Myanmar’s War Reaches the Thai Border: Mae Hong Son Residents Warned After Airstrike
Myanmar airstrikes damaged buildings in Mae Hong Son. What we know, where travellers should be cautious, and the latest on talks.
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A 2010 Visa Run by Motorbike to Cambodia: What Travellers Must Know Today
A historical Thailand-to-Cambodia motorbike visa run from 2010, with a critical update on border security, crossings and current entry rules.
Pedophile Monk in Thailand
Special Thai Police DSI arrested a Buddhist Monk in Chiang Mai last week for supplying Thai and foreign men with Children. The Monk was from the Wat Pa Lan in Muang district and he his accomplish was also from the same district. They looked for Hill Tribe children mostly since they have no real place…
Malaria in Thailand: Where the Risks Are and How Travelers Can Prepare
Understand regional malaria risk in Thailand, why dengue is different, what bite protection helps and when to seek medical advice.
Cambodia angry at Google
Cambodias Prime minister for live Hun Sen lashed out at Google and said that they favored Thailand in the matter regarding Preah Vihear temple. “(The map) is devoid of truth and reality, and professionally irresponsible, if not pretentious,” Svay Sitha, secretary of state of the Cambodia’s Council of Ministers, wrote in the letter seen by…
Fake beggars in Bangkok
The BMA in Bangkok will try to round up all 131 beggars still in Bangkok (how the hell did they miss more than 1000 others). The BMA says that most beggars are not from Bangkok but from Cambodia and some of them are from villages up north Thailand. We already told you about this face…
PAD on the march as Thaksin lands in Cambodia
One thing you can say about Thaksin is that he knows how to play on people’s feelings. After been appointed to economic adviser to the Khmer government he made some remarks regarding the people around the King Of Thailand. He later took those remarks back but the damage was already done. The PAD (yellow shirts…
Thaksin works for Cambodia from Today
Cambodia have put the former of Thailand PM of Thailand on an adviser seat to the Cambodian government and they will not extradite him to Thailand because of humanitarian reasons. The tension was pretty hot before because of the fighting over the temple land and oil rights but now it will probably be chilly hot.…