Thailand wants to get rid of its reputation as a tourist destination for sex tourists. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha made an appeal to change cities like Pattaya and other popular destinations in 'places of quality tourism', the Bangkok Post reported Wednesday.
The possible leader of a global gang of cyber criminals has been arrested. The 31-year old Russian Sergey Medvedev was arrested in his home in the Thai capital Bangkok. He may be extradited to the United States. The arrest happened last Friday already, but is now confirmed by the Thai police against Thai media.
Two in their twenties were hit by a train when they tried to make a selfie on the rails in the Thai capital Bangkok. The duo was seriously injured according to the newspaper Bangkok Post.
Once again, there are question marks about the fire safety of cheap hostels in exotic holiday destinations, where young backpackers are especially interested. Thanks to the efforts of Dutch guests, a disaster was prevented.
The infamous tiger temple in Thailand opens again. Thai authorities confirm that the tourist attraction is reopening this month with a zoo permit and 24 new tigers.
In a market in the southern province of Yala in Thailand, three people were killed by a bomb explosion. A further 18 people were injured, reports the Thai security service. The bomb was attached to a motorcycle. Nobody has claimed the attack yet.
A speedboat full of tourists has been caught fire by the Thai island of Phuket. Sixteen of the 31 occupants were injured, police said.
A boat with 31 tourists from China and Thailand on board has exploded and caught fire near the popular Thai island of Koh Phi Phi. Sixteen people were injured in the Sunday incident, a police spokesman said.
Supinya Jansuta stood relatively quiet for years behind her flaming pans in her street restaurant in Bangkok. Last December got 72-year-old street cook and Michelin star. But the 'queen of the lobster omelette' is by no means happy. She is not happy with it.
The former Prime Minister of Thailand Yingluck Shinawatra has fled to Great Britain, says the military government of the Asian country. 'Since September, it has been known to government officials that she is in the UK. Now the British Foreign Office has told us that she is in London, 'said the Thai government Tuesday.
The Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha is known for his inscrutable sense of humor. His latest discovery is the use of a cardboard version of himself. Journalists who ask critical questions are referred to his cardboard alter ego with an arm swing: 'just ask him'.
A clinic in Bangkok offers a special treatment for the male genitals. It is possible to have the skin bleached around the penis. For this, use is made of lasers.
A Bangkok court sentenced a young blind woman to a one-and-a-half-year prison sentence for sharing a critical post about the monarchy on Facebook. The laws surrounding majesty looting are particularly strict in Thailand. Violators can be sentenced to years of imprisonment.
More than two months after the pompous cremation ceremonies for King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the king of Thailand who died in 2016, the palace and junta have given no indication of the date on which the new king Vajiralongkorn is crowned.
A Zimbabwean family has been camping for months at a Bangkok airport. The travelers refuse to return to their homeland, but also do not enter Europe. The Thai immigration service informed the BBC that airport staff has taken care of the family.
A well-thought-out Thai has suddenly turned up to be missing after almost two years, to the horror of his relatives. They thought they had a mind. They had said goodbye months ago and had his alleged corpse cremated.
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Two American tourists were sentenced in Thailand to a fine of 130 euros for photographing their bare buttocks for a Buddhist temple. The two were arrested at Bangkok airport on Tuesday evening and were brought to trial on Wednesday.
A 67-year-old tourist was elected in Thailand when he grabbed the metal railing of his balcony.
Despite the steadily descending rain, robbers in the Thai capital of Bangkok found a spot along the route of the stud with the deceased king Bhumibol.
After a year of mourning, a five-day ceremony begins tomorrow about the farewell to King Bhumibol. What does that mean for tourists in Thailand?
After a year of mourning, Thailand's last farewell to King Bhumibol Adulyadej begins Tuesday. Millions are preparing for a spectacular five-day ceremony at the historic palace in Bangkok's Old Town, which has spent $ 90 million. The cremation of the 'father of all Thai' has been forecasting news in the local newspapers for weeks.
He died a year ago, but the Thai king Bhumibol is only cremated on Thursday. Managing the ceremonies is a mega operation for the Thai authorities, who expect millions of mourning people in Bangkok.
Hotels in Bangkok's old town, backpackers home and an enclave for foreign tourists, are as well as being booked on the occasion of King Bhumibol's cremation next week.
The Thai authorities are smoking in the ban on twenty beaches. Anyone who smokes a cigarette from next month, according to the Bangkok Post, is raising a serious penalty or a cell punishment.
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Thailand has filed an international arrest warrant with Interpol for former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. This was condemned by the Thai Supreme Court last week to five years in prison.
At a Thai capital, Bangkok airport, the customs have picked up three Vietnamese people with fifteen horns in their suitcases. Estimated market value of ivory amounts to around 360,000 euros, the newspaper Bangkok Post reports Sunday.
Human rights organization Amnesty International says there are still fires in villages in Myanmar inhabited by the Rohingya Muslims. The organization says calling on new satellite photos taken Friday, the Washington Post reported.
Master chef Albert Kooy has expanded his culinary mission to Asia. In the Thai capital Bangkok, he is the leader of a five-day Dutch dinner party.
