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A suspected, major drug trafficker wanted in Singapore, has been arrested in the central Thai province of Samut Prakan, just outside Bangkok. Nation Thailand...
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The Thai government has launched a new website that aims to connect tourists with public and private sector services that might interest them. Apart...
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A Chiang Rai statue, designed to promote the Thailand Biennale, has had to be moved to a museum after superstitious locals blamed it for...
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A Thai hospital has agreed to compensate two families after giving parents the wrong babies to take home following a week of treatment. Krathumbaen...
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Parts of Phang Nga have been decimated by a powerful storm, which brought strong winds and heavy rain to the southern province, mostly in...
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The Department of Land Transport has launched an app that removes the need for drivers to carry their licence with them. Just make sure...
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An extremely deranged foreigner stole a taxi in Pattaya, then crashed it into a power pole, injuring himself. The owner of the taxi, 37...
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The Thai PM has arrived in Chiang Rai today after flying out from Don Mueang this morning to visit flood victims and witness the...
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An Australian man, wanted in multiple sexual assault and rape cases in his come country, has been arrested on the Thai gulf island of...
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Thai Vietjet and Lion Air are among the airlines to have cancelled flights to and from Chiang Rai, with the northern province struck by...
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Police in Bangkok have arrested a tuk-tuk driver who failed to give change to his American tourist, then sped off with the passenger’s belongings...
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(but no mention of ‘recreational’ use)… Thailand’s Interior Minister and leader of the Bhumjaithai Party, Anutin Charnvirakul, says he’s confident the medical cannabis act...
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The Mae Sai district of the northern province of Chiang Rai, on the border with Myanmar, is experiencing severe flooding after the Sai River...
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The 8 defendants indicted in relation to a 2012 fatal hit-and-run case involving Red Bull heir, Vorayuth “Boss” Yoovidhya, have pleaded not guilty. They...
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An elderly food delivery driver has died after riding his motorbike against traffic, causing a head-on collision in Pattaya. AKA a ‘ghost rider’. The...
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A Bangkok hospital director has threatened to lock smokers in “gas chambers” if he catches them smoking on the premises. Dr Rienthong Nanna, director...
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Thai Airways says its fleet of Airbus A350 aircraft has experienced no engine problems and the planes are continuing to fly as normal. The...
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Police on Koh Pha Ngan have rescued a distressed Italian man after he was deliberately locked inside a visa service office following a row...
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Thai investigators have raided 2 illegal gambling dens in Krabi, with 65 people arrested in the crackdown. According to Arsit Sampantharat, chief of the...
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Efforts to rescue workers trapped in a collapsed rail tunnel in northeast Thailand have been dealt a devastating blow, with news that all 3...
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A Spanish chef has been given a life sentence for the murder and dismemberment of a Colombian plastic surgeon on Koh Pha Ngan last...
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Airport bosses at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi plan to boost passenger capacity to 80 million by 2031. Kerati Kijmanawat, president of Airports of Thailand, says facilities...
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A shipment of methamphetamine destined for Australia has been seized by the Thai Customs Department, working with the Airport Interdiction Task Force. Officials also...
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Just one metre separates a railway worker trapped in a collapsed tunnel from the men working to save him and his two colleagues. One...
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Four people in Bangkok have died from drinking moonshine (home made liquor) contaminated with methanol, with a total of 33 people requiring medical treatment....
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Eight people, including 2 top officials, are to be arraigned in the infamous (if not quite old now) hit-and-run case involving Red Bull heir,...
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Thailand’s tourism operators are calling for a long-term strategy to manage storms and floods, in order to safeguard tourism and the economy. (I figure...
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Including Phuket. Residents in areas at risk of flash floods are being asked to prepare and to listen to advice from relevant agencies. According...
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Whilst the landslide in Phuket has made the top of the headlines, there are bad floods in other parts of the country where people...
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A search and rescue operation is underway in northeast Thailand after the collapse of a train tunnel trapped 3 workers. The Bangkok Post reports...
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A third runway is on track to open at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport by the end of the year, increasing landing capacity by 53%. Airports...
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General Prawit Wongsuwon, one of the three Thai generals that led the 2014 military coup that ousted the elected Yingluck Shinawatra government, has been...
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Thailand has confirmed its first case of the Monkeypox Clade 1B variant, detected in a European traveller, recently arrived from Africa. Thai PBS World...
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It’s believed there are no survivors after a small plane crashed in a mangrove forest in the south-central province of Chachoengsao, not far from...
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Thai hotels are facing losses of up to 173 million baht, following the collapse of German tour operator, the FTI Group. This is a...
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A drunk foreign man, yet un-named, has been arrested in Pattaya for allegedly assaulting another foreign man and a Thai woman. The Pattaya News...
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Pita’s Move Forward Party won the highest number of primary votes at last year’s general election. Pita Limjaroenrat was unable to form a coalition...
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A prominent Thai virologist says the country needs to be on alert as a serious Monkeypox outbreak grips parts of Africa. Professor Yong Poovorawan,...
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The international community has sent messages of congratulations to Paetongtarn Shinawatra on her appointment as Thailand’s 31st PM. Thai PBS World reports that messages...
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A Thai actor, who was driving the jet ski involved in a fatal collision on Bangkok’s Chao Phraya River, has been brought in for...
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A collision on the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok, the second in the space of two days, has claimed the lives of 2 people....
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Thailand’s political landscape has been shaken, and stirred, with the rise of Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the 37 year old scion of a powerful and controversial...
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Three Thai women and two Canadian men have been injured in a boat collision on Bangkok’s Chao Phraya River. The incident happened yesterday, August...
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The People’s Party, born from the ashes of the dissolved Move Forward Party, has voiced its opposition to the Constitutional Court’s ruling to remove...
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Paetongtarn Shinawatra has been elected by a majority of lower house MPs this morning to the position of Prime Minister of Thailand. She is...
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A manhunt is underway for a Chinese gang, following the armed robbery of a luxury home in the central province of Pathum Thani, just...
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The Thai Hotels Association says its 3-star hotel members are struggling to bounce back, despite the recovery seen in the wider tourism and hospitality...
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If you’re going to dress up as a monk and start scamming donations, it’s perhaps best not to do it at a police station....
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Following on from the dissolution of the country’s most popular political party (last week), Thailand’s PM has now been ousted. It’s been a busy...
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Today is D-Day for the Thai PM, with the Constitutional Court set to rule on an impeachment request against him. The impeachment request was...
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A wild elephant has used her trunk to flip a parked car in Khao Yai National Park, in the northeastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima....
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The Thai government is calling on people to stop giving street beggars cash, after a survey shows the number of beggars in the kingdom...
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A Hong Kong man has died after being pulled from the water unconscious while on a scuba diving trip in the Gulf of Thailand....
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The body of a South Korean man, who disappeared after wading into the Ping River in Chiang Mai, has been recovered. The man walked...
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Two luxury villas have been demolished on Koh Samui, after the properties were found to have been built illegally. According to a Bangkok Post...
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The Thai PM has praised the Thai athletes taking part in the Olympic Games in Paris, with the kingdom having secured 1 gold, 2...
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Police in Pattaya had to intervene to break up a late-night fight between Kuwaiti tourists, according to a Khaosod English report. The incident is...
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The Thai PM has dismissed as “meaningless” a statement from the US Department of State criticising the dissolution of the Move Forward Party. Or,...
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Bangkok police have returned a gold necklace valued at A$4,000 dollars, (97,000 baht), to the tourist it was stolen from. Khaosod English reports that...
