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  • Sex traffickers held Southeast Asian women captive in South Korea

    Sex traffickers held Southeast Asian women captive in South Korea

    Sex traffickers held four Southeast Asian women captive on South Korea‘s Jeju Island. Jeju provincial police said they arrested four subjects who allegedly held the women, The Korean Herald and Asia News Network reported yesterday. The suspects included a Korean bar owner in his 40s, his Chinese wife, and two other accomplices. The suspects were sent to the prosecutor’s office. The victims…

  • RTP warns public to be vigilant ahead of Songkran after 312 million baht stolen in online scams

    RTP warns public to be vigilant ahead of Songkran after 312 million baht stolen in online scams

    The Royal Thai Police (RTP) cautioned the public to be extra vigilant ahead of the Songkran Festival after scammers last week fraudulently stole over 310 million baht in online extortion. The RTP reported over 5,300 fraud cases were reported by victims last week, with most complaints related to online shopping and bank transfer scams. Yesterday, Pol. Lt. Gen. Sompong Chingduang,…

  • Police bust Chinese loan shark gang at luxury house in Pattaya

    Police bust Chinese loan shark gang at luxury house in Pattaya

    Police busted a gang of Chinese loan sharks yesterday who set up an illegal call centre from a luxury rented house in Pattaya, eastern Thailand, to chase debt from informal loans handed out to customers in China. At 7pm, Chon Buri provincial police raided a two-storey luxury house in Moo 10, Nong Prue subdistrict, Bang Lamung district, after an investigation…

  • Tourists or illegal workers? Police raid Pattaya host club and arrest six

    Tourists or illegal workers? Police raid Pattaya host club and arrest six

    Police raided a host club in Pattaya in the early hours of yesterday morning and arrested the manager and five Lao men following a complaint about the employment of illegal workers. Four of the accused Lao men denied they were working at the bar and insisted that they were tourists. Officers from Mueang Pattaya Police Station raided the host club,…

  • Bangkok backpacker haven Khao San Road to close from noon to 8pm for Songkran

    Bangkok backpacker haven Khao San Road to close from noon to 8pm for Songkran

    Khao San Business Association today announced that the Bangkok backpacker haven will be closed for business between noon and 8pm every day so revellers can enjoy the Songkran celebrations. Businesses, bars and restaurants will reopen as usual straight after the 8pm cut off. Khao San Business Association President Sanga Ruangwattanakul revealed that the closure of Khao San Road, for the…

  • Thai man’s Emerald Buddha Songkran office party outfit is ‘inappropriate,’ monk says

    Thai man’s Emerald Buddha Songkran office party outfit is ‘inappropriate,’ monk says

    A Thai man won 5000 baht for ‘best outfit’ at his office’s Songkran party in Udon Thani province yesterday, but a senior Buddhist monk says that dressing like the Emerald Buddha is “inappropriate.” The Emerald Buddha is a statue of the historical Buddha in a meditative pose, made out of the semi-precious stone jasper and considered the “sacred palladium of…

  • Man sets fire to wife’s house and threatens to kill her family

    Man sets fire to wife’s house and threatens to kill her family

    A Thai man driven by jealousy, set fire to the house of his wife in Nakhon Pathom province near Bangkok after she left him and travelled to another province with her family. The man also allegedly threatened to kill his family and carried a gun with him at all times. The wife’s brother, a 35 year old man named Wanlop…

  • RTA suspends AWOL sergeant major turned cyberpunk after hacking 55 million Thais’ personal data

    RTA suspends AWOL sergeant major turned cyberpunk after hacking 55 million Thais’ personal data

    The sergeant major turned cyberpunk who was accused of hacking the personal data of 55 million Thais has been suspended by the Royal Thai Army (RTA). Police on Friday reported that the suspect and his wife were detained and questioned about the alleged crime, but the couple has since disappeared. Maj. Gen. Sirichan Ngathong, the deputy spokesperson, stated that “SM2…

  • Repeat offender arrested in Bangkok after drugging woman, swindling over 1 million baht

    Repeat offender arrested in Bangkok after drugging woman, swindling over 1 million baht

    The Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau arrested a Thai man at a shopping mall in the Sukhumvit neighbourhood of Bangkok yesterday after he allegedly drugged and swindled over 1 million baht from a woman. He was twice arrested on the same charge last year. The scammer, 32 year old Phachara Ninjiasakun, was arrested inside the shopping mall following a complaint made…

  • Unveiling the dark side of sex doll collecting: Thai man’s spooky encounters with his new doll 

    Unveiling the dark side of sex doll collecting: Thai man’s spooky encounters with his new doll 

    A Thai sex doll collector took to Facebook to share some spooky stories that would not look out of place in a horror movie after he bought a new doll from a stranger online. The man, who runs a Facebook page called the Imaginary Diary of a Drink Vendor (ไดอารี่สุดกาวของพ่อค้าร้านน้ำ), believes the sex doll he bought is haunted by a…

