Suvarnabhumi Airport to Get Automatic Passport Check System

Domestic entrance at Suvarnabhumi Airport
Domestic entrance at Suvarnabhumi International Airport. Photo: Mattes.

Suvarnabhumi Airport has invested more than 76 million baht on an automatic passport inspection system to address the problem of overcrowding at the immigration checkpoints. [Read More…]

Thai authorities probe complaints against 400 foreign monks

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Thailand News Breaking News. Image: TN.

Thai authorities Thursday inspected Wat Talom in Bangkok’s Phasi Charoen district following complaints that 400 foreign Buddhist monks there took alms in the afternoon and [Read More…]

British Border Agency breaks up Bangkok ring

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Thailand News Breaking News. Image: TN.

A gang of British residents has been found guilty of helping eight illegal immigrants travel to the United Kingdom on flights from Bangkok and received [Read More…]

New Chonburi Immigration Chief Allows 90-Day Reporting by Mail

Mike Sopping Mall at the Beach Road in Pattaya city
Mike Sopping Mall at the Beach Road in Pattaya city. Photo: Khaosaming.

According to local agencies, of today, foreigners who were issued their six-month or one-year visas by the Chonburi Immigration Bureau no longer have to go [Read More…]

Photojournalists face deportation in Thailand

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Thailand News Breaking News. Image: TN.

Bangkok, January 21, 2011–The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply concerned about the charges and threatened deportation of Thailand-based freelance photojournalists John Sanlin, a Burmese [Read More…]