Thailand’s exports in December, 2011 are expected to have fallen by another 10 percent after the country’s devastating floods caused closure of seven industrial estates. Figures to…
After all the accusations coming from Thailand’s government saying the US embassy in Bangkok has “damaged Thailand’s tourism industry, since it warned of possible terrorist attacks…
Why does Google’s SOPA blackout not include Thailand? Does Google not realize, if idiotic American politicians manage to shove SOPA through, it will affect Thailand and what…
Yet another passenger van traveling the morning route from Bangkok to Chachoengsao has been involved in an accident and, yet again, the driver was at fault. The…
It looks like the tactic of truck and bus drivers yesterday, to block off three lanes of one of Bangkok’s main highways, has worked. Today, the Deputy Prime…
We just got back from a what-was-supposed to be a quick trip on Vibhavadi-Rangsit Road to a friend’s house to drop something off. The trip however took far…
According to the US Embassy, Thailand is the second most dangerous place in the world for Americans when it comes to deaths on the country’s roads. Thais…
Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, one of Thailand’s most-loved members of the royal family, spent some time talking to CNN this week and the short…
When you live in Thailand, you’ll often hear foreigners saying “Only in Thailand” and laughing about something they’ve just seen or heard. Nothing could be more true…
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has announced all 91 still-closed Bangkok schools will re-open tomorrow after floods have receded. The schools are in Khlong Sam Wa, Min…
After more than two months of being closed, some goverment schools in Bangkok reopened this week. Others still haven’t, and it will be until next Monday, December 12th,…
For the past few decades, Thailand’s army has had a poor reputation. Responsible for 18 military coups, the last one in 2006, and known by Thais as the…
As corruption in Thailand not only doesn’t improve but gets worse, the 2011 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) is proving that point. The index, released today by Transparency International,…
In a tragic accident, a 52-year old German woman has died after falling off an elephant in Krabi, Thailand. The woman, Kerstin Kretz Schmar, was riding on the…
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), has announced they’re giving just over 2 million baht, or around $72,000, to Thailand to be spent on…
BANGKOK — As Thailand’s floods start to recede, more worries are emerging about unemployment problems negatively affecting Thailand’s economy. Hundreds of thousands of Thais, and foreign workers,…
The Bangkok Post is reporting Thailand’s Supreme Court President, Montri Yodpanya, died of heart failure last night. He was only 63 years old. He had been Supreme…
As flood clean-up is starting all over Bangkok, it’s already begun in some of Thailand’s industrial parks too. While most are still under several feet of water,…
Even though Thailand has been under flood water for at least two months in places, some areas of Thailand are still flooded. According to Thai PBS ‘Thailand’s…
While the Thai government keeps sounding positive about Thailand’s economy, devastated by Bangkok and northern Thailand floods, many Thais seem to have already accepted the economy is…
In typical Thai fashion, the “good news” yesterday that Don Mueang Airport in Bangkok will be dry in three weeks has already been changed. Now, a Thai…
Flooding in Bangkok is going into its fifth week. Some areas flooded and drained again. Others flooded and, weeks later, remain under water. There’s a lot of…
For all those teachers who are still waiting to return to school after Bangkok’s floods, the news today isn’t good. The Bangkok Metropolitan Association (BMA) has…