25 Jul 69

The Italian media Corriere della Sera, one of Italy's oldest and highest-read daily newspapers, reported video clips of Italian students on the MTR in Bangkok, causing so much controversy that the embassy had to intervene.

July 25, 2026, a group of Italian teenagers were at the center of a heated argument in Thailand after a video was published showing them berating a female passenger on a Bangkok train.

The incident caused a wave of discontent in Thailand that forced the Italian embassy to issue a formal apology.

A group of young people came to Thailand to study, and on a bus in Bangkok, when a woman asked them to soften their voice, but the request was met with disrespect. Some members of the group began to video her, ridicule and profanity. In particular, one of the attracting sentences was "We apologize for bringing money to your country."

The video was released on July 23 and quickly spread on Thai social networks, including local television stations. The incident sparked numerous online protests, with hundreds of users calling for the Italian Embassy in Bangkok to take action.

Later, three of his colleagues and the most rude young man recorded an apology video before it was released by the embassy.

They deplored the incident and apologized to the Thai people for their behavior and disrespect for their culture. They also announced that the boy would return to Italy in the next few days.