All news on the topic: Thailand

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British man dies after eating mushrooms while on holiday in Thailand
A 25-year-old British tourist has died in Thailand after suffering a severe reaction to magic mushrooms.
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Netflix "Too Hot to Handle" reality star arrested ’after being caught smuggling £150,000 worth of drugs into the UK’
A Netflix reality star has been arrested for attempting to smuggle £150,000 worth of drugs from Thailand.
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British tourist dies after ’losing control’ of motorbike in Thailand
A British man died in a motorbike crash in Thailand overnight.
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Thailand’s anti-graft body begins new probe into troubled political opposition
Thailand’s anti-graft body on Friday said it was investigating 44 members of the disbanded Move Forward party, following a complaint seeking their lifetime bans from politics for backing legislation aimed at amending a law against royal insults.
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Thai court sentences YouTube chef, son of Spanish actors, to life in prison for murder
A court in Thailand on Thursday found Daniel Sancho Bronchalo, a member of a famous Spanish acting family, guilty of premeditated murder and sentenced him to life in prison, in a lurid case that involved the victim being dismembered.
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Thai court dismisses PM for violating constitution
A Thai court has dismissed Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin for appointing to his cabinet a former lawyer who was once jailed.
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British and Danish nationals accused of violent robbery in Thailand
British cryptotrader allegedly tied up after being invited to apartment in Bangkok after night out
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Mystery as six people found dead in luxury Bangkok hotel potential ’mass poisoning’
Thai media outlets have reported that six people - both American and Vietnamese - have died in the shock poisoning at a famous hotel in Bangkok’s Ratchaprasong area
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British tourist found dead in Thailand drain following pub crawl on notorious ’Death Island’
Brit backpacker Theo Bailey, believed to be in his 30s, was sadly found lifeless in a shallow water drainage ditch the following day outside the Roctapus diving centre on Koh Tao Island
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Dramatic moment hero grandmother saves baby from snake attack in his playpen
The gran showed lightning-fast reactions as she dashed to scoop up the little tot as the large snake attempted to strike the baby in his playpen at the home in Uthai Thani, Thailand
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Woman saves £500 a month after one trip abroad changed everything
Chrissie Milan, 25, began to rethink what she deems as essential spending after a trip to Thailand. Now she's on track to save £6,000 over the course of the year
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Medics remove harpoon embedded in fisherman's head after drunken row
WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES - Sujit Klingtalay, 45, had a row with one of his friends last week before his pal allegedly grabbed a harpoon and aimed it at the fisherman's head
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Brit facing death penalty in Thailand after drugs arrest following wedding
Andrew John Brett, 36, was arrested after a five-month investigation by police in Surat Thani, Thailand for selling drugs and had only recently married his wife who he shares a son with
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Man moves from UK to Thailand and vows never to return
Riyan Ruparelia, 22, bought a one-way ticket and flew to Bangkok, Thailand, in January 2023 and plans to travel the country before finding somewhere to settle down
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Brit faces death penalty for 'selling illegal substances' on notorious island
Brit Andrew John Brett, 36, was allegedly selling ecstasy and LSD on Thailand's notorious Death Island and, following a police investigation, could now face life imprisonment or the death penalty
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Huge 'Harbringer of Doom' oarfish caught by fisherman - but it's an ominous sign
A huge sea beast which Japanese folklore suggests signals an impending earthquake or tsunami has been caught by fishermen a few miles from Phuket, Thailand
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Royal 'heir' could be denied throne due to marriage to American woman
The Thai Royal family is facing some issues regarding the next taker of the throne, as the most likely son of the king has been married to an American woman for years
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Brit left with smashed teeth stranded in Thailand after NatWest closed account
Yasin Belkadi, 23, had over £4,000 stolen from his NatWest bank account via Revolut following a violent mugging and was left stranded in Thailand for weeks with no money
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Brit's heartbreaking Valentine's Day message before being killed in Thailand
A British tourist was killed while on holiday in Thailand when his scooter reportedly collided with a six-tonne lorry, and he heartbreakingly sent his wife a sweet message before the collision
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Army of 'sex-crazed monkeys' stormed town hunting sugary snacks from festival
A monkey sugar-rush sparked a huge invasion of hyper-sexual and brutally violent creatures during a popular festival in the Far East, with locals having to flee
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Man dies on flight when blood shoots out of his nose and covers the plane cabin
The 63-year-old traveller, who is yet to be named, was travelling on a Lufthansa flight from Bangkok, Thailand to Munich in Germany when he became gravely unwell and coughed up "litres of blood", covering the cabin walls
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Moment tourist tries to open plane door during take-off after panic attack
The tourist reportedly screamed, jumped out of his seat and opened the plane door during take-off - causing an onslaught of delays which saw flights having to wait in the sky
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Travel writer picks out four of the warmest holiday hot spots to visit in March
From Cozumel to Koi Samui there are some incredible places to lay down your towel next month
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British man, 69, dies after falling from fourth-floor hotel in Thailand
The 69-year-old man plunged from his room and landed in a narrow alley next to the hotel building in Pattaya, Thailand at around 2am Sunday
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Tragic last post of smiling Brit base jumper before falling to his death
WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. Nathy Odinson, 33, from Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, plunged to his death from a 29-storey apartment complex in Pattaya, Thailand, after his parachute failed to deploy