Barry Kenyon

The tourist ministry has clarified that a 300 baht controversial mandatory insurance fee for all arriving foreigners has likely been postponed to early 2023...

Thailand’s Chamber of Commerce has called for 500,000 extra migrant workers to arrive in the next few months. They are needed nationally to supplement...

The semi-rural provincial district of Huay Yai, a 20 minute drive from Pattaya, has been chosen as the site of the region’s first smart...

The Thai Senate has passed a bill to allow some sex offenders to choose chemical castration in return for a reduced prison sentence. The...

Cambodia’s interior ministry has announced the arrival of Cambodia My Second Home program with a 10-year unlimited entry and exit visa. The associated benefits...

Chonburi Immigration has announced that it will be closed to the public for five days from Wednesday July 13 to Sunday July 17 inclusively....

For most of Thailand’s history, entry and exit into the kingdom was unsupervised. Many of the early settlers were Chinese. A 50-strong immigration department,...

At six o’clock, stragglers from the bars and clubs wend their wobbly way back to the hotel, usually with a lady in tow. “The...

South East Asian countries have lagged behind much of the world in softening tourist and expat entry rules for vaccinated travellers. However, effective July...

The stakes were raised this week on Pattaya’s future after a parliamentary committee recommended the city as one of five nation-wide bases for legalized...