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Thailand to Boost Investment Opportunities and Increase Tourism
Thailand to Boost Investment Opportunities and Increase Tourism . BANGKOK – In a move to generate more investment opportunities and increase tourist arrivals, Thailand’s Transport Ministry is pressing...
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Protecting Children from Being Exploited for Sex in Thailand
Saeng holds a picture he’s drawn of a woman dressed in designer clothes © UNICEF EAPRO/2014/Andy Brown CHIANG RAI – There are no circumstances in which using children for sex is acceptable. HIV...
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Bangkok Police Point Finger at “Red Shirts” For Recent Bombings
Policemen looking at the scene of a grenade attack outside the Criminal Court in Bangkok on March 7, 2015 BANGKOK – National Police spokesman Prawut Thavornsiri has reported that Police have detained...
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Thai Immigration Arrest American Fraudster Joseph Arsenault in Bangkok
Immigration police arrest American Joseph Simon Arsenault at PB Tower on Sukhumvit soi 71 in Bangkok on Monday BANGKOK – Thailand’s Immigration Police have arrested an American Joseph Simon...
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Many Thai Children Missing out on Basic Education
Across Asia, Thailand is behind India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and the Philippines BANGKOK – The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation has reported that Thailand ranks second...
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Thailand Probes Toyota for Tax Grab over Prius
Toyota said all Prius cars sold in Thailand were made at its plant in Chachoengsao. BANGKOK – Thailand’s National Anti-Corruption Network (NACN) has asked the Finance Ministry to investigate if...
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Canadian Fraudster Antonius Ceulen aka Anthony Lippmann Arrested in Bangkok
Mr Ceulen is wanted on an arrest warrant from the District Court in Wisconsin for racketeering and fraud charges BANGKOK – Pol Maj Gen Pornchai Khuntee, Chief of the Immigration Bureau’s Division 1,...
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Expatitis in Thailand, Is Your Glass Half Empty or Half Full..
Many of the Westerners who come to Thailand to live and work come here with unrealistic expectations. Many have been here on holiday and expect that life in Thailand will be totally free of...
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Thai Government Launches Multi-Lingual Complaints Hotline For Foreigners
The government officially launched the foreign-language service of its hotline number on Wednesday. (Photo by Thanarak Khunton) . BANGKOK – Deputy Permanent Secretary Chamroen Yutithamsakul reported to...
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Thailand Inks Deal to Sell 2 Million Tonnes of Rice to China
Already 300,000 tonnes of Thai rice have been shipped. BANGKOK – Thailand’s Commerce Minister, General Chatchai Sarikulya has confirmed details of a deal that will see China purchase two million...
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Climate Change to Impact Lower Mekong River Basin
A fisherman stands on a boat as he lays his net in the Mekong river in Wiang Kaen, a district in the northern Thai province of Chiang Rai . CHIANG RAI – Future economic impacts of climate change in the...
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Chaingrai United Wins over Nakhon Ratchasima 4-2
Chaingrai United 4-2 Nakhon Ratchasima CHIANG RAI- Rungrath Poomchantuek, 22 year-old midfielder with Chiang Rai United, launched an all-round performance which secured Chiangrai United another big...
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Illegal Burning Major Cause of Chiang Rai’s Haze
Air quality tests showed that the amount of dust particles in Mae Sai district was measured at 217 microgram/cubic metre which excessively higher than standard and pose a real health threat CHIANG...
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Australian Expat “Captain Mark” Charged with Murder in Phuket
Mark Pendlebury aka Captain Mark . PHUKET – Mark Pendlebury an Australian Expat who runs a successful sail boat tour company on the tourist island of Phuket in Thailand has been charged with murder....
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American Fugative Kelly Lynn Miller Captured on Koh Lanta, Thailand
Kelly Lynn Miller, 36, fled bail in Alabama in 2009 while facing court action over a fatal car crash. PHUKET – American Fugitive 36 year old Kelly Lynn Miller who fled the US after being charged in a...
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Chiang Rai Teachers Turn in Purse Containing Bt40,000 in Cash
The teachers, from Municipality 6 School in Chiang Rai, are in Phuket as part of a trip to southern provinces for a study tour. . PHUKET – A Group of Teachers from Municipality 6 School in Chiang...
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South Korean Tourist Knocked Out by Motorcycle Taxi – [Video]
After trading kicks the tourist looks down at the driver’s leg and is knocked flat on his back by a single punch to the chin PATTAYA – A South Korean tourist was knocked unconscious with a single...
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Researchers Capture Possibly the Worlds Largest Freshwater Fish Near Bangkok
TV host Jeff Corwin (top right) and vet Nantarika Chansue (left) examine the huge freshwater stingray caught in Thailand’s Mae Klong River. BANGKOK – Researchers from Chulalongkorn University along...
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Chinese Tourist Slammed for Washing Feet in Hand Basin
This and other images of Chinese tourists washing their feet and sandals in hand basins at a Koh Phi Phi national park were shared and lambasted more than 100,000 times on Facebook and Twitter in the...
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Thailand’s Interior Minister Orders Governor’s to Tell Farmers to Stop...
Local farmers have been urged to refrain from slash-and-burn farming in order to lessen the intensity of the crisis . CHIANG RAI - The Pollution Control Department in Chiang Rai reported levels of...
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