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  • Thailand NewsThai teacher accused of striking boy’s penis with steel ruler

    Thai teacher accused of striking boy’s penis with steel ruler

    A Thai mother exposed the cruel behaviour of a teacher in the central province of Prachin Buri who allegedly struck her three year old son’s penis with a steel ruler causing severe injury. The mother contacted several Thai news agencies to publicise her son’s story and seek appropriate punishment for the accused teacher. Channel 7 interviewed the family on December 12 and…

  • Thailand NewsThai man raises suspicions as mother dies 10 days after chiropractic

    Thai man raises suspicions as mother dies 10 days after chiropractic

    A Thai man called for a further investigation into the death of his mother, who passed away 10 days after receiving unlicensed chiropractic treatment in the Isaan province of Roi Et. The man, Kawin Mahuakhao, shared the story of his mother, Somsi Mahuakhao, with the Facebook news page Big Kren to seek clarification on the real cause of her death.…

  • Pattaya NewsThai minibus driver rapes passenger after tricking her into lucky ritual

    Thai minibus driver rapes passenger after tricking her into lucky ritual

    A Thai minibus driver raped a female passenger after tricking her into performing a ritual for good fortune, and then abducting her to a hotel in Pattaya. The victim filed a complaint against the minibus driver, Mueang, at Na Jomtien Police Station following the sexual assault on October 10. The incident occurred while the victim was travelling in Mueang’s minibus…

  • Thailand NewsThai thief returns stolen motorcycle to police station, motive unclear

    Thai thief returns stolen motorcycle to police station, motive unclear

    A Thai man stole motorcycles belonging to locals in the Isaan province of Nakhon Ratchasima and later parked them outside a police station. His motive remains unclear. The owner of a grocery store in the Sikhio district of Nakhon Ratchasima province shared CCTV footage of the suspect, who stole his sidecar motorcycle, with Channel 7 yesterday, December 12. In the…

  • Thailand NewsThai sub-district official accused of hiring scapegoat after hit-and-run

    Thai sub-district official accused of hiring scapegoat after hit-and-run

    A Thai father accused an official from the sub-district administrative organisation in the Isaan province of Kalasin of hiring a scapegoat to plead guilty after a hit-and-run on November 2 that caused serious injuries to his son. The father, identified as Tam, revealed to Channel 7 that the accident occurred at around 2.30am on November 2, when his 22 year old son…

  • Thailand NewsPortuguese man missing in Koh Pha Ngan, wife fears suicide

    Portuguese man missing in Koh Pha Ngan, wife fears suicide

    The wife of a Portuguese man, missing from his home in Koh Pha Ngan since November 17, fears he may have taken his own life. The 38 year old half-Thai, half-American woman, Avalon Oneita Juliana, sought help from local police and the Portuguese Embassy in Thailand after her husband, 51 year old Daniel Joao D’Costa Ferreira Dos Santos, disappeared. Santos…

  • Thailand NewsThai man shares footage of woman jumping into his car at red light

    Thai man shares footage of woman jumping into his car at red light

    A Thai man issued a warning to motorists in Chon Buri after an unknown woman entered his car while he was parked at a red light and urged him to continue driving without providing a clear destination. The Thai man shared dashcam footage of the woman entering his car with Channel 7. The incident reportedly occurred on Tuesday, December 10,…

  • Thailand NewsThai woman caught smuggling 6 million baht of cocaine into Japan

    Thai woman caught smuggling 6 million baht of cocaine into Japan

    A Thai woman was arrested at Kansai International Airport in Osaka after she smuggled 6 million baht worth of cocaine into Japan. Local news agencies in Japan recently reported that the 23 year old Thai woman, whose identity remains undisclosed, was arrested at Kansai Airport after 760 grammes of cocaine were found in her possession. The drugs were worth approximately…

  • Thailand NewsPaws and order: Thai man abuses 3 cats after row with boyfriend

    Paws and order: Thai man abuses 3 cats after row with boyfriend

    Police charged a Thai man in the Isaan province of Sakon Nakhon with physically abusing three pet cats after videos and pictures of the abuse were shared in a Facebook group of animal lovers. A man shared the videos and pictures of his ex-boyfriend strangling their pet cats and throwing them against the wall of a condominium room in a…

  • Thailand NewsDrink driver finally on trial after arrest and assault of innocent man

    Drink driver finally on trial after arrest and assault of innocent man

    Police arrested a drink driver who ran a traffic checkpoint on Prasert-Manukritch Road in Bangkok on December 4, after officers mistakenly arrested an innocent man and allegedly assaulted him on the same day. The conflict between a 33 year old Thai man, Thananop Kirddri, and seven officers from the Traffic Police Division came to light after his family called for…

  • Thailand NewsThai man fatally stabbed after killing 2 relatives in Prachin Buri

