car with a base station using AIS Bangkok transmitters to send over 1 million SMS texts

November 20, 2024

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

Chinese scammer caught using AIS signals in Bangkok sent over 1 million SMS texts. ฿19 billion lost to fraud last year. A new 10-minute account-blocking… Read More ›

Office of the Attorney-General (OAG) says no grounds to prosecute Thaksin and the Pheu Thai Party

Office of the Attorney-General (OAG) says no grounds to prosecute Thaksin and the Pheu Thai Party

November 19, 2024

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

The Office of the Attorney-General (OAG) has ruled there is insufficient evidence to prosecute Thaksin Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party over claims of attempting… Read More ›

Wolf acted alone. Murdered a friend with an iron bar. Severed her fingers for jewellery to pay debts

Wolf acted alone. Murdered a friend with an iron bar. Severed her fingers for jewellery to pay debts

November 18, 2024

Crime, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Kamonwan Wolf, 57, lured her friend Wanna Kuhner, 65, to a secluded plantation, killed her with an iron bar, and severed her fingers to steal… Read More ›

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