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A tour guide has died and 32 other people, mostly foreign tourists, have been rescued after flash floods inundated a cave in Khao Sok...
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The big day is today, when Pita Limjareonrat and Move Forward here if they will be banned from Thai politics. In the meantime, a...
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The PM’s hopes of turning Thailand into a “hub of EV manufacturing” have just been dashed, with Tesla confirming it’s ditching plans to set...
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The family of a British man, thought to be missing in Bangkok, says they have it on good authority that their relative has left...
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A prominent political activist has warned that if the Constitutional Court rules to dissolve the Move Forward Party, Thailand’s attempt to join the United...
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The collapse of Europe’s third-largest tour operator has led to losses of over 111 million baht for Thai hotels, according to a Bangkok Post...
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Apple’s decision to withdraw a seemingly controversial ad filmed in Thailand has triggered a backlash against the expat who criticised it – a continuation...
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The family of a British tourist missing in Thailand is appealing for help to find him. The Bangkok Post reports that 27 year old...
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Two children, one Dutch and the other Chinese, were both injured by falling ceiling tiles at Chiang Mai Airport over the weekend. The Bangkok...
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Police in Pattaya are investigating after a Canadian man was allegedly assaulted by a Thai security guard. The victim, named only as 65 year...
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Apple has been bullied into issuing an apology and pulling its latest promotional 10 minute film, the fifth instalment of the “Underdogs” series, after...
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Since the introduction of the Destination Thailand Visa, much has been assumed, interviewed and published on the matter. The end result? A few answers...
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Thailand’s new Destination Thailand Visa could be massively popular, IF it actually works as described in a number of recent articles and interviews. It’s...
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The closure of duty-free shops on arrival at 5 international airports is to cost the airport operator more than 143 million baht a month,...
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A new 10 minute mini movie/advertisement released by Apple, and shot in and around Bangkok, has drawn criticism from an expat and Thai netizens...
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A vendor selling squid in Pattaya has apologised after losing his temper and assaulting a city official who asked him to move his motorbike...
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The Thai PM has taken to social media to express his delight at the kingdom welcoming over 20 million foreign visitors so far this...
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Two foreign tourists have been rescued after getting lost while trekking in a Chiang Mai forest. According to a Nation Thailand report, rescue workers...
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The Thai authorities are requesting help from Interpol to track down a man who stole 3 gemstones valued at 14.5 million baht from a...
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Thailand’s decision to grant visa-free entry to tourists from Taiwan and India is, not surprisingly, leading to an increase in arrivals, according to tourism...
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Tourism officials are forecasting more than 18 billion baht in revenue from the two long-weekend holidays in July. The Tourism Authority of Thailand says...
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The government is modifying plans to recriminalise cannabis and instead introduce legislation around use of the plant instead of leaving the decision to the...
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A songthaew driver in Pattaya has been charged after a tourist “fell” from his vehicle and died. The incident happened on Pattaya Second Road,...
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Not just an ‘overstay’. It was an OVERSTAY! Police on Koh Pha Ngan have arrested a Nigerian man for possession of cocaine and overstaying...
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An American man is in custody in Krabi for the alleged murder of an Australian man in the early hours of this morning, July...
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Thailand’s former health minister Anutin Charnvirakul says he will vote against the recrmininalisation of cannabis, as will Bhumjaithai, the party he leads. Anutin, who...
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Boo-tif-fool! A global survey carried out by an online news outlet has rated Thailand the “fourth most beautiful country in the world”. The findings...
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The future of the Move Forward Party, which remains Thailand’s most popular political party, and its former leader and PM candidate Pita Limjareonrat, will...
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The 6 Vietnamese people whose bodies were found in a Bangkok hotel room on Tuesday died from cyanide poisoning according to the forensic police...
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Police are investigating after the bodies of an Iranian-Thai couple were found in their Pattaya restaurant. Khaosod English reports that on July 16, police...
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Cannabis proponents are continuing their protest against proposed recriminalisation of the ‘herb’, with at least 2 of them vowing to continue their hunger strike....
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Mystery still surrounds the deaths of 6 Vietnamese nationals whose bodies were discovered in a Bangkok hotel room yesterday evening, July 16. The Bangkok...
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Officials in northern Thailand are cracking down on those violating a “no boozing while tubing” rule in Pai. Floating down rivers and creeks in...
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Police in Bangkok have arrested 5 foreigners (3 men and 2 women) in connection with the violent robbery of a British crypto trader in...
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Work on two luxury villa developments on Koh Samui have been suspended, with the project facing possible demolition. The authorities investigated the Chinese-owned resort...
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Consumers are being warned of a “significant” rise in the price of electricity later this year. The Energy Regulatory Commission of Thailand says there...
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Originally meant to kick off on June 1, 2024, the sweeping changes to visa types in Thailand now seem set to start from Monday,...
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A Japanese man has been arrested after going berserk in Pattaya and crashing his car into the restaurant where his girlfriend works. It’s reported...
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Police in Bangkok have arrested a Japanese man after his ex-girlfriend accused him of threatening to kill her. The authorities also confirmed that the...
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A Russian man is facing multiple charges after his attempt to bribe Koh Pha Ngan Police with 1 million baht fell on deaf ears....
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A cannabis interest group, opposing the recriminalisation of cannabis, is threatening to go on hunger strike if the Thai government reclassifies the plant as...
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A Russian woman has been arrested on Koh Pha Ngan for allegedly working illegally at a hair salon. There was another Russian working as...
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An 82 year old woman in Chon Buri has used a lesson she learnt on YouTube to save a man’s life. The Bangkok Post...
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Police have arrested a man wanted for murder and the robbery of a gold shop in Chiang Mai on Monday, July 8. The suspect...
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Thailand has been ranked the sixth best country in the world for expats to live in. This according to InterNations, an expat networking platform,...
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Watch out for fake Euro banknotes in Pattaya. A Russian man has been arrested in Pattaya after he used a fake 500 euro note...
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A minibus carrying a group of European tourists overturned in Surat Thani after the driver lost control on a bend. Ten tourists were slightly...
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Two Indian tourists have been seriously injured in a sea walking excursion and are receiving urgent care, including respiratory support, in a Pattaya hospital....
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A German man arrested for overstaying his visa has a criminal record for attempted murder in his home country. Khaosod English reports that the...
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Thailand’s international airports are to lose their duty-free on arrival concessions, as the government aims to boost domestic spending in local shops. In Phuket...
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The Thai PM says he’ll consider lifting a ban on the afternoon sale of alcohol between the hours of 2 and 5pm. The regulation,...
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The body of a Canadian tourist, who had been reported missing, off Natai Beach, just north of Phuket, has been found on a beach...
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Video footage of a Thai-speaking woman going “berserk” in an upmarket store in Taipei has gone viral after it was shared by a Taiwanese...
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Twenty-six patients have fled a rehab facility in Krabi, citing “brutal conditions”. It’s understood the patients hijacked a longtail boat to flee the facility...
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Poll findings released yesterday show further declining support for current PM Srettha Thavisin and another rise in Move Forward’s popularity. The Move Forward Party...
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Two Korean men, arrested in Chiang Mai for working illegally as tour guides, are wanted in South Korea for their roles in a luxury...
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The former deputy national police chief says he plans to sue the PM over his sacking from the police service. Surachate Hakparn says the...
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How long had he been working on the island? A Swiss man has now been arrested for working illegally as a barber on the...
