Thai Travel News

Over 6.3 million people have paid respects to Royal Urn of late King Credit to The Nation online news The Bureau of Royal Household on Friday reported that 6,303,587 people had paid their respects before the Royal Urn of late King Bhumibol Adulyadej at the Grand Palace’s Dusit Maha Prasart Throne...

Summer storms kill two, damage over hundreds of homes in Northeast, North Credit to Thai PBS Online English News Summer storms in Udon Thani, Sisaket and Phetchabun provinces yesterday killed two villagers and injured three others. More than 200 homes were also damaged by the strong summer storms. One death was...

Hilary has had a column in the Pattaya Mail for many years and we often hear about hapless foreigners who lose their savings due to meeting the 'wrong' lady.  Some of the posts are hilarious.  How can some men be so stupid you might ask? The ladies dont care; there is...

An arrest warrant has been issued for a grifter who masqueraded as a fortune teller to steal mobile phones from three teenage girls in Pattaya. Police said April 10 they had a photograph of the unidentified woman they alleged was part of a well-known fraudster ring and obtained the warrant from...

  Two transvestites Chaiwat Sriwanich, 24, and Thanatcha Sangsan, 21, were taken into custody by tourist police April 13. The officers recovered a wallet containing 16,000 baht belonging to Bruce McCown, 34. The Aussie said he was accosted by the two ladyboys around 5:30 a.m. on Beach Road with one lifting...

The move by Bangkok city authorities to wipe hawkers off the streets by the end of the year might be a blow to residents and tourists looking for cheap food and other bargains. But those in the opposite camp applaud the clean-up crusade which aims to tackle some major headaches that...

Magical’ Spring With E-Coli Safe to Bathe, Not Drink: Officials Credit to Khaosod English www.khaosodenglish.com NARATHIWAT — Health officials on Saturday cleared a blackwater spring hailed for its alleged magical healing properties as safe to bathe in – but not to drink out of – due to its high concentration of...

Thai man arrested for allegedly smuggling human semen into Laos Credit to Thai PBS English News                       A Thai man was arrested at a customs checkpoint in Nong Khai for allegedly smuggling six tubes of semen from two men stored in...