25,000 cops to guard Apec summit
A special police squad prepare for a security drill ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Bangkok from Nov 18–19 Security measures are now in place for the 29th…
Former Thai PM Yingluck to be charged over transfer of NSC chief
The Office of the Attorney-General (OAG) in Thailand has resolved to file malfeasance charges, under Section 157 of the Penal Code, with the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Political Office…
21 countries to join Apec meet
Passengers take photos with signage for the Apec meeting at Suvarnabhumi airport on Thursday. All twenty-one Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) member countries have confirmed they will attend the summit in…
Biden to join ASEAN summit, Harris to attend APEC
US President Joe Biden will use his visit to Cambodia next month for a summit with ASEAN to reaffirm the US commitment to Southeast Asia, according to the White House.…
15 nabbed in raids over scams
Deputy national police chief Torsak Sukvimol, centre, on Thursday shows luxury cars seized from Chinese and Thai suspects who were arrested over their links to a string of illegal businesses…
Chonsawat may get jail time in graft case
Case heads to OAG The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) on Tuesday confirmed media reports about it finding grounds to believe Chonsawat Asavahame and at least five other people were involved…
Chinese caught in kidnap plot
Police have arrested a Chinese national believed to be involved in abducting a compatriot businessman, torturing him and cutting off his little finger for a 30-million-baht ransom. On Monday, Pattaya…
Thai opposition to seeks no-vote censure debate against the government
Thai opposition parties will submit a motion to the House Speaker in mid-November, seeking a general censure debate on the government, without a vote, to “grill” it over illegal gambling…
One Thai dies as another recounts her Halloween nightmare in Seoul
People look at the scene there the October 29 Halloween stampede occurred in the capital’s popular Itaewon district in Seoul on October 30, 2022. A Thai tourist is confirmed to…
Top cop, commerce officials arrested for selling victims’ data to scammers
A police lieutenant colonel, said to work at Ao Noi in Prachuap Khiri Khan and whose face is blurred in this police photo, is one of three state officials arrested…