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Police at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport have arrested two women who allegedly drugged and robbed a German tourist visiting the Thai capital. It’s understood the...
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The Police Commission has unanimously voted to remove the former deputy national police chief from duty. The commission voted to dismiss Surachate Hakparn from...
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Thailand’s two year experiment with decriminalised cannabis is coming to an end, according to the Public Health Minister. Yesterday he maintained that most Thais...
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The authorities at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport have arrested 4 people from Hong Kong who were allegedly attempting to smuggle 14 kilograms of heroin out...
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The Thai government has agreed to extend a waiver on hotel operating fees for another 2 years, to allow the sector to fully recover....
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A Skytrax poll of the world’s top 100 airlines has ranked Bangkok Airways 27th. Whilst not being in the top 10 ranked airlines in...
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Thai workers are beginning to return to Israel, with the first 94 leaving from Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport yesterday, June 25. Despite the ongoing turmoil...
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A flight from Kuala Lumpur to Bangkok was forced to return to the Malaysian capital due to a technical issue involving cabin pressurisation. According...
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The PM’s dream of Thailand hosting Formula One is still alive. Srettha Thavisin says the kingdom has 3 potential locations for the event, namely...
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A Bangkok police officer has been transferred to an “inactive post” after a video surfaced of him demanding a bribe from a Japanese driver....
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Following a complaint from the Association of Thai Travel Agents, the Tourism and Sports Ministry has shut down 10 companies offering very cheap tour...
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A Colombian man wanted for a daring heist in Malaysia has been arrested in Bangkok. The arrest was the result of a joint operation...
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There will be no extension to Thailand’s current alcohol sales hours, at least for now. That’s the decision of a government panel, which pointed...
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It’s an historic Pride month for Thailand this year, with marriage equality finally a reality after decades of campaigning. Yesterday, the caretaker Senate overwhelmingly...
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An Indian man has been arrested after being found in possession of 5.7 kilos of cocaine at Bangkok’s Don Mueang Airport. The 39 year...
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Police in Pattaya have arrested two Ugandan women after a Canadian man accused them of theft. Khaosod English reports that the women, named only...
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Thailand looks set to become the first Southeast Asian nation to legalise same-sex marriage with the Senate expected to approve the new legislation today....
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A fire broke out at a petrol station in northeast Thailand after a truck driver lost control and crashed into a petrol bowser/petrol pump....
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A Flydubai aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing at U-Tapao airport in the eastern province of Rayong (45 minute drive from Pattaya)...
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A number of ASEAN’s elected members have expressed concern about the ongoing legal challenges against Thailand’s Move Forward Party, which won the most number...
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The Tourism Authority of Thailand says it’s working with the government to help hotels affected by the collapse of the German tour operator FTI...
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It’s going ahead, it’s not going ahead, it’s been postponed, it’s starting in six months… no, wait, it’s been dropped completely. The proposed arrival...
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There are growing calls for the pet market at Bangkok’s Chatuchak Market to be shut down forever following a horrific fire that killed at...
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The Thai government’s stuff-up, announcing new visa exempt extensions, a new Digital Thailand Visa, and changes to other long-term visas, are continues to spread...
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The Airlines Association of Thailand is calling for more regional airports to be designated ‘international’, which it says would lead to higher tourism revenue...
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The Thai cabinet has given the green light to a new law that specifies that anyone found with more than 1 methamphetamine (“yaba”) pill...
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Thailand’s national Muay Thai team were among passengers left sweltering without air-conditioning on a delayed Qatar flight out of Greece. In appalling conditions, passengers...
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Passengers who suffered minor injuries due to the severe turbulence incident on a Singapore Airlines flight have been offered 360,000 baht compensation. According to...
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The authorities have launched an investigation into last week’s collision on the Chao Phraya River that left 4 Chinese tourists injured. The tourists, one...
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More than 100,000 Thais have signed a petition to have cannabis re-classified as a category 5 narcotic. The development comes as proponents of the...
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Three Chinese tourists have been injured after the long tail tour boat they were on collided with a military ferry. The incident happened on...
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The Thai government has welcomed the news that Bangkok comes in at number 6 in a list of the world’s best cities for food....
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Police in Pattaya are getting tough on bars and other entertainment venues that ignore the legally required closing time. Despite the changes in closing...
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A Thai prisoner, who escaped custody and managed to flee to Indonesia, is back on Thai soil, arriving on a specially chartered flight amid...
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An escaped Thai convict is being brought back to Thailand on a charter flight following his arrest in Bali, Indonesia. Chaowalit Thongduang, aka “Pang...
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Several locations across Thailand have been scoped out for the latest Jurassic juggernaut, Jurassic World 4. A press release from the Thai Government PR...
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Police in Pattaya are investigating an American man dying after plunging from the seventh floor of a hotel in the holiday town. The 43...
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Police in Nonthaburi province, northwest of Bangkok, are investigating after a British expat punched a housing estate property manager so hard he knocked him...
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A British man who is one of two tourists recently assaulted by Pattaya security guards has filed a police complaint against his attackers. However,...
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A convict who escaped custody in southern Thailand last year has been re-captured in Indonesia. The Phuket Express reports that Chavalit Thongduang, also known...
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Thaksin Shinawatra is to be indicted on lèse-majesté and computer crimes charges. Nation Thailand reports that the former PM, who is currently on parole,...
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It was only a matter of time… there was going to be a ‘beach driver’ from YouTube who was trying to make some ‘amazing’...
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Some major shake ups for immigration rules and visas in Thailand. The changes were announced after a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday. The changes, affecting...
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In a surprise move yesterday, the Thai cabinet gave the green light to a host of changes to visa conditions, including visa-free entry and...
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Thailand’s current Deputy PM and Minister of Interior Anutin Charnvirakul has announced that his demanding work schedule has taken a toll on his health,...
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The popular Thai singer Ammy the Bottom Blues has been handed a 4-year jail sentence for setting fire to a portrait of HM the...
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A British man has been arrested in Pattaya after a single punch left a Russian man dead. The incident happened at a house party...
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Three security guards that were called in for questioning following a violent assault on two foreigners in Pattaya’s Soi 6, have admitted that they...
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Police on Koh Samui have arrested 2 foreigners accused of creating a public nuisance by riding excessively loud big bikes. The bikes were originally...
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The government’s not going to like it but the results of a new poll indicate that most Thais still want Pita Limjaroenrat and the...
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The Singapore Airlines aircraft, struck by turbulence and ending up with one dead and multiple injuries, has returned to Singapore from Suvarnabhumi Airport where...
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Bangkok’s Samitivej Srinakarin Hospital has come under scrutiny in recent days after some alleged heavy-handed action by hospital and security staff regarding an Australian...
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Bought anything online recently? Did you watch a video with someone ‘influencing’ you to buy something off the internet? Welcome to the latest online...
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“Lalita describes the situation as global boiling.” The scourge of coral bleaching is becoming a critical problem with additional investigations over recent weeks showing...
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The Education Ministry says it’s planning to amend its regulations to classify e-cigarettes as narcotics, according to Suthep Kaengsanthia, the ministry’s permanent secretary. The...
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“79 passengers and 6 crew are still in Bangkok as of this afternoon for treatment of injuries.” On May 21, passengers and crew aboard...
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Today, May 22, 2024, is the tenth anniversary of the coup led by General Prayut Chan-o-cha and the Royal Thai Army, ousting the elected...
