- Thailand News
All 3 victims confirmed dead in collapsed tunnel after 5-day rescue
Nakhon Ratchasima provincial governor today confirmed that all three victims in the collapsed railway tunnel were found dead at the scene. Rescue teams from Thailand and China worked for over five days to save the lives of the three victims trapped in the collapsed Thailand-China high-speed railway tunnel in the Isaan province of Nakhon Ratchasima. K9 dogs and other specialists…
- Phuket News
Foreign driver damages Thai woman’s car during dispute (video)
A Thai woman is taking legal action against a foreign man for damaging her car during a heated traffic dispute on a road in Phuket yesterday. The Thai woman, whose name remains undisclosed, shared the details of the incident with the Phuket Times today, August 29. She explained that the foreign motorist, whose nationality was unknown, followed her from an…
- Bangkok News
Chinese luxury property pitch in Bangkok angers Thai netizens (video)
Thai netizens raised concerns and legal questions following the release of an advertising video featuring Chinese nationals selling luxury houses in the Rama 9 area of Bangkok, despite Thai law prohibiting land ownership by foreigners. A TikTok user, @thaiarya.party, shared the advertising video of the Chinese-owned residential project on Monday, August 26, with a caption that read, “We (Thai people)…
- Thailand News
Thai bike bandit claims he steals to stop angry wife leaving him
A Thai motorcycle thief cracked under police questioning and confessed he stole the vehicles to prevent his alleged temperamental wife from leaving him in Chon Buri. Bang Lamung Police Station officers suspected the 31 year old man, Watcharapong, of stealing motorcycles from locals in the area after they found him selling a motorcycle in perfect condition for only 5,000 baht. Officers…
- Thailand News
Thai escort extorted by 4 fake cops over unfulfilled climax
A Thai escort reached out for help after four customers, claiming to be police officers, threatened her to return a service fee of 1,500 baht before extorting a further 20,000 baht, saying she could not make them climax. Non-profit organisation Saimai Survive accompanied the victim to Mueang Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Police Station to file a complaint against the four customers…
- Thailand News
Thai mother appeals for help after monkey bites daughter
A Thai mother urged local government officials in the central province of Samut Sakhon to control the population of monkeys after one of the animals invaded her home and bit her two year old daughter. The mother took to social media on Tuesday, August 27, to share that her family and other locals in the community have been harassed by…
- Bangkok News
Leap of irony: Cheating Thai husband attempts suicide after scam
A cheating Thai husband tried to end his life by leaping from a pedestrian bridge on Pattanakarn Road in Bangkok after his online affairs took a dramatic turn. Ironically, he was scammed out of less than 1,000 baht by the very women he was cheating with. A Facebook page shared a video of the man’s suicide attempt and a subsequent…
- Thailand News
Retired Thai teacher tries to buy silence after sexually abusing girl
A Thai woman accepted a 5,000 baht bribe from a 68 year old retired Thai teacher in the Isaan province of Ubon Ratchathani to allow him to evade legal action after he sexually abused her 10 year old granddaughter. The victim’s 29 year old mother asked local social media influencer Charnwit Yodsingha to share the sexual assault story on social…
- Bangkok News
Thai transwoman arrested for selling porn of herself with teenagers
Thai Police yesterday arrested a cunning Thai transwoman at her apartment in the Ratburana district of Bangkok for tricking teenagers into pornography production and selling the content online. Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) officers came across an X (formerly known as Twitter) account with a short pornography clip of a transwoman having sex with young men. The account also invited…
- Thailand News
Thai speedboat worker’s ‘fish feeding poop’ video sparks outrage
Drama erupted on Thai social media after a revolting Thai speedboat worker shared a video of himself defecating into the sea near Thian Beach on Koh Larn, an island in the Bang Lamung district of Chon Buri. The 35 year old man, Ohm, shared the video on his Facebook account, showing him defecating into the sea while sitting on a…
