For the market we are looking for a reliable smooth Thai employee who can sell speakers, power bank, telephone accessories such as charging cables, adapters, etc.

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Prayut wants minimums to sign up for courses

By Editorial
Posted in News from Thailand
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February 26 2018

Prime Minister Prayut encourages the minima with a 'welfare card' to sign up for the life quality development project. This government project aims to combat poverty with courses to ensure that the unemployed can find a job again. 

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Every month, many young tourists travel to the island of Koh Phangan in Surat Thani province to experience the Full Moon Party on Haad Rin Beach. Unfortunately, there are also many injuries at this famous party.

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Million Toy Museum in Ayutthaya

By Koen Olie
Posted in Sights, Museums, thai tips
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February 26 2018

The former capital of Ayutthaya is known as 'World Heritage' with beautiful temple ruins from the 18th century. But not many visitors are probably aware that there is also a museum dedicated to a more recent past, focused entirely on toys!

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Greetings from Isaan (8)

By The Inquisitor
Posted in Living in Thailand
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February 25 2018

It is a picturesque building, actually no more than a few tree trunks that function as supporting posts. There are horizontally thick long branches on top of it and diagonally here, sloping from front to back, are another arm-thick branches, on which second-hand iron corrugated plates are nailed, which overhang both at the front and at the back. A kind of low fence has been installed on the side walls, also with thick branches, with a small opening as a gate. That opening is closed with loose bamboo sticks, arm-thick but light in weight. The result is a rickety whole that can still hold up when some heavier gusts of wind arise.

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Pattaya beach is replenished with 2,8 cubic meters of sand over a distance of 360.000 km. It will start next month after an eighteen-month delay. That delay was due to a shortage of suitable sand sources, says director Ekkarat of the 6th Marine Region Office Pattaya.

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After photos of a Bangkok man, Manop Nuttayothin, 42, who has two beautiful wives, garnered attention on social media over the past week, the trio – and their nine children – have given numerous interviews to share their secrets to having a happy marriage in Thailand.

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The Mae Hong Son Loop is a really beautiful drive through the northeast of Thailand. It's probably the most popular route in Northern Thailand — touted as a motorbiker's number 1 and the 'road of a thousand hairpin bends'.

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Street vendors in Pattaya tackled again

By Lodewijk Lagemaat
Posted in Pattaya, Cities
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February 25 2018

At the beginning of this month, street vendors came home with a rude awakening. Last year there was already a long battle between the municipality, the police and the military and the hawkers, but from July 2017 peace seemed to return between the two parties. The street vendors were no longer visible.

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Thailand in Ultra HD (video)

By Editorial
Posted in thailand videos
February 25 2018

You must see this video, if only because it is razor sharp and that is inevitable because it was filmed in Ultra HD.

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Am now in Thailand in Sam Roi Yot. Here I met a single woman of 27. She has an 11-year-old daughter and a severely handicapped 8-year-old son. He lies on a mattress on the floor all day and is often ill. Mother drives home on her scooter every 2 hours to give him soy milk. I just brought diapers and milk to her.

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Reader question: to visit Pattaya or not?

By Submitted Message
Posted in Reader question
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February 25 2018

I am planning my second Thailand trip. I am in doubt whether or not to include Pattaya in my itinerary. I did some checking and one person says yes but the other says no. According to some, Pattaya is very cozy, many different restaurants and you can go out fantastic. The other says that Pattaya has nothing to do with Thailand and does not want to be found dead yet. 

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Stories with a smile

By Joseph Boy
Posted in Column, Joseph Boy
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February 24 2018

The owner of a coffee shop - in the literal sense of the word - wanted to offer his customers a special service. He therefore made a nice video clip and there is nothing wrong with that, you would think. However, the police ruled otherwise. What was going on? The clip showed two models dressed in their underwear with a bright apron as befits a waitress.

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After the surprise of the leak in the newly installed water pipe, both C&A and Lung Addie were obliged to stay a little longer in Nong Ki Lek. A small change in the program, but we are very flexible, especially when it comes to time.

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A 32-year-old Czech man fell fatally while trying to take a selfie on a cliff at Bang Khun Si waterfall on Koh Samui. In doing so, he ignored a ban on entering the cliff.

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On February 12, 2018, public hearings were held in Pattaya under the chairmanship of Deputy Mayor Vichien Pongpanit. On this occasion, the public could comment on the four-year development plan (2019 – 2022) of the city and the problems in the city that need to be solved.

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Stormy weather is also expected in Thailand today

By Editorial
Posted in News from Thailand
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February 24 2018

Thunderstorms, rain and strong winds are expected in almost all of Thailand today. Parts of the North, Northeast and Central Thailand had already experienced heavy weather yesterday, which caused damage. Chiang Rai and Nan were hit by hailstorms, trees blew down in tambon Sansai (Chiang Rai).

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