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32 Year Old British Woman Killed in Phuket Accident
The crash occurred on a road on the ‘notoriously dangerous’ Patong Hill in PhuketPhot – VR Patong . . PHUKET – A British woman was killed and a second injured when they were involved in a crash between...
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Swiss Tourist Detained by Thai Authorities over Bomb Threat
Police officers at Suvarnabhumi airport interrogate Reto Steinacher on Friday after removing him from a Bangkok Airways flight following a bomb threat. (Photo by Sutthiwit Chayutworakan) . . BANGKOK –...
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Wild Himalayan Cherry Trees Blossoming in Doi Chang, Chiang Rai
Himalayan cherry blossoms are blooming on Doi Chang in Chiang Rai . . CHIANG RAI – Mae Suai District is inviting Thai and foreign tourists to have a glance at a beautiful scenery of blooming wild...
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195 Nations Approve Landmark Climate Accord in Paris
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and French President Hollande join in the celebrations … . LE BOURGET, France – With the sudden bang of a gavel Saturday night, representatives of 195 nations reached...
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Russian Fugitives Arrested after Hiding in Phuket for 2 Years
Roman Ledenev, 33, and Alexander Bukharov, 42 , were apprehended at an undisclosed location – Photo Phuket News . . PHUKET – Thai Authorities in collaboration with Interpol have arrested Two Russian...
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Malaysia Estimates it has up to 50,000 Islamic State Sympathizers
An Abu Sayyaf fighter with Malaysian militants Mahmud Ahmad, Muhammad Joraimee Awang Raimee and Muamar Gadafi, posing with an ISIS flag . . KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai...
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Navy Wives Association Gives Away Free Blankets to Seniors in Chiang Saen
Navy Wives Association President Pranee Areenij along with members of the navy’s Mekong Riverine Unit . . CHIANG RAI – The president of the Navy Wives Association Pranee Areenij, handed out winter...
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Tourists Flock to Chiang Saen’s Doi Sa-Ngo to View Sea of Fog
Morning breaks at Doi Sa-Ngo Photo by Popumon Tih . . CHIANG RAI – Tourists are flocking to Chiang Saen Chiang Rai’ to Doi Sa-Ngo to check out the beautiful sea of fog from atop of the mountain as...
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Global Grocer Stores Selling Shrimp Peeled by Migrant Slaves in Thailand
A Burmese migrant family sorts shrimp at an open-air distribution center in Mahachai, the capital of Samut Sakhon province. , . SAMUT SAKHON– Once again Thailand is in the spotlight over it’s...
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Thai Schools Ordered to Screen Foreign Teachers for Criminal Convictions and...
Notices have been sent to all schools ordering background checks, including on any criminal convictions and the authenticity of academic qualifications . . BANGKOK -Suthep Chittayawong, deputy...
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Philippines Evacuates Hundreds of Thousands of People in Wake of Typhoon Melor
Military personnel evacuate residents from a village in the city of Legaspi in Albay province . . MANILA – Philippine officials have reported that more than 700,000 people fled the central Philippines...
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Gen Prayut Asks Asylum Seeking General to Come Home and Expose Truths
Thailand’s junta chief and prime minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha . . BANGKOK – Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-ocha today called on the former chief investigator of Rohingya trafficking racket who claimed...
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Jen’s English Tip’s – As Such and Such AS
. . As such and such as The phrases as such, and such as, have very different meanings, although they look similar.As such can be used to give the reason for something.Study the example given below.I...
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Authorities in Chiang Rai Look to Downsize Special Economic Zones Due to...
The four-lane road expansion of Chiang Saen-Chiang Khong Road in Chiang Rai will support booming border trade between Thailand, Laos and China. . . CHIANG RAI – Due to heavy protest from local...
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Typhoon Melor Tears through Central Philippines
Typhoon Melor has ripped through the central Philippines, bringing heavy rain and strong winds that left at least four people dead and millions without power, officials say . . MANILA – Typhoon Melor...
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Canadian and Bulgarian Arrested in Chiang Mai for ATM Skimming
43-year-old Todorov Ivanov from Canada, and 45-year-old Pavel Plamenov Petrov from Bulgaria . . CHIANG MAI – Two foreigners form Bulgaria have been arrested in Chiang Mai after Kasikorn bank alerted...
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Swiss National Arrested at Phuket Airport with 9mm Bullets in his Baggage
Swiss national, Andre Steinemann, 39, in police custody after two 9mm bullets and a Sig Sauer pistol magazine were found inside his travel bag – (Photo by Achadtaya Chuenniran) . . PHUKET – Swiss...
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Thailand’s Eradication of the Opium Poppy Still a Model for Other Nations
. A policeman holds poppy plants after a field was destroyed above the village of Tar-Pu, in the mountains of Shan State next to Chiang Rai . CHIANG RAI– As a child, Sopon Ayi sometimes went hungry...
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Thailand’s Military Junta Stifles Free Speech with Lese Majeste Law
Thanakorn Siripaiboon is escorted by police outside military court in Bangkok . . BANGKOK – Thailand’s military seized power last year with a promise to eventually restore democracy. But a crackdown...
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American Arrested in Chiang Mai on Child Porn Charges
James Craig Neumann (blue shirt) is arrested for child pornography in Chaing Mai – Photo Cheewin Sattha . . CHIANG MAI – American James Craig Neumann, 67, a former teacher has been arrested in Mae Tang...
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