Anyone wandering through the Patong area of Phuket at 3am on Thursday morning would have noticed the fire, which was blazing on the beach road in Patong.
A total of five fire engines from Patong Municipality arrived on the scene to battle the blaze, …
A big day for the police last week when they arrested Somsak Phansranoi, 38, in Chumphon Province near Samui for driving over the speed limit and using a fake driving license. The Samui Express reported that what the police may have though would be a simple arrest or fine turned out to be much more […]
Thamkrabok Located about 140 kilometres north of Bangkok, the renowed Thamkrabok Monastery Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Centre in the central province of Saraburi has for decades been providing a herbal detoxification answer to drug addicted locals and foreigners alike. This cheerful music is to give moral support to those going through drug rehabilitation at Thamkrabok […]
A recent report by the Tourism Authority of Thailand shows that tourist figures are due to rise dramatically in 2010. Although figures have been declining recently, they predict that next year 14 million tourists will visit the Land of Smiles, generati…
Anyone who’s spent time in Bangkok recently will have noticed the sorry state of many of the buses. Although there are a number of large, comfortable air-conditioned buses fighting their way through the city’s traffic, there are also plenty of smal…
A British couple who were falsely accused of stealing at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkokhave announced plans to sue the airport for wrongful arrest. The Phuket Gazette reported that Stephen Ingram, 49, and Xi Lin, 45, were accused of stealing a Givenchy wallet worth around 7,000 from a King Power duty-free shop on April 25 as […]
Razor clams, or Hoi Lot in Thai, have been a source of food and income for local fishermen in the central province of Samut Songkhram for decades. But the razor clam population at the mouth of the Mae Klong river is now under threat. This report takes you to Don Hoi Lot, a habitat of […]
Teachers of the Thai language in Nakhon Si Thammarat have been forced to take a test to assess their knowledge of Thai.
Nakhon Si Thammarat is located to the north of Bangkok. The Thai language tests were designed by the Office of Basic Education Comm…
