Culture news

Blood and bruises: Welcome to Bangkok's real-life fight club

In the capital city of a country renowned for its highly technical martial arts scene, amateur fighters gather regularly at a poor port-side neighbourhood and promise to exchange only blood and bruises in the underground club

29 April 2022

Destinations

Which countries in South-East Asia are open to tourists?

Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam have recently eased their COVID travel restrictions - just in time for the summer holidays.

27 April 2022

Moments

How is Thailand making scuba diving accessible for everyone?

This scuba diving experience in Thailand is making the underwater world accessible to all.

13 April 2022

Destinations

Russia’s favourite holiday spots could be empty this summer

As a ‘nation of travellers’, it's unlikely that Russian tourism will stop completely, but tourist boards are planning for the worst.

17 March 2022

Climate

Floating solar farm puts Thailand on track towards carbon neutrality

Thailand creates world’s biggest solar farm - but not everybody is happy about it.

11 March 2022

Destinations

These are the 7 best destinations for solo travel around the world

Many of us are ready to get out there and explore the world again but not everyone wants to wait for their family or friends to tag along.

16 February 2022

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Lunar New Year parade in central Thailand

Thailand's largest Chinese community held its annual Lunar New Year parade on Thursday, a celebration awash with dragons, acrobats and red and gold apparel.

4 February 2022

Travel News

Thailand: Travel restrictions tighten after spread of omicron variant

The country is tightening some restrictions and expanding its 'sandbox' quarantine programme.

7 January 2022

Travel News

This famous Thai beach has reopened but tourists can't swim in the sea

The iconic beach was closed in 2018 due to overtourism and now has strict limits on numbers.

6 January 2022

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Monkey business at Thai town fruit festival

Lopburi has been laying on an annual feast of fruit for its population of macaques since the late 1980s, part religious tradition and part tourist attraction.

28 November 2021

Destinations

Thailand is now quarantine-free: Here's where to visit

Bangkok is one of the biggest tourist hotspots in the country.

1 November 2021

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Rains and the emptying of a dam cause flooding in Thailand

Heavy rains over the weekend and the release of water from upstream dams have caused severe flooding in Suphan Buri province in central Thailand.

18 October 2021

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A Thai restaurant hit by floods becomes a gastronomic Mecca.

In Thailand, a flood-affected restaurant has become an unlikely place to eat amidst the lapping of the tide.

7 October 2021

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Thai authorities rush to repair flood levees

Thai authorities rush to repair flood levees

29 September 2021

Earth News

Bangkok’s taxi graveyard brought back to life with mini-gardens

A Thai taxi cooperative is turning its abandoned cabs into gardens in order to feed out-of-work drivers.

28 September 2021

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Bangkok 'taxi graveyard' comes to life with mini-gardens

A mass graveyard for Bangkok's flamboyantly coloured cabs left idle and decaying by coronavirus curbs is coming to life with mini vegetable gardens and frog ponds set up to help feed out-of-work drivers.

17 September 2021

Finland

Did Finland do enough to protect its foreign berry pickers from COVID?

A probe was sparked after more than 400 pickers from Thailand -- brought into Finland for the season -- were found to have COVID-19.

16 September 2021

Thailand

British pensioner found after three days lost in Thai jungle

The 72-year-old survived by drinking water from puddles using grass as a straw.

3 September 2021

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Thai police fire rubber bullets, tear gas at Bangkok protest

Riot police fired water cannons, rubber bullets and tear gas at protesters in Bangkok Tuesday as hundreds rallied for democratic reform and against the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

11 August 2021

Thailand

Man charged with murder over death of Swiss woman in Phuket, Thailand

The body of a Swiss woman, aged 57, was discovered on Thursday at a secluded spot on the Thai island of Phuket.

9 August 2021