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Foreigners linked to scams arrested
R May, Published on 09/12/2025
» Fourteen South Korean and three Chinese suspects linked to a major transnational call centre syndicate operated by South Koreans have been arrested.
Foreigners warned over condo rentals
Gary Boyle, Published on 03/03/2025
» The government has issued a warning to foreigners who buy condominium units and rent them out as hotels that they are violating Thai law.
Foreign ownership ‘could mean more illegal hotels’
Gary Boyle, Published on 14/08/2024
» Hotel operators are concerned about changes to foreign ownership rules for real estate because they believe it could lead to more illegal hotels in Thailand.
Eye infections in luxury condo linked to dirty water
Gary Boyle, Published on 10/07/2024
» The managers of a luxury condominium in Bangkok are in hot water after tap water resulted in eye infections in as many as 200 residents.
New Pattaya train station previewed
Gary Boyle, Published on 23/02/2023
» A major real estate development is planned around the new station that will be built in Pattaya for the three-airport high-speed rail line, according to the deputy mayor of the resort city.
Residents live in fear after condo crimes
Gary Boyle, Published on 11/01/2022
» Two recent attacks on tenants, one of them fatal, in condominiums have set off alarm bells about safety in these buildings and the kind of people employed to protect them.
All Bangkok shops must close at night
Gary Boyle, Published on 01/04/2020
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has ordered all shops and street venders to close for at least five hours from midnight, as it steps up restrictions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
TEST YOURSELF: Food for thought
Gary Boyle, Published on 12/07/2019
» Why are there so many restaurants in Thailand?
Pavement repair annoys city residents
Gary Boyle, Published on 10/06/2019
» Known for their uneven surfaces and potholes -- not to mention seemingly endless reconstruction -- footpaths in Bangkok have always been on the receiving end of criticism and ridicule.
Airbnb bookings illegal, court declares
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 18/05/2018
» People who rent out their rooms via Airbnb on a daily or weekly basis are acting illegally, according to a recent court ruling handed down to the Wan Vayla Condo in Hua Hin.