THE Commerce Ministry has launched an in-depth investigation of 6,551 suspicious businesses wherein foreigners holding 50 percent or more shares are operating without permit in violation of an annex of the Foreign Business Act B.E. 2542 (1999) with technology used to analyse and link databases in screening them, PPTVHD36 said today (May 4). At
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Two foreigners chase, steal luxury watch from American man in Phuket
A ROBBERY that shocked local people in Phuket took place last evening (Sep. 17) with two foreigners chasing and stealing a 300,000 baht watch from an American man as he rode down a road, Amarin TV said this evening. The crime occurred on Layan Soi 7 road, Cherngtalay subdistrict, Thalang district, with the two
Read more2 foreigners found dead in the same Pattaya condo within 2 hours
A SHOCKING incident occurred in Pattaya City today (July 17) as two foreign men were found dead in the same condominium building, but on different floors, only two hours apart with this puzzling the policemen who have launched a thorough investigation, Amarin TV said. This seaside city’s police were first alerted at 2 p.m.
Read more‘Hi-so’ Israeli woman held on drug charge on Koh Phangan
AN Israeli woman was arrested on drug trafficking charges on Koh Phangan after a sting operation led to police finding 1.4 grammes of ecstasy crystals on her, MNG Online said yesterday (Aug. 8). Pol. Lt. Gen. Saksira Phuek-am, head of the Tourist Police, had ordered Pol. Lt. Col. Vinij Bunchit, attached to Tourist Police
Read moreMyanmar junta to free 9,652 prisoners on humanitarian grounds – state media
By Reuters and published by Swissinfo.ch MYANMAR’S military government will release 9,652 prisoners, including 114 foreigners, under an amnesty to mark the country’s independence day, state media reported on yesterday (Jan. 4). The Southeast Asian nation has been in turmoil since the military seized power in February 2021, reversing a decade-long democratic experiment, and
Read moreThais and foreigners brawl on Pattaya street
A STREET fight broke out between a group of Thais and some foreigners, believed to be Indians, in Pattaya early yesterday morning (Dec. 28) with a metre long stick, belts, glass bottles, a metal rod and ladles used in the riotous brawl, Amarin TV and TV Channel 7 said last evening. Traffic came to
Read moreBig cash transfer a new clue to missing German businessman
INVESTIGATION of the mysterious disappearance of a German businessman in Chonburi last week made some headway with an unusual transfer of over 2 million baht discovered while three foreigners were questioned, one of them a woman, as were his Thai wife and children, Thai Rath and Naewna newspapes said today (July 10). Mr. Hans-Peter
Read moreForeign restaurant employees bash up tourists at Patong
DOING the rounds on Thai social media is a 40-second video clip showing a group of tourists being attacked by three foreign employees of a restaurant at Phuket’s Patong beach who aside from punching them also hit them with a aluminium rod and a chair, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (Mar. 27). The brawl
Read moreNew regulation allowing foreigners to buy land withdrawn: Anupong
INTERIOR Minister Anupong Paochinda this morning (Nov. 8) said before attending a Cabinet meeting that a draft ministerial regulation allowing four categories of foreigners to buy maximum one rai of land for residential purposes is being withdrawn to study this sensitive issue again, Matichon newspaper said. When asked whether the draft will be resubmitted
Read moreAnupong proposes cancelling regulation allowing foreigners to buy land
INTERIOR Minister Anupong Paochinda sent a letter to the Government House stating that he will be proposing to the Cabinet tomorrow (Nov. 8) that a draft ministerial regulation allowing four categories of foreigners to buy maximum one rai of land for residential purposes be revoked, Matichon newspaper said. This step was taken after several
Read morePrayut supporter Pareena against allowing foreigners to own land
JOINING THE chorus of criticism on the government having approved in principle the drafting of a ministerial regulation allowing foreigners to buy maximum one rai of land for residential purposes conditional on investing at least 40 million baht for minimum three years is Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s staunch supporter Pareena Kraikupt, Naewna newspaper said
Read moreCouple found murdered in Korat believed to be foreigners
AFTER a man picking mushrooms in a Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat) forest ran into a mysterious freshly dug hole and alerted the authorities yesterday afternoon (July 28) police and rescuers dug it up again and found a naked couple buried there with the authorities later saying they believe they are foreigners, Naewna newspaper said today (July
Read moreNew steps allowing foreigners to buy houses ‘aimed at easing tourism woes’
THE Government today (Sept. 20) explained that its move to attract certain groups of foreigners to work and invest here and also allowing them to buy houses in this country is aimed at spurring economic growth and investment particularly to compensate for the decreased number of foreign tourists and drop in tourism revenue, Amarin TV
Read moreGovernment moves to allow ‘high potential’ foreigners buy land
THE CABINET last Tuesday (Sept. 14) approved measures to attract “high potential” foreigners to the country by offering them various benefits among which is the right to buy land, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Sept. 18). Ms. Ratchada Thanadirek, deputy spokesperson for the Prime Minister’s Office, said these measures are aimed boosting the Thai economy
Read moreForeigners flock to get a Pfizer jab after ministry opened registration
MORE than 800 foreigners turned up at Central Festival Pattaya Beach shopping centre today (Aug. 23) to get a Pfizer Covid shot after the Foreign Ministry’s Consular Department opened registration, TV Channel 7 said. The hundreds of foreigners who showed up at this shopping centre’s vaccination station, operated in collaboration with Bangkok Pattaya Hospital,
Read moreFarang barflies nabbed In lockdowned Pattaya
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NEARLY A DOZEN FARANG males were arrested for allegedly drinking alcoholic beverages at a Pattaya bar despite a current lockdown last night (July 27), police said. The police from Nong Prue police station raided Fat Boys Bar & Grill in Pattaya and found 11 foreign males and a Thai male drinking
Read moreDoor opened for foreigners to pre-register for Covid jabs
THE FOREIGN Ministry’s Consular Affairs Department has opened a pre-registration system for foreigners in Thailand who are 60 years and older to sign up for coronavirus shots, Sanook.com said this afternoon (July 24). Recently 2,661 foreigners in this category had pre-registered for shots at Bang Sue Central Station. Very soon they will be informed of
Read morePoll shows majority want to keep door shut to foreign tourists
THE majority of Thai people do not want foreign tourists to return to their country as revealed in an online opinion survey conducted by Suan Dusit Poll with 1,116 people questioned during June 9-12, PostToday reported this morning (14.6.2020). The poll was held to gauge the people’s reaction to the government’s move to revive tourism
Read morePhase 4 easing on June 15 but foreigners not allowed in yet
WHILE confirming that phase 4 easing of the coronavirus measure will start on June 15 the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) stated that it has not yet considered 15-day trial lifting of the curfew but this issue would be raised for discussion by the full panel on Friday, INN News reported this afternoon (June
Read more255 foreigners being probed for holding fake Thai ID cards
UPON being alerted by Chinese immigration officials, the Thai Department of Special Investigation (DSI) mounted a search in Chiang Rai for foreigners who had illegally assumed Thai identity and started companies here and netted 255 suspects, INN News reported today (26.5.2020). The police action arose after Chinese immigration officials found out that Mr Kaew Saelee
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