Thailand

As part of a program to combat climate change, the United States will help Thailand generate nuclear power through a new class of compact reactors, Vice President Kamala Harris stated during a visit to Thailand on Saturday (Nov 19). The White House stated that the support was part of its Net Zero World Initiative, an initiative announced at last year’s …

Last month, the largest prize in professional golf was won on a recently opened course outside Bangkok. Stonehill is owned by the Thai energy magnate Sarath Ratanavadi. The purse of $4 million was supplied by the national wealth fund of Saudi Arabia. The competition was one of the prominent activities preceding this week’s historic conference. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman …

Bince Rafael Operiano, aged nine, will soon return to his hometown of Oas in the province of Albay as the champion of the just ended international chess championship Eastern Asia Youth Championship Standard Rapid Blitz (U-10) held in Bangkok, Thailand. Operiano, a third-grade student at the San Isidro Elementary School in his hometown and a resident of the community of …

Thailand’s military government is conducting an experiment to determine what happens when a country in Asia, a region with generally strict drug regulations, effectively legalizes marijuana overnight. In the first few months, a large number of people created marijuana stores, and their consumers smoked a substantial amount of marijuana. On a street level, the marijuana sector in Thailand has a …

Thailand is reversing a program that would have permitted affluent foreigners to acquire a limited amount of land, a government official said on Tuesday (Nov 8), following a popular uproar against the plan. Foreigners are limited to 0.16 ha of land provided they invest a minimum of 40 million baht (US$1.07 million) in securities or bonds for a minimum of …

A post-monsoon spike in water levels has attracted a big number of tourists to Thailand’s “Floating Train” this year, which offers passengers breathtaking vistas of the lake. According to the news agency Reuters, the ride’s tickets have been selling out rapidly. The train departs from Bangkok and transports passengers to a bridge across the Pasak Jolasid Dam in Lopburi province, …

Beginning this coming weekend, passengers may bask in the winter wind while gliding by rail just over a big dam in central Thailand. The State Railway will begin offering train tours beginning in the nation’s capital and ending in the province of Lopburi at a bridge that crosses the Pasak Jolasid Dam, which is the largest earth-filled dam in the …

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) reported 7.35 million foreign visitor arrivals in Thailand between January 1 and October 26 following the removal of COVID-19 restrictions. The top five source markets were Malaysia with 1.25 million arrivals, India with 661,751 arrivals, Laos with 538,789 arrivals, Cambodia with 373,811 arrivals, and Singapore with 365,593 passengers, according to a statement issued by …

Nearly a decade after fleeing China, more than fifty Uyghurs languish in Thai detention facilities, living in constant fear of being deported. China has been accused of committing major human rights violations against the Uyghurs in Xinjiang at least since the 1990s, with the United States labeling Beijing’s treatment of the predominantly Muslim minority as “genocide.” A devastating UN assessment …

Tuesday, the Thai Cabinet approved allowing foreigners to acquire residences and up to one rai of land if they can demonstrate an investment of at least 40 million baht. The regulation will be in force for five years following its publication in the Royal Gazette, which should occur shortly, according to the ministry. The plan was drafted in May by …