Yearly Archives: 2021
Bank of Thailand sees tourism and service sectors slowest to return...
BANGKOK - The Bank of Thailand (BoT) is pressing the government to address impact on liquidity from the COVID-19 situation in the business sector,...
Misquoted report regarding origins of virus in Thailand corrected
BANGKOK - WHO convened an international group of experts to undertake a series of studies on the origins of the virus that caused the...
Chiang Mai police call ATM burglars pros
Chiang Mai police are hunting at least two burglars who made off with more than 2 million baht from Siam Commercial Bank ATM.
Provincial Police...
Chonburi Immigration arrests 2 for migrant smuggling
The Chonburi Immigration Office arrested two Thai nationals for smuggling 12 Cambodian laborers across the border illegally.
The arrests, made in combination with Chachoengsao Immigration...
Thailand supports Myanmar in restoring peace and stability
ASEAN foreign ministers will have an informal meeting as Thailand wishes Myanmar to improve its situations peacefully.
Tanee Sangrat, spokesman of the Thai Ministry of...
Anti-government protest leaders jailed for attempts to oust ex-premier Yingluck Shinawatra...
The Criminal Court sentenced leaders of the People’s Democratic Reform Committee to imprisonment for trying to oust the Yingluck Shinawatra government and obstructing a...
Thai parties discuss cabinet quotas to replace jailed ministers after court...
BANGKOK - Phalang Pracharat Party leader and Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan, says a Cabinet reshuffle is up to the Prime Minister after...
Bangkok denies Chatuchak Market transmitted COVID-19 to China
The Market Office of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) denied the Chatuchak market transmitted COVID-19 to China, saying it did not permit pet sales...
Three Thai ministers jailed for leading protests against Yingluck’s administration in...
The Ratchada Criminal Court has handed out jail sentence to members of People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) whose members also include ministers in the...
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A strong Baht, who wins, who loses and why expats are paying attention
PATTAYA, Thailand - “The baht is strengthening.” It sounds like an ordinary line from an economic report. For expats living in Thailand, it is...
Pattaya authorities enforce sidewalk rules, ticket cars blocking pedestrian paths
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya municipal officers cracked down on vehicles obstructing sidewalks, issuing a ticket to a white Honda Jazz parked on South Pattaya...
Pattaya bustles with festive cheer on Christmas Eve
PATTAYA, Thailand — Pattaya came alive on Christmas Eve as tourists and locals flooded the city’s famous Walking Street, soaking up the festive atmosphere....
Foreign tourist injured in fight outside Jomtien beer bar in Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand — At around 2:00 a.m. on December 25, police at Pattaya City Station were notified of a brawl with injuries in front...
Foreign tourists clash in street fight along Pattaya Beach over minor bump
PATTAYA, Chonburi — A street brawl between two foreign tourists erupted along Pattaya Beach, causing alarm among onlookers and disrupting the area’s normally festive...