QR codes in taxis will enable fare checks, complaints
All metered taxis in Thailand will be required to display three QR codes that allow passengers to verify driver information, estimate fares, rate services and file complaints, according to the Department of Land Transport.

Thailand reviewing visa-free stays as local complaints pile up
Thailand’s caretaker government is considering a reduction of the 60‑day visa‑free stay period, following numerous complaints that foreigners have been exploiting the system to engage in illegal activities or exploit local residents, according to Foreign Affairs Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow.

How to keep your laptop happy and your IT team sane
For anyone who has ever watched their laptop freeze five minutes before an urgent meeting, help may be closer than you think. Information-technology (IT) professionals say most computer disasters at work are avoidable, and many can be solved without panic, drama or a desperate call to the IT help desk. Their collective advice boils down to one message: understand the basics, slow down and work...

A 'Wuthering' with no 'Heights' 
Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights (2026) is more of its own thing than an adaptation of Emily Brontë's 1847 novel. Visually spectacular with a clear, visionary direction, it captures only a fragment of its source material — borrowing the character names, settings and a plot point from the book that serves more as a complement to Brontë's classic...

Wildlife smuggler caught at Suvarnabhumi Airport
Thai authorities have arrested an Indian man who was attempting to smuggle rare wildlife back to his home country, after finding 15 live animals hidden inside his luggage at Suvarnabhumi Airport.

Gunman who caused Pathum Thani panic surrenders
A gunman wanted for shooting at an emergency vehicle and assaulting his wife in Chon Buri surrendered to police on Wednesday afternoon in Pathum Thani, where fears for public safety had led to school closures earlier.

Epstein tried to build web of powerful ties across Middle East
DUBAI — The departure of the chief executive of Dubai port giant DP World is the biggest fallout in the Middle East from US Department of Justice documents which show that disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein tried to build a powerful network of political ​figures and business leaders across the region.

Democrats put election probe ahead of coalition talks
The Democrat Party has made scrutiny of alleged election irregularities its top priority, saying that whether the Bhumjaithai Party will approach it to join a new coalition government is of lesser importance.

Vietnamese held in Trat after fleeing scam gang in Cambodia
TRAT – Six Vietnamese people have been taken into custody after crossing illegally through barbed wire into Thailand, reportedly to escape a scam gang that forced them to work and physically abused them in Cambodia.

8.3 million speed pills found in septic-tank truck
The drug suppression police have seized 8.3 million speed pills from a modified septic-tank truck in Ban Rai district of Uthai Thani. The driver has been arrested and he confessed to being hired for 500,000 baht to transport the drugs.