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BTS fares to increase in October by 1-2 baht, yet BTS improvements still lacking Bangkok’s BTS sky train fares are to increase on October 1st by 1-2 baht…

Are you a retiree wanting to live in Thailand? Did you already retire in Thailand years ago, and are sick of having to deal with retirement visa renewals…

Tragic news out of Rayong, Thailand today as a 66-year-old Australian man, Andrew Fenwick, and his 10-year-old son Jason Krailop Fenwick were electrocuted to death this week while trying…

Bangkok best city for cheap long-haul breaks according to UK survey Bangkok has been named as the best city for cheap long-haul breaks according to a UK survey…

An automatic passport checking system is coming to Suvarnabhumi Airport, with the hope of shortening immigration lines Anyone who has gone through immigration at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport or…

Line Taxi is not only ‘By Thais for Thais’ because I will use them too File me under the heading of a person who would never use an…

At least 18 people dead in southern Thailand as a result of flooding from heavy rains Rainy season in Thailand is usually from April/May until September/October, depending on…

Toyota Motor Thailand has announced they will be making 800 workers redundant from their three automotive assembly plants in the country, as the economy worsens. Instead of Toyota…

After yet another military coup last month, Thailand continues to lose money with the news today that the Chiang Mai Golf Classic has been postponed. The Golf Classic…

On Monday, a UK Foreign Office spokesman announced the UK is reviewing its military ties with Thailand after a military coup in the country kicked out yet another…

In a fascinating addition to the Thai military’s constant proclamations since last Thursday’s coup in Thailand, the Thai military is now telling foreigners “Leave Thailand and leave us…

While the Governor of the Bank of Thailand seemed to be a little over optimistic today when he gave a statement that said yesterday’s military coup in Thailand…

The Thai military has just announced an official military coup only two days after putting Thailand under martial law. The coup, they say, is “necessary” to maintain peace…

  The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has just launched a new campaign targeted at international tourists. Called ‘Thailand Super Quality’, the latest TAT campaign has been created…

Anyone who has been in Thailand for more than a few weeks can probably tell you of things the average Thais will often do, due to a poor…

  Apparently, Kim Kardashian is in Thailand – at least if the amount of vacuous photographs she’s currently posting of herself on her Instagram account are correct. According…

  With satellite images coming thick and fast from various countries in the last few days in an effort to locate the missing Malaysia Airlines plane, flight MH370,…

  Thailand is known worldwide as a dangerous place if you want to ride a bus, but that reputation worsened even further today as 13 Thai schoolchildren from Nakhon…

  International Women’s Day in Bangkok is fun at Radisson Suites If you’re one of those women in Thailand who plans on celebrating International Women’s Day in Bangkok…

  Australian Embassy says possible terrorist attacks during Thailand election could make Bangkok dangerous Forty three countries have already warned their citizens about possible violence in Bangkok, Thailand…

Two extremely clear CCTV photos of a man presumed to be the Victory Monument protests bomber have been released only hours after the grenade he threw injured 28…

Bomb explodes at Victory Monument anti-government protests The second small bomb in two days has exploded at a Suthep/PDRC protest site in Bangkok, this time at Victory Monument….