Lifestyle

(2 October) Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra had announced the government is considering a plan to declare 30 December as a public holiday, in order to lengthen the New Year 'long holiday' period and boost the nation’s tourism industry.

(1 October) Mr. Attachai Rattanadilok Na Phuket, Deputy Director of Department of Land Transport, said that his department is planning to launch a ‘Lady Taxi’ campaign, in order to offer women safer taxi service.

(1 October) Wat Hua Fang Temple in Chiang Rai province has been turned into a school for local elderly folks.

(30 September) The Thai-born giant panda "Lin Ping" is gradually adjusting to her new abode in China, where she had been sent to select a mate, according to a Thai official.

(25 September) The Thai authorities have unveiled another "Tourist Court" in Phuket Province, one of the top tourist destinations of the country, in an effort to swiftly resolve legal issues in which tourists are involved.

(25 September) Bangkok authority has launched a free bicycle borrowing service around the tourist attractions in the Old City.

(24 September) Mr. Somphon Chaibang-yang, President of Thailand Volleyball Association, said that the association is submitting the letter to the Bureau of The Royal Household, in order to present the 2013 Asian Volleyball Championship Trophy to Her Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn.

(22 September) A group of mahouts and 5 Elephants gathered in Ayutthaya province to protest the proposed draft of the Wildlife Preservation and Protection Act B.E.2556, stating that the new bill restricts their rights over the elephant and disrespects folk wisdom about elephant nurturing.

(11 September) The Dean of Thammasat University′s Science Faculty insisted that students must wear uniforms to his class, despite the ongoing campaign led by a student calling for an end to compulsory uniform wearing.

(6 August) Chairwoman of the official Redshirts leadership files lawsuits against group of anti-government activists who accused her of planning to overthrow the monarchy and install a Communist regime.