Thailand News

Uninsured British Man On His Way To Renew Visa Loses Leg In Horrific Motorcycle Accident

A young British man has suffered life changing injuries and is in a serious condition in hospital following an horrific motorbike accident in Thailand. Harry George Buster Cross was travelling to Kanchanaburi immigration office on Monday morning to extend his tourist visa when the Yamaha motorbike he was riding collided with a sugar cane truck…

Senior Public Health Official Says Taxing Dogs Just An Idea

Public health permanent secretary Dr Jedsada Chokdamrongsuk clarified today (Monday) that the Public Health Ministry has no authority to oversee pet dogs and cats and that his talk about imposing tax on the raising of dogs and cats was just an idea. He said that there are now several agencies which are now responsible for…

Well-Known Policeman Injured As Brake Failure Blamed For Six Vehicle Pile-Up

A police lieutenant colonel who has played takraw for the Thai national team was one of five people injured in a pile up in Nakorn Pathom yesterday. A ten wheel truck carrying refrigerated chicken piled into the back of traffic waiting at the lights at the Nong Kha Yang intersection headed in the direction of…

Reports Of Poisoned Stray Dogs Stir Up Animal Rights Activists

Ten animal-rights groups and other animal lovers will rally outside the head offices of the Department of Livestock Development (DLD) in Bangkok at 1pm today to object to DLD officials’ “cold-hearted” slaughter of dogs, Watchdog Thailand legal assistant and veterinarian Pattaranan Sajarom said yesterday. “We believe the DLD wants to eradicate stray cats and dogs…

Hero Brit Charity Boss Who Reunited Snatched Girl With Her Mum Is Languishing In A Thai Jail

A charity boss who played a key role in the fight to return an abducted schoolgirl to her mother in Birmingham is languishing in a Thai prison. Sean Felton, from Norton Canes, near Cannock , is enduring the cramped conditions and sweltering heat of notorious Sakhon Nakon prison after being arrested while helping another desperate…

The Reality Behind The Khon Kaen “Stupid” Letter

Thailand has a Marie Antoinette moment, though, crucially, she never got the chance to apologise. ( For those not familiar with the lady, she was the queen of French king Louis XVI at the time of the French Revolution. She has been saddled with the famous quote that when told the people had no bread…

Farang Goes On Social Media To Tell People To Lay Off His Ants !

A foreigner has gone onto Facebook to seemingly complain about someone who has been stealing his ants. A video showed the unnamed westerner mock ranting on the page of “Udom Suk Saneh”. Speaking in a northern dialect he bemoans that he was actually nearby when someone came and made off with his nest of “mot…

Khon Kaen Deputy Governor Apologizes For Letter Referring To People’s “Stupidity”

Khon Kaen deputy governor Suchai Butsara has issued a public apology, after “the wrong choice of words” in a leaked official document whipped up a storm of criticism. “How to bring people out of stupidity” was the mission statement for various agencies in a document signed by Suchai earlier this month. The document was an…

PM Urges Thais To Wear Period Costumes On Outings

Inspired by the success of the royally initiated winter festival, Oon Ai Rak Klay Kwam Nao, and the mega-hit historical TV soap opera “Bupphesanniwat” or “Destined Love”, Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha is encouraging Thai citizens to wear period outfits in public places. People in period costumes had flocked in large numbers to the one-month-long…

Three Myanmar Migrant Workers Burned To Death Following Road Accident

A chartered van taking Myanmar workers from Bangkok to Chiang Rai grazed a trailer truck in Sing Buri province early on Saturday, causing a fire that killed three people and left 10 others injured. The accident happened at 2.30am on the Asia Highway KM marker No 77+400 in Tambon Ban Paeng, Promburi district. Two Myanmar…

Pressure Mounts on Dejphon Chansiri at Sheffield Wednesday

Sheffield Wednesday Crisis: EFL Charges Chansiri

Sheffield Wednesday Owner Dejphon Chansiri Faces Mounting Criticism in UK Parliament and Among Fans

Thieves Target Cinerary Urns at Buriram Temples, Stealing Money Meant for the Afterlife

Shirley Roy Reappointed as Indian Embassy Representative for Northeast India in Thailand

Exploring Buriram’s Nightlife: A Guide to the Best Evening Experiences

Thai Constitutional Court Ousts Prime Minister Srettha in Major Political Shake-Up

Two Pickup Trucks Collide In Fatal Crash In Buriram

Man Found Dead In Khon Kaen, Police Chase Killer

Road Safety Concerns Rise As Upcountry Travel Surges For Songkran