    Thai man fatally stabbed after killing 2 relatives in Prachin Buri

    A Thai couple fatally stabbed a relative in self-defence after he killed two other family members in Prachin Buri province. The incident began when 38 year old Surat “Jack” Thongbai carried out a shooting spree in two locations in the Mueang district at around 2pm on Tuesday, December 10. The first location was a fresh market, and the second was…

  • Pattaya NewsSwiss man saved after suicide attempt over financial losses to Thai ex-wife

    Swiss man saved after suicide attempt over financial losses to Thai ex-wife

    A Thai man successfully rescued his Swiss boyfriend from a suicide attempt at a house in Pattaya, reportedly due to financial losses connected to his Thai ex-wife. The 37 year old Thai man sought urgent assistance from Nong Prue Police Station after discovering his 66 year old Swiss boyfriend sitting in the bathroom, covered in blood. Despite the Swiss man’s…

  • Thailand News3 Prachin Buri bodyguards nabbed over deadly shooting of PAO candidate

    3 Prachin Buri bodyguards nabbed over deadly shooting of PAO candidate

    Police arrested three bodyguards of the Prachin Buri Provincial Administrative Organisation (PAO) chief for the fatal shooting of the next PAO chief candidate last night. The shooting broke out in the two-storey house of the PAO‘s chief executive, Sunthorn Wilawan, at around 9pm, December 11. Locals heard multiple gunshots before everything went silent. Sunthorn’s pet dogs continued barking. Later, at around…

  • Thailand NewsBritish swap gloom of Blighty for tropical Land of Smiles (video)

    British swap gloom of Blighty for tropical Land of Smiles (video)

    A recent survey has uncovered that thousands of British have swapped the cold, gloomy shores of Blighty in their thousands for the warm, welcoming, tropical beaches of Thailand. Financial technology company Wise reported that more than 40,000 British citizens have already set up camp and relocated to the exotic Land of Smiles. The Daily Mirror reported that British removal firm…

  • Thailand NewsBritish man’s flight home to recovery after horror crash in Thailand

    British man’s flight home to recovery after horror crash in Thailand

    A British man who suffered life-changing injuries while working in Thailand has returned home after an appeal raised nearly £20,000 (880,000 baht) for a medical repatriation flight. Andy Davis from Stone, Staffordshire, had his left leg amputated and was hospitalised with a shattered pelvis and torn bladder, following a car crash on an island off Krabi last month. The 33 year…

  • Thailand NewsThai woman seeks justice after attack by unidentified man in Bangkok

    Thai woman seeks justice after attack by unidentified man in Bangkok

    A Thai woman is seeking assistance after she and her male colleague were attacked by an unidentified man on Soi Charan Sanitwong 35 in the Bangkok Noi district of Bangkok on Friday, December 6. The 31 year old victim, identified only as A, reached out to the non-profit organisation Saimai Survive and shared her story publicly, hoping to identify the…

  • Thailand News2 Thai boys arrested for shooting girl, mistaking her for an enemy

    2 Thai boys arrested for shooting girl, mistaking her for an enemy

    Police arrested two Thai boys who mistakenly shot a 15 year old girl in the head on a road in the Phra Phrom district of Nakhon Si Thammarat province last night, December 9, believing her to be their rival. Officers from Phra Phrom Police Station launched an investigation into the attempted murder, which took place around midnight on Jang Hoon-Na Pru…

  • Thailand NewsWindow w*nker: Barber’s indecent exposure leaves wife in a snip

    Window w*nker: Barber’s indecent exposure leaves wife in a snip

    A Thai woman expressed shock and fear after discovering that her husband had been masturbating in front of passersby through the clear window of his barber shop in the central province of Ang Thong. Victims of the man’s lewd behaviour sought justice by contacting a Thai news agency and sharing explicit videos of him with the media. Channel 8 broadcast…

  • Bangkok NewsThai man flees petrol station bill with fuel hose attached to car (video)

    Thai man flees petrol station bill with fuel hose attached to car (video)

    A Thai man evaded paying a 500-baht bill at a petrol station by fleeing in his black sedan, dragging the fuel nozzle and hose along Hathairat Road in Bangkok. A motorcyclist who witnessed the theft recorded a video of the black sedan pulling the fuel nozzle and hose along Hathairat Road and shared it on his TikTok account, rosphutnaned, on…

  • Thailand NewsThai man dies after falling from Khao Hua Nak Viewpoint in Chaiyaphum

    Thai man dies after falling from Khao Hua Nak Viewpoint in Chaiyaphum

    A Thai man fell from the Khao Hua Nak Viewpoint in the Isaan province of Chaiyaphum on Saturday and later died in hospital. Rangers from Phu Lan Kha National Park, along with rescuers from Sawang Khunnatum Chaiyaphum, were alerted to the accident at around 5pm on Saturday, December 7. The victim, later identified as 59 year old Sunan, reportedly fell…

