BANGKOK, Thailand – Suvarnabhumi Airport has advised passengers to plan their journeys in advance and allow extra travel time as a maintenance project will block some traffic lanes to and from the passenger terminal from next Monday until April 7 of next year, with the repair and maintenance planned for expansion joints on the elevated […]
BANGKOK, Thailand – Cambodia has formally protested Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul’s recent visit to a border area in Ubon Ratchathani province, describing it as an unauthorised entry into Cambodian territory and a serious violation of its sovereignty. The Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the visit on August 23 was a deliberate attempt to […]
KOH SAMUI, Thailand – The visas of foreigners who threatened the life of a private-zoo owner on Koh Samui have been revoked, Tourism and Sports Minister Surasak Phancharoenworakul said on Tuesday, marking a decisive step in the government’s response to foreign visitors causing problems in Thailand. The minister stated that the owner of Samui Exotic […]
NASHVILLE, United States – Dolly Parton, the legendary singer, songwriter, and actress who built one of the most celebrated careers in country music and transcended into pop, film, and television, died on August 25 at the age of 80. Her nephew, Bryan Seaver, announced her passing on Instagram through the singer’s official account, expressing the […]
BANGKOK, Thailand – Tourism authorities have announced that the government will revoke the visas of foreign tourists who cause trouble and disrupt public order, following reports of inappropriate behaviour by some visitor groups, particularly Israeli tourists, in key tourism areas including Phuket and Koh Samui, the Bangkok Post reported. Two Swedish Men Arrested In Bangkok […]
SURAT THANI, Thailand – Her Majesty Queen Suthida Bajrasudhabimalalakshana has commenced a fighter flight-training programme on the Gripen 39 C/D jet at Wing 7 in Surat Thani, advancing her extensive aviation career toward the cockpit of an operational combat aircraft. The privately undertaken programme, scheduled to run from August 20 to September 4, is expected […]
FRANKFURT, Germany – A Thai Airways flight from Frankfurt to Bangkok returned safely to Frankfurt Airport on Friday, August 21, after declaring an emergency shortly following take-off due to a hydraulic problem involving the left main landing gear. Flight TG921, operated by a Boeing 777-300ER, had departed Frankfurt at 14:45 local time for Suvarnabhumi Airport […]
BANGKOK, Thailand – Award-winning Thai actor and television personality Ray MacDonald was found dead at his home in the Pattanakarn area of Bangkok on the morning of August 19, sending shockwaves through Thailand’s entertainment industry. He was 49. MacDonald was discovered unconscious by his wife, Sirinya Jintanawararak, at approximately 6:20 a.m., with CCTV footage later […]
