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  • 100 baht tourist tax to cover basic insurance and repatriation

    100 baht tourist tax to cover basic insurance and repatriation

    Every foreign tourist arriving or departing Thailand will be charged 100 baht for basic insurance which would cover money for emergencies and repatriation of their body if they meet with misadventure. As reported yesterday, the Thai Ministry of Tourism and Sports proposes that every foreign tourist visiting Thailand should be charged a levy to cover basic insurance and life insurance

  • Three injured in fresh seafood pickup accident in Krabi

    Three injured in fresh seafood pickup accident in Krabi

    A pickup truck has lost control and collided with a fresh seafood pickup truck in Krabi. Locals helped to collect the fresh seafood and take it back to the pickup truck. The incident is the third ‘seafood’ crash incident this week.

  • IKEA Thailand launches full online store

    IKEA Thailand launches full online store

    “…it took IKEA about two years to study the market demand, develop the infrastructure, and prepare everything before launching their e-commerce service in Southeast Asia.” by Kwanchai Rungfapairsarn IKEA Thailand has announced the official launch of its IKEA Online Store as it gets set to better provide for individual customers across the Kingdom.

  • Watch out Thailand, here comes Vietnam

    Watch out Thailand, here comes Vietnam

    “Vietnam is poised to take advantage of the next wave of digital technologies such as blockchain, AI (artificial intelligence), internet of things and cloud-based services to become Asia’s next high-performing economy and improve the living standards of its residents.” Dr Lucy Cameron, from Australia, lead author of the report “Vietnam’s Future Digital Economy Towards 2030 and 2045”, says the country should carefully navigate a number of risks while undertaking digital transformation. She was presenting her findings in Ho Chi Minh City yesterday

  • Thanathorn is able to attend this afternoon’s opening of Parliament

    Thanathorn is able to attend this afternoon’s opening of Parliament

    PHOTO: Future Forward party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, heading to the opening of Parliament today? Future Forward party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit has been told he can attend the opening of parliament today by His Majesty the King in the conference hall of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

  • “Medical cannabis is no panacea” – Thai FDA

    “Medical cannabis is no panacea” – Thai FDA

    The Thai Food and Drug Administration is again warning the public that cannabis is not a magic medicine that can cure all illnesses. The FDA deputy secretary-general Dr Surachoke Tangwiwat has repeated the warning that cannabis cannot cure many illnesses, including diabetes, high blood pressure and heart problems as well as mental illness

  • 77 year old Swede dies from heart attack on beach in Trat

    77 year old Swede dies from heart attack on beach in Trat

    PHOTOS: Khaosod A Swedish man has died after an apparent heart attack whilst swimming at Koh Chang in Trat, in Thailand’s eastern-most province.

  • Top 7 Thai expat myths

    Top 7 Thai expat myths

    If you read the internet, particularly one particular website we won’t name (thaivisa.com)… whoops, then you’d think that Thailand is a dreadful place to visit, filled with hate-filled expats who live in fear and loathing of, well, everything. According to many, the sky is likely to fall in at any moment and everything in Thailand is too expensive, too corrupt, too hot, too cold and too dangerous

  • 5G: Welcome to instant internet

    5G: Welcome to instant internet

    5G will change everything.

  • Vietnamese woman dies after falling from hotel in Pattaya

    Vietnamese woman dies after falling from hotel in Pattaya

    PHOTOS: Pattaya Message / Siam Rath A Vietnamese woman has died after falling from a hotel room in Pattaya. Two children, presumed to be hers at this stage, were found in the Pattaya hotel room early this morning.