Thailand News

Superstitious Death Of “Fated Lovers” Provokes Widespread Reaction

The fatal end to a couple’s romance threw the Thai internet into a frenzy on Thursday. Lichtsasi Mongkolpornsap and Jessadaporn Buapetch, both 20, were young lovers who passed away in a Sunday car crash. On Thursday, a day after the families revealed their love life following the funeral, details about the pair – specifically their…

Dash Cam Footage Gives Key Evidence In Crash That Saw Two People Burnt To Death

Vital evidence as to cause of fatal crash. (Photo:-Thai Rath) The importance of dash cam footage on the Thai roads was once again shown in an accident where a car hit the back of a taxi south west of Bangkok. The footage – in the last few seconds of a long clip posted online –…

Woman Admits To Drowning Her Two Year-Old Son Because Of Stress

A young woman who pushed her own two-year-old son into a klong in order to drown him has confessed to her police interrogators that she was stressed at having to take care of the boy. The woman, 21-year old Ms Onwanichaya Dankaew, said she broke up with her husband, but still had her grandmother to…

Employer Deliberately Crushes Worker To Death With His Pickup

An employer who deliberately crushed his employee to death with his pickup truck has been arrested by police in Narathiwat’s Su-ngai Kolok district on murder charge. The suspect, Mr Sarote Lee, owner of the Muslim Karn Yang tyre shop, allegedly drove his pick-up truck to ram into his employee, Mada-oh Maba, as he was riding…

German Tourist Arrested For Falsely Claiming There Was A Bomb In His Baggage

A 70-year German tourist is facing a 5-year jail term and/or a maximum fine of 200,000 baht for making a hoax bomb threat on board a plane, saying that there was a bomb in his baggage. Ernst Gunther Walter reportedly gestured air crews to remain quiet as he pointed his finger at the overhead baggage…

Feel The Heat? Summertime Is Coming

The Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) will soon announce the start of summertime in Thailand, which could see temperatures peak at 42-43 degrees Celsius during April. Signalled by a recent shift that sees winds now bringing humidity from the Southern China Sea and the Gulf of Thailand to cover the country, summer would begin around the…

Five-Day “Songkran Festival” Holiday From April 12 To 16, 2018

To accommodate people travelling up-country to visit their hometowns and to stimulate nationwide tourism, the Cabinet allowed Thursday, April 12, as an additional holiday on top of the festival time from April 13 to 16. As traffic congestion is expected during the long holiday period, Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha also instructed state officials to…

Pattaya Police Bust Bizarre Russian-Run Sexual Training Course

Thai police have arrested 10 Russians who allegedly organized sexual training courses for their compatriots in the seaside resort city of Pattaya. Police said 33 Russian tourists attended the class at Ibis Hotel. But only 10 “instructors” were arrested late Sunday on immigration charges, including working without a permit. “The hotel management said they had…

One Man Dead After Row Between Jet-Ski Operators Ends In Shooting On Samui

Tourists on Chaweng beach fled in terror as a dispute between two Thai men ended in a shoot-out at around 4.30pm on Tuesday 27th of February 2018. It is unclear how the dispute started between the son of the owner of Petcherat Marina Bangrak, 26, and a member of the Padma family jet-ski family, 45,…

Top Policeman Says Pay Your Traffic Fines Or Face Tax-Disc Trouble

A highways department policeman has hit back at scurrilous online reports that motorists need not pay fines that result from roadside cameras. It was claimed online that these kind of fines could just be ignored. Pol Col Ekkarat Limsangkat, a deputy commander of the highways department, said that the posts about not paying fines were…

Pressure Mounts on Dejphon Chansiri at Sheffield Wednesday

Sheffield Wednesday Crisis: EFL Charges Chansiri

Sheffield Wednesday Owner Dejphon Chansiri Faces Mounting Criticism in UK Parliament and Among Fans

Thieves Target Cinerary Urns at Buriram Temples, Stealing Money Meant for the Afterlife

Shirley Roy Reappointed as Indian Embassy Representative for Northeast India in Thailand

Exploring Buriram’s Nightlife: A Guide to the Best Evening Experiences

Thai Constitutional Court Ousts Prime Minister Srettha in Major Political Shake-Up

Two Pickup Trucks Collide In Fatal Crash In Buriram

Man Found Dead In Khon Kaen, Police Chase Killer

Road Safety Concerns Rise As Upcountry Travel Surges For Songkran