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Thailand Opens E-gates To 33 Foreign Nationalities At Suvarnabhumi Airport
BANGKOK, Thailand – Thailand has expanded access to automated immigration gates at Suvarnabhumi Airport to 33 foreign nationalities, with 31 additional countries gaining access to the electronic facilities, provided the traveller has previously visited Thailand on the same passport and has provided biometric data at an immigration counter. Authorities have stressed that if a passport […]
Mother And Daughter Injured In Fourth-floor Bangkok Apartment Fall
BANGKOK, Thailand – A 48-year-old woman and her three-year-old daughter were seriously injured after falling from the fourth floor of an apartment building in Bangkok’s Ratchathewi district on 19 September. Police said the mother, who had been diagnosed with depression, had expressed fears that someone intended to harm her, and both were taken to Ramathibodi […]
Fire On MRT Tracks Forces Suspension Of Blue Line Services In Bangkok
BANGKOK, Thailand – Bangkok Expressway and Metro Public Company Limited announced a temporary suspension of Metropolitan Rapid Transit services at all stations on Sunday following a fire along the Blue Line tracks between Tao Poon and Bang Pho stations. Bangkok MRT Station Floods During Heavy Rain, Exposing Construction Flaw Passengers were evacuated from the station […]
German Tourist Tasered By Police On Bangkok’s Khao San Road
BANGKOK, Thailand – Thai police used a Taser to restrain a German tourist during a confrontation on Bangkok’s Khao San Road after he allegedly directed racist abuse at a Canadian visitor and praised Adolf Hitler. M. G., 34, a black Canadian from Toronto, said he and two Australian friends were eating at a restaurant on […]
Police Nab 15 Transnational Scam Gang Members In Bangkok
BANGKOK, Thailand – Fifteen non-Thai suspects, allegedly part of a transnational scam gang, were arrested in a raid on a luxury house in the Bang Bon area of Bangkok by Thai immigration police yesterday. Police Maj-Gen Panthana Nutchanart, deputy commissioner of the Immigration Bureau, said that his team also seized several cellphones, laptops, SIM cards […]
Omani Wildlife Smuggler Caught At Suvarnabhumi Airport With 22 Live Animals
BANGKOK, Thailand – An Omani man travelling from Suvarnabhumi Airport to Muscat was arrested after officials found 22 live wild animals concealed in luggage checked in for the flight. The seizure, reported on 16 September, took place on 8 September 2026, according to Santhanee Phairattanakorn, director of the Suvarnabhumi Airport Passenger Customs Inspection Office, with […]
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Foreign Man Missing After Being Swept Into Canal Near Pattaya
CHONBURI, Thailand – Rescue teams are still searching for a foreign man who was swept into a drainage canal in Nong Prue, Bang Lamung district, during heavy rain early on 24 September 2026. Electric Taxi Boats To Launch Along Bangkok Canal With 15 Piers The man was walking through flood water with two other foreign […]
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Three Chinese Women Held By Compatriots Rescued In Banglamung
CHONBURI, Thailand – Three Chinese women were rescued in the early hours of Wednesday after police were alerted that four men of their same nationality allegedly detained them for sexual abuse and extortion at a house in Bang Lamung district. More than 20 officers were deployed to search the two-storey house at around 12.30am after […]
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Fishing Boat Sinks Off Sattahip, Three Dead, Four Missing
CHON BURI, Thailand – A fishing boat carrying 22 crew members has sunk off the coast of Chon Buri, with three people confirmed dead, four missing and 15 rescued, marine authorities said. The S. Kanchanawari 888 reportedly sank about 10pm on Monday in the Samae San deep water channel, four to five hours off the […]
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Police Officer Detained After Firing Eight Rounds Inside Room In Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand – A police officer attached to Bang Lamung Police Station has been detained after allegedly firing multiple 9mm rounds inside a room in South Pattaya on 19 September. No injuries or deaths were reported after the shooting at accommodation in Soi Yensabai, off Pattaya Third Road. Police fire shots during drug car chase […]
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Pattaya Police Investigate Death Of 17-year-old Who Fell From Apartment Building
PATTAYA, Thailand – A 17-year-old Thai male died after falling from the 11th floor of an apartment building in Pattaya’s Soi Pratumnak 6 on 17 September 2026. Police were called at 5.35pm to the rear of the building in Chon Buri, and the teenager was pronounced dead at the scene after falling from room 1131 […]
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Five Indian Tourists Allegedly Assaulted And Robbed At Pattaya Hotel
PATTAYA, Thailand – Five Indian tourists have filed a police complaint after alleging they were assaulted and forced to hand over money by a group they met near Pattaya Beach, with the men telling Pattaya City Police that around 24,000 baht in cash was missing after an alleged confrontation at a hotel in North Pattaya. […]
