Tag: Bangkok
ANFREL sending in observers for 3 Jul election
BANGKOK, 9 June 2011 – The Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) will deploy its staff to observe the upcoming general election in Thailand...
Police to deploy 100,000 officers to secure polling stations
BANGKOK, 9 June 2011 – About 100,000 police officers will be deployed to safeguard polling stations across the country during the upcoming 3...
Army chief mulls setting up new ministry to cope with emerging...
BANGKOK, June 8 - Army chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha on Wednesday said the idea of establishing a Ministry of Security is to respond...
23 provinces facing drought, 30 to see heavy rain
BANGKOK, 9 June 2011 – A total of 23 provinces are experiencing drought while another 30 provinces in the North, Northeast, East and central...
One million methamphetamine pills worth Bt300 million seized in Sukhothai
SUKHOTHAI, June 9 -- Police in Thailand's northern province of Sukhothai, in a jointly operation with highway police, arrested two suspected members of a...
Sting Operation nets Nigerian drug dealer
On June the 7th police arrested a 33 year old Nigerian drug dealer with a large haul of narcotics. The police...
Six-wheeler truck loses control in Central Pattaya
On the afternoon of June the 3rd, police attended an accident on central road opposite Carrefour shopping center. At the scene...
Police deny involvement in kidnapping
This unusual case recently made national news after four men in police uniforms allegedly kidnapped a 3 year old Thai-American boy from a school...
Pick up driver dies in road traffic accident
Police and paramedics attended a road traffic accident on the 331 bypass on June the 4th. At the scene they tended...
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Who really buys Thai condos?
PATTAYA, Thailand - A closer look at foreign buyer nationalities in 2025 and the first half of 2026 reveals who is acquiring condominium property...
Pattaya police raid call center targeting scam victims with fake refund promises
PATTAYA, Thailand – Police arrested three suspects after raiding a suspected online scam office in central Pattaya on October 13, where the group allegedly...
Australian admits hiding teen’s body in suitcase, denies murder in Pattaya case
PATTAYA, Thailand – An Australian man accused of murdering a 17-year-old girl whose body was found stuffed inside a suitcase beside a railway line...
New Thailand exit tax could add 1,000 baht to airline tickets
BANGKOK, Thailand – Thailand is considering a 1,000-baht departure tax on people travelling abroad, including Thai nationals and foreign visitors, with the proposed charge...
No life jacket, no boat trip, Pattaya Tourist Police tell Koh Larn visitors
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya Tourist Police are reinforcing a clear message for everyone travelling by sea: no life jacket, no boat trip. Officers are...