Bank of Thailand’s modest rate rise will not stymie current economic growth and momentum which is moving upwards. The last rate rise still leaves levels… Read More ›
2022 could be the year that Thai Airways returns to operational profitability as the Minister of Finance reveals that state banks will provide any required… Read More ›
Crime, Culture, Living, Thailand:
Owner of the gutted and soon-to-be demolished entertainment venue in Sattahip, Pattaya promises to make amends to families of those who died and were injured… Read More ›
Crime, Living, More News from Thailand, Thailand:
Leading social development expert says that the current discussion about the source of monkeypox infections is leading to both homophobic and xenophobic discourse as the… Read More ›
Crime, Culture, Living, Thailand:
Top engineer says Thailand does not yet seem to have learned lessons from the Santika nightclub fire in Bangkok in 2009 which killed 66 people… Read More ›
China’s diplomatic efforts are now countered by a larger diplomatic presence in the region on behalf of the United States and Japan as Foreign Minister… Read More ›
Authorities in Phuket this week confirmed that the 25-year-old German man who is believed to have picked up the infection abroad is neither homosexual nor… Read More ›
Prime Minister Prayut Chan ocha expressed optimism about the economic situation on Tuesday saying the kingdom’s prospects had not been as good since 2017. However,… Read More ›
The landing of the US House of Representatives Speaker in Taipei has triggered a major crisis between China and the United States in the region… Read More ›
Culture, Media, Politics, Thailand:
Political naiveté on the part of the leading Pheu Thai Party in believing that the coalition government, through the electoral reform process, was going to… Read More ›
Man appears to have killed his mother when tensions over business matters and his consumption of alcohol boiled over on Friday night. It is thought… Read More ›
Crime, Economy, Politics, Thailand:
The decriminalisation of marijuana is turning into a major problem for the government with chaos in ministries and agencies responsible including an anxious request to… Read More ›
City’s public health services and officials are monitoring all public health facilities to identify possible new cases and track the activities of those who may… Read More ›
As the government put off indefinitely its foreign tourism levy, this week, one of the country’s most successful conglomerates, Minor International (MINT) announced the addition… Read More ›
Human rights groups have noted since a junta official confirmed in early June that the death sentences on the men would be carried out, that… Read More ›
30-year-old Nicolas Hinckxt, a computer programmer, who worked in Belgium and was of Thai Belgian descent with a Thai mother, was in the country on… Read More ›
Monkeypox patient captured in Cambodia: African Osmond Chihazirim Nzerem identified a Chiang Mai language school as linked with his stay in Thailand on arrival last… Read More ›
On Thursday, in response to Minister Somsak’s warning about the viability of electoral reforms being put into practice, the Bhumjaithai Party leader Anutin Charnvirakul did… Read More ›
Alert and assiduous Immigration Bureau officer at Bang Khen Immigration Bureau Detention Centre in Bangkok foiled efforts by a senior serving police officer and another… Read More ›
Culture, Media, Politics, Thailand:
This new controversy arises as Thailand and the United States recently signed a joint communiqué on promoting democracy and democratic principles not only in Thailand… Read More ›
Skeletal remains of a Canadian tourist who arrived on July 6th found on a vacant Pattaya brush site in the city 
Central bank reassurances as ex-minister raises loan quality with China’s economy in trouble 
Roiled US-Chinese tensions in Asia pose Thailand with short-term leverage but a future trial ahead 
Negative reaction and horror at Thailand’s plan to charge foreigners more than locals at hotels 
Anutin: time to halt foreign tourism price deals, Thailand to be the Louis Vuitton of the world travel market 
2008 Pheu Thai minister sentenced to death for premeditated kidnap, murder of judge’s brother 
Norwegian rescued by police and medics after being found stabbed within his Pattaya hotel room 
Senator warns that Paetongtarn Shinawatra or Ung Ing, Thaksin’s daughter, is wrong for the job 
Man dragged 14-year old into a blackmail scheme leading her to take her own life as the only way out 
Top insurgent leader suspected as behind Monday night’s large bomb attack on Pattani district 
World inflation crisis may lead Bank of Thailand to act before August and raise interest rates more sharply 
Boomtime with Thailand Pass gone by July 1st along with 2 am closing and face mask easing in public 
Marijuana revolution and overdoses raise concern with calls for action to outlaw recreational use 
Ferrari Joe could still face death penalty when case outcome is later reviewed by the Court of Appeal 
Concern for the Thai baht and liquidity if Thailand does not move swiftly to raise interest rates 
Proposal to scrap Thailand Pass comes as moves to return to normal face a new hurdle: politics 
Conflicting signals nationwide and in Phuket on face mask mandate with two volte-faces this week 
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