Chinese Supermarkets Pop up All Over Bangkok – Chiang Mai
Chinese supermarkets have become a popular tourist attraction for Chinese travelers, Chinese expatriates in Thailand, teenagers, and fans of Chinese actors and actresses.
Prachachat Business...
Pattaya Resurrects, Tourist Spending Increases to ฿100 Million Per Night
The tourism industry in Pattaya, both day and night, including Walking Street and entertainment venues, is experiencing an increase in spending by tourists from...
2016’s Most WTF and Very Prayuth Stories
Would Thailand be as colorful without magic banana trees and 'Uncle Tuu?' We think not.
Phuket Cops Hunting Down Thai, American ‘Seasteaders’
PHUKET — Police said Thursday that they’re seeking to arrest the two tenants of a seabourne home accused of “posing a threat” to Thai maritime sovereignty.
4 Wild Boars Granted Thai Citizenship: Official
CHIANG RAI — Three members of the Wild Boars football team and their coach were granted Thai citizenship Wednesday, officials said.
‘Death Bus’ Driver Was Using Meth
NAKHON RATCHASIMA — The driver of a tour bus that crashed and killed 18 passengers confessed to being high on meth at the time, police said Friday.
The PM Orders Preparations For The Evacuation of Thais After Israel Was Attacked
At least 40 people were killed when Israel was attacked with weapons, and Thai citizens were injured and possibly kidnapped. The Prime Minister of...
Taiwanese Customers Shut Inside Siam Square Salon For Not Paying
BANGKOK — It took two diplomats, an online culture lesson and a stuffed animal to smooth a Pacific Rim feud that flared up between two Taiwanese women the Bangkok salon owner they refused to pay.
Of Marias and Marios: Media Fetish or New Faces of Thainess?
In the broader domain of popular Thai culture, young mixed-race actors and models of Thai-Western unions, or leuk khrung (Thai-Western, or literally “half-blood”), appear in most contemporary Thai films and television dramas.
Pro-Junta Party Tries to Stop Nomination of Royal PM
The electoral contest between the leader of Thailand’s ruling junta and a member of its royal family immediately became heated Friday when a pro-junta political party began legal maneuvers to end her candidacy before it could begin.
