MKB Thailand will hold a swinging theme evening about doing business in and with Thailand on Wednesday 23 April in the atmospheric restaurant Yok Yor in Bangkok.

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The question of when it is best to buy a plane ticket to Thailand has already been asked a few times as a reader's question. According to a large-scale study by the American travel site Cheap Air, it is best to buy a ticket 54 or 104 days before departure. You then have the best chance of paying the lowest possible price.

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• Saturday April 5: three (still) secret missions of red shirts
• Bomb and grenade attacks in Bangkok and Chiang Mai
• Saturday, March 29, anti-government movement protests

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I have to extend my 90 day visa soon, by popping over the border. Is this also possible at the border post at Aranyaprathet? That's what I'm closest to.

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Difference alcohol consumption among tourists in Pattaya

By Lodewijk Lagemaat
Posted in Column
March 22 2014

Driving around Pattaya and Jomtien past all kinds of entertainment venues, the question bubbled on which nationality would drink the most?

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Reader question: Importing a European car into Thailand

By Submitted Message
Posted in Reader question
March 22 2014

I want to import a European car into Thailand. Does anyone have experience with this and can help or point me in the right direction?

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News from Thailand – March 22, 2014

By Editorial
Posted in News from Thailand
March 22 2014

Today in News from Thailand:

• Farmers dump 112 tons of rice for lottery office and collect 1,3 million baht
• Another landfill fire, now in Surat Thani; better control
• Chiang Mai airport inaccessible for four flights from Bangkok

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• Constitutional Court declares elections of February 2 invalid
• Two grenade attacks at judge's residence
• Activists tie black cloth around Democracy Monument

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Who knows a good budget hotel in Pattaya for 19 days in November?

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The Dutch Association Thailand in Bangkok is organizing the first Dutch King's Ball in Bangkok on Saturday 3 May.

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Call: Who wants to take Thai lessons in Musselkanaal?

By Submitted Message
Posted in Reader call
March 21 2014

A few weeks ago I posted a note in the new temple in Musselkanaal asking if someone would like to teach me Thai. You can now. The question is whether more people want to participate?

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A while ago I suggested making Limburg 'zoervleesch' during my holiday trip to Hua Hin. Is anyone interested?

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Thailand's constitutional court has declared the election invalid. Judges came to this judgment because not all districts could vote simultaneously.

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News from Thailand – March 21, 2014

By Editorial
Posted in News from Thailand
March 21 2014

Today in News from Thailand:

• More misery for farmers: 5.000 baht/ton for rice in second harvest
• Air force assists firefighting dump site
• Fish pond with fish (logical) but also ammunition (not logical)

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Most Dutch emigrants and expats sometimes want to return to the Netherlands. According to travel agency WTC.nl (World Ticket Center), there are more and more bookings from Dutch people abroad.

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Senate President Nikhom must cease his work with immediate effect. The National Anti-Corruption Commission has recommended that he be removed from office. Nikhom's fate is now in the hands of the Senate.

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When I take a look at the unemployment figures, it strikes me that they are impressively low for Thailand. Has anyone noticed this? Any idea why this is?

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