Taxi driver fined ฿3k, driving license suspended for overcharging passenger

Taxi-meter in Bangkok
Toyota Corolla taxi-meter in Bangkok. Photo: Ilya Plekhanov.

A Bangkok taxi-driver has been fined 3,000 baht and has had his driving license suspended for 90 days by the Land Transport Department for overcharging [Read More…]

Entertainment venue in Pattaya allegedly found to have no proper license

A bar in Pattaya, Chonburi province
A bar in Thailand. Photo: Aleksandr Zykov / flickr. CC BY-SA 2.0.

An entertainment venue in Pattaya was allegedly found with no legal license according to Pattaya police. The Pattaya City Police inspected entertainment venues in Pattaya [Read More…]

Pattaya motorcycle taxi riders hold rally and demand further crackdown on unlicensed ride-share app drivers

Motorcycle taxi in Thailand
Motorcycle taxi in Thailand. Photo: Wikimedia.

Motorcycle taxi riders in Pattaya demanded a crackdown on unlicensed ride-share app drivers for reportedly stealing “their” passengers. More than 100 motorcycle taxi riders on [Read More…]

Loss-ridden insurance providers get licenses revoked after massive COVID claims

Customers to enter supermarket in Bangkok are required to wear masks and to have temperature checked during COVID-19 pandemic
Customers to enter supermarket in Bangkok are required to wear masks and to have temperature checked during COVID-19 pandemic. Photo: © ILO/Chanitda Wiwatchanon / flickr. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

Thailand’s Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith has revoked the business licenses of two financially-troubled Thai insurance companies, Southeast Insurance and Thai Insurance, effective today (Friday), following [Read More…]