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Waiting times halved at busiest Bangkok traffic lights
News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/02/2026
» A new adaptive control traffic signal system to ease congestion at two of the city’s busiest intersections — Phra Khanong and Sukhumvit 71 (Pridi Banomyong) — has already halved average waiting times to six minutes, according to the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA).
Assets seized in online gambling case
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 28/01/2026
» Police have seized assets worth more than five million baht in a follow-up investigation into an online gambling network during a search at a luxury house in Bangkok.
Scam centre explosions ‘all for show’
The New York Times, Published on 29/11/2025
» For a compound that hosted one of the largest cyberscam and human-trafficking hubs in Southeast Asia, KK Park operated in plain sight. It was pretty clear that this was no ordinary business — the heavily fortified compound in Myanmar was flanked by armed guards. It was all visible from neighbouring Mae Sot in Thailand.
Thai immigration steps up visa run scrutiny
News, Post Reporters, Published on 14/11/2025
» The Immigration Bureau has intensified visa screening to deal with foreign criminals as part of a nationwide campaign against cybercrime, said the bureau’s spokesman, Pol Maj Cheongron Rimpadee.
Thailand strips citizenship of Cambodian senator’s 3 children
Online Reporters, Published on 13/11/2025
» The Interior Ministry has revoked the Thai citizenship of a son and two daughters of Kok An, a notorious Cambodian senator allegedly linked to crimes from gambling to human trafficking, money laundering and online scams.
Thai court issues warrant for arrest of Cambodian senator
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 10/11/2025
» The Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Ly Yong Phat -- a Cambodian businessman with close ties to Cambodia's Senate President Hun Sen -- and four of his associates for their alleged involvement in money laundering and online fraud, which led to a sweeping operation to seize assets allegedly linked to his transnational scam network on Sunday.
9 Chinese nationals arrested in Trat, suspected links to scam operations
Jakkrit Waewkhlaihong, Published on 02/11/2025
» TRAT: Police in Khlong Yai district on Sunday arrested nine Chinese men believed to be connected to the KK Park cybercrime compound, after finding them hiding at a beachfront resort and allegedly preparing to flee Thailand by boat.
India to repatriate 500 nationals from Myanmar scam centre, says Anutin
Reuters, Published on 29/10/2025
» India plans to send an airplane to repatriate some 500 of its nationals who fled over the border into Thailand following a military raid on a notorious scam centre in Myanmar, Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Wednesday.
Overhead concrete-pour spills onto Rama II Rd
News, Online Reporters, Published on 27/10/2025
» Traffic on Rama II Road was briefly interrupted by a concrete spill during pouring for the M82 motorway being built overhead in Samut Sakhon early on Monday, not by a construction subsidence as some people had wrongly speculated on social media, the Department of Highways said.
Thai police screen over 1,000 foreigners fleeing Myanmar scam compounds
Wassayos Ngamkham and Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 26/10/2025
» TAK — Thai police are stepping up efforts to screen more than 1,000 foreigners who have fled from scam compounds and illegal casinos in Myanmar’s Myawaddy township following a raid by the Myanmar military on KK Park, one of the biggest scam compounds on the border.