Southeast Asian powerhouse Thailand displayed versatility in sweeping the taller Canadians, 25-19, 25-22, 26-24, Tuesday at the start of Week 2 of the Volleyball Nations League Women’s Leg at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. Photo from volleyballworld.com The Thais attacked the Canadians from all...
NAKHON PATHOM, Thailand -- The pungent smell of smoke was unmistakable as revellers celebrated under the stars at a major Thai cannabis festival following the kingdom's decision to begin relaxing the laws around the drug. Plants are displayed as people gather to celebrate the legalization of...
President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. met with ambassadors of Italy and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member-countries on Monday, June 6, and discussed future cooperation between the Philippines and these nations. From Left to right: Executive Secretary-designate...
Thailand just lifted its RT-PCR requirement on May 1; launches the ‘Visit Thailand Year 2022: Amazing New Chapters’ Koh Phi Phi Islands The RT-PCR testing requirement for fully vaccinated tourists traveling to Thailand is no longer required, Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) deputy governor...
BANGKOK, Thailand – Thailand on Friday announced the end of compulsory Covid-19 tests for vaccinated travellers, as the country steps up efforts to revive its pandemic-thumped tourism industry. Tight border restrictions helped the kingdom limit infections and deaths in 2020 but brought the...
BANGKOK, Thailand – At his upmarket Bangkok restaurant, Michelin-starred chef Thitid "Ton" Tassanakajohn spoons black caviar onto a plate, adding the newly affordable Thailand-made delicacy to his reinterpreted traditional family recipes. This photo taken on April 1, 2022 shows chef Thitid...
PHUKET, Thailand -- Rogen Ladon and Ian Clark Bautista punched their way to the gold medal round of their weight classes in the Thailand Open International Boxing Tournament on Friday at the sprawling Angsana Laguna Phuket Resort Hotel here. Rogen Ladon (left) slugs it out against Thanarat...
Now down to its last few episodes, "F4 Thailand: Boys Over Flowers'" lead star Bright Vachirawit couldn't help but feel emotional. During a recent virtual interview, he shared the things he will miss about doing the show. These include doing scenes with other F4 members played by Win Metawin, Dew...
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Travellers to Thailand will no longer have to take a Covid-19 test before boarding the plane, under plans announced Friday as part of efforts to reboot the kingdom's pandemic-battered tourism sector. From April 1, the requirement to take a negative test within 72 hours of...
Olympians Nesthy Petecio and Carlo Paalam will use the 2022 Thailand Open International Boxing Tournament as a springboard to a heavier task in the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam. Olympic boxing medalists Carlo Paalam, Eumir Marcial, and Nesthy Petecio (Photo from Eumir Marcial’s...
It was a memorable party, indeed! One week after their Manila wedding, Herson Sy and Muriel Orais, along with a little less than a hundred of the couple’s friends and family members, flew in from all over the world to celebrate their union at their destination wedding in Phuket, Thailand. For...
Yuka Saso matched the 18-hole scoring record with an explosive 10-under-par 62 to finish tied at 12th place in the Honda LPGA Thailand at the Siam Country Club in Chonburi Sunday. MB File Photo Starting at the back nine, the 20-year-old Fil-Japanese torched the Pattaya Old Course with a bogey-free...
