How many people died on Thailand roads during ‘Seven Dangerous Days’ New Year...
It is official. The kingdom’s ‘Seven Dangerous Days’ are over, and the final number of deaths due to traffic accidents in Thailand has been reported. How many people died on Thailand’s roads during the...
View ArticleRama I Road and Ratchaprasong traffic diverted during rush hour to ease...
Rama I Road and Ratchaprasong traffic now diverted during rush hour Anyone who has been in the vicinity of Rama I Road and the Ratchaprasong intersection in Bangkok during rush hour knows how bad...
View ArticleBangkok’s British embassy sold to Central Group for £420 million by...
Bangkok’s British embassy sold to Central Group for £420 million by cash-strapped UK Foreign Office The British government has sold Bangkok’s British embassy and the land it stands on to Thailand’s...
View ArticleAir China expands routes to Bangkok due to increasing popularity from Chinese...
Air China expands routes to Bangkok due to increasing popularity from Chinese tourists If you have been in Bangkok in the last few years, you will have noticed an enormous increase in the number of...
View ArticleChiang Rai feels Myanmar earthquakes and aftershocks on Saturday and Sunday
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck Myanmar late Saturday afternoon (February 3rd, 2018) with the earthquake itself and after shocks being felt as far away as Chiang Rai, Thailand. According to the U.S....
View ArticleThailand’s smoking ban on 24 beaches now in effect with more beaches to follow
Thailand’s smoking ban on 24 beaches in 15 provinces now in effect Smoking is banned on beaches in many parts of the world. Starting February 1st, 2018, Thailand has joined the growing list of...
View ArticleFirst four boys rescued from Thai cave in rescue effort now underway
Update 8:21pm: The first two boys have been airlifted to and have arrived at Chiangrai Prachanukroh Hospital, where they are expected to spend the next few days recovering from their ordeal. The other...
View ArticleLast 4 Thai boys and football coach expected to be rescued from cave tonight
Last four Thai boys and coach to be rescued from Tham Luang cave by this evening In a rescue mission at the Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai province, Thailand that has gone far faster than most ever...
View ArticleChinese cancelling Phuket hotel bookings after Phoenix boat sinking
Thai tourism authorities, the Transport Ministry and Phuket hotel operators are worried after thousands of Chinese tourists have cancelled their Phuket hotel bookings after last week’s Phoenix boat...
View ArticleThai ‘Wild Boars’ football team posts video saying thank you to rescuers and...
Thai ‘Wild Boars’ football team posts “Thank you” video To show just how well the Thai boys and their football coach — the ‘Wild Boars’ — are doing since their rescue from Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai...
View ArticleFewer tourists visit Thailand in July, 2018 — fewer European visitors,...
According to official tourist numbers, Thailand had fewer tourists in July, 2018 than it has had over the last few months. July statistics released by the AoT (Airports Authority of Thailand) this week...
View ArticleThai Wild Boars citizenship will give them basic human rights and the chance...
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) often criticizes Thailand for its various human rights violations. This week, however, the UNHCR says the decision Thailand made in granting...
View ArticleCan Prayut reduce Bangkok air pollution as schools close due to toxic levels?
Prayut considering ways to reduce Bangkok air pollution As air pollution in Bangkok is still at toxic levels, weeks after the problem began, Thai prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is considering more...
View ArticleToxic Bangkok air pollution to remain until February 4th and possibly beyond
Toxic Bangkok air pollution threaten Bangkokians’ health As toxic Bangkok air pollution levels worsen even more today, 39 areas of the city are now affected by unsafe levels of PM2.5 particles....
View ArticleFake Cambodia e-visa companies on the Internet ripping off tourists says...
With Cambodia being a Thailand neighbor, several million Thais and foreign visitors cross into the country from Thailand every year. Some that do try to do so with a fake Cambodia e-visa they have...
View ArticleMilitary coup in Thailand in 2019? Gen. Prayut says “No”, coup rumor is ‘fake...
General Prayut Chan-o-cha says the rumor of a military coup in Thailand in 2019 is not legitimate — it is just ‘fake news’ As a rumor was rapidly spreading around social media over the weekend that a...
View ArticleThai New Gen Airways employee shouts at Chinese passenger due to overweight bag
Thai New Gen Airways employee loses temper and shouts at Chinese passenger for several minutes It is actually rare to see a Thai person lose their temper and start shouting at someone in their general...
View ArticleSix yellow shirt leaders lose appeal, will serve 8 month jail sentences
Thai former yellow shirt leaders lost their final appeal against an eight month jail sentence at the Supreme Court yesterday, and all were transported to Bangkok Remand Prison after the ruling was read...
View Article76 pangolins smuggled into Thailand discovered in back of a pick-up truck by...
76 pangolins smuggled into Thailand rescued by Thai police Pangolins, the world’s most trafficked animal, are often found in trucks and vans in Thailand. Being smuggled by usually poor Thais, who are...
View Article12 deadly Thai snakes caught in a Surat Thani home — cobras and pythons, yikes!
In my over 15 years living in Thailand, I have been lucky that I have only ever come across one of the many deadly Thai snakes that can be found all over the small Asian country. A small cobra in the...
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