Artikel erschien März 2019

  • Red car ‘gun flasher’ arrested in Phuket

    Red car ‘gun flasher’ arrested in Phuket

    Phuket police have arrested and are questioning the driver of a red sedan following Friday’s incident on Thepkasattri Road in Srisoonthorn where he appeared to wave a gun out of his driver’s window (video in the link below).

  • 2,821 days

    2,821 days

    It’s been 2,821 days between July 3, 2011 until today, March 24, 2019. July 3, 2011 was the last time Thais voted in a general election.

  • Tsunami advisory for Andaman Coast – all clear

    Tsunami advisory for Andaman Coast – all clear

    An advisory was sent out last night about two earth tremors registering 5.0 and 5.2 magnitude centered on the Andaman Islands, 620 kilometres north west of Phuket. The  National Disaster Warning Centre  sent out an advisory to Governors of six Andaman Coast provinces to be on alert for tsunami warnings and more earthquake activity. There has been no tsunami activity registered along the Andaman coastlines.

  • His Majesty urges Thais to elect ‘good people’ in today’s election

    His Majesty urges Thais to elect ‘good people’ in today’s election

    His Majesty the King has quoted from a speech delivered by his father, the late King Bhumibol, to urge voters to elect “good people” to rule the country. The Royal Household Bureau announced at 8.44pm that His Majesty had instructed the Lord Chamberlain to quote from a royal speech delivered by King Bhumibol at the sixth gathering of National Boy Scouts at the Vajiravudh Boy Scout Camp in Chon Buri province on December 11, 1989, as a reminder to the public.

  • “A clean and fair election”, EC assures international delegates

    “A clean and fair election”, EC assures international delegates

    Thailand’s Election Commission has assured representatives from 11 nations and one international electoral watchdog organisation of a clean and fair election tomorrow. The EC briefed representatives of election commissions from Australia, Bhutan, Cambodia, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Indonesia, Philippines, South Korea, East Timor, and Vietnam at the Rama Gardens Hotel at 9.45am this morning

  • Eight Burmese migrants drown, two still missing in Kanchanaburi road crash

    Eight Burmese migrants drown, two still missing in Kanchanaburi road crash

    Eight Burmese migrants drowned along with two others that are missing, presumed dead, after a van they were travelling in was hit by a 10 wheel truck and both vehicles plunged into a canal in Kanchanaburi’s Tha Muang district in western Thailand today. Police say the accident happened at 12.10pm at the Sa Setthi Intersection in Tambon Ban Mai

  • Summer storms on the way for north, north-east

    Summer storms on the way for north, north-east

    FILE PHOTO People living in the north of Thailand are being warned to brace themselves for some summer thunderstorms until Wednesday.

  • Hazardous: Chiang Mai again leads the world in air pollution

    Hazardous: Chiang Mai again leads the world in air pollution

    Chiang Mai is back on top of the world’s list of most air-polluted cities, according to the AirVisual.com website.

  • Top Five things to consider if you’re buying a condo in Thailand

    Top Five things to consider if you’re buying a condo in Thailand

    Not quite a Top Ten but some good straight-talking about buying condominiums in Thailand from Desmond Hughes from Hughes Krupica … One of the most commonly read or spoken summary of foreign ownership of property in Thailand is along the lines of “Foreigners can buy a foreign freehold condominium in their name”. At this sentence, many foreign investors switch off, and assume that the rest of the detail provided by the author may be legal mumbo jumbo or a thinly veiled attempt to win their business.

  • Thailand ‘slightly impacted’ from a no deal Brexit

    Thailand ‘slightly impacted’ from a no deal Brexit

    The EU has agreed to postpone Brexit from next Friday and give UK PM Theresa May time to get her deal approved in Parliament. The PM had hoped to persuade the EU to delay the March 29 Brexit date, set in law, to June 30. But the EU country leaders have offered her two dates… A delay until May 22 if MPs approve her withdrawal deal in next week’s vote