Bangkok 35th most expensive city for expats, Hong Kong most expensive Bangkok is the 35th most expensive city for expats (+5 compared to 40th in 2019) according to Mercer’s 2020 Cost of Living Survey According to Mercer’s 2020 Cost of Living Survey, Hong Kong tops the list of most expensive cities for expatriates, followed by […]
Continue Reading
Annual quota for foreigners that could be granted Thailand permanent residency in 2020 now open for application Immigration authorities on Tuesday confirmed an annual quota for foreigners that could be granted permanent residency in 2020. The order signed by PM Prayut Chan-o-cha and published on Royal Government Gazette keeps its quota of no more than […]
Continue Reading
B.Grimm Group, a major supporter of WWF Thailand helping save Thailand’s tigers In the wild, tigers play the role of apex predator. The biggest of the wild cats can roam almost 300 kilometres to find food and mates, and they very rarely come into contact with other tigers or people. Unfortunately, the number of wild […]
Continue Reading
Thailand’s endangered elephants reclaim Khao Yai national park as lockdown allows them to roam freely Without jeeps and crowds, some 300 elephants have been able to walk around Khao Yai, Thailand’s oldest national park For as long as the elephants could remember – and that is a long time – the path to the river […]
Continue Reading
Bangkok’s historic Scala cinema’s 51-year run said to end When movie theaters were permitted to reopen this week, the curtains did not rise at Bangkok’s most celebrated movie house. In what would be a stinging loss many years in the making, business insiders said yesterday that Scala theater, which had been living on borrowed time […]
Continue Reading
Ho Chi Minh City considers the entry of foreign experts, investors, high-level managers and highly-skilled laborers Health authority in Ho Chi Minh City will facilitate foreign experts and investors’ entry into the city through Tan Son Nhat Airport. The municipal Department of Health said some enterprises have sent documents about facilitation for foreign experts and investors’ […]
Continue Reading
Thailand’s Culture Ministry proposes holidays from July 4th to 9th for earlier postponed Songkran celebrations Thailand’s Ministry of Culture will propose, to the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), the declaration of special public holidays, from July 4th to 9th, for belated Songkran celebrations, which were postponed from mid-April due to the coronavirus pandemic. Culture […]
Continue Reading
UK’s Visa Application Centre in Bangkok (The Trendy Office Building) to reopen Below is the text of a press release from the British Embassy, lightly edited for brevity: “On June 1, UK Visas and Immigration will begin a phased resumption of services and our main Visa Application Centre in Bangkok (The Trendy Office Building, 28th […]
Continue Reading
Thai immigration prioritizes plan to allow permanent residents to return Now that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that all remaining Thais stranded abroad will be repatriated within weeks, attention is shifting towards the future for foreigners who want to come here. The assumption is that compulsory state quarantining for 14 days would need […]
Continue Reading
Thai small brewers pour into Vietnam Restrictive rules for craft beer manufacturing written by the local duopoly have led Thai brands to a nurturing community a few countries over Factories are not the only business moving into Vietnam — Thai craft beer has found an unlikely home in the neighbouring country, thanks to stiff regulations […]
Continue Reading