In a significant legal development, the Changwon District Court in South Korea has sentenced three men for the brutal murder of their compatriot, Roh Eui Jong, near Pattaya, Thailand, in May 2024.
On December 29, 2024, Jeju Air Flight 2216, a Boeing 737-800, crashed at Muan International Airport in South Korea, resulting in the deaths of 174 out of 181 occupants. Two Thai nationals were among the passengers. Passenger plane crashes near the Kazakh city of Aktau – 29 survive The flight originated from Suvarnabhumi Airport near […]
67 people were on board the aircraft, which was flying from Baku to Grozny, and the death toll is 38 people, while 29 survived.
Authorities at Turkey’s Istanbul Airport have intercepted an endangered baby gorilla in a container, being smuggled from Nigeria and to Bangkok. Eight suspects of Nigerian-led drug network arrested in Bangkok and surrounding provinces The Customs Enforcement Smuggling and Intelligence Directorate at Istanbul Airport tracked a cage-type cargo shipment as part of risk analysis efforts, aimed […]
SOUTH KOREA (NBT WORLD) – The Royal Thai Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, has urged Thai nationals residing illegally in South Korea to voluntarily report to the Immigration Office for repatriation from now until January 31, 2025. During this period, fines for overstaying will be waived, and restrictions on re-entering South Korea in the future […]
The president has accused the opposition, which controls parliament, of sympathizing with North Korea. The move has been quickly countered with an emergency vote in the National Assembly.
BANGKOK, Dec 3 (TNA) – The four Thai fishermen captured by Myanmar’s navy last week are safe and efforts are underway to bring them home soon, Thailand’s top military commander has confirmed. Myanmar navy opens fire on Thai fishing vessels The incident occurred on November 30 when Myanmar navy vessels, claiming that a group of […]
On November 27th, 2024, international news outlets provided an update on six foreign tourists who died in Laos last week, allegedly due to methanol poisoning from illegal alcohol. Public Alert Issued Over Methanol-Tainted Alcohol Local investigations led to the arrest of eight additional staff members from NANA Backpacker Hostel in Vang Vieng, where several of […]