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A Singapore Airlines flight, SQ321 from London to Singapore, has experienced severe turbulence as it neared Bangkok, Thailand, causing a sudden drop from 37,000...
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Grab has done a “deal with the devil” at both Phuket and Chiang Mai Airports, both operated by Airports of Thailand. Both Airport managements...
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A NIDA poll released on May 18 surveyed 1,310 Thais about the Thai government’s proposal to reclassify cannabis as an illegal narcotic, thereby outlawing...
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The director of a primary school in Thailand’s north east, as well as a retired teacher, have been arrested for allegedly paying for sex...
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The flying public can expect high air fares to continue as airlines struggle with a shortage of planes, rising labour costs, limited spare part…...
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“Recent surveys have identified at least 19 affected areas within Thailand’s marine national parks.” The extensive coral bleaching, occurring across such a wide area...
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A lawyer is requesting police to press charges against Maj Gen Dr. Rienthong Nanna, director of Mongkutwattana Hospital, after he admitted to hitting a...
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A new long term visa has emerged for foreigners, but you’ll need to be working in the government’s Eastern Economic Corridor. The Thai cabinet...
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“How many times will the courts allow deaths like these to happen…?” A young Thai pro-democracy activist, accused of insulting the Thai monarchy, has...
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Last week it was Koh Pling, off the coast of Nai Yang Beach in Phuket, along with 20 other diving spots. Now the scourge...
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“Somsak, who was justice minister under Prayut’s government, had supported the removal of marijuana from the Category 5 drugs list. “ Thailand’s new Public...
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A man in his 20s is now in custody in South Korea under suspicion of being connected to the murder of a South Korean...
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The spotlight is falling on the Thai Privilege Card, the latest iteration of the Thailand Elite Visa, after a number of foreign criminals operating...
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Whilst not being the record overstay for a foreigner in Thailand, it’s certainly a worthy place-getter. A 60 year old man from New Zealand...
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This week the Thai PM Srettha Thavisin’s announced that he wants the country to reverse the 2022 decision to decriminalise cannabis. And he wants...
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Thai PM Srettha Thavisin has issued directives to his Public Health Department and other ministries to ramp up measures against drugs, including reclassifying cannabis...
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Thai authorities have uncovered more concerning details around a case involving the abduction and extortion of five Chinese businessmen from a hotel in Bangkok...
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Where are the world’s top 100 beaches? And how many are in Thailand? Well, Thailand scored 3 of the world’s Top 100 beaches. Two...
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Thailand’s tourism landscape in March 2024 showss Bangkok as the leading destination for both domestic and foreign travellers. That’s according to the Ministry of...
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A terminally ill foreign woman who committed suicide on Koh Samui has left 50 million baht to her Thai maid. Some media are reporting...
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The construction of a new international airport in Phang Nga province is set to begin in 2027, according to Airports of Thailand. The new...
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There’s no let-up in Chiang Mai’s air pollution, with wildfires continuing to exacerbate the problem in recent days. According to a Bangkok Post report,...
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Not all foreigners in Thailand are behaving badly, despite what it may seem like some days… A kind-hearted American is giving away free motorbike...
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The director of Airports of Thailand wants to see Suvarnabhumi on a list of the world’s top 50 airports by next year. Kirati Kijmanawat...
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A summons has been issued for suspended deputy national police chief, Surachate Hakparn, along with 4 other suspended police officers. The Bangkok Post reports...
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A human rights lawyer currently serving time in prison on charges arising from his political activism has been given another 2 year prison term....
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Amnesty International claims Thailand’s human rights record remains “dismal”, as it urged the government to drop all charges against child protesters. In a report...
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Thailand has joined 17 other countries whose citizens are being held hostage in Gaza to call for their immediate release. Again. Yesterday, April 25,...
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The travel website Agoda has reported a jump in searches for Thailand among Japanese holidaymakers. As Japan’s Golden Week holiday approaches, Thailand’s rise in...
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A private hospital in Bangkok, the Vibharam Hospital, has been fined 100,000 baht for refusing to treat a critically injured patient who later died...
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Police on Koh Samui have arrested a Russian man for alleged assault and possession of illegal weapons. It’s understood Bophut Police were acting on...
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Furious social media users have criticised the lax enforcement of road traffic laws after a Bangkok taxi struck a man using a pedestrian crossing....
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The Thai government has confirmed that visa-free entry for Russian tourists, which was due to expire at the end of this month, will be...
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An elderly Swiss man has been critically injured and remains in a coma following a road traffic accident in Pattaya. 73 year old Andreas...
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The Thai PM has met with Formula One boss Stefano Domenicali to discuss Thailand potentially hosting the Grand Prix. Srettha Thavisin met with Mr...
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The former deputy national police chief, who has been temporarily suspended, has accused the Thai PM of an abuse of power and “malfeasance”. The...
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Police in Bangkok have arrested a French woman they suspect was involved in a plot to kidnap the daughter of a Thai businesswoman. Pansa...
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Thailand’s deputy police chief, Surachate Hakparn (aka. Big Joke), has been suspended as an investigation into a gambling website and money laundering continues. Kitrat...
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Forest fires that broke out on Chiang Mai’s Doi Suthep mountain have now been extinguished, according to the governor. The fires broke out just...
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A Chinese man, embarrassed by the behaviour of two Chinese women unknown to him, has coughed up for their restaurant bill after the two...
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As Thailand’s tourist tsars seem hellbent on weaponising Songkran as an annual tourist money spinner, the extended Songkran holiday has certainly generated at least...
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The authorities in Thailand continue to crack down on foreign criminals operating businesses illegally, using Thai nominees, lacking work permits, overstaying and “stealing” Thai...
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Police in Pattaya have arrested a Thai man who threatened people with a ‘real’ gun during the Songkran celebrations. According to a report from...
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Five out of six people travelling in a passenger minivan fell ill and lost consciousness due to suspected carbon monoxide poisoning. Nation Thailand reports...
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A Japanese man has died after he jumped from a Bangkok hotel, landing on a car parked below. Khaosod English reports that at around...
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A foreign tourist has died after drowning in a Bangkok canal while celebrating Songkran. Nation Thailand reports that the tourist’s body was recovered from the...
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Two flights that left Thailand for Tel Aviv yesterday were forced to turn back, landing at Suvarnabhumi amid escalating tensions between Israel and Iran....
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A Thai woman has been stabbed to death in London, with police criticised for their slow response to concerns for her welfare. Kamonnan Thiamphanit,...
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A couple from the Philippines has been arrested in Bangkok, accused of shipping 10 kilograms of dried cannabis to Manila. It’s alleged the couple...
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A 23 year old British backpacker, Joseph William Kershaw, was detained by authorities along the Ao Nang boardwalk after he stripped naked in front...
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Daniel Sancho Bronchalo, a popular celebrity chef and the son of a famous Spanish actor, has started his trial for the murder of Colombian...
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A woman who was filmed vaping while on a plane will be charged, according to Chiang Rai airport authorities. The authorities at Mae Fah...
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The Thai PM has made another unannounced visit to Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK), his third surprise visit this year. Nation Thailand reports that PM Srettha...
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A Thai Airways pilot has taken to social media to discuss the severity of Chiang Mai’s air pollution, saying it had the potential to...
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A British man who was too drunk to unlock the gate to his Pattaya home impaled himself after trying to climb over it. The...
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A group of foreigners, accused of touching a whale shark’s tail while diving in Phang Nga’s Mu Ko Surin National Park, are to be...
