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Thailand turns to China in 2023 for GDP growth in a world buffeted in real-time by raw geopolitics

Thailand turns to China in 2023 for GDP growth in a world buffeted in real-time by raw geopolitics

January 17, 2023

Economy, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Sentiment regarding the economy has been rising since the return of Chinese tourists on January 9th last. However, with geopolitical tensions and indeed a trade… Read More ›

Pheu Thai knocks Palang Pracharat Party coalition talk on the head with more bad news for Prawit 

Pheu Thai knocks Palang Pracharat Party coalition talk on the head with more bad news for Prawit 

January 15, 2023

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

Pheu Thai’s presumed candidate for prime minister in this year’s General Election gave short shrift to media rumours and speculation of a Pheu Thai coalition… Read More ›

Bentley case gets murkier with methamphetamine detected in owner’s bloodstream but not drunk

Bentley case gets murkier with methamphetamine detected in owner’s bloodstream but not drunk

January 14, 2023

Crime, Culture, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Blood test which according to police was taken within one hour of the incident revealed just 10.73 milligrammes of alcohol, well below the 50 milligrammes… Read More ›

Corruption and the role of the unelected Senate in electing the next PM to be General Election issues

Corruption and the role of the unelected Senate in electing the next PM to be General Election issues

January 11, 2023

Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

A recent Super Poll result showed that over 95% of Thai people want to see a new prime minister in 2023 but an even larger… Read More ›

Reverse course as Minister Anutin confirms all are welcome to Thailand even without a Covid vaccine

Reverse course as Minister Anutin confirms all are welcome to Thailand even without a Covid vaccine

January 9, 2023

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

China’s huge Covid wave continues unabated with more countries requiring testing for Chinese arrivals. Thailand’s Minister of Public Health Anutin however has insisted that all… Read More ›

UK man’s killer behind bars after shooting him off his motorbike on Thursday at point-blank range

UK man’s killer behind bars after shooting him off his motorbike on Thursday at point-blank range

January 7, 2023

Crime, Culture, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Man accused of murdering UK national, while apologising for his actions after surrendering to police, insisted that he was provoked by the victim during a… Read More ›

Tourism industry blow: Entry criteria for all arrivals reimposed in response to the arrival of Chinese tourists 

Tourism industry blow: Entry criteria for all arrivals reimposed in response to the arrival of Chinese tourists 

January 6, 2023

Culture, Economy, Living, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

No firm details yet as to what date the new regime comes into force nor how it will be administered. Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said it… Read More ›

Thai woman got call from parent’s mobile phone to be told they had died in the Poipet casino fire tragedy

Thai woman got call from parent’s mobile phone to be told they had died in the Poipet casino fire tragedy

January 3, 2023

Crime, Culture, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Death toll already confirmed at 33 is likely to rise to 42 with nine unaccounted-for people thought to have perished and 28 people still being… Read More ›

Ministers urged to tread cautiously on new entry requirements as China reopens to foreign travel this week

Ministers urged to tread cautiously on new entry requirements as China reopens to foreign travel this week

January 1, 2023

Culture, Economy, Living, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

The conflicting reports over the weekend were the product of two high-powered committee meetings within the Ministry of Public Health ahead of a meeting of… Read More ›

Death toll in casino disaster could be as high as 50 with 10 bodies repatriated to Thailand on Friday

Death toll in casino disaster could be as high as 50 with 10 bodies repatriated to Thailand on Friday

December 30, 2022

Crime, Culture, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Thai man tells how his father came to gamble on Wednesday night at the Grand Diamond Casino in Poipet but in the early hours of… Read More ›

Tourism minister’s plan to offer vaccines to foreign tourists as recovery mired at 29% of 2019

Tourism minister’s plan to offer vaccines to foreign tourists as recovery mired at 29% of 2019

December 28, 2022

Culture, Economy, Living, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Thailand’s long and slow recovery of its foreign tourism industry continues with a somewhat ambivalent attitude towards the now imminent prospect of a return of… Read More ›

Heat turned up over the Sukhothai naval tragedy with 19 thought to have perished and 10 missing

Heat turned up over the Sukhothai naval tragedy with 19 thought to have perished and 10 missing

December 26, 2022

Living, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Opposition threatening to bring Prime Minister Prayut Chan ocha, who is also the Minister of Defence, before a House of Representatives committee to be grilled… Read More ›

Pheu Thai, Palang Pracharat coalition now a distinct possibility after the next General Election in 2023

Pheu Thai, Palang Pracharat coalition now a distinct possibility after the next General Election in 2023

December 24, 2022

Culture, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Palang Pracharat has risen in the polls since September with the party setting forth no-nonsense policies despite an exodus of MPs. A political expert at… Read More ›

‘The Serpent’ serial killer who terrorised Bangkok released by Nepal on human rights grounds

‘The Serpent’ serial killer who terrorised Bangkok released by Nepal on human rights grounds

December 22, 2022

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

The 78-year-old thief and murderer profited handsomely and lived in luxury off his exploits since he was arrested in India in 1976 even while spending… Read More ›

Family in effort to repatriate young Irishman who died while kayaking in Surat Thani last weekend

Family in effort to repatriate young Irishman who died while kayaking in Surat Thani last weekend

December 20, 2022

Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Irish Department of Foreign Affairs through the Irish Embassy in Bangkok seeking an official report on the Irishman’s death and helping to make arrangements for… Read More ›

PM upholds status quo as he seeks a path back to power with the help of the Bhumjaithai Party

PM upholds status quo as he seeks a path back to power with the help of the Bhumjaithai Party

December 18, 2022

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

Bizarre media coverage of Thailand’s political scene this week makes it look as if the chances of a possible alliance between the Bhumjaithai Party and… Read More ›

Pheu Thai to knock back skyrocketing electricity costs hitting business with a 21% rise in 2023 already confirmed

Pheu Thai to knock back skyrocketing electricity costs hitting business with a 21% rise in 2023 already confirmed

December 15, 2022

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

The business sector, in recent months, is expressing higher confidence with the return of foreign tourism at critical levels but is expecting to be left… Read More ›

3 out 4 believe that Pheu Thai will take power in 2023 with a third Shinawatra taking the reins

3 out 4 believe that Pheu Thai will take power in 2023 with a third Shinawatra taking the reins

December 13, 2022

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

Barring an unforeseen political shock that dramatically alters the political landscape, it now looks like Thailand will elect a Pheu Thai Party government in next… Read More ›

Two Polish fiends sought by Pattaya police for a callous, cruel and sadistic attack on a Cambodian woman

Two Polish fiends sought by Pattaya police for a callous, cruel and sadistic attack on a Cambodian woman

December 9, 2022

Crime, Culture, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Police investigating a horrific attack on a 30-year-old Cambodian woman by two Polish men are looking at whether it may have been a grudge held… Read More ›

UK man arrested on a Sisaket road for 75-day visa overstay faces Bangkok jail and eventual deportation

UK man arrested on a Sisaket road for 75-day visa overstay faces Bangkok jail and eventual deportation

December 7, 2022

Crime, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

30-year-old Michael McLaughlin at first denied any knowledge of breaking the law but later changed his story by admitting he was hiding in Sisaket because… Read More ›

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