Artikel erschien Mai 2019

  • Suvarnabhumi’s third runway closer to reality

    Suvarnabhumi’s third runway closer to reality

    The contracts for the construction of Suvarnabhumi Airport’s third runway are ready to be signed. But it isn’t likely to happen until later this year according to Airports of Thailand (AoT).

  • Toon takes to Thailand’s roads again for more charity runs

    Toon takes to Thailand’s roads again for more charity runs

    Artiwara “Toon” Kongmalai is one of Thailand’s most popular rock stars and celebrities.

  • Bryde’s whale found dead off Petchaburi coast

    Bryde’s whale found dead off Petchaburi coast

    PHOTOS:   Troy Beer /Thai Whales An autopsy is being conducted on a dead Bryde’s whales found off the Petchaburi coast in the Gulf of Thailand. The Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) report that they were notified of the dead Bryde’s whale being found off the Petchaburi coast yesterday. The female Bryde’s whale is about 10 metres long

  • Thailand travel tax. Good idea but…

    Thailand travel tax. Good idea but…

    by Don Ross –   ttrweekly.com “The changes to the law came into effect on May 20. Now, the panic button has been pressed.  A workable package and collection process needs to be hammered out and fast.” Thailand is looking to introduce a tourist tax, either on arrival or departure, that will be, according to officials, used to fund accident insurance and finance restoration of tourist attractions and the environment. Well that’s the theory

  • Motorbike driver survives being caught under Chinese tour bus in Pattaya

    Motorbike driver survives being caught under Chinese tour bus in Pattaya

    PHOTOS: Pattaya News Archive A motorbike driver has survived being partly run over by a tour bus in Pattaya last night. Rescue workers heard about the incident at 9pm last night near an intersection in South Pattaya. They arrived at the scene to find the red tour bus which was full of Chinese tourists. Under the bus found the damaged motorbike.

  • 120 party-goers arrested in drugs raid on illegal pub

    120 party-goers arrested in drugs raid on illegal pub

    PHOTOS: The Nation A Bangkok pub has been raided early this morning. Police and drug suppression officials found that alcohol wasn’t the only thing being offered to the crowd. Customers were mostly dressed in school uniform for the themed party at the Space Pub

  • Suspect who killed ex-wife’s new husband in Phattalung, arrested at Phuket checkpoint

    Suspect who killed ex-wife’s new husband in Phattalung, arrested at Phuket checkpoint

    A suspect who killed his ex-wife’s new husband in Phattalung last Sunday has now been arrested at the Phuket checkpoint at the top of the island. 32 year old Ms Rattana Nookong, Kringkrai Kotchapan’s ex-wife, sustained injuries from Kringkrai’s gun shots. Kriengkrai  also shot and killed 40 years old Mr Sarawut Srinoon, Ms Rattana’s new husband in Phattalung on May 26.

  • Top 10 things the internet has replaced, or destroyed

    Top 10 things the internet has replaced, or destroyed

    The internet continues to change everything, for better or for worse. Whilst it’s creating entire new industries it’s also putting a lot of people out of work and killing older business models. Add this to the rise and rise of smartphones as a source of just about everything, and you have a completely disruptive situation.

  • Thailand’s sex crime laws toughened

    Thailand’s sex crime laws toughened

    GRAPHICS: Nation Graphics Thailand is toughening its sex crime laws related to rape in a bid to better curb sexual assault crimes. For example, sexual attacks against children below the age of 13 will result in life imprisonment under the tougher law, while penalties will double for rapists who share recordings of the assault.

  • Two Thais charged over Chinese bag snatch in Rawai, Phuket

    Two Thais charged over Chinese bag snatch in Rawai, Phuket

    Two suspects who snatched a bag from a Chinese tourist in Rawai, pulling her to the ground. have been charged