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Panic buying hits Bangkok stores
Gary Boyle, Published on 04/03/2020
» Shoppers in Bangkok are quickly emptying supermarket shelves of long-lasting items like instant noodles, rice, tissue paper, tinned fish and drinking water as fears increase over the coronavirus epidemic.
Thailand wants Israel ban reviewed
Gary Boyle, Published on 20/02/2020
» Thailand has called on Israel to review its decision to ban Thais from entering the country in a bid to control the spread of deadly coronavirus (Covid-19).
Buyers flock to Chevrolet for cheap cars
Gary Boyle, Published on 20/02/2020
» Buyers flocked to Chevrolet showrooms on Wednesday to snap up models sold at discount prices after General Motors decided to withdraw from Thailand by the end of the year.
Govt: turning away Chinese tourists is "too much"
Gary Boyle, Published on 27/01/2020
» Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said authorities are still working out measures to prevent further spread of the coronavirus and said turning away travellers from China is possibly asking too much and too soon.
Naked foreigner falls 2 floors after destroying hotel toilet
Gary Boyle, Published on 08/03/2019
» PATTAYA: A foreign man trashed a hotel toilet and injured policemen trying to restrain him before falling naked from the second floor to the ground below on Thursday.
Seoul to let illegal Thai workers leave
Gary Boyle, Published on 03/10/2018
» South Korea has given permission to 300,000 illegal migrant workers including 120,000 Thais to leave the country without being blacklisted.
Taiwanese mull visa restriction on Thais
Gary Boyle, Published on 03/09/2018
» Taiwan is considering driving down visa-free entries for Thais from six times to twice a year after the number of Thai women discovered working in the sex trade in the territory jumped during the visa waiver programme's introduction two years ago.
Foreign labour cap set at 20% under new law
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 07/05/2018
» A new law, which comes into effect on July 1, will cap the number of migrant workers which companies and industries can hire at 20%.
14 die in tragic road accident
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 24/11/2017
» Thirteen Myanmar nationals and a Thai driver were killed in a road accident in Sing Buri early on Friday morning.
Loy Krathong in Bangkok (Updated)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 26/11/2015
» Millions of people, both Thais and foreign tourists, took part in last night's Loy Krathong festivities around the country and they are being more careful of the environment. Here is a quick look at some of the Bangkok sites.