Bangkok is ranked 47th safest of 60 countries surveyed by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), which sees Tokyo as the safest city in the world and Singapore the safest in in Southeast Asia. Bangkok was in 47th spot in...
Unesco approves listing of ancient Myanmar capital a quarter century after first nomination YANGON: UNESCO has declared Myanmar’s ancient capital of Bagan as a World Heritage Site, nearly a quarter of a century after the complex of Buddhist temples...
The new daily train service between Bangkok and Ban Klong Luk border station in Sa Kaeo province will start running on July 1, the State Railway of Thailand announced. There will be four trips a day, two in each...
The Thai Ministry of Culture has declared one durian tree and one takien thong tree, both about 200 years old in Patoh district of the southern province of Chumpon, to be part of the country’s national heritage, to remind...
A female pick pocket has been caught on camera stealing from two Thai tourists in London. Nina Spencer, 51, and Toi McGurran, 51, were walking towards the Palace Theatre in London’s West End while making a video to share...
As travel to Thailand becomes more expensive due to an appreciating Thai baht, tourism traffic is shifting to neighbouring countries, according to operators in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar. “The Thai baht peaked within the last four months and...
The head of the Tourism Authority of Thailand has blamed the high value of the Thai baht for worse than expected tourist figures in the country. He has admitted that European visitors are being more careful over their money...
A 90-year old expat says farewell to Land of Smiles, he once loved dearly. “It is simply amazing the verbal diarrhoea that spewed forth from some of the replies in online forums to my letter. Many adult minds have...
Kui Buri district in Prachuab Khiri Khan has adopted the late Monarch’s new agricultural theory on land and water management and is keen to show it off His Majesty the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej had a long and happy...
Thailand has pledged to get its high-speed train through Isan running in time to link up with the line that will connect with the track being built through Laos to China. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha told Chinese Premier Li...
