Thailand Closes Similan Islands for 5 Months to Restore Nature

PHANG NGA  — The Similan Islands will be closed annually from May 16 to October 14, with the 2025 closure starting tomorrow. Upon reopening, a new E-Ticket system will require advance planning for tourist visits. Acting head of Similan Islands National …

Bella Culley changed backpacking plans to join mystery Brits in Thailand before jetting to Georgia ‘with 30lb drug haul’

DRUGS arrest teen Bella Culley changed her backpacking plans last minute to follow a gang of British lads to Thailand, it has emerged. The nursing student originally jetted to the Philippines to meet an old pal from home when she fell in with the strangers …

Việt Nam, Thailand forge strategic partnership for shared prosperity

Last message British teen sent mum before going missing in Thailand and getting arrested almost 4,000 miles away

Earlier this week, it was reported that a British teen had gone missing in Thailand after sending a last message to her mum while travelling. However, it then came to light that she had actually been arrested almost 4,000 miles across the world in Georgia. …

Enhanced Strategic Partnership between Vietnam and Thailand

At the invitation of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra leads the high-level delegation of the Royal Thai Government to pay an official visit to Vietnam and co-chair the 4th Vietnam–Thailand Joint Cabinet Retreat on May …

Thailand's consumer confidence declines to 7-month low in April

BANGKOK, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's consumer confidence declined for a third successive month in April, hitting the lowest level in seven months, due to concerns over U.S. tariffs and a sluggish domestic economic recovery, a survey showed on …

Ancient Buddhist Relics Unearthed at Temple Site in Northeastern Thailand Reveal Dvaravati-Era Significance

From indiandefencereview.com A series of archaeological discoveries beneath a prominent Buddhist monastery near the city of Nakhon Ratchasima in northeastern Thailand, some 200 kilometers from Bangkok, is shedding new light on the region’s early religious …

New senior leadership appointments announced for Anantara properties in Thailand

Minor Hotels just announced two senior leadership appointments for its Anantara resorts in Chiang Mai and the Golden Triangle.  Minor Hotels just announced two senior leadership appointments for its Anantara resorts in Chiang Mai and the Golden Triangle.  …

Who is Bella Culley? Brit tourist who went missing in Thailand and was arrested in Georgia

BRITISH teen Bella Culley's disappearance in Thailand and subsequent arrest in Georgia on drug trafficking charges has drawn international attention. She could spend the rest of her life in a brutal former Soviet prison if convicted — here's …

PM Paetongtarn confident Thailand team ready for US trade talks

Government spokesman Jirayu Houngsub said on Thursday that, prior to her departure for Vietnam that morning, the Prime Minister directed officials involved in US tariff negotiations to thoroughly review the information prepared. She also urged them to …