Yearly Archives: 2018
Autotrivia Quiz
Last week I asked, who remembers the Leyland P76? A large car made in Australia and released at the wrong time. A 4.4 liter...
Som Tam and a bar fine
Dear Hillary,
Can you tell me just what goes on in a Thai girl’s head? I have had this relationship with one of the girls...
Rain, high water complicate cave search for Thai soccer team
Mae Sai — Heavy rainfall stymied efforts to rescue members of a youth soccer team trapped in a cave in northern Thailand by flooding...
Food lovers set for a feast at Thai Eat Art Gastronomy...
The Tourism Authority of Thailand’s aim of creating a wide variety of attractions is focusing this month on culture and cuisine with the ‘Thai-Eat-Art-Gastronomy’...
Thai rights lawyer get 16 months prison for Facebook post
Bangkok (AP) — A court sentenced a human rights lawyer to 16 months in prison on Wednesday, finding him guilty of sedition for material...
PM pleased with visits to UK and France
Bangkok – The Prime Minister says his visits to the United Kingdom and France this month have strengthened bonds between Thailand and the two...
Narcotics incinerated to mark International Day Against Drug Abuse
Ayuthaya - Thailand's Ministry of Public Health has incinerated 6,322 kilograms of seized narcotics, worth over 13.697 billion baht, to mark International Day Against...
Livestock officials inspect milk at Sriracha school
Area livestock officials checked milk quality at a Sriracha school following news reports about spoiled milk being served to schoolkids.
Chonburi livestock officer Phot Sitnanukrit...
Flooding complicates cave search for Thai soccer team
Mae Sai (AP) — Efforts to rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach who have been missing inside a flooded cave in northern Thailand...
Latest Stories
When Thailand expats stop watching Washington: Notes from Pattaya, Phuket and Chiang Mai
PATTAYA, Thailand - I did not begin with a theory. I began with conversations. They happened naturally over morning coffee in Pattaya, sunset drinks...
Young British man found dead in Bangkok hotel after nine days without contact with...
PATTAYA, Thailand – Thai police have confirmed the death of a 22-year-old British man who was found deceased in a hotel room in central...
Pattaya losing control after dark as Soi 6 incident fuels fresh debate
PATTAYA, Thailand – A recent incident on Soi 6, where an intoxicated foreign tourist allegedly attacked a municipal vehicle, has once again drawn attention...
Motorcycle and car collision leaves one woman injured on Sukhumvit Road in Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand – A Thai woman was injured after a motorcycle collided with a car in Central Pattaya on January 22, municipal officers confirmed.
The...
Massage shops caught operating without licenses in Pattaya-Naklua Soi 16
PATTAYA, Thailand – A late-night enforcement operation in Pattaya sent businesses scrambling to shut their doors after authorities uncovered illegal massage shops operating without...