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  • Man in eastern Thailand tries to sell motorcycle to shop it was stolen from | Thaiger

    Man in eastern Thailand tries to sell motorcycle to shop it was stolen from

    A man in Thailand’s eastern province of Trat was (rather embarrassingly) busted when he tried to sell a used motorcycle to a shop it was stolen from two weeks before. The man told police in questioning that he got the bike from a friend in Laem Ngob district, who told him to sell it, and they would split the money. But the…

  • “Your old ATK tests are not art” – warning from Thai lab scientist | Thaiger

    “Your old ATK tests are not art” – warning from Thai lab scientist

    A medical laboratory scientist is warning Thai netizens to avoid keeping their used ATK tests after one Thai netizen collected all of his used ATK tests and put them into a picture frame to show friends on social media. A momento to be shared with his grandchildren, we suppose. The picture frame packed with used ATK tests went viral on…

  • Chiang Rai business and tourism sectors weigh reopening Myanmar border bridge | Thaiger

    Chiang Rai business and tourism sectors weigh reopening Myanmar border bridge

    A Chiang Rai commerce official hosted a meeting yesterday for business and tourism sectors to discuss reopening the Mae Sai district’s border crossing with Myanmar. The first Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge connecting the two countries there has been closed ever since Covid-19 hit Thailand in 2020. Since then, Mae Sai has lost a hundred billion baht per year, according to Pakaimas…

  • Thai street food seller comes up with Mango Pad Kra Pao to follow Mango Sticky Rice fever | Thaiger

    Thai street food seller comes up with Mango Pad Kra Pao to follow Mango Sticky Rice fever

    WARNING: This looks spicy!! To keep up with the current mango fever in Thailand, a food seller has offered a fusion dish, Mango Pad Kra Pao, and invited his customers to try it. The dish went viral on Thai social media, and many tried cooking it at home. The young Thai rapper, Danupa “Milli” Kanateerakul, created the mango fever in…

  • Surging violence at Al Aqsa mosque, Israel and Palestine | Thaiger

    Surging violence at Al Aqsa mosque, Israel and Palestine

    A new round of violence has broken out between Palestinians and the Israeli forces. Witnesses say this morning, young Palestinians threw rocks at Israeli police stationed at a gate outside the Al Aqsa mosque compound. The mosque is a sensitive spot between Israelis and Palestinians due to religious tensions. After the Palestinians threw rocks, the police, dressed in full riot…

  • Friday Covid Update: 21,808 new cases; provincial totals | Thaiger

    Friday Covid Update: 21,808 new cases; provincial totals

    128 coronavirus-related deaths were reported by the CCSA today, raising the pandemic’s death toll in Thailand to 27,520 with 5,822 of those fatalities since the start of this year. In the 24-hour period since the last count, the CCSA recorded 21,808 new Covid-19 cases and 19,826 recoveries. There are now 190,780 people in Thailand being treated for Covid-19. Out of the new cases recorded today,…

  • Former Phuket prison to transform into spooky tourist attraction | Thaiger

    Former Phuket prison to transform into spooky tourist attraction

    An old Phuket prison no longer housing inmates is now set to become a spooky tourist attraction, providing visitors with a “Twilight Zone” experience. Phuket Prison was built in Phuket Town about 120 years ago, and Phuket officials now plan to turn it into a ‘live museum’ to teach both tourists and locals about its history. In addition to the…

  • Court lifts 4 year hijab ban at Pattani school | Thaiger

    Court lifts 4 year hijab ban at Pattani school

    The court has lifted a ban on hijabs set four years ago at a school in Pattani, southern Thailand. The school claimed that wearing a hijab – or Islamic headscarf – to school went against the Education Ministry’s regulations. Four years of court battles between the school and parents finally ended yesterday when the Yala Administrative Court announced a ruling…

  • Queen of England gets personalised Barbie doll on 96th birthday | Thaiger

    Queen of England gets personalised Barbie doll on 96th birthday

    As Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her 96th birthday and 70 years on the throne yesterday — i.e. “Platinum Jubilee” — toymaker Mattel delivered a plastic fantastic present: a special Barbie doll in the queen’s likeness. According to the company, the doll sports a replica of the Queen’s wedding day tiara, as well as blue and pink ribbons after those her…

  • Wimbledon’s ban on Russian and Belarusian players is “crazy”, says Djokovic | Thaiger

    Wimbledon’s ban on Russian and Belarusian players is “crazy”, says Djokovic

    World tennis champion Novak Djokovic has condemned Wimbledon’s ban on Russian and Belarusian players as “crazy.” Earlier this week, the oldest tennis tournament in the world announced that players from Russia and Belarus are banned from playing in this year’s competition from June 27 – July 10 because of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. The decision has been described as “complete…

