Thailand bans entry of foreigners, may impose curfew
Thailand bans the entry of foreigners and government may impose a 24-hour curfew.
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Thailand lets migrant workers leave for Laos despite border closure
Lao and Vietnamese migrant workers were being allowed to leave Thailand across the Friendship Bridge to Thakhek in Khammouane province of Laos.
Thai researchers develop rapid test kit for COVID-19
Thai researchers have developed a rapid test kit for COVID-19 and plan to launch clinical trials next month.
Migrant workers in Thailand told not to leave amid global COVID-19 fears
Cambodian Embassy in Thailand asks migrant workers and students not to leave.
Thailand clears up confusion over visa move
The Foreign Ministry on Saturday reiterated that the cancellation of visa on arrival (VOA) for 18 countries and visa exemption for three highly-infected countries came into effect on Friday.
Thailand defers move on visa arrivals for 18 countries, visa exemptions for three
Thailand yesterday deferred a decision to cancel granting of visas on arrival for 18 countries and visa exemption for three others to contain the spread of COVID-19.
Thailand imposes mandatory monitoring of inbound arrivals
Thailand’s Department of Disease Control (DDC) plans to impose compulsory measures for all inbound arrivals.
No compulsory quarantine of visitors to Thailand
Thai health authorities have said they would not order the compulsory quarantine of visitors from four countries hit hard by coronavirus, as the kingdom struggles to balance health fears with the needs of its flatlining economy.
Thai judge dies in second suicide bid
The senior judge who shot himself in a Yala courtroom last October to protest against alleged interference in judicial rulings succumbed to self-inflicted wounds after a second attempt to take his own life on Saturday.
Thailand denies PM aided in cover-up of Malaysia 1MDB graft scandal
Thailand’s government threatened legal action on Monday against a banned opposition party which claimed Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha aided in the cover-up of Malaysia’s 1MDB graft scandal by harbouring a fugitive financier.
Line Thailand looks to Cambodia and other Asean nations to expand content
Line Thailand aims to make Line TV a professional content provider in Asean by 2023 while partnering with out-of-home (OOH) media to support advertisers using Line’s platform to reach online and offline users.
One migrant worker dead, 14 injured in Thailand
A traffic accident in Thailand claimed the life of one Cambodian worker.
Cambodia -Thailand trade fails to reach its $15bln trade target
Trade between the two countries grow by 12 percent in 2019 to $9.4 billion.
Tearful Thai general says ‘don’t blame army’ for soldier’s rampage
Thai army portrays the shooter as a rogue soldier, not a product of the army system.
Poor security worsened massacre toll: Thai PM
Prayut Chan-o-cha orders a review of security measures at the military’s armouries.
Thai mall shooting survivors tracked killer via CCTV
In a fourth-floor toilet of the Terminal 21 mall, shoppers jammed cubicle doors against the entrance to keep out a Thai soldier on a shooting spree, tracing his movements through fragments of CCTV passed on by friends on the outside.
Thai gunman among 30 dead in ‘unprecedented’ mass shooting
A debt dispute is behind the rampage of a Thai soldier who killed at least 29: Prayut.
Thailand reports six new Novel Coronavirus cases
Thailand reported more cases of human-to-human transmission of coronavirus with six people – four Thais and two Chinese tourists – the latest found to be infected, Thai health officials said on Tuesday.
Countries urge Laos to conduct dam impact studies
Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam reiterate concerns over Luang Prabang dam.
Thai police unravel trail of gruesome murders
Thai police have been kept on their toes in the investigation into a wealthy criminal suspect who has been given the alias “Ice Metal Casket”.
Thai opposition submits censure motion
The opposition submitted a censure debate motion on Friday to Parliament president Chuan Leekpai, in which Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and five other ministers will be targeted.
Pailin reports return of trafficked teens
18 and 14 years old girls are rescued near the Thai border in Battambang.
Mekong almost dried up in Thai district
The Mekong River has almost dried up in That Phanom district.
Thailand mulls halting VOAs for Chinese from virus-hit areas
The Tourism and Sports Ministry is pondering the cancellation of visas-on-arrival (VOAs) for Chinese travellers from areas most affected by the coronavirus, even as there are concerns the move may affect rocky tourism relations between the two countries in the long run.
Thailand deploys military to help screen for Novel Coronavirus
Thailand has sent military medical personnel to help with the screening of passengers at international airports as another six Chinese nationals entering the country were found to be infected with the Wuhan coronavirus on Tuesday, bringing the total number of cases detected in the country to 14.
Court questions woman over her alleged abuse
Court questions a woman over a complaint of abuse in Thailand in 2013.
Embassy denies unauthorised fees online rumour
Cambodian embassy in Thailand denies unauthorised fees of dead migrant workers.
The rise of youth power and the future of free trade
More than half of the Southeast Asian population is under the age of 30
Thai PM mulls banning cars whenever air quality is unsafe
The government is considering whether to impose a ban on personal car use in affected areas to cope with high levels of hazardous ultra-fine PM2.5 dust particles in the air, if levels exceed 100 microgrammes per cubic metre (µg/m³), twice the safety level.
Key Muslim insurgent group joins peace talks for Thailand’s restive south
The key rebel group behind a 16-year insurgency in Thailand’s Muslim-majority south has met the kingdom’s head negotiator for the first official meeting in their peace talks.
