Artikel erschien Juni 2019

  • Two Pattaya pubs raided, 155 arrested over drug use

    Two Pattaya pubs raided, 155 arrested over drug use

    A total of 155 patrons have tested positive for drugs after raids on two popular Pattaya pubs early this morning.

  • Songkhla bus crashes, seven injured

    Songkhla bus crashes, seven injured

    PHOTO: Siam Rath News Seven passengers have been injured after a Phuket to Hat Yai bus skidded into a ditch and crashed on its side in Songkhla’s Rattaphum district early today. The accident happened on the Hat Yai-bound Asia highway Tambon Khuan Tai at 3am this morning.

  • British man beaten up by Thai thugs in Pai for ‘interfering’ in an argument

    British man beaten up by Thai thugs in Pai for ‘interfering’ in an argument

    PHOTOS: Daily News 37 year old Luke Benjamin Thornton has ended up in hospital in Chiang Mai after trying to break up a fight in Pai, north of Chiang Mai, on May 20. Daily News reports that Luke was trying to stop a fight between locals and tourists and was beaten unconscious with a wooden club and kicks. They reported that a group of tourists were in the road when some drunk Thai men arrived on motorcycles and an argument started outside a local school.

  • Thailand’s export growth expectations revised down to just 3% in 2019

    Thailand’s export growth expectations revised down to just 3% in 2019

    “Export trends are aligned with global sentiment and the outlook for other Asian countries, making export prospects murky because of the escalating trade war.” The government is massively revising down their export growth targets to just 3% this year from an earlier 8% growth estimate.

  • Vote for new Thai PM on Wednesday – Democrats and Palang Pracharat still at loggerheads

    Vote for new Thai PM on Wednesday – Democrats and Palang Pracharat still at loggerheads

    The countdown is on to next Wednesday’s vote for a new Thai PM.

  • Bus plunges off mountain road in Phrae, Thailand, 17 injured

    Bus plunges off mountain road in Phrae, Thailand, 17 injured

    17 passengers have been injured after a bus crashed off a mountain road in Thailand’s north last night. The bus was travelling between Chiang Mai to Phrae in Thailand. The accident happened in Tambon Bor Leng Long, Phrae. The accident happened at 8.30pm on the Den Chai-Lampang road.

  • Thailand Events – June 2019

    Thailand Events – June 2019

    with The Sponsorship Experts – Paul Poole (South East Asia) June kicks off with the tail-end of one of the largest trading shows in the food industry in Asia, the THAIFEX – World of Food Asia 2019 .

  • Japan’s Nissin Electric moves production to Myanmar from Thailand

    Japan’s Nissin Electric moves production to Myanmar from Thailand

    Nissin Electrics of Japan are building a new plant in Myanmar, which will shift some of their production from factories in Vietnam and Thailand, in an effort to cut labour costs. Nissin Electrics manufacture gas insulated switchgears, capacitors, transformers, instrument transformers and medium-low voltage metal enclosed equipment. Bangkok Post reports that the company announced it will form a joint venture with Hosoda Holdings, a Japanese trader acting as Nissin’s sales agent for the Myanmar market, in the Thilawa Special Economic Zone on the outskirts of Yangon in June, with plant operations scheduled to start in March 2020.

  • Thailand’s Phu Kradueng National Park to close until September 30

    Thailand’s Phu Kradueng National Park to close until September 30

    Chief of Phu Kradueng National Park, Sombat Phimprasit says that the park will be closed from now until September 30. The park is in north-east Thailand, near Loei and just south of the Laos border. The park chief says the annual closure, during Thailand’s rainy season, is because trekking and trailing will be too tough and risky due to the difficult terrain.