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Police arrested a Chinese national at his house in Nong Prue on 13 September. Investigators say he paid 50,000 baht for a Thai identity card, worked as a tour guide, raised twin children — and ended up holding 17 plots of Banglamung land.
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A 1990 case in Zhejiang, a Thai identity card police say cost 50,000 baht, and 17 plots of Banglamung land worth over 100 million baht. Arrested at home in Nong Prue on 13 September.
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Approached on Second Road at 9.02pm, walked to a shop, charged 43,000 rupees for hair oil. A friend called it honey. The same script has been running here for years, once for 4,000 euros instead of 4,000 baht.
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A law office, a condo company and a hotel firm, searched by DSI and police with two ministers present. An Israeli director on 49 per cent, two Thai women on 25.5 each — one of whom worked for the law office that registered the company.
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A vendor lit a grill under a metre-wide nest in a rain tree. Thirteen of the seventeen stung were schoolchildren — sent out early by a power cut, straight into it. A police officer went in with a fire extinguisher.
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She watched an American tourist punch the code into his in-room safe in South Pattaya, waited for the bathroom door to close, and left with 40,000 baht. Tourist police found the notes in her wig.
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Two helmetless tourists rode through the crossing outside Pattaya City Police Station while people were on it. Stopped, they argued — then tried to leave, and clipped a parked government vehicle.
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Police were called to a three-storey block south of Jomtien at 7.10am on 8 August. A 20-year-old Chinese national was dead inside. A student surrendered hours later and led officers to the knife.
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A sedan flipped on a Banglamung back road in May. The handgun inside it led police to nearly 5kg of C4, M16 rifles and anti-personnel mines in a rented house — and, on 4 August, to a 46-year sentence.
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A Norwegian man is wanted after a commuter was kicked, his phone smashed and his life threatened at 8.30am on the Bang Na skywalk. Three days on, no arrest has been announced.
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They left home at 4am for a convenience store and never came back. Six days later police recovered them from a metre-deep pit in Huai Yai — then found three more bodies two kilometres away.
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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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An Australian visitor was beaten and robbed in December. On Monday tourist police picked up four suspects aged 18 to 20 across three provinces. All admit they are in the video. All deny the offence.
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Three men bought a cheap tour package, landed at 5am and spent five days bound in a townhouse while a gang demanded millions of rupees from their families. Police got them out on Monday. All five suspects escaped.
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A 34-year-old Frenchman died on Saturday after police shot him during a knife attack in Suan Luang that left an officer wounded. Residents say they had been raising the alarm for days.
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Tyson Fury fought at Max Muay Thai Stadium on the Friday. On the Saturday the city built a Muay Thai ring on Central Pattaya Beach and gave the seats away free. Both were the same sales pitch.
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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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