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Public Want Drivers Who Hinder Ambulances Prosecuted

Frustrated posters on Facebook are fed up with reading stories about selfish drivers refusing to pull over for ambulances. So much so that the Thai public is questioning why someone doesn’t do something decisive. They are asking: Why don’t the police, the government, the courts act to end this state of affairs? With almost half…

Senior Monk ‘Moved Bt25m Temple Funds To Paper Firm’

The boys in saffron are back in the news again as another top monk is caught misappropriating temple funds. THE ongoing probe into the embezzlement of temple funds has suggested that a senior monk allegedly transferred Bt25 million to a paper company controlled by a woman with links to the military. The woman is reportedly…

“Pretty Caddies” Strictly For The Golf Course Not The Bar !

The Department of Employment and the Department of Skill Development went to four Bangkok golf courses to investigate claims that foreign women were taking Thai jobs as caddies. They found none – but what they did locate was a section of the caddie workforce known as “Pretty Caddies”. These were all young, tall, charming, good…

Monk Survives Horror Attack By Pit Bulls

A 68-year-old Buddhist monk narrowly escaped death after being mauled by nearly 10 pit bulls while on a morning alms round in Samut Songkhram province on Tuesday, a local police Facebook page revealed on Wednesday. The photos of Phakhru Samutkhanisorn Panyawichuro’s 50 bitemarks, including several wounds that required up to 20 stitches were circulated in…

Thai Model Blasts British Pick-Up Artist for Secretly Filming a YouTube Video of Her

A Thai model is exposing an ex-pat pick-up artist after he filmed their encounter without her permission to use on his YouTube and Patreon channels. Sawitree “Sky” Paotadaeng, 29, is a pharmacist and freelance model who was shopping at the Terminal 21 shopping mall in Bangkok when a man who identifies himself as Nicholas Coakley,…

Heartbroken And Broke, Motorcycle Taxi Rider Goes To Police For Help

A 64 year old motorcycle taxi rider was at his wits end after he fell for a woman. Everything seemed to be going well after he met her at Hat Yai station on her way to work. There was a 24 year age gap but, hey, love conquers all…doesn’t it? He took her everywhere and…

Som Tam Seller Stabs His Wife’s Enemy Who Dies In Udon Thani Hospital

A Som Tam seller has given himself up to police in Udon Thani after he was caught on video stabbing his wife’s rival in a fight in a street in the village of Ban Dong Yuat. In the fight Suphatra Ooiha, 19, was getting the better of Praew when the latter’s husband joined the affray…

Party-Hard Thailand Is Going After Rehab Tourists

Thailand, a tropical paradise known as a place to let loose, these days is starting to get another reputation: as a low-cost option for foreigners looking to dry out.  While the Southeast Asian country’s fun-in-the-sun reputation has attracted more than 200 million visitors over the past decade, Thailand in recent years has become one of…

Two Killed As Car Crashes At 180 kph In Nakhon Pathom

A male driver and his female passenger were killed when their speeding car crashed into a power pole on a road island in Nakhon Pathom and caught fire early on Monday. The accident happened at 1 am on Phetkasem road at a u-turn spot in front of Wat Lad Yapraek in Tambon Sa Krathiam, Muang…

Gun Violence In Thailand:- A Problem That Can’t Be Solved?

When Sunantha Ratchawat was hit, her body went numb. It was dark inside the bar, popular with young Thais drinking and dancing and on this night, it was crowded. Music – American hip hop – was blasting through the venue’s speakers. Sunantha, who goes by the name of Pam, was in her early 20s and…