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Myanmar Migrant Applications Plunge at Thai CI Centers Amid Boycott . Campaign against tightened remittance rules threatens to disrupt migrant workforce of millions. www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/m...

19 year old hothead lands in jail after punching female driver who honked her car horn at him in Bangkok. www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-fo...

Thai immigration officers arrested 14 people suspected of involvement in an online gambling and call centre scam network at three rented houses in Bangkok, after a forced labourer escaped and went to the police. thethaiger.com/news/bangkok...

And the soap continues, another airport tax delay is announced, as expected: aseannow.com/thailand-new...

Thai court overturns Olympic boxing champion's attempted rape conviction of 17-year-old girl, after all, they met in a bar, his abduction conviction stands. e.vnexpress.net/news/sports/...

Another dead king 112 conviction. thaipoliticalprisoners.wordpress.com/2026/10/17/a...

2 Billion ฿, Chinese, laundering suspect arrested with 133 mule accounts. thethaiger.com/hot-news/cri...

Midnight raids in Rayong on karaoke clubs fronting for prostitution see local police chief sidelined pending enquiries. www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-fo...

PURE EVIL The sick traffickers luring women into UK’s sex trade from Thai party city & the warped tactics of Brit ‘Brothel Queen’ www.the-sun.com/news/1716615...

Police rescued a university student after a call centre scam gang convinced them to hide in a rented room and stage a fake kidnapping to extort their parents for up to 300,000 baht. Pathumwan Police Station received a report from the student’s parents that the student. thethaiger.com/hot-news/cri...

A British father on Koh Tao was refused a visitor visa to his Myanmar-born fiancée, preventing their five-month-old British son from meeting his ill great-grandfather in Lancashire. aseannow.com/thailand-new...

The self-absorbed Princess Sirivannavari, fresh from her poor showing in the Asian Games, swanned off to Milan Fashion Week. Then Queen Suthida decided that she needed to be a fighter jet pilot just before she jetted off for ice hockey in Japan. thaipoliticalprisoners.wordpress.com/2026/10/19/p...

Upmarket Thai prostitution racket smashed by Hong Kong police. 16 people arrested in separate swoops. www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-fo...

Interesting, Thailand is not known for its reliable bureaucrats, what if they stuff your bag? Thailand clarifies rules for opening checked bags without passengers present. thethaiger.com/news/thailan...

Ukrainian strikes on Russian Yandex data centers makes the internet much safer. Bots stopped posting crap for far right like AFD, Le Pen and Farage www.euronews.com/2026/10/12/d...

Horror care centre closed in Kanchanaburi where patients were locked into caged beds and prison cells. www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-fo...

Thailand's Finance Ministry is considering a departure tax of THB1,000 for every person leaving the country by air, regardless of nationality, under draft legislation now open to public comment. aseannow.com/thailand-new...

Thai monk handed 50-year prison sentence for misusing donations to HIV and Aids hospice www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...

Myanmar Regime Trying to Hound Independent Exile Media Through Interpol www.irrawaddy.com/news/myanmar...

UK Banker who exposed #Epstein links found dead outside Bangkok. Simon Andriesz, 57, was found dead in Khlong Luang, just outside Bangkok, on the morning of September 23. The local municipality recorded his cause of death as "asphyxiation from hanging". aseannow.com/thailand-new...

European Parliament reveals Golden #Trump statue, called the Orange Plague. King of Injustice was made by Danish artist Jens Galschiøt youtu.be/ryEcL2biWqg

Controlling boyfriend flushed rabbit down toilet before fleeing to Thailand. www.aol.co.uk/articles/con...

"I really care part 2" Mother alleges son locked her away, took over cosmetics business thethaiger.com/news/nationa...

Alexis Deswaef is a lawyer from Belgium and the President of the Paris-based International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH). He has an opinion piece at The Diplomat on Article 112. thediplomat.com/2026/10/its-...

Fifty years after massacre, Thai youth still fight for right to dissent Fifty years after a student demonstration against dictatorship ended in a massacre, Thailand's latest generation of protesters say they still face threats including prosecution, jail or exile. www.france24.com/en/live-news...

