An old hoax has recirculated on Facebook, Twitter and Line falsely claiming that Thailand created seven new provinces.The claim is false; Thailand’s Department of Provincial Administration...
The ban on gambling in Thailand goes back to 1935 and has more than 40 different laws and gambling regulations banning virtually all forms of wagering...
Gambling laws vary greatly across the world. In some countries it’s completely legal – in the UK, for example, the market is open yet heavily regulated....
Following the standard policy of other South-East Asian countries, Thailand is also quite well-known for their strict anti-gambling laws and has placed a full ban on...
BANGKOK – A Thai man who won US$390,000 in the lottery last year has been arrested for welcoming the endless stream of friends to his new...
BANGKOK – A 37 year-old Thai man claiming to be the Crime Suppression Division (CSD) police chief has been arrested at Don Mueang airport on Monday....
BANGKOK – His Majesty the King has approved the annual reshuffle of the three armed forces involving altogether 935 officers with General Apirat Kongsompong, assistant...
BANGKOK – Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha on Tuesday reaffirmed the need to retain the mandatory conscription for Thai male adults as soldiers form an...
BANGKOK – Tony Lambert, a former keyboard and accordion player with Galway band the Saw Doctors , has died in Thailand. Lambert, who was originally from...
PRACHIN BURI – Approximately 30,000 cancer patients and relatives of terminally-ill cancer patients in Central Thailand queued up in front of the house of Sangchai Haelerttrakul,...
– BANGKOK – A spokesman for the National Council for Peace and Order said Tuesday that the Royal Thai Police not the military, will handle the...
– BANGKOK – Thailand’s Military Junta reassured the international community on Tuesday that it would increase security at sensitive locations a day after a bomb exploded...
– BANGKOK — Three years after Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha and his military leaders overthrew a democratically elected government in Thailand, the country is sputtering economically, watched...
. . BANGKOK – When Thailand’s junta leader-turned-prime minister Gen.Prayut Chan-o-cha, used his absolute power to suspend gold mining, causing an Australian miner’s shares to plummet...
. . HUA HIN — Attackers using firebombs and homemade explosives struck a series of popular resort cities and beach towns across Thailand in some of...
UDON THANI – Pol Colonel Nawara Jannawan, chief of police at Prachak Sinlapakhom district, has reported police have arrested a monk and two other men for...
. BANGKOK – Deputy Permanent Secretary Chamroen Yutithamsakul reported to a press confrence that the Government has launched a new multi-lingual hotline, number 1111, to receive...
CHIANG MAI – A threatened booze crackdown hasn’t materialized yet, but it speaks of a moral tension in the so-called Land of Smiles Earlier this week,...
CHIANG RAI – Thai people are remarkably relaxed and easy going. Buddhist philosophy discourages ‘hot bloodedness’. Politeness is ingrained from birth and most Thai people...
BANGKOK — Winai Sawaengkarn closes his eyes before reaching into a wooden box and drawing a black card. He beams, and his watching mother sweeps...