PAI, Thailand – Two British tourists in Thailand were horrified as they inadvertently allowed hundreds of moths to flood their hotel room. In a series of videos posted on TikTok, Jemma Sayer captured a startling scene in the popular tourist destination of Pai. The footage shows a massive swarm of insects overtaking their bed and […]
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A group of Calvin University swim team members spent two weeks in Thailand this spring teaching English, water survival skills and CPR. But they had no idea they would use those skills at the airport. The students were on a mission to help others in Thailand. “We were there teaching […]
Dan Freeman/Unsplash From the bustling streets of Bangkok to the glittering temples of Chiang Mai and the tropical island paradise of Phuket, Thailand has always had something for every type of traveler. Now, it extends that wide-ranging appeal to remote workers, who can live and work in the country for up to five years thanks […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — One of Thailand’s most wanted fugitives will be escorted home on a Thai air force plane after being arrested on Indonesia’s tourist island of Bali following months on the run in connection with several killings and drug trafficking charges in his homeland, officials said Monday. Chaowalit Thongduang escaped from detention in […]
BANGKOK (AP) — Thai police have broken up a large network that illegally helped foreigners, mostly Russians, to stay in Thailand long-term through the use of company nominees or shell companies, officials said Friday. Police said a 45-year-old Russian woman who came to Thailand in 2012 operated the scheme with a Thai woman who was […]
[Source] The death of a 28-year-old Thai activist in pre-trial detention earlier this month has reignited calls for reform in Thailand’s justice system. Key points: Netiporn “Bung” Sanesangkhom, a member of pro-democracy group Thalu Wang, went on a hunger strike to protest her detention and demand judicial reform. Thai authorities said Sanesangkhom died on May […]
The recently premiered thriller C-drama Insect Detective 2 released its first set of episodes on May 21, 2024. It features Zhang Yao, Chu Yue, and Bie Thassapak Hsu in the main roles. It is the sequel to the popular 2020 Chinese drama Insect Detective. The drama follows the story of Tan Jing Tian (Zhang Yao), […]
Thailand’s National Museum has hosted a welcome home ceremony for two ancient statues that were allegedly illegally trafficked from Thailand by a British collector of antiquities and were returned from the collection of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. The objects – a tall bronze figure called the Standing Shiva or the Golden Boy and […]
(Bloomberg) — Thailand is working on a supplementary budget that seeks to lift state spending by as much as 122 billion baht ($3.4 billion) as Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin presses ahead with a plan to stimulate the nation’s economy through a cash handout. Most Read from Bloomberg The additional money will finance the government’s so-called […]
A 900-year-old statue that spent three decades at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York after being smuggled out of Thailand was welcomed back to the kingdom in an official repatriation ceremony in Bangkok on Tuesday. The 129-centimetre (51-inch) statue of the Hindu god Shiva, dubbed “Golden Boy”, was repatriated after being linked to […]
By Devjyot Ghoshal BANGKOK (Reuters) – Toyota Motor is testing the new battery-electric Hilux pickup truck to assess its performance in different conditions as the car maker prepares to manufacture the vehicle in Thailand by the end of 2025, an executive said on Thursday. Pickup trucks make up more than half of total vehicle sales […]
BANGKOK (AP) — A leading international human rights organization on Thursday urged the Thai government to stop forcing political dissidents who fled to Thailand for safety to return to authoritarian home countries, where they may face torture, persecution or death. In a new report, Human Rights Watch said Thai authorities repeatedly violated international law by […]