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'Buy property, get visa' plan upsets Phuket tourism operators
Gary Boyle, Published on 18/02/2026
» Phuket tourism operators oppose the government's policy allowing foreigners who buy real estate worth 3 million baht to qualify for a long‑stay visa, arguing the investment threshold is too low and could attract "non‑quality" visitors as well as risking an increase in property prices.
American killed by Burmese men in Bangkok
Gary Boyle, Published on 18/02/2026
» Four Myanmar men surrendered to police after an American tourist was beaten to death in Bangkok while trying to resume his relationship with a Myanmar woman.
‘Biggest’ Israeli drug dealer on Koh Phangan arrested
Gary Boyle, Published on 16/02/2026
» A major Israeli drug dealer, who operated out of the restaurant he owned on Koh Phangan, was arrested on Friday with narcotics worth over 50 million baht.
Myanmar rape-murder suspect deported from Thailand by mistake
Gary Boyle, Published on 05/01/2026
» Thai police are pursuing a Myanmar man accused of raping and killing a Thai woman in the northern province of Tak, after discovering he had been mistakenly deported by immigration officials.
Five foreigners arrested on Phangan during crackdown
Gary Boyle, Published on 16/12/2025
» Immigration police and local authorities on Monday arrested five foreign nationals in a crackdown on illegal business operations on Koh Phangan.
Police raid illegal Spanish-run hostel on Koh Phangan
Gary Boyle, Published on 30/10/2025
» Tourist police on Koh Phangan have arrested nine people after raiding a hostel allegedly operated illegally by foreign nationals.
Drug den busted at Nana barber shop in Bangkok
Gary Boyle, Published on 17/10/2025
» Bangkok police arrested six foreign men, a Thai woman and a Myanmar woman at a barber shop on Nana Road (Sukhumvit Soi 3) where they said drugs were available.
Foreign-run e-bike tour firm busted on Koh Phangan
Gary Boyle, Published on 24/09/2025
» A German man and a Myanmar national have been arrested on Koh Phangan for illegally running a tour firm that rented electric motorcycles to tourists.
Truck pileup kills 3, injures 23 in Kanchanaburi
Gary Boyle, Published on 24/07/2025
» Three people were killed and 23 others hurt when a loaded 10-wheel truck crashed into five pickup trucks while descending a wet road in Kanchanaburi on Wednesday.
Drone-flying burglars arrested on Koh Phangan
Gary Boyle, Published on 24/07/2025
» Four men who allegedly used drones to find easy targets before burgling foreigners’ rented houses on Koh Phangan have been arrested by police.