Thai government preparing a plan to attract millions more expats to come and live in Thailand
New plan will target retirees and the self-employed across the world to make Thailand their home and base for new business ventures. The…
Death of schoolboy playing football from lightning strike in Surat Thani leaves father distraught in grief
Deaths from lightning strikes are quite common in Thailand particularly in farms with open pastures where one lightning strike can kill many living…
Cabinet in pension move as the number of working Thais to over 60s is set to half in 20 years
Further detail is required to see how the new pension plan will work and its relationship to the existing 1990 Social Security Act…
Reopening of Phuket still not officially approved although it is the ideal test for a broader move
The rate of vaccination in Thailand and the success of plans to reopen Phuket to quarantine free tourism are becoming critical factors in…
Murder suicides spike in Thailand as country suffers the economic brunt of the Covid 19 crisis within homes
Even before the pandemic, the World Economic Forum estimated that there were 3 million people in Thailand with mental health issues while mental…
PM left master of the field as constitutional reform moves stall with street protests quieted
A suggestion on March 17th last by Deputy Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and leader of the Bhumjaithai Party that time would remove the…
Penguin’s mother asked to request her son’s move to a hospital after 14 days on prison hunger strike
Secretary to the Minister of Justice, Thanakrit Jitareerat, has made it clear that the ministry would support any request by Mr Parit’s mother…
Crisis in Myanmar threatens to escalate as Thai authorities monitor the situation on a daily basis
An unusually strongly-worded statement from the defence ministers of the United States, United Kingdom, Australia and Japan castigated the junta and the military…
70 arrested near Government House in Bangkok as police move clears protest site in place for 2 weeks
A significant number involved in the protest outside Government House, which was dispersed on Sunday morning, were part of a march from Nakhon…
Public Health Ministry moves to assure the public on outlying cases as vaccination drive cranks up
A 29-year-old market seller who works in Bangkok but lives in Ratchaburi becomes the first confirmed case of a vaccinated person to test…