Thai government to use blockchain technology in VAT refund scheme for foreign tourists using an app

Thai government to use blockchain technology in VAT refund scheme for foreign tourists using an app

November 16, 2019

Economy, Foreigners, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

Complete revamp of the VAT refund scheme will see it now available at 8 international airports and the ceiling raised to ฿30,000. From the end… Read More ›

Police in the trail of ฿5 million taken from a Thai man’s bank account through forgery and duplicity 

Police in the trail of ฿5 million taken from a Thai man’s bank account through forgery and duplicity 

November 15, 2019

Crime, Foreigners, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

Since learning of the calamity on Wednesday and reporting it to his bank and the police, the 61-year-old man named as Hieraem Ekkaphat has had… Read More ›

Thai wife with cancer decides to take her handsome husband with her in a desperate act of murder-suicide

Thai wife with cancer decides to take her handsome husband with her in a desperate act of murder-suicide

November 14, 2019

Crime, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Police are still carrying out a detailed forensic examination and keeping an open mind but when they entered the bedroom early on Thursday morning the… Read More ›

Wine taster leaves supermarket with a bill for 8 bottles of wine before making his choice

Wine taster leaves supermarket with a bill for 8 bottles of wine before making his choice

November 14, 2019

Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Thai man’s leisurely wine tasting session goes viral and makes international media after he uncapped and tasted nine bottles on a visit to a local… Read More ›

Dire warnings from farm experts on trade, output and the food chain as ban set to kick in

Dire warnings from farm experts on trade, output and the food chain as ban set to kick in

November 13, 2019

Economy, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Rice exporters support the ban and see it as a shift towards Thailand becoming an organic source of world agricultural produce in an evolving market.… Read More ›

Black Mercedes driver give the finger to an ambulance carrying a seriously ill passenger

Black Mercedes driver give the finger to an ambulance carrying a seriously ill passenger

November 13, 2019

Foreigners, Living, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

Online and media outrage over the incident has led to an investigation of the car’s owner which is a company in the ​​Ramkhamhaeng area of… Read More ›

Rough justice meted out by former senior policeman at a Thai provincial court as 3 die in shoot out

Rough justice meted out by former senior policeman at a Thai provincial court as 3 die in shoot out

November 12, 2019

Crime, More News from Thailand, Thai World, Thailand:

The bizarre and shocking mass killing brings the number of security incidents in the last 6 weeks linked with Thai court buildings to 3 as… Read More ›

Fears for Thai consumers gaining access to European alcoholic drinks in free trade pact

Fears for Thai consumers gaining access to European alcoholic drinks in free trade pact

November 11, 2019

Economy, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Thailand is pressing ahead with new trade deals and opportunities despite the challenging world economic environment and the see-saw speculation on US Chinese trade negotiations.… Read More ›

An American nutcase in Thailand insults locals, harasses a local restaurant in Chiang Mai

An American nutcase in Thailand insults locals, harasses a local restaurant in Chiang Mai

November 11, 2019

Crime, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

46-year-old American has been intimidating a Thai woman at her place of business in Chiang Mai even after being arrested and charged by police after… Read More ›

Thailand hit by online fraud schemes with billions lost by savers looking for a quick buck

Thailand hit by online fraud schemes with billions lost by savers looking for a quick buck

November 10, 2019

Crime, Living, Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

As policemen in Udon Thani worked overtime on Saturday to interview victims of the ‘Mae Manee’ fraud in which 4,000 people are estimated to have… Read More ›

Westerner facing up to 7 years for yanking open aircraft door as it taxied for takeoff nearly causing disaster

Westerner facing up to 7 years for yanking open aircraft door as it taxied for takeoff nearly causing disaster

November 10, 2019

Crime, Foreigners, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

The incident occurred on Wednesday and the young man, who looked to be in his twenties, had to be controlled by security personnel and forcibly… Read More ›

Former Thai district leader guns down three generations in a dispute over a ฿13 million debt

Former Thai district leader guns down three generations in a dispute over a ฿13 million debt

November 9, 2019

Crime, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

An appalling crime in Chumphon province on the southern coast shows again the deadly nature of debt in Thailand as an elderly man commits mass… Read More ›

Suspect arrested linked to Yala outrage as top brass face up to a new threat in the South

Suspect arrested linked to Yala outrage as top brass face up to a new threat in the South

November 9, 2019

Crime, Foreigners, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

Some security sources have identified a shadowy separatist revolutionary group with a paramilitary arm known the Barusi Revolusi Nasional as the force behind a new… Read More ›

American Bart Allen Helmus kept alive with an artificial respirator at Sa Kaeo’s Crown Prince hospital

American Bart Allen Helmus kept alive with an artificial respirator at Sa Kaeo’s Crown Prince hospital

November 8, 2019

Crime, Foreigners, Personal, Thailand:

The two prison escapees are both being treated in the intensive care under guard at Sa Kaeo’s Crown Prince Hospital. It comes as the third… Read More ›

70-year-old German man attacked in Phuket in a home invasion by two men with long knives

70-year-old German man attacked in Phuket in a home invasion by two men with long knives

November 8, 2019

Crime, Foreigners, Personal, Thailand:

His 50-year-old Thai wife arrived home just in the nick of time as the men had tied the German man to a chair with black… Read More ›

Thai owned pirate movie website closed down by DSI police one of the biggest in the world 

Thai owned pirate movie website closed down by DSI police one of the biggest in the world 

November 8, 2019

Crime, Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Owner of the website which has been online since 2014 and generating ฿5 million a month in advertising revenue is a Thai national living abroad. … Read More ›

Efforts by Bank of Thailand to rein in the Thai baht as it hovers near ฿30 to the dollar in recent days

Efforts by Bank of Thailand to rein in the Thai baht as it hovers near ฿30 to the dollar in recent days

November 7, 2019

Economy, Foreigners, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

Business leaders accept that Thailand has two problems, one being the high value of the Thai baht and the other being the disruption to world… Read More ›

American inmate in a coma after shooting himself when police surrounded him and his Thai wife

American inmate in a coma after shooting himself when police surrounded him and his Thai wife

November 7, 2019

Crime, Foreigners, Personal, Thailand:

It is clear that Bart Allen Helmus who when originally arrested by police last July in Pattaya was found with a gun and 200 bullets,… Read More ›

Cambodian opposition will be denied entry into Thailand as it seeks to topple Hun Sen

Cambodian opposition will be denied entry into Thailand as it seeks to topple Hun Sen

November 6, 2019

More News from Thailand, Thai World, Thailand:

Key Cambodian leaders have said that they will return to Cambodia on November 9th via Thailand in recent days. Sam Rainsy, the founder of the… Read More ›

American escapee tried to kill his wife as police net closed on them in Sa Kaeo province

American escapee tried to kill his wife as police net closed on them in Sa Kaeo province

November 6, 2019

Crime, Foreigners, Personal, Thailand:

The three inmates who made a daring escape from the Pattaya Provincial Court cells on Monday were back in custody with 48 hours on Wednesday… Read More ›