Yearly Archives: 2018
Online gambling operators arrested
Bangkok - Eleven people have been arrested in connection with online gambling in Bangkok, Samutsakhon, Prachinburi and Chachoengsao provinces.
The Deputy Commissioner of the Tourist...
Chevron and PTTEP enter bidding for Erawan and Bongkot gas blocks
Bangkok - Chevron and PTT Exploration and Production (PTTEP) have filed applications to take part in an auction commissioned by the Ministry of Energy...
100 year old bell tower collapses during renovation, claims one life
Bangkok - The Engineering Institute of Thailand (EIT) is to carry out a 3D scan at Wat Phrayathamworawiharn after one person was killed and...
Cabinet transferring 24 civil servants to new posts
Bangkok - The National Council for Peace and Order's (NCPO) Chief has exercised his power under Article 44 of the Constitution to replace Pol...
Buried bodies found of murdered Briton and Thai wife
Bangkok (AP) — Police in northern Thailand said Tuesday they have discovered the buried bodies of a missing British expatriate and his Thai wife,...
Police hand over 100 kilos of marijuana for research
Bangkok (AP) — Thai police on Tuesday handed over around 100 kilograms of seized marijuana for medical research, as officials seek to produce pot-based...
Thai court finds 9 Muslim men guilty in Bangkok bomb plot
Bangkok (AP) — A court on Tuesday convicted nine young Muslim men from southern Thailand of planning to set off a car bomb in...
Sonthaya Kunplome named mayor of Pattaya
Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha on Tuesday used his powers under section 44 to appoint Sonthaya Kunplome mayor of Pattaya City.
The PM stated it is...
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When Expat fixed incomes meet a moving target
The quiet financial squeeze on retired foreigners in Thailand
Retirement is supposed to be the most predictable chapter of life. Income is fixed. Habits are...
Testosterone – Andropause
The short answer to the question, “Are all men destined to become grumpy as they age?” is NO — no man must become a...
Nach dem Countdown fragen Touristen, ob Pattaya ein Strandparadies oder eine Müllhalde ist
PATTAYA, Thailand – Kaum waren die letzten Feuerwerkslichter am Himmel verblasst, zeigte sich am Pattaya Beach ein ganz anderes Bild zum Jahresbeginn. Als Touristen...
Rauchwolken über Zentral-Pattaya nach Brand nahe Beach Road
PATTAYA, Thailand – Am Neujahrstag ist am Nachmittag hinter einem Hotel in der Soi 12 an der Beach Road ein Feuer ausgebrochen. Dichte Rauchschwaden...
Russischer Motorradfahrer stirbt an tödlicher Jomtien-Kurve
PATTAYA, Thailand – Ein russischer Motorradfahrer ist am Neujahrsmorgen tödlich verunglückt, sein Freund wurde verletzt, nachdem ihr Motorrad an der berüchtigten „tödlichen Kurve“ auf...