AN elderly American couple were found dead locked in a tight embrace at a luxury hotel suite in Pattaya today (March 31) with what appears to be a suicide note left behind and pills scattered around the plush unit, Amarin TV said. Pol. Lt. Col. Chinawat Thissala, an investigator at Khong Dong Tan sub-branch,
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American consortium closing in on Sheffield Wednesday takeover bid
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AN AMERICAN consortium strongly reconfirmed a well-calculated goal to take over the previously Thai-owned Sheffield Wednesday before the current season closes in early May even if the Owls may start next season with as many as 15 points to be deducted. The consortium was set up by David Storch, founder
Read moreFour Myanmar men beat American man to death
AN AMERICAN man was fatally beaten by four Myanmar men in Chom Thong district of Bangkok last evening (Feb. 16) after harassing them for a month to get his former girlfriend to return to him, Amarin TV said. This television station’s news team interviewed one of the eyewitnesses, who is the boss of three
Read moreParaglider entrapped at Koh Larn power pole rescued
AN AMERICAN paraglider who got entangled atop a high-voltage power pole at Koh Larn, off Pattaya, was safely rescued after an hour-long power cut at the popular tourist island, Amarin TV said today (Jan. 12). At 2.30 p.m. Sawang Boriboon Foundation at Pattaya City was alerted of a foreign paraglider who while haphazardly landing
Read morePoker recognised as an official sport in Thailand
THE Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT) officially accepted poker as a sport at its meeting today (July 23) with this expected to help draw revenue to the country through holding competitions at both regional and global levels, Naewna and The Standard newspapers said. The SAT meeting, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit and
Read moreBerserk foreigner rescued after crawling in a condo’s drainpipe
A BERSERK foreign man believed to be high on drugs was rescued after crawling naked in a large drainpipe behind a condo in Bangkok and sent to a hospital, Amarin TV said today (July 14). A police team from Bang Khun Thian station went to investigate after the juristic person of this condominium on
Read moreFinal decision by prosecutors to drop lese majeste case against American academic
THE Office of Attorney General has announced a final decision to not prosecute Dr. Paul Chambers on charges of lese majeste, also known as Section 112 of the Criminal Code, and violating the Computer Crimes Act, because he was not the one who posted a message at ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore’s website promoting
Read moreFirst US pope as Robert Francis Prevost becomes Leo XIV
By AFP and published by CNA Vatican City – Robert Francis Prevost became Pope Leo XIV on Thursday (May 8) after cardinals from around the globe chose him to be the first leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics to hail from the United States. Tens of thousands of well-wishers cheered as Pope Leo,
Read moreAmerican man swept into the sea, wife and child rescued in Phuket
PHUKET lifeguards spent more than four hours searching for an American man swept into the sea by strong waves off Nai Harn beach in Phuket last evening (June 9) but managed to quickly rescue his Thai wife and child, Thai Rath newspaper said early this morning. Lifeguards at this beach together with Rawai subdistrict
Read moreAmerican, Russian men die in fall from Pattaya hotel, condo
AN AMERICAN man fell to his death from the seventh floor of a hotel in Pattaya early this morning (June 4) while a Russian man plunged to his death from the 29th floor of a 35-storey condo at noon yesterday, TV Channel 7 and Amarin TV said. At 6 a.m. Pol. Maj. Wutinan Kongdee,
Read moreForeigner arrested on illegal land trading charges
A FOREIGN MAN on the run after being slapped with charges of illegal land trade in Phuket and Surat Thani has been arrested in Pattaya, Naewna newspaper said last night (Mar. 15). The wanted foreigner, only identified as Mr. David, 58, from the USA, was taken into custody in front of Jomtien Hospital in
Read moreBerserk foreigner stabs three tourists in Chiang Mai
AN AMERICAN man was arrested in the wee hours of this morning (Oct. 12) on the charges of stabbing three tourists in two areas of Chiang Mai city with one of his victims in serious condition, Sanook.com said late afternoon today. Police arrested Mr. Brian Andrew Burggraf, 27, American national, at Jed Yot Plaza
Read moreSrettha to meet more American companies during Apec summit
PRIME MINISTER-cum-Finance Minister Srettha Thavisin said upon arriving at Suvarnabhumi Airport from New York at 7.30 a.m. this morning (Sep. 24) that he will be holding talks with more American companies when he joins the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in San Francisco during Nov. 11-17, 2023, Matichon newspaper said. While attending the 78th
Read moreTourist takes action about being slapped, handcuffed by pub guard
AN AMERICAN tourist who was handcuffed and slapped in the face by a pub guard eight days ago over a misunderstanding about a bottle of water today (Mar. 5) filed a police report for prosecution of the owner and the guard who attacked him, Sanook.com said. The victim, only identified as Mr. Carhuff, was
Read moreHotel worker who served Omicron-infected American tests positive
OF THE 17 people at high risk of contracting the Omicron variant of coronavirus after having contacts with the American tourist who is the country’s first case, one has tested positive for infection but the variant is still being ascertained, Siam Rath newspaper said today ( Dec. 7). Deputy Public Health Minister Satit Pitutecha
Read moreAmerican travelling here from Spain is Thailand’s first Omicron case
THE PUBLIC Health Ministry today (Dec. 6) revealed that an Omicron case has emerged in Thailand with this being an American man travelling here from Spain, Sanook.com and Matichon newspaper said. Dr. Supakit Sirilak, director-general of the Medical Sciences Department, said the first sample was collected on Nov. 30 and it was then 99.92 percent
Read moreAmerican held in rape, injury of masseuse
A TEAM of Immigration, Tourist and Region 4 police this morning (Oct. 2) arrested an American man at a downtown Bangkok condominium on the charges of raping and injuring a masseuse in Khon Kaen city last Monday, Thai Rath newspaper said. Attacked at Deena Thai massage parlour located behind Khon Kaen Vocational College was
Read moreAmerican Covid patient escapes from Thai hospital
A COVID-INFECTED American man escaped from Chanuman Hospital in Amnat Charoen province yesterday (May 9) but was later tracked down to his house in the same province and brought back for treatment, Amarin TV said this afternoon. The unidentified American man fled after hospital staff refused to let him share a hospital room with his
Read moreDetails emerge about US citizen charged with murdering Thai wife
A US citizen charged with murdering his pregnant Thai wife was taken for a crime reenactment by Nan provincial police today (My 8), Thai Rath newspaper said. Pol. Maj. Gen. Mongkol Samphawaphol, the head of Nan police, said this case, whereby Mr Jason Matthew Balzer, 32, an American programmer, is facing charges of murdering
Read moreUS citizen in Thailand charged with murdering Thai wife
By AP and published by Channel NewsAsia POLICE said today (May 7) that they have charged a United States citizen from the state of Colorado with murdering his pregnant Thai wife. Jason Matthew Balzer, 32, was interrogated today in the northern city of Nan where he had lived with Pitchaporn Kidchob, said Pol Lt Col
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