Hoodwinked Chinese actor crosses back to Thailand
A CHINESE actor who disappeared at Thai-Myanmar border along Mae Sot last Friday (Jan. 3) said after being brought back to Thailand by Karen soldiers that another Chinese man had tricked into accepting work and he only realized after crossing the border to Myanmar that he had been conned by dared not resist, Naewna […]
Read MoreWhatever Thaksin may have said might not necessarily happen: Paetongtarn
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra said today (Jan. 7) whatever her father/de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra may have said in regard to government policy matters might not necessarily happen in response to his word. The woman prime minister told reporters at Government House today her father was undoubtedly free […]
Read MoreChinese actor found in Myawaddy but was not kidnapped
THAI security agencies said at 12.50 p.m. today (Jan. 7) that a Chinese actor who disappeared after flying to Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport from Shanghai has been found in Myanmar and the Border Guard Force said he was not kidnapped, Naewna newspaper said. The actor would likely be handed over at around 2 p.m. today […]
Read MoreWarning signs emerge as Thai visitor arrivals fail to hit 2019 ‘normalcy’ level
PRELIMINARY visitor arrivals stats for 2024 show that Thailand ended the year below expectations. In fact, they are fraught with early-warning danger signs about the future growth prospects of Thai tourism in a rapidly changing and highly unstable operating environment, locally, regionally and globally. The preliminary stats show that Thailand ended 2024 with 35,545,714 […]
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