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Masks and bikinis as red-light districts reopen
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 02/07/2020
» With performers wearing facemasks as well as bikinis, Bangkok's red-light districts reopened on Wednesday after more than three months of shutdown to stop the spread of coronavirus.
Korean woman 'caught' virus in Thailand
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 04/02/2020
» Health authorities have asked Seoul for information about a Korean woman found infected with the novel coronavirus after visiting Thailand and with no record of travel to China.
Canadian tourist dies in Chiang Mai zipline plunge
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 15/04/2019
» CHIANG MAI: A Canadian tourist plunged to his death from a zipline at Mae Kampong village in Mae-on district of this northern province on Saturday, according to a local media report.
Pabuk lashes Nakhon Si Thammarat but may weaken
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 05/01/2019
» Parts of Nakhon Si Thammarat have suffered heavy damage from tropical storm Pabuk but officials expect to downgrade the storm to a tropical depression as it moves further inland on Saturday.
Koh Samui on alert as storm Pabuk nears
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 03/01/2019
» Local residents, tourists and tour operators have been advised to exercise extreme caution as Koh Samui braces for possibly severe weather conditions caused by tropical storm Pabuk.
Security raised as bombs rattle South
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 01/01/2019
» Security has been stepped up in the South following a spate of violent attacks over the past week.
Samila bombing not 'politically' motivated
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 28/12/2018
» The Provincial Police Region 9 has ruled out the possibility that two coordinated bomb attacks on Samila beach in the southern province of Songkhla's Muang district on Wednesday night were politically motivated.
Samila beach bombed overnight, closed to public
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 27/12/2018
» Maximum security measures were ordered, and Samila beach and nearby roads in Songkhla's Muang district closed to the public, on Thursday after two time bombs exploded overnight and three more were found on the beach. No casualties were reported.
Chinese tourists raise swine fever risk
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 27/12/2018
» Strict inspections of processed pork products from overseas will be kept in place in a bid to stave off an outbreak of African swine fever, especially from China, after several samples of sausages confiscated from Chinese tourists entering Thailand were found to have a viral strain of African swine flu.
'Phoenix' had serious design flaws, finds initial probe
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 19/11/2018
» Police investigators and forensic officials in Phuket are gearing up for the next phase of investigation now that the Phoenix tour boat that sank and killed dozens of Chinese visitors in July has been pulled from the bottom of the sea.