Political fallout from the Bangkok governor election – OPINION
The winner of the Bangkok Governor election wouldn't normally get so many headlines except that this election did, and there's...
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.
The winner of the Bangkok Governor election wouldn't normally get so many headlines except that this election did, and there's...
Read moreDetailsThere's an alcohol ban in Pattaya and Bangkok today. It will last until 6pm tonight. Alcohol sales will be banned...
Read moreDetails4.4 million eligible Bangkokians head to the polls today to vote for a new Governor. Out of the 77 provincial...
Read moreDetailsA good news and bad news day yesterday as the Thailand Pass was scrapped for Thais at the end of...
Read moreDetailsHOW big was the stingray?! An enormous freshwater stingray was rescued and released in a Cambodian section of the Mekong...
Read moreDetailsSome preliminary findings have now been released in relation to the crash of the China Eastern Airlines 737-800 on March 21....
Read moreDetailsThailand registered 5,238 new Covid infections and 40 new Covid-related deaths over the last 24 hours, another day of drops...
Read moreDetailsUPDATE: The missing German woman, who had been missing for 7 days, has now been found. 75 year old tourist Barbara...
Read moreDetailsCovid-19, and the controls taken to limit its spread, have clearly disrupted essential health services and other disease control programs...
Read moreDetailsToday is the substitute public holiday to mark Visakha Bucha Day, the most significant and sacred day in the Buddhist...
Read moreDetailsRoyalist groups in Thailand are in uproar, real or feigned, after a Lazada (online shopping platform) posted photos they claim...
Read moreDetailsSouth Korea has certainly come out of its creative shell over the past 2 decades and now making inroads into...
Read moreDetailsFebruary to May is the hottest time of the year in most of Thailand. And after the heat comes the rain....
Read moreDetailsMay 4 commemorates the annual anniversary of the coronation of the King of Thailand, HM King Maha Vajiralongkorn. This year...
Read moreDetailsPattaya officials and stakeholders have been meeting to discuss the dropping of curfews and an official reopening of bars and...
Read moreDetailsMay kicks off with an upbeat beginning in Thailand. Today’s May Day substitution public holiday saw the CCSA-reported daily Covid...
Read moreDetailsDress code details for an upcoming scientific event in Bangkok has the internet in a cosmic quandary. International physicists are...
Read moreDetailsThe full impact of international fuel price rises and inflation is about to arrive in Thailand. After many months of...
Read moreDetailsThailand has just three seasons... damn hot, not-quite-so-hot and wet (sometimes torrential). The wet time of the year is variously...
Read moreDetailsFrom yesterday, the speed limit for all traffic will now increase to 120 kilometres per hour. The change covers at...
Read moreDetailsSunday Thailand news update. Tim goes through the main headlines of the day then takes your questions and comments in...
Read moreDetailsThe Thai navy has quickly responded to yesterday’s public revelation about a Royal Thai Navy instructor who was dealing out...
Read moreDetailsRussia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is urging the US and NATO to stop supplying Kyiv (capital of Ukraine) with arms....
Read moreDetailsThailand's CCSA has approved the dropping of all testing for travellers to Thailand (Thais and foreign) starting May 1. Registration...
Read moreDetailsWith the changes to the Thailand Pass, scheduled to kick on from May 1 (after the changes have been detailed...
Read moreDetailsThe CCSA has approved the biggest easing of entry requirements for fully vaccinated travellers (Thai and foreign) starting May 1,...
Read moreDetailshttps://youtu.be/tuY61PqIH4Y There are many changes now to the Thailand Pass. Love it or hate it, the 'pass' remains. But the...
Read moreDetails'Dog bites man' would rarely be a headline. 'Man bites dog’ however IS a headline. In the same way ‘a...
Read moreDetailsNew info posted on the Thailand Pass website. The slight changes, which starts today (Monday) according to the announcement, will...
Read moreDetails"So when you see all colours of the Thai rainbow in extravagant display in social media, remember that the rainbow...
Read moreDetailsSkyrocketing inflation, political unrest and looming debt default. Another country’s economy is now failing in what’s likely to be a...
Read moreDetailsPattaya, the seaside playground 2 hours south east of Bangkok, never had really good beaches. But these days the popular...
Read moreDetailsUPDATED STORY A 32 year old Italian man and a 35 year old Thai female were allegedly attacked just after...
Read moreDetailsA motorcycle taxi driver, aka. ‘win’ driver, has surrendered to Bangkok police after shooting and killing a fellow Win driver. The...
Read moreDetailsAn email with another sad outcome from possible risks, albeit small, that individuals and families face returning to Thailand at...
Read moreDetailsA Thai PBS TV anchor is the latest high-profile victim of phone scammers in Thailand. Thai PBS is a government-owned...
Read moreDetailsAn incident last night when a 29 year old hotel staffer in Pattaya was injured after being attacked by a...
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