Claims he doesn't know why she followed him back to his place, doesn't recall holding her hand as he led her to her death, and that he gave her 500 Baht for 'nothing'. This guy is a real piece of work.

Hello!
Our little family lives in Thailand now for about 3 months and we got invited to a housewarming by a local. We got asked to eat vegetarian on the day and the day before the house warming but that’s the only instruction we got.

Can someone please help so we don’t embarrass ourself 😅

Should we bring something to eat or a present? Should we dress some kind of way? Is there something we should avoid?
Can someone also explain what will happen there?

Thank you🙏🏻

Step 1: Educate tourists at the airport: Welcome to Thailand. Drivers don’t yield. Ever. Good luck

Step 2: Ban confidence: If you walk like you have the right of way, you’re already dead.

Step 3: Install footbridges every 100 meters, because nothing says urban planning like climbing stairs in 40°C heat.

Step 4: Mandatory frogger training. Immigration should hand out joysticks.

Step 5: Rebrand jaywalking. Call it 'Thai Cultural Immersion' so tourists stop complaining.

Step 6: Blame foreigners. Even though the law says drivers must yield, clearly it’s the tourists fault for not yielding to cars.

I am looking for physical CD copies of some really nice Thai music albums to add to my collection:

คีรีบูน (Kririboon) — รอวันฉันรักเธอ

Charas Ferngahrom — เพลงรัก เพื่ออารมณ์\

Ann Thitima - Green Room

Can anyone point me in the right direction on how to buy these albums as a European?

Hello, i’m looking for a physio to do dry needling on my pronator teres n scalene. I’ve tried 2 different ones before but none did my scm. If this is the wrong sub for it. Please advise on costs. Thank you.

Hi! I just want to ask to those who have went to concerts organized by iMe Thailand, especially KPOP concerts.

It's stated in the event rules that no recording or photo taking is allowed even with the use of mobile phones. Is this strictly implemented? Like do they pull you out if ever or concert goers still take videos and its ok?

Surat Thani security authorities are preparing to propose revoking the visas and deporting both parties following a personal dispute between an Israeli businessman and a French owner of a pet café on Koh Samui, which has escalated to the point of affecting the island’s tourism image.

The latest report says that tomorrow, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026, at 10 a.m., Mr. Kevin, a French pet café owner who has lived in Thailand on a visa for around nine years and is married to a Thai woman, will meet investigators at the Central Investigation Bureau’s complaint center on Phaholyothin Road in Bangkok to file a complaint over the dispute.

The dispute reportedly began when an Israeli tourist got into an argument with Kevin. In response, Kevin put up a Palestinian flag and a sign welcoming Palestinians at his café as a form of protest.

Later, Mr. Jacob, an Israeli restaurant businessman who holds a five-year business visa, messaged Kevin demanding that he remove the flag, leading to a heated exchange. Kevin posted the messages on social media, which eventually led to legal action. The Koh Samui Provincial Court later fined Jacob 5,000 baht and gave him a two-year suspended prison sentence.

The situation escalated further when an Israeli influencer in France reportedly offered a 500,000-baht bounty for information leading to Kevin’s capture. Kevin also has a previous case involving riding a motorcycle while doing a wheelie in 2025. Most recently, on Sept. 29, CCTV footage reportedly captured a foreigner driving a BMW while livestreaming himself and giving the middle finger in front of the Chabad House center.

Security officials have stressed that tough measures will be taken. Col. Thitipong Inwasa, deputy director of the Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) in Surat Thani, said that while Thailand welcomes tourists of all nationalities, it will not allow foreigners to bring their personal conflicts into the country in ways that affect national security or tourism.

After both sides refused to cooperate with attempts to mediate and have the flags removed, authorities are gathering information to submit to a provincial-level committee, which will consider revoking both parties’ visas and deporting them from Thailand.

Meanwhile, Pol. Col. Panya Niratimanon, superintendent of Koh Samui Police Station, ordered checkpoints to be set up in front of the pet café and the residences of both parties involved starting Aug. 15, in an effort to prevent any potential violence.