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Hot, DAMN hot! The kingdom will face unprecedented temperatures this month, according to data from the Thai Meteorological Department. The TMD has issued an...
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Officers from Krabi Immigration have arrested a British man and a British woman for working illegally at a nightclub in Ao Nang. The Phuket...
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Security measures are being tightened at Bangkok’s Don Mueang as the airport expects a surge in passenger numbers over the Songkran holiday. More than...
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A Hong Kong Airlines flight that took off from Bangkok en route to Hong Kong was forced to turn back to Suvarnabhumi due to...
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An Australian man who was rescued from drowning at Pattaya Beach remains in a coma. The incident happened shortly after 3.00am yesterday, April 1....
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All the Thai airlines are currently recording a massive uptick in passengers as locals and foreign tourists take to the Thai skies again. The...
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Alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking will be banned in Chiang Mai’s designated water splashing areas during the Songkran holiday. We’d guess you can put...
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The southern province of Krabi is facing a water crisis due to a prolonged lack of rain, with officials having to implement water rationing...
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A Thai woman has filed a police report against her Austrian husband, claiming he physically assaulted her. The 53 year old woman, named only...
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An unnamed source says Thailand’s deputy national police chief may be arrested if he fails to report to police for a third time. Surachate...
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Don’t fall for offers of being fast-tracked through airport Immigration say officials… there’s no such service. A senior official from Thailand’s Immigration Bureau has...
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Thai and Indian officials have agreed to increase the frequency of flights between both countries, according to a press release from the Thai government....
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Thailand has taken a significant step towards becoming the first country in Southeast Asia to recognise same-sex marriage. Yesterday, March 27, the lower House...
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A Norwegian man and his Thai fiancée, who lost their savings to pickpockets in Bangkok, have turned to social media in an attempt to...
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An off-duty police officer who killed a Bangkok ophthalmologist after speeding through a zebra crossing on a Ducati big bike has been ordered to...
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69 individual small packages! A Nigerian man has been arrested at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport after he was found to have swallowed 69 lumps of...
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A recently-divorced man has died after shooting himself in the Bangkok hospital where his ex-wife works. According to a Bangkok Post report, 46 year...
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As Thailand’s tourism industry roars back to full speed, and attracting many new nationalities to the Land of Smiles, there has been a noticeable...
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Thailand’s Transport Ministry says it’s considering new measures to address a raft of complaints about taxis after a huge number of complaints in a...
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A billboard ad, paid for by the Tinder dating app, has triggered a women’s right group in the northeast of the country. The group’s...
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A Hong Kong citizen has been arrested in Phuket for working illegally as a tour guide on the island. The arrest came as police...
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The Department of Employment says it’s seeing an increase in the number of Chinese and Indian nationals working illegally in positions reserved for Thai...
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The Thai PM has transferred the national police chief and his famous deputy, amid an internal dispute within the senior ranks of the Royal...
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Two coach drivers have been killed and 44 passengers injured after the bus they were on slammed into a steel pole holding a road...
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And so it continues… Another foreigner is in trouble with the Thai authorities, this time a Russian woman who allegedly kicked an 8-month pregnant...
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The Thai PM has refused to declare the northern province of Chiang Mai a disaster zone, saying doing so would negatively impact tourism. The...
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Foreigners in Thailand can expect increased scrutiny from the authorities in the wake of several high-profile criminal cases. Khaosod English reports that police have...
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Police in Pattaya have arrested a US national, wanted for allegedly running an illegal property business in Phuket and Surat Thani provinces. The 58...
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Thirteen sailors have been injured after a Thai Navy warship accidentally fired at another docked frigate. The incident happened at the Sattahip Naval base...
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In an ever-growing list, officials are investigating 9 more Phuket companies to determine if Thai nominees are being used to get around the law...
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Not the former prime minister Thaksin… we’ll get to him in a moment. But first, the current Thai PM, Srettha Thavisin, is heading to...
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There’s been a purge to arrest people working in Thailand without a work permit. Now, this… Police, acting on a tip-off that a foreign...
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One of Thailand’s low-cost airlines is facing accusations of discrimination after a wheelchair passenger was refused boarding. The Department of Empowerment of Persons with...
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Thailand’s tourism officials are hopeful this year’s Songkran holiday will generate 24.4 billion baht in revenue. The Tourism Authority of Thailand says the 5...
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After being lumped into the list of ‘worst’ airports around Asia last week, the Thai government is keen to promote a latest list from...
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Police in Bangkok have arrested a Chinese man for allegedly stealing from a fellow passenger on a flight from India to BKK. The suspect,...
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Six Thai airlines plan to add extra flights to their schedules during next month’s Songkran holiday. The carriers have all requested permission from the...
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A Swiss man accused of a violent attack on a Thai woman in a Trang shopping centre has been barred from leaving the kingdom....
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The Thai government has questioned the authority of a UK publisher that included Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang airports in a list of the worst...
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A report from the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand shows that an average of 7 women a day are sexually assaulted in the...
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A Swiss retiree accused of a violent assault on a Thai woman has rejected a bail offer from his former wife. And police say...
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Police on Koh Pha Ngan have officially arrested an American woman after it was found she was running a nursery/child care facility without permission....
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Police in the southern province of Trang have arrested a Swiss man for a violent assault that left a 58 year old Thai woman...
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Officials in Bangkok are ramping up safety measures ahead of next month’s Songkran holiday, with increased use of AI and security cameras. City Hall...
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A Thai woman has been hospitalised with serious injuries, including a broken nose, after being attacked by a Swiss man in southern Thailand. The...
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An international animal welfare organisation is criticising Thailand for the captive breeding of elephants for use as tourist attractions. Nick Stewart, Global Campaigns Director...
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Police in Bangkok have had to intervene in a scuffle involving around 20 transgender women from the Philippines and 4 Thai ladyboys. Nation Thailand...
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A power outage at Krabi International Airport at the weekend resulted in several flight cancellations and hundreds of stranded passengers. Transport Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit...
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Six Thai airlines have agreed to lay on an extra 38 domestic flights during the Songkran holiday, to address the issue of expensive airfares....
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Police at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport have arrested a Chinese national attempting to smuggle 3 kilos of heroin in baby formula containers. Phanurat Lakboon from...
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The Thai tourism minister says a total of 5,981,234 international visitors arrived in the kingdom between January 1 and February 25. Sudawan Wangsuphakijkosol estimates...
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Officials in the southern province of Songkhla have issued a warning about the presence of the stinging Portuguese man-of-war. The jellyfish-like creature has been...
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Wildfires have devasted around 30,000 rai of forest land across 3 Chiang Mai districts, according to the National News Bureau of Thailand. The fires...
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Tourism operators are calling for reciprocal visa-free entry between India and Thailand, similar to the recently-introduced arrangement between the kingdom and China. The vice-president...
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A joint operation is underway between Thailand and the US to search and remove hazardous material from the sunken Navy frigate, HTMS Sukhothai. The...
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Thai PM Srettha Thavisin has paid a second unannounced visit to Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi and expressed disappointment with his findings. The PM posted that he’d...
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A policeman has gone on the rampage in the southern province of Nakhon Si Thammarat, stabbing two women. One of the women has died....
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Police in Samut Prakan, just south of Bangkok, have charged 22 people after a group of teenagers blocked a road in order to race...
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Two students died and 13 other people were injured after a truck ploughed into a checkpoint in the southern province of Songkhla. Wissanu Tongsai,...
