By Harry B Bonning F.R.I.C.S.,
A year ago I was talking about the new coalition government from which we hoped for great things. Whilst they have survived I am not sure we have seen any major strides forward and political disharmony still exists. Neither did anything come of the discussions at the time to extend leases [...]

Neil Pryde’s ‘Hi-Fi’, that won top honours at the 2009 Sawadee.com Regatta, is expected to be one of the many competitors at the 9th Samui International Yacht Regatta in 2010. The Sawadee.com Regatta will take place on the sun-drenched island of Koh Samui from 31st May to 5th June 2010.
For the 9th consecutive year, the [...]

By A PET monkey trained to harvest coconuts turned against its master recently, killing him after the latter forced the animal to pick coconuts against its will.
The tragic incident took place in Nakhon Si Thammarat province when Luelit Janchoom, 48, forced and reportedly even hit his monkey, named Brother Kwan, to harvest coconuts even if [...]

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is using social networking to reach tourists and is confident it will become an important marketing strategy for high end destinations like Koh Samui and Krabi. Social networking is popular with consumers and marketers, especially Facebook, Twitter and blogs, because of their low cost and high returns, the TAT [...]

Koh Samui and Mae Sot top the list of municipalities with the potential to be upgraded to special administrative zones along the lines of Bangkok and Pattaya.
The government panel on decentralisation, headed by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, has assigned former Bangkok governor and now Mr Abhisit’s adviser Apirak Kosayodhin, to head a feasibility study on [...]