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Thailand offers visa relief after flights canned
News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/03/2026
» The government has introduced visa relief measures after 166 flights were cancelled amid Middle East fighting, with immigration waiving overstay fines for stranded travellers.
Maya Bay 'a haven' for blacktip reef sharks
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 17/02/2026
» The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) has confirmed that Maya Bay is a vital nursery ground for blacktip reef sharks after a recent survey recorded an unusually high concentration of the species.
Prachachat hits out at Narathiwat drug stigma
News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/02/2026
» The Prachachat Party has expressed concern that foreign countries may perceive Narathiwat as a hub for crystal methamphetamine, or "ice", pledging a decisive response should the party form the next government, according to party leader Pol Col Tawee Sodsong.
Israeli arrested at pot farm
News, Published on 22/01/2026
» An Israeli national has been arrested in Krabi after authorities raided a cannabis farm accused of operating through Thai nominees and breaching multiple laws.
Living in Thailand's age of impunity
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 17/01/2026
» There's no place like Thailand. Joyscrolling TikTok and Reels reveals dozens of clips made by international visitors lamenting having to leave our lovely country and return to dreary Europe or joyless America. "Nobody talks about how hard it is to go from this" -- insert a cut of a wonderful beach in Krabi -- "to this"--cut to a drab, damp suburban street somewhere in the West. Add a crying-face emoji. "I want to move here!" the traveller announces. True, everybody loves Thailand.
Anutin talks transport in South
News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/01/2026
» Bhumjaithai Party leader and prime ministerial candidate Anutin Charnvirakul has been on the campaign trail in the South, pledging continuity for major transport infrastructure projects, including the multibillion-baht Land Bridge scheme linking the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea.
Dec 26 tsunami victims remembered 21 years on
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 27/12/2025
» Phuket, Krabi and Phangnga marked the 21st anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami on Friday with solemn remembrance ceremonies, interfaith prayers and tributes to the thousands who died.
New European routes boost tourism prospects: TAT
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 11/12/2025
» The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has hailed its airline-focused tourism promotion plan, following Norse Atlantic Airways' introduction of five additional routes from Europe to Bangkok and Phuket.
Sad litany of flood missteps
News, Mongkol Bangprapa and Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 30/11/2025
» Entrenched patronage networks, political meddling in appointments, and a lack of professional disaster-management leadership created a cascade of preventable failures in the catastrophic flooding that tore apart Songkhla's Hat Yai district, a major economic engine of the South, according to academics.
Airports in South skirt flooding woes
News, Post Reporters, Published on 26/11/2025
» All airports in the South remain operational despite widespread flooding, but six state-run bus routes have been suspended, while in Hat Yai district of Songkhla province, about 1,000 Malaysian and Singaporean tourists are still awaiting evacuation from their hotels.