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CHIANG MAI, 17th February 2018 (NNT) – Thais of Chinese descent and tourists are flocking to the China Town Festival in Chiang Mai to celebrate Chinese New Year. Held in celebration of the Lunar New Year, Chiang Mai’s China Town Festival includes Chinese puppet shows, cultural performances, lion and dragon dances,
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BANGKOK, 13 February 2018 (NNT) - Thailand's Ministry of Tourism and Sports has deployed over 100 police officers to Bangkok's China Town to ensure public safety ahead of Valentine’s Day and Chinese New Year. Tourism and Sports Minister, Weerasak Kowsurat, launched a tourist safety campaign on Yaowarat Rd with the aim
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BANGKOK, 9th May 2017 (NNT)-The Ministry of Tourism and Sports and the Office of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) are set to launch the previously announced operation to improve Bangkok’s street food culture in China Town. Tourism and Sports Minister, Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul has attended a meeting with BMA officials and other
Read More BANGKOK — A group of Chinese nationals who attempted to rob a gun store in Chinatown on Friday had no known links to any terror groups, the commander of Bangkok police said today. Instead the botched robbery, which left one of the assailants dead and two others injured, was an attempt
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BANGKOK — A maze-like warren of cheap electronics, toys and other goods is the latest target of a government campaign to reclaim public space, and once again the vendors who’ve long called it home are not leaving without a fight. Thailand’s National Human Rights Commission said today it will review a
Read More Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn will open a two-day Bangkok Chinatown Festival on Yaowarat road today in celebration of the Chinese New Year. China Town today is decorated with red lanterns with New Year greeting message putting up on the Yaowarat road as it is set to kick off
Read More BANGKOK, May 18 - A British citizen was detained today in possession of six human foetuses set to be smuggled into Taiwan, according to police. Police from the Children and Women’s Protection Sub-Division on Friday told a news briefing that Chow Hok Kuen, a 28-year old British citizen of Taiwanese origin,
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Police in Thailand have arrested a man who has allegedly stolen over ten thousand pairs of women's underwear. The authorities caught the 48-year-old Danai Raiwet and an accomplice allegedly breaking into a building in the Chinatown area of Bangkok, AFP reports. Read more: digitalspy.co.uk By Mayer Nissim DIGITAL SPY
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