Tag: Songkran
Modus management & staff join Songkran celebrations
Philippe Delaloye, GM of the Centara Grand Modus Resort & Spa, held Songkran celebrations with the traditional pouring of scented water into the...
Kong Khao festivals bring Songkran season to close
After seven days of splashing and frivolity, Songkran came to a quieter end with traditional rice-piling festivals and “kong khao” ceremonies in Naklua. The...
Songkran – the aftermath
After the water drained and the Thai New Year’s revelers went home, all that was left behind from Songkran in Pattaya was a mountain...
Songkran, traffic lights doom Soi Khao Talo
When the streets are jammed with powdered, water-throwing Songkran revelers, it’s no surprise that traffic on Pattaya’s streets was reduced to a crawl. Soi...
GIS celebrates soggy Songkran
Students splashed, soaked and generally drenched each other as part of the Songkran celebrations at Garden International School (GIS). On the final day of...
Songkran brings Pattaya together in merriment, culture and religious harmony
Tourist police showed they were into the spirit of the event when they dressed in Songkran attire and walked along Beach Road distributing 5,000...
Songkran festival celebration claims 442 lives, 3,656 injuries
Interior Minister Gen Anupong Paochinda announced at a press conference held by the Department of Public Disasters Prevention and Mitigation on Monday, April 17,...
338 died, 2,891 injured in five day Songkran travels from April...
Fatal road accidents during the Songkran festival celebrations nationwide have now claimed the lives of 338 people and injured 2,891 others in the five-day...
Four days of Songkran celebrations claim 259 deaths, 2,378 injuries
Nationwide Songkran festival celebration has claimed 259 deaths and 2,378 injuries in a total of 2,216 road mishaps that happened within four days from...
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Pattaya draws the line on encroachment along iconic beachfront
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Laotian man killed after lift plunges in abandoned Pattaya building
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Thai surgeons introduce needle-free device for complex cancer operations
BANGKOK, Thailand – The National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the Faculty of Medicine at Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, have introduced an advanced blood vessel...