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A grim discovery on the edge of two of western Thailand’s most treasured forests has shaken conservationists and local communities alike. On the morning of November 24, park officials confirmed that a female wild elephant was found dead with multiple suspected gunshot wounds near the border between Khao Laem and Thong Pha Phum national parks in Kanchanaburi province. Dome Chansuwan, head of Khao Laem National Park, said the discovery came after a tip from a local villager identified only as Chon. Chon had come across the elephant’s body in a plantation in Pilok Kee village, Moo 4, Thong Pha Phum district — an area that sits inside the Khao Chang Phueak Forest Reserve and along the boundary where the two parks meet. Rangers from Thong Pha Phum National Park verified the location and immediately alerted authorities. What officials found was both shocking and saddening: a female elephant, age unknown, with…

Chiang Rai’s quiet Rob Wiang dormitory was rattled this month when local residents finally saw action from the authorities over a long-running nuisance — and an equally long visa overstay. Residents’ patience runs out On Friday, November 21, officers from Tourist Police Division 2 arrested a Libyan national at a dormitory in Rob Wiang sub-district after repeated complaints about disruptive behaviour. Neighbours in the building had grown increasingly frustrated by the woman’s frequent disturbances, prompting management to work with police to check residency records and monitor the situation. When officers confronted the suspect as she left her room, she produced a passport — one that showed her authorised stay in Thailand had expired on June 7, 2022. A database check confirmed she had overstayed by 897 days, or more than two and a half years. Following verification, she was taken into custody and legal procedures began, with relevant agencies contacted…

In the quiet hours before dawn on November 24, a routine shift turned tragic on Phahonyothin Road in Pathum Thani. At around 12:30 a.m., a 52-year-old security guard named Kamphon was struck and killed while attempting to cross the outbound express lane in Khlong Nueng subdistrict, Khlong Luang district — not for himself, but to help others. What began as a traffic incident escalated into a fatal chain of events that left the community stunned and investigators piecing together the final, harrowing moments. Emergency crews from the Ruamkatanyu Foundation, officers from Khlong Luang Police Station and a forensic team from Thammasat University Hospital arrived at the scene to find Kamphon’s body in the far right lane. The impact had thrown him some distance from the point of collision, underlining the force involved. Nearby, about 50 metres away, an orange Honda Jazz with Bangkok plates sat parked in the left lane.…

It was supposed to be a targeted act of revenge. Instead, a chaotic Saturday night on Pattaya Walking Street turned into a case of mistaken identity — captured in grainy CCTV and shared widely on Facebook — leaving a motorcycle taxi rider bruised, bewildered, and asking why he was attacked at all. The CCTV clip that lit up social media Footage posted by the Facebook page Jack Phodaeng shows more than ten men swarming a lone motorcycle taxi rider near the bustling nightlife corridor. The assault is fast and brutal: punches, pushes and shoves, with other riders and some foreign onlookers rushing in to separate the scuffle. As the commotion grows and witnesses intervene, the attackers scatter into the neon-lit maze of Pattaya’s evening crowd. The victim, 47-year-old Komsan Kongsook, later reported the incident to Mueang Pattaya Police Station and shared his account with the same Facebook page and Channel…

Bangkok Remand Prison (BRP) — already under a cloud after allegations of VIP treatment for certain foreign inmates — has been hit with fresh, disturbing accusations: that female prisoners were coerced into providing sexual services to male inmates and even to some guards. Prison officials have firmly denied the claims, but the raid and the evidence recovered have left public trust frayed and the Corrections Department scrambling to restore order. The controversy began after a Department of Corrections special unit raided BRP on November 16. The operation followed complaints from Thai prisoners who said several Chinese inmates were living in strikingly comfortable conditions compared with the general population. Those inmates were allegedly housed in a separate, well-equipped “VIP” room, allowed to smoke, and — shockingly — granted access to a hidden area where sexual services were said to be available. Director Manop Chomchuen and a number of guards have been…

What began as a routine wait for a taxi on a Bangkok morning turned into a frightening crypto caper that has left four people in custody and a 35-year-old Chinese man nursing injuries — and a lighter digital wallet. Metropolitan Police Bureau investigators, led on November 23 by senior officers including Police Lieutenant General Siam Boonsom, Police Major General Pallop Aermla, and Police Major General Chotiwat Lueangwilai, announced the arrests after piecing together a timeline that stretches from Sukhumvit to Rama 4. The incident reportedly took place on the morning of November 1 on Maha Set Road in Bang Rak district. The victim told police he was waiting for a taxi around 10:30 a.m. when three men – two Thai nationals and a South Korean – allegedly approached, assaulted him and forced him into a white Toyota C-HR bearing the license plate 9 Kor Hor 5427 (Bangkok). According to the…

Thailand’s Economy at a Crossroads: Technical Recession Risk and What Comes Next Anusorn Thammajai — Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Director of the Centre for Economic, Digital Investment, and International Trade Research at the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce — has put a cautious flag on Thailand’s economic map. His latest reading suggests the economy may expand by less than 1% in Q4, and there’s a non-trivial risk that GDP could fall quarter-on-quarter. If Q4 records another contraction after Q3’s 0.6% drop from the previous quarter, Thailand would technically be in a recession. Numbers that matter Here’s the snapshot: third-quarter GDP climbed 1.2% year-on-year but shrank 0.6% quarter-on-quarter. The discrepancy between yearly and quarterly views is important — annual growth masks the recent slowdown. Two consecutive quarters of negative QoQ growth equals a technical recession. Whether that evolves into a full-blown recession depends on whether the…