Personal

Immigration Bureau confirms amnesty extension, also allows one last extension to October 26th

Immigration Bureau confirms amnesty extension, also allows one last extension to October 26th

July 26, 2020

Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Automatic extension of the visa amnesty until September 26th to appear in the Royal Gazette as Immigration Bureau clarifies the situation for those who entered… Read More ›

Anger at news that Red Bull heir is free to return to Thailand after charge is dropped by Bangkok prosecutor

Anger at news that Red Bull heir is free to return to Thailand after charge is dropped by Bangkok prosecutor

July 25, 2020

Crime, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

A spokesman for the Royal Thai Police on Friday said police are powerless to interfere in the decision by the prosecutor in the case to… Read More ›

Prime Minister indicates that the cabinet reshuffle will be complete very shortly with no problem

Prime Minister indicates that the cabinet reshuffle will be complete very shortly with no problem

July 23, 2020

Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

The names of new ministers in a cabinet reshuffle, brought about by the resignation of six ministers in the last week, have been finalised. The… Read More ›

Police investigate flash student protests over the weekend, top activist calls for urgent legal action

Police investigate flash student protests over the weekend, top activist calls for urgent legal action

July 20, 2020

Economy, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Political experts in Thailand are not holding out much hope for the flash protests staged on Saturday evening and Sunday organised by a body calling… Read More ›

Peaceful anti-government protest led by ‘Free Youth’ movement breaks out in central Bangkok on Saturday

Peaceful anti-government protest led by ‘Free Youth’ movement breaks out in central Bangkok on Saturday

July 19, 2020

Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

The protest started at around 5 pm on Saturday and took over the base around the Democracy Monument in the centre of Bangkok. The organisers… Read More ›

Doors closed to a European diplomat who came from the airport to a Bangkok condo building after flight

Doors closed to a European diplomat who came from the airport to a Bangkok condo building after flight

July 17, 2020

Economy, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Standoff in Khlong Toei as police were called at 8 pm after a European Union diplomat insisted on access. The incident drew clarification today from… Read More ›

Screw tightens for foreign tourists as visa expiry date of July 31st beckons with even fewer options to stay 

Screw tightens for foreign tourists as visa expiry date of July 31st beckons with even fewer options to stay 

July 16, 2020

Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

For US citizens who need to leave Thailand by July 31st and cannot afford a flight, the embassy is offering a ‘repatriation loan’ facility to… Read More ›

Thailand may have to live with the virus but can recover in two years says outgoing central bank chief

Thailand may have to live with the virus but can recover in two years says outgoing central bank chief

July 15, 2020

Economy, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Outgoing Bank of Thailand boss, Veerathai Santiprabhob, says economic recovery may mean having to live with up to 30 infections per day as the government… Read More ›

Mystery Egyptian military flight revealed as exposing Thailand to the Covid 19 virus in Rayong province

Mystery Egyptian military flight revealed as exposing Thailand to the Covid 19 virus in Rayong province

July 14, 2020

Economy, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

A 43-year-old Egyptian soldier was only tested on Saturday having flown from Rayong’s UTapao Airport on Friday to Chengdu in China and back again. The… Read More ›

Somkid ready to bow out of government as September cabinet reshuffle seems to be on the cards

Somkid ready to bow out of government as September cabinet reshuffle seems to be on the cards

July 12, 2020

Economy, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Prime Minister Prayut Chan ocha has revealed that he has already approached some economists to take up a role in his new government but that… Read More ›

Elderly man murders wife in Nakhon Ratchasima after she denied him money for alcohol and cheap kicks

Elderly man murders wife in Nakhon Ratchasima after she denied him money for alcohol and cheap kicks

July 11, 2020

Crime, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

63-year-old Amnuay Boonsong, originally from Surin province, was arrested on Friday night in the centre of Nakhon Ratchasima. He admitted to carrying out the appallingly… Read More ›

Mini cabinet meets to focus on efforts to boost Thailand’s decimated post virus economy – May’s exports fell

Mini cabinet meets to focus on efforts to boost Thailand’s decimated post virus economy – May’s exports fell

July 10, 2020

Economy, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

The move comes as Thailand’s economic leadership resumes regular meetings with dismal numbers emerging from the country’s industrial and export sector for May. Thailand’s exports,… Read More ›

Senior Thai officials and medical elite warn that Covid 19 remains a threat even with borders closed to travellers

Senior Thai officials and medical elite warn that Covid 19 remains a threat even with borders closed to travellers

July 9, 2020

Economy, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Thailand’s Covid 19 centre has warned of complacency among the Thai public following the publication of an opinion poll this week which showed two-thirds of… Read More ›

Mysterious death of Australian man found on Saturday in Pattaya ruled as suicide, case closed by local police

Mysterious death of Australian man found on Saturday in Pattaya ruled as suicide, case closed by local police

July 8, 2020

Crime, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Maid at the Pattaya condominium remembered Mr Andrew Tomlinson as a quiet man who had lived there for 3 years without incident. His death, revealed… Read More ›

UK PM’s partner targets monkey coconut trade as animal rights group gets Thai products removed in shops

UK PM’s partner targets monkey coconut trade as animal rights group gets Thai products removed in shops

July 6, 2020

Economy, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Boris Johnson’s partner applauds UK retailers for their ban on products using monkey labour linked with Thailand’s coconut farmers. Leading UK retailers turn their back… Read More ›

Drunk soldier who overturned pickup guns down a diligent policeman trying to rescue him in a stupor

Drunk soldier who overturned pickup guns down a diligent policeman trying to rescue him in a stupor

July 5, 2020

Crime, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

The tragedy played out in the early hours of Friday morning leaving a popular police volunteer dead, a young man facing a murder charge and… Read More ›

Prosecutors urge police to track down location of Red Bull heir to allow for extradition proceedings against him

Prosecutors urge police to track down location of Red Bull heir to allow for extradition proceedings against him

July 2, 2020

Crime, Personal, Politics, Thailand:

The heir to a family fortune estimated in billions of dollars underpinned by the world-famous Red Bull drink, Vorayuth ‘Boss’ Yoovidhya, is somewhere out there… Read More ›

Lawyer tells senior CSD police that his hands are clean in relation to any alleged prison escape plot by Banyin

Lawyer tells senior CSD police that his hands are clean in relation to any alleged prison escape plot by Banyin

June 30, 2020

Crime, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Korn Kanthieng met the police and answered questions for nearly five hours on Tuesday. They are investigating the alleged plot linked to former Deputy Commerce… Read More ›

Election of a new ruling party leader, shifts focus now to the future of the economics czar Somkid and his team

Election of a new ruling party leader, shifts focus now to the future of the economics czar Somkid and his team

June 28, 2020

Economy, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

The election last Saturday in Muang Thong Thani, just outside Bangkok, of Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan as the leader of the ruling Palang Pracharat… Read More ›

Supreme Court, in a final decision, confirms reduced jail sentences for five 2007 UDD Redshirt riot leaders 

Supreme Court, in a final decision, confirms reduced jail sentences for five 2007 UDD Redshirt riot leaders 

June 27, 2020

Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Lawyer for the five men sentenced ask that they be handed down suspended sentences at Friday’s hearing but the Supreme Court found the nature of… Read More ›

Thailand's News for Foreigners