Khao San road cancels New Year countdown event
KHAO SAN road entrepreneurs have cancelled New Year countdown celebration at the popular tourist strip citing request by several government agencies in refraining from organising festivities to welcome the New Year due to the current fragile state of mind of the Thai people, TV Channel 7 said this morning (Dec. 24). Mr. Sanga Ruangwatanakul, […]
Read MoreChonburi cancels New Year countdown celebration
CHONBURI’S municipality this morning (Dec. 22) announced the cancellation of the New Year countdown event and the offering of food to monks on New Year’s Day on its Facebook page, Amarin TV said. The post immediately attracted a lot of comments with one person asking whether Pattaya is included and the page administrator replied that […]
Read MoreMinistry unveils New Year grand sale – up to 85% off
DEPUTY Prime minister-cum-Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit this morning (Dec. 21) launched “New Year Grand Sale 2023” with as much as 85% discount offered for products and services available at 46,100 outlets nationwide, Amarin TV said. The steep discount of 13,652,400 products and services including those sold online that starts today will last Jan. 31. 2023. […]
Read MoreJailed politician puts up big New Year greeting billboard
BOTH cheers and criticism emerged in Nakhon Si Thammarat after jailed politician Mr. Thepthai Senpong put up a large New Year greeting billboard depicting himself behind bars outside his home, Matichon newspaper said this morning (Dec. 7). Thepthai’s brother, Mr. Pongsin Senpong, also posted a picture of the New Year greeting signboard on his […]
Read MoreMovies being screened at cemetery to mark Chinese New Year
A BIG Chinese New Year celebration is taking place at a cemetery in Phichit province tonight (Feb. 1) with three movies being screened for the ghosts of 330 people buried there to enjoy, Naewna newspaper said. The Phichit Samakkhi Foundation hired a team from Boon Cherd Film to put up a large screen and bring […]
Read MoreDrunk woman slaps policeman with her shoe in New Year’s eve drama
AN intoxicated woman who drove the wrong way down Lum Luk Ka road on New Year’s eve and then slapped policeman with her shoe faces four charges, Matichon newspaper and Sanook.com said today (Jan. 8) Khu Khot police station released details of this case after a video clip of the woman slapping the policeman’s face […]
Read MoreNetizens wonder if photos of barely attended New Year event are for real
BEING widely discussed in the Thai online world today (Jan. 2) are photos of a countdown event in Phuket showing Gam Wichayanee singing but most of the chairs unoccupied as they wonder whether this actually happened or were they shots of a sound test prior to the show, Sanook.com said. Most netizens commented that it […]
Read MoreBad traffic jams as exodus from Bangkok starts
PEOPLE are continuously departing Bangkok to celebrate New Year in their Northeastern home province with parts of the route now heavily congested and this despite factories and some companies yet to shut down for the holidays, Siam Rath newspaper said this evening (Dec. 29) Vehicles are moving very slowly at two stretches with one being […]
Read MorePM: No additional ticket sales at the door for New Year countdown events
PRIME Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha today (Dec. 25) ordered strict implementation of measures for holding New Year countdown events and forbade the sale of additional tickets at the door, Thai Rath newspaper said. Mr. Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana, spokesman for the Prime Minister’s Office, said Gen. Prayut emphasised that those organising New Year countdown festivities must strictly implement […]
Read MorePM: Only BMA’s New Year countdown events cancelled
PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha said via his adviser this evening (Dec. 23) that only New Year countdown events organised by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) have been cancelled, meaning not those staged by the private sector, Matichon newspaper said. Ms. Natreya Thaweewong, the Prime Minister’s adviser who clarified this cancellation via Line messaging app to […]
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