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Tomorrowland denies Thailand to host EDM event
Published on 29/03/2024
» Organisers of the Tomorrowland, a large electronic dance music (EDM) festival, has denied a government statement suggesting that the annual event will come to Thailand, saying they need to study the offer.
End 2-5pm booze ban say restaurateurs
Gary Boyle, Published on 15/01/2024
» Restaurateurs have asked Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin to end the ban on alcohol sales in the afternoon because visitors are complaining.
Thaksin 'seriously ill' say prison officials
Gary Boyle, Published on 11/01/2024
» Convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is seriously ill and must remain in Police General Hospital as a return to jail could endanger his life, according to the Department of Corrections.
Booze tax cuts approved to boost tourism
Gary Boyle, Published on 05/01/2024
» The cabinet has approved tax cuts on alcoholic beverages, with wine prices set to fall significantly, in order to boost tourism.
Former officials found 'unusually rich' by B2bn
Gary Boyle, Published on 05/12/2023
» The National Anti-Corruption Commission has found four former Revenue Department officials in Samut Prakan province to be unusually wealthy, by 2.1 billion baht.
S Korea says it regrets refusing Thai visitors
Gary Boyle, Published on 06/11/2023
» The South Korean Foreign Affairs Ministry says it regrets that its immigration officials have earned a reputation for refusing entry to Thai tourists, according to the Thai Foreign Affairs Ministry.
Thaksin lawyer fit for government?
Gary Boyle, Published on 30/08/2023
» An ex-lawyer is tipped to become a cabinet minister despite having served jail time over the so-called "cash-stuffed paper bag" scandal representing former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in a controversial land case in 2008.
Thaksin would be treated as elderly inmate, says prisons boss
Gary Boyle, Published on 27/07/2023
» Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra would be treated as an elderly prisoner if he is imprisoned on his planned return to Thailand on Aug 10, Corrections Department chief Ayut Sinthoppan said on Wednesday.
Ailing elephant comes home
Gary Boyle, Published on 03/07/2023
» Ailing Thai jumbo Sak Surin is in quarantine in Lampang province after being flown from Sri Lanka to Chiang Mai on Sunday.
Scammers stole B31bn from victims in one year
Gary Boyle, Published on 14/03/2023
» Online and phone-call scammers stole 31.58 billion baht from 218,210 complainants over the past 12 months, police said on Tuesday.