  • Prison guard under investigation for blackmail | Thaiger

    Prison guard under investigation for blackmail

    After a guard at the Thonburi Women’s Correctional Institute in Bangkok was suspected of corruption and bribery, an investigation is now underway. In return for alleged special treatment, the guard wanted money from the family of a prisoner. The guard, who has not been named, is now suspended during the investigation and will be fired if proven guilty. Somsak Thepsuthin,…

  • Pattaya tourist claims thieves in ‘sexy dresses’ stole his 33,000 baht necklace | Thaiger

    Pattaya tourist claims thieves in ‘sexy dresses’ stole his 33,000 baht necklace

    An Indian tourist in Pattaya claims that last night, a Thai woman, and a ‘transgender individual’, who both wore ‘sexy dresses’, stole his gold necklace worth about 33,000 baht. The tourist, 45 year old Sathishkumar Govindarju, told The Pattaya News the pair also tried to convince him to sleep with them. “I was walking along the road alone, returning from a…

  • Donated Covavax doses to be offered to the unvaccinated, people with allergies | Thaiger

    Donated Covavax doses to be offered to the unvaccinated, people with allergies

    Donated supplies of the Covavax protein sub-unit vaccine will be offered to the unvaccinated, as well as people who are allergic to other vaccine types. Opart Karnkawinpong from Thailand’s Department of Disease Control says the doses, which were donated by India and partner countries in the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, have already been sent to the Medical Sciences Department to be…

  • Putin declares Mariupol ‘liberated’ despite Ukrainian troops, civilians holding out | Thaiger

    Putin declares Mariupol ‘liberated’ despite Ukrainian troops, civilians holding out

    Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed victory in the port city of Mariupol in southeastern Ukraine. He declared it “liberated” despite more than a thousand civilians and Ukrainian troops still inside a massive steel plant. Winning the largest battle in the war in Ukraine is the type of moral victory the Russian leader wants to deliver on the eve of…

  • “Don’t wait, get checked”: Free lung cancer X-rays in Bangkok until Sunday | Thaiger

    “Don’t wait, get checked”: Free lung cancer X-rays in Bangkok until Sunday

    You can get a free lung X-ray scan on the first floor at CentralWorld in Bangkok until Sunday. Lung cancer is one of the leading causes of death in Thailand, so one hospital is running a campaign called “Don’t Wait, Get Checked” to try to detect lung cancer in its early stages. With the help of AI technology, you can…

  • CCSA meets today to consider further easing of Covid entry restrictions | Thaiger

    CCSA meets today to consider further easing of Covid entry restrictions

    The government’s Covid-19 task force meets today to consider the further easing of Thailand’s entry restrictions. The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration will also discuss the possible re-opening of all land border checkpoints, as well as reviewing the colour-coding of provinces based on their infection rates. Nation Thailand reports that Supoj Malaniyom from the CCSA says officials will consider a…

  • Pfizer Covid-19 treatment, Paxlovid, “strongly recommended” by WHO | Thaiger

    Pfizer Covid-19 treatment, Paxlovid, “strongly recommended” by WHO

    The World Health Organisation has given its backing to Pfizer’s Covid-19 treatment, Paxlovid, recommending it over the alternatives. The WHO says it “strongly recommends” the treatment for Covid patients with milder symptoms, who remain at high risk of being hospitalised. However, it adds that, as with vaccines, inequality in accessing the drug remains a problem for lower and middle-income countries.…

  • Blue by Alain Ducasse ranked No. 25 on list of Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants | Thaiger

    Blue by Alain Ducasse ranked No. 25 on list of Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants

    Press Release He did it! The key player of Blue by Alain Ducasse, Executive Chef Wilfrid Hocquet, had two goals for the restaurant when it opened. The first one he scored within the first year of opening doors. And now, he has made good on his second goal, with the restaurant being ranked at No. 25 on Asia’s 50 Best…

  • Koh Phang Ngan looking beyond Full Moon parties to more sustainable tourism | Thaiger

    Koh Phang Ngan looking beyond Full Moon parties to more sustainable tourism

    The Koh Phang Ngan Hotel and Tourism Association says the island is looking beyond its legendary full moon parties and aiming for more sustainable tourism. The association’s president, Chantana Limsuwan, says the island hopes to welcome 100,000 visitors this year, following the easing of travel restrictions. The Bangkok Post reports that the Full Moon Party on April 16, coupled with…

  • Chon Buri field worker believed to have died of heat stroke | Thaiger

    Chon Buri field worker believed to have died of heat stroke

    A Chon Buri worker was found lying dead in the cassava field where he worked in Phanat Nikhom district yesterday. His co-worker, who found him, said she found his tractor still running with no one around it, so she went to check, and found the man lying completely motionless. Police suspect that the man, 58 year old Seree Hiranrat, died…

