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Visa-free stay in Thailand to be cut to 30 daysThe period of visa-free stays in Thailand is set to be reduced from 60 days to 30 days to curb the risk of illegal businesses exploiting the visa exemption scheme, according to the Tourism and Sports Ministry.
Dentists ask police to arrest violent German patientA dentist society in Nakhon Ratchasima has again asked police to arrest a German man they accuse of repeatedly assaulting their members in their clinics and damaging their equipment.
UK tourist killed in boat fire off Koh TaoA British woman died in a fire on a diving boat off Koh Tao on Sunday, believed caught inside the toilet when the blaze started.
Police arrest 13 cannabis-smuggling 'tourists' at Samui airportPolice in Surat Thani have found many “visitors” who tried to smuggle suitcases containing cannabis out of the country as over the past four days they have arrested 13 foreign “tourists” with cannabis that would have a total market price of 75 million baht overseas.
Two Indians arrested after Full Moon Party assaultTwo Indian men were arrested on Friday night for allegedly sexually assaulting a 24-year-old German woman following the popular Full Moon Party on Koh Phangan in Surat Thani province.
Expressway collapse leads to traffic woesTransport authorities are recommending detours to motorists as the collapse of a new expressway on Saturday seriously damaged an existing Bangkok-Thon Buri expressway ramp which connects to Rama II Road, a main southbound highway, and its complete reopening will take about a month.

Visa-free stay in Thailand to be cut to 30 days
Dentists ask police to arrest violent German patient
UK tourist killed in boat fire off Koh Tao
Police arrest 13 cannabis-smuggling 'tourists' at Samui airport
Two Indians arrested after Full Moon Party assault
Expressway collapse leads to traffic woes

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Dentists ask police to arrest violent German patient

A dentist society in Nakhon Ratchasima has again asked police to arrest a German man they accuse of repeatedly assaulting their members in their clinics and damaging their equipment.

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Visa-free stay in Thailand to be cut to 30 days

The period of visa-free stays in Thailand is set to be reduced from 60 days to 30 days to curb the risk of illegal businesses exploiting the visa exemption scheme, according to the Tourism and Sports Ministry.

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18 killed, 32 injured in tour bus crash

Eighteen people were killed and 32 others injured when a bus taking people on a community study tour overturned on a downhill road in Nadi district of Prachin Buri early on Wednesday.

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Expressway collapse leads to traffic woes

Transport authorities are recommending detours to motorists as the collapse of a new expressway on Saturday seriously damaged an existing Bangkok-Thon Buri expressway ramp which connects to Rama II Road, a main southbound highway, and its complete reopening will take about a month.

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Visa-free stay in Thailand to be cut to 30 daysThe period of visa-free stays in Thailand is set to be reduced from 60 days to 30 days to curb the risk of illegal businesses exploiting the visa exemption scheme, according to the Tourism and Sports Ministry.