News and Events in the Las Vegas Thai Community
In a sweaty Bangkok basement over the weekend, hundreds of young Thais, hands in the air, roared angrily along with a rap song being performed on stage. “My country points…
In 2010, when Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, who has died aged 60 in a helicopter crash, took over the ownership of Leicester City, the idea that he could guide the club to…
Jose Ragoobeer, whose wife and two sons were killed in an explosion in Leicester earlier this year, has paid heartfelt tribute to Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and his family. The billionaire Thai…
As Thailand woke on Monday morning to the confirmation that Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, the reclusive but beloved billionaire owner of King Power retail and Leicester City football club, had been among…
Beer, pies and Buddhist prayers helped endear Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha to Leicester City fans even before the team, owned by the Thai duty free billionaire, became the Premier League’s most unlikely…
Eyewitnesses describe the moment a helicopter believed to be carrying the Leicester City owner, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, crashed in a car park next to the club’s stadium on Saturday night Leicester…
China and Japan displayed a united front on “free and fair” trade as leaders of Asia‘s two biggest economies met Friday in Beijing. The visit by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo…
Queensland child rapist Jason Daron Mizner will spend at least 15 years behind bars for grooming and sexually abusing a two-year-old girl, as well as filming the assaults. Mizner pleaded…
APichatpong Weerasethakul’s house in northern Thailand is a luscious jungle paradise full of polished concrete and teak, palm trees and bamboo. Even the air smells zen. The house’s three gatekeepers,…
Standing in a massage parlour in the seedy glow of red strip lighting, Pueng turns to the camera. “I have a dream, to build a new house for my family,”…
A British man and Canadian woman face up to 10 years in prison for spray graffiti on an ancient wall in northern Thailand. Security camera footage appears to show two…
A Thai court has sentenced a former Buddhist monk known for his jet-set lifestyle to 16 years in prison for raping a 13-year-old girl who he also impregnated. Wirapol Sukphol…