Thailand’s award-winning properties target SMART Expo in Hong Kong
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Top Thai real estate projects will be wooing Hong Kong investors at the SMART property expo to be held at Hong Kong’s Convention & Exhibition Centre on 5-6 June

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Pattaya gets hit by brain gain
Tuesday, 6 Oct, 2009 – 5:22 | No Comment
Pattaya gets hit by brain gain

Thailand’s party town is now home for one of America’s brainiest men – Professor Steve Crow, inventor of flying cars and computerised diving machines

Magic tree stumps the bookies
Thursday, 24 Sep, 2009 – 5:29 | No Comment
Magic tree stumps the bookies

A tree stump in Chonburi in eastern Thailand is upsetting bookies by giving away the numbers that will win the state lottery.
Visitors to the tree in the Chaophor Khao Chang shrine in Chonburi’s Sattahip district …

Netpats invade Bangkok
Wednesday, 23 Sep, 2009 – 5:07 | No Comment
Netpats invade Bangkok

Enterprising Bangkok expats are using the internet in innovative ways to earn a living – as currency traders, online poker players and eBay merchants.

Family planners target cheeky monkeys
Friday, 18 Sep, 2009 – 7:29 | No Comment
Family planners target cheeky monkeys

One of Lopburi’s longest established communities is now facing a crackdown after its energetic love-making finally pushed other townsfolk too far.
The city’s 2,500 monkeys are a familiar and accepted sight in the provincial capital, which …

Trumping the oriental flush
Friday, 18 Sep, 2009 – 7:27 | No Comment
Trumping the oriental flush

Not all nationalities are equally designed for drinking and some Thais can blame China’s ancient Pai-Yuai tribe for curbing their alcohol tolerance

Free holidays for geeks!
Friday, 18 Sep, 2009 – 6:42 | No Comment
Free holidays for geeks!

Thailand’s tourism association is looking for foreigners who are happy to blog, chat and tweet while on vacation.
Five lucky couples will get a fully paid trip to Thailand’s most popular cities and beaches. But, in …

Japanese soldiers uncovered in Thai jungle
Thursday, 17 Sep, 2009 – 6:53 | No Comment
Japanese soldiers uncovered in Thai jungle

A community of Japanese veterans of World War II has been unearthed by a documentary maker near Thailand’s border with Burma, where the soldiers settled after fearing the shame of returning home in defeat.
The film …

Thailand lands on your coffee table
Thursday, 17 Sep, 2009 – 6:43 | No Comment
Thailand lands on your coffee table

The six highly eventful decades of the reign of Thailand’s revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej have been condensed into a portable form by the Bangkok Post and Editions Didier.
As well as the headline issues, the compilation …

Bangkok stays the top posting
Thursday, 17 Sep, 2009 – 5:55 | No Comment
Bangkok stays the top posting

After exotic work postings in places such as Morocco, Ukraine and Tunisia, a French-Spanish couple have picked Bangkok for its quality of life.

Welcome begins with a wai
Thursday, 17 Sep, 2009 – 5:34 | No Comment
Welcome begins with a wai

Envious of Thailand’s unique reputation for hospitality, a flock of Indonesian and Malaysian airlines are also now trying to steal the ‘wai’, the traditional Thai greeting.
The gesture, a slight bow with the hands clasped as …

Bangkok’s gastro king is hungry for more
Thursday, 17 Sep, 2009 – 5:28 | No Comment
Bangkok’s gastro king is hungry for more

His Food by Phone service is already on every Bangkok gastronaut’s speed dial, but that is just the starter for Anglo-French expat Marc Hagelauer

Sukhumvit stays king of the roads
Thursday, 17 Sep, 2009 – 5:20 | No Comment
Sukhumvit stays king of the roads

Bangkok’s vibrant multicultural highway has kept its fascination, according to recent surveys of the property market