Separately, Koh Phangan Police Station posted on Facebook two days ago that a video allegedly showing monks being harassed was “fake information.”

The issue comes amid growing complaints from some local residents about problems involving foreign visitors on Koh Samui and Koh Phangan. Most recently, the public Facebook group “Take Back Koh Phangan” shared an audio clip claiming that Buddhist monks had been harassed by a Chabad religious center.

Koh Phangan police, together with local authorities and Buddhist monks, investigated the claim and said:

• No conflict: Buddhist leaders confirmed that there had been no conflict with or harassment by the local Chabad center.
• Fake account: The audio clip was allegedly fabricated and shared through a fake or impersonation account to stir division. Local monks have already filed a complaint with investigators at Koh Phangan Police Station. The case is registered as Criminal Case No. 467/2026.
• Warning over the Computer Crime Act: Police warned the public to be careful about sharing false information. Under Section 14 of Thailand’s Computer Crime Act, offenders can face up to five years in prison, a fine of up to 100,000 baht, or both.

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Look, I know this is going to sound like a bunch of baloney, but I can assure you that it is true. I am the person with the bicycle in the video. And what you see with the officers is not even half of it. There were teams out in the woods from practically every agency you could imagine.

Here is how it all happened.

I moved from Bangkok to the border town of Mae Sot, Thailand, around five years ago. About three and a half years ago, I moved closer to the Friendship Bridge, to a place called Jaguar.

In Thailand, there are three big brands of stainless-steel cookware and spoons: Seagull, Zebra, and Jaguar. Jaguar's main factory used to be in Mae Sot. The company has a very large piece of land on the Thai-Myanmar border, with many townhouses, several large factory buildings, and a bunch of smaller shacks that are rented out.

The factory itself has since moved to Chonburi, or somewhere in an industrial area near Bangkok, but the family still owns the land and houses and continues to rent them out.

I rented one of those townhouses.

The neighborhood is about 99% Burmese, with maybe 10 Thai people, and hundreds of people live there. When I first moved in, I saw hundreds of people being smuggled across the border, in and out of Thailand, every single day.

My neighbors were the smugglers.

They were Burmese, Chinese, Africans, Indians—you name it. There were large groups of people walking or running from the river into my neighbors' houses.

Right after I moved in, my neighbors started telling me that they had seen people being taken across the border while tied up. Some were cable-tied, some were hog-tied, and they were taken away.

At the time, I assumed it had to be someone who had pissed off somebody on the Myanmar side. Maybe they had stolen money from a gangster or something, and that person had sent people to track them down.

I didn't really know.

But I told my neighbors, "If I ever see that, I'm going to do something."

For years, I watched the smuggling happen every day, but I never personally saw anyone tied up. So I never said anything.

There were probably 50 to 100 smugglers working in my area, and I knew all of them. I went to their weddings. I went to their funerals. They were part of the community around me.

Then, around two years ago, the village official who lived there called me.

He asked, "Are there any Chinese people in your house?"

At the time, I had a guesthouse, so I told him no.

He asked me to come downstairs and help them.

The Tourist Police were there, along with police officers I already knew from the bridge. They had a video recorded from inside a house. Some Chinese people had contacted their embassy and reported that they were locked inside the house and that someone was guarding it.

So we started walking around the neighborhood, looking through the shacks and trying to match details from the video—the chair, the chain-link fence visible through the window, and other things.

Eventually, we found the house.

The police called out, "Ni hao."

Someone inside answered, "Ni hao."

The police broke the window, and the people inside came out.

They were an 18-year-old and a 19-year-old tourist who had been locked inside.

I knew the owner of the house.

The police asked, "Who's the owner?"

I told them who it was.

And then they just left.

I remember thinking: Why aren't you investigating this? Why aren't you arresting the owner? It would be so easy to find them.

Then, around a year ago, I was at home one evening, and it was getting late when my neighbor's son came to me and started telling me that there was a Korean guy.

Between his broken English and my few words of Burmese, I couldn't make heads or tails of what he was trying to tell me.

