Activist wins permission from Criminal Court to travel abroad
Pro-democracy activist Rawisara Eksakul has been granted permission to leave Thailand to study in Germany despite facing a...
10,000-baht loan programme for Covid-hit households
by Dave Sale
State-run Government Saving Bank (GSB) is launching its latest relief-loan measure to alleviate the burden on Thai households...
COVID VISA EXTENSION TO CONTINUE UNTIL MARCH 25
by Dave Sale
Foreigners will now have until March 25, 2022, to extend their special COVID extension stamp, as announced by...
Russians trapped on a Thai island as war rages in Ukraine
Few places have been as affected by the collapse of tourism in Asia as Phuket, an island less...
Life threatening risk of repeatedly wearing same face mask confirmed
by Dave Sale
Repeatedly wearing the same facemask can put you at risk of serious, possibly fatal illnesses, due to the...
No water fights please says PM
by Dave Sale
Songkran celebrations will be allowed next month but drinking alcohol at events, foam parties, water splashing and powder...
Protester interrupts Russian TV news show
by Dave Sale
A woman holding an anti-war sign ran onto the set of a Russian evening news programme on the...
Squatters move into Russian oligarch’s £25,000,000 Belgravia mansion
by Dave Sale
Squatters have occupied the central London mansion of a Russian billionaire sanctioned by the UK Government for his links to...
