Emiratis holding diplomatic and special passports can enter, exit and pass through Thai territories visa-free.
Laos – the ‘battery’ of Asia and a ticking environmental time bomb
What uses more power? Siam Paragon in Bangkok or the entire province of Mae Hong Son (with 250,000 residents in north-west Thailand)?
Activist Monks Flee Cambodia Fearing Arrest, Defrocking
Last summer, prominent Cambodian activist monk Bor Bet participated in protests triggered by the arrest of labor leader Rong Chhun. Now the monk has fled to Thailand with other Cambodian dissidents, …
25 Myanmar migrants caught for illegal entry
Myanmar nationals were arrested on Saturday night after they illegally crossed the border into Thailand at a village in Muang district. At about 11pm a combined military-police patrol spotted the 25 — …
Can Thailand save its rice bowl, or will China, India and Vietnam eat it for lunch?
Jasmine rice, once the star of Thailand’s rice exports, is facing the heat from cheaper varieties in the region.
Pandemic wipes out years of progress on Asian poverty, from Indonesia to the Philippines and Thailand
Times have been tight for Lasmi Asih’s family ever since her husband lost his job at a department store in Jakarta amid the coronavirus pandemic. She is now the sole breadwinner, and must provide for …
Thailand’s Largest Bank Snubs Ripple – Selects Stellar-based Blockchain for Cross Border Remittances
In an apparent snub to Ripple, Thailand’s oldest bank, Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) says it will open a new cross border remittances corridor in partnership with Lightnet, a fintech company that uses …
Woes for Thailand: Bangkok air pollution at unsafe levels; more cases of Covid-19 reported
Air pollution in Bangkok’s 38 districts hit dangerous levels on Saturday morning with PM2.5 (particulate matter less than 2.5 micrometres in diameter) readings coming in at 39 to 72 micrograms per …
Cher calls for Thailand’s Pata Zoo to rehome gorilla Bua Noi after 30 years living above shopping centre
Days after rescuing “the world’s loneliest elephant” from Pakistan, singer Cher is attempting to rehome a gorilla living above a Thai shopping centre. Bua Noi has lived at Pata Zoo on the top floor of …
North outbreak over, says govt
The Department of Disease Control has declared that all provinces in Thailand are free of Covid-19 and there is no longer any need for quarantines after internal travel.