Durian with misspelled genus name sells like hot cakes
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NO LESS THAN A TONNE of fresh durian put on a roadside vending stall in a downtown area of Nonthaburi has always been sold out over a weekend. It is not the taste, smell or price of the durian which may have attracted many customers to Ritthirong Meesee’s vending stall. It […]
Read MoreRipe Durian Day set for April 10
By Thai Newsroom Reporters APRIL 10, 2021 has been officially scheduled as the Ripe Durian Day – a rarely-noted, yet sustained effort on the part of the authorities to deter the illegal sales of unripe fruits. In the face of news reports of unripe durian being offered at incredibly low prices at markets and roadside […]
Read MoreIncredibly low-priced ‘Golden Pillow,’ anyone?
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A YOUNG COUPLE wished to make quick cash and opted for the roadside trading of fresh durian after they had been tormentingly jobless for nearly a year. Their hand-to-mouth struggling had panned out until recently. The 23-year-old Toi and his girlfriend had virtually turned from rags to riches out of the […]
Read MoreStinky durian sends 6 people to the hospital in Bavaria
By Rob Picheta and Frederik Pleitgen, CNN (CNN) Twelve German postal workers received medical treatment and dozens more were evacuated due to a pungent suspect package — which turned out to be a shipment of the notoriously smelly durian fruit. Police, firefighters and emergency services were called to a post office in the Bavarian town […]
Read MoreHungry elephants raid durian orchard in Hua Hin
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A HERD OF WILD ELEPHANTS have wreaked havoc to a durian orchard in Hua Hin’s inland area where they visited uninvited and forcibly pulled down the fruit for dinner. The wild elephants in Kaeng Krachan national park caught the wind-blown smells of ripe durian grown in the neighborhood of Pala-U village […]
Read MorePremium durian growers use barcode to fend off ‘fakes’
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DURIAN GROWN IN a certain village in the inland part of the seaside Hua Hin district will specifically bear a barcode sticker on the fruit to distinguish itself from all other durian in Thailand. Chief district officer of Hua Hin Prayong Chanthateng confirmed today (June 8) all Pala-U durian, named after […]
Read MoreDriving across the country to get some ‘vintage’ durian
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SOME PEOPLE would decidedly brave a heavy rainstorm traveling all the way from Bangkok to a small village in Krabi just to taste durian from 100-year-old trees, literally. Prachak Khayankarn, the owner of 20 organically cultivated durian trees, each aged over 100 years, welcomed all visitors to his plantation in the […]
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