Advertise Here Travellers in Thailand are making the most of a long weekend in the lead up to the Songkran festivities. Many in the public sector, government, banks and commercial services, can look forward to an extra day off prior to Thailand’s traditional New Year event. The four-day weekend will see banks closed on Monday. [...]
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Thailand’s tourism ministry has announced that the country’s new travel slogan “Miracle Thailand Year” and its accompanied brand awareness campaign will commence in April. Due to start at the beginning of this year, “Miracle Thailand Year” was postponed due to the devastating floods, which killed over 800 people and displaced millions. The promotion campaign will [...]
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PM’s Facebook team totally ‘loses face’ and job over embarrassing, careless error Thailand’s Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has sacked the team managing her Facebook account after pictures of the wrong monarch. Embarrasing. Careless and utterly humiliating. The PM’s personal Facebook team made one of the most obvious, embarrassing and careless mistakes that could be made. [...]
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Thailand’s Deputy PM and pro-lese majeste campaigner Chalerm Yubamrung Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung has weighed into the “lese majeste” issue by offering to lead a campaign for the blocking of websites that contain material which offends the monarchy. The Deputy PM said earlier today that a proposal had been put forward through the [...]
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HM the King Bhumibol Adulyadej celebrated his 84th birthday today along with members of the royal family and a public audience in the Chakri hall at the Grand Palace today. During his address to the nation, HM the King said that a sustainable water management system must be developed and that all sides must work [...]
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Travellers planning on visiting Thailand should be aware of the harsh penalties faced under the country’s “lese majeste” laws for material that could be deemed offensive to the world’s longest serving monarch, and the most respected figure in Thai society. Being a foreigner on a holiday or ignorance of local laws is no excuse, as [...]
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Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been left in the dark by his sister, current PM Yingluck Shinawatra, over plans to include the 62-year-old in a list of prisoners up for a royal pardon. Earlier this week it was revealed that the Government, led by Ms Yingluck, had held a meeting to discuss the [...]
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Thailand faces even further political upheaval as members of the “yellow shirt” movement angrily oppose a royal pardon of thousands of convicted criminals, including former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Cabinet members under Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra met this week to endorse the pardons for criminals aged over the age of 60 who were sentenced to [...]
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Thailand’s Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has today denied rumours that a number of former Thai Rak Thai Party executives, who are currently completing a five-year ban from politics, want her replaced. It is rumoured that the banned party execs are not satisfied with her handling of the current flood crisis, which has taken the lives [...]
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The Thai government has announced that it will accept the advice of HM the King and build additional waterways throughout Bangkok to protect against flooding. His Majesty the King Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said that His Majesty made the suggestions following flooding in 1980 and 1995. A committee will be set up to oversee a [...]
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