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Police hunt source of cyanide in hotel deaths
Gary Boyle, Published on 19/07/2024
» Police are looking for the source of the cyanide used in the killing of six Vietnamese people at a hotel in Bangkok early this week.
Tourists delay foreign trips
Gary Boyle, Published on 18/04/2022
» Surging costs and a fragile economy are forcing travellers to delay their trips abroad, says the Thai Travel Agents Association (TTAA).
Govt 'needs to lift all Covid curbs'
Gary Boyle, Published on 18/02/2022
» Tourism business operators are asking the government to fully reopen the country to international tourists by lifting all remaining Covid-19 restrictions from next month.
Borders close as world rushes to contain new Covid variant
Gary Boyle, Published on 29/11/2021
» World governments rushed to contain a new, heavily mutated Covid-19 strain Sunday, with borders closing and Australia reporting its first cases of the variant.
Govt told to find more vaccines
Gary Boyle, Published on 30/06/2021
» The Royal College of Physicians of Thailand (RCPT) has urged the government to secure more vaccines as new variants of Covid-19 are becoming prevalent.
PM in war of words as Facebook threatens lawsuit
Gary Boyle, Published on 26/08/2020
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Tuesday insisted Facebook must abide by Thai law after the social media giant's threat to sue the government for blocking access to accounts deemed defamatory to the monarchy.
EU opens borders to Thais; China finds new virus
Gary Boyle, Published on 01/07/2020
» The European Union agreed Tuesday to reopen its borders to 15 countries, not including the US.
Travel bubble scheme 'asking for trouble'
Gary Boyle, Published on 29/06/2020
» The government would be "asking for trouble" if it adopted the travel bubbles and re-introduced medical tourism too soon, warned Thira Woratanarat, an epidemiologist at Chulalongkorn University.
Inbound flight ban continues
Gary Boyle, Published on 27/04/2020
» The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) is planning to extend its inbound flight ban for another 15 days to prevent a possible increase of Covid-19 infections as over 1,000 Thais are scheduled to return to the country this week.
Emergency, curfew likely to be extended
Gary Boyle, Published on 21/04/2020
» The government will likely extend the emergency decree for another month as it considers when to ease the current restrictions and allow some businesses to reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic.