Artikel erschien November 2018

  • Beware. Horny elephants in Hua Hin

    Beware. Horny elephants in Hua Hin

    PHOTO: Talk News Online Kulsawek Sawekwannakorn has posted on Facebook about two elephants causing a traffic jam as they faced off on the Phusai to Sai-En Road near Hua Hin last Sunday morning. Traffic was stopped for 20 minutes as pachyderms Bunchuay and Bunmee charged at each other.

  • Making ends meet – washing cars for 5,000 baht a day

    A 70 year old Aussie expat has rolled up his sleeves and ended up with a prosperous little local business in Rayong. An Australian pensioner is washing cars in Rayong to make ends meet. And he’s reported to Ban Muang reported that he and his wife are earning a decent income.

  • Three killed in a Chiang Mai house fire

    Three killed in a Chiang Mai house fire

    A Chiang Mai couple and their two year old child were killed when their house was engulfed in a fire early today. Police report that they were alerted of the fire at the two-floor house in Ban Pa Tun village in Tambon Pa Tun, Muang district around 5.30am this morning. After the fire was put out, three charred bodies were found inside.

  • Two survive after a six wheeler overturns near the Sarasin Bridge

    Two people have survived after a six wheeler truck, carrying goods on the way to Patong, has overturned in the far north of the island. Police and rescue workers arrived at the scene on Thepkrasattri Road, southbound, near the Phuket Gateway at 1am this morning, to find a six wheeler truck overturned on the side of the road

  • Aung San Suu Kyi stripped of prestigious peace award

    Aung San Suu Kyi stripped of prestigious peace award

    Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi has been stripped of Amnesty International’s most prestigious human rights prize, the Ambassador of Conscience Award, which she was awarded whilst still in detention in 2009. Amnesty is calling out the defacto Burmese leader and accusing her of perpetuating human rights abuses by not speaking out about violence against the country’s Rohingya Muslim minority.

  • Politicians raise doubt over February 24 election date

    The Election Commission secretary-general Jarungvith Phumma is refusing to confirm that the next election will be held on February 24, fuelling speculation of a possible delay. He said February 24 was the earliest date the agency would be ready to hold the general election, citing a conclusion of an Commission meeting held many months ago in Pattaya

  • Burmese man stabbed friend to death in Phuket Town

    A Burmese man has stabbed another Myanmar national to death in Phuket Town last night. The Phuket City Police were notified about the incident at a room in Soi Ton Poe in Phuket Town. Police and rescue workers arrived to find the suspect, 56 year old Aung Htoo, a Burmese national, waiting for police

  • More ‘wind and waves’ – Phoenix still at the bottom of the Andaman Sea

    More ‘wind and waves’ – Phoenix still at the bottom of the Andaman Sea

    The Phoenix , the boat that sank on July 5 off Phuket’s south west coast, causing the drowning of 47 Chinese tourists, remains 45 metres underwater as the new salvage team have little more success than the original salvage team who threw in the towel a week ago. A Marine Police diver on site, Pol Lt Passakorn Sirichuchote, is quoted in the Bangkok Post saying… “We’ve encountered strong undercurrents

  • Village leaders try to track down rubbish dumpers

    Tourists in Krabi have found construction rubbish being dumped 4 metres from Hat Baan Laem Pong in Krabi District.

  • Public hearings now on for Thais to discuss the new same-sex marriage bill

    Public hearings now on for Thais to discuss the new same-sex marriage bill

    PHOTO: BK Magazine The Thai Justice Ministry has kicked off public hearings on the proposed same-sex marriage bill that is scheduled to be submitted to the cabinet this month. So far the online survey has had no direct objections