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  • Spirits high: Thai nightlife gets a boost with potential two-hour extension for venues | Thaiger

    Spirits high: Thai nightlife gets a boost with potential two-hour extension for venues

    Thai nightlife enthusiasts have a reason to raise a glass in celebration as the Ministry of Interior has rung the bell to a two-hour extension for entertainment venues. Previously closing at 2am, these nightspots can now keep their doors open until 4am. The decision was announced by Traisulee Traisornkul, the Secretary-General of the Ministry, yesterday, October 25. The move is seen…

  • Entertainment venues: Bangkok governor paints the town ‘green’ with 4am nightlife nod | Thaiger

    Entertainment venues: Bangkok governor paints the town ‘green’ with 4am nightlife nod

    Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittupunt has given green light approval to entertainment venues to extend their closing time to 4am, provided they implement appropriate safety measures and take into consideration the welfare of nearby residents and young people. He also insisted that clear and transparent operations are better than secretly operating past the legal hours. During a recent executive meeting at…

  • Pattaya accident: Expat motorcyclist severely injured avoiding car | Thaiger

    Pattaya accident: Expat motorcyclist severely injured avoiding car

    A 66 year old expatriate was severely injured after a sudden accident in the bustling city of Pattaya. The old age pensioner found himself in a perilous situation when he fell off his motorcycle after a hasty attempt to brake. The sudden stop was a reaction to a car reversing onto the road in his path as reported by the…

  • French mother demands justice for son sexually assaulted by Thai man in Koh Samui | Thaiger

    French mother demands justice for son sexually assaulted by Thai man in Koh Samui

    A French mother is demanding justice after her seven year old son was sexually assaulted by a predatory Thai pedophile in a grocery store on Koh Samui island in Thailand. Remarkably, despite her son being the victim of a sickening sexual assault, the French mother had her passport confiscated after the suspect filed an assault charge against her. To add further…