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Thailand officially enters rainy season on Saturday 15 May 2021 Thailand will officially enter the rainy season this Saturday, with more rain than last year and rainfall over the entire season anticipated to be 5%-10% more than average, said Meteorological Department Director-General Nattapon Nattasomboon today (Wednesday). Rainfall for the first half of the rainy season […]

Tramway line in Bangkok was established by Danish businessmen in 1800s The Royal Danish embassy released the latest photo album, as part of 400 years relations with Thailand celebration on 5 March 2021, a day after H.M. King Vajiraklaochaoyuhua’s Coronation day celebration on 4 May. The memo reads, It was on this exact day in […]

Thailand ranks sixth among ASEAN countries for COVID-19 vaccination of their population, at 1.2% Thailand ranks sixth among ASEAN’s 10 member countries for COVID-19 vaccination of their population, at 1.2%, with over 1.6 million doses being administered, according to the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation. More than 1.16 million vaccinations were the […]

Foreigners in Thailand to get ‘equal access’ to covid vaccinations Jab booking systems to get upgrade to include everyone Three million foreigners living in Thailand have as much right to Covid-19 vaccinations as Thais because the goal is to achieve herd immunity, the government declared on Thursday. The policy is to vaccinate everyone in Thailand […]

National Telecom to scrap 007 & 008 international telephone call prefixes from 01 June 2021 Move will save over B12m a year in costs National Telecom (NT) will scrap 007 and 008 international telephone call prefixes from June 1 to save at least 12 million baht a year in costs, leaving only 001 and 009 […]

Proposals to allow some foreigners to work in Thailand without a traditional Work Permit Working without a permit in Thailand about to get easier Proposals to allow some foreigners to work in Thailand without a traditional Work Permit Proposals currently before the Thai Cabinet will dramatically expand the opportunities for some foreigners to work in […]

“It’s not time yet” to relax Thailand’s laws on foreigners owning land or property, say analysts Thai business media Manager have suggested that speculation that the Thai government were about to announce that foreigners could buy their own houses in estates is unlikely to be true. They quoted unnamed sources as saying that the “time […]

Tourism Authority of Thailand governor says no plans to change opening of Thailand to foreign tourists on 1st July 2021 The governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand said there were currently no plans to change the country’s strategy to open up to foreign tourism on July 1st. This despite the devastating third wave of […]

The future of Thai immigration policy somewhat clearer, a substantial review of Thai immigration regulations to prepare for the eventual post-Covid world The pressures are now building for a substantial review of Thai immigration regulations to prepare for the eventual post-Covid world. Prime minister Chanyut Chan-o-cha has several times called for bold measures to attract […]