Category: News

Although Thai news media is reporting the December, 2012, inflation rate hit a 13-month high here in Thailand, it’s not news to most […]

  Sad news from Koh Phangan, Thailand today where a young British man, Stephen Ashton, 22, was shot and killed by a member […]

If you haven’t already chosen a place to celebrate New Year’s Eve, 2013 in Bangkok, Thailand, you might want to consider staying at […]

  When you look at the things people in other countries search for on Wikipedia (Whitney Houston, Kim Kardashian, Mike the Knight), you […]

If you’ve spent any time in Thailand over New Year, you have probably heard of its so-called ‘Seven Dangerous Days’. These are the […]

  If you’ve been investing in the SET you may already know the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) has had a bumper year […]

  Anyone who visits the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand knows what a pain in the rear the touts and illegal tour guides […]

  While Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport may be known for many things (expensive food, miles to walk from gate to immigration, long lines once […]

As anyone who has scanned the Lonely Planet ‘Thorn Tree’ forums knows, it’s mainly a mecca for backpackers. Backpackers who travel from country […]

  Thailand’s students and freelancers are all abuzz about a new ruling that is being enforced at McDonald’s all over the country. Tired […]

  Bangkok is the best city in the world. At least according to Travel+Leisure magazine, who have just named Bangkok the world’s best […]

I am always thankful I live in a Buddhist country and not a right-wing Muslim one, but no more so than when I […]

Any foreign teacher that has taught in Thailand will tell you Thai students are far below much of the rest of the world […]

  If, like me, you’re a BBC TV addict, you may be in heavy withdrawal being in Thailand and not being able to […]

Some British and American expats will tell you Thailand seems to have become more and more dangerous for expat teachers in recent years. […]

Today is the 85th birthday of Thailand’s king, King Bhumibol Adulyadej and hundreds of thousands of Thais hit the streets of Bangkok early […]

A Thai Cathay Pacific flight attendant, who is a self-confessed ‘Yellow Shirt’, has been fired from the airline after she posted on her […]

Lee Aldhouse, the British man who fled Thailand in 2010 after allegedly stabbing and ultimately murdering an American ex-Marine in Phuket has been […]

  President Barack Obama is currently in Bangkok, Thailand on a three-country visit to south east Asia. He arrived in Bangkok on Sunday […]

The top news story in Thailand in the last couple of days has been the rape of a Dutch female tourist in Krabi  […]

One of the biggest news stories in Thailand right now is the YouTube video of an angry father from the Netherlands singing about […]

Thailand and the United Kingdom are celebrating 400 years of a cordial relationship this year so it is only fitting that Thai Prime […]