Showing 1 - 10 of 231
‘Online game mission’ drove teen on cross‑country gold heist run
Online Reporters, Published on 05/02/2026
» The 16-year-old arrested for a 2.4-million-baht gold-shop robbery in Hat Yai claimed an online gaming friend in Laos encouraged him to complete a “mission” to snatch the jewellery, according to police.
Arrest warrant for Chinese man after compatriot robbed in Pattaya
Published on 12/01/2026
» CHON BURI - The Pattaya Provincial Court has issued an arrest warrant for a Chinese man suspected of tying up and robbing a Chinese property broker in her Mercedes-Benz at a housing estate on Sunday night.
Vietnamese caught in Japan's illegal worker crackdown
AFP, Published on 07/01/2026
» TOKYO — For a decade, Vietnamese worker Minh did tough jobs like sandblasting ships and welding steel, helping address rapidly ageing Japan's dire labour needs.
Top Korean court upholds jail terms for Pattaya barrel murders
Online Reporters, Published on 04/12/2025
» The South Korean Supreme Court on Thursday upheld sentences for three men convicted of murdering a tourist from their country and putting the body in a barrel before dumping it in a reservoir near Pattaya in Thailand
Don't rush into embracing Cambodia
Oped, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 03/11/2025
» A slip of the tongue has put Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul in hot water. Here is what he was quoted to have said that provoked the emotions of anti-Cambodia, ultra-nationalist groups.
Chances of recovering Louvre jewels slim, say experts
Published on 21/10/2025
» PARIS - Crime gangs around Europe are increasingly robbing valuable jewels and gold from cash-needy museums like the Louvre, but while police often catch the thieves, they struggle to recover the priceless goods, law enforcement and art experts say.
Cambodian gold robber arrested at border
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 19/10/2025
» A Cambodian man was arrested in the eastern province of Chanthaburi on Sunday morning for allegedly robbing a gold shop of gold ornaments worth about 1.6 million baht in Samut Prakan province on Saturday.
Robber with ping-pong bomb hits gold shop
Published on 18/10/2025
» A man hurled a ping-pong bomb inside a shopping mall before robbing a gold shop in Bang Sao Thong district of Samut Prakan on Saturday afternoon, making off with gold ornaments worth about 1.3 million baht.
Troops hunt southern gold robbers who shot soldier
Post Reporters, Published on 06/10/2025
» Army troops have joined the hunt for robbers who shot a soldier while stealing gold jewellery worth about 24 million baht from a shop in a Big C mall in Sungai Kolok district, Narathiwat, on Sunday night.
Four Britons held for robbery of B2.3-million watch in Phuket
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 19/09/2025
» PHUKET - Police have arrested four British men in connection with the robbery of a luxury watch worth 2.3 million baht from an American tourist in Thalang district of this resort province.