Presenter Sorrayuth disappears from TV in Thailand
March 4 2016
He didn't seem to budge from the picture tube, but the popular TV presenter Sorrayuth was last seen on Channel 3 in Thailand yesterday.
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Thai police have found a batch of nearly 900.000 counterfeit branded sunglasses at seven locations in Bangkok's Yaowarat (Chinatown). Two Chinese believed to be the producers have been arrested.
'Cabin crew in airplanes cheating with the rules'
March 4 2016
Nearly 90 percent of cabin crew have flouted the rules during a flight. This is the conclusion of a survey by a British price comparator that conducted research among 718 respondents from the aviation sector of various European nationalities.
All the questions and answers about the non-immigrant visa really drive me crazy, it is true that….
Are there people who recently left for Thailand with their pet(s) as special luggage or as air cargo? I will soon be leaving with KLM and Bangkok Airways from Amsterdam to Koh Samui with my cats, who are coming along as special luggage.
Reader question: Legal consequences of only getting married for Thai law and not for Belgian law?
March 4 2016
Does anyone know what legal consequences there are if you only marry under Thai law but not under Belgian law? First: Is this possible? And secondly: Is your assets in Belgium protected in this way? Third: Does this affect your tax situation in Belgium?
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An advertising agency in Bangkok, BBDO, came up with the 'Moto Repellent Project' for its client Duang Prateep. Duang Prateep is a foundation that helps improve living conditions in Thai slums. Fighting mosquitoes is also part of this because people there can become ill from a mosquito bite.
Corbion (formerly CSM), specialized in food ingredients and biochemistry, is building a bioplastic, or PLA, plant in Thailand for the production of bioplastic. The company already has a lactic acid factory in Thailand. The new factory will be commissioned in 2018.
Airports of Thailand will probably give the green light for the master plan for Don Mueang airport in a few weeks.
I would like to respond to the Tax File: Remittance base; a provisional opinion, by Erik Kuipers of February 22, 2016. I have an exemption from payroll tax pension, but only under the same condition of transferring directly to a Thai bank.
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I am looking for Thai traffic regulations in English or Dutch. I am in possession of a Belgian International Driving Permit. I live permanently in Thailand.
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Thai army is deployed to ensure safety of tourists
March 2 2016
Army Commander Teerachai has instructed military personnel in tourist provinces to work closely with local police and officials to ensure the safety of tourists.
Best Western builds new ViB hotel in Bangkok
March 2 2016
Best Western Hotels & Resorts will open a new ViB hotel in Bangkok in early 2018. This has been announced by the hotel chain. ViB is Best Western's new boutique hotel concept. The hotel will have 89 rooms and will be within walking distance of Sanom Pao station. Construction will start this summer.
Emirates launched a spring promotion yesterday: special Economy Class fares to various destinations. If you want to score a cheap return ticket to Bangkok, you can. For only € 549, you can fly from Schiphol into the sun and tropical temperatures. Relaxing on a Thai island who wouldn't want that?
Bangkok has a python problem
March 2 2016
Every year, the men of the fire brigade are called thousands of times with the request to send the snake catcher. Occasionally, the extreme cases make the news, such as when a python was videotaped swallowing an adult dog. And the time a woman who stepped out of her shower was grabbed by a python that had crawled out of the toilet and tried to drag her down the drain.
The Ministry of Health wants to accelerate its efforts to combat dengue, with more than 8.000 patients added in the past two months.
You experience something when you work at the customs at Schiphol. For example, she checked the luggage of a man who came by plane from Bangkok and came across something strange. The traveler tried to import several crocodile claws.
