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Foreign tourists mistake Thai funeral for food festival
Online Reporters, Published on 04/02/2026
» NAKHON SI THAMMARAT — A heart-warming video highlighting the famed generosity of Thais has gone viral on social media after foreign tourists accidentally wandered into a funeral, mistaking it for a food festival, and were warmly welcomed by the grieving family as honoured guests.
Slow-burn incense used to start deniable, illegal cane fires
Makkawan Wannakul, Published on 18/01/2026
» CHAIYAPHUM - Sugar farmers are using bundled incense sticks as slow starters to illegally burn off cane trash in their fields when they are not there in a ploy to deny accountability for the resulting increase in air pollution.
Thais, foreign tourists seek blessings on New Year's Day
Post Reporters, Published on 01/01/2026
» Thais and foreign tourists flocked to temples, city pillars and shrines across Thailand on New Year's Day to make merit and pay respects to sacred sites, seeking blessings and good fortune for themselves and their families.
PM vows to close border with Cambodia as long as provocations continue
Post Reporters, Published on 21/09/2025
» SI SA KET: Thailand will continue to close its border with Cambodia as long as civilians from the neighbouring country continue to act provocatively on Thai soil, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said.
Case dismissed for 3 ex-PAD leaders
Post Reporters, Published on 20/09/2025
» The Supreme Court yesterday dismissed a case against three former leaders of the now-defunct People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) over a 2008 break-in and damage done to the headquarters of a state-run TV station while reducing the sentence for a fourth defendant.
Thailand warns Cambodia not to use civilians to encroach
Bangkok Post and Reuters, Published on 18/09/2025
» The Thai foreign ministry and the army have urged Cambodia to stop using its civilians and risking their safety to encroach on Thai territory following a violent clash in Sa Kaeo province on Wednesday.
Thai police use rubber bullets, tear gas against Cambodians on border
Online Reporters, Published on 17/09/2025
» Thai crowd-control police on Wednesday afternoon used rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse a Cambodian crowd that approached and reportedly assaulted Thai security personnel on the border in Sa Kaeo’s Khok Sung district.
When superstition meets the lottery: Thai traditions of prediction
Online Reporters, Published on 16/09/2025
» Superstition and lottery buying are deeply rooted in the Land of Smiles, and the two often overlap. Many Thais rely on superstition to help guide them in choosing winning numbers, though such practices are more cultural than guaranteed paths to success.
Ever wonder why Thais offer Red Fanta to the spirits?
Online Reporters, Published on 23/07/2025
» Visitors to Thailand are often intrigued by the small, ornate structures known as spirit houses usually found outside homes and businesses and often also as roadside shrines.
Not the right path to peace
Published on 28/06/2025
» If Thailand and Cambodia want to resolve their border issues they need to go about it in the right way, according to critics v The PM and her Pheu Thai-led government are in a fight for survival, but Bhumjaithai also has its problems to deal with.