- Thailand News
Burmese worker found alive after 4 days in collapsed tunnel (video)
Following updates on the rescue mission in the collapsed railway tunnel in the Isaan province of Nakhon Ratchasima, the rescue team has located one of the three missing victims, a Burmese worker, alive. Discussions are now underway to plan his extraction. The landslide occurred in the Thailand-China high-speed railway tunnel in the Chan Thuek sub-district of Pakchong district, Nakhon Ratchasima,…
- Thailand News
Kuwaiti man sorry for masturbating on condo balcony in Pattaya (video)
A Kuwaiti man issued an apology for shocking Thai students and teachers by masturbating on the balcony of his condominium room in Pattaya, opposite a school. A group of young students who were studying in a school building opposite the Kuwaiti man’s condo yesterday, August 27, noticed the explicit act and decided to record a video before sharing it with…
- Thailand News
Drunk tries to sexually assault Chon Buri security guard (video)
A female security guard in Chon Buri province issued a warning after a drunk man, claiming to work at the Bang Lamung Municipality Office, attempted to sexually assault her. The security guard told Amarin TV that the attempted assault on Sunday, August 25, had instilled fear in her and the residents of the community where she worked. She and the…
- Thailand News
Thai woman arrested for smuggling drugs into South Korea
The Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) arrested a Thai woman yesterday at a coffee shop in Bangkok for smuggling drugs from Thailand to South Korea. The 26 year old woman, named Kanokwan, was wanted by the police for her involvement in a recent ketamine smuggling operation. The case came to light when the ONCB joined forces with the…
- Politics News
Pheu Thai Party says no Cabinet seats for Palang Pracharath MPs
Pheu Thai Party MPs met yesterday and agreed to remove members of the Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) from the new Cabinet. Former Pheu Thai Party Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai recently revealed that the new Cabinet would be established by the end of August, now only three days away. Phumtham disclosed that some former coalition parties have already submitted the…
- Thailand News
Underage Thai girl raped by Indian man and forced to abort baby
An Indian businessman in Chon Buri allegedly raped a 14 year old Thai girl in December of last year and forced her to have an abortion. The teenager’s 34 year old Thai mother decided to take legal action against the Indian businessman, filing a complaint at Nongprue Police Station yesterday, August 27. The incident occurred in December, but the mother…
- Phuket News
9 houses damaged in recent Phuket landslide, no injuries reported
Another landslide hit the Ratsada sub-district of Phuket in the early hours of this morning leaving nine houses in the area damaged. Fortunately, no injuries were reported. The landslide in the Kata sub-district of Phuket last week killed 13 people, most of whom were migrant workers, and affected more than 200 households in the area. Residents are not yet out…
- Thailand News
Burmese man denies killing Thai taxi driver despite bloodstains in room
A Burmese man denied killing a Thai taxi driver, despite the discovery of suspicious bloodstains on his clothes and belongings in his rented room in the central province of Nonthaburi. The body of an unidentified man was discovered in a pond at a fish farm near the Chakri Naruebodindra Medical Institute in the Bang Phli district of Samut Prakan province,…
- Thailand News
Peek performance: Students nab half-naked pervert in petrol station
A group of Thai students last night managed to catch a half-naked pervert who fled after peeking at a woman in a bathroom at a petrol station in the Isaan province of Chaiyaphum. Officers from Mueang Chaiyaphum Police Station yesterday, August 26, were called to a road outside Chaiyaphum Wanaram Temple, where the group of students caught the alleged suspect,…
- Thailand News
Thai man hospitalised after eating ‘crazy eggplant’ to quit drinking
A Thai man in the Isaan province of Mahasarakham lost consciousness after his wife forced him to consume poisonous jimsonweed believing it would help him quit drinking. Mahasarakham Hospital issued a warning to the public after the 61 year old Thai man, Thongdaeng, was admitted to the hospital after consuming the poisonous fruit. It is known among Thais as Makhuea…
