Details emerging on the November 1st reopening are encouraging and appear to show a determination by the Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan ocha to make… Read More ›
Plans for a landbridge between the coast of Chumphon and Ranong linking the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea which would cut two days… Read More ›
Thailand’s foreign tourism big bang: 46 countries listed below from November 1st with nightlife to reopen on December 1st next. The Minister of Public Health,… Read More ›
Statement by Thailand’s Deputy Minister of Public Health caused some alarm among foreign visa holders and retirees in the kingdom but the change, on balance,… Read More ›
The government’s top legal expert, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam, has dismissed the significance of the video conversation as mere political discourse despite efforts by… Read More ›
The scam highlights the importance of data protection both by Thai firms and international firms where credit and debit cards are used. On Monday, it… Read More ›
In September, the parallel government declared an all-out defensive war on the Tatmadaw, Myanmar’s armed forces, as the will of the people to confront the… Read More ›
New outbreak comes as Bangkok is preparing ‘swab hubs’ to cater for a strong inflow of foreign tourists from November as Thailand ramps up its… Read More ›
Thailand’s foreign tourism industry is set to fly again: All foreign tourists need now is a resumption of the nightlife scene and the sale of… Read More ›
TAT boss rules out going back to the old Thai tourism formula of crowded bars and nightlife. He insists the kingdom is instead pursuing a… Read More ›
There is already growing opposition in some medical circles to the intervention of the prime minister on Monday night’s TV address to the nation where… Read More ›
No matter what happens, it is clear that if Prime Minister Prayut Chan ocha is in office after August 2022, there will be a Constitutional… Read More ›
Crime, Living, More News from Thailand, Thailand:
The newly installed immigration police chief wants to create a climate of fear against foreign criminals who are waiting for the opportunity to use Thailand… Read More ›
The government’s key economics minister underlined its green credentials as he put the environment at the centre of agricultural, tourism and industrial policy in explaining… Read More ›
Crime, Living, Politics, Thailand:
Police chief has instructed Bangkok police commanders to increasingly prosecute the gangs involved on the basis of illegal association as attacks against police property and… Read More ›
Living, More News from Thailand, Thailand:
Thailand orders 200,000 courses of a breakthrough drug to treat COVID-19 developed by scientists at US pharma giant Merck. The new treatment, taken in pill… Read More ›
The Phuket Sandbox only achieved 38,000 visitors in its opening three months, nearly 20% of whom were returning Thais while the scheme has generated a… Read More ›
Bank of Thailand senior director Ms Chayawadee Chai-Anant pointed towards a relaxation of public health curbs and rising government stimulus to prop up the economy… Read More ›
Robert Andrew, high on speed pills and crystal methamphetamine, was riding a motorbike without number plates and attempted to molest a young girl at a… Read More ›
Thailand’s public health system is a combination of public and private hospitals and the Ministry of Public Health has been moving towards reform and regulation… Read More ›
Tourism chief again plans to open up Thailand’s rock bottom tourism industry to cryptocurrencies 
Virus endgame for Thailand in sight as herd immunity is credited for falling UK infection rates 
Thai volunteer soldier in Songkhla guns down his wife and mother in law with M16 in a jealous rage 
Older Thai people switching off the internet as adults score consistently higher than OECD norms 
Drug trafficking convictions linked with Pattaya Hells Angels Biker plot quashed by Supreme Court 
Dysfunction hits reopening of Thailand to tourism as Health Minister dismisses October 1st date 
Bangkok reopening delayed as figures for fully vaccinated must nearly double by October 15th to go ahead 
Bank of Thailand boss hints at a digital baht which may help revive the virus ravaged cash economy 
Police probe ‘child sacrifice’ claim in case of an abducted 23-month-old little girl from a Chiang Mai village 
PM moves against cabal within Palang Pracharat behind failed heave against him – Thamanat out 
Thailand to halt Sinovac use after October as Foreign Minister cites damage to Thai Chinese ties 
Chastened PM Prayut survives but minor coalition parties and Anutin are the winners of the big vote 
Drug party racket busted on Ko Samui with 47 year old Russian arrested in Immigration Bureau raid on home 
‘Ferrari Joe’ bipolar mental condition treated with scepticism by the senior policeman in charge of the case 
Fears grow that Ferrari Jo will evade justice as local monk offers him support as a ‘peacekeeper’ 
‘Ferrari Jo’ arrested by police, accuses the media of slandering him, says it made him feel suicidal on the run 
Officials switch to prioritising economic recovery as CCSA expected to agree a new Covid approach 
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