By AFP and published by CNA JOHANNESBURG: South African customs officials arrested a Thai national trying to smuggle 50 suspected endangered parrot eggs through Johannesburg’s main airport, the environment ministry said on Wednesday (Aug. 26). The 50-year-old was arrested last week at OR Tambo International Airport after officials found the eggs concealed inside a
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Chonburi police deny murder suspects are linked to them
CHONBURI police issued an urgent clarification this evening (Aug. 2) denying that the four suspects arrested for the murder of two Russian siblings and a Thai family of three are either sons of police officers or were hired to act on their behalf, Amarin TV said. This followed rumours spreading on social media and
Read moreThai YouTuber found dead at Georgia hotel
By Naewna newspaper and Thai Newsroom Updated at 10.20 p.m. A TRAVEL and transportation Facebook page said this evening (July 29) that a popular Thai travel YouTuber who has been missing in Georgia for over 15 days has been found dead at his hotel, Naewna newspaper said. Mr. Wanchai Akir Wongsaeng, who runs this
Read morePaying Chinese yuan instead of Thai baht for meals in Huai Khwang being probed: PM
AFTER A Chinese influencer who speaks Thai shared a video clip revealing that he was asked to pay for a meal at a restaurant in Bangkok’s Huai Khwang district in Chinese yuan not Thai baht went viral online Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said officials are already monitoring this situation, Workpoint TV and Amarin TV
Read moreTHAI’s first female pilot breaks 66-year barrier
IN A major milestone for Thai Airways International Plc (THAI) a woman pilot will this evening (June 1) fly a commercial flight to Hanoi, Vietnam, thus breaking the stereotype of only hiring male pilots for 66 years in the aviation industry, Naewna newspaper said. The inaugural flight of the national airline’s first female pilot,
Read moreNominee land titles seize in Koh Phangan sweep
IN A major crackdown on illegal nominee land ownership as many as 266 police officers led by Deputy National Police Chief Pol. Gen. Samran Nualma raided 27 companies on Koh Phangan and seized 37 land title deeds worth a total of 150 million baht, Naewna and PPTVHD36 said today (May 13). Meanwhile Prime Minister
Read moreBrawl between Thai woman and foreign man in Phuket goes viral
MAKING the rounds on social media is a video clip of a brawl between a Thai woman and a foreign man with their friends also joining the melee which has sparked outrage among netizens who are concerned about damage to this island’s tourism image, Amarin TV said today (May 2). The video, shared by
Read moreMany hurt as Thai, Chinese construction workers clash in Rayong
Updated to post video at 7 a.m., April 28, 2026 A VIOLENT clash broke out between Thai and Chinese workers at a construction site in Nikhom Pattana district, Rayong province, leaving several injured on both sides with an Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) team rushing there to investigate, Amarin TV said this afternoon (April
Read moreSenior football player dies after collapsing during match
A SENIOR football player collapsed and died during a match in Nakhon Phanom province yesterday (April 25) with this attributed to his physical condition and the hot weather, TV Channel 7 and MNG Online said. Mr. Watcharakorn Nithi, 46, a temporary employee and driver at Saharat Rangsarit School in Si Songkhram district, was a
Read morePheu Thai: US driver’s ‘mental ill’ claim in killing 2 Thai students in Miami just an excuse
PHEU THAI Party today (March 25) debunked a claim by an American citizen who ran the red light and killed two Thai students just as they were crossing the street near Miami Beach, Florida, on March 18 that he was “mentally ill” believing that this is an excuse to get a lenient sentence, Amarin
Read moreEscalating Middle East war will likely further weaken Thai baht
THE Thai baht is set to weaken further as the Middle East war is intensifying and dragging on while the US Federal Reserve also may not be in a rush to cut interest rates, PPTVHD36 said today (March 20). Mr. Wachirawat Banchuen, senior financial market strategist at Siam Commercial Bank, said the Thai baht’s
Read moreForeign cocaine trafficking gang busted at Koh Phangan
A CRACKDOWN on a foreign cocaine trafficking ring on Koh Phangan led to the arrest of a Canadian man, a Nigerian man and his Thai wife over the last couple of days, Naewna newspaper said today (Jan. 28). Upon being ordered Pol. Lt. Gen. Saksira Puek-am, commander of Tourist Police, to intensify investigation of foreigners
Read moreThai villagers flee as Myanmar junta clashes with Karen resistance
HEAVY fighting is raging just across from Mae Sot town as Myanmar junta troops clash with Karen resistance fighters with Thai villagers near the combat zone fleeing after bullets flew across the border and riddled two houses while 10 Chinese scammers also crossed over and surrendered, PPTVHD36 said this evening (Dec. 12). At noon
Read moreAnother Thai found dead in Poipet after being brutally beaten
THE body of a Thai man has reportedly been found at Cambodian border town Poipet, opposite Aranyaprathet, after he was brutally assaulted by a scam gang he had been lured to work for, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Nov. 18). Mr. Sarawut, or Toto, a resident of Samut Prakan, was said to have been
Read moreJapanese man held for forcing 12-year-old Thai girl into sex work
A JAPANESE man who runs a massage parlour in Tokyo was arrested on charges of luring 12-year-old Thai girl into prostitution with the girl’s biological mother having left her there for sex work, Naewna newspaper quoted Japanese media as saying today (Nov. 7). The girl arrived in Japan with her mother late June on
Read moreAnother Thai woman dies mysteriously in Poipet
JUST days after a Thai woman allegedly fell to her death from a building at Cambodian border town Poipet, just across from Aranyaprathet, another woman was found hanged in a room there yesterday (Nov. 3), Amarin TV and TV Channel 7 said last night. Mr. Bird, a team member of Immanuel Foundation (IMF) in
Read moreSheffield Wednesday fans protest at Thai embassy
By Chloe Aslett & Oli Constable BBC News, Yorkshire SHEFFIELD Wednesday fans staged a demonstration outside the Thai embassy in London in protest at owner Dejpon Chansiri yesterday (Sep. 4). Supporters are calling for the Thai businessman to sell the club amid a host of ongoing financial issues at the Championship side. Alan Burgess
Read moreTokyo most popular destination among Thai tourists: Thai Airways
THAI Airways International (THAI) said its flight data from January to July 2025 shows Tokyo is the most popular destination for Thai tourists in Asia while Colombo, Sri Lanka, has seen 100 percent increase in the number of Thai visitors, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Sep. 3). Mr. Kittipong Sarasomboon, THAI’s chief commercial officer,
Read more‘Spy monk’ online joke provokes anger in Cambodia
A THAI online joke that a Thai monk who resides in Cambodia is in fact a Thai spy and was sending information to the Thai military has angered Cambodians who believe this is in fact true and want him deported, MNG Online and Naewna newspaper said today (July 31). This joke suggested that Luang
Read moreGripen jets used in real combat for the first time ever by Thai air force
By Thai Newsroom Reporters JAS 39 GRIPEN fighter jets engaged in real combat for the first time ever on Friday during the Thai air force’s air strike missions against invading Cambodian forces in Thailand’s disputed border areas. Since the first Gripen jet was manufactured by SAAB in Sweden in 1987, the aircraft has never
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