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On May 28, 2024, the Thai cabinet approved new visa rules designed to stimulate the development of tourism in order to strengthen the country's economy. In particular, a new type of visas for digital nomads, remote workers and freelancers is being introduced - Destination Thailand Visa (DTV).
DTV will reportedly be active for five years. The visa allows you to stay in Thailand for up to 180 days. The visa fee is 10 thousand Thai baht, or approximately $272 at the exchange rate as of May 31, 2024. For the same fee, stay in the country can be extended for another 180 days.
In addition to digital nomads, people who engage in certain activities will be able to use DTV. Among such areas are Thai boxing, cooking, medical care, organization of art and music events, etc. The right to issue DTV is also granted to spouses of recipients and their children under the age of 20.
To qualify for a new visa, applicants must be at least 20 years old. They also need to confirm the presence of financial reserves in the amount of 500 thousand baht (about $13.6 thousand) throughout their stay in Thailand. The DTV visa allows its holders to stay in the country and work remotely for companies or customers located in other states.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Thailand approved other visa changes. In particular, the list of countries for which the visa-free regime is valid has been expanded from 57 to 93: it includes Cambodia, India, Kazakhstan, Laos, etc. The visa upon arrival will be issued to citizens of 31 countries, not 19 as before. International students who receive a bachelor's degree and above in Thailand are allowed not to leave the country after graduation for a year - this will help them find work.[1]
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The security situation in the southern provinces of Thailand, inhabited mainly by Muslim Malays, is still difficult. After a series of bombings in January 2026, the attacks did not stop at gas stations, even despite the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
In the provinces of Narathiwat, Pattani and Yala, which make up the zone of separatist activity, about one and a half dozen attacks took place in three months. Most often, militants staged terrorist attacks using improvised explosive devices, including mining vehicles.
Thai authorities believe that militant networks continue to operate with external support. And the current intensification of their activities is associated with an attempt to strengthen positions in possible peace negotiations.
The militants managed to again draw the attention of the authorities to the unresolved problems of the southern provinces, which have been ignored over the past year. In April 2026, Thailand's new government imposes a three-month state of emergency in a number of areas of the border area in response to an increase in attacks.
Thai Prime Minister Anuthin Changvirakun went to the south of the country to hold meetings with the leadership of the security forces on the spot, as well as personally check the security measures and the work of the border services.
Thailand is a left-hand country.
52% of all international students in the United States come from only two countries: China (290 thousand students as of 2022) and India (199 thousand)
The third place with a lag of almost 5 times from the second is occupied by South Korea: a little more than 40 thousand residents of this country at that time studied in the United States.
Only 4.8 thousand people left Russia for the United States to study, 14.4 thousand from Nigeria, 5 thousand from Thailand, 5.3 from Venezuela.
Thai authorities have imposed new restrictions on the sale of cannabis, allowing its acquisition exclusively on a medical prescription. The decision comes three years after marijuana was legalized in the country and aims to regulate a booming market. Changes in legislation became known on June 27, 2025. Read more here.
In January 2022 Thailand , it became the first country in to approve actual Asia decriminalization, marijuana although the authorities left a gray zone around its recreational use. health care Minister Anutin Charnvirakul announced that the Drug Control Committee had approved the removal of cannabis from the list of drugs controlled by the ministry. The updated rules in the document will take effect from the end of May 2022. More. here
At the end of July 2025, it became known that one of the reasons for the armed conflict between Thailand and Cambodia was the activities of the so-called cyber slaves, who are involved in various fraudulent schemes. Read more here.
On Sunday, December 26, 2004 at 07:58:53 local time, an underwater earthquake caused a tsunami, which became the deadliest in modern history. The magnitude of the earthquake was, according to various estimates, from 9.1 to 9.3. This earthquake is one of the three strongest earthquakes on record.
The tsunami reached the shores of Indonesia, Sri Lanka, southern India, Thailand and other countries. The height of the waves exceeded 15 meters. For details, see Earthquakes
Main article: The history of the Earth before the appearance of hominids
In 2026, paleontologists described a new species of giant sauropod, Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis, and it is the largest dinosaur ever found in Southeast Asia. Remains, including vertebrae, ribs, pelvic bones and limbs, were discovered about ten years ago on the edge of a pond in the province of Chayaphum in northeastern Thailand. The name combines the mythological snake Naga, Greek titans and the province where the find was made. This is the 14th scientifically described dinosaur of Thailand.
In size, Nagatitan reached about 27 meters in length and weighed about 27 tons - this corresponds to the mass of nine adult Asian elephants. The brachial bone of the forelimb alone was 1.78 meters long, almost equal to the height of an adult. Although it is noticeably heavier than the famous diplodocus, it is still significantly inferior to the largest known South American sauropods, such as Patagotitan, wrote Paleoblog.
Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis lived 120-100 million years ago in the Early Cretaceous era. It lived on a plain with rivers in a rather dry climate. At that time, iguanodontids, early horned dinosaurs, large predators from the group of carcharodontosaurids and spinosaurids, as well as pterosaurs lived next to it. Scientists call it the "last titan" of Thailand because its bones come from the youngest formation in the region, where the remains of dinosaurs are still found [2]
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