Thailand jails an activist who demanded royal reform for four years
A Thai court sentenced Anon Nampa, an activist and attorney, to four years in prison for breaking a taboo by calling for royal reform at rallies three years ago. Anon…
Major tourist destinations anticipate an increase in Chinese visitors
Major tourist destinations anticipate an increase in Chinese visitors once the visa-free program for this category of foreign travellers begins on Monday. Chinese and Kazakh nationals can apply for up…
Thailand provides free travel guides to 60 spiritual tourist destinations
With the goal of tripling spiritual tourism revenue over the next ten years, Thailand’s Tourism Authority (TAT) has provided complimentary guides to 60 holy locations.From Bangkok’s ancient principal temples to…
New York visit boosted trade and investment
According to Prime Minister’s Office spokesperson Chai Watcharong, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin’s trip to New York to attend the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly was effective in…
Diesel disappears from Army facility
According to an army spokesperson, the army headquarters is looking into how more than 200,000 liters of fuel vanished from its Ordnance Materiel Rebuild Center in Saraburi province last year.…
Panic takes over the expats
The worry that retirees and other non-working expats would soon be taxed on their foreign pension income has given internet trolls, click-bait writers, and anxious long-term visa holders a field…
Chonburi ranks first in foreign property market
Statistics from the Real Estate Information Center (REIC), Government Housing Bank (GH Bank), show that foreign buyers transferred 10.8% of all condominiums in Thailand in the first half of 2023,…
DNA from two deceased children matches Songsak and his ex-partner as parents
According to Pol Maj-Gen Noppasilp Poonsawat, deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, who is in charge of the investigation into a string of child murders, analysis of DNA from…
Srettha holds talks with Tesla chief Musk
Srettha Thavisin, the prime minister and finance minister, met in New York with prominent business figures in an effort to increase foreign investment in Thailand. Elon Musk, the CEO of…
PM asks Microsoft to invest in a regional data center in Thailand
During an informal discussion with executives from Microsoft on Thursday evening in New York, the Prime Minister of Thailand, Srettha Thavisin, extended an invitation to Microsoft to invest in the…