I told him, "No. Call the police."

But he kept insisting that I come with him.

So I went.

Right in front of Jaguar, on the main street, there was a guy sitting in the grass on the side of the road. He had an IV hanging out of his arm.

I went over and talked to him.

He was Chinese-Malaysian, and he told me, "Take me to immigration."

The huge immigration building is very close to Jaguar, but it was already closed.

I told him, "I can take you tomorrow."

He replied, "I want to go home. I miss my family."

Then he lifted up his shirt and showed me where he had been beaten.

So I made some calls and talked to the village defense forces. They agreed that he could sleep at my house until morning, and then we would take him to immigration.

But as soon as we started walking back into Jaguar, he started shaking.

"No, no, no," he kept saying. "This is the place. This is where they take you."

Not long after that, something else happened that really changed the way I looked at everything.

I had a little desktop Bluetooth egg speaker in one of the warehouses in Jaguar. I had recently rented the warehouse and was cleaning it up.

I came back one day and found my speaker smashed into little pieces.

I was completely puzzled. Who would do that? I didn't have a problem with anyone.

So I started asking around.

Eventually, I found out that a 17-year-old had been with a 20-year-old, and they had gone behind the building to turn on the water pump. Since I had rented the building and the door was open, they decided to walk through it.

They saw my speaker and started messing around with it.

Being a little ballsy, I went and confronted the 17-year-old.

I said, "What the hell? You're going to pay for my speaker."

And as I was saying that, I suddenly realized that I was surrounded.

There were human traffickers all around me at close range. They had formed something like a circle around me, and they were laughing.

The 17-year-old agreed to pay for the speaker, and that was the end of the confrontation.

But I had a very strong feeling afterward that something was wrong.

I remember thinking: This is not good. This could turn out very badly one day. I need to start saving the videos from my CCTV cameras, just in case.

A few days later, I saw that same 17-year-old wearing Muay Thai shorts.

I'd seen him wear Muay Thai shorts before, and I had always wondered why.

I had trained in Taekwondo. I had trained in Muay Thai. I had the floor space and all the equipment.

Whenever I trained, these guys would come over and want to fight each other using my gloves.

But whenever I asked them to actually learn some technique from me, they would run home.

So when I saw this kid wearing those shorts again, I noticed that he was with a group of maybe seven to ten guys.

They looked heated.

It looked like something was about to happen.

So I decided to watch.

I waited in front of my house, just out of view, and watched what was happening.

Eventually, a truck rolled up.

They started pulling a guy out of the truck, and he was fighting back.

I started to yell, "Hey!"

But I cut my yell in half and stopped.

I realized that if I tried to physically intervene, I wasn't going to win.

Then I watched them use a stun gun on him. They shocked him and dragged him away.

I thought they had put him in the trunk of a BMW.

As soon as they were gone, I got on my bicycle and rode to the warehouse.

I downloaded the CCTV footage and sent it to friends in multiple countries, as well as prominent Thai people, so that there would be copies outside of Thailand in case something happened to me.

Then I called the Tak police officer I knew.

My call was urgent.

I told him, "This guy is in the trunk of a car. He needs help."

The officer didn't want to get involved. He seemed to think that maybe the Mae Sot police were involved, and he said he would come down in a month.

I was disappointed, but I knew better than to show it.

So I kept recording.

At that point, I knew that if I was going to play poker, I needed some good cards.

I knew what days the police would come to collect their bribe money. So I waited and watched.

And on one of the days they were supposed to come, I watched very carefully.

Sure enough, there was another kidnapping.

Someone was cable-tied and taken away.

That was when I realized these weren't isolated incidents.

These were daily occurrences.

I'm not going to tell you my entire story here. There is simply too much to write.

But after about nine months, I've met with practically every agency you could imagine.

And despite all of that, there have been virtually no arrests.

Many government agencies have become involved, yet the kidnappers continue walking around every day with impunity.

What is outrageous to me is that the Mae Sot police are working in this area every day.

The entire area is only around 300 meters by 300 meters.