- Thailand News
Worms emerge from boy’s face after medium’s treatment (video)
A Thai man in the southern province of Nakhon Si Thammarat took to social media to share a strange experience after witnessing worms coming out of his young nephew’s face after the boy suffered from toothache and sought treatment from a spiritual medium. The TikTok user Nattawut Phetsritong shared a video in which he removed thin white worms from his…
- Thailand News
Gold shop worker steals 24 million baht after 10 years salary freeze
A Thai gold shop worker confessed to stealing 24 million baht worth of gold from a shop in Nonthaburi province, near Bangkok, because his salary did not increase during his 10 years of employment. The owner of the gold shop took legal action against his 40 year old employee, Phaisarn, after he was caught stealing gold accessories weighing nearly 10…
- Bangkok News
Customer slaps Bangkok barber after trim turns grim (video)
A Thai man accused a barber in the Lat Phrao district of Bangkok of cutting his hair too short and slapped the barber on the head twice, even though the hair stylist bowed at his feet to issue an apology. The Facebook page of non-profit organisation Saimai Survive shared a video of the customer in a light blue shirt shouting…
- Thailand News
Thai man beats wife to death in jealous rage after friend raped her
A Thai man yesterday murdered his wife at their home in Soi Pattanakarn 20 Bangkok out of jealousy and anger after she was raped by his friend. Khlongton Police Station officers yesterday, August 26, investigated the murder at the home of the Thai couple, 35 year old Top and 36 year old Bua, along with a rescue team. The victim,…
- Thailand News
Bangkok tragedy: Filipino’s suicide plunge drags girlfriend with him
A Filipino man allegedly committed a murder-suicide by jumping from the 23rd floor of a Bangkok condo, dragging his Chinese girlfriend with him. Pairat Saengjit, an employee at the condominium in the Bang Na district of Bangkok, filed a report with officers at Bang Na Police Station at about 5pm yesterday, August 26, after the bodies of a foreign couple…
- Thailand News
Fruitful bust: Yasothon orchard owner caught with guns and Yaba
Police arrested a Thai orchard owner in the Isaan province of Yasothon for the illegal possession of several guns and 78 methamphetamine tablets, also known as Yaba, found in his home. He claimed he did not use the drug as it was a gift for his employees. Locals living near the fruit orchard in the Lerng Nokta district of Yasothon…
- Thailand News
6 schoolboys gang rape 13 year old victims in school dormitory
Six schoolboy football players gang-raped and blackmailed two 13 year old girls in an athlete dormitory at a school in the central province of Kanchanaburi. The football coach claimed that the victims appeared to have consented to the sex. A father of one victim is seeking justice for his 13 year old daughter, sharing the sexual assault story with non-profit…
- Thailand News
Mentally ill Thai man dismembers wife, scatters body parts on road
In a shocking scene more suited to a horror movie, a mentally ill Thai man murdered his wife before dismembering her and scattering her body parts on a road in the Doi Luang district of the northern province of Chiang Rai in the early hours of today, August 26. Officers from the Doi Luang Police Station were called to investigate…
- Thailand News
Deadly brawl outside police station leaves Thai man dead
A deadly brawl erupted outside Pho Kaew Police Station in the central province of Nakhon Pathom on Friday leaving one Thai man dead. The deceased’s family condemned the police for their inaction. The fatal stabbing occurred in front of the police station in the Sampran district of Nakhon Pathom at about 9pm on August 23. The two injured Thai men,…
- Thailand News
Japanese man killed and 2 Thais injured in car crash in Chon Buri
A Japanese businessman yesterday lost his life in a car crash on a motorway in Chon Buri province while two other Thai people were severely injured. Highway Police officers and rescuers from the Dham Rassamee Maneerat Foundation rushed to the motorway bridge in the Don Hua Lor sub-district of Chon Buri to investigate the accident at 6am yesterday, August 25.…
