A raw, unsettling clip that surfaced this week shows nearly 20 foreigners piling into an alleyway in Patong and turning a routine dispute into a brutal brawl that left two Thai men hospitalized. Newshawk Phuket reported the incident on Tuesday, August 12, saying the attack took place at around 9:30 p.m. on Monday, August 11. The footage — grainy, chaotic and hard to watch — captures a mob attacking a motorcycle rental shop owner and a second Thai man after an argument over a damage fine spiraled out of control. According to witnesses and the news report, the trouble began the same way many small tourism-era spats start: a damaged vehicle and a demand for compensation. A group of foreigners had rented bikes from the shop; one of the riders allegedly damaged a motorcycle. The owner insisted on a fine and compensation, and tensions escalated when the foreign man refused…
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The quiet hum of a petrol station coffee shop in Bueng Sam Phan district, Phetchabun, was shattered on the evening of August 12 when a brief visit turned into a fatal confrontation. What began as an ordinary Mother’s Day afternoon ended in tragedy: 19-year-old employee Phijittra was shot and killed, and the suspected shooter, 21-year-old Wongsakorn, took his own life at the scene. Police Lieutenant Sakkasit Kaosinchai of Bueng Sam Phan Police Station arrived on the scene at roughly 5:30 p.m., accompanied by the on-duty doctor from Bueng Sam Phan Hospital. Officers found both victims unresponsive. A Thai-made firearm was recovered beside the bodies and secured as evidence. Witnesses described a harrowing sequence of events. The suspect — who is reported to have been Phijittra’s former boyfriend — entered the coffee shop without speaking, approached her and fired a single shot. Phijittra, attempting to flee and cry out for help,…
A quiet canal in southern Thailand became the scene of a disturbing discovery on August 8 when the body of a 51-year-old woman was found floating in the Tha Yai Canal in Takua Thung district, Phang Nga province. The victim, later identified by investigators as Kansiri Nasomboon, was wearing a grey T-shirt and black shorts. Two concrete dumbbells were reportedly chained to her neck in an apparent attempt to sink the body — a detail that turned a grim recovery into a complex criminal inquiry spanning two provinces. Kansiri, originally from an Isaan province, had moved to Phuket for work and was last seen in the Kathu district. Local police began piecing together her movements by reviewing CCTV footage along the route between Phuket and Phang Nga. That footage, according to investigators, captured a pickup truck making a suspicious stop near the canal before returning toward Phuket. The truck was…
Pattaya’s famous shoreline saw an afternoon drama that felt more like a beachside soap than a quiet night on Beach Road. Shortly after 11:30pm on Monday, August 11, officers from Mueang Pattaya Police Station were summoned to a heated scene near Soi Pattaya 13/4 in Bang Lamung — where a Thai sex worker and an Indian man had come to blows after a brief and messy exchange over money, service and consent. How a bartered transaction turned into a public scuffle According to eyewitnesses and police accounts, the sequence was quick and combustible. The foreign man approached the Thai woman to ask about the price for sexual services. When he was told the rate — 3,000 baht — he reportedly grabbed her breasts and then refused to pay, crudely dismissing her by saying her breasts were “too small.” That unwanted physical contact and insult crossed a line. The woman, angered,…
What was meant to be a relaxed holiday jaunt turned ugly on the winding slopes of Mae Hong Son when a group of teachers found themselves in a roadside scramble after their pickup slammed into a guardrail. The incident happened at 5:30pm on August 11 along the descending curve of the Thop Sok section of rural road มส 4001 in Mueang district, Mae Hong Son province — a stretch of road that demands respect from every driver who takes the turn too fast or underestimates the hill. Emergency teams rushed to the scene: the Mueang district rescue crew, personnel from Sri Sangwan Hospital, and local leaders including Suprawin Phaisinamnguen, the Thop Sok village head. They found a white four-door pickup, registered in Chiang Mai, crumpled up against a roadside barrier with heavy damage to its front end. Seven people were inside — all teachers from a private school in Pai…
