Bangkok News
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Why Bangkok is the only province in Thailand that elects its own governor
If you live in Thailand as a foreigner, you have probably noticed something curious during election season. Every few years, Bangkok erupts into a noisy, colourful campaign for a new governor, with posters on every corner and televised debates. Yet in the other 76 provinces, from Chiang Mai to Phuket, no such race ever happens. The governors there simply appear,…
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Turkish man arrested at Suvarnabhumi with 12kg of cocaine
A Turkish man has been arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport after Thai Customs officers allegedly found around 12 kilogrammes of cocaine concealed inside coffee bags and chocolate packaging in luggage arriving from Brazil, the Customs Department said yesterday, June 27. The department said officers from the Investigation and Suppression Division, working with the Airport Interdiction Task Force (AITF), inspected the luggage…
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Thai mother forces teen into prostitution
A German man and a Thai couple were arrested in Bangkok for the sexual exploitation of a 17 year old girl. The young victim said that she had been forced to provide sexual services to foreigners and to record her sexual activities for sale. The case came to light after social media influencer Kantouch “Gun” Pongpaiboonwet said a teenage girl…
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Bangkok train fares capped at 45 baht under new ticketing scheme
Thailand’s Cabinet has approved a unified ticketing system for Bangkok’s electric rail train network, capping fares at 17 to 45 baht per trip regardless of how many lines a passenger uses, with a target launch date of January 1, 2027. Transport Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn, who also serves as deputy prime minister, announced the decision yesterday, June 23. He said the…
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Police say suspects extorting Thai-Hong Kong woman are not officers
Bangkok police denied allegations that officers extorted money from a Thai-Hong Kong woman who filed a complaint after losing tens of millions of baht in a fortune-telling scam. The woman, 47 year old Phetcharin, sought assistance from the Saimai Survive foundation after she lost money to a female fortune teller and later paid additional funds to people she believed were…
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Man drives car into pool after mum allegedly refuses to pay rent
A Thai man drove an SUV into a pool at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok today, June 18, after an alleged dispute with his mother over financial support for his condominium rent. Officers from Pathum Wan Police Station were called to investigate the incident, which took place at a pool outside the Sasapol Building on the university campus. A white SUV…
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Elderly man, 75, fined for riding e-scooter through busy intersection
Bangkok traffic police tracked down and fined a 75 year old man after dashcam footage of him riding a three-wheeled e-scooter through heavy traffic at the five-way Lat Phrao intersection circulated widely on social media. The clip, first shared on June 10 by Kapook, showed the elderly man riding slowly along the middle of the road at the intersection. He…
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Lat Phrao Road collapse repaired after overnight operation
A section of Lat Phrao Road in Bangkok collapsed last night, June 16, causing traffic disruption but no reported injuries or vehicle damage. JS100 Radio issued an urgent traffic alert after the Lat Phrao Road collapse occurred outside Lotus Bang Kapi. The incident led to significant congestion in the area, although the exact time of the collapse was not disclosed.…
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Wanted South Korean fraud suspect caught after 9-month visa overstay
A South Korean fraud suspect wanted under an Interpol Red Notice was arrested in Bangkok after overstaying his visa by more than nine months. The arrest was announced yesterday, June 15, by the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB), which worked with South Korean authorities to locate the suspect, 31 year old South Korean national Youngkeun. According to the CIB, South Korean…
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Police granted bail after fatal shooting of 2 motorcycle taxi riders
A Border Patrol Police officer in the fatal shooting that killed two motorcycle taxi riders in Huai Khwang, Bangkok, was granted temporary release on 500,000 baht bail. The shooting occurred at about 2.50am on June 14 in Soi Prachasongkroh 38 near Huai Khwang Market in Bangkok’s Ratchada area. Police identified the accused as 33 year old Police Lance Corporal Namthap…
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Suspect arrested after Thai man found dead in plastic box
Police are continuing an investigation into the murder of a Thai man after his body was discovered hidden inside a plastic container buried within a cannabis planter box at a house in Bangkok. Officers from Don Mueang Police Station were first called to a property in a housing estate on Thoet Ratchan Road in Si Kan subdistrict, Don Mueang district,…
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Thai woman confesses to fatally assaulting friends’ 4 year old son
Thai parents filed a complaint against their friend after her four year old boy was physically assaulted to death under her care. The boy’s parents filed a complaint with officers at Tha Pha Police Station against a 44 year old woman identified as May. According to Channel 7, the accused later confessed during police questioning. The parents said the woman…
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2 Bangkok taxi riders shot dead after fare dispute with police
Two motorcycle taxi riders in Huai Kwang area of Bangkok were killed and another was injured in a shooting early yesterday morning, June 14, following a dispute over a fare with an off-duty Border Patrol Police officer. The incident occurred at about 2.50am on a roadside in Soi Prachasongkroh 38 near Huai Khwang Market in Ratchada subdistrict, Din Daeng district.…
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Chadchart’s corruption controversy fails to dent poll lead
Chadchart Sittipunt is poised to win a second term as Bangkok governor, maintaining a commanding poll lead despite mounting questions about transparency and accountability in the final weeks of the campaign. A recent poll by the National Institute of Development Administration places his support at 67.3%, suggesting a potential repeat of his 2022 landslide victory. The election is increasingly a…
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Thai taxi driver accused of taking Taiwanese man’s belongings
Police are looking for a Thai taxi driver who is accused of stealing cash and belongings from a Taiwanese man on 7 June, while en route to Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok. The case emerged when a Thai woman, Suparat, posted in the Facebook group Pattaya Talk seeking help to locate a missing Taiwanese national, who is a friend…