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Canadian Arrested In Chiang Mai Over Rape Of British Tourist
CHIANG MAI, Thailand – A 38-year-old Canadian man of foreign origin has been arrested in Chiang Mai on a charge of raping a British tourist, after police said they found information indicating he was preparing to leave Thailand. The suspect, named by authorities as A. G. O. S., was detained in a hotel room in […]
Chiang Mai Police Head Ousted Amid Probe into Illegal Gambling Dens
CHIANG MAI, Thailand – The Chang Phueak police superintendent in Chiang Mai was abruptly transferred yesterday to the provincial police bureau over his alleged failure to crack down on illegal gambling businesses in his district. Police chief Torsak and his deputy Surachate Hakparn transferred to inactive posts On Friday night, Deputy Interior Minister Polapee Suwunchwee […]
Chinese Man Arrested In Chiang Mai Over Cryptocurrency Money Laundering
CHIANG MAI, Thailand – Chiang Mai police have arrested Chinese national Wei Huang, also known as Ah Wei, over an alleged cryptocurrency money-laundering trail worth more than 238 million baht. The Central Investigation Bureau and Anti-Online Scam Centre announced the arrest on 16 September under their Highway Scam Hunter operation, with police saying Wei was […]
Man Held After Death Of Woman In Chiang Mai Resort
CHIANG MAI, Thailand – A 23-year-old Thai-American man has been detained by police after a 26-year-old woman died following an alleged assault at a resort in Mae On district, with the suspect facing a charge of assault causing death. Police identified the man as K. R., who is receiving treatment at Nakornping Hospital after allegedly […]
Flash Flood at Mae Sa Waterfall in Chiang Mai Sweeps Tourists Away
CHIANG MAI, Thailand – Mae Sa waterfall, a popular attraction in Doi Suthep-Pui National Park, has been temporarily closed following a flash flood that gushed down from the mountain on August 16, catching several tourists off guard and sweeping some away despite urgent warnings from park rangers. Rangers had noticed unusual signs in the area […]
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Nan Landslide Threatens School as 100-Metre Ground Crack Expands
NAN, Thailand – Geological experts have warned of the high risk of a landslide at Ban Doi Tiew School in Nan’s Tha Wang Pha district, after ground subsidence expanded from a minor two-metre tension crack into one over 100 metres long over the past year. The finding follows an urgent inspection on Friday led by […]
Fire Destroys Latex Mattress Factory In Ayutthaya
AYUTTHAYA, Thailand – Authorities are investigating the cause of a massive fire that destroyed a large latex mattress and pillow factory in Bang Sai district, Ayutthaya, overnight, causing damage estimated at about 2 billion baht. Five Dead And Dozens Missing After Passenger Ship Catches Fire In The Philippines The blaze broke out around 10pm on […]
Ayutthaya Abbot Arrested In 92-million-baht Embezzlement And Sex Scandal
AYUTTHAYA, Thailand – A 66-year-old abbot accused of embezzling 92 million baht from a well-known temple in Ayutthaya was arrested on Thursday, along with a female aide who was seen having sex with the monk in security video taken in his quarters. Police at 6am raided the quarters of Phra Vajirayan, also known as Luang […]
High Diesel Price Forces Phitsanulok Songthaew Driver To Quit After 30 Years
PHITSANULOK, Thailand – The relentless surge in diesel prices, which have now climbed to 40 baht a litre, has dealt a severe blow to local public transport operators, forcing drivers to fold their businesses under mounting operational losses. According to Thai PBS, at the municipal market in the Muang district of Phitsanulok province, drivers operating […]
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Thai Woman Dies In Fall At Pha Taem Waterfall In Ubon Ratchathani
UBON RATCHATHANI, Thailand – A 48-year-old Thai woman tourist has died after slipping while taking photographs at Kuang Ton Waterfall in Pha Taem National Park, Khong Chiam district, Ubon Ratchathani Province on the evening of 19 September. The woman, Wansisa, fell from the second tier of the waterfall to a lower level more than 10 […]
Volunteer Officer Accidentally Kills Village Headman In Nakhon Phanom
NAKHON PHANOM, Thailand – A village headman in Nakhon Phanom province has died after being struck by a bullet fired by a volunteer security officer during an attempt to restrain a man armed with a knife. Wasana Srikason, 52, headman of Moo 8 in Phon Thong subdistrict, Ban Phaeng district, was shot in the chest […]
Yasothon Hospital Apologizes After Nurse’s Assistant Severs Toddler’s Fingertip
YASOTHON, Thailand – A Yasothon hospital has apologised to the family of a one-year-old boy who lost the tip of his right index finger after an assistant nurse accidentally cut it while trying to remove tape securing his IV line, in an incident that has drawn widespread attention after the family sought help from a […]
Police Search For Foreign Man Over Udon Thani Hotel Damage
UDON THANI, Thailand – A foreign man is being sought for questioning after CCTV footage reportedly showed him damaging property outside The Pannarai Hotel in Udon Thani in the early hours of 8 September. The hotel has submitted footage and other evidence to Udon Thani Provincial Tourist Police, asking officers to identify the man and […]
