Artikel erschien März 2019

  • Thai Smile opens new Bangkok-Kolkata route

    Thai Smile opens new Bangkok-Kolkata route

    Jumping on the tourism bandwagon between India and Thailand, Thai Smile Airways has announced a new route from Bangkok to Kolkata, starting from March 31. The airline will operate five flights a week (Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday) from Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok to Kolkata, East India. The airline says the new route is “in line with its business plan to continuously expand the portfolio of destinations offered to passengers”

  • Monk run over during alms rounds outside Chumphon temple

    Monk run over during alms rounds outside Chumphon temple

    b y Thanongsak Supakan  A monk has been hit and killed by a speeding pickup truck in Chumphon this morning.

  • Cabinet supports bid for southern ‘Nora’ dance to be included in UNESCO heritage list

    Cabinet supports bid for southern ‘Nora’ dance to be included in UNESCO heritage list

    “The Thai government will nominate Nora at UNESCO’s upcoming meeting. “ Nora, a southern traditional dance, has been given the nod to seek a place on UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage representatives list.The Culture Ministry has been striving to preserve the unique Thai dance after ‘Khon’, the masked dance drama, was registered on the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list at a UNESCO meeting in Mauritius last year.

  • Police ignore motorbikes and trucks illegally using Pattaya underpass

    Police ignore motorbikes and trucks illegally using Pattaya underpass

    By Jetsada Homklin When Pattaya’s Central Road bypass tunnel eventually opened, police were vigorous in their enforcement barring motorcycles and large trucks from using the new underpass. But that didn’t last long. Pattaya Mail is reporting that tourists and residents both have complained that large numbers of motorcyclists are speeding through the tunnel with little fear of being stung with the 1,000 baht fine

  • Historical Rattanakosin Island “not an appropriate place for prostitution”

    Historical Rattanakosin Island “not an appropriate place for prostitution”

    PHOTO: Daily News Thai officials say they are determined to stamp out ‘street walkers’ in the heart of Bangkok’s historical Rattanakosin Island district. Officials say that it is inappropriate to have prostitution in such an area and it is damaging for the image of Thailand

  • Finnish man found dead on chopper in Pattaya

    Finnish man found dead on chopper in Pattaya

    PHOTOS: Pattaya Law Enforcement A Finnish man has been found dead on a ‘chopper’ and sidecar in Pattaya yesterday. “A chopper is a type of custom motorcycle which emerged in California in the late 1950s

  • Two Nigerians arrested, one still at large, over investment scam

    Two Nigerians arrested, one still at large, over investment scam

    PHOTO: INN News Immigration chief Lt-Gen Surachate Hakparn has announced the arrest of two Nigerian scammers who posed as officials at a financial institution to defraud investors. They were also found to have overstayed their visas. Arrested were 55 year old Emmanual Olichagew and 41 year old Friday Ochiaga at a rented room in Bangkapi, Bangkok.

  • Truck crash in Rawai pulls down power lines causing six hour blackout

    Truck crash in Rawai pulls down power lines causing six hour blackout

    PHOTOS: PEA A truck accident in Rawai has caused a blackout in Rawai for over six hours. (Some residents from Rawai contacted The Thaiger explaining that the power was off for 12 hours, not six as claimed by the PEA.) The Phuket Provincial Electric Authority reports that at 9.30pm last night a truck accident pulled down two power poles.

  • Thailand’s future is dissolving right before our eyes

    Thailand’s future is dissolving right before our eyes

    by Edward Kitlertsirivatana When an animal is cornered, with no other options, its survival instinct kicks in. It will fight tooth and nail for its life. With the dissolution of Thai Raksa Chart party, attempts to dissolve other rival parties are in the air.

  • Only the US and Canada left flying the Boeing 737 Max aircraft*

    Only the US and Canada left flying the Boeing 737 Max aircraft*

    The US and Canada remain the only two country’s left flying the Boeing 737 Max 8 model aircraft in any substantial numbers (*there are a few smaller airlines and nations but very few remaining). Otherwise most of the world’s aviation authorities have either grounded the planes or closed access to their airspace for the operation of the popular new Boeing short-haul workhorse. As a note of clarification the Boeing 737 MAX class of airplane are a new-generation version of the popular 737 plane that has been flying since the 1960s.