One day behind bars: Students and incarcerated women break prison stigma in Thailand. news.un.org/en/story/202...

US warships docks with 5,100 personnel in Phuket. aseannow.com/thailand-new...

Two unidentified foreign passengers were arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport, after customs officers found more than ฿56 million in US banknotes concealed in their luggage. aseannow.com/thailand-new...

The mother of murdered Russian siblings Diana and Roman Nazimova has accused police of failing to keep her informed about major developments in the case, saying she learned about charges, court proceedings and new allegations through the media. thethaiger.com/news/nationa...

Special report: Floods recede as Bangkok and other provinces brace for high tides, more rain and dam discharges from the north. thaiislandquest.substack.com/p/special-re...

Double standard imprisonment thaipoliticalprisoners.wordpress.com/2026/10/01/d...

A 31-year-old British woman could face up to 20 years in a Cambodian prison after she was arrested at Techo International Airport with 71 packages of cannabis weighing 34.5 kilograms, allegedly hidden in her luggage. www.khaosodenglish.com/news/interna...

The military’s money www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Jail for this Thai man for using his jet ski during the serious floods in Bangkok. www.mundoamerica.com/news/2026/09...

On not reporting truth Over the years, we have had several posts about the self-promoting, self-absorbed Princess Sirivannavari. Now that she is in the running for succession to the top job, Thailand’s media is promoting and and self-censoring. thaipoliticalprisoners.wordpress.com/2026/09/28/o...

Former Thailand national team assistant coach Thanakrit “Coach Rak” Chimpalee has died after trying to save a crane operator who was electrocuted while moving Thanakrit’s flooded car in Samut Prakan early on September 27. thethaiger.com/news/nationa...

The Thai government has warned retailers against unjustified price hikes and hoarding essential goods as flooding affects Bangkok and other parts of the country. Businesses that raise prices without justification face up to seven years in prison. thethaiger.com/news/nationa...

Bangkok’s flood disaster – in pictures www.theguardian.com/weather/gall...

Step 1: Bangkok floods.Step 2: Commission a Dutch anti-flood plan.Step 3: Shelf the plan.Step 4: Act shocked when it happens again next year. Repeat annually for maximum tradition. 🙃 The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...

India Permits Ukrainians Linked to Myanmar Insurgents to Leave Country militarnyi.com/en/news/indi...

Thailand’s Independent Institutions Have Lost All Credibility. The institutions created by the “People’s Constitution” of 1997 have become tools of the country’s political and economic elite. thediplomat.com/2026/09/thai...

A Hong Kong Chinese man has been arrested in his rented house in the Rom Klao area of Bangkok after Thai police searched the house and found 350kg of crystal methamphetamine (Ice) with a street value of about 700 million baht. www.thaipbsworld.com/around-thail...

Shwe Kokko Cyber-Fraud Hub Roars Back to Life After Fake Crackdown. www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/s...

Light at the end of the tunnel for Thai flight attendant Meena arrested in Melbourne for drug trafficking offences. www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-fo...

Thai teen's death exposes Pattaya's underbelly www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Talking about risks? The sex industry is one of the safer professions: Building construction carries a 5.77% overall risk rate, commercial fishing 4.2%, Metalworking (2.57% risk rating) and logistics. The biggest risk sex workers face: alcoholism. aseannow.com/thailand-new...

A local official in Uthai Thani has been charged with raping a girl aged 15 or younger, but denied the allegation and claimed minor was his wife. thethaiger.com/hot-news/cri...

An investigation by Met detectives which uncovered a criminal network responsible for the sexual exploitation of 24 Thai women trafficked into the UK has resulted in four individuals facing 23 years in prison. news.met.police.uk/news/four-me...

Chairman of the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs and John Moolenaar, Chairman of the House Select Committee on China accuse Thai prime Minister Anutin and others of moving money from scam operations. thaipoliticalprisoners.wordpress.com/2026/09/19/g...

Myawaddy Scam Operations Relocate to DKBA Headquarters Chinese-run fraud factories have shifted en masse to Sone See Myaing, as the regime-aligned Democratic Karen Benevolent Army seeks safe shelter for its most precious asset. www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/m...