The birthday celebrations of King Bhumibol Adulyadej are muted this year as the king remains in hospital recovering from pneumonia. Instead of hearing his annual speech and watching the king’s inspection of the glittering trooping of the colour, his loving subjects are worrying about his – and their nation’s – health. More than 1.2 million […]
The government is imposing a strict law against drunk driving, under which violators will be arrested immediately and be subject to prosecution within 48 hours, a Bangkok seminar on road safety was told yesterday. A mandatory fine of between Bt5,000 and Bt20,000 will also be imposed on convicted violators, along with the drivers’ licence being […]
Sandra Gregory, the Briton jailed in Thailand in the 1990s for drug smuggling, has been deported after trying to enter the country. She was pardoned by the King of Thailand in 2000 after initially being sentenced to death in 1993. The 44-year-old, of West Yorkshire, had texted friends to say she was refused entry to […]
Managers of shops that sell New Year gift baskets with alcoholic drinks could face up to a year in jail and/or a fine of up to Bt500,000. Director for the Thai Health Promotion’s Centre for Alcohol Studies, Thaksaphon Thamarangsi, said yesterday the National Committee for Alcohol Consumption Control gave a warning on October 8 that […]
BANGKOK, Nov 30 (TNA) – The Royal Household Bureau announced on Monday that His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej is scheduled to appear in public to mark his 82th birthday on December 5. The statement of the Royal Household Bureau said the monarch will grant a public audience to members of royal family, civil servants and […]
Punlop Tongchai is awake for the entire two hours it takes to be turned into a woman on the operating table of a Bangkok sex change clinic. The 27-year-old Thai cabaret dancer chats to nurses throughout the ordeal under the surgeon’s knife, numbed only by local anaesthetic. Growing up in Thailand, a country with one […]
If you are an expatriate, Thailand is the best country to find love – however, it’s also one of the hardest places for learning the local language. Canada, Australia and Thailand are regarded by expatriates as the premier places in the world to live and love, according to the second annual expatriate experience survey by […]
Runaway ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra has used new name in his passports issued by some African countries, Thai Vice foreign minister Panich Vikitsreth said Wednesday. Thaksin’s name in passports issued by Nicaragua, Uganda and Montenegro has been changed to “Takki Shinegra,” he said. The Thai government has revoked Thaksin’s diplomatic passport issued during his premiership. He […]
