10+ hour, 47+ min ago   (262+ words) Lid up or lid down? Japan’s largest toilet manufacturer has weighed in on a question that divides households: close it before you flush. Toto said a closed lid keeps water from spraying out of the bowl. The advice came in…...

11+ hour, 32+ min ago   (459+ words) A motorcycle taxi rider in Pathum Thani has turned 150 baht of flea market junk into a payout of more than 100,000 baht. A gold shop found that the bracelet he took for a fake was the real thing. Chokcherd Duangngern, 45, rides…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (296+ words) Thailand’s Prime Minister, Anutin Charnviralkul, owned a popular amulet produced by a senior monk, who was embroiled in a fraud and sex scandal, and previously praised the item as Thailand’s soft power. The former abbot of Phuthaisawan Temple, 66 year old…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (721+ words) Bangkok is offering plenty of reasons to do more than just browse this weekend. Artists will race against the clock in front of a live audience, creative technology will take over Cloud 11, and a riverside festival will mix handmade art…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (489+ words) A Thai man accused his ex-girlfriend of cheating on him during their 12-year relationship and taking his gold necklace worth more than 800,000 baht. The 54 year old Thai man, identified only as Sek, approached Thanakrit Jitareearat, former secretary-general of the Ministry…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (1475+ words) I went to have a look. I stayed for lunch, opened my laptop and did an afternoon’s work from the edge of a pool. Then I went back, did a yoga class and a sound bath, and briefly left the…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago   (731+ words) About 20 kilometres south of Pattaya, on a former limestone quarry cliff in Sattahip District, Chon Buri Province, there is a golden Buddha image roughly 109 metres tall. Khao Chi Chan, commonly called Buddha Mountain, is one of the most visually striking…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (305+ words) Police and multi-agency officials in Chon Buri raided an upmarket Argentinian steakhouse in North Pattaya on September 4, arresting six Myanmar nationals and a Slovakian manager for working outside the terms of the law. The operation targeted El Gaucho Argentinian Steakhouse,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (259+ words) Woman posed as two women to swindle 7 million baht from businessman Frequent border hoppers lose the most. Malaysians, Singaporeans, Indonesians and Bruneians are the only ones waved through without a count. Thailand will start counting how often visa-exempt travellers walk…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (469+ words) nine days to go. Here is every change in one place, and what each one means for the plans you have already made. Thailand’s 60-day visa exemption ends on September 15, 2026. The Ministry of Interior published the new framework in the…...