PATTAYA — Police have arrested 20 Indian nationals during a raid on a villa in Pattaya, where officers uncovered what they described as a sophisticated online investment scam operation targeting victims in India, with the group allegedly working out of a clandestine call centre hidden behind high walls. Police Raid Luxury Pattaya Villas, Arrest 68 […]
MAE HONG SON — Hundreds of Thai citizens living near the Thailand-Myanmar border in Sob Moei District have been evacuated to safer areas after a Myanmar military aircraft dropped a bomb on their village during airstrikes targeting Karen rebels, according to authorities. Stray Bullet from Myanmar Border Clash Forces Thai School Evacuation Informed Thai military […]
PHUKET — A video showing foreign motorcyclists performing dangerous stunts in the car park of a shopping mall in Phuket has ignited widespread online outrage, with residents demanding urgent action from authorities after footage emerged of riders using the area as a private racetrack. Australian Tourist Jailed for Dangerous Motorbike Stunt in Phuket The clip, […]
NAN — Nine people were killed and five others injured when a pickup truck carrying 21 relatives home from a fishing trip crashed off a steep mountain road in Pua district, in one of the deadliest road accidents in northern Thailand this year. Thailand Reports 242 Road Fatalities During Songkran Period, Marking 5% Decline Versus […]
BANGKOK — A 31-year-old woman has reported being violently beaten, threatened with a knife and held against her will by a foreign man inside a condominium in the Ramkhamhaeng 24 area, in an attack that she says lasted from early morning until mid-morning and left her covered in blood and deeply traumatised. Thai Woman Seeks […]
BANGKOK — A 47-year-old Nigerian national identified as a key figure in the distribution of cocaine across Thailand has been arrested in the capital’s Bang Rak district, in a police operation that also netted three additional suspects and seized drugs, cash and assets worth millions of baht. Nigerian Arrested in Nong Khai Crystal Meth Crackdown […]
PATTAYA — In the early hours of April 19, an intoxicated police officer allegedly shot and killed a cannabis shop owner on the city’s famous Walking Street, in a brazen attack that witnesses say unfolded after the victim tried to calm the officer down and pleaded with him to put away his gun. Iraqi Tourist […]
PATTAYA — A 35-year-old Cambodian man was seriously injured after being stabbed during a violent group assault at the Na Kluea Songkran Wan Lai festival on April 18, an attack that has raised fresh concerns about safety during large public celebrations in the Pattaya area. 26-Year-Old Man Dies After 10-on-1 Attack During Songkran Fight in […]
