Thailand news - A new one-stop-shop website for 'everything' you need to arrive in Thailand, including the proposed new Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) and 300-baht arrival/tourist tax. 46 villas to be demolished on Koh Samui - foreigners living in some of them, another tropical storm approaching from the South China Sea, will reach north-east and northern Thailand this weekend. Pattaya floods, and houses washed away on the coast of Trang in southern Thailand.

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