Thailand news update

  • Thailand video newsSukhumvit bar owner threatens tourists with gun | Thaiger News Today

    Sukhumvit bar owner threatens tourists with gun | Thaiger News Today

    https://youtu.be/aDIw1-bTVMg In Thailand, media outlets have formed an alliance to provide live reporting of unofficial election results during the upcoming General Election. This was prompted by the Election Commission’s (EC) decision to use a non–real–time official reporting format, which has raised concerns about transparency and fairness. The missing Frenchman lost in the forest around Khao Eto Mountain in Prachin Buri…

  • Thailand video newsBar owner threatens tourists in Bangkok | GMT

    Bar owner threatens tourists in Bangkok | GMT

    https://youtube.com/live/53bkompNVLk In Thailand, media outlets have formed an alliance to provide live reporting of unofficial election results during the upcoming General Election. This was prompted by the Election Commission’s (EC) decision to use a non–real–time official reporting format, which has raised concerns about transparency and fairness. In other news, a Cambodian national has been arrested in Bangkok for using a…

  • Thailand video newsThailand News Today | New foreign land ownership law can be scrapped if Thais don’t agree

    Thailand News Today | New foreign land ownership law can be scrapped if Thais don’t agree

    Thailand News Today | New foreign land ownership law can be scrapped if Thais don’t agree New foreign land ownership law can be scrapped if Thais don’t agree If Thai people aren’t happy with the newly proposed foreign land ownership law in Thailand, the whole plan can be scrapped, said Minister of Interior General Anupong Paochinda in Parliament yesterday. “We…

  • Thailand video newsThailand News Today | Baht continues surge against strong dollar

    Thailand News Today | Baht continues surge against strong dollar

      With the US dollar strengthening and Thailand’s struggling economy, economic experts predict the baht to reach 38 to the dollar by the end of this year. The head of capital markets research for Kasikorn Bank believes the baht will continue its instability along with the global money markets as a result of domestic and international factors. While the US…

  • Thailand video newsThailand News Update | Scamming expats in Pattaya

    Thailand News Update | Scamming expats in Pattaya

    A Frenchman is facing fraud charges for allegedly scamming expats in Pattaya out of millions of baht by claiming he had connections with several Thai authorities, and promising help with obtaining visas, opening businesses, and buying motorbikes and cars. Reports claim he scammed expats out of a total of 6.3 million baht.58 year old Herve Christian Robert Leonard from Compiegne…

  • Thailand video newsThailand News Update | No alcohol on 16th February

    Thailand News Update | No alcohol on 16th February

    Police say have identified the 2 suspect gunmen who are being sought over the apparent gangland killing of Indian-born Jimi Sandhu on February 4 in Rawai, Phuket. Arrest warrants for 2 Canadian men have been issued. The alleged gunmen have been named as 36 year old Gene Lahrkamp and Matthew Dupre, also 36. The arrest warrants follow an intensive investigation…

  • Thailand video newsMurder weapons found at the beach | Thailand News Update

    Murder weapons found at the beach | Thailand News Update

    On the day we were hoping to report some easing of restrictions, instead we may be staring at postponements, or even some more precautions added as Thailand struggles to move on from two years of any meaningful tourism recovery. At a meeting of the CCSA yesterday recent spikes in new infections, and the surges in Bangkok and Phuket, were discussed.A…

  • Thailand video newsThailand News Update | Songkran cancelled for 2022?

    Thailand News Update | Songkran cancelled for 2022?

    Thailand’s famous water festival Songkran might be cancelled for 1 third year in a row if the daily Covid-19 infections reach 30,000 per day. The massive water festival and gun fight, celebrating the Thai New Year, has already had the tap turned off due to coronavirus restrictions. The DDC warns that Songkran, which is April 13 to 15 this year,…

  • Thailand video newsThailand News Update | Latest Omicron cases & situation in Thailand

    Thailand News Update | Latest Omicron cases & situation in Thailand

    Phuket province has now officially identified 5 cases of the Omicron variant of Covid-19. 8 Thais, from two different tour groups, have tested positive for the Omicron variant after returning from an annual pilgrimage to the Islamic holy city of Mecca. Latest on the Philippines typhoon Rai disaster, death toll reached 208. Poll about the Royal pardons for many people…