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Health ministry wants ban on recreational cannabis by year-end
Bloomberg News, Published on 21/02/2024
» The government wants to ban recreational use of cannabis by the end of this year, Public Health Minister Cholnan Srikaew said on Wednesday, threatening to put thousands of marijuana shops and farms that have sprung up around the country since a decriminalisation drive two years ago out of business.
Why buying cannabis in Thailand might get tougher after election
Bloomberg News, Published on 12/05/2023
» The days of easily buying marijuana on the streets of Bangkok or Phuket may soon be over.
Thailand ready to tackle outbreak from reopening - minister
Bloomberg News, Published on 29/06/2021
» Thailand will limit the movement of foreign tourists to smaller islands that it’s initially throwing open to vaccinated foreign visitors in the event of a flareup in local coronavirus infections, a minister said.
Thailand in talks with Russian, Chinese, UK vaccine developers
Bloomberg News, Published on 09/10/2020
» Thai officials are in talks with several Chinese, Russian and UK vaccine developers to secure viable inoculations against the coronavirus as soon as they became available, according to Nakorn Premsri, director of the National Vaccine Institute.
Thailand to turn away from mass tourism, target the wealthy
Bloomberg News, Published on 19/06/2020
» The government's tourism-revival strategy is to target big spenders seeking privacy and social distancing in the Covid-19 era, rather than try to attract a large number of visitors, according to Tourism Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn.
Bangkok ‘most at risk’ for spread: Virus update
Bloomberg News, Published on 03/02/2020
» China tried to come to grips with the expanding coronavirus outbreak, with the death toll climbing as residents returned from the Lunar New Year holidays.
Woman in botched insider-trading case ‘at large in Thailand'
Bloomberg News, Published on 29/10/2019
» LONDON: A woman charged in the US with involvement in a global insider-trading ring is at large in Thailand after being arrested in the UK three years ago in connection with a similar investigation, the US has said.
Elon Musk headed to trial in UK caver’s defamation case
Bloomberg News, Published on 29/10/2019
» LOS ANGELES: Elon Musk will have to go to trial in December after a federal judge rebuffed his latest request to throw out a defamation lawsuit filed by a British caver who helped rescue the Wild Boars football team and their coach after Mr Musk referred to him as a “pedo guy”.
Uttama sees scope for fiscal support, lower interest rates
Bloomberg News, Published on 28/08/2019
» The government is ready to take further action to support an economy growing at its slowest pace in nearly five years, and sees room for further interest-rate cuts, the finance minister said.
Red alert to stop ‘pig ebola’ crossing border
Bloomberg News, Published on 20/05/2019
» Thailand, one of Asia’s top pork producers, is intensifying efforts to hold off a lethal pig virus that’s causing havoc as it spreads across the region.