  • Thailand NewsBritish man commits suicide, leaving sand messages for Thai wife

    British man commits suicide, leaving sand messages for Thai wife

    A British man left messages in the sand for his wife and children before taking his own life on Cha-am Beach in the southern province of Phetchaburi. He was reportedly distressed over two legal cases and a 400,000-baht loss to a friend. A Thai tourist discovered the lifeless body of the British man, later identified as 42 year old Antony…

  • Bangkok News124 gay participants arrested at underwear drug party in Bangkok hotel

    124 gay participants arrested at underwear drug party in Bangkok hotel

    Officers from Thong Lo Police Station arrested 124 gay men and women, including doctors and background actors, at an underwear drug party held in a hotel room in Bangkok yesterday. Police were alerted by a witness who reported suspicious activity after observing a large number of Thai and foreign men entering a room on the 20th floor of a hotel…

  • Phuket NewsSingaporean tourist dies allegedly due to oil massage in Phuket

    Singaporean tourist dies allegedly due to oil massage in Phuket

    A 52 year old Singaporean man died at a massage shop in the Patong neighbourhood of Phuket after an oil massage. The cause of his death remains undetermined. Officers from Patong Police Station were called to Patong Hospital on Saturday, December 7, to investigate the death of the Singaporean man, identified as Lee Mun Tuck. Upon their arrival, they found…

  • Thailand NewsThai singer dies from neck injury allegedly linked to massage in Udon Thani

    Thai singer dies from neck injury allegedly linked to massage in Udon Thani

    A Thai female singer died yesterday morning from complications caused by a herniated cervical disc, allegedly linked to a massage at a shop in the Isaan province of Udon Thani. The singer, Chayada “Phing” Praohom, who was associated with Guitar Record, became bedridden and received intensive care at Udon Thani Hospital before her death, yesterday, December 8. Since mid-October, she has…

  • Thailand News2 Thai women arrested for tricking young virgins into prostitution

    2 Thai women arrested for tricking young virgins into prostitution

    Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) officers arrested two Thai women for operating a child prostitution ring, tricking young virgin women into offering sex services to illegal Chinese nationals. CIB officers arrested the 21 year old Thai woman named Panida and a 22 year old woman named Nalatporn for their involvement in child prostitution. Panida was arrested at her condominium in the…

  • Thailand News2 year old Thai boy crashes motorcycle into glass door, injuring mum

    2 year old Thai boy crashes motorcycle into glass door, injuring mum

    A two year old Thai boy crashed his mother’s motorcycle into the glass door of a house in the Isaan province of Buriram on Wednesday. The boy was unharmed but his mother sustained injuries from broken glass. The Siam Ruamjai Pu-in Rescue Foundation responded to the incident at a house on Nang Rong-Lam Plai Mart Road in the Nang Rong district of…

  • Business NewsThailand’s EV market hits a speed bump in incentive race (video)

    Thailand’s EV market hits a speed bump in incentive race (video)

    Thailand’s electric vehicle (EV) market is experiencing a jolt as major manufacturers weigh the pros and cons of staying plugged into the nation’s incentive scheme amidst a slowdown. With the EV sector currently stuck in neutral, the Electric Vehicle Association of Thailand (EVAT) hints that automakers might be on the verge of bypassing subsidies and revisiting their production game plans.…

  • Thailand NewsThai man kills neighbour’s dog for alleged chicken attack (video)

    Thai man kills neighbour’s dog for alleged chicken attack (video)

    The owner of a light brown Siberian Husky in the southern province of Songkhla is seeking justice after the dog was beaten to death by a neighbour, who claimed it attacked his chickens. Rachan, the owner of the female Siberian Husky named Lucky shared the tragic story on social media, along with a video of the violent attack captured on…

  • Thailand NewsWarning issued on eve of White Lotus series in Thailand (video)

    Warning issued on eve of White Lotus series in Thailand (video)

    As legions of White Lotus fans eagerly await the much-anticipated third series of the smash hit HBO drama, a gripping warning emerges from the exotic shores of Thailand. White Lotus mastermind Mike White’s quest across Thailand in search of the ultimate location to capture the magic for the show’s upcoming season has been well documented. His journey led him to…

  • Thailand NewsMarried landlord shoots car of tenant’s boyfriend in jealous rage

    Married landlord shoots car of tenant’s boyfriend in jealous rage

    A landlord in Nonthaburi province, near Bangkok, fired shots at his tenant’s boyfriend’s car on Wednesday, reportedly driven by jealousy, despite being married with children. The 40 year old car owner, Suradate, filed a complaint with Bang Bua Thong Police Station at 5pm on Wednesday, December 4, after discovering his silver-bronze Toyota Vios sedan riddled with three bullet holes. Broken…