Latest News in Thailand

English warned not to travel to Thailand
The Brits have been warned to avoid all but essential travel in Thailand as more violence has left one person dead and 40+ injured.
Tourists and Expats in Phuket, Bangkok, Chiang Mai and other popular tourist destinations in Thailand should be fine as long as they stay away from designated [...]

Thai Exports of Honda products manufactured in Thailand up 18%
Exports of Honda products manufactured in Thailand is up 18% in 2nd quarter of 2008, Honda Motor Company Thailand announced today. Thai Honda Exports for the 1st half of 2008 was 55.6 billion baht. Honda has been using Thailand as an export base since 1987.
Honda manufactures [...]

Take a moment to say thank you for a job well done!
by David Barkdull
Bangkok
Here in the capitol of the Land of Smiles there are individuals and groups of people who work tirelessly to make our time here a positive experience. Immigration Police officers routinely work 16 hour days manning the checkpoints and must remain at [...]

LPG ‘liquefied petroleum gas’ smuggling from Thailand to neighboring countries
Many attempts have been made to reduce LPG ‘liquefied petroleum gas’ smuggling from Thailand to Burma, Cambodia and other bordering countries, the high demand for LPG in Thailand has risen dramatically due to the rise in oil prices. In Thailand, the price of LPG is [...]

Tourism in Thailand - a Farang View
by David Barkdull
For many of us who live in Bangkok, Phuket, Chiang Mai and Pattaya Thailand it is so obvious that for the past two years we have had low season, low-low season and no season rather than high and low seasons we saw only a few years ago. [...]

Toyota Camry Hybrid to be built in Thailand
Toyota Camry Hybrid to be built in Thailand in late 2009. Toyota Motor Corp. Thailand will be manufacturing electric hybrid cars in Thailand due to Thai demand for fuel-efficient vehicles. Hybrids save on petrol by using both a gasoline engine and an electric motor.
The worlds 2nd largest car-maker, [...]

Bangkok Thai Bus Passengers Claim They are Being Taken for a Ride
The newest sharp boost in bus fares in Bangkok, approved by the Transport Ministry yesterday, has raised the anger of low-income employees who say it will completely wipe out their minimum wage hike due to kick in next month.
The department has allowed passenger buses [...]

BTS Sky Train to Bangkok Airport Delayed, Again…
The supplier for Bangkok’s Airport Link is in quest of a one-year time addition to finish the 26-billion-baht job, placing blame on slow land transfers from the State Railway of Thailand (SRT). The holdup is subject to endorsement by the SRT board on May 26, according to Sino-Thai [...]

Bangkok skytrain Mass Transit Fares May Drop
The National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) and the Finance Ministry and have considered the PPP issue, participants at the euromoney conference on “The Thailand Investment Forum”were told.
Beneath the new plan the government may gather proceeds from mass-transit services and then repay concessionaires, according to Pongpanu.
He said existing [...]