More lockdowns in China add to economic woes
China has now reported the highest number of coronavirus cases since May. Millions are now in lockdown, despite a relatively...
Read moreDetailsTim joined The Thaiger as one of its first employees in 2018 as an English news writer/editor and then began to present The Thaiger's Daily news show in 2020, Thailand News Today (or TNT for short). He has lived in Thailand since 2011, having relocated from Australia.
China has now reported the highest number of coronavirus cases since May. Millions are now in lockdown, despite a relatively...
Read moreDetailsThe move of the official bi-monthly Thai lottery to a digital form continues apace. Thais are showing their increasing preference...
Read moreDetailsConversations are hotting up between Thailand’s public Health Ministry and the new Bangkok governor over rising numbers of Covid-19 cases,...
Read moreDetailsThailand is about to add an arrival ‘tourist’ tax of 300 baht. But it’s not really a tourist tax because...
Read moreDetailsLiberalisation of cannabis laws (although we’re not sure of the final details at this stage), decriminalisation of Kratom, Pride marches...
Read moreDetailsOne rai of land in Thailand is all yours to own, if you’re a foreigner, have plenty of money, or...
Read moreDetailsWhilst postponed for a few months, the proposed 300 baht “tourism fee” is back in the news with the Tourism...
Read moreDetailsYes. And no. Depends on which currency you want to compare it to. Against the mighty USD, absolutely yes. In...
Read moreDetails“It's full of young people partying, owned by a Chinese man who operates without a care in the world thanks...
Read moreDetailsForeigners might be able to own land in Thailand. The proposal is being drafted by the Thai Interior Ministry which...
Read moreDetailsThe very first image from the new James Webb Telescope has made its public debut today. Imagine holding a single...
Read moreDetailsThis week commemorated the fourth anniversary of the rescue of the 13 members of the Wild Boar football team from...
Read moreDetailsDomestic travel in Thailand is in for a good July, with two long weekends and airlines starting to add to...
Read moreDetailsThailand’s Department of Medical Sciences has issued a report about the spread of BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron sub-variants, saying that...
Read moreDetailsThe UN and the World Health Organisation is actively following a new sub-lineage designated BA.2.75, another variant of the Omicron...
Read moreDetails“There were times when kilometres underground standing in waist-deep water, we’d be eating a piece of soft pizza in a...
Read moreDetailsOver the next three years, the expansion of 5G connectivity in the Asia Pacific region is expected to increase by...
Read moreDetailsThis week Thailand will have a long weekend, a very long weekend. From this Wednesday there will be a 5...
Read moreDetailsA Thai physician is calling out Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health, claiming they are not publishing accurate data on the...
Read moreDetailsLATEST: The former Japanese prime minister, 67 year old Shinzo Abe, has been pronounced dead following a shooting during an...
Read moreDetailsThe Thai PM, chairing today’s CCSA meeting, has asked people in Thailand to keep wearing their masks. The words were...
Read moreDetailsThai PM Prayut Chan-O-Cha is meeting with the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration today at Government House. The prime minister...
Read moreDetailsSingapore has executed two convicted drug traffickers, in what anti-capital punishment and human rights campaigners fear could be a “new...
Read moreDetailsTalking on a social media chat program this week, fugitive and former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra says the opposition parties,...
Read moreDetailsA series of minor tremors in the regions off Thailand's Andaman coastline is drawing attention to the lack of operational...
Read moreDetailsPETA Asia, the regional arm of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, has delivered dozens of wildlife-themed vegan doughnuts to...
Read moreDetailsIllicit drugs, valued at about 25 billion baht, are set to go up in smoke over the next 2 days....
Read moreDetailsThere was a lot of online chatter yesterday which was claiming there had been a small tsunami along the western...
Read moreDetailsLast evening Phuket International Airport closed for 2 hours whilst quick repairs were made to the runway. Earlier in the...
Read moreDetailsThis is an hour-long discussion with our YouTube audience... Now the Thailand Pass is history, Thailand's tourism moves into a...
Read moreDetailsFrom today, July 1, there is no more Thailand Pass. The digital online pre-travel registration for people coming into Thailand...
Read moreDetailsLast week the Thai public health department declared that Thailand would move into a "post pandemic phase" from July 1....
Read moreDetailsThe Thai PM wants to cement Thailand’s reputation as the biggest SE Asian hub for car manufacturing, and electric cars...
Read moreDetailsFollowing the June 9 announcement about Thailand’s decriminalisation of cannabis products, other Asian countries have warned Thais and foreigners not...
Read moreDetailsThai Airways has managed to sell the first 11 aircraft out of a total of 37 it has put up...
Read moreDetailsMaria Ressa, apart from anything else, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, CEO, and owner of the news organisation Rappler in...
Read moreDetailsThe southern Thai island of Phuket welcomed more than 1.7 million visitors from January to the end of May, according...
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