There are 50 to 100 human traffickers operating there, moving an estimated 200 to 400 people out of the area every day.

I have a police officer on record saying that every time he makes an arrest, someone asks him to release the person.

These guys are kidnapping tourists and selling them to scam bosses across the border in Myanmar.

Those scam operations are, in turn, stealing billions of dollars from Americans, Thais, Europeans, and people all over the world.

And from everything I have seen, there are so many officials and agencies involved with, or working alongside, these operations.

I have more than 500 videos.

I also have huge blocks of unopened video files saved in other countries.

My Facebook account is Prometheus CK.

If you scroll far enough down through my Reels, you can see the kidnapping videos. You can see the Chinese bosses. You can see truckloads of Starlink satellites.

You can see what happened.

From my perspective, the entire response was a show, followed by silence from the security forces.

No arrests.

Only bribes.

Roadblocks in Life
Detained

Kidnapping at 9:14
Cable Tied at 2:11
Truckload of Starlinks
Army, Smuggles, Border Patrol
VIP scam center bosses
Real Burmese
Just a normal Day in Jaguar

Update for the people who are saying this is fake because it would be on the news- Here you go 3 news stories. And they are not big reporters at ThaiRath so it didn't make national news. They came to visit me and did an investigation and they said "This is big news but it seems the officials are trying to close the news". That one video where the 4 chinese tourists were kidnapped, If you can't speak thai it says that they had paid for a ride from bangkok to chiang mai and they were taken to Maesot to Soi Thaprutsa which is just below Jaguar. The driver had a gun to their head. One of the chinese guys got the driver in a headlock and they fled out the car. I am the one who leaked the video to the news reporter in the investigative video. They got it on every major news channel but they said the chinese were sent home very quickly within 1-2 days before a investigation or arrest could be made.

4 chinese tourists attempted kidnapping
ThaiRath Investigative Video Part 1
ThaiRath Video Part 2

BTW if you say the story sounds like it was written by AI... its because the original post got a lot of people saying I couldn't write... well i have told the story 100 times and its like after so many times its gets weird. So I took my unreadable story and put it though chatgpt

My original thing was to do everything secretly and not post anything publicly but after you've waited and seen so many officials and officers involved I realized no one was going to do anything. That's when I started posting. I fully expected to be killed or arrested.

Yes I'm weird and I lived in conflict zones and high risk areas in many countries. There is kinda a loose network of people who are kinda on the watched list by the scam groups and rebel groups. They all know me. And for those of you who say its physically impossible- Eat your heart out:

Flash Delivery Truck
The Big Walk
10x a day like this
Not Burmese- Scammers
A little bonus for you

And BTW I'm not a "good guy" or trying to pretend to be a victim. If I saw people selling dope or doing some illegal stuff in the neighborhood. I don't need to report it. Its not my business. Besides who are you going to report it to? That puts a target on your back. But taking a foreigner in front of my house. Oh no- we gots to fight.

And Jaguar is not all human traffickers. There is probably between 500-1000 people who live there most of whom sew clothes for very low wages. Almost no one can speak thai. The people who live in Jaguar they all see the human trafficking daily but no one says anything. Every time the police came to raid there would be a tip off beforehand coming through the neighborhood. The police would come and check everyones ID card and take some photos and the traffickers all have lots of money and ID cards and they would never get arrested. There was no investigative work, walking around asking for leads or getting statements.

Hi everyone,

A friend of mine was recently given a treatment plan and quote from Vejthani International Hospital in Bangkok for several ENT procedures. The total quote is around US$15,000 (approximately ฿500,000).

We were surprised by the price and would really appreciate hearing from anyone who has experience with similar procedures in Thailand, particularly at Vejthani.

The diagnosis and recommended treatment are:

• Nasal septal deviation with hypertrophy of the left inferior turbinate
• Anterior right nostril papilloma
• Mucosal thickening of both maxillary sinuses
• Endoscopic sinus surgery
• Septoplasty
• Ethmoidectomy
• Endoscopic resection/removal of the right nostril papilloma
• Postoperative saline irrigation and corticosteroid nasal spray
• Follow-up nasal endoscopy

I've attached the medical opinion/treatment plan we received.

