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Charm alone is not enough
News, Editorial, Published on 05/05/2025
» Thailand's tourism industry, long regarded as one of the kingdom's economic crown jewels, is showing signs of severe fatigue.
Domestic tourism subsidy faces delay
Narumon Kasemsuk, Published on 25/04/2025
» The Ministry of Tourism and Sports has assured hotel operators that the government will not cancel the 3.5-billion-baht subsidy scheme for domestic tourists during the low season, though the project will be delayed a month.
Mae Hong Son finds ways to tackle unruly tourists
Business, Molpasorn Shoowong, Published on 18/02/2025
» The unruly behaviour of tourists in Mae Hong Son has increasingly riled locals, particularly the habit of smoking marijuana in public, disobeying traffic rules and illegally working in prohibited jobs.
Learning at druggie Dad's knee; pod puzzle; picky jogger thief
News, Mae Moo, Published on 26/01/2025
» They start early, these days
Trudeau exit shakes up Canadian politics
Published on 07/01/2025
» OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau is resigning after more than nine years as Canada’s prime minister, bowing to dreadful polls and a rebellion within his governing Liberal party.
Streetside justice; brutal hit-and-run; victim busts gang lair
News, Mae Moo, Published on 29/12/2024
» Baseball bats won't cut it
Japan criminalises cannabis use as revised laws take effect
Published on 12/12/2024
» TOKYO - Japan started criminalising the use of cannabis and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), a psychoactive chemical found in the plant, as revised laws took effect on Thursday amid growing concerns over drug abuse by young people.
Italy rolling back cannabis liberalisation
Reuters, Published on 12/11/2024
» ROME — Italy's flourishing "cannabis light" industry risks being uprooted this year when Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni pushes a bill through parliament to deflower a crop that is legal across much of Europe.
Two alleged yakuza held for abduction, extortion
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 06/11/2024
» Two Japanese men accused of abducting a compatriot and extorting money from him before physically assaulting and forcing him to eat faeces have been arrested at a resort in Chon Buri.
VW manager deported from China after alleged drug use in Thailand
Published on 23/10/2024
» A senior Volkswagen AG executive in China was deported to Germany after being held over alleged drug use, according to local police and media reports, as trade tensions escalate between Brussels and Beijing.