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Cannes 2025: What's on our watch list
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 13/05/2025
» The 78th edition of Europe's biggest film festival starts today. We take a look at some notable titles across different sections -- Competition, Un Certain Regard, Directors' Fortnight and Critics' Week -- including a Thai film.
Expats with illegal firms now targeted
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 27/02/2025
» The Provincial Police Region (PPR) 8 has launched a large-scale crackdown targeting foreign nationals engaged in illegal nominee businesses across seven provinces in southern Thailand.
Local-only jobs
Oped, Postbag, Published on 21/02/2025
» Re: "Cops nab Chinese tour guide", (BP, Feb 8).
Cheaper treatment
Oped, Postbag, Published on 11/02/2025
» Re: "Cancer patients are dying to survive", (Commentary, Feb 7).
Chinese lured by job ads accuse Thai cops of kidnapping, extortion
News, Post Reporters, Published on 26/01/2025
» Eight people, including four police and one ranger, were arrested for allegedly kidnapping seven Chinese men and extorting from them 2 million baht.
Net the big crooks
Oped, Postbag, Published on 08/01/2025
» Re: "Cop course for Chinese investigated", (BP, Jan 4).
It was the Year of the Happy Hippo
Roger Crutchley, Published on 29/12/2024
» Well, we've just about scraped through 2024 although there have been dodgy moments. Most of us will probably be happy to see the back of the Year of the Dragon.
Woman arrested after Thai-British beauty queen loses B4m in 'fake cop' scam
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 15/12/2024
» A woman, 40, was arrested in Chaiyaphum province for allegedly opening a mule bank account for a Cambodia-based scam gang that tricked Thai-British beauty queen Charlotte Austin out of 4 million baht.
Cops find improperly stored smelter waste
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 13/08/2024
» Police seized about 14,400 tonnes of improperly stored dross from two aluminium smelters in Nakhon Pathom and Samut Sakhon over the weekend.
Kingdom's top cops set poor example
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 24/06/2024
» The handling of the bitter feud between two heavyweights of the Royal Thai Police, Torsak Sukivimol and Surachate Hakparn, aka Big Joke, by a prime minister-appointed committee led by Chatchai Promlert is typical of a Thai style of conflict resolution that reflects the "mai pen rai" and "forget about it" attitude, despite the core issue being the integrity and honesty of the two officers.