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Drug den busted at Nana barber shop in Bangkok
Gary Boyle, Published on 17/10/2025
» Bangkok police arrested six foreign men, a Thai woman and a Myanmar woman at a barber shop on Nana Road (Sukhumvit Soi 3) where they said drugs were available.
Thailand rises in World Happiness rankings
Gary Boyle, Published on 26/03/2025
» Thailand rose nine places to be 49th in the World Happiness Report rankings for 2024 - and the third-happiest in Asean.
Four survive Pattaya-Moscow plane crash
Gary Boyle, Published on 23/01/2024
» Four survivors of a crash in northern Afghanistan of a plane on its way to Moscow were in good health, the Taliban administration said on Monday.
Finns world's happiest, Thais ranked 60th
Gary Boyle, Published on 23/03/2023
» Thailand moved up one place to ranking 60th on the World Happiness Report 2023, while Finland has retained its top billing as the happiest country in the world for the sixth consecutive year.
Three Asian passports now world's most useful
Gary Boyle, Published on 20/07/2022
» Japan, Singapore and South Korea have the most powerful passports as the world recovers from Covid-19, reversing pre-pandemic rankings that were dominated by European nations.
Romance scam sets world record
Gary Boyle, Published on 02/05/2022
» In late 2019 Essilor International discovered fraudulent fund transfers totalling 6.3 billion baht at its Thai unit, Essilor Manufacturing (Thailand).
Thailand ranks 61 in annual happiness survey
Gary Boyle, Published on 21/03/2022
» Thailand ranked 61st in the annual World Happiness Index but is the third happiest country in Southeast Asia, according to the World Happiness Report 2022.
'Golden Crescent' drugs pouring in, warns minister
Gary Boyle, Published on 29/10/2019
» Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin has voiced concern that smugglers have turned to the so-called Golden Crescent as an alternative source of drugs trafficked to Thailand.
Chiang Mai air pollution worst in the world
Gary Boyle, Published on 13/03/2019
» Forest fires have sent air quality in nine provinces to a level considered harmful to people's health, as cities in the North registered air quality that was among the world's worst.
Corruption rising in Thailand, survey says
Gary Boyle, Published on 29/01/2019
» Thailand dropped to 36 points, one lower than the year before, in Transparency International’s 2018 Corruption Perceptions Index released on Tuesday.