The Federation of Thai Spa Associations (FTSPA) is asking the government to crack down on the sexual services on offer at some of the country’s many massage parlors. FTSPA advisor Apichai Jearadisak noted that many massage parlors are offering sexual services to tourists and damaging the reputation and image of traditional Thai massage parlors and […]
By Sasiwan Mokkhasen Staff Reporter BANGKOK — A deadline passed at 4pm today for Red Bull heir Vorayuth “Boss” Yoovidhya to meet with prosecutors four years after he killed a Thonglor cop, but the 31-year-old fugitive will be given yet another chance before a warrant is sought for his arrest. Prosecutor Suthi Kittisupaporn said Vorayuth’s […]
BANGKOK: — A Chinese man was stopped trying to leave Thailand today with a fake passport he said he had bought on the internet for $6,000 US dollars. The passport that had the man’s details overlaid on the original ones was in fact a passport of a Malaysian woman reported stolen some time ago. Wang […]
By Sasiwan Mokkhasen Staff Reporter CHACHOENGSAO — It was less than a good morning for Atthaporn Boonmakchuay today. Not after a python slithered out of his squat toilet, bit his penis and refused to let go. Atthaporn, who just regained consciousness, spoke from his hospital bed Wednesday afternoon to recount the ordeal he experienced in […]
2016 Thai tourism continues growing BANGKOK, 24 May 2016 (NNT) – The Ministry of Tourism and Sports has reported that the number of Thai and international tourists in Thailand in the second quarter this year will likely increase by 9.2% following continuous tourism growth. Minister of Tourism and Sports Kobkarn Wattanavarangkul on Monday said in […]
18 girls killed in fire at school dorm in northern Thailand BANGKOK (AP) — A nighttime fire at a boarding school dormitory in northern Thailand killed 18 girls ranging from 5 to 12 years old, police and school officials said Monday. Five others were injured. The two-story wooden structure, which caught fire Sunday night, housed […]
TRANG: — Police say that a father has now admitted that he raped his own eight year old daughter after the little girl ingested Krathom tea laced with Ya Ba. The girl later died in hospital in Trang in the south of Thailand earlier this month. Originally the case hinged on evidence given by the […]
