The Loy Krathong festival is tonight, this year coinciding with Halloween. If you’re living in Bangkok you're spoiled for choice with launching locations. There is no...
Happy Loy Krathong Phuket. But this year authorities are saying 'only floating Krathongs thanks'. No polystyrene, no steel pins - keep it natural and plant-based please....
First it was no polystyrene or steel pins. The push was for natural, sustainable ratings as Thais floated away their woes in the annual celebration. Now...
Sky lanterns released during Chiang Mai's Yi Peng Lantern Festival will be banned for certain hours during the holiday from October 31 to November 1, which...
The eco-friendly message seems to be getting through as Bangkok Governor, Asawin Kwanmuang, reports an increase in the use of krathongs made from biodegradable materials. The...
With the annual Loy Krathong festival coming up tomorrow, Bangkok's governor is urging residents and tourists to help reduce the number of discarded krathongs and floating...
PHOTO: yipengchiangmailanternfestival.com The Loy Krathong festival, known in Chiang Mai as Yi Peng, runs from today until Tuesday, November 12 It started last night at Three Kings...
137 Pillars House in Chiang Mai has made elaborate arrangements for next month’s Loy Krathong festival, better known as Yi Peng in the North. The full...
Bangkok will open 30 public parks for the forthcoming Loy Krathong Festival, which is set to take place on November 11. Thai Residents reports that the...
PHOTO: Rove.me Chiang Mai’s City District Office has scrapped permits previously granted to organisers of two 'sky lantern' events that would have released a total of...
Enthusiastic enforcement of the TM30 form is one thing. Backing down on modern new public buses in Bangkok is another. But now the Thai government have...
PHOTO: SBS News Eleven years have passed since the murder of a Japanese woman in Sukhothai province (central Thailand) in 2007 and, with no developments, an existing cash...
FILE PHOTO A young man has drowned in a canal in Samut Sakhon’s central district early this morning (Friday) while searching for coins in krathong floats...
For the teenagers who have more on their mind than floating a Krathong tonight... Teenagers are being warned not to engage in inappropriate sexual behaviour...
Enthusiasts are seeking permission to fly 64,000 lanterns on the night of Loy Krathong in Chiang Mai, despite a nation-wide ban. Loy Krathong is on this...
