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Thai Teacher Samadthachai Pungpong on a Mission to Help Poor Children
Samadthachai Pungpong and his students at the Borderless School in Ranong province, Thailand. - - RANONG – Education has been the driving force in Samadthachai Pungpong’s life for as long as he can...
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US, Thai Officials Planning Cobra Gold 2015
A Thai soldier shows a U.S. troop how a constricting snake native to Thailand squeezes its prey into unconsciousness. Thai soldiers shared their knowledge of the jungle with U.S. counterparts...
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Legend Resort Kicks off Loy Krathong Celebration Promotions
The Legend released details of its Loy Krathong Festival, Wednesday, hoping to snap up early bird bookings for the 6 November evening festival. - - CHIANG RAI – The Legend Resort kicked off promotions...
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Thailand’s PM Tells Thai Press, Don’t Follow Foreign Media’s “Scapegoat...
Thailand’s junta chief and Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha BANGKOK – Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha today appealed to the Thai media to stop following the same path as the foreign media claiming...
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Pol.Maj.Gen. Adul Narongsak Defends Rewarding ( Bribing) Police with Cash for...
Police officers are already required by law to turn down bribes – - BANGKOK – Pol.Maj.Gen. Adul Narongsak, said today that rewarding officers with 10,000 baht is a “morale-boosting” instrument that...
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Junta is Expected to Pass the Civil Partnership Act Legalizing Same Sex...
The bill defines “civil partnership” as “two persons of same sex who have registered under the bill” - - BANGKOK – The New Parliament (NLA) appointed by the military junta is expected to pass the...
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Thailand Authorities Arrest 53 Rohingya Migrants and 2 Human Traffickers...
The migrants arrested October 11 were ferried onto the Thai mainland from a small island in the Andaman Sea PHUKET – Thailand authorities have arrested 53 Rohingya migrants and two suspected Thai...
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Russian Nicolai Petrishin Arrested in Phuket for ATM Skimming
Nicolai Petrishin, 27, was arrested at Novotel Resort - - PHUKET – Police on the Island of Phuket have arrested Nicolai Petrishin a Russian ATM skimmer for stealing more than 100,000 baht from...
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Former Nepalese Crown Prince Paras Shah Arrested in Bangkok on Felony Drug...
Ex-crown prince Paras Shah (second left) in Thai police custody on Wednesday - - BANGKOK – Former Nepalese Crown Prince Paras Shah, who has been living in Bangkok for the past few years, was arrested...
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Myanmar lawyers Push for British Police to Conduct Independent DNA Tests in...
Some 70 Myanmar people in Japan yesterday protested in front of the Royal Thai Embassy in Tokyo, pressing for fair investigation for two men held as suspects of the Koh Tao murder case in Thailand. -...
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The Big Issue: The Unsolved Murders of British Tourists
A Thai police briefing on the investigation into the murder of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller. Photograph: Wasawat Lukharang/Demotix/Corbis - - SURAT THANI – They told Tun Tun Hteik that if his son...
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Chiang Rai Welcomes High Season as Cold Weather Approaches
From 13-16 October, temperatures in Chiang Rai are expected to drop by 3-5 degrees Celsius CHIANG RAI – Thai and foreign tourists swarm into Chiang Rai as winter is about to arrive. There will be...
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U.S. Secret Service Say’s Thailand Leading Source of Counterfeit US Dollars...
Police and court officials examine notes from a seized haul of $7.16 million in counterfeit hundred-dollar bills in Battambang, Cambodia Sept 30. Cambodian police seized the fake notes on Sept 19 near...
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Thailand’s First Water Theme Park Opens in Pattaya
Cartoon Network Amazone water park has opened its doors on 3 October, 2014. CHON BURI – The highly-anticipated Cartoon Network Amazone water park has opened its doors. This one-of-a-kind and first...
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Thai Prime Minister’s Morality Drive Comes to Pattaya
Ladyboy held in Pattaya by Tourist Police Volunteer - - PATTAYA – The Thai junta is on a morality drive and police in Pattaya are trying to help out by arresting and fining the beach resort’s...
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Malaria On the Move Again Across Mekong Sub-Region
A Cambodian boy gets tested for malaria at a clinic on the Thai-Cambodian border. Three strains of drug-resistant malaria have emerged from this area. Not only are malaria parasites growing resistant...
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Samsung Smart Learning Centre Opens New Worlds for Chiang Rai Students
Initiative focuses on problem-solving and study via the internet with modern tools CHIANG RAI – Students at a Chiang Rai-based school have held weekly meetings on how to improve a main product in...
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Tourism Authority of Thailand to Promote “Martial Law Tourism”
Tourists in Bangkok pose with Thai Soldiers – Photo Khoasod BANGKOK – Tourism Authority of Thailand Governor Thawatchai Arunyik announced the grammatically suspect “24 Hours Enjoy Thailand” campaign...
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3.5 Tremor Hits Mae Fa Luang in Chiang Rai
People in the district, Mae Chan and Mae Sai felt the tremors. - - CHIANG RAI – The Office of Seismology of the Meteorological Department reported that the 3.5 magnitude earthquake took place at...
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Prayuth Plays Down Diplomatic Concern over Tourist Murder Investigation
Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha - - BANGKOK – Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha on Tuesday dismissed growing diplomatic concern about a police investigation into the murder of two...
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