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Border checks tightened
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 16/12/2025
» Thailand has tightened screening measures for Cambodian nationals entering Thailand under the visa-free scheme and stepped up checks on certain groups of foreign travellers deemed as "posing a risk" amid growing security concerns linked to the Thai–Cambodian border conflict.
Thai airports tighten passenger screening, watch for foreign mercenaries
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 15/12/2025
» Thai airports have been ordered to strictly screen all Cambodian nationals entering Thailand under the visa-free scheme and to also tighten checks against foreign mercenaries entering the country, amid the escalating conflict at the border.
Restoring paradise
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 04/11/2025
» When Tania Kanchanarak looks out over the turquoise waters of Koh Phangan, she sees more than a postcard-perfect paradise.
Drug raid uncovers hidden room
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 17/10/2025
» Police have arrested eight suspects -- seven foreign nationals and one Thai -- following a major drug raid in Bangkok's Nana area, uncovering a concealed drug room in a barbershop inside a five-storey commercial building, the Royal Thai Police (RTP) says.
Crime drops after 'Pattaya Model' launch
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 21/07/2025
» Provincial Police Region 2 has attributed a sharp decline in crime and improved response to complaints in Pattaya to the "Pattaya Model" -- a safety initiative launched in April that was designed to rebuild the city's image as a safe destination for tourists.
Fast immigration lanes for Chinese students’ families at Thai airports
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 13/07/2025
» Immigration police have set up fast lanes for Chinese students’ families at major airports to welcome them to Thailand during their school holidays.
Separatist ‘white faces’ sow fear in South
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 03/07/2025
» Recent bomb discoveries in the tourist provinces of Phuket, Phangnga and Krabi are believed to mark a strategic expansion of southern insurgent activity, aimed at undermining tourist confidence and damaging the local economy, particularly in the tourism sector, says a security source in the deep South.
A waterway of life is turning deadly
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 18/06/2025
» The Kok River, once a lifeline for communities across northern Thailand, is facing an environmental catastrophe.
Northern rally demands end to river-polluting Myanmar mining
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 05/06/2025
» About 1,000 residents of Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai staged a rally on Thursday to demand an end to mining in Myanmar that is contaminating rivers in the northern Thai provinces.
New Thai digital arrival cards ‘will help track criminals’
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 26/04/2025
» The new Thailand Digital Arrival Card (TDAC), which will replace paper cards from May 1, will help improve the screening of transnational criminals in addition to making arrivals more convenient for visitors, say immigration officials.