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Trump goes off-script, US gone rogue
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 27/03/2026
» It was not supposed to work like this. "America First" and "Make America Great Again" (MAGA) were supposed to be about an inward turn to repair, replenish and rebuild an externally overstretched and internally weakened country, weighed down by unnecessary global entanglements, unsustainable national debt, and unimpeded mass migration. It seemed for a time that the MAGA movement to prioritise America above and beyond the international system and its constituent parts had found its final prophet in President Donald J Trump. But now, somehow, President Trump has betrayed the movement that has carried him to office by waging a disastrous war on Iran in cooperation with Israel.
Visa blowback
Oped, Postbag, Published on 26/03/2026
» Re: "MFA proposes slashing visa-free tourist period in half", (BP, March 25) & "Explainer: Thailand's new visas", (Podcast, Aug 5, 2024).
68 Indians held in Pattaya online gambling raids
Amporn Sangkaew, Published on 25/03/2026
» Police in Pattaya have dismantled two online gambling networks in a single day with a combined annual turnover of 2.3 billion baht, following separate raids on two villas that netted 68 Indian nationals.
Police: Lao man confesses to murdering, dismembering girlfriend
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 25/03/2026
» A Lao man has been arrested in the northeastern province of Nong Khai as he attempted to flee across the border after allegedly killing his Lao girlfriend in Bangkok, dismembering her and discarding the body parts in plastic bags.
25 Indians held in Pattaya online gambling raid
Amporn Sangkaew, Published on 25/03/2026
» PATTAYA - Twenty-five Indian nationals have been arrested following a raid on a luxury villa allegedly used as a base for a large online gambling operation generating more than 700 million baht a year, immigration police said on Wednesday.
Crackdown on illegal work results in over 140 arrests
News, Amporn Sangkaew, Published on 25/03/2026
» More than 140 foreign nationals were arrested between March 16 and 22 in a sweeping crackdown on illegal employment in Chon Buri, immigration authorities said on Tuesday.
Hong Kong raises Iran, Israel travel alerts to black, expands amber warning
South China Morning Post, Published on 24/03/2026
» The Hong Kong government has raised the outbound travel alert for Iran and Israel to black, and expanded the amber alert to include Bahrain, Jordan, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
US deploys immigration agents to airports amid shutdown chaos
AFP, Published on 24/03/2026
» ATLANTA - The US immigration agency at the center of a firestorm over heavy-handed enforcement tactics began deploying Monday to major airports, as officials scrambled to ease mounting travel disruption during a prolonged, partial government shutdown.
LaGuardia crash kills two after Air Canada jet hits vehicle
Bloomberg News, Published on 23/03/2026
» An Air Canada Express plane with 76 people aboard collided with a fire truck shortly after landing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport late Sunday, killing the two pilots.
Trump orders immigration agents to airports amid crippling budget standoff
AFP, Published on 23/03/2026
» WASHINGTON (- Immigration agents will be deployed in US airports beginning Monday, aiming to alleviate soaring congestion at security screenings amid a weeks-long budget standoff over President Donald Trump's mass deportation drive, officials said.