BANGKOK (THAILAND) – A banned Thai opposition politician, facing a criminal complaint of defaming the monarchy, defended on Thursday that the fact that he criticised the government’s coronavirus vaccine strategy that is depending on a company owned by King Maha Vajiralongkorn.
BANGKOK (THAILAD) – Thai police said on Monday they were looking into a complaint raised by a political activist who said he had been abducted by a group of unknown men and was interrogated inside a van for 12 hours before being left him stranded on the street. Mongkol Santimetakul, 25, a volunteer guard for […]
BANGKOK (THAILAND) – A student activist has been arrested and charged under Thailand’s strict laws for disrespecting the monarchy after he was accused of vandalising portraits of King Maha Vajiralongkorn, his lawyer and police said on Thursday. Sirichai Nathuang, 21, a student at Bangkok’s Thammasat University, is one of at least 40 activists charged with
BANGKOK (THAILAND) – Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha of Thailand on Monday urged the public to remain indoors to help stem the spread of the biggest coronavirus outbreak in the country and avoid a strict lockdown. This comes as authorities confirmed a record 745 daily new infections. The government has declared 28 provinces, including Bangkok, as […]
BANGKOK (THAILAND) – Thailand’s government kept itself from ordering new nationwide business shutdowns on Sunday amid a new wave of coronavirus cases. Thailand, which had largely controlled the virus by mid-2020, saw a second wave of outbreaks beginning in December. On Sunday, it confirmed 315 new coronavirus cases, the majority of which are from local […]
BANGKOK (THAILAND) – The government said in a statement Thailand on Sunday confirmed 103 new infections of the coronavirus, including 94 domestic transmissions. The new cases also include eight found in state quarantine and one infection in a person coming from abroad who did not enter quarantine, the statement said without giving out much detail. […]
BANGKOK (THAILAND) – Thai authorities said on Saturday that there are 110 new coronavirus cases in the country of which 64 are local transmissions linked to an outbreak in the southwest province of Samut Sakhon. It is the worst outbreak in the nation so far. Out of the new cases, 30 are migrant workers and […]
BANGKOK (THAILAND) – In the wake of a spike in the number of coronavirus cases among Myanmar workers in Thailand, there has been growing hate speech against them in the country. “Wherever you see Myanmar people, shoot them down,” read one Thai comment on YouTube. The outbreak of the pandemic was first noticed at a […]
BANGKOK (THAILAND) – Thailand plans to conduct testing of more than 10,000 people after a record daily surge in coronavirus cases to over 500. Most of these were among migrant workers were connected to a shrimp market near the capital, an official said on Sunday. Taweesin Wisanuyothin, a spokesman for Thailand’s COVID-19 taskforce, told a […]
NONTHABURI (THAILAND) – Thais voted nationwide on Sunday in provincial elections as the first test of democracy since a general election last year, which was subjected to accusations of manipulation. The elections in Thailand’s 76 provinces outside the capital Bangkok are the first since Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, who kept power after last year’s