A coffee shop of 114 years in Pathum Thani
A coffee shop in northwest Bangkok has been serving cups of "Joe" since the days when Thailand was still a country called Siam, bustling merchants transported their wares across the canals and running water was scarce.
Reader submission: Covid contamination or not?
My wife's daughter came to visit us on April 3 and spent three hours talking next to her mother. She went to work on Monday April 5 and her boss immediately had to have her tested for Covid-19 because she went out for dinner with 7 friends on 31/3 in Thong Lor Bangkok. Result: she and 2 more friends are infected and are now in the hospital.
Reader Submission: Paradise…
I usually follow Thailand blog and often read the stories and also read the reactions, sometimes good but also often negative reactions. I have never written anything on Thailandblog but I think it is appropriate to write something now in this very difficult time. Is more of a personal story about how I experience paradise and looking back at the reason for my departure from the Netherlands.
I would like to share my experience with the readers of Thailand blog about the extension of my retirement visa at the immigration of Pathumtani.
Possible attacks on Prayut thwarted?
Many weapons were found in a recent raid on a house in Pathum Thani. A number of weapons were automatic rifles, which are used in the military.
Featured (5): Dutch Greenery, Pathum Thani
This week we introduce Dutch Greenery Co. to you, a pioneer in lettuce cultivation in Thailand. The company, which started in 1998, is a Dutch-Thai company.
A sea of condoms in Pathum Thani
Residents of the Thanyaburi district of Pathum Thani are concerned about thousands of colored condoms that have been lying on the side of the road for a week.
Collapsed apartment building: Death toll rises to 14
The death toll from the collapse of an apartment building in Pathum Thani has risen to fourteen. The bodies of the last three Cambodian construction workers were pulled from the ruins shortly before midnight on Thursday.
News from Thailand – August 14, 2014
Today in News from Thailand:
• Cockpit window cracked; THAI plane makes emergency landing in Bali
• Disobedient taxi drivers will be dealt with
• Collapsed apartment building: Elevator shaft demolished, four arrests
Man freed from collapsed apartment building after 26 hours
To the cheers of rescuers, a construction worker was freed from the collapsed apartment building in Pathum Thani after 26 hours yesterday. The number of dead is now 4, the number of injured 24.
At least four people were killed and XNUMX injured when an apartment building under construction in Khlong Luang (Pathum Thani) collapsed yesterday morning. Only the elevator shaft is still standing.
91.000 sacks of rice worth 69 million baht have disappeared from a warehouse in Pathum Thani. The army yesterday raided the warehouse that stores rice bought by the government under the mortgage system after a tip-off.
Riddle family drama solved; eldest brother known
The riddle surrounding the family drama in Thanyaburi has been solved. The eldest son (19) has confessed to having shot his parents and younger brother Pattarayuth (16) in their sleep on Saturday night.
Family drama in Pathum Thani raises questions
The police are starting to doubt the circumstances of the tragic family drama in Pathum Thani. Did the 16-year-old boy kill his parents and then kill himself? Or were all three murdered by someone else?
Rabbit-devouring snake caught in house at Pathum Thani
Suppose you have 23 rabbits in an enclosure at your house. The next day, 13 rabbits have disappeared and you have a full-fed snake 5 meters long richer. That happened to a resident in Pathum Thani province.
Late last night, a 48-year-old Dutchman was beaten up by six Thai youths. The man was walking near an internet cafe near the Manhattan Hotel in Pathum Thani. Thai teenagers attacked the man for no apparent reason and then fled, see video
How would it go with… Joop Oosterling?
About Joop I wrote a story in October last year about the great loss he had suffered as a result of the floods. His successful tree and plant nursery was completely swallowed up by the water and Joop saw his life's work in Thailand completely destroyed.
News from Thailand – September 13, 2012
Nonthaburi and Pathum Thani provinces, hit hard by last year's floods, are again at risk of getting wet feet (and more) this year if there are torrential downpours, Prime Minister Yingluck says.
News from Thailand – Valentine's Day February 14
Thailand may be hit by 27 typhoons and 4 tropical storms this year. The country can expect 20 billion cubic meters of water, the same as last year, but Bangkok will not be flooded this time. The sea level will be 15 cm higher than last year.
Little confidence foreign investors in Thailand
The confidence of foreign investors in Thailand, especially Japanese, has taken a serious blow due to the floods.
Minister: Factories will restart soon
70 to 80 percent of the factories in the flooded industrial areas in Ayutthaya and Pathum Thani can resume production next month, Minister Wannarat Channukul (Industry) expects.
HDD manufacturers are considering (temporary) relocation
Hard disk drive (HDD) manufacturers are considering temporarily moving their production abroad. They fear that the interruption of production due to the floods will lead to a shortage of HDDs in the global market. The world's four top manufacturers are based in Thailand, accounting for 60 percent of world trade. Western Digital has suspended production at its two factories at Bang Pa-in (Ayutthaya) and Navanakorn (Pathum Thani); Seagate Technology (Samut Prakan…