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Mum ‘pimped 11-year-old to get money for drugs’
Online Reporters, Published on 20/05/2025
» A 13-year-old girl in Hua Hin has revealed she was forced into sex work at age 11 by her mother and aunt, who sold her to a 50-year-old man in exchange for drug money and to repay daily loan shark debts.
Thai pawn shops busy ahead of new school year
Published on 05/05/2025
» Parents in urgent need of money to pay for their children's uniforms and other necessities for the new school term are flocking to pawn shops to turn their items into cash.
Nobel winner offers insight at Bimstec summit
News, Published on 08/04/2025
» Back-to-back meetings, official as well as private, while touching base with political and business leaders in Bangkok, are what defined the schedule of Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus during his visit to Thailand on April 3-4 to attend the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (Bimstec) summit.
Loan sharks arrested in 5 Thai provinces
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 23/03/2025
» Police conducted multiple raids against suspected loan sharks and arrested eight in five major provinces.
The weight of dreams
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 11/02/2025
» Renowned film studio GDH is kicking off 2025 with coming-of-age drama Flat Girls, a heartfelt exploration of teenage friendship, social divides and the bittersweet process of growing up in Thailand.
Loan shark targets ministry canteen in Bangkok
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 15/12/2024
» Two people have been arrested in the food court at the Ministry of Culture’s office in Bangkok's Huai Khwang district for loansharking, the Crime Suppression Division (CSD) said on Sunday.
Debt woes far from over
News, Editorial, Published on 31/07/2024
» The news about a 72-year-old woman who was beaten up by debt collectors last week has cast doubts on the supposed successes of the government's campaign to combat loansharking.
Loan sharks held for hitting woman
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 29/07/2024
» Four suspected members of a loan shark gang turned themselves in on Saturday night after being accused of brutally assaulting a 72-year-old woman over an unpaid 10,000-baht sum in Bangkok's Chok Chai area.
8 suspected loan sharks arrested at Bangkok house
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 09/06/2024
» Police arrested eight people suspected of being loan sharks living under the same roof in Bangkok's Bang Khen district on Sunday.
Loan-shark couple surrender in naked photos case
Gary Boyle, Published on 03/06/2024
» A married couple operating a private loan agency surrendered to police in Prachin Buri on Monday to answer charges of posting naked pictures of debt defaulters online.