Artikel tagged “british”

  • Screws tightening on Non Immigrant visas for expats wishing to live in Thailand

    Screws tightening on Non Immigrant visas for expats wishing to live in Thailand

    SOURCE: ThaiVisa A decade ago there seemed to be various ways to stay in Thailand long-term. There was a bit of wriggle room in the interpretation of the guidelines and there was always ‘ways and means’ of securing a visa (nudge nudge, wink, wink). But the screws are being tightened on expats, retirees and long-stayers who are finding their options to keep living in the Land of Smiles diminishing fast, either through changed regulations or a more rigorous enforcement of the existing rules.

  • Thai island vs Malaysian island – Phuket vs Penang

    Thai island vs Malaysian island – Phuket vs Penang

    Two ‘pearls’ go head to head, including some reflections by guest writer TravellingMitch who’s from the UK Penang was once the ‘Pearl of the Orient’, for most western travellers the only ‘orient’ they would know outside of Singapore and maybe Hong Kong.

  • British man, who locked himself in a Phuket condo, removed – VIDEO

    British man, who locked himself in a Phuket condo, removed – VIDEO

    An Australian-born British man who has shut himself for two months in his room at the Sulalai Park condo in Phuket Town has been safely removed after a risky mission by police. Police forced their way into the room around 3pm

  • Suspect arrested for sexually assaulting British tourist on Koh Phi Phi

    Suspect arrested for sexually assaulting British tourist on Koh Phi Phi

    PHOTO: ejan.co A man has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a British tourist on Koh Phi Phi. Police spokesman Krissana Pattanacharoen says that the Thai suspect’s name is Trairat Changsanan, a local ferry worker who was arrested yesterday.

  • British passports have removed the words ‘European Union’

    British passports have removed the words ‘European Union’

    Britain has now begun issuing passports with the words “European Union” removed from the front cover. It’s a pre-emptive move, even though the contentious Brexit is currently delayed and no clear date has been set when Britain will leave the bloc. The Home Office has confirmed that some passports introduced after March 30 no longer include references to the EU.

  • Alcohol ban again this weekend around Thailand

    Alcohol ban again this weekend around Thailand

    The election is two days away.

  • 31 year old British man stuck in Koh Samui hospital

    31 year old British man stuck in Koh Samui hospital

    by Jane Tyler – Birmingham Mail PHOTOS: Facebook/Liam Workman Liam Workman, who bought a one-way ticket to Thailand to “start a new life” last December is now critically ill in a Samui hospital with brain injuries following an alleged a hit-and-run motorcycle crash. Now relatives of Liam are desperate to raise at least £3,000 (125,000 baht) for medical treatment and fly him back home to the UK Midlands. He was found unconscious and with head injuries on the roadside on Koh Samui.

  • British Airways flight buffeted by strong winds – VIDEO

    British Airways flight buffeted by strong winds – VIDEO

    British Airways flight was forced to divert from its planned course after encountering strong gusts off the coast of southern Europe yesterday.

  • Meth-dealing Koh Samui bar owner attacked in Thai prison

    Meth-dealing Koh Samui bar owner attacked in Thai prison

    PHOTO: The Mirror A British man says he had three teeth knocked out and that going to a Thai prison for dealing drugs was ‘torture’. Jimmy Kelly was sentenced to 30 years but ended up spending just three behind bars for selling crystal methamphetamine at the bar on Samui he owned.

  • British motorbike driver dies after collision with power pole in Chalong

    British motorbike driver dies after collision with power pole in Chalong

    A British male motorbike driver has died after colliding with a power pole in Soi Ta-iad (Soi Steroid) in Chalong. The Chalong Police were notified of the incident at 8.40pm last night at an electricity pole in Soi Ta-iad. Police and Emergency responders arrived to find a Kawasaki Ninja 250CC motorbike crashed on the road near the power pole.