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A year of shocks, but Thailand endures
News, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 30/12/2025
» The year 2025 is not just your typical annus horribilis. Some may say that an appropriate term to describe the year is "hell on earth," or narok bon din in Thai, when many bad things happen all at once.
Exit the Snake, enter the Horse
News, Curtis S Chin and Jose B Collazo, Published on 30/12/2025
» As we bid farewell to 2025, and welcome 2026 -- and soon, the lunar Year of the Horse -- we once again highlight the winners and losers of the year gone by in Asia.
Cambodian soldiers to be repatriated on Friday
News, Post Reporters, Published on 01/08/2025
» Thailand is set to repatriate 20 Cambodian soldiers on Friday through the Chong Chom permanent border checkpoint in Surin province at 10am.
Police bust Indian scam gang for kidnapping
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 20/04/2025
» An Indian scam gang has been arrested in Thailand after abducting two fellow countrymen and demanding a ransom of 2.5 million rupees (approximately 976,000 baht) for each victim.
Vietnam's tourism star is on the rise
News, Lebawit Lily Girma, Published on 28/03/2025
» Thailand may be fully in the spotlight, where Southeast Asian tourism is concerned. Its starring role in Season 3 of The White Lotus has supercharged vacationers' (already high) interest.
PM holds talks with Xi in Beijing
News, AFP and Bangkok Post, Published on 07/02/2025
» Chinese President Xi Jinping thanked Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra for the "strong measures" Thailand has taken against scammers targeting Chinese nationals in the region.
Chinese lured by job ads accuse Thai cops of kidnapping, extortion
News, Post Reporters, Published on 26/01/2025
» Eight people, including four police and one ranger, were arrested for allegedly kidnapping seven Chinese men and extorting from them 2 million baht.
Kidnap comedy; abject apology; that sinking feeling
News, Mae Moo, Published on 15/09/2024
» Debt collectors do it better
Activists welcome court's decision to accept lawsuit
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 27/08/2024
» Activists have welcomed the decision by Narathiwat Provincial Court to hear a lawsuit against seven officials accused of murder and kidnapping during the 2004 Tak Bai massacre.
Foreigners arrested over 'fake kidnapping'
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 28/01/2024
» Four foreigners in Pattaya have been arrested after staging a fake kidnapping of one of their number to fool the parents of the man into sending ransom money. Police found illicit drugs and guns in their room.