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Koh Phangan tourist police help stranded Briton
Online Reporters, Published on 22/01/2026
» SURAT THANI - Tourist police on Koh Phangan have located and assisted a British tourist who was left stranded on the tourist island after his wallet and ATM cards went missing, leaving him with no money and out of contact.
BTS, MRT pink, yellow lines launch monthly fare passes
News, Online Reporters, Published on 10/09/2025
» Bangkok commuters will be able to purchase monthly travel packages for use on the BTS skytrain and MRT’s Pink and Yellow lines, beginning on Thursday.
Loan shark arrested for charging 3,400% annual interest
Online Reporters, Published on 17/08/2025
» A 37-year-old recently-released inmate has been arrested for running illegal money lending services with annual interest rates as high as 3,400%, Economic Crime Suppression Division (ECD) officers said on Sunday.
Most Thais say economic crisis 'severe', back cash handouts: poll
Online Reporters, Published on 25/05/2025
» A vast majority of Thais say the country is facing a serious economic crisis that needs urgent action, and many are calling for immediate government assistance, according to a recent survey by NIDA Poll.
PM says third phase of handout not scrapped
Online Reporters, Published on 15/05/2025
» Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has given an assurance that the third phase of the government’s 10,000-baht handout programme will not be scrapped.
Backpacker in Thailand taken on 1,200km detour
Online Reporters, Published on 13/02/2025
» A foreign backpacker making his first visit to Thailand was planning an island getaway in the South, but after a miscommunication he ended up in the North nearly 1,200 kilometres away. He also lost his wallet on the way back, but the journey had a happy ending.
Poll: B10,000 handout influences support for Thai govt
Online Reporters, Published on 09/02/2025
» A majority of elderly people given 10,000 baht each under the second phase of the cash handout said the scheme influenced their support for the government, while many would still back it regardless of the stimulus program’s existence, Nida Poll shows.
Filipino pickpockets admit to targeting tourists in Bangkok
Online Reporters, Published on 22/10/2024
» Nine Philippine nationals were arrested in Bangkok and Suvarnabhumi airport for allegedly pickpocketing a South Korean tourist. They admitted to having committed similar offences multiple times, targeting foreign visitors in popular tourist hotspots.
One-third of Thais ‘very angry’ if handout funds cancelled
Online Reporters, Published on 13/10/2024
» More than one third of Thais say they will be enraged if they don’t get the 10,000-baht handout in the second phase of the digital wallet scheme, an opinion poll has found, while more than half would be at least slightly angry – and more than a third wouldn't mind at all.
Poll: One-third of Thai handout recipients not sure they'll back govt
Online Reporters, Published on 06/10/2024
» Just over one-third of Thais are still undecided whether they will support the government once they have received 10,000 baht under its flagship stimulus handout scheme, according to an opinion survey by the National Institute of Development Administration, Nida Poll.