SAMUT PRAKAN — A 33-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly killing his 24-year-old girlfriend after she lost 25,000 baht in online gambling, sparking a violent argument that ended in her death. The incident occurred on the evening of September 18 at their townhouse in Soi Mitr Maitri, Bang Yha Phraek. Uzbek National Arrested in […]
BANGKOK — Thailand’s poverty rate stood at 3.41% in 2023, affecting more than 2.39 million people, according to research unveiled at the “Fighting Poverty” seminar on September 9. The Northeast region remains the hardest hit, with 31.71% of the nation’s poor residing there, followed by the South. Bangkok reported the lowest rate at 1.6%. Only […]
SAMUT PRAKAN: A 41-year-old father overwhelmed with family debt is believed to have killed his wife and two sons and then slashed his own throat. Woman robs gold shop of 37 necklaces in Samut Prakan A call scam which cost his wife 1.7 million baht she had herself borrowed was thought to be the tipping […]
The Bangkok Mass Transit System (BTS), the operator of the Green Line sky train service, has been urged to end its continuous advertising, demanding the settlement of a large debt owed to it by Krungthep Thanakom, an investment arm of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration. Krungthep Thanakom owes BTS 20 billion baht for operations and maintenance […]
Most Thai households have been bogged down by high debt even before COVID-19 struck in early 2020. For many years, the average Thai worker has been struggling to make ends meet, forcing dependence on borrowings. The latest crises of a global scale, such as the persisting pandemic and its plethora of variants, and the Russian […]
COVID-19 can be blamed for pushing Thai household debt to its highest level in 12 years, around 480,000 baht per household, said The University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC). The rector of UTCC, Thanawat Polwichai (ธนวรรธน์ พลวิชัย), said that the data collected from over 1,000 participants shows that the household debt in 2020 […]
PHUKET: The body of a 46-year-old owner of a karaoke bar in Srisoonthorn was found hanged in the venue’s kitchen last night (Nov 17). Her male partner has blamed ongoing debt troubles as the motivation for the apparent suicide, but police are continuing their investigation. Lt Col Kitiphum Thinthalang of the Thalang Police was called […]
CHUMPHON: A former local leader is in custody after three family members — two women and a 13-year-old girl — were shot dead following a quarrel over a 13-million-baht debt he said the family owed him The fatal attack occurred on Saturday morning at a house in tambon Khun Krathing in Muang district, said Pol […]
