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Thailand loses 1.45m tourism jobs from pandemic
Reuters, Published on 29/03/2021
» Thailand has lost about 1.45 million tourism jobs during the coronavirus pandemic, including 400,000 in the first quarter, a private tourism group said on Monday, as the country gets ready to reopen to visitors to try to rescue the struggling sector.
Deserted beaches lure rare turtles to build most nests in 20 years
Reuters, Published on 20/04/2020
» Rare leatherback sea turtles have built the largest number of nests in two decades on beaches in Phuket and Phang Nga bereft of tourists because of the coronavirus pandemic, environmentalists say.
Twelve years on, 400 bodies unidentified in Thailand
Reuters, Published on 26/12/2016
» At least 400 victims of Asia's 2004 tsunami that killed 226,000 people remain unidentified in Thailand 12 years on, police said on Monday.
Thailand worried by blast of anti-migrant vitriol
Reuters, Published on 18/05/2015
» Thailand expressed concern on Monday at a wave of anti-migrant vitriol on social media, which the government said underlined why it cannot accept any more of the asylum seekers who have been arriving by boat on its shores.
10 years on, tsunami warning stumbles at the 'last mile'
Reuters, Published on 22/12/2014
» In April 2012, Indonesia's Banda Aceh, the city worst hit by the tsunami that killed at least 226,000 people on Boxing Day ten years ago, received a terrifying reminder of how unprepared it was for the next disaster.
2 Thais arrested for trafficking (Updated)
Reuters, Published on 14/10/2014
» Police Tuesday arrested two men on human-trafficking charges related to the discovery of several groups of suspected trafficking victims in Phang Nga province.