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Police in Pattaya are investigating the death of a 72 year old Dutch man, whose body was discovered at his condo on Tuesday evening,...
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Specifically Phang Nga. The former president of the Tourism Council of Phang Nga says the southern province is enjoying a bumper high season, thanks...
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Police in Pattaya have arrested a man on suspicion of the attempted rape and robbery of a Chinese tourist. A 41 year old Thai...
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The Thai PM has confirmed that the current visa exemption being offered to tourists from Kazakhstan will be extended. Srettha Thavisin says visa-free entry...
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But is there anything they can do? Probably not. Thailand’s transport minister says he’s responding to complaints about the high cost of domestic flights...
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Officials in Bangkok are showing off their new bridge over the Chao Phraya River, known as the second Rama IX bridge. It runs alongside...
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Thailand’s health minister Cholnan Srikaew has confirmed the current legal hours for alcohol sales will remain unchanged, despite a push to change the long-running...
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A Mongolian man has been arrested after trying to smuggle protected wild animals out of Thailand. The unnamed man was detained at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi...
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The Corrections Department says the release on parole of Thaksin Shinawatra is in line with the law. The department issued a statement to clarify...
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National Park officials are to take legal action against a tour boat company after one of their boats tied up to a coral reef...
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Thailand continues to move closer to enshrining marriage equality in law, according to a report from the National News Bureau of Thailand. The Bill...
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The government is introducing a medical coverage scheme for tourists on holiday in the kingdom, Nation Thailand reports. Foreign visitors will receive coverage of...
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Police in Bangkok are seeking two Scottish men in connection with the murder of a Burmese businessman on Tuesday, February 13. The three were...
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The body of a British man who went missing while kayaking in the southern province of Surat Thani has been recovered. Rescuers located the...
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The Thai singer, Lisa, a member of the hugely popular South Korean band Blackpink, will join the cast of The White Lotus. The popular...
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Hot, damn hot! Even hotter than the hot season last year. The Thai Meteorological Department says many parts of the kingdom will see higher...
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In what will come as a surprise to nobody, Thaksin Shinawatra will soon be released on parole, without having spent a single night behind...
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The Chinese New Year holiday has brought 13.3% more foreign tourists to the kingdom, according to Thailand’s tourism ministry. Tourism minister Sudawan Wangsuphakitkoson says...
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Officials searching for a missing British tourist, who fell into the Ratchaprapha Reservoir in the Ban Ta Khun district of Surat Thani, are using...
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The Department of Revenue will collect tax on foreign-sourced income from this year, including income from overseas employment or rental income. Whilst there has...
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A search is underway for a British tourist who fell from a kayak and disappeared in a Surat Thani reservoir. The incident happened at...
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Well, kite-surfing actually. An 8 year old boy has become the youngest person ever to kite-dsurf across the Gulf of Thailand. Thanawat “Shane” Promwaen...
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A Canadian man is in police custody in Chiang Mai after opening an emergency exit door on a Thai Airways flight as it was...
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Thailand’s Immigration Bureau is preparing for a surge in foreign arrivals over Chinese New Year, with particular attention being paid to the automatic biometrics...
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“I believe that North Korea not only has disciplined people, but also maintains traditional culture and traditions.” Thailand’s education minister is facing criticism after...
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Thailand’s Public Health Minister Cholnan Srikaew say the a revised version of the Cannabis & Hemp Control Bill is set to be presented at...
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The Defence Ministry announced on Tuesday its intention to pursue legal action against any current or former military members implicated in the illicit trade...
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Nothing screams “I’ve been backpacking in Thailand” quite like a pair of elephant pants. Except now, it seems those elephant-patterned trousers so beloved of...
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The Thai PM has carried out a “surprise” visit to Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport, to check how passenger procedures are working (or not). (His ‘surprise’...
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A 69 year old British man has died in Pattaya after falling from the window of his hotel room. The Pattaya News reports that...
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A new hotel boasts Thailand’s highest glass skywalk, offering a 360-degree view at the stunning Samet Nangshe on Phang Nga Bay, in southern Thailand....
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The extension of 30 day visa-free tourism, to 90 days, is back in the news again. Tourism officials are requesting visa-free stays to be...
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The Royal Thai Police are introducing more options for testing drunk drivers, including more timely hospital testing. The new measures were endorsed by the...
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There has been a significant rise in online searches for Thailand in China, since both countries signed a reciprocal visa waiver agreement. Google Trends...
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A Swiss man who reported his Thai wife as missing has admitted to strangling her. The 53 year old, named only as “Roland”, claims...
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A feasibility study for a “second Phuket airport” (to be located in Phang Nga) is going ahead, according to a Nation Thailand report. Transport...
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Signed, sealed, delivered. The Thai and Chinese governments have signed a reciprocal visa waiver agreement, aimed at boosting tourism between both countries. Thai PM...
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A British man has died after his parachute failed to open after he jumped from a building in Pattaya. 33 year old Nathy Odinson...
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The State Railway of Thailand will soon introduce a new service all the way between Bangkok and the Laotian capital Vientiane. Trials of the...
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Two French men have been arrested in Thailand and France on suspicion of selling fake ID cards online. The Thai authorities say the men...
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Come here kitty, kitty… Residents in Pattaya have filed a police complaint about a foreign national keeping two lions as pets. One of the...
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There were long queues of passengers at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport yesterday after a breakdown in the immigration biometrics system. The whole affair started around...
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Thai tourism officials are banking on a million foreign arrivals over the Chinese New Year holiday next month. This year, the holiday falls between...
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Come on, just one more try. Thai immigration officials say the online website for 90-day reporting has been “revamped” and expats should give it...
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BREAKING: Pita Limcharoenrat, former Move Forward Party leader and aspirant Thai PM, thanked supporters after the Constitutional Court ruled that he didn’t violate the...
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The body of a rare leatherback turtle, caught in a fishing net, has been discovered on a Phang Nga beach. The female turtle was...
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A Thai woman could face a prison sentence or a stiff fine after her Indian friend took her pet lion for a car ride...
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Police looking for an Indian national suspected of killing and dismembering a Burmese man have enlisted the help of the Indian Embassy in Bangkok....
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Political activists plan to protest alleged preferential treatment of Thaksin Shinawatra, according to a Bangkok Post report. The convicted former PM will be eligible...
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While many expats would like to see it done away with completely, the 90-day reporting requirement is at least set to become upgraded. According...
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A container carrying 25 tonnes of frozen chicken has parted company with the truck it was loaded on to, plunging from an elevated motorway...
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If you are flying domestically in Thailand, a new rule means the name on your boarding pass must match exactly how it appears in...
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National Park officials are investigating new tiger footprints found in a forest in the southern province of Chumphon (about halfway from Bangkok to Phuket)....
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Thailand’s goal of becoming Southeast Asia’s electric vehicle hub could be one step closer after it was agreed that two mineral sites in Phang...
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The accommodation booking site Airbnb says Thailand was the most popular destination with Chinese tourists during the current winter season (December 2023 to February...
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Following a third fireworks factory explosion in just over 6 months, there are growing calls to overhaul the licencing laws of such facilities. Thai...
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Around 300 Thai Airways passengers found themselves stuck at Zurich airport in Switzerland, after the carrier postponed their planned flight to Bangkok. Not once...
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The Thai authorities have responded to speculation that Thaksin Shinawatra is staying in an “apartment”, insisting the convicted former PM remains in the Police...
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Another explosion at a fireworks factory in Thailand has killed all 23 employees at the facility in the central province of Suphan Buri, just...
