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  • TAT expects 2.3 million tourists for this year’s Songkran

    TAT expects 2.3 million tourists for this year’s Songkran

    The Tourism Authority of Thailand is expecting more than 2.3 million local and foreign tourists will join the various Songkran celebrations this year. They say that should generate 20 billion baht+ in revenue for tourism and tourism-related services

  • 24 hour alcohol ban starts tonight, another one next week – Election

    24 hour alcohol ban starts tonight, another one next week – Election

    Alcohol is officially banned from sale or distribution from 6pm tonight. It’s all part of the pre-voting for next week’s Thai national election, the first since 2011

  • Former army captain gets death sentence over Si Sa Ket murder

    Former army captain gets death sentence over Si Sa Ket murder

    by Pongpat Traipipat After nearly a year in court, the former army captain Supachai Paso has been sentenced to death over the abduction and murder of Si Sa Ket-based administration organisation official Juthaporn Oun-on. Si Sa Ket is north east of Bangkok on the northern Cambodian border. He was also ordered to pay 2.37 million baht in compensation, plus 7.5% annual interest until the full payment is made, to the deceased woman’s family.

  • Prayut and Thanathorn cleared to proceed with election

    Prayut and Thanathorn cleared to proceed with election

    Future Forward’s Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit and PM Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha have been cleared to proceed with the election. Future Forward’s young leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit has now been cleared by the Thai Election Commission of any wrongdoing over an alleged posting of misleading information in his biography on the party’s website.

  • 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.

  • Body recovered of a man who jumped off Sarasin Bridge last Thursday

    Body recovered of a man who jumped off Sarasin Bridge last Thursday

    The body of a man, who was seen jumping off Sarasin Bridge last week, has been found and recovered off the coast of Rawai in Phuket’s south. Kok Kloi Police in Phang Nga were notified about the man jumping off the bridge that links Phuket to the mainland (southbound) last Thursday. Read more about the man jumping off Sarasin Bridge  HERE

  • Krabi woman fakes death to avoid “loan sharks”

    Krabi woman fakes death to avoid “loan sharks”

    PHOTO: Sanook A 30 year old woman named Sudawan, who went online to post pictures of herself, apparently dead with cotton wool stuffed up her nose, has now been located.

  • Long queues and poor arrangements greet early Thai voters in KL

    Long queues and poor arrangements greet early Thai voters in KL

    PHOTO: Thai PBS A long queue of waiting voters spilled out of the Thai embassy compound in Kuala Lumpur during yesterday’s early voting.

  • Three died, three injured in Chiang Mai road crash

    Three died, three injured in Chiang Mai road crash

    Three people were killed and three others injured when their car hit a power pole on the Chiang Mai-Hod road in Chiang Mai’s Doi Lor district early today (Saturday). The vehicle overturned after it hit the pole. Emergency responders and rescuers from the Putthasawan Nopparat Foundation had to use iron cutters (Jaws of Life) to extract the bodies from the vehicle

  • Is Thailand falling behind in the startup race? Techsauce Global Summit Bangkok

    Is Thailand falling behind in the startup race? Techsauce Global Summit Bangkok

    PHOTO: Oranuch Lerdsuwankij, CEO and co-founder of summit organiser Techsauce Media b y Asina Pornwasin  Oranuch Lerdsuwankij, CEO and co-founder of summit organiser Techsauce Media, underlined the forthcoming conference’s importance as a platform for tech enthusiasts across different industries to discuss digital knowledge, ideas and experiences. She says the summit is bringing tangible changes to the tech ecosystem across Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries. The summit will be held at Centara Grand at CentralWorld on June 19 & 20, 2019, “For this year, we picked issues around our theme, celebrating world-changing technologies, to broaden views of how technology creates a huge impact on our world and affects big-name companies as well as the general pubic,” said Oranuch.