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Bangkok World Music Day 2026 ready to rock the city on Saturday

The heart of the capital will transform into an open-air music stage for 10 hours of free concerts, performances and activities during Bangkok World Music Day 2026, which will take place on Saturday from 2pm to midnight.

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Floating pier plan for Phuket's Sirinat National Park

PHUKET – A new floating pier is planned at Sirinat National Park so boat services can offer air travellers an alternative means of transport to and from nearby Phuket airport, avoiding the island's traffic-clogged roads.

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Agoda reveals Top 5 local getaways Malaysian families are searching for this school holiday season

SINGAPORE, June 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- With the school holidays around the corner, Malaysian families are looking close to home for their next getaway. Based on Agoda accommodation searches made between 1 and 29 April 2026 for stays between 15 May and 15 June 2026, Kuala Lumpur emerged as the…

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Don Mueang airport looking weary in 2026

Passengers at Don Mueang airport may soon need to watch their step, quite literally, as concerns grow over poorly maintained flooring, adding to the mounting list of infrastructure worries at one of Bangkok’s busiest gateways.

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Hoteliers: Online car registration needed to reduce queues at Sadao border

SONGKHLA - The president of the Hat Yai-Songkhla Hotel Association wants the government to allow Malaysian visitors to register their vehicles online prior to travelling, to reduce the long queues at Thai immigration checkpoints.

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Temple trees deserve better

Fruit bats fell from the sky and died after their homes -- giant trees that had stood for generations in a temple compound -- were cut down on the abbot's orders. Public anger was swift and justified.

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Prasat Ta Kwai reopening draws crowd

More than 1,000 visitors turned up on the first day of the reopening of Prasat Ta Kwai and Hill 350 in Surin on Saturday, exceeding the daily target as tourists flocked to the border tourism site.

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Search ends for last two men lost in Laos cave

Rescuers called off their search on Saturday for two men trapped in a semi-submerged cave in Laos for more than two weeks, as the site became unstable and survival hopes faded.

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Teen relatives held in killing of Kanchanaburi girl

KANCHANABURI - Police have arrested two teenaged relatives of a seven-year-old girl whose body was found in a rubber plantation in Kanchanaburi province, with both suspects reportedly confessing to causing her death before disposing of the body.

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Risk-sharing stalls high-speed airport rail deal

The 224.5-billion-baht high-speed railway linking Don Mueang, Suvarnabhumi and U-Tapao airports was approved in March 2018 under Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha's administration as a flagship Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) project. More than eight years and seven governments later, the project remains stalled by a combination of land, financing and contractual disputes.…

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Land Bridge project hits new snag

Thailand's flagship Land Bridge project has suffered a significant setback after an expert review committee ordered fresh Environmental and Health Impact Assessment (EHIA) studies for planned deep-sea ports in Ranong and Chumphon.

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Creativity should be on Thailand's national agenda

When Visa launched its Destinations Programme for the first time in Asia Pacific, the payments company had its pick of cities from Tokyo to Seoul -- first-world cities that have well-developed infrastructure, institutional readiness and global recognition. The company decided to launch its first Destination in the region with Thailand,…

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53 Huai Khwang businesses probed

Thai authorities are stepping up a crackdown on 53 firms suspected of using nominee arrangements in Huai Khwang district of Bangkok, amid concerns over Chinese-operated businesses and irregular financial transactions.

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Security guard's 'magic spell' fails to conceal Wat Pho donation theft

A security guard has been arrested for allegedly stealing cash from donation boxes at Bangkok's renowned Wat Pho temple, despite attempting to conceal his identity by reciting what he claimed were incantations to avoid detection.

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Thai victims of ‘fake girlfriend’ scam held captive in Cambodia by Chinese group

Thai victims of a "fake girlfriend" call centre scam were held captive and forgotten inside rented rooms in Cambodia for more than half a month by a Chinese group that were escaping a major Cambodian police crackdown.

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CPN set to unveil Central Northville in Nonthaburi

Central Pattana Plc (CPN) plans to open Central Northville in Nonthaburi province on July 3, touting an investment budget of 4.5 billion baht.

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Japan travel scam tops B4m in damages as state steps in

The Tourism Department is helping victims of fraudulent and illegal tours visiting Japan to file civil lawsuits, as total damages now exceed 4 million baht.

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Investing in hope for the planet

Every year on World Environment Day, we are reminded that protecting nature is not simply an environmental responsibility. It is an economic imperative.

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Yuan-only payment tale causes stir in ‘Bangkok’s next Chinatown’

Inspectors took to the streets in Huai Khwang district of Bangkok on Thursday after a claim about a restaurant refusing to accept Thai baht and demanding Chinese yuan caused a social media stir.

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Searchers find body of missing trekker in Banthat mountains

TRANG - Searchers on Thursday found the body of a female trekker who had been missing for four days in the Khao Chet Yot area of the Banthat mountain range in southern Thailand.

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Chinese student rescued from 'virtual kidnapping'

Thai police have rescued a 21-year-old Chinese student from a "virtual kidnapping" orchestrated by a transnational criminal network that attempted to extort 12.5 million baht from her family.

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HKTB Launches New Summer Promotion “Hong Kong Summer Fun” in Partnership with the Business Community to Attract Overnight Visitors and Boost Local Spending

HONG KONG, June 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- To welcome the peak summer travel season, the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) will launch a brand-new promotion, “Hong Kong Summer Fun”, which connects a series of citywide highlight events and enticing offers to energise the summer season. The HKTB will work…

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21-gun salutes mark HM the Queen’s 48th birthday

Thailand celebrated her Majesty the Queen's 48th birthday on Wednesday, marked by individual 21-gun royal salutes by the three armed services at noon.

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Tourists face charges of damaging old Death Railway station

Tourists in Kanchanaburi seen driving recklessly in an area where an old station on the notorious Death Railway was built face charges of damaging the environment of a historical national park.

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Maritime row goes global

Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has brushed aside concerns over Cambodia's move to notify the United Nations of its intention to pursue compulsory dispute settlement under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (Unclos) following Thailand's withdrawal from the 2001 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU 44).

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