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Another Great Advert For Thai Doctors As Woman Gives Birth In 7/11 Toilets After Being Told She Was Fat

  A worker has given birth to a baby girl in the toilets of a gas station 7/11 in Chonburi. She didn’t even know she was pregnant and went into the loos to have a pooh. Out came a healthy girl instead. Sarinya, 24, has named her baby girl “Nong Seven”. It was even the…

Teen Thai Boy Runs Into His Father In Prison

A heartbreaking Facebook post published yesterday — one that shows an impromptu reunion between an incarcerated Thai man and his teenage son whilst on a field trip at a prison in Rayong province — has netizens all over Thailand  weeping. The post by Arom Khunmoung, team leader of Jam Banjeud Rayong, an organization that plans educational…

I’m No Child Bride ! Says Vern Unsworth’s 40 Year-Old Thai Girlfriend

The 40-year-old – known as Tik – told the Thai news website Coconuts: “The news about him being married to a 12-year-old child is laughable.” Tik, who shares a rural home with Unsworth near Chiang Rai, added: “Vern is a kind person. He rarely has an argument with anyone, and everybody loves Vern. “We’ve spent…

Thai Woman Slammed by Oncoming Car, Knocked Off Expressway to Her Death

A 68-year-old woman plunged to her death from a Bangkok expressway yesterday when her car, which had broken down, was struck from behind by another vehicle at about 9pm as she stood next to a highway patrol officer who had come to her aid. Tunyapat Wipanpong, who had parked her car in the far-left lane…

Thai Airways International (THAI) Apologise For Having Cockroach On Flight

Thai Airways International (THAI) has apologised for flying with a cockroach on board a flight from the Japanese city of Sapporo to Bangkok last week. Facebook page @Hokkaidofanclub on Monday posted a video clip showing a live cockroach on the flight from Chitose Airport to Suvarnabhumi Airport on Friday. The post received much comment from…

Why You Need To Be Careful At A Thai Green Light

CCTV footage from Nakorn Ratchasima showed why drivers need to be careful when going through a green light – especially at deserted intersections at night. You never know when some idiot is hell bent on whizzing through a red light. On Saturday Thanapha Bolan, 45, was on her way home from her shift at a…

The Dark Secret Of Thailand’s Child Brides

One day this summer, 11-year-old Ayu married 41-year-old Che Abdul Karim Che Hamid at a small pink mosque on the banks of the Golok river in the far south of Thailand. Earlier that morning, Che Abdul Karim and his soon-to-be child bride had travelled over the border from Malaysia into the Thai province of Narathiwat…

Speeding Thai Minivan Driver Rages At Foreign Tourist Who Told Him To Slow Down

A minivan driver has been caught on camera berating a foreign tourist who complained about his dangerous driving. The incident, footage of which was shared to Facebook, occurred when the foreigner said the man was driving too fast and told him slow down during the journey from Surat Thani to Phuket. A photo showed the…

Time To Rethink Prostitution Ban Say Experts

It is an open secret that, despite being illegal, prostitution is widely practised in Thailand. That striking gulf between the law and reality illustrates the need to amend the laws and decriminalise the sex trade, panellists at a recent seminar said. “The crime control model we use is clearly not working,” Asst Professor and researcher…

Missing Irishman Found Dead in Kwai Noi River

The body of a 51-year-old man from Northern Ireland missing since Tuesday following a quarrel with his Thai girlfriend was found floating in the Kwai Noi River in Sai Yok district on Thursday morning. The dead man was identified by his Thai girlfriend as Robort Lytle. His body was first seen around 8.20am on Thursday…