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Vendors ignore ban on road stalls on Khao San
Gary Boyle, Published on 02/08/2018
» Hundreds of street vendors in the capital's bustling backpacker district of Khao San Road ignored an announced ban and orders to leave, carrying on business as usual on Wednesday.
Khao San New Year countdown cancelled
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 24/12/2022
» The New Year’s Eve countdown on Khao San Road will be cancelled in light of the current “fragile” mood, but entertainment venues in the popular tourist hangout will be open as usual, a local business leader says.
Khao San businesses told to turn down volume
Gary Boyle, Published on 09/02/2023
» City Hall has given businesses on Khao San Road 15 days to control noise levels or face legal action, following complaints from local residents.
Drinkers face steep fines under new alcohol rules
Published on 10/11/2025
» People in Thailand enjoying an afternoon drink risk large fines from Saturday under amended alcohol control rules that strengthen enforcement.
Zero-Covid left in dust as Chinese revellers fuel travel boom
AFP, Published on 19/01/2023
» DALI (CHINA) - Armed with selfie sticks and freshly recovered from Covid, Chinese tourists ambled through bar streets in the country's backpacker haven of Dali, partying the stress of the past three years into oblivion.
Killer Sobhraj arrives in France
Published on 24/12/2022
» PARIS: Charles Sobhraj, a convicted killer who police believe murdered more than 20 western backpackers on the “hippie trail” through Asia in the 1970s and 1980s, arrived in France on Saturday after nearly two decades behind bars in Nepal.
Khao San businesses told to turn down volume
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 08/02/2023
» City Hall has given businesses on Khao San Road 15 days to control noise levels or face legal action, following complaints from local residents.
Khao San raids crack down on laughing gas
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 07/06/2024
» Nineteen migrant workers were arrested for selling laughing gas-filled balloons to tourists during a police raid on entertainment venues and shops on Khao San Road in Bangkok.
Aussie women gravely ill from tainted booze in Laos
Published on 19/11/2024
» Two young Australian women are fighting for their lives in Thai hospitals after drinking tainted alcohol in the tourist town of Vang Vieng in Laos.
Young Briton found in Krabi after month-long silence
Post Reporters, Published on 15/04/2025
» A 26-year-old British man whose family had not heard from him in over a month was found safe on Tuesday afternoon in Krabi, according to local media reports.