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Top bank sees rise in money on deposit in reaction to the virus emergency and rattled markets

Top bank sees rise in money on deposit in reaction to the virus emergency and rattled markets

May 9, 2020

Economy, Foreigners, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

Bank boss also points to clients switching banks seeking stability at this uncertain time as the reason for its surprise growth in funds held. The… Read More ›

Australian hotel manager in Phang Nga province becomes Thailand’s 55th casualty from the Covid 19 virus

Australian hotel manager in Phang Nga province becomes Thailand’s 55th casualty from the Covid 19 virus

May 6, 2020

Foreigners, Living, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

Australian who died after contracting Covid 19 on Tuesday suffered from asthma. He lived and worked as a hotel manager in the Khao Lak area… Read More ›

3 western men arrested by Pattaya police at the ‘Pussycat Club’ on Saturday night and locked up

3 western men arrested by Pattaya police at the ‘Pussycat Club’ on Saturday night and locked up

May 4, 2020

Crime, Foreigners, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

Western foreigners were taken away by police and held in custody after being found in a local Pattaya bar in defiance of Thailand’s emergency decree… Read More ›

Bank predicts Thai exports to the US to be down by 9.2% in 2020 as the country picks up the economic pieces

Bank predicts Thai exports to the US to be down by 9.2% in 2020 as the country picks up the economic pieces

May 3, 2020

Economy, Foreigners, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

Removal of Thailand’s preferred export status in the US and a huge contraction in demand is to blame for the forecasted heavy loss of exports… Read More ›

Booze is back on the shelves in Thailand from Sunday, May 3rd to the relief of many thirsty foreigners

Booze is back on the shelves in Thailand from Sunday, May 3rd to the relief of many thirsty foreigners

May 2, 2020

Foreigners, Living, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

Thai PM has signed an order making the sale of booze or alcohol products legal from Sunday, May 3rd in Thailand strictly for consumption at… Read More ›

Brit from Northern Ireland brutally murdered a Pattaya sex worker early on Thursday morning at his home

Brit from Northern Ireland brutally murdered a Pattaya sex worker early on Thursday morning at his home

May 1, 2020

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

46-year-old Northern Ireland man Neil Henry Elliott picked up a woman on Soi Buakhao in Pattaya just before curfew on Wednesday night. Hours later, he… Read More ›

‘Insane’ UK man David Mitchell found praying after tossing his wife over a balcony in Rayong province

‘Insane’ UK man David Mitchell found praying after tossing his wife over a balcony in Rayong province

April 30, 2020

Crime, Foreigners, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

Police spent hours trying to get the lunatic UK man to respond and own up to his cowardly action. They discovered his Thai wife screaming… Read More ›

US man and 12-year-old Thai son face life on the streets in India if they cannot return to Thailand right now

US man and 12-year-old Thai son face life on the streets in India if they cannot return to Thailand right now

April 27, 2020

Foreigners, Living, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

66-year-old American, Geoffrey Giuliano, has lived in Thailand for 20 years near Pattaya. Both he and his son are out of money and will soon… Read More ›

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

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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 ›

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