  • Thailand receives 200,000 Covavax doses donated by India, partners | Thaiger

    Thailand receives 200,000 Covavax doses donated by India, partners

    Thailand’s health ministry has taken delivery of 200,000 protein-based Covid-19 vaccine doses and will distribute them to government hospitals around the country. The donated doses of the Covovax vaccine will be offered to the unvaccinated. According to a Bangkok Post report, the doses were donated by the Indian Embassy in Thailand, under an initiative by the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue. This…

  • Cambodia reduces quarantine for unvaccinated visitors from 2 weeks to 1 | Thaiger

    Cambodia reduces quarantine for unvaccinated visitors from 2 weeks to 1

    Starting yesterday, visitors to Cambodia, who are not fully vaccinated, will only have to quarantine for one week, and not two. Cambodia’s health ministry said air travellers not fully vaccinated must take antigen tests on their last day of quarantine. The country has eased Covid-19 restrictions in the past month, and officially stopped requiring Covid-19 tests upon entry for vaccinated…

  • Lost cat with a 300,000 baht reward FOUND near home in Nonthaburi | Thaiger

    Lost cat with a 300,000 baht reward FOUND near home in Nonthaburi

    Who let the cat out? A chubby kitty who ran away has wandered back home all on her own (as some cats do). Manee, a Scottish Fold, had been missing since Sunday, until 1am yesterday, when a security guard at a residential compound in Nonthaburi province, north of Bangkok, spotted her and she dashed into a neighbour’s home. She was…

  • Members of Thailand’s Move Forward Party banned from renewing passports | Thaiger

    Members of Thailand’s Move Forward Party banned from renewing passports

    A member of Thailand’s Move Forward Party told the press today that she and two other party members had been banned from renewing their passports on suspicion that they have committed treason. MFP member Pannika Wanich made the announcement after meeting with Phaya Thai police today, who she said made the order for the ban. The Department of Consular Affairs…

  • European airlines assess mask rules for flights to United States | Thaiger

    European airlines assess mask rules for flights to United States

    After US airlines stopped requiring people to wear masks on domestic flights last week, European airlines are assessing their mask rules for flights to the US. European carriers are now divided over policies on trans-Atlantic flights. British Airways told customers that the requirement to wear masks onboard depends on restrictions in the arrival destination. KLM, a Dutch airline, told passengers…

  • Pandemic economic impact hits Phuket hotels as 73% of new projects put on hold | Thaiger

    Pandemic economic impact hits Phuket hotels as 73% of new projects put on hold

    Island’s transaction market heats up as owners face liquidity issues, while broad tourism sentiment wanes PHUKET, THAILAND: Thailand’s battered hotel sector is showing increased signs of fatigue as the global pandemic enters its third year. Nowhere is this more apparent than the resort island of Phuket, where over 73% per cent of new hotel developments either lay dormant or have…

  • Instant noodles replace flowers at unusual Thai funeral | Thaiger

    Instant noodles replace flowers at unusual Thai funeral

    Bouquets of instant noodles replaced flowers at an unusual funeral today at a temple in Phitsanulok province, northern Thailand. In a magnificent display, hundreds of sachets of Mama noodles and other dried foods were arranged like flowers around the coffin. Prabhali Konghoon, who died peacefully at age 68, had unique wishes for his funeral which his relatives carried out for…

  • UPDATE: Daughter has contacted missing family, police suspect economic hardship | Thaiger

    UPDATE: Daughter has contacted missing family, police suspect economic hardship

    Following the report on the missing family in the central province of Sukhothai, Thai media has updated the story that the daughter has been able to contact her family today and everyone was safe. However, she didn’t share more details about where her family was or why they had been impossible to contact. Police speculate that it may have been…

  • “Phuket taxis are fantastic”, and other unlikely headlines – OPINION | Thaiger

    “Phuket taxis are fantastic”, and other unlikely headlines – OPINION

    ‘Dog bites man’ would rarely be a headline. ‘Man bites dog’ however IS a headline. In the same way ‘a taxi driver provided customer with a good experience’ isn’t a headline. That’s unless it’s in Phuket Thailand. The Thaiger could pave the road, all the way from Bangkok to Phuket, with stories of the southern island’s faltering attempts at public…

  • Village chief kills thief who stole his chickens | Thaiger

    Village chief kills thief who stole his chickens

    A village headman shot and killed a thief who allegedly stole his chickens at around 6am this morning in Songkhla province, southern Thailand. The shooter said the man was threatening him with a machete so he shot him three times in the chest out of self-defence. Police are speaking with eyewitnesses to determine what happened. When police arrived at the…