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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 people living here. The cost…

  Sad news from Koh Phangan, Thailand today where a young British man, Stephen Ashton, 22, was shot and killed by a member of a Thai gang while…

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 home. Or, at least, going…

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

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 days before, during and after…

  If you’ve been investing in the SET you may already know the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) has had a bumper year in 2012, ending up closing…

  Anyone who visits the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand knows what a pain in the rear the touts and illegal tour guides are. Hovering around the gates…

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

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

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

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

I am always thankful I live in a Buddhist country and not a right-wing Muslim one, but no more so than when I read ridiculous stories about the…

Any foreign teacher that has taught in Thailand will tell you Thai students are far below much of the rest of the world in English. According to a…

  If, like me, you’re a BBC TV addict, you may be in heavy withdrawal being in Thailand and not being able to watch Eastenders, Doctor Who, The…

Some British and American expats will tell you Thailand seems to have become more and more dangerous for expat teachers in recent years. In fact, that’s not true….

Today is the 85th birthday of Thailand’s king, King Bhumibol Adulyadej and hundreds of thousands of Thais hit the streets of Bangkok early this morning to celebrate. More…

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

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

  President Barack Obama is currently in Bangkok, Thailand on a three-country visit to south east Asia. He arrived in Bangkok on Sunday afternoon at 3pm and immediately…

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

One of the biggest news stories in Thailand right now is the YouTube video of an angry father from the Netherlands singing about his daughter’s rape in Krabi,…

Thailand and the United Kingdom are celebrating 400 years of a cordial relationship this year so it is only fitting that Thai Prime Minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, has been…