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Missing Burmese woman found murdered, dismembered in Bangkok
A Burmese man is suspected of the murder of his wife, whose dismembered body was found in a plastic container in the Ratchaprarop area of Bangkok. The case came to light when a relative reported a 34 year old Myanmar woman missing to Din Daeng Police Station. The woman, who worked at a restaurant in Khlong Toei, could not be…
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Two sentenced to death over 2015 Erawan Shrine bombing
The Bangkok South Criminal Court sentenced two defendants to death today, June 11, over the 2015 Erawan Shrine bombing at Ratchaprasong intersection, which killed 20 people and injured 160 others. The court delivered its ruling in the case against Adem Karadag and Yusufu Mieraili, both Uyghur nationals, who were charged by public prosecutors with terrorism-related offences and jointly carrying out…
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Chinese man robbed of 196,000 baht in Bangkok crypto meetup
Eight people were arrested in Bangkok yesterday, June 9, for allegedly stealing 196,000 baht from a Chinese man during a planned cryptocurrency exchange at a petrol station café in Bueng Kum district. The arrests were announced after investigators linked the group to a robbery reported on June 4 at a café on Pradit Manutham Road in Bueng Kum district. Police…
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Alleged Nigerian drug network leader arrested in Bangkok
Thai police arrested an alleged Nigerian drug network leader at a luxury condominium in Bangkok last night, June 9, seizing cocaine and assets worth about 700,000 baht. The suspect, identified only as 36 year old Patrick, was arrested in Bang Phong Phang subdistrict, Yan Nawa district, during an operation called “Clipping the Wings of the Dodorima Gang Leader.” He faces…
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Bus driver among three facing charges over Bangkok train collision
A bus driver is among three people police plan to levy charges against over the fatal train-bus collision on Asok-Din Daeng Road in Bangkok, which killed eight people and injured more than 30 others on May 16. The crash happened beneath Makkasan Airport Rail Link Station when a container train hit public bus No. 206. Police previously said the train…
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Bangkok clinic closed after slimming pen leaves client in hospital
A beauty clinic in Bangkok is ordered to close temporarily for 15 days after a complaint involving a slimming pen injection that left a woman requiring hospital treatment. The case gained public attention after a Thai man shared a Facebook post claiming that his wife suffered severe side effects following a weight-loss injection administered at the clinic in the Ram…
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Huai Khwang restaurant denies yuan-only payment made by Chinese influencer
A restaurant in Huai Khwang district of Bangkok denied allegations that it accepts only Chinese yuan payments after a Chinese influencer shared a viral video claiming he was unable to pay using Thailand’s QR payment system. Chinese TikToker Wang Bingyang, known online as Bing, posted a video on May 25 describing his experience at a Chinese restaurant in the area.…
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Bangkok rider snatches tourist bag to fund online gambling
A food delivery rider was arrested in Bangkok yesterday, June 3, over the alleged bag snatching of a Qatari tourist in Thong Lor, with police identifying two other suspects in the case. Thong Lor police arrested 26 year old Anusorn after a Qatari tourist filed a complaint on June 2, reporting that two men on a motorcycle snatched his bag…
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Thai man seeks probe, saying slimming pen leaves wife hospitalised
A Thai man called for an investigation, claiming a weight loss injection had nearly cost his wife her life after she received the treatment at a clinic in Ramindra, Bangkok, on May 31. The husband shared details of the case on his Facebook account, Earthh Evans, saying his wife suffered severe health complications after receiving an unregistered weight-loss injection. He…
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Bolt Thailand bans driver after Japanese passenger assault
Bolt Thailand has permanently banned a driver from its platform after a Japanese passenger was allegedly assaulted during a ride in the Sukhumvit area, with the company pledging support for the passenger and cooperation with officials. In a statement yesterday, June 4, the ride-hailing platform offered an apology for the incident and stressed that violence or inappropriate conduct is not…
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Thai taxi driver returns over 300,000 baht to Sri Lankan tourists
A Thai taxi driver returned more than 300,000 baht to two Sri Lankan tourists in Bangkok yesterday, June 2, after finding a forgotten bag in his cab and contacting FM91, a traffic and public assistance radio station, to help trace the owners. The driver, 50 year old Pathapee Yamsanor from Samut Prakan, called FM91 at 8.37am after finding a black…
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Chinese TikToker questions yuan-only payment at Huai Khwang restaurant
A Chinese social media influencer living in Thailand raised questions about the legality of a Chinese restaurant in the Huai Khwang area of Bangkok after claiming the business accepted only Chinese yuan and WeChat Pay instead of Thai payment methods. The influencer, 28 year old Wang Bingyang, known online as Bing, shared a video on his TikTok account, @jaideebingandfriend, on…
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Thai woman arrested after series of thefts at Bangkok airports
Police arrested a Thai woman at a resort in Sing Buri province after CCTV footage linked her to a series of thefts targeting passengers at two international airports in Bangkok. The investigation began on May 21 when a woman identified as Jiraporn reported a stolen bag to officers at Suvarnabhumi International Airport. Jiraporn told police she had fallen asleep for…
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Bangkok rubbish workers alert police after finding grenade
Police are investigating after an active grenade was found outside a bank in the Bang Khun Non area of Bangkok this morning, June 2. Officers from Bang Khun Non Police Station and Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) units were called to the scene at roughly 7.30am. Police found an MK 2 grenade mixed with rubbish beside the road. Officers immediately secured the…
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Thai govt seek clarification from Bolt after assault on Japanese man
A Japanese national called for justice, alleging that a Bangkok Bolt driver forced him to leave a vehicle mid-journey before physically assaulting him in the Asok area. The physical assault by the Bolt driver gained attention after the Japanese man shared his account on social media. The post was later translated and republished by the Facebook page Jmoi V+ yesterday, June…
