Surin: Elephants, Silk and Farangs

Because it’s a comfortable and inexpensive small city with decent night life, good restaurants, beautiful girls and beer, Surin is the city of choice of hundreds of expats. The elephant city Surin is the capital of the Surin province in northeastern Thailand in the region commonly known as Isan. It is famous for annual Elephant […]

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100+ people treated for symptoms possibly caused by cannabis in food and drink in Khon Kaen

More than 100 people in Thailand’s north-eastern province of Khon Kaen have reported for treatment of dizziness and nausea after consuming food or drinks thought to contain cannabis Cannabis and hemp were decriminalised in the country on June 9th. Cherdchai Ariyanuchitkul, deputy provincial health chief, said yesterday (Friday) that most of the patients suffered only […]

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Cannabis plant give-away in Buri Ram

One thousand cannabis plants will be distributed for free to people in Buri Ram starting on Friday, one day after marijuana is officially delisted as a narcotic, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said. He said the giveaway, which will last until Sunday at the Chang International Circuit, is a prelude to a nationwide campaign to […]

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Tourists throng beach on Mekong River

NAKHON PHANOM: Tourists thronged a sandy beach on an island in the Mekong River on Saturday, generating hundreds of thousands of baht a day at the attraction in That Phanom district. Had Hae beach, in tambon Nam Kam of this northeastern province, became accessible to tourists last month after the level of the Mekong River […]

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Temple in Khon Kaen closed by COVID

KHON KAEN: A temple in Muang district has been closed until Feb 14 after nine more novices were diagnosed with Covid-19, raising the number of infections among monks and novices there to 15. Earlier, six monks and novices tested positive at Wat Nong Waeng, a royal temple on Klang Muang Road in Muang district. Full […]

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Park Chief Transferred due to Party, Concert at Khao Yai

BANGKOK, Jan 28 (TNA) – The chief of the Khao Yai National Park was transferred out of the park for holding a controversial party including a concert there, according to the minister of natural resources and environment. National Resources and Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa said Thanya Netithamkul, director-general of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife […]

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