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Heirs step up as Covid deaths rock street-food stalls
Reuters, Published on 29/10/2021
» Each morning, Adulwitch Tangsupmanee brings a cart of crispy pork belly to a run-down cinema in Bangkok's Chinatown and sets up the same street-food stall his internationally renowned father ran for nearly 50 years before dying of Covid-19 in July.
In Bangkok, an army of volunteers fights coronavirus
Reuters, Published on 17/08/2021
» Monk Phrompong Kaino, 33, works around the clock providing free Covid-19 swab tests for vulnerable people in high-risk Bangkok communities, part of a project by his temple that has reached more than 2,000 people in just over a month.
Govt to narrow gap for AstraZeneca shots in bid to curb Delta variant
Reuters, Published on 22/06/2021
» A top medical committee has agreed to narrow the gap between doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine to eight weeks from 10-12 weeks previously in places where there have been outbreaks of the Delta variant, an official said on Tuesday.
Vaccine hesitancy grows ahead of mass inoculation rollout
Reuters, Published on 25/05/2021
» Vaccine hesitancy has risen sharply, opinion polls show, just weeks away from the start of a mass inoculation programme and as the country fights the deadliest Covid-19 outbreak.
Project turns fishing nets into protection gear
Reuters, Published on 02/07/2020
» RAYONG/AYUTTHAYA: Fisherman Anan Jaitang used to pile tattered nylon fishing nets on the beach after hauls of wriggling crabs tore them beyond repair, but most of the nets wound up in the sea, threatening to entangle turtles and choke coral reefs.
US designates 4 major Chinese media outlets as foreign missions
Reuters, Published on 23/06/2020
» WASHINGTON: The United States said on Monday it will start treating four major Chinese media outlets as foreign embassies, alleging they are mouthpieces for Beijing, in a move that is likely to further sour already fraught ties between the world's top two economies.
Vaccine seen boosting medical tourism
Reuters, Published on 01/06/2020
» AYUTTHAYA: Momentum is building behind Thailand's push to create its own coronavirus vaccine, with more manpower and resources dedicated to the effort amid hopes it could boost medical tourism.
Plastic piles up as pandemic sidelines pollution fight
Reuters, Published on 11/05/2020
» Thailand began the year with a ban on single-use plastic bags that Bangkok office worker Nicha Singhanoi hoped would cut back the waste that puts her country among the world's top five choking the oceans with plastic.
Man arrested amid #royalmotorcade controversy
Reuters, Published on 08/10/2019
» Authorities have arrested and charged a man for posting "inappropriate content" online, cyber police said on Tuesday, as the man's lawyer denied reports his client had criticised the royal family.
Unexploded firebomb discovered in Bangkok’s Pratunam
Reuters, Published on 07/08/2019
» Authorities recovered an unexploded firebomb at a market in central Bangkok on Wednesday in what they said was a device left over from coordinated attacks last week that wounded four people.