Artikel tagged “Asien”

  • “Cannabis Walk Thailand” heads south on its 268 kilometre march

    “Cannabis Walk Thailand” heads south on its 268 kilometre march

    PHOTO: Thai PBS 11 civic groups set off yesterday from Phichit in northern Thailand embarking on a 268 kilometre “Cannabis Walk Thailand”. It started yesterday at the Wachiraphotiyarn Monastery.

  • Police and drug courier injured in shootout at Chiang Mai checkpoint

    Police and drug courier injured in shootout at Chiang Mai checkpoint

    FIL PHOTO: A police checkpoint set-up in the Chiang Mai city area –  Chiang Mai Citylife Three alleged drug couriers have been arrested this morning following a gunfight that injured a suspect and a police officer. The incident happened in the Mae Rim district of Chiang Mai. Police say they monitored road checkpoints last night until officers at a traffic booth in Tambon Rimtai noticed a motorcycle leading the way for a pick-up truck at 1.20am, according to The Nation

  • Samui Regatta welcomes Synergy Samui Resort as new home

    Samui Regatta welcomes Synergy Samui Resort as new home

    “Early entries are looking good with a strong line-up of boats and crew from Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia and Thailand.” The “Tropical Island Regatta” is set to return to Koh Samui’s shores from May 25 to June 1 on Chaweng Beach and this year will be at a new venue, Synergy Samui Resort. Samui Regatta is popular with sailors from around Austral-Asia and organisers expect to welcome competitors of more than 20 nationalities in what is also the season-ending event in the 2018/19 AsianYachting Grand Prix. “The regatta has a new home this year

  • Pattaya officials react to the video of gushing sewage and wastewater – VIDEO

    Pattaya officials react to the video of gushing sewage and wastewater – VIDEO

    The video of the untreated sewage and wastewater gushing into the Gulf of Thailand has accumulated 1.2 million views already. It took local officials two days to react, mostly blaming other authorities and departments in the resort city. Pattaya’s municipal chief is now instructing Na Jom Thian OrBorJor officials to divert its wastewater to the Pattaya central wastewater treatment pond as part of urgent measures to halt wastewater gushing into the sea at Pattaya’s Jomtien beach.

  • Thailand’s wet season officially starts tomorrow

    Thailand’s wet season officially starts tomorrow

    The rainy season in Thailand officially starts tomorrow. The Thai Meteorological Department deputy director-general Kornravee Sitthichivaphak says Thailand will see continued rains in most parts of the country from Monday

  • Buddha with a beat – Wat Suthi Wararam transformed

    Buddha with a beat – Wat Suthi Wararam transformed

    It’s Visakha Bucha Day like you’ve never seen it before. Bangkok’s Wat Suthi Wararam has unveiled a bold and modern makeover to entice young people and a new audience to Buddhism. Wat Suthi Wararam is coming alive with Monks chanting to electronic music, projection mapping and a digital art exhibition. “Bodhi Theatre: Buddhist Prayer Retold” combines vivid animation and Buddhist chants set to electronic dance rhythms in a contemporary effort to attract more people to the teachings of Buddha.

  • 15 year old  girl arrested for trying to bury her baby alive

    15 year old girl arrested for trying to bury her baby alive

    A 15 year old girl is now in protective custody in Nakhon Ratchasima, north-east of Bangkok, just one day after her newly-born baby boy survived being buried alive in a local field. A villager found the baby in a cassava plantation about one kilometre from Ban Nong Kham village in Tambon Thalad on Wednesday. The infant was taken to the village before being sent to the district hospital

  • Expat life in Thailand – a balancing act

    Expat life in Thailand – a balancing act

    We all come to live in Thailand for vastly different reasons. Sometimes love, sometimes an adventure, sometimes escaping something at home and sometimes for business. Our journey to the Land of Smiles, and then our settling in, can be fraught with shocks, cultural and financial

  • Family of Canadian man who died ziplining in Chiang Mai calls for changes

    Family of Canadian man who died ziplining in Chiang Mai calls for changes

    PHOTO: Spencer Donaldson at the Flight of the Gibbon zipline in Chiang Mai, moments before he jumped to his death – Supplied by Spencer’s family. “Flight of the Gibbon isn’t listed on the website of Association for Challenge Course Technology as a member and the Association have denied that the Chiang Mai ride is a member.” The family of a Canadian man who died in a Chiang Mai zipline accident last month hopes the tragedy will help spark safety upgrades.   Spencer Donaldson attached to the harness for a five-kilometre ride at the Flight of the Gibbon ride on April 13. Moments later he stepped off the platform and fell 12 metres as his fiancee watched.

  • Suspect charged with murder after stabbing in Patong restaurant

    Suspect charged with murder after stabbing in Patong restaurant

    A suspect has been charged after he stabbed and killed a staff member at a Patong restaurant in Bangla Road last night. Patong Police were notified of the incident at 9.50pm last night on Bangla Road in Patong. Police and rescue workers arrived at the scene to find the man, later identified as 42 year old Anuchet Chanwijit from Trang, covered in blood.