Yearly Archives: 2018
Interior minister predicts peaceful elections
Bangkok - The Interior Minister is confident the organization of local elections will be smooth and peaceful. Meanwhile, the prime minister has been informed...
Aranyaprathet customs blocks goods smuggling from Cambodia
Sa Kaeo - Aranyaprathet customs officers along with immigration police officials set up a checkpoint Sunday at Aranyaprathet Border Crossing to suppress smugglers of...
PM receives new Dutch ambassador
Bangkok - Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has assured the Dutch ambassador to Thailand Kees Pieter Rade, of his administration’s commitment to the establishment...
Beating King of Pop, The Eagles have No.1 album of all-time
New York (AP) — The Eagles’ greatest hits album has moonwalked past Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” to become history’s best-selling album of all-time in the...
Erawan and Bongkot gas field auction goes forward
Gulf of Thailand - The National Energy Reform Committee insists that an auction for the Erawan and Bongkot gas fields will take place.
In the...
Legalized medicinal cannabis considered
Bangkok - Invoking Article 44 of the interim constitution to legalize medical marijuana is merely an idea raised by the academic sector, says Deputy...
Recycling Technology Research and Development Center opens
Bangkok - The Ministry of Industry has opened a Recycling Technology Research and Development Center to tackle waste management problems in Thailand.
Deputy Industry Minister...
Search for missing Mae Hong Son flashflood victims continues
Bangkok - Officials are working around the clock searching for four people who are missing in Sop Moei district of Mae Hong Son province...
Ford Motor told to pay Thai customers for transmission woes
Bangkok (AP) — A Thai court has ordered Ford Motor Co. to pay 291 customers a total of about US$720,000 in compensation for selling...
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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...