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An off-duty police officer who killed a woman on a pedestrian crossing by ploughing into her on his motorbike has had his prison term...
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Two foreign tourists have provoked outrage after a photograph of them sunbathing at a Buddhist temple was shared online. According to a Nation Thailand...
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The governor of Bangkok says up to 50,000 people will work from home if air pollution in the capital reaches the Red Level and...
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Thai restaurant owners are calling on the government to relax the laws governing alcohol and to lift the ban on alcohol sales between the...
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The national parks “passport”, introduced by Thai officials so people can receive a stamp for each park visited, has sold out, thanks to the...
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Police in Bangkok have arrested a South Korean national believed to be leader of a drug smuggling network. The 29 year old, named only...
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Thailand has welcomed over 600,000 foreign visitors during the first week of 2024, with the Chinese topping the list for the first week of...
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Five police officers have been transferred following a huge raid on a nightclub in central Thailand that was serving nearly 500 underage drinkers. The...
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A section of Bangkok’s Pink Line railway that was damaged when a part of the conductor rail fell onto the road below will be...
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The Thai government’s decision to implement a bilateral visa waiver scheme with China from March 1 has been welcomed by the local aviation industry....
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Netizens in Malaysia are up in arms over a video that appears to show a Thai woman filling her Thai-registered car with Malaysian-subsidised fuel....
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The authorities have discovered 7.5 kilograms of heroin concealed in a seat cushion and heading for Australia. Khirisak Tantinawachai, commander-in-chief of the Narcotics Suppression...
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Airports of Thailand expects to welcome at least 8 million Chinese travellers this year, according to AoT director, Kirati Kijmanawat. From March 1, a...
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From March 1, Chinese citizens can enter Thailand without a visa. And the same privilege will be accorded to Thai travellers to China. The...
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What used to be known as the Seven Days of Danger has been “rebranded” to become “Seven Days for Campaigning for Safe Driving”. However,...
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A 14 year old boy, who allegedly carried out a shooting rampage at Bangkok’s Siam Paragon shopping centre last October, is to remain at...
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Thailand successfully wrapped up the year with just over 27 million tourists, aligning with earlier predictions by tourism stakeholders. The surge in arrivals was...
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Bangkok has topped a list of the world’s most visited cities, beating Paris into second place. According to a Nation Thailand report, both Phuket...
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We’ve heard it all before of course. Nevertheless, Thailand’s new national police chief has vowed to crack down on drunk drivers over the upcoming...
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Rescuers searching for two women, missing after a dive boat sank near the Surin Islands in off the Phang Nga coast, believe they may...
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Following several incidents in the Andaman Sea and Gulf of Thailand, tourism operators are calling for more marine safety measures to be implemented. Eight...
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A fugitive, who remains on the run since he escaped custody in October, has been given a life sentence in absentia. Chavalit Thongduang was...
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Seven boats have sunk in the last 5 days, with eight people still missing following incidents in the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman...
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A bus carrying 30 passengers has crashed in the southern province of Chumphon after the driver fell asleep at the wheel. This follows a...
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A Bangkok worker has died after a steel sheet fell on him at an MRT construction site. Nation Thailand reports that the unnamed man...
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Another turtle nest has been discovered at Khao Lampi-Hat Thai Mueang National Park, just north of Phuket in Phang Nga province. National park officers...
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In a recent incident off the shores of Pattaya, a tourist boat named Sea Beach capsized on Saturday evening, leaving 27 foreign tourists stranded,...
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One near Chiang Mai, the other just north of Phuket. Thailand will get two more international airports, to cope with an increase in both...
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The lower house of the Thai parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favour of 4 same-sex marriage bills in their first reading. Campaigners say Thailand’s...
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An Indian national has been arrested in the central province of Nonthaburi, northwest of Bangkok, for alleged loan shark activities. Following his arrest, immigration...
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The Thai government has reminded hospitals of their obligation in law to accept ALL emergency patients, including foreign tourists. A private hospital in Bangkok...
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Police in southern Thailand have arrested a Thai pickup driver and his cargo of 15 Bangladeshi workers, bound for Malaysia. The Bangkok Post reports...
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The Thai Cabinet has agreed to forward the marriage equality bill to the House of Representatives, according to the PM. Srettha Thavisin has been...
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Bangkok officials are rolling out a long list of safety measures that will be in force during New Year celebrations in the capital. The...
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Thailand’s national police chief says it’s too soon to determine the impact of extending closing time for nightlife venues. Since December 15, registered bars...
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A tourist from Ghana has been arrested in Chiang Mai after one man died and two others were injured in a drink-driving incident. Nation...
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The government could extend the number of zones where nightlife venues can remain open until 4am. So says Interior Minister Anutin Charvirakul, after inspecting...
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From today, nightlife venues in certain parts of Thailand can remain open until 4am. Bars and clubs in designated areas of Phuket, Bangkok, Chon...
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Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul is warning nightlife venues that they must check the age of their customers by insisting patrons carry their ID cards...
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“He is a foreigner, has no relatives, we don’t know how to seek reimbursement of his medical bills. Why don’t you take him to...
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Thai cuisine has taken 17th place in a Taste Atlas list of the 100 Best Cuisines in the World, according to a Nation Thailand...
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A private hospital in Bangkok is facing charges after refusing to treat a Taiwanese tourist who subsequently died from his injuries. The tourist, named...
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An investigation is underway following the death of a critically injured tourist who was allegedly denied treatment by a private hospital in Bangkok. Nation...
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But only on January 1. The Thai government has confirmed that all bars and clubs in the kingdom can remain open until 6am on...
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But only at the BKK airport. Foreign nationals departing Thailand will be able to use automatic passport scanning machines at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport from...
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It’s turtle laying season and at least turtle has made their way to a Phang Nga Beach over the past week. National Park officials...
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A prisoner who escaped custody by fleeing a hospital where he’d had surgery for a penis infection has been recaptured. Earlier he had some...
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Interior minister Anutin Charnvirakul led a raid on a Bangkok pub on Saturday night, in which over 120 customers failed a drugs test. Thai...
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From December 15, nightlife venues in parts of Phuket, Chiang Mai, Bangkok, Chon Buri and Koh Samui can remain open until 4am. Officially. The...
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Looking to drive around Thailand? Legally? Apart from getting a proper Thai license, or having a legal international license that is recognised in Thailand...
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Two Thai police officers who allegedly allowed a German tourist facing child sex charges to flee the country are to face disciplinary action. The...
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Vietnamese rice has been judged the world’s best, followed by rice from Cambodia and India. According to a Nation Thailand report, Vietnam took the...
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“99% of people on Soi Nana are not good.” Bloggers beware! Police in Bangkok say a Chinese influencer who posted “negative content” about the...
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Thailand is set to exceed its target of 27 million foreign arrivals this year, according to the Tourism Authority of Thailand. However, it’s also...
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The reputation of the Thai education system is taking a hammering lately, with the latest findings showing 15 year old Thai students rank below...
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Footage of a Chinese tourist wearing the uniform of a Thai police officer is going viral on social media and caused a bit of...
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An inter-provincial bus transporting passengers from Bangkok to the southern province of Songkhla crashed into a tree in the early hours of this morning,...
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Thailand’s deputy national police chief, Surachate Hakparn, has ordered an investigation following allegations by a foreign media outlet that Thai police accepted a bribe...
