Foreigners

92% of suicides due to the virus are among the self-employed according to expert research group in academia

92% of suicides due to the virus are among the self-employed according to expert research group in academia

April 26, 2020

Foreigners, Living, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Suicides and deaths driven by people suffering economic hardship have just begun to spike in Thailand as the government and PM Prayuth Chan ocha carefully… Read More ›

Australian man’s heartbreak cut off from his Thai wife – begs to be included on repatriation flights

Australian man’s heartbreak cut off from his Thai wife – begs to be included on repatriation flights

April 26, 2020

Foreigners, Living, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

Aussie Thai Couple who have lived in Phuket for 10 years separated by the virus. Brad Dalton was barred from the Thai repatriation flight from… Read More ›

UK Embassy in Bangkok makes contingency plans to help stranded British nationals get flights home

UK Embassy in Bangkok makes contingency plans to help stranded British nationals get flights home

April 25, 2020

Foreigners, Living, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

UK Ambassador says the UK Embassy is making contingency plans for helping UK travellers and also assisting them to get refunds or reticketing for flights… Read More ›

American jailed for 4 years after being caught with forged Canadian passport last year in Mukdahan

American jailed for 4 years after being caught with forged Canadian passport last year in Mukdahan

April 25, 2020

Crime, Foreigners, Living, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

54-year-old US man from Ohio Robert David Bell had used the fake passport extensively in Thailand and other countries. His arrest came when an eagle-eyed… Read More ›

US throws sunlight on the weakness of the virus and why Thailand may have had such good outcomes so far

US throws sunlight on the weakness of the virus and why Thailand may have had such good outcomes so far

April 24, 2020

Foreigners, Living, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

New research in the US shows directly that sunlight kills the virus and may explain Thailand’s relative good fortune even though it was the first… Read More ›

Spouses of Thai wives down under denied access to limited repatriation flights from Australia this week 

Spouses of Thai wives down under denied access to limited repatriation flights from Australia this week 

April 23, 2020

Foreigners, Living, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

Controversy as Australian spouses denied access to repatriation flights to Thailand from Australia this week as concern grows for thousands of stranded foreigners in the… Read More ›

Exports and the baht as ever are the keys to the Thai economy even in 2020, the year of the coronavirus

Exports and the baht as ever are the keys to the Thai economy even in 2020, the year of the coronavirus

April 22, 2020

Economy, Foreigners, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

The Thai baht lost 10% against the dollar in the first three months but since then has gained back 2%. Exports and economic performance are… Read More ›

Police in Phuket await post mortem results after deaths of two elderly westerners last weekend at home

Police in Phuket await post mortem results after deaths of two elderly westerners last weekend at home

April 22, 2020

Foreigners, Living, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

Two bodies were discovered last Saturday of a Canadian and Swiss man at their apartments in the Chalong and Kathu areas of Phuket. Autopsies were… Read More ›

Bampot American sent for mental health review after suspect package alert near US Bangkok Embassy

Bampot American sent for mental health review after suspect package alert near US Bangkok Embassy

April 21, 2020

Crime, Foreigners, Living, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

A US man was arrested by police and sent for psychiatric evaluation after leaving a suspicious package designed to look like a bomb outside the… Read More ›

Australian retiree is spending his own pension money on supporting the poor during the crisis in Chiang Mai

Australian retiree is spending his own pension money on supporting the poor during the crisis in Chiang Mai

April 20, 2020

Foreigners, Living, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

Aussie man with Thai wife in Chiang Mai uses his own pension money to buy food and provisions for poor people in need during the… Read More ›

Party foreigners arrested for breach of emergency decree in Pattaya and on Ko Pha Ngan island in police raids

Party foreigners arrested for breach of emergency decree in Pattaya and on Ko Pha Ngan island in police raids

April 19, 2020

Crime, Foreigners, Living, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

After the arrest of 13 party-goers, most of them foreigners, at a poolside party on Saturday, police in Pattaya are also warning that they are… Read More ›

Government moves to clarify that it is not seeking cash from the kingdom’s richest business leaders in overture

Government moves to clarify that it is not seeking cash from the kingdom’s richest business leaders in overture

April 19, 2020

Economy, Foreigners, Media, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:

Government officials deny that invitations to Thailand’s top 20 tycoons to play their part in effecting the country’s economic recovery is a ‘begging’ exercise. They… Read More ›

Stranded 66-year-old German tourist seeks help on the street from a Good Samaritan in central Bangkok

Stranded 66-year-old German tourist seeks help on the street from a Good Samaritan in central Bangkok

April 17, 2020

Economy, Foreigners, Living, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

German national on Khaosan Road returning from his closed national embassy with ฿20 in his pocket for food gets a cash handout from Thai businessman… Read More ›

UK ex WHO director warns of 2 to 3 years of chaos as IMF sees Thailand as the hardest hit economy in Asia

UK ex WHO director warns of 2 to 3 years of chaos as IMF sees Thailand as the hardest hit economy in Asia

April 16, 2020

Economy, Foreigners, Living, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

‘We’re not going back to normal’ says former WHO director as the cost of economic disruption spirals for Thailand. The IMF has predicted at least… Read More ›

Trump’s WHO decision and strident criticism of a cover-up just another big headache for Thailand right now

Trump’s WHO decision and strident criticism of a cover-up just another big headache for Thailand right now

April 16, 2020

Economy, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:

Trump’s WHO call will present Thai authorities with another problem as they still face the virus challenge and tricky efforts to restart and preserve the… Read More ›

Lockdown review at the end of April as TOT brings forward plans to use phone boxes for virus testing

Lockdown review at the end of April as TOT brings forward plans to use phone boxes for virus testing

April 15, 2020

Economy, Foreigners, Living, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:

PM says the government may consider easing lockdown measures in the last week of April as two more deaths, a Chiang Mai woman and a… Read More ›

Aussie with Thai wife arrested in Chachoengsao on sex abuse of a minor charge in New South Wales

Aussie with Thai wife arrested in Chachoengsao on sex abuse of a minor charge in New South Wales

April 15, 2020

Crime, Foreigners, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

63-year-old William James Petrie was arrested under an old 1911 extradition law and is to face a criminal charge of sexual abuse of a minor… Read More ›

Stranded Russians offered free food in Phuket as Aeroflot begins to airlift over 21,000 stranded home to safety

Stranded Russians offered free food in Phuket as Aeroflot begins to airlift over 21,000 stranded home to safety

April 12, 2020

Foreigners, Living, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

Free food in Phuket for stranded Russians as Aeroflot begins airlifts in Thailand from Phuket where there are 8,000 alone registered on the holiday island.… Read More ›

Government begins looking at borrowing options to fund huge ฿1.9 trillion economy rescue package

Government begins looking at borrowing options to fund huge ฿1.9 trillion economy rescue package

April 12, 2020

Economy, Foreigners, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

The Thai government’s efforts to raise a further ฿1 trillion in borrowing to fund its economic stimulus package is being closely watched by analysts. One… Read More ›

Germans arrested for defying local authorities in Chiang Mai and removing Covid 19 checkpoint

Germans arrested for defying local authorities in Chiang Mai and removing Covid 19 checkpoint

April 11, 2020

Crime, Culture, Foreigners, Living, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

The foolhardy and provocative action by up to 20 German nationals in removing a legal checkpoint, a measure to contain the Covid 19 virus in… Read More ›