  • Brazilian teen faces death by firing squad for smuggling cocaine into Bali

    Brazilian teen faces death by firing squad for smuggling cocaine into Bali

    Prosecutors demanded death by firing squad last week for a Brazilian teenager who was caught with 3 kilogrammes of cocaine in her luggage upon arrival in Bali, Indonesia, in January. According to Newsflash, prosecutors want to see 19 year old Manuela Vitoria de Araujo Farias executed by a firing squad for her crimes if found guilty, which is the maximum…

  • Splash into Songkran! Silom Road to remain open for water fights in Bangkok

    Splash into Songkran! Silom Road to remain open for water fights in Bangkok

    Bang Rak District Office officially announced that Silom Road, a popular destination for water fights in Bangkok during Songkran, will remain open this year. Locals and tourists can take part in the water fights on the streets and sidewalks of each Soi. After three years of being affected by the pandemic, the Songkran Festival and its accompanying water fights will…

  • South Korean Embassy in Thailand ‘boogies’ to celebrate Songkran Festival (video)

    South Korean Embassy in Thailand ‘boogies’ to celebrate Songkran Festival (video)

    The South Korean Embassy in Thailand got down and boogied in preparation for this week’s Songkran Festival. The embassy staff, including the South Korean Ambassador to Thailand, Moon Seoung-hyun, got into the Thai New Year festive spirit by taking part in the traditional “Ram Thai” dance. The two-minute video went viral, receiving over 400,000 views in just four days on…

  • Bangkok voted No.3 top destination for backpackers 2023

    Bangkok voted No.3 top destination for backpackers 2023

    Thailand‘s capital Bangkok sits among the top destinations for backpackers in 2023, according to UK retail company Cotswold Outdoor. Bangkok is a backpacker’s dream with cheap accommodation, delicious street food for a bargain, inexpensive beers, free activities, and a variety of public transport systems. While Thailand offers plenty of luxury travel options, it’s easy to have a blast in Bangkok…

  • Thai man stalked for 5 years by foreigner fluent in Thai, police unable to act

    Thai man stalked for 5 years by foreigner fluent in Thai, police unable to act

    A man from Thailand took to social media to reveal that he had been stalked for five years by a foreigner who could speak Thai. He also stated that the police were unable to apprehend the foreigner as the case did not qualify as a blatant offence. Preecha Kaiyasa took to TikTok to share a video of the moment when…

  • Airline industry blames rising costs for expensive airfares, is this true?

    Airline industry blames rising costs for expensive airfares, is this true?

    Expensive airfares look set to stay for the foreseeable future according to the airline industry. The industry is trotting out the usual excuses that the recent spike in expensive ticket prices is attributed to a rise in operational costs, including surging fuel prices and other factors. Nok Air CEO, Wutthiphum Jurangkool, cited a surge in prices for aviation supply chain…

  • Thai woman attempts to commit suicide at a neighbour’s house in Bangkok

    Thai woman attempts to commit suicide at a neighbour’s house in Bangkok

    A Thai woman survived a suicide attempt at a neighbour’s house in Bangkok yesterday. The homeowner, a 70 year old woman named Kannika, alerted a rescue team after discovering a woman, later identified as 35 year old Bee, cut her own throat in her house in Soi Thoet Thai 21 in the Thon Buri district of Bangkok. Upon arrival, the…

  • Police capture one suspect in cop with a grudge killings in southern Thailand

    Police capture one suspect in cop with a grudge killings in southern Thailand

    UPDATE: Police managed to capture one of the two suspects on the run in the cop with a grudge killings in southern Thailand. Pol. Snr. Sgt. Maj. Atthaporn Wichian remains at large but police managed to arrest his accomplice Manop Wang-ngan at 2pm yesterday at a house in Thap Put district, Phang Nga province. Both men are wanted in connection…

  • Nok Air scraps only route to Mae Hong Son in northern Thailand

    Nok Air scraps only route to Mae Hong Son in northern Thailand

    Nok Air flights between Bangkok and Mae Hong Son Airport in northern Thailand will be discontinued on April 19. The province, home to the popular backpacker town Pai, will be only accessible by road since Nok Air was the only airline servicing the airport commercially. The airline said they can no longer fly the Don Mueang – Mae Hong Son…

  • Thai zoo successfully breeds Asian king vulture for the first time in Thailand in 30 years

    Thai zoo successfully breeds Asian king vulture for the first time in Thailand in 30 years

    Nakhon Ratchasima Zoo in the Isaan region of Thailand announced that their team has successfully bred a red-headed vulture, commonly known as the Asian king vulture. This is an important milestone as it signifies the first successful breeding of this species in Thailand in the last 30 years, and only the second instance worldwide. Korat Zoo announced today that a…

