A report issued by the UK’s BBC claims Thailand is one of the seven best countries in the world for retirees to live in. The corporation’s Rob Budden authored the report and noted that the Southeast Asian nation’s nickname was Land of Smiles and it certainly lived up to its reputation.
Two farang women filmed dancing topless on Thailand’s southern Phuket Island have been given a lesson on Thai etiquette by local police. Police mounted a search for the two foreign nationals after a video of them performing their raunchy dance went viral on social media websites.
The director-general of Cambodia’s Immigration Bureau has warned officers manning border control posts that a crackdown on corruption is underway. Sok Phal said that officers who accepted bribes to allow foreigners to enter the nation illegally faced disciplinary action.
Thailand’s state railway operator announced yesterday that services had resumed to the northern city of Chiang Mai. The line was closed in the province of Lamphun early on Wednesday morning following the derailment of a goods train.
Don Muang Airport has issued a warning saying departing passengers need to allow extra time to get here. The statement says the reason for traffic holdups is that the Royal Thai Air Force is staging Children’s Day events at the adjoining Sixth Wing’s airstrip and base.
Today sees the start of the perennially popular Phuket International Boat Show. The 13th show in the series is being staged at the southern Thai island’s Royal Phuket Marina and will run through until Sunday.
Residents in the Thai town of Mae Sariang got a rude awakening yesterday morning when an earthquake shook their houses. The epicentre of the quake was in Mae Ho Sub-district and four kilometres below the earth’s surface.
Bangkok’s urban train operator has announced that children will be able to travel for free on national Children’s Day this coming Saturday. The offer is applicable on both BTS Skytrain and MRT underground line trains between 06:00 and 24:00.
Authorities in Thailand say they plan to increase CCTV surveillance at land border crossings with neighbouring countries. The plan calls for the purchase of 500 new cameras which will be installed at checkpoints on the borders with Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Malaysia.
Cambodia’s tourism-minister says the government has set a deadline for the completion of a rail link to the town of Poipet. Speaking after going on a fact-finding trip to the construction site, Thong Khon stated that only six kilometres more of track needed laying to finish the project.
The Chao Phraya Express Boat Company has announced that a reduction in fares on Bangkok river ferries is due to come into effect tomorrow. The fares are being reduced by THB1 for each stop travelled on boats that ply routes linking Nonthaburi, Sathorn and Ratburana on the Chao Phraya River in the Thai capital.
The skipper of a boat which rammed and sank a river ferry in Ayutthaya on Saturday has given himself up. The accident occurred at 07:00 on the Chao Phraya River in the central Thai city and injured four people. After the crash, the skipper fled the scene.
The chief ranger at Thailand’s most popular national park has asked visitors to refrain from taking snapshots of wild elephants. Kanchit Srinoppawan says that although elephants roam freely through Khao Yai National Park they can get annoyed when people get too close and start taking photographs.
Choppy seas and high winds caused havoc for fishing boats across the Andaman sea region of Thailand yesterday. Two vessels sank near Trang and another 300 were forced to run for shelter as the wind got progressively stronger during the day.
The Thai eastern seaside town of Pattaya ushered in 2016 with an amazing fireworks extravaganza earlier today. At the midnight hour, the sky over Pattaya Bay was brilliantly illuminated as fireworks of all the colours of the rainbow exploded.
Thailand’s tourism ministry is coordinating year end countdown celebrations in all the country’s main tourism hotspots. Tourism-minister Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul announced several days ago that parties and fireworks would be staged alongside the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok.
The annual Tea Festival at Northern Thailand’s Doi Mae Salong hill-station began on Monday and will run through until the 2 January 2016. The 20th festival is being staged at the town’s Ban Santi Khiri School.
National Marine Office inspectors have carried out checks on ferries and tour boats operating from Phuket Island’s main port. The inspectors descended on Rassada Pier two days ago to check vessels for their seaworthiness ahead of the busy New Year holidays.
A train heading through rural Thailand was brought to an abrupt standstill on Monday morning when the driver was forced to make an emergency stop. The driver of Number 425 stated that as he was approaching Chakkarat Station the train’s guardrail clipped a man sleeping beside the track.
The governor of western Phuket Province has proposed the construction of a rail line linking it to the opposite coast of the Thai peninsula. Chamroen Tipayapongtada put forward the proposal at a council meeting late last week.