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The chargé d’affaires at the Royal Thai Embassy in Beijing says he’s confident the temporary visa exemption for Chinese tourists will pay off given...
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Songkran, Thailand’s New Year holiday, is being given formal UNESCO recognition as a world intangible cultural heritage. Nation Thailand reports that the holiday will...
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The government’s proposal to abolish duty-free on arrival at Thailand’s airports has met with a lukewarm reception from Airports of Thailand. The airports operator...
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No news is not good news, say the government’s critics, with calls mounting for an update on the health of Thaksin Shinawatra. The convicted...
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Thailand’s education ministry has been tasked with improving English proficiency in the country after it was ranked “very low”. Thailand came in last place...
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The Tourism Authority of Thailand says the country is set to meet its target of 25 million overseas visitors by the end of 2023....
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The Thai government is considering a raft of measures aimed at boosting tourism, including transforming the kingdom into a duty-free mecca for foreign travellers....
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Thai Airways is integrating its subsidiary, Thai Smile, as part of the restructuring process being undertaken by the flagship carrier. Thai Airways will now...
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Thailand’s aviation industry is expected to recover to pre-pandemic levels in the coming year, before reaching the top 10 worldwide in ten years’ time....
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A Russian man has been arrested in southern Thailand for alleged involvement in illegal online financial transactions. According to a Phuket Express report, the...
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A total of 10 Chinese airlines are being forced to cancel flights to Thailand due to low demand. The airlines – Air China, China...
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Thailand has fared poorly in the English Proficiency Index 2023 from EF, the global English teaching institute. The index is compiled by testing 2.2...
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Thai Airways is floating a substantial aircraft order, potentially acquiring up to 90, mostly, widebody planes from Airbus and Boeing as part of a...
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Thailand’s justice system is under additional scrutiny after the escape of Chaowalit Thongduang, also known as “Sia Pang Na Node,” and his subsequent 5-week-long...
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Immigration police have arrested 6 foreign nationals, implicated in 3 separate cases, just over the past week, according to a Bangkok Post report. Pantana...
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An Iranian source says 23 Thai nationals being held captive in Gaza could be released soon as part of a hostage swap deal arranged...
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The Thai PM is defending the temporary visa waiver recently introduced for Chinese tourists, despite several airlines cancelling slots due to low demand. According...
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Eight suspects (some media are reporting up to 10) are in custody suspected of being involved in a fatal Bangkok shooting that killed a...
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Tourism officials are hoping to persuade expats to do some travelling in the kingdom to help boost the tourism coffers. Nation Thailand reports that...
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Thai police have arrested a number of Chinese nationals begging on the streets of Bangkok, including one woman who appears to have been physically...
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Two fireworks traders and a building contractor in the southern province of Narathiwat are being sued by hundreds of people impacted by a fatal...
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The Marriage Equality Bill has been given the green light by the Thai Cabinet, as the country progresses towards the legalisation of same-sex marriage....
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A 16 year old boy has been shot dead in Bangkok, in what is understood to have been a targeted shooting. The teenager was...
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The Thai PM has ordered an investigation into a video that appears to show Hamas militants taking a Thai citizen to hospital. The Bangkok...
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Two men, one from Cameroon and the other from Myanmar, have been arrested for alleged involvement in the murder of a Taiwanese man found...
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Hundreds of Thais who were scammed into travelling to Myanmar, enticed by offers of well-paid work, have been rescued. They were being forced to...
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The Thai government is continuing its drive to attract more tourists to the kingdom, with the latest proposal being 90 day stays for European...
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“The updated legislation prohibits the sale of cannabis buds for smoking or the provision of smoking equipment within shops.” The Thai Public Health Ministry...
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An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale jolted Myanmar at 8:37 am on Friday, leaving a seismic impact felt across the neighbouring regions,...
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A Taiwanese man, who had been bound and gagged, has been found dead in a Bangkok hotel room. The body of the 48 year...
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The Royal Thai Police have cleared over 9 million criminal records of Thai citizens, restoring their right to seek employment and other rights. According...
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Police on Koh Samui have arrested a 23 year old German citizen who stole a motorbike from a local resident while intoxicated. Following his...
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Airports of Thailand has reiterated a warning to anyone thinking of releasing floating lanterns in the vicinity of airports. The penalties for doing so...
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Ten Bangkok commuters have been injured following a road rage incident between a bus and a songthaew. A Bangkok bus crashed into the side...
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The Thai PM has hit back at suggestions that Chinese police officers could soon be patrolling the streets of Thailand. Srettha Thavisin was responding...
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The government says the number of international visitors to Thailand this year stands at over 23 million. Total tourism revenue is over 980 billion...
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…and not just for Russian tourists this time. Thailand’s tourism ministry is discussing a proposal to offer ‘European’ tourists visa-free stays of up to...
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The online debate continues over a proposal to invite Chinese police officers to Thailand, to “boost confidence among Chinese tourists”. A lack of clarity...
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The mother of a young teacher shot dead in Bangkok has urged investigating officers to arrest the perpetrator as soon as possible. According to...
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Paratroopers have joined the ongoing hunt for escaped prisoner Chaovalit Thongduang in the mountains of the southern province of Phattalung. Chaovalit has been on...
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The health ministry appears to be tying itself in knots trying to appease anti-drink-drive campaigners while allowing nightlife venues to remain open until 4am....
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A 4.7-magnitude earthquake struck the district of Pai, in the northern province of Mae Hong Son, yesterday afternoon, with widespread tremors reported. Pia is...
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Airport bosses and other relevant bodies in Thailand are preparing to welcome tourists from India and Taiwan, who can arrive visa-free from tomorrow. Temporary...
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There are conflicting stories circulating in the media in relation to the fate of an escaped convict in southern Thailand. Earlier, Thai PBS World...
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Whoops! Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has apologised for getting it wrong when he stated recently that extended nightlife hours would not cover alcohol sales....
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Officers from Thailand’s Cybercrime Suppression Division have arrested a man on suspicion of making an online death threat against the PM. Thai PBS World...
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Thailand’s tourism industry has been grappling with a significant shortfall in one particular demographic: Chinese tourists – in the past a principal source of...
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The Thai PM has confirmed that 23 Thai hostages being held by Hamas are safe and will be released “soon”. Srettha Thavisin was speaking...
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It seems the question of whether or not to extend nightlife operating hours in popular tourism areas hasn’t been put to bed yet. The...
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A Thai man has been arrested in Japan, following a stabbing incident in the city of Yokohama, in which one person died. A 53...
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What about us?! With nightlife venues in Phuket, Chon Buri, Bangkok and Chiang Mai being granted extended opening hours, other provinces want to do...
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It’s not the first time Anutin’s comments have triggered disbelief and frustration. This time Anutin Charnvirakul has provoked exasperation among nightlife operators. The Interior...
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Two public servants are being sought by police on suspicion of helping a convicted criminal escape. The Nakhon Si Thammarat provincial court has issued...
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Thailand has welcomed over 22 million tourists so far this year, according to government officials. The latest figures show that between January 1 and...
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A flight bringing Thai nationals home from Israel yesterday was the last such flight to be chartered, according to a government spokesman. Chai Wacharonke...
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The Grab company has had to issue a statement in response to a viral video posted by a Thai TikTok user, which claimed to...
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From November 10, travellers from India and Taiwan will be able to enter Thailand without a visa and stay for up to 30 days...
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The Thai government has confirmed that nightlife venues in some provinces, including Phuket, will be given permission to extend closing time to 4am. Interior...