Yearly Archives: 2011
Huay Yai Police intercepts smuggling operation
Huay Yai police intervened in an operation to smuggle mobile phones into the Rayong prison. They captured two men who were at the...
Strategy Meeting for Windsurfing club
The National Windsurf Association committee met at city hall to appraise their strategies regarding the team readiness. The secretary...
THANYAMUNDRA ORGANIC RESORT FIVE-STAR ORGANIC RETREAT OPENS AT KHAO SOK, SURAT...
Nestled among a plethora of palm trees under the soaring karst limestone mountains of Khao Sok National Park, Thanyamundra launches this Spring as a...
Khon Kaen hospital uses piano therapy for psychotic patients
Khon Kean Rajanakarindra Psychiatric Hospital in Thailand's northeastern province of Khon Kean offers psychotic patients piano lessons along with the usual range of treatments...
Sea turtle conservation at Kram Island
There is an island in the eastern province of Chonburi's Sattahip distict where sea turtles feel safe to lay their eggs. In order...
Thailand prepared to talk with Cambodia over land issue in Paris
BANGKOK, 20 May 2011-Natural Resources and Environment Minister Suwit Khunkitti expressed his readiness in attending a bilateral talk with Cambodia in Paris, adding...
Two Nigerians arrested with ‘ice’ worth Bt1 million in Bangkok
BANGKOK, May 19 – Two Nigerian men, suspected of being part of a drug smuggling ring, were arrested Thursday with 500 grammes of...
Two Czechs arrested for 2mln Euro heist
BANGKOK, May 20 -- Thailand's Immigration Police Bureau arrested two Czechs with outstanding arrest warrants from the Czech Republic and Interpol for a...
DEP sets up thaitrade.com website to boost exports
BANGKOK, 19 May 2011 – The Department of Export Promotion (DEP) is planning to open a trading website, www.thaitrade.com, within next month with...
Latest Stories
Pattaya officials stop beach camping as public debate grows over overnight use
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya municipal officers intervened after tourists were found setting up tents to stay overnight on Pattaya Beach, reminding visitors that camping...
Five-day holiday turns Pattaya beaches into money makers
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya’s tourism sector enjoyed a strong boost during the extended New Year holiday, as large numbers of Thai and international visitors...
Do rich tourists in Pattaya really care about the baht as costs rise across...
PATTAYA, Thailand – Every time the baht strengthens, the same warning resurfaces: Thailand is “pricing tourists out.” Comment sections fill with claims that visitors...
One more beer or 20,000 baht Pattaya makes it clear
PATTAYA, Thailand – The joke has worn thin. “Sorry officer, I’m too drunk to take the test” might get a laugh online, but on...
If prostitution is unwanted why does it remain so visible in Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand – Every few months, headlines return declaring that Pattaya has “cleaned up” Beach Road. And every few months, arrests quietly test that...