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Samui quietly reopens to vaccinated foreign travellers
AFP, Published on 15/07/2021
» Koh Samui opened to vaccinated foreign tourists on Thursday despite a nationwide surge in Covid-19 cases propelled by the Delta variant.
Beauty pageant investigated after coronavirus cluster
AFP, Published on 11/07/2021
» Beauty queens who took part in a pageant last month could face criminal charges for not wearing masks, police warned Sunday, after a cluster of 22 infections emerged from the event.
Bangkok's millionaires' club enjoys lockdown luxury
AFP, Published on 06/05/2020
» Gourmet take-out delivered by a butler in a black sedan -- the super-rich have not forgone luxury during a pandemic which has locked the country down, crushed the economy and left millions unemployed.
Asia virus latest: India curbs foreign takeovers; Japanese tulips snipped
AFP, Published on 19/04/2020
» Here are the latest developments in Asia related to the novel coronavirus pandemic:
Scared but desperate, Thai sex workers forced to the street
AFP, Published on 05/04/2020
» A shutdown to contain the coronavirus has killed Thailand's party scene and forced sex workers like Pim out of bars and onto desolate streets. She's scared but desperately needs customers to pay her rent.
Thailand relieved, anxious after coup
AFP, Published on 23/05/2014
» BANGKOK (AFP) - Thailand's military coup was met with both jubilation and dismay by rival sides of Thailand's political divide, but for most Bangkok residents the more prosaic concern of getting home safely before a night-time curfew dominated.
Myanmar unrest toll hits 40
AFP, Published on 26/03/2013
» The confirmed death toll from recent communal violence in central Myanmar has risen to 40 after eight more bodies were pulled from the wreckage of a riot-hit town, state media reported on Tuesday.
16 gunmen killed in Thai military base attack
AFP, Published on 13/02/2013
» In one of the most deadly attacks in Thailand's long-running insurgency, scores of heavily-armed gunmen stormed a southern army base Wednesday, authorities said, leaving 16 militants dead.