Articles by: Carla Boonkong & Pranee O' Connor
Crime, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
Activists are calling for more gender equality within the force pointing to criminal cases involving the sexual abuse and exploitation of women which are a… Read More ›
Economy, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
Officials are emphasising the need for no panic as Omicron has landed. Prime Minister Prayut Chan ocha, over the weekend, reached out to the nightlife… Read More ›
Economy, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
A senior Thai public health official, on Monday, Dr Chawetsan Namwat, said his department had noted the mild symptoms being reported from the new Omicron… Read More ›
Economy, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul is annoyed at reports of bars serving foreigners being open in central Bangkok as the door is shut on reopening… Read More ›
Economy, Foreigners, More News from Thailand, Thailand:
As Thailand’s reopening numbers are reassessed, a massive 94% of our readers see the kingdom’s tourism industry as synonymous with nightlife while figures from November… Read More ›
Economy, Foreigners, More News from Thailand, Thai World:
A UK man with a wife who was seeking to visit her terminally ill mother found the Thailand Pass application extremely stressful this week as… Read More ›
Crime, Culture, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
Thailand’s rate of suicide is 450% of that seen in the Philippines and 272% of that in Cambodia. The growing toll of domestic abuse cases,… Read More ›
Economy, Foreigners, Living, More News from Thailand, Thailand:
This week former Minister of Finance Korn Chatikavanij described the outcome as a ‘joy’ for the nation as he warned that a fast-changing financial landscape… Read More ›
Economy, More News from Thailand, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:
The decision by Prime Minister Prayut Chan ocha to reopen the kingdom on the 1st November more decisively and liberally appears to be delivering results… Read More ›
Crime, Economy, Foreigners, More News from Thailand, Thailand:
Senior officers with the Food and Drug Administration in Thailand and police had already raided a warehouse run by Paddy the Room in Bangkok in… Read More ›
Economy, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
A key problem emerging for many tourist hotspots in Thailand for the high season is the problem with lack of recognition of the Russian Sputnik… Read More ›
Economy, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
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 ›
Economy, Foreigners, Living, More News from Thailand, Thailand:
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 ›
Economy, Foreigners, More News from Thailand, Thailand:
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 ›
Economy, Foreigners, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:
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 ›
Crime, Foreigners, Living, More News from Thailand, 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 ›
Economy, Foreigners, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:
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 ›
Economy, Foreigners, More News from Thailand, Thailand:
The devastating impact of COVID-19 on the tourism industry has caused it to shed no less than 3 million jobs or 71% of its workforce… Read More ›
Economy, Foreigners, Living, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:
The news from the UK comes as officials in Bangkok and Washington coordinate to allow 1 million free Pfizer doses to be flown into the… Read More ›
Economy, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
On Monday night in Phuket, local police launched a crackdown on bars selling alcohol in Patong, a resort on the western side of the island… Read More ›
36-year-old Israeli tourist arrested in Phuket for Ko Samui beach bar sexual assault on Sunday morning 
Chaos and confusion in central Bangkok over reports of a second series of earthquake shocks on Monday 
Tourism minister orders all Bangkok hotels surveyed as this Friday’s shocking Earthquake fallout mounts 
Travellers to Thailand nervous about new entry system being tested for security purposes by police 
Race against time to save 15 workers buried under rubble in the quake-collapsed building in Chatuchak 
Flights normal, building codes worked but will be checked as fears rise for workmen. PM briefs public 
Worst Earthquake tremors to hit Bangkok in nearly 70 years with at least 4 people dead. Toll may rise 
New era for Thailand’s foreign tourism industry may be dawning as Casino bill is approved by cabinet 
Trump’s trade war coming down hard on Thailand despite reports of talk. Reciprocal tariffs days away 
Mysterious death of young British man after Bangkok Karaoke bar incident early on Monday morning 
Massive police operation to suppress a prescription drug ring linked to Veterans hospitals in Bangkok 
Mad Dutch man removed from Krabi hotel by police after acting out on drug or alcohol-fueled frenzy 
German arrested by Immigration Bureau entered Thailand illegally last year after previous deportation 
Russians watched as Police in Phuket send US dollar bills to the Embassy in Bangkok for verification 
PM Paetongtarn’s tax affairs questioned in House Censure debate by opposition MPs over interest relief on loans 
Paedophile who lived in Phuket for 27 years as a sociable Brit convicted of 97 offences against minors 
Krabi police and Liverpool fans nab drug dealer wearing Newcastle United T-shirt after Wembley cup final loss 
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