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4.4 million Thais still earn less than 3,000 baht a month, says NESDC About 4.4 million Thai nationals are living below the poverty line now, dropping from 4.7 million during the Covid-19 crisis, the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC). Danucha Pichayanan, NESDC secretary-general, said 4.4 million people or 6.3 per cent of the […]

73 year old Thai monk starts 3,145 kilometre ‘barefoot’ journey around Thailand to raise money for hospital An elderly Buddhist monk set off at 5am today on a 3,145 kilometre journey around Thailand. The 73 year old monk will walk barefoot from his temple in Songkhla province, southern Thailand, all the way to Chiang Rai […]

November 16-18 special holidays for Bangkok, Samut Prakan and Nonthaburi for APEC Summit The Thai cabinet has made November 16th, 17th and 18th special public holidays for Bangkok, Nonthaburi and Samut Prakan to ease the movement of government leaders and senior officials during the APEC Summit and related meetings. Anucha Burapachaisri, deputy secretary-general to the […]

Survey – Bangkok among 5 best cities for expats to live and work in 2022 Bangkok has been ranked 5th among the world’s top 10 cities for expats to live and work this year, according to the global expat index by the online language learning platform Preply. The survey assesses 60 popular expat destinations using […]

Bangkok citizens report one snake encounter every 15 minutes The data was made public in reaction to a Bangkok resident’s online posting of a picture of a sizable boa constrictor (non-venomous species of snake) hanging from a tree in the Din Daeng district, which sparked an outpouring of support from residents of the area and […]

Six years of elephant attacks in Thailand kill 135 and injure 116 135 people have been killed and 116 injured by wild elephants in the past six years, including 27 deaths in the first nine months of this year alone, according to the Office of Wildlife Conservation Information of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife […]

Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport, One of Thailand’s most haunted places where 99 monks performed an exorcism Suvarnabhumi Airport (pronounced “Suwanapoom”) in Bangkok, in an area that used to be called Nong Nguhao or Cobra Swamp,  is built right on top of an ancient cemetery and there have been many ghostly sightings that have reportedly caused accidents […]

Bangkok Lighthouse Networking Evening – 14 September 2022 – SPONSOR Somfy Lighthouse Networkers! We are back, please see the invite for the networking event on the 14th of September. As usual this will be back at The Clubhouse Sukhumvit soi 23 As you are all aware there has been very few of these events due […]

Proposal to extend Thailand tourist visas and Visa-on-Arrival from 30 to 45 days The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is set to propose extending the length of stay for tourist visas and visa on arrival (VOA) to a maximum of 45 days. According to TAT governor Yuthasak Supasorn, a proposal will be presented to the […]

Thailand’s Khao soi ranked world’s best soup in foodie list This will not come as a soup-rise to anyone who has ever tried the tasty northern Thai dish. Khao soi has been ranked as the world’s best soup, according to the online international food database TasteAtlas. The popular dish scored a rating of 4.9 out […]