여권은 해외여행을 떠날 때 챙겨야 하는 가장 중요한 필수품 중 하나입니다. 출국부터 입국까지, 그리고 여행 중에도 여권은 신분증과 같은 효력을 지니기 때문에 1순위로 챙겨야 하죠. 또 도난 및 분실 시 큰 문제가 될 수 있기 때문에 안전하게 휴대하는 것이 필수입니다. 하지만 영국 여왕의 경우 이런 걱정을 할 필요가 없습니다. 영국 여왕은 여권을 발급받지 않아도 될 […]

모든 나라는 그 나름의 고유의 문화가 있습니다. 나라마다 문화적 배경이 다르니 자연스럽게 사회적 차이 또한 존재할 수밖에 없는데요. 이로 인해 우리는 해외에서 종종 부딪히게 되는 ‘다름’에 당황스러워지기 마련입니다. 우리나라에선 자연스러운 일이지만 해외에서 무심코 했다간 눈총을 받을 수 있는 행동들도 있는데요. ‘한국에서 가장 가까운 유럽’으로도 불리는 러시아를 여행할 때에도 주의해야 할 사항들이 존재합니다. 또는 전혀 생각하지

한국 드라마, Kpop이 전 세계에 미치는 영향은 대단합니다. 그리고 여기 한 국가의 장관마저 자국에서의 한류 열풍이 얼마나 대단한지 이야기한 나라가 있습니다. 비로 미얀마인데요. 알만한 사람들은 모두 그 매력에 빠져 여행을 떠난다는 미얀마는 한국에서도 꽤 인기 있는 여행지이죠. 그런데 미얀마를 여행할 시, 마주하게 되는 몇 상황들은 우리에게 당황스러움을 안겨주기도 합니다. 이런 미얀마의 독특한 문화에는 어떤 것이

Hit-and-run Bangkok woman confesses, apologisesNation Thailand Wishuda Vittayasinthana, a 37 year old businesswoman, was interrogated at Bangkok’s Bang Sue Police Station yesterday following a major traffic incident on Tuesday night. She told police she went out drinking due to business stress before crashing her Mercedes into a motorcycle at Khae Rai Intersection around 10pm. In

PM denies, downplays protesters’ harassment claimsthaivisa PM Prayut Chan-ocha today downplayed student protestors’ claims that his government was stalking and harassing them. Student activists, Panusaya (Roong) Sithijirawattanakul, spokesperson for the Thailand Student Union and Parit (Penguin) Chiwarak posted this morning that they were about to be arrested by government authorities at 5am, but no arrests

Police: No foul play in Vorayuth witness’s deathThe Thaiger Police today ruled out the possibility of murder in the death of a key witness in Red Bull drinks heir Vorayuth “Boss” Yoovidhya’s hit-and-run case. The regional police commander in Chiang Mai, where the witness died in a motorcycle incident last month, said new autopsy results

Thailand urged to promote itself as production hub for medical supplies, PPEThai PBS World Thailand is being encouraged to promote itself as a manufacturing hub for medical and personal protection equipment as part of its financial strategy amid the coronavirus crisis, as industries like tourism and hospitality struggle. The director of the Centre for International

DSI says enough evidence, testimony to pursue case of vanished Karen activist “Billy”The Thaiger Thailand’s Department of Special Investigation has announced it will challenge prosecutors’ decision to drop charges against 4 men allegedly involved in the presumed murder of a Karen land rights activist. Department director Korawat Panprapakorn said there is sufficient evidence and eyewitness

Authorities deny stalking student activists, deny arrest imminentBangkok Jack Student activists said today they were stalked by what they believed were plainclothes police officers at their residence overnight. Pro-democracy campaigner Panusaya Sithijirawattanakul, who is the spokesperson for the Student Union of Thailand, said on her Facebook that she saw several men loitering around her dormitory

2 killed, 4 injured in separate bomb attacks in Deep SouthTNA 2 men are dead and 4 injured after security forces, protecting teachers in the southern border provinces of Pattani and Narathiwat, were attacked in 2 roadside bomb blasts this morning. The attacks come on the first day of the resumption of in-person classes in

Auckland cluster grows with 13 new Covid-19 infections reportedLadbible Health officials in New Zealand announced yesterday that the new coronavirus cluster in Auckland has risen to 17 cases, raising the prospect of an extended lockdown in the country’s biggest city. National health chief Ashley Bloomfield said there are 13 new confirmed infections, all linked to

Study finds 82% of Thais “confident” in reopening tourism sectorBangkok Jack As Thailand gradually reopens its borders, new findings from a global study suggests that 82% of Thais are confident that Thailand is well prepared to reopen its tourism and leisure activities, the highest globally. The study also found that tourists from Hong Kong, Singapore,

US dollar denominated gold trade to be allowedTasty Thailand Ending decades of regulations limiting gold trade in Thailand to the baht, the US dollar will now be allowed as well. 2 weeks ago, in a bid to slow the rapidly rising baht and avoid landing on the US list of “currency manipulators”, the Bank of