Local wire reports, hard-edged city stories and useful long reads from the soi up — sourced, current, and written without the tourist-board gloss.
A cargo clerk in Pratunam smelled something wrong, refused the parcels and tipped off police. Hours later two Maldivian men were arrested with 2.37 kg of crystal meth hidden in steel tumblers and about 10 kg of cannabis packed with toys.
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A 78-year-old driver says he blacked out and hit the accelerator, sending an electric car through the gate of a crowded Chinatown shrine and trapping a woman under the bumper.
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Prosecutors have filed nine charges against two men over the deaths of Diana and Roman Nazimov and a Thai family of three. Both remain in custody, with bail refused.
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A man convinced police were hunting him locked a shop door, grabbed an employee and pressed two blades to her neck. An hour later, a spare key ended it.
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A raid on an ordinary Nong Prue rental home has left a 42-year-old American facing trafficking charges over a hidden ecstasy-and-ketamine lab, with evidence pointing toward buyers in Malaysia.
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A man armed with a kitchen knife injured four people and wrecked market stalls on a busy Sukhumvit soi before officers cornered and detained him.
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A secret WeChat message led more than 30 officers to a Banglamung villa before dawn — and to four arrests on rape and extortion charges.
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Police say a woman drove a sedan into a Nongprue grocery store and a motorcyclist, then fled — until residents ran her down three kilometres away.
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A 31-year-old accused of laundering close to ฿1 billion for an offshore gambling ring was tracked to a housing estate outside Pattaya.
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He stopped at six in the morning to help two strangers look for a motorbike key. He was punched in the face for it.
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A tour guide in Nong Prue. A wife, twin children and 17 plots of land. And, police say, a Thai identity card that cost 50,000 baht.
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Three friendly strangers on Second Road. One small bottle of what looks like honey. A bill the size of a week’s holiday.
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Two cabinet ministers turned up in person. What they came for was not cash or contraband — it was a shareholder list.
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The nest was a metre across and everybody could see it. What nobody planned for was a power cut sending a school home early.
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A private programme at Wing 7 in Surat Thani is scheduled to take the experienced pilot through Royal Thai Air Force training stages toward a possible solo flight.
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The in-room safe did exactly what it was designed to do. The problem was that somebody else in the room was watching the keypad.
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Of all the places to ride through a pedestrian crossing without a helmet, the one directly outside Pattaya City Police Station — while the traffic officers are standing in it — is an unusual choice.
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Police were called to a three-storey block twenty minutes south of Jomtien at ten past seven on a Saturday morning. A 20-year-old was dead on the floor. By mid-afternoon a student had led officers to a knife in the undergrowth.
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A car that flipped on a quiet Banglamung road in May led police to nearly five kilograms of C4, assault rifles and anti-personnel mines in a rented house ten minutes from the beach.
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A commuter on his way to work says a foreign man kicked him, destroyed his phone and threatened to cut his throat — at half past eight on a Saturday morning, in front of witnesses.
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Diana and Roman Nazimov were dug out of a metre-deep pit in Huai Yai on Friday night. Two kilometres away, the same men led police to a mother, a father and a child who had been missing since June.
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Seven months after an Australian visitor was beaten and stripped of his belongings, warrants finally landed — in a condo, outside a restaurant, and at a house 400km away.
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Three men bought a cheap holiday package. They landed at 5am and spent the next five days tied up in a townhouse in Nong Prue.
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A British heavyweight on Friday, a Muay Thai ring built on the sand on Saturday. Behind both was the same idea — sell the city through sport.
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A 34-year-old Frenchman died on Saturday after police shot him in a residential soi in eastern Bangkok. Neighbours say they had been uneasy for days.
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Forty-seven carved-wax floats, TAT's first Signature Thailand Event designation for the parade, and free seats for 5,000. Awards at 5.30pm today — and the wax stays on show into August.
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Nearly 200 people a day turned away under the Immigration Bureau's "No Entry, No Stay, No Escape" campaign. The seven real reasons travellers get refused, what a denial costs you, and honest advice for visa runners.
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Tom yum goong, moo ping, boat noodles, mango sticky rice and 12 more — with named places to find each one in both cities, plus what you should expect to pay in 2026.
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Two opposite monsoons mean there's always somewhere worth being. Every month matched to the right region, island or festival — including why August belongs to Koh Tao.
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Victory Monument boat noodles, Yaowarat after dark, Wang Lang snacks and the Silom Soi 20 morning market — with exact directions for every one.
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Grilled pork neck, laab, som tam pla ra, jim jum and sun-dried pork jerky — the boldest, smokiest, most communal cuisine in Thailand, dish by dish.
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Every route with maps — the Beach Road loop, Jomtien, Naklua and more — plus the 2026 fares and how to ride like you live here.
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Airport transfers, getting around with Bolt, temples, Koh Larn, Jomtien, malls, rooftops — and honest safety tips.
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Can you still do a full day in Thailand for under 1,000 baht in 2026? An honest, line-by-line breakdown — bed, street food, transport and a treat.
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Songkran water fights, Yi Peng sky lanterns, the Ubon candle parade, Phi Ta Khon ghosts and the S2O water rave — with 2026 dates, locations and tips.
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