PATTAYA – Chonburi immigration police have dismantled a suspected safe house for illegal foreign workers in Pattaya, arresting 15 Indian nationals who had overstayed their visas. The raid, conducted on November 17th at a property in Soi Sukhumvit Pattaya 57, also uncovered two additional Indian nationals holding valid tourist visas who are now under investigation […]
NONTHABURI – A cargo tug boat lost control and crashed into multiple riverside homes along the Chao Phraya River in Nonthaburi during the early hours of Tuesday, causing three houses to collapse into the water and forcing residents to evacuate abruptly. The incident, which occurred around 1:00 AM in Ko Kret, Pak Kret District, resulted […]
BANGKOK – A Thai man has become the latest victim of systematic torture in a Cambodian scam center, marking the second such death reported within days in the same Poipet facility. The victim, identified as Sarawut “Toto” from Samut Prakan, was found dead in Building B of the compound—the same location where 26-year-old Suda Chonlaket […]
SA KAEO – Thailand and Cambodia have initiated a collaborative drone survey to temporarily map a disputed 13-kilometer section of their shared border. The operation, which commenced Tuesday morning, focuses on the area between border pillars 42 and 47 in Sa Kaeo province, following a recent bilateral agreement aimed at de-escalating tensions. ASEAN Observers Confirm […]
BANGKOK – A widespread technical failure at internet infrastructure giant Cloudflare caused significant disruptions across multiple high-profile platforms on Tuesday, including X and ChatGPT. The outage began around 11:30 GMT when thousands of users began reporting inaccessible services through Downdetector and other monitoring platforms. Distributed malware attacks Dyn DNS, takes down websites in US Cloudflare […]
PHUKET – An American man was rendered unconscious during a violent altercation on Phuket’s notorious Bangla Road, marking the latest in a series of public disturbances plaguing the popular nightlife district. The incident, which occurred on November 16, was captured on video showing a man in white delivering a knockout punch to the victim wearing […]
BANGKOK – Thailand’s Administrative Court has annulled a Labour Ministry regulation that allowed foreign pilots to operate domestic flights, ruling the exemption illegal. The decision, delivered on November 17, immediately nullifies a ministerial announcement issued in December 2024 that had permitted foreign pilots to fly under wet-lease arrangements. Foreign pilots face axe on Thai flights […]
BANGKOK – Thailand’s Supreme Court has overturned previous rulings in a landmark tax case, ordering former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to pay 17.6 billion baht in capital gains tax related to the 2006 transfer of Shin Corporation shares to his children. The decision reverses the earlier judgment of the Court of Appeal for Specialised Cases, […]
