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Bt40 Billion Cash for Thai Farmers Meant to Stimulate Local Economy
Money to be given to poor rice farmers at Bt1,000 per rai is aimed at boosting local economy which is now sluggish. CHIANG RAI – Deputy Prime Minister Pridiyathorn Devakula asserted Friday that the...
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Rolls Royce Bangkok Donates Funds to Build School in the Mountains of Chiang Rai
CHIANG RAI – Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Bangkok made a donation of 500,000 baht to the Chao Phya Abhai Raja Siammanukulkij foundation. The donation was handed over to Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Bangkok made...
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District of Wiang Kaen in Chiag Rai Improves Landscape of Phu Chi Fa Forest Park
Phu Chi Fa national park CHIANG RAI – The district of Wiang Kaen in the northern province of Chiang Rai has started its landscape improvement plan at its key tourist attraction – Phu Chi Fa. As the...
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Chiang Mai to Host “Chiangmai Golf Classic 2014”
The US$750,000 (24.4 million baht) Chiangmai Golf Classic, originally scheduled to take place in July, was postponed The city of Chiang Mai is set to host an international golf tournament in...
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Australian Jack Hansen-Bartel’s Brutal Attack- “A Nightmare in Koh Samui”
Cowards’ punches: Melbourne’s Jack Hansen-Bartel says his life has been turned on its head by an attack in a Thai nightclub. Photo: Supplied KOH SAMUI – Australian Jack Hansen-Bartel didn’t see the...
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King Bhumibol Adulyadej Hospitalized with Fever
Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world’s longest-reigning monarch, was readmitted to a Bangkok hospital late on Friday - - BANGKOK – Thailand’s 86-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej was admitted...
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Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha to “Reward Police” for Solving Koh Tao...
Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha BANGKOK – Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said Friday that he would offer rewards to the police team for their well-done job in their successful resolving of the...
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Thai Police Deny Burmese Workers Arrested for Britons Murders are “Scapegoats”
Burmese migrant workers and paraded them in public KOH TAO – Thai authorities on the Island of Koh Tao are insisting that they did not pin the murders of two British tourists on the two Buremese as...
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Health Experts Call for More Sex Education as Teen Pregnancy Rising in Thailand
Figures for 2012 reveal that 15,440 adolescents aged 15-19 had repeat pregnancies. An alarming 880 adolescent mothers gave birth for a third time. - - CHIANG RAI -- Thailand will not overcome its...
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Rubber Farmers in Chiang Rai Cry Foul Over Subsidies to Rice Farmers
Weighing Rubber before sale in Chiang Rai Province CHIANG RAI – Farmers of various crops are crying foul over the government decision to award subsidies to rice farmers while ignoring the others....
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British Human Rights Activist Andy Hall Sends Team of Lawyers to Defend...
Andy Hall, the activist for the rights of migrant workers in Thailand, said yesterday that he was sending a team of lawyers to see the two Myanmar workers charged KOH TAO – British Human Rights...
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Australian David Crooks Found Hung in Chiang Mai Hotel
Volunteer English Teacher David Crooks – Photo Linkedin CHIANG MAI – An Australian man was found dead in a cheap hotel in Chiang Mai yesterday in what appears to be a suicide. Police have identified...
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Thai Parking Attendant Attacks 70 Year Old Briton with Stick
The attack caused considerable damage to Mr Hayward’s arm – Photo Thai Rath - PATTAYA – A young Thai man has been arrested for assaulting a 70-year-old British man in Pattaya Klang in the fit of rage...
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Man Arrested For Rape of 23 Year Old Danish Girl – VIDEO
Police say the man, identified simply as Banleng - CHON BURI – A Thai National previously convicted of attempted murder has been arrest for allegedly raping a 23-year-old Danish tourist in Chonburi...
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Two Indian Tourists Drown in Krabi While Belgian Drowns in Koh Tao
Rescue workers recover the bodies of two Indians that drowned PHUKET – An Indian couple has reportedly drowned after their chartered long-tailed boat capsized in bad weather off southern Thailand’s...
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Russian Fugitive Dies in Bangkok Immigration Holding Cell Prior to Extradition
Russian National Andrei Tsirp BANGKOK – Russian National Andrei Tsirp, who was being detained in a Thai Immigration detention center was found dead Monday morning in Bangkok. Head of the Consular...
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World Bank Director Slashes Thailand’s Growth Estimate in Half
Ulrich Zachau, the World Bank’s country director for Southeast Asia. - - BANGKOK – The World Bank said Monday that Thailand’s economy is expected to expand 1.5% this year, the slowest pace in Southeast...
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Wild Elephant Stomps Buddhist Monk To Death In Trat Thailand
Temple boys told the police that several wild elephants entered the temple area last night as they used to in the past few months looking for food. - = TRAT – Buddhist monk Phra Prasit Jakavaro of...
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Rights Group Say’s Koh Tao Murder Suspects Tortured by Thai Police
A cameraman films the two murder suspects behind bars at the detention centre on Koh Samui on Saturday. (Photo: Supapong Chaolan) KOH TAO – The Myanmar Migrant Labour Association a group representing...
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2.2 Quake Hits Mae Suai District of Chiang Rai Province
Mild Earthquake 2.2 Hits Chiang Rai CHIANG RAI – Another earthquake has been reported in Mae Suai District of Chiang Rai Province. Fortunately, no injuries or damages have been reported so far. At 22...
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