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Thailand Marijuana Cannabis Weed Hemp Grass Smoking

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‘Carelessness’ Kills Covid-19 Patient Vaccinated 4 Times

Thailand Paotang App Mobile lottery tickets

Thailand to Begin Online Lottery Ticket Sales June 2

Bangkok Thailand Prison Inmates Convicts Sewers public works

Bangkok Back on the Chain Gang Again

Coronavirus Update

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Updated on 28 May 2022 12:50

‘Carelessness’ Kills Covid-19 Patient Vaccinated 4 Times

Health Ministry Backs Off Mid-June End to Outdoor Mask Mandate

Simplified Thailand Pass, Quarantine Ended for Unvaccinated Starting June 1

Bars in 31 Provinces Get ‘Green’ Light to Fully, Legally Reopen

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‘Carelessness’ Kills Covid-19 Patient Vaccinated 4 Times

Four Covid-19 vaccine shots did not help save the life of a Thai whose death was among 36 others reported Friday. Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration spokeswoman Apisamai Srirangson said the unidentified victim was not in any of the demographic...

Thailand Paotang App Mobile lottery tickets

Thailand to Begin Online Lottery Ticket Sales June 2

Bangkok Thailand Prison Inmates Convicts Sewers public works

Bangkok Back on the Chain Gang Again

Myanmar Chinese Investors Businesses abuse human rights violations Burmese workers

Chinese Firms Given Free Rein to Abuse Workers in Myanmar

Bangkok Masks Covid-19 Coronavirus

Health Ministry Backs Off Mid-June End to Outdoor Mask Mandate

Pattaya

Former Pattaya mayor and Rao Ruk Pattaya leader Sonthaya Kunplome votes in Pattaya's election Sunday.

Poll Snafus May Force New Pattaya Election

Accused rapist Kantheepob Thanachotsomboon, 37, acknowledges charges against him at Nongprue Police Station Monday.

Pattaya Rape Suspect Rearrested After Victim Gives Statement

Pattaya Ruam Jai leader Niran Wattanasartsathorn casts his ballot Sunday. Missing ballot sheets at two stations halted vote counting Sunday.

Pattaya Vote Count on Hold After Ballot Sheets Go Missing

Kunplome family pick Poramet Ngampichet cheers on supporters in Pattaya Sunday night. (Photo: Pattaya Mail, with permission.)

‘More of Same’ as Kunplome Pick Leads Pattaya Mayor Race

Phuket

German Woman Alzheimers Found Phuket

Missing German Woman Found Alive in Phuket National Park

Barbara Elisabeth Monika Glag Lange was last seen on CCTV cameras walking on a road in Mai Khao Subdistrict after leaving her hotel in Thalang District May 9.

German Alzheimer’s Sufferer Now Missing 5 Days in Phuket

Canada had offered a Can$100,000 reward for the capture of B.C. man Gene Karl Lahrkamp who was charged with killing former Vancouver gangster Jimi Sandhu in Thailand in February.

Wanted Phuket Hitman Killed in Canada Plane Crash

Thailand Moken Sea Gypsies South Andaman Phuket

Thailand Pledges Houses, Aid for Moken ‘Sea Gypsies’

Chiang Mai

Chiang Mai Romance Scam Chinese Japanese Online

Chiang Mai Romance Scammers Target Lonely Japanese Men

Chiang Rai Mekong River Fishing Fisherman Dams China

China’s Mekong Dams Killing Chiang Rai Fishing Industry

If right-wing zealots in the Senate have their way, this is how Thailand's youth would spend their free time. (Photo: Bangkok Herald)

Chiang Mai’s Tourism ‘Recovery’ Driven Only by Thai Travelers

Bangkok police seize water guns on Khao San Road in Bangkok on Thursday.

Thai Fun Police Get Revenge on Songkran Water Warriors in Bangkok,...

Koh Samui

Cruise Ship Terminal Proposed for Koh Samui

Thai Reporters Freak Over 1st Post-Omicron Flight to Samui

Beach bars on Koh Samui await domestic tourists, who now don't have to take a coronavirus test to visit if they're fully vaccinated against Covid-19. (Photo: Bangkok Herald)

Phuket, Koh Samui Drop Covid-19 Testing Requirement for Domestic Tourists

SM-Samui-Plus-2-month-overview

Failed ‘Samui Plus’ Scheme Drew only 786 Tourists in 2 Months

Regional – Hua Hin, Issan, North, South

WATCH: 2 Deep South Marine-Police Stations Attacked; 3 Hurt

Mekong River Northewast Thailand Laos Issan

7 Issan Provinces Warned Over Rising Mekong

Pattani Muslim South STudents SChool Hijab

Pattani Protest Wednesday to Demand Firing of Hijab-Banning School Principal

14-year-old commits suicide Phattalung Thailand expelled school

Teen Girl’s Suicide Puts Spotlight on Thailand’s Worrying Rise in Self-Harm

Thailand Police Tak Gold Robbery Recover Ping River

Tak Police Recover Some Gold Stolen in ฿5 Million Heist

The Laos border checkpoint in Chiang Rai's Sobruak village in Wiang

Chiang Rai Reopens Laos Border, But Requires Covid-19 Booster or PCR Test

Commentary

Analysis: Bangkok Awakens to New Hope With Chadchart, Progressives Set to Lead

Thailand Full Moon Party April 16 2022 Khaosan Road Water Fights

Gov’t Covid-19 Hypocrisy Reaches New Heights by Allowing 10,000-Strong Full Moon Party

All of Thailand’s Covid-19 Rules, Not Just PCR Tests, Need to Go May 1

SHort Time Love Hotel Thailand Bangkok Pattaya

Thailand’s Nanny State Shifts into Overdrive for Valentine’s Day

Antigen tests being performed to enter Khao San Road.

Thailand Thinks Dragging Out Pandemic, Restrictions Will Make Covid-19 Endemic

Living

Thailand Marijuana Cannabis Weed Hemp Grass Smoking

Legal Cannabis Isn’t Invitation to Smoke Weed – Anutin

The smallpox vaccine did more than protect against smallpox. It also reduced the risk of contracting a related illness called monkeypox, which produces the same combination of scabby bumps and fever. It’s milder than smallpox but it’s still a serious affliction. In Africa, where monkeypox originates from, it kills anywhere from 1-10% of those who are infected. And more and more people are becoming infected.

Thailand Opens Monkeypox Emergency Center

Showing what a farce the bar "closure" order was, bars on Soi Cowboy have been operating until 2 a.m. thanks to bribes to corrupt Thonglor police.

Bars in 31 Provinces Get ‘Green’ Light to Fully, Legally Reopen

Pattaya's Soi LK Metro on May 7. All bars were open, even though Thailand's bars supposedly are closed. (Photo: Bangkok Herald)

CCSA to Consider Ending Farcical ‘Closure’ of Bars, Clubs

Maya Bay Phi Phi Leh Island Thailand

Tourists Are Back, But Thailand’s Maya Bay Has Learned Its Lesson

An AirAsia plane is parked on the tarmac at terminal 1 at Changi international airport in Singapore on December 29, 2014.

AirAsia, TAT Launch Campaign to Attract Singaporean Millennials to Thailand

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