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Two companies control Thailand’s beer and spirits market; law changes unlikely to greatly affect customer choice Thailand’s most influential media Thai Rath investigated the history of beer and spirits production in the country. They said that most Thais know that the multi billion baht business is tied up in the hands of two major players. […]

Around 1,000 people apply for Thailand’s 10-year Long-Term Resident (LTR) Visa since its 01-Sept-2022 launch The Board of Investment said around 1,000 people have applied for the 10-year Long-Term Resident (LTR) Visa since it was launched on September 1. The top 5 nationalities that applied were the US, China, UK, Germany and Australia respectively. There […]

Bangkok Lighthouse Networking Evening – 11 November 2022 – SPONSOR “Promech” Lighthouse Networkers! Please see the invite for the final evening networking event of the year [we will have a Xmas lunch event December] We are proud to have “Promech” sponsor this November event once again, we look forward to seeing everyone next week Please […]

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 […]