News in Thailand General
The Meteorological Department has issued a warning of the depression “Durian,” saying it was to make a landfall in the southern provinces of Surat Thani and Nakhon Si Thammarat on Wednesday. The weather authjorities forecast that the storm would trigger heavy rain in Prachuap Khirikhan, Chumphon, Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Phatthalung, and Songkhla. The…
Updated 17 October 2026. Rewritten from an archived PersonalThailand post. Details can change; check the official sources before travel. Thailand's cultural traditions are one of the pleasures of visiting the country, but unfamiliar etiquette can cause avoidable awkward moments. A short PersonalThailand story once covered a Ministry of Culture manners handbook. Rather than repeating a…
Understand Thai etiquette: polite greetings, temple dress, shoes, personal space and respectful travel habits without outdated stereotypes.
In our effort to teach you some manners and how to behave when in Thailand we listed some easy rules that the Tourism in Thailand has given out (TIT). We will start off with the Royal family since yesterday it was HMK 79 Birthday (5 December). From TIT: The Monarchy : Thai people have a…
Get chatting with people in Thailand! There are many chat rooms with Thai subject. But most of them are “selling” Thai girls like post order brides. Why don’t try a chat room outside Thailand for meeting normal Thai girls. We found a new chat room witch a clean safe style with funky pictures. There are…
In the Nation a Thai English newspaper there was an advert from JAL a Japanese Airline is looking for new airline staff. They asked for young Thai girls with good knowledge in English and all the normal qualifications like cute and tall. But one thing that brought my attention was that they need to be…
Japan wants to dump old stuff in Thailand, and here I thought old Japanese men just wanted young girls from the Tanya Street. According to Kittikhun Kittiaram, a toxic campaigner from Greenpeace. Thailand risks becoming a dumping ground for Japan’s electronic and toxic waste if it enters into a free trade agreement. It would enable…
Former U.S president Bill Clinton visited a Sea Gypsy village in Thailand today. He was concerned that most of the people living there were still living in temporary shelters. But he praised the Thai Sea Gypsies to trying to conserve there way of live. Maybe someone should have briefed him that the Thai government has…