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Govt expects 8 million Chinese tourists this year
Reuters, Published on 05/01/2024
» Thailand expects 8 million tourists from China in 2024 after both countries agreed to permanently waive visa requirements for each other's citizens from March, agovernment spokesperson said on Friday.
School's out for Thai golfer Ratchanon, 14
Reuters, Published on 05/02/2022
» Most kids would be star-struck by simply watching the best professional golfers up close, but 14-year-old Ratchanon Chantananuwat went much further by becoming the only amateur to make the cut at the Saudi International on Saturday.
B30 diesel price cap to last at least 4 months
Reuters, Published on 20/10/2021
» The government will extend its diesel price cap of 30 baht per litre beyond this month, the energy minister said on Wednesday, as global oil prices put a strain on consumers and an economy struggling from the pandemic.
Volunteer takes to skies to drop supplies to flood victims
Reuters, Published on 28/09/2021
» A paramotoring enthusiast in northern Thailand has taken to the skies to help deliver urgently need supplies to people cut off by floods.
No Thailand travel, says Philippines
News, Reuters, Published on 24/07/2021
» MANILA: The Philippines will suspend travel from Thailand and Malaysia, as well as tighten restrictions in the Manila area, in a bid to prevent the spread of the contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus, the presidential spokesman said on Friday.
Singapore tightens coronavirus curbs to buy time for vaccinations
Reuters, Published on 20/07/2021
» SINGAPORE: Singapore will halt restaurant dining and ban gatherings of more than two people for one month from Thursday, the health ministry said, as a further rise in coronavirus cases deals a blow to the country's reopening plans.
Endangered bamboo sharks given helping hand in Gulf of Thailand
Reuters, Published on 07/06/2021
» RAYONG: In the Gulf of Thailand, fisheries researchers use a guideline to scuba dive to the ocean floor where they release baskets full of young bamboo sharks.
Business group orders 100,000 Sinovac shots
Reuters, Published on 18/03/2021
» The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) says it will procure 100,000 doses of China's Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine to be used and paid for by businesses in the first phase of a private sector vaccination scheme.
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.
Don't touch! Bangkok mall puts pedals in lifts to curb Covid
Reuters, Published on 21/05/2020
» A mall in Bangkok has swapped lift buttons for foot pedals in an effort to prevent the spread of the coronavirus as well as help restore normality and get shoppers spending again.