Dengue Vaccine for Children to be Available in Thailand Within Two Years
The vaccines will be valid for children aged between two and 14 years, and each vaccination course will provide protection for two years. CHIANG RAI - A dengue fever vaccine for children will become...
View ArticleCar Bomb Explodes in Yala Killing 3 and Injuring more than 30
Firemen trying to stop the flames from spreading at the site where a car bomb exploded outside a hotel at Betong district in Thailand’s southern province of Yala on July 25, 2014. YALA – A car bomb...
View ArticleThailand Travel Shield Insurance May Now be Purchased by Tourists
Thailand Travel Shield is between 650 baht and 12,000 baht CHIANG RAI – The Tourism Authority of Thailand signed a memorandum of understanding with the Office of Insurance Commission (OIC) on...
View ArticleThailand Tourism: Happiness on the Streets of Bangkok
the Happiness Street Festival was opened by Admiral Narong Pipatanasai, Commander-in-Chief at the Royal Thai Navy and present also was the Deputy Chief of the NCPO in charge of overseeing tourism...
View ArticleKengtung Myanmar, A Gem in the Golden Triangle
Discover old monasteries and churches in Myanmar’s frontier, Kengtung MYANMAR – In this frontier land in Myanmar, blue-green mountains surround you, wreathed in tendrils of mist and capped with...
View ArticlePornanong Phatlum Thailand’s hero in LPGA International Crown
Pornanong Phatlum emerged as Thailand’s star Saturday OWINGS MILLS, Md. – The Jutanugarn sisters were a formidable pairing over the first two days of the International Crown, but Pornanong Phatlum...
View ArticleTwo Japanese Tourists Injured in Train Derailment in Ratchaburi
The locomotive and seven of 18 cars jumped the tracks at Tambon Tha Pha - RATCHABURI – Two Japanese tourists were slight injured when a luxury sleeper train derailed in Ban Pong district of Ratchaburi...
View ArticleBangkok Bus Driver Has Epileptic Seizure Crashes Bus into Building
Metro Bangkok bus driver reportedly had an epileptic fit while traveling through the Din Daeng area Sunday BANGKOK – The Department of Transport in Thailand really needs to screen its drivers better....
View ArticleHandicrafts of Chiang Rai’s Hill Tribes: Explore the Royal Projects of Doi Tung
Multi-generational workers Doi Tung Royal Project Chiang Rai Thailand - CHIANG RAI – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and the Doi Tung Development Project are inviting Thai and foreign tourists...
View ArticleFloodwaters Subside in Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai District, Market Reopen
Water overflowed into trading areas on both sides of the Mae Sai, which also serves as border line between Thailand and Myanmar. CHIANG RAI – Mae Sai border market in Chiang Rai reopened on Monday...
View Article10 Year Old Girl Killed in Pattani Insurgent Bombing
Members of a bomb squad inspect damaged vehicles after a bomb explosion outside a hotel at Betong district in Thailand’s southern province of Yala PATTANI – A ten-year-old girl was killed and many...
View ArticleSpanish National Fernando Navaro Nabbed in Pattaya for Credit Card Skimming
Fernando Maunel Navaro, 56, was arrested with a data recorder, 109 recorded electronic cards and 1,000 unrecorded cards - - PATTAYA – At a press briefing, the acting Provincial Police Bureau Region 2...
View ArticleCouple Arrested for Ivory Smuggling at Suvarnabhumi Airport
The arrest was made on July 26 at about 6pm at the Suvarnabhumi Airport. The suspects claimed that they were paid by an Asian to smuggle the items from the Ivory Coast to Cambodia’s Siem Reap province...
View ArticleThailand’s Delicate Postcoup State Hindering Local Investment
A delivery motorcycle and taxi cab on the streets of Bangkok on July 1, more than a month after a Thai military junta took control of country. - - BANGKOK – Thailand’s imports suffered further decline...
View ArticleThailand Visa Crackdown Likely to Impact English Education
One problem is that smaller schools simply don’t have the manpower to oversee the lengthy and expensive visa and work permit process for foreign teachers. - - Thailand’s crackdown on people living and...
View ArticleAmerican James Christian Falls to His Death in Chiang Mai
The victim was identified as James Christian, 54, by a source from the Ruamjai Rescue Foundation, which attended the scene.- Photo Thai Rath CHIANG MAI – City News in Chiang Mai has reported that...
View Article3.6 Magnitude Quake Shakes Mae Lao Chiang Rai
Earthquake registering 3.6 magnitude on the Richter scale hit Chiang Rai’s Mae Lao district - CHIANG RAI – The Seismology Office of the Meteorological Department has reported an earthquake registering...
View ArticleToyota Sees Thailand Coup as Turning Point in Halting Sales Plunge
Kyoichi Tanada BANGKOK: — Toyota Motor Thailand president - BANGKOK—Thailand’s lucrative automotive industry has yet to recover from months of political instability, with Toyota’s local arm forecasting...
View ArticleThailand to Launch Website to Allow Parents to Monitor Children at Game Shops
Children play online games at an outlet in Chon Buri province CHON BURI – Parents in Thailand have a new ally in their quest to keep track of what their children are watching, as the government plans...
View ArticlePhrae Man Dies from Brown Recluse Spider Bite
The brown recluse spider or fiddleback spider, Loxosceles reclusa, Sicariidae (formerly placed in a family “Loxoscelidae”) is a spider with a venomous bite. - - PHRAE – Uthai Viengkam, 46, the man who...
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