Flights packed and traffic jams reported on roads leaving Bangkok; Pattaya, Hua Hin, Cha-am, Kanchanaburi main destinations; 1,000 bus trips added to carry more passengers The exodus of flood-weary Bangkokians from the city gathered pace yesterday, jamming outbound highways with cars and adding to packed accommodations in Pattaya, Hua Hin and Chon Buri, among other […]
The murderer of a real-estate businesswoman in Hua Hin has turned himself in to police, but denied the allegations. Deputy National Police Chief, Police General Pansiri Prapawat held a press conference to announce the surrender of 29-year-old Kawee Meekaew, a suspect in the murder of Hua Hin real-estate businesswoman Petcharat Sudsanoh. Petcharat, owner of a […]
Thai Police have arrested a Taiwanese call center gang in Hua Hin. Immigration police cooperated with Hua Hin police officers and obtained a search warrant for a house in Hua Hin District of Prachuap Khiri Khan Province. Officers found a group of Taiwanese and Chinese nationals who had set up the house as a call […]
His children are in government care in Britain and his land has all but already been gobbled up by his Thai wife. Legendary turkey farmer Joe Stanyer, who used to supply Thailand’s best hotels with their Christmas bird, has now been told that the last patch of land he has in Hua Hin, which he […]
BANGKOK, Aug 4 – Thailand’s immigration police on Thursday arrested a Swedish man who has been hiding in the kingdom for nine years after eluding warrants in Scandinavian countries on 20 million krona fraud case. Carl-Gustav Alexander Tartagni was arrested in Prachuab Khiri Khan’s seaside resort of Hua Hin after concerned agencies in Scandinavian countries […]
Bangkok/ Thailand – Successfully positioning the Thai MICE industry on the world stage, the Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau, (TCEB), today announced “Hua Hin” as one of the five carefully selected luxurious destinations, in its latest MICE marketing initiative, especially designed for untapped niche markets. This is in parallel with the bureau’s ‘Connection Plus 2011’ […]
Advanced Info Service (AIS), Thailand’s largest mobile operator, has started commercial 3G wireless broadband services as part of its 10-billion-baht network expansion this year. The 3G services – running on HSPA, Edge plus and WiFi systems – will be available initially in Bangkok and nine major areas: Chiang Mai, Chon Buri, Hat Yai in Songkhla, […]
Thailand train accident in Ratchaburi. Forty-two passengers, 19 Thais and 23 foreigners, were wounded when an express train hit a 10-wheel truck loaded with rubber wood at a railway crossing in Ratchaburi’s Pak Tho district on Tuesday, reports said. The Bangkok-Surat Thani express train taking a large number of Thai and foreign tourists, mostly destined […]
