The 30-year old Danish war veteran had his prosthetic leg crushed as he was run down by a scooter during a holiday in Thailand. But his insurance company left him hanging with no way home. Last week Danish ex military professional Benjamin Kragsskjold was run down by a scooter while he and his girlfriend were enjoying a holiday in Thailand. [...]

PHUKET: All bars and nightlife entertainment venues on the island must close for the two-day Asarnha Bucha Day public holidays (today and tomorrow), Phuket Provincial Police have confirmed. A spokesperson in the Phuket Provincial Police planning section today confirmed that there will be a two-day ban on alcohol sales at all nightlife venues. Alcohol sales at retail establishments will remain [...]

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has failed in its appeal against the Foreign Office’s travel advice for tourists visiting the country, branding it ‘unnecessary’. The FCO this week extended its warning from Bangkok to the whole of Thailand, where at least 27 people have been killed and nearly 1,000 hurt in anti-government clashes. Several thousand Britons are already on [...]

WITH temperatures rising to 38 degrees recently, devotees at the Thai Buddhist Chetawan Temple in Petaling Jaya were only too happy to splash water on one another during the temple’s early Songkran Festival last weekend. The festival, which will be celebrated in Thailand from today to Thursday, was held a bit earlier at the temple to accommodate those who are [...]

BANGKOK (AP) – Thais are taking break from weeks of political mayhem and have picked up water guns to soak each other at the start of the traditional New Year holiday, but anti-government protesters warned that the respite won’t last long. Red Shirt protesters, who are campaigning to bring down the government, threatened to unleash another street “offensive” Wednesday, the [...]

Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — Bangkok’s local government canceled major Thai holiday festivities that were to begin Monday, with officials citing the deadly anti-government protests as the reason. Festivities related to the three-day Thai New Year’s holiday Songkran were dropped, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration announced. Clashes between anti-government protesters, known as “Red Shirts” for their clothing, and Thai security forces intensified [...]

Kate Moss and Jamie Hince were all loved up as they frolicked on the beach and in the waves of Thailand yesterday. Kate recently revealed her down-to-earth beauty tips along with some of the secrets to her career success — this annual trip is another way she stays refreshed and ready to conquer the year. As the last decade drew [...]

Chiang Mai and Chanthaburi recorded the most New Year holiday road deaths while Yasothon is the only province with zero accidents and no deaths. Overall, the number of deaths and injuries in road accidents during the first six of the seven-day New Year holidays this year was down on the same period last year. The total deaths reported from Dec29, [...]

Phuket’s Governor Vichai Praisa-ngob in the first press conference of the year 2010 which was held yesterday (4 Jan), further than report the conclusion of the sea and road safety accident reduction and prevention campaign during the long holiday, talked about his accomplishment thought 8 months in duty and expressed his thanks for everyone’s support and good cooperation. Governor Vichai [...]

Frédéric Mitterrand, France’s culture minister, was under pressure to resign after it emerged that he had admitted to paying “young boys” for sexual acts while on holiday in Thailand. The revelations in his 2005 autobiography “The Bad Life” have come back to haunt Mr Mitterrand after he emerged as one of the most vociferous defenders of Roman Polanski, the film [...]