  • Ride into the Wild West at Phuket Bike Week 2023

    Ride into the Wild West at Phuket Bike Week 2023

    The Phuket Bike Week Association and Phuket City Municipality announced they are promoting Phuket Bike Week 2023. The event, also known as 27th Phuket Bike Week, will take place from April 28 to 30 at Dolphin Park on Patong Beach, with the theme, “Cowboy on the Beach.” Visitors can look forward to a wide range of activities, including an auto show…

  • Foreigner slips and breaks his neck on mossy seawall steps at Thailand beach

    Foreigner slips and breaks his neck on mossy seawall steps at Thailand beach

    A 55 year old foreign man slipped on some mossy steps and “broke bones in his neck” at Cha-am Beach in Phetchaburi province, Thailand, his wife reported on Friday. On Friday, the Facebook page ‘Beach for life‘ was contacted by a Thai woman seeking justice for her foreign husband who is still being treated in hospital after an incident at…

  • Two more shot dead in tragic family dispute linked to southern Thailand massacre

    Two more shot dead in tragic family dispute linked to southern Thailand massacre

    Two more people have been found shot dead linked to the tragic family dispute which led to the killing of four people by a cop with a grudge in southern Thailand. The most recent victims identified are the wife and son of the main suspect, a police officer assigned to the Khirirat Nakhom Police Station in Surat Thani. Both individuals were…

  • RTA condemned after ordering bedridden patient to report for conscription

    RTA condemned after ordering bedridden patient to report for conscription

    Thai netizens criticised the Royal Thai Army (RTA) for their lack of empathy after a woman had to take her bedridden disabled son to report for conscription in the northern province of Lamphun. A former Thai actor, 21 year old Thanakit “Off” Wutthirothong, left the movie industry after a motorcycle accident rendered him disabled. A drunk woman crashed her car…

  • RTA threatens to prosecute draft dodging Thai activist monk

    RTA threatens to prosecute draft dodging Thai activist monk

    The Royal Thai Army (RTA) announced it will prosecute an activist turned monk if he fails to give a valid reason why he dodged the mandatory conscription process. Phra Netiwit Jaranasampanno faces a court trial and possible compulsory drafting into the army without the benefit of drawing a ballot because of his draft dodging exercise. RTA deputy spokesperson Maj. Gen.…

  • Thai man found dead in front of coffin shop due to extreme heat

    Thai man found dead in front of coffin shop due to extreme heat

    The owner of a coffin shop in the central province of Kanchanaburi found a dead man in front of the shop yesterday. It is believed the deceased died from the extreme heat as the temperature reached 40 degrees Celsius on the day he was found. Officers from Tha Muang Police Station reviewed the area in front of the coffin shop,…

  • Turmoil as Koh Larn boat operators fight over tourists at Bali Hai Pier in Pattaya

    Turmoil as Koh Larn boat operators fight over tourists at Bali Hai Pier in Pattaya

    A brawl over passengers between two groups of Koh Larn speed boat operators at Bali Hai Pier in Pattaya was reported on Saturday. One operator claimed he was attacked by over 10 members of a mafia speed boat gang. A 31 year old Thai man named Kongkot shared a video of the moment when the fracas sparked on Saturday, April…

  • Customer finds bait hook inside tin of fish in Thailand

    Customer finds bait hook inside tin of fish in Thailand

    A customer was reely taken aback when he discovered a bait hook floating in a tin of fish produced by a famous brand in Thailand. Luckily, he spotted the sharp hook before chewing it. Consumer protection Facebook page “Phuboripok” (“consumers”) posted a photo of the offending tin of fish yesterday with the caption… “A #consumer was about to eat tinned…

  • Kazakhstani tourist arrested for rampage on southern Thailand beach (video)

    Kazakhstani tourist arrested for rampage on southern Thailand beach (video)

    Police arrested a Kazakhstani tourist for attacking people and destroying property yesterday at Haad Rin Beach in Koh Pha Ngan, Surat Thani province, southern Thailand. Yesterday evening, Koh Pha Ngan Tourist Police were informed that a foreign tourist was “going crazy” at Haad Rin Beach, chasing and attacking locals and invading and destroying property at resorts and restaurants along the…

  • Woman jumps off 4th floor building to escape abusive husband’s torture

    Woman jumps off 4th floor building to escape abusive husband’s torture

    A Thai woman jumped off the fourth floor of a dormitory in Samut Prakarn province near Bangkok to escape from her abusive, alleged drug addict husband who scalded, assaulted and thrust a glass bottle into her vagina. A rescue team from the Poh Teck Tung Foundation rushed to Soi Bang Pla 22 in the Bang Plee district of Samut Prakarn…