Author: Rachel Roobe

A Thai travel agency, Redtour 999, is advertising a three-day tour package for any red shirts who want to celebrate Songkran with Thaksin Shinawatra this year, and it…

  This week, Thailand became the 35th country to get Google Street View with three of the kingdom’s main cities — Bangkok, Chiang Mai and Phuket — already…

  Over the years, I’ve visited Rayong, Thailand several times and have never been impressed as, unlike most other beaches in Thailand which are incredibly clean, the beaches…

  The latest uproar in Thailand (doesn’t there seem to be one every day lately?) is the comment “Thailand is the world’s brothel” made by Thai TV host,…

  There’s a new debit card available in Thailand just for tourists. Called the “Miracle Thailand Card” and issued as part of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT)…

  Thailand’s Prime Minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, is currently on a three-day official visit to South Korea where she is meeting with Korean companies and government officials in an…

A new ABAC poll shows Thais are tired of the political fighting from both sides of the fence and are much more worried about the rapidly rising prices…

  The Bangkok Post has a cute video of the finalists in the Miss Teen Thailand 2011 competition, a Thai beauty contest for girls age 15-18. In it…

Democrat MP, Suebsaeng Promboon, died today after he suffered a heart attack in a taxi in Bangkok last night and lost consciousness. He was rushed to hospital but…

Thais, quite rightly so, don’t like having too much western culture, or at least the ‘wrong kind’, destroying Thai values. That is why it is so surprising that…

  The big news in Thailand today is the story of an Irish teacher in Thailand, John Behan, who was involved in an altercation with a Thai BTS…

  “60 Earth Hour” will take place this year on Saturday 31st March from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. when the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) will ask Thai…

  There’s a very cool organization in Bangkok called Bangkok Bicycle Campaign that every few months organizes a Bangkok Car Free Sunday, essentially an organized bike ride, in…

  There was speculation by several international banking analysts yesterday that the Bank of Thailand’s monetary policy committee may decide to increase the RP rate (repurchase rate) when…

  Suzuki Motor Thailand has launched a new model of its Swift compact car today. The new Swift will be an eco-car or eco-Swift, manufactured in Thailand and…

  In a move that proves Thailand sometimes manages to be ahead of some so-called developed countries, the Thai Cabinet today approved 15 days paid paternity leave for…