All news on the topic: Thailand

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Kremlin-linked hacker Denis Obrezko faces dual extradition battle after Thailand arrest
Russia is seeking to rival the U.S. in efforts to secure the extradition of Kremlin hacker Denis Obrezko, arrested in Thailand in November 2025.
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UK citizen Louis Johe Jarvie stabbed multiple times in bar fight, collapses bleeding heavily on Thailand’s Phuket island
Louis Johe Jarvie suffered multiple wounds after he got into a fight while drinking at a bar in Maya Beach, in Cherng Talay.
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Actress Nana surrenders to CIB amid 400-million-baht scam claims
Thai actress Rybena “Nana” Intachai and her husband acknowledged two fraud-related charges after victims filed complaints with the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) today, December 3.
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Indonesia faces massive humanitarian crisis with 3.2 million affected by floods and landslides
Approximately 3.2 million people on Sumatra island have been affected, 2,600 have been injured, and 504 are missing.
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Cremation delayed after woman believed dead starts moving during temple inspection in Thailand
A woman in Thailand shocked temple staff when she began moving in her coffin after being brought in for cremation.
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Over 300 foreign cybercrime suspects repatriated as Myanmar steps up anti-scam operations
Myanmar’s military has arrested 346 people during a raid on a scam center in the Shwe Kokko area along the country’s border with Thailand, the Ministry of Information stated Wednesday.
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Fugitive who masterminded Nottingham drug empire from Thailand put behind bars
A drug lord who managed a successful cocaine and heroin empire alongside his money-laundering girlfriend while they enjoyed life in Thailand has been imprisoned.
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At least 16 arrested as Cambodia cracks down on reporters and activists over Thai border conflict
As clashes intensified on the border with Thailand, Cambodian authorities increased their crackdown on journalists and online activists covering the conflict and expressing their views.
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British gran Lindsay Sandiford spared death penalty in Indonesia set to fly home after 13 years in Bali prison
Drugs mule gran Lindsay Sandiford will board a flight home today with a £600 ticket after being spared the firing squad.
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Nineteen-year-old from Teesside accused of smuggling 14kg of drugs into Georgia
A pregnant British teenager accused of drug-smuggling has been moved to a mother-and-baby unit in a Georgian prison, her mother said.
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Family’s £3,000 Thailand holiday ruined after airline refused to board schoolboy
A schoolboy was denied boarding a Qatar Airways flight for his family’s £3,000 Thailand holiday - due to a faint ‘sticker mark’ on his passport.
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Pregnant British teen Bella Culley to give birth in Georgian prison after family fails to pay full fine
Pregnant British drug mule Bella Culley will be forced to give birth inside a Georgian jail after her family failed to pay a massive fine in exchange for her freedom.
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US signs new economic agreements with Southeast Asian partners
Thailand and Cambodia have signed an expanded ceasefire agreement during a ceremony attended by US President Donald Trump, whose threats of economic pressure encouraged the two nations to halt skirmishes along their disputed border earlier this year.
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Prince Andrew ‘entertained himself in exotic ways’ during official Thailand trips
Prince Andrew used official trips to Thailand to meet women who were drawn to his royal status, a retired UK official has said.
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British teenager survives two weeks in Thai jungle before being found at remote temple
A teenager relied on every instinct to survive Thailand’s unforgiving jungles and was rescued after stumbling upon a remote Buddhist temple.
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Pet lion owned by Thai TikToker mauls boy and man after escaping cage
A pet lion belonging to a Thai TikToker escaped and attacked an 11-year-old boy and a man who attempted to assist him.
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Concerns increase for missing British teenager spotted ’heading to scam compound in Myanmar’
A British teenager missing in Thailand is feared to have been pulled into a scam operation run by Chinese gangs.
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Wild elephant crushes 79-year-old man in central Thailand
A grandfather was tragically trampled to death by a wild elephant that entered his garden in search of food.
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Vietnam reports 19 dead, 21 missing after Typhoon Bualoi
The death toll from Typhoon Bualoi in south-east Asia has risen to more than 30, as heavy rains continued to lash the region.
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In Thailand, four Britons allegedly tried to rob man by running him off his moped
Four British tourists have been arrested following allegations that they robbed an American lawyer at gunpoint for his luxury watch.
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British teen jailed for smuggling 14kg of cannabis from Thailand
A British teenager who was caught at Heathrow Airport with a large stash of cannabis smuggled into Britain from Thailand has been jailed.
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Former security guard opens fire at Bangkok market, killing at least six people
At least six people have died in a mass shooting at a food market in Thailand.
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War on the threshold: Thailand closes border with Cambodia after rocket strikes and first casualties
Thailand has announced that it will close its land border with Cambodia as violence erupts between the two countries.
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Cambodia arrests nearly a thousand people in a week in a major cyber scam crackdown
Authorities in Cambodia have carried out several arrests this week, detaining almost 1,000 individuals as part of an ongoing crackdown on cybercrime operations throughout the country.
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Thai police dismiss Bella Culley’s torture claims as CCTV shows her calmly walking through airport
A Thai police chief has disputed Bella May Culley’s defence that she was tortured into smuggling drugs as he presented CCTV of her ‘calmly’ walking through passport control by herself.