Chiang Mai on Monday launched the 10th Chiang Mai Chinatown Chinese New Year Festival 2012 at Waroros Market area in the heart of the city. Chiang Mai Mayor Tassanai Buranupakorn and Chinese Consul-General in Chiang Mai, Zhu Weimin jointly presided over the opening ceremony of the festive event, which featured a procession almost one-kilometre long. […]
BANGKOK, 9 September 2011 (NNT) – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has met with foreign ambassadors to clarify government policies and assured them that Thailand’s relations with their countries will be strengthened. This morning, Prime Minister Yingluck received the ambassadors of ASEAN nations at Thai Khu Fa Building, Government House. Afterwards, a group of 102 officials, […]
Panaji, Aug 19 – Arguably called the sex tourism capital of the world, Thailand is now deliberately using the family tourism label to shed the sex destination tag, a Thai diplomat said here Friday. Speaking to IANS on the sidelines of an event organised in Panaji to promote Thailand as a tourism destination, Tomwit Jarnson, […]
His Majesty the King is recuperating well after undergoing cerebrospinal surgery last month and is enjoying increasing good health, HRH Princess Chulabhorn Valayalaksana said yesterday. Speaking at the Thai Consulate during her visit to Saint Petersburg, Russia, she quoted His Majesty as saying: “I am feeling much better and much more comfortable.” Read more: The […]
New regulations for new and renewal of non-immigrant “B” Business visas issued in Thailand by the Immigration Bureau of the Royal Thai Police make it much more difficult for foreigners to do business legally in Thailand; especially if the books of the company and the income of the foreigner are not properly documented and all […]
The Pattaya Times staff was recently informed by an Englishman residing in Pattaya that he was refused a Thai double-entry visa in Vientiane, Laos. Further investigations revealed people having similar problems in Penang. Apparently Thai consulates are now enforcing the ‘count the visa stamps’ rule. Stuart Anderson told the Pattaya Times that staff at the […]
AT LEAST 17 expats have died on Phuket since the Phuket honorary consuls met the Phuket Governor and island leaders three months ago. Only 13 are named in an official police list that seeks to update all expat deaths. Phuketwan has reported on at least four more expat deaths that are not on the list. […]
He has made an incredible recovery after treatment at a psychiatric hospital in Bangkok. And remarkably it was a private British citizen who came to his aid after seeing pictures of Hewitt up on this website. The British Embassy had seemingly written him off as either a ‘feckless’ Brit or perhaps as one Embassy employee […]