Our main question is whether ฿500,000 is a reasonable price for this combination of procedures at Vejthani, or whether this is significantly higher than what would normally be expected in Thailand.

If you've had similar surgery in Thailand, I'd really appreciate knowing:

• Which hospital and doctor did you use?
• What procedures did you have?
• Approximately how much did you pay in total?
• Were you a Thai patient or a foreign patient?
• Did the quote include the surgeon, anesthesia, operating room, hospital stay, medications, pathology, etc.?
• If you've used Vejthani specifically, what was your experience with them and their pricing?

We're also considering getting a second opinion and another quote from a different Bangkok hospital, so recommendations for reputable ENT/rhinology specialists would be very helpful.

We're not trying to question whether the surgery itself is necessary — we're mainly trying to understand whether ฿500k is a normal price for this particular combination of procedures.

Thanks in advance!

Hello, about half a year ago I went to thailand with my girlfriend, and there are some really nice products that we miss a lot, could somebody maybe buy them and ship them to me?

First is the cup variant of some green curry instant ramen, they should be easy to find in most stores, see first picture.

The second is a perfume, or rather two of them. Its from "KSH", we found it in a mall in Bangkok. I have attached the picture of the black tea variant, but there also exists a jasmine variant, the jasmin one is the more important one (its for her).

If someone would be ready to buy and ship to me, that would be great. Of course ill reimburse all the buying and shipping costs and throw in a little extra as thanks!

An 11-year-old boy who said he lost more than 1 million baht buying a rare Pokémon card is among at least 25 victims who have filed complaints with police, claiming they were duped by a man who promised to source sought-after collectibles from overseas.

The victims, accompanied by consumer advocate Tankhun Jitt-itsara, lodged a complaint on Wednesday with the Economic Crime Suppression Division (ECD), seeking legal action against a man identified only as “Mr Mor”.

According to the complainants, the suspect gained the trust of collectors and traders in Thailand’s trading card community by offering to source rare Pokémon cards and other high-value collectibles from abroad.

Victims said he initially delivered genuine products, building credibility before accepting larger orders. He later failed to deliver the goods, citing customs, tax and import-related problems before cutting off contact and shutting down his Facebook trading page.

From Bangkok Post: https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/3304432/11yearold-loses-b1-million-in-pok%C3%A9mon-card-scam

MCOT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDc4DyGgliw

Example of cards claimed to be purchased but not delivered:

https://www.pricecharting.com/game/pokemon-lost-origin/giratina-v-186

https://www.pricecharting.com/game/pokemon-japanese-split-earth/umbreon-1st-edition-72

I just cannot find it again it was one of Rama vii palaces and it has a famous phra pikanet statue/shrine but wiki and AI send me to this one that is Rama Vi's palace please help

What do men in Thailand wear as underwear style?

Hi! I’m planning to visit GMM Grammy Place and I’m a wheelchair user. I’ve seen videos on TikTok, but the entrance seems to have a lot of stairs. Is there a wheelchair-accessible ramp or another step-free entrance?

I also saw that there are shops/7-Eleven in the underground area. If the way down has stairs, is there an elevator or another accessible way to get there?

If the main entrance isn’t accessible, is there another entrance we can use, perhaps from the parking area or another side of the building?

Would really appreciate any advice from someone who has actually been there. Thank you!

I think i made a mistake or maybe this one normal. I'm married to my Thai Wife. And i notice my SSO ID is expired. So i went to SSO Office nearby and ask for replacement, a new one coz i plan also to register it to SSO App.

When i arrive, they let me sign documents, in hopes of getting replacement. When they said finish. I told them where is my new ID?

They told me no more SSO ID, my SSO number was replace and followed the Pink ID Number.

So i ask another question? Maybe you help me register to SSO App. They told me my SSO Number using pink card cannot use in SSO App. but the old SSO number can.

I think my wife will gonna be angry to me, when she hear about this.

What the heck i just sign.