A woman involved in a gang running 40 cannabis farms told police she was a child slavery victim – but was pictured enjoying a Thai foam party at the time she claimed she was being trafficked across Europe. Hoai Nguyen, 24, was
A teenager who was among the Thai football team trapped in an underground cave took his life at school in the UK, an inquest has heard. Duangphet Phromthep, known as Dom, died at Kettering General Hospital in February, two days after being
A Thai construction magnate whose conviction on wildlife poaching charges became a rare example of the rich and influential facing justice in the country was freed Tuesday on parole, two months before his prison term ends, authorities said. Premchai Karnasuta, chairman of
According to the authorities on Wednesday, a 14-year-old teenage boy allegedly opened fire in a major shopping mall in the capital of Bangkok, Thailand. The boy allegedly murdered a Chinese and Myanmar citizen and wounded five other people in the attack. A blank-firing
Thai food is undoubtedly delicious. But one dish is so deadly that doctors in Thailand are trying to educate people about the risk – with reports that it kills 20,000 people every year. Koi Pla is a delicacy in Isaan, in the northeast
Thai man Sanit Dokmai, who allegedly killed his wife and two young boys, has been charged with premeditated murder. The alleged attempted murder-suicide may have been driven by a loan scam that put the family in a massive debt of $48,000. Thailand,
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is suffering from stress and fatigue but is in good spirits, his daughter said Tuesday as criticism grew of his transfer to a hospital just hours after he began serving an eight-year prison sentence. Thaksin, who
Just nine months after taking his first official step into politics by joining political party Pheu Thai, 61-year-old wealthy property developer Srettha Thavisin has become the prime minister of Thailand. Thavisin earned a large following after he openly supported student-led protests
Over a ton of pangolin scales worth more than $1.4 million were seized on Aug. 16, 2023, in the northeastern Thai province of Kalasin. The scales were reportedly meant to be transported out of the country through a land border. The pangolin
Thailand’s new Parliament convened Monday nearly two months after a progressive opposition party won a stunning election victory, but there was still no clear sign that its leader will be able to become prime minister and end nine years of military-dominated rule.