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New Thai alcohol rules put drinkers on the hook for fines
Bloomberg News, Published on 08/11/2025
» People in Thailand wanting to quench their thirst with an afternoon tipple risk steep fines from Saturday under amended alcohol control legislation that strengthens enforcement and significantly tightens restrictions around marketing and advertising.
New movies out this week: June 20-26
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 20/06/2024
» New releases that hit cinemas in Thailand this week.
New Zealand police find body they believe is British tourist
Associated Press, Published on 09/12/2018
» WELLINGTON, New Zealand: New Zealand police said Sunday they found a body they believe to be that of missing 22-year-old British tourist Grace Millane.
How not to regulate
Life, Published on 17/09/2018
» It's 6.30pm on Khao San Road. A backpacker runs in his flip-flops, racing the rain to reach a hostel. Another tourist stands under a canopy, waiting for the downpour to end and catch a tuk-tuk. Nearby, a vendor sits idly in her tent, hoping for a customer, any customer, to come by.
Police probe tourist rape complaint
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/08/2018
» Police in Surat Thani are investigating a case reported by the foreign press in which a British woman was allegedly raped on Koh Tao in June and that local police refused to take up her complaint.
Unjustified media pursuit
News, Editorial, Published on 03/09/2018
» Police made poor decisions in suggesting they would charge the Samui Times website over the Koh Tao rape allegations, and in threatening other media as well. There are two reasons they are wrong. The first is that there is no "fake news" or false reporting involved. Secondly, the threat to bring criminal charges in this case will harm the country's image many times more than the reporting of the incident ever could.
Thai cannabis industry thrown into chaos
Bloomberg News, Published on 26/06/2025
» Three years after becoming the first Asian nation to decriminalise cannabis, Thailand is poised to reverse course amid political turmoil and now requires a prescription to buy cannabis at any of the 10,000-18,000 dispensaries that have sprung up since 2022.
Hong Kong protesters in standoff with police after rally tear-gassed
Reuters, Published on 27/10/2019
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong police fired volleys of tear gas to disperse thousands of protesters, many wearing banned face masks, who had converged on the Kowloon harbour-front tourist district on Sunday to denounce perceived police brutality over months of unrest.
Saving the planet, one stitch at a time
Life, Published on 09/01/2020
» Three years ago, software engineer Kanjira Songpaisan left the corporate world and got weaving as an entrepreneur.
Hopes high as tourists touch down for Thailand re-opening
AFP, Published on 01/11/2021
» PHUKET: Tens of thousands of travellers were expected to touch down in Bangkok and the holiday island of Phuket on Monday as Thailand reboots its tourism industry after 18 months of Covid curbs.