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Chinese tourists worried about safety
Gary Boyle, Published on 15/12/2023
» Tourism operators in China say safety remains the major concern for Thailand tour packages, predicting trips here might reach the pre-pandemic level by 2025.
Tourism threatened as risks pile up
Gary Boyle, Published on 11/10/2023
» War in Israel and reduced confidence after last week’s Bangkok mall shooting are expected to cause foreign arrivals to drop next week.
3 arrested for selling gun to teen shooter
Gary Boyle, Published on 05/10/2023
» Three men were separately arrested in Yala and Bangkok for allegedly selling a blank gun and ammunition to a 14-year-old boy who went on a shooting rampage inside Siam Paragon shopping mall in Bangkok on Tuesday afternoon.
10.3m guns in Thailand, says survey
Gary Boyle, Published on 05/10/2023
» Authorities will crack down on online sales of guns, national police chief Torsak Sukvimol said on Wednesday, a day after a shooting at a Bangkok shopping mall left two people dead.
Suspected shooter's modified gun designed to fire blanks
Gareth Evans, Published on 04/10/2023
» A teenager suspected of killing two and wounding five others in a Bangkok shopping mall shooting had modified a handgun that was designed to fire only blanks, police said on Wednesday.
Two dead in shopping mall shooting
Gary Boyle, Published on 03/10/2023
» Police have arrested a 14-year-old boy who went on a shooting rampage inside Siam Paragon shopping mall, killing two people and injuring five others — two of them critically — on Tuesday afternoon.
Rude tuk-tuk driver fined after tourists' 'horrible experience'
Gary Boyle, Published on 06/09/2022
» A tuk-tuk driver was fined on Monday for being rude and aggressive to a Singapore couple in demanding more money than they had earlier agreed on for a ride.
'Bad Students' rally against 'dinosaurs'
Gary Boyle, Published on 23/11/2020
» Young “Bad Student” activists gathered on Saturday beneath the Siam BTS skytrain station.
Protesters rally at Pathumwan intersection
Gary Boyle, Published on 16/10/2020
» A large crowd was building at the Pathumwan intersection in central Bangkok on Friday evening as anti-government protesters rallied for a third consecutive day.
Thai celebrity event earns CCSA warning
Gary Boyle, Published on 07/06/2020
» The security chief of the Covid-19 fighting agency warned people who do not follow social distancing rules on Sunday, after fans mobbed a cinema.