Tag: Thai New Year
Songkran respects paid to the elderly
Minister of Culture Sonthaya Kunplome presided over the ‘Day for the elderly’ celebrations in celebration of Songkran, the Thai New Year held at...
Songkran at Garden
Garden International School (GIS) celebrated Songkran with a flurry of activities and traditional Thai games. The whole school took part in the celebrations,...
Songkran comes to quiet close in Naklua, Nong Yai with Kong...
Area residents bid farewell to the year’s Songkran festivities with traditional rice festivals and “Kong Khao” ceremonies in Naklua and Nong Yai. Mayor Itthiphol...
Chinese tourists top Songkran celebrants in Thailand
BANGKOK, April 18 – About 60,000 foreign tourists, almost half Chinese, entered Thailand through major airports nationwide during the Thai New Year Songkran...
Songkran celebrated at Dusit Thani Pattaya
Staff of the Dusit Thani Pattaya gathered together to celebrate Songkran, the traditional Thai New Year at the resort last week. As part...
Thailand experiencing Yen shortage as Thais flock to Japan
A shortage of Japanese yen in Bangkok’s local exchange market is mainly due to an excessive demand by a large number of Thai...
Thailand overwhelmed by influx of foreign tourists
The Thai travel industry has called on the government to urgently increase the number of personnel in the tourism sector to cope with...
PM urges Thais to conserve traditional ways of Songkran
BANGKOK, 14 April 2013 – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has made her wish for the happiness of Thai people on the occasion of the...
PM sends holiday greetings for happiness, preserving Thai traditions for Songkran
BANGKOK, April 13 -- Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has imparted holiday blessings and wishes for happiness, urged the public to help in preserving...
Splish, splash – It’s time for Songkran
Lock and load, Songkran is coming! The annual Songkran festival, which heralds the traditional beginning of the Thai New Year, begins this weekend throughout...
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CHONBURI, Thailand - No matter the day, the Khao Kheow Open Zoo is packed, especially on King Chulalongkorn Memorial Day. On October 23, children,...
Newborn found abandoned near vegetable garden in Pattaya, mistaken for crying goat
PATTAYA, Thailand – Police officer Capt. Surachai Chuaykhun, Deputy Inspector of Nongprue Police Station, received a report from a local resident about a newborn...
Tourist Police prepare for high season safety on Pattaya Walking Street
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pol. Lt. Gen. Saksira Phuak-am, Commander of the Tourist Police, ordered Pol. Col. Man Rotthong, Superintendent of Division 2, Region 1,...
Pattaya beer bar worker reports assault and detainment by man posing as Bolt driver
PATTAYA, Thailand - On the night of October 22, a 28-year-old woman, identified only as "A," from Amnat Charoen province, reported to the Pattaya...
Residents of Pattaya condo express concern over rising fees and lack of transparency
PATTAYA, Thailand - Residents of a prominent condominium in central Pattaya have voiced their frustration as management fees are set to nearly double, amid...