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Minister gears up Thai education sector to meet the demands of foreign investors, job creators into the future

Minister gears up Thai education sector to meet the demands of foreign investors, job creators into the future

November 26, 2019

Economy, Foreigners, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

Thailand’s flagship industrial project will require a lift in educational standards if it is to attract the best firms worldwide to succeed. Minister has also… Read More ›

Thaksin’s son off the hook on money laundering charges connected with Krung Thai Bank loan scandal

Thaksin’s son off the hook on money laundering charges connected with Krung Thai Bank loan scandal

November 25, 2019

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Judges found that the monies given to Mr Panthongtae Shiniwatra were advanced as part of a new business venture that never got off the ground.… Read More ›

UK ram raider rammed back home to serve seven and a half years in prison after hiding out in sunny Thailand

UK ram raider rammed back home to serve seven and a half years in prison after hiding out in sunny Thailand

November 24, 2019

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Dangerous British criminal living in Thailand for 18 months had committed 4 ram raids by driving powerful cars into buildings and burglarising them. His last… Read More ›

German tourist dies following rescue from the local beach in Phuket after being hit by a boat’s propeller

German tourist dies following rescue from the local beach in Phuket after being hit by a boat’s propeller

November 22, 2019

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The Deputy Superintendent of Police at Kamala station revealed that the German man was swimming outside the designated swimming area of the beach when tragedy… Read More ›

Despite an export contraction, Thailand’s 2019 trade surplus grew as ministers look at prospects for 2020 

Despite an export contraction, Thailand’s 2019 trade surplus grew as ministers look at prospects for 2020 

November 22, 2019

Economy, Foreigners, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

Trade friction and world economic instability likely to continue under the present US administration. Thailand still aims for 3% export growth in 2020 and economic… Read More ›

Pope meets the PM, calls for an end to the abuse and exploitation of women and children in the sex industry

Pope meets the PM, calls for an end to the abuse and exploitation of women and children in the sex industry

November 22, 2019

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Pope Francis called for the ‘uprooting’ of the evils of human trafficking, the sex industry and slave labour in Thailand as well as other countries.… Read More ›

Pope Francis arrives in Thailand amid more trenchant criticism from western conservatives at home 

Pope Francis arrives in Thailand amid more trenchant criticism from western conservatives at home 

November 20, 2019

Culture, Foreigners, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

Pope will pray at the tomb of the Thai martyr of the Catholic church Nicholas Bunkerd Kitbamrung who was imprisoned by Thai authorities in 1941,… Read More ›

Gold snatched from Russian woman’s neck in Pattaya by a flying motorcycle thief late on Sunday night

Gold snatched from Russian woman’s neck in Pattaya by a flying motorcycle thief late on Sunday night

November 18, 2019

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The young Russian woman had stopped on the sidewalk to tend to her 3-year-old daughter when the raider struck. A motorcyclist snatched two gold necklaces… Read More ›

UK man claims FBI investigating the death of 41-year-old American held at Thai immigration jail in May

UK man claims FBI investigating the death of 41-year-old American held at Thai immigration jail in May

November 18, 2019

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UK man recalls the harrowing and sad end of the university-educated US man who was only held at the facility for 4 days. He claims… Read More ›

French man ignored official warnings and a cordon as he died taking a selfie at a popular Ko Samui waterfall

French man ignored official warnings and a cordon as he died taking a selfie at a popular Ko Samui waterfall

November 17, 2019

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The death is the second in four months at the popular waterfall and for a similar reason after 26 years Spaniard David Rocamundi Conesa from… Read More ›

American drug dealing fugitive is declared dead at Sa Kaeo hospital 8 days after shooting

American drug dealing fugitive is declared dead at Sa Kaeo hospital 8 days after shooting

November 16, 2019

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American fugitive Bart Allen Helmus was finally officially declared dead this week 8 days after shooting himself in the head with a handgun rather than… Read More ›

American arrested by police task force in Chiang Mai on a warrant related to public indecency

American arrested by police task force in Chiang Mai on a warrant related to public indecency

November 16, 2019

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Conflicting reports surround the arrest and interrogation of the American man after he tried to board a bus out of Chiang Mai, on public indecency… Read More ›

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

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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

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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 ›

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

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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 ›

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

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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 ›

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

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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 ›

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 ›

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

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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 ›