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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.
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.
Aussie women gravely ill from tainted booze in Laos
Online Reporters, 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.
Aussie women gravely ill from tainted booze in Laos
Gary Boyle, Published on 20/11/2024
» 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.
Second Australian dies after Laos poisoning
News Agencies, Published on 22/11/2024
» A second Australian teenager has died of suspected methanol poisoning, bringing to six the number of foreign tourists who have died after apparently drinking tainted alcohol in Laos.
Backpacker in Thailand taken on 1,200km detour
Online Reporters, Published on 13/02/2025
» A foreign backpacker making his first visit to Thailand was planning an island getaway in the South, but after a miscommunication he ended up in the North nearly 1,200 kilometres away. He also lost his wallet on the way back, but the journey had a happy ending.
Backpacker in Thailand taken on 1,200km detour
Gary Boyle, Published on 14/02/2025
» A foreign backpacker making his first visit to Thailand was planning an island getaway in the South, but after a miscommunication he ended up in the North nearly 1,200 kilometres away.
Bar deaths leave bad taste
Rosie Leishman, Published on 02/03/2025
» A growing awareness of the risk of accidental methanol poisoning in Southeast Asia is apparently changing backpacker drinking habits.
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.
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.