Archive For The “Miscellany” Category
Buri Ram resort owner crushed, fatally injured by iron gate. The elderly owner of a resort in Buri Ram’s Nang Rong district was found crushed by a sliding iron gate at the rear of the property on Monday morning, and later died from her injuries in hospital. Wanna Wassumongkolpoj, 62, was found lying under the…
Thailand pledges to soften harsh refugee policies Thailand’s immigration chief is pledging an upgrade of the country’s draconian treatment of refugees following the intense international media coverage of the young Saudi woman’s attempt to seek asylum. Rahaf Mohammed became the biggest international story across the world for a week after being intercepted during a transit…
Drink driving cases smash the 5,000 barrier in five New Year days – Isaan is the worst INN reported that 5,000 people had been arrested nationwide for drink driving in the first of the five so-called seven deadly days of New Year. This applied to the period of December 27th to December 31st. Worst provinces…
Desperate to stay in Thailand “Overstay ALI” changes name to ALY A blacklisted Egyptian was so desperate to stay in Thailand that after he was deported in April he changed his name and got a new passport. But changing his name from Motazz Ali to Motazz Aly was not enough to fool Krabi immigration when…
Thailand has plenty of experience in holding elections; EC stays mum on the issue. Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai yesterday clarified his controversial statement over allowing international observers at the upcoming election, saying that Thailand was not a new country that did not know how to hold an election and needed foreigners to monitor the process….
People who have a history of staying in Thailand using only tourist visas or ‘in-out’ border runs are being warned they may face increased scrutiny from immigration officers. According to a note apparently posted on the notice board outside the Thai Embassy in Vientiane, Laos, this morning, officers at the consulate remind people they…
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Expert medical staff in Thailand’s north east have confirmed that a spate of unexplained deaths in a village in Kalasin are not the work of an angry group of ogres or ghosts of evil widows. Villagers in Ban Phu Hang had started taking extraordinary precautions after five people died in a few weeks. Men were…