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Tourism fee plan gets mixed reviews
News, Published on 17/01/2022
» Foreigners in Thailand have expressed mixed reactions to a government plan to collect a 300-baht tourism fee from April onwards.
Region's fusion cuisine explores common roots
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 30/11/2020
» At 16, Assajita Awale Dhanwa left his home in Kathmandu, the capital of landlocked Nepal, to study in Thailand. After living here for over three decades, he said its food culture makes him feel at home.
Dhaka urges repatriation push
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 15/08/2020
» Three years have gone by since massacres in Myanmar prompted hundreds of thousands of the Rohingya Muslim minority to flee the country. Bangladesh has since urged Thailand to help push for a repatriation plan after it was stalled by the coronavirus.
Moving forward, together
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 10/08/2020
» Five decades have gone by, but the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is still standing. That said, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the coronavirus crisis is a clarion call for increased cooperation in what some observers have described as the age of "deglobalisation".
Convent weaves robes for visit
News, Published on 13/11/2019
» Sewing machines whir in a Bangkok convent as workers feverishly finish silk robes in brilliant golds and reds, made especially for Pope Francis and his entourage visiting Thailand this month.
Rohingya conflict a humanitarian crisis: rights group
News, Published on 05/02/2018
» Human rights groups have urged the Thai government and other Asean countries to treat the Rohingya conflict as a humanitarian crisis as over 120,000 members of this Muslim minority have fled Myanmar in the wake of a brutal crackdown by the military.
Bangkok Air to charge for 'no-show'
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 31/10/2017
» Bangkok Airways will start tomorrow imposing fees for passengers who do not turn up without prior request for a change of flight.
Thai Lion angles for modest rise
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 07/02/2017
» Thai Lion Air (TLA) is pursuing a reserved expansion plan this year in a move seen as a response to overcrowded skies and intensifying competition.
Picking up the pieces after Dhaka attack
News, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 10/07/2016
» The owner of the Dhaka cafe in Bangladesh where 20 hostages were killed by terrorists last week has promised to bring surviving staff to work at his eatery in Bangkok.
Marine police set to receive faster armed cruisers
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 27/06/2016
» Marine police are preparing for another possible influx of trafficked Rohingya migrants by equipping their force with four faster, lighter and armed cruisers.