Bangkok is on flood watch as Governor Chadchart Sittipunt ordered immediate preparations for heavy rainfall expected across the city today, 12 August. The warning is strongest for northern and northeastern districts — think Don Mueang, Lak Si, Bang Khen, Sai Mai and Khlong Sam Wa — where forecasts show the potential for sharp downpours. With the Bangkok Flood Prevention Control Centre in Din Daeng buzzing with activity, and the Drainage and Sewerage Department closely monitoring the situation, officials are reminding residents: be ready, because the sky might well decide to open up. The Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) has flagged heavy to very heavy showers, with intense bursts that could reach about 50 millimetres per hour in hotspots. The TMD specifically names Nong Chok, Lat Krabang, Min Buri, Khlong Sam Wa, Sai Mai, Bang Khen, Don Mueang and Lak Si as likely to see the most torrential rain, while Thon Buri…
On a humid morning in Si Racha, a small motorcycle kick-started more than a routine errand — it became the last confirmed sighting of a child that a family still desperately hopes to find. Twelve-year-old Pitchanan, known affectionately as Noona, left her home on July 29 on a red-and-white Honda Wave 110i after receiving 300 baht from her father. She told relatives she was going to withdraw the money from an ATM near a convenience store. She never returned. The plea now comes from her 63-year-old grandmother, Daeng, who has turned to the public and the press for help. With the calm stubbornness of someone who has spent decades caring for others, Daeng has been searching every day since the disappearance, knocking on doors, visiting places where a young girl might hide or be taken, and retracing the route to the ATM again and again. She filed an official missing-person…
Whispers of incense, a clink of cash, and a courtroom-ready shuffle of paperwork: Wat Phrabat Nampu in Lop Buri has suddenly traded its usual peaceful chants for headline-ready controversy. At the centre of the swirl are the temple’s abbot, Phra Alongkot, and a well-known spiritual medium, Sakesan “Bee” Bubsuebsakun — both pointing fingers, both promising explanations, and neither yet clearing the air. The drama began with missing donation money supposedly collected for AIDS patients under the temple’s care. Alongkot says Bee’s own secretary told him Bee withdrew 2.3 million baht from the temple donation account but handed only 2 million baht to the abbot — a discrepancy that naturally set off alarm bells. Alongkot was keen to stress he wasn’t publicly labelling Bee an embezzler; he simply asked Bee to explain the cash shortfall to both him and the public. But this is not a plot that stays tidy. Bee,…
A surreal scene unfolded on a busy Pattaya street when a British motorcyclist deliberately impeded a Sawang Borriboon Dhammastan Foundation rescue van that was racing a patient to hospital — then flipped off the rescuers before crashing into another motorbike. The man, later identified by police as Holloway, later told officers he had been startled by the siren. The dashcam footage tells a much louder story. The rescue team had sped to a community near the land office after a call reporting a person who had lost consciousness following a near-drowning. Time was clearly of the essence. As the team tried to weave through traffic with lights flashing and horn blaring, Holloway began swerving his motorcycle in front of the van, repeatedly cutting it off and riding erratically from one side of the lane to the other. Video captured from the van shows the tense choreography: rescuers flashing lights and…
Thailand has just snagged top honors for cultural heritage in Asia and placed eighth in the world, according to the U.S. News & World Report 2024 rankings — an accolade announced by government spokesperson Sasikarn Wattanachan on August 11. The ranking evaluated 89 countries across five key pillars: cultural accessibility, historical depth, cuisine, cultural attractions, and geographical allure. For a country where tourism contributes roughly 7% of GDP, this recognition is less a surprise and more a celebratory confirmation: Thailand’s soft power is alive, colorful, and drawing visitors from every corner of the globe. Why Thailand’s cultural pull is impossible to ignore Think of Thailand and images flood in: gilded temples glinting at sunrise, night markets trading in fragrant spices and sizzling street food, centuries-old ruins that whisper stories of lost kingdoms, and the gentle hands of traditional Thai massage easing away jet-lag and stress. These aren’t just travel clichés…