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Myanmar junta leader’s family buys B100m Bangkok home
Published on 01/04/2026
» The family of Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing purchased a luxury home worth nearly 100 million baht in Bangkok, bypassing Thai laws prohibiting foreigners from owning land or houses in the country, according to a human rights group.
Chinese-made elephant pants face import ban
Gary Boyle, Published on 06/02/2024
» The Customs Department has been told to ban Chinese imports of elephant-patterned pants as the pattern's copyright has now been registered, the Commerce Ministry said on Monday.
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.
Live king cobra sent in mail
Gary Boyle, Published on 23/03/2022
» A king cobra about two metres long was found alive in a parcel sent to Khon Kaen on Tuesday.
Crocodile goes onto the menu
Gary Boyle, Published on 14/01/2022
» Crocodile farms are offering the reptile’s meat as a cheaper alternative to pork, the price of which has now soared to more than 200 baht per kilogramme.
Covid found in 397 more migrant workers
Gary Boyle, Published on 22/12/2020
» The government on Tuesday reported 427 new cases of the novel coronavirus, including 397 migrant workers, raising the total since the start of the pandemic to 5,716.
Monday: 382 new Covid cases
Gary Boyle, Published on 21/12/2020
» The number of Covid-19 cases in Thailand soared by 382 on Monday, 360 of them migrant workers from Myanmar linked to a wholesale shrimp market in Samut Sakhon.
Shopping centres to reopen Sunday
Gary Boyle, Published on 15/05/2020
» Shopping malls and restaurants in shopping centres are among businesses allowed to reopen on Sunday, and curfew hours will be shortened by one hour to 11pm.
First Covid restriction easing, alcohol ban extended
Gary Boyle, Published on 30/04/2020
» The government has allowed the reopening on Sunday of six types of businesses, such as markets and small eateries but not malls, in the first stage of relaxation of disease-control restrictions.