Pol Maj Gen Surachet Hakpal holds a Hells Angels jacket during a press conference in Pattaya on Wednesday. (Photo by Chaiyot Pupattanapong) PATTAYA: Police on Wednesday arrested four foreigners – believed to be members of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang – for several alleged criminal […]
Michelin stars for 17 Bangkok restaurants
Fine-dining venues dominate the debut of Michelin Guide Bangkok, with 14 restaurants receiving one star and three receiving two stars. Contrary to speculations, only one street-eat venue made the cut – Je Fai, whose famed seafood noodle costs several hundred baht a dish. Other Bangkok’s […]
Most SE Asia stocks fall as risk sentiment sours
A businessman watches closing information of the Nikkei Stock Average and global stock markets at a securities company office in Tokyo on Wednesday. Southeast Asian stocks also ended lower in line with the Japanese market. (EPA-EFE photo) Most Southeast Asian stock markets declined on Wednesday […]
Myanmar’s opium crop plummets while meth stalks SE Asia
A soldier holds a lanced poppy bulb to show how to extract the sap, which is used to make opium, during a military operation to destroy a poppy field in the municipality of Coyuca de Catalan, Mexico April 18, 2017. (Reuters file photo) A “dramatic” […]
Audi TT S (2017) review
The Audi TT S has the same on-paper acceleration ability as the Mercedes-AMG SLC43. Can it be just as good in real-world driving? What’s new? Meister Technik (Thailand), the authorised distributor of Audi, has started imports of the S models starting with the TT Coupe. […]
Committee agrees on up to 5% rise for workers
Workers could receive their minimum daily wage more than 300 baht by next year if the proposal is agreed by the labour minister. (Photo by Patipat Janthong) The national tripartite committee, consisting of representatives of workers, employers and the government, has decided the minimum daily […]
More companies keen to buy office space
Security of tenure that helps protect against rental escalation is a major reason several companies are looking to buy rather than rent their offices, says Ms Yupa. (Photo by Panupong Changchai) With the office rental growth continuing and showing no sign of stabilising, several companies […]
Messenger for kids launched
NEW YORK: Facebook is coming for your kids. This photo provided by Facebook demonstrates Facebook’s new Messenger app for kids on an iPad. The free app is aimed at kids under 13, who can’t yet have their own accounts under Facebook’s rules, though they often […]
Hospital bomber Watana sentenced to 27 years in prison
In this file photo, Bangkok Metropolitan Police commissioner Sanit Mahathavorn talks to Phramongkutklao Hospital bomber Watana Pumret during detention. (Photo by Seksan Rojjanametakun) The Criminal Court has found Watana Pumret, a retired engineer, guilty of planting the bomb that exploded at Phramongkutklao Hospital in May […]
Pattaya crash driver faces drug charge
A pickup allegedly driven by self-described epileptic Akaradej Udomrat killed two people and injured 15 last week in Pattaya. Mr Akaradej faces driving and drug charges. (Post Today photo) Police have pressed a drugs charge against a driver who crashed his car into several motorcycles, […]