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Thailand’s CCSA has agreed to reopen the country’s borders gradually, initially for six groups of foreigners and citizens from Japan, South Korea, China, Singapore and Hong Kong. CCSA spokesman Dr. Taweesin Visanuyothin said Monday that, initially, the number of foreigners to be allowed to enter the country will be capped at 200 per day, and
Thailand recorded seven new COVID-19 cases on Monday, all among those in quarantine after returning from India and the United States, and the CCSA has decided to extend the state of emergency until the end of July. Public Health Permanent Secretary Dr. Sukhum Kanchanapimai said six of the new patients had returned from India, with
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s second most populous state said on Monday it is considering reimposing social distancing restrictions after the country reported its biggest one-day rise in new coronavirus infections in more than two months. While many states and territories have yet to report their latest numbers, Victoria said it has detected 75 cases in
TOKYO (Reuters) – Retail sales in Japan tumbled at a double-digit pace for the second straight month in May as the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown measures delivered a heavy blow to consumer confidence and economic recovery prospects. The sustained downturn in demand raises risks that the world’s third-largest economy could remain mired in recession longer
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday tweeted approvingly of a video showing one of his supporters chanting “white power,” a racist slogan associated with white supremacists. He later deleted the tweet and the White House said the president had not heard “the one statement” on the video. The video appeared to have been
Popular YouTuber and influencer, Shawn Buranahirun, appears to be in hot water, after the chief district officer of Chiang Mai’s Muang district claimed that he does not have formal permission to solicit public donations for forest firefighting operations, and the Revenue Department chief has suggested that the YouTuber should be taxed for the donations he
Police have filed four charges against a man who claims that he had shot and killed a bull elephant in self defence, at a rubber plantation in Kui Buri district of Prachuap Khiri Khan on Saturday. The suspect, Narong Ornpakdee, was charged with illegal possession of firearms, carrying a firearm in public without a licence,
Thailand recorded another day without new COVID-19 infections or fatalities on Sunday. There has not been a recorded case of locally transmitted infection in the country for 34 consecutive days, according to the CCSA. Cumulative infections in Thailand to date are 3,162, with 3,053 recoveries. The death toll remains 58. Worldwide infections have now reached
SYDNEY/BEIJING (Reuters) – The death toll from COVID-19 reached half a million people on Sunday, according to a Reuters tally, a grim milestone for the global pandemic that seems to be resurgent in some countries even as other regions are still grappling with the first wave. The respiratory illness caused by the new coronavirus has
Most respondents to a recent poll say that they don’t see anyone qualified to be their first choice as Thailand’s next Prime Minister, but some chose General Prayut Chan-o-cha as their preferred choice, citing his honesty, his several years of experience in national governance and his straightforwardness. The same poll shows that the opposition Pheu
Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn has recovered from surgery and was discharged from Chulalongkorn Hospital on Saturday, according to the Bureau of the Royal Household. The Princess entered hospital on June 15th, after she developed numbness in the fingertips of her right hand. Doctors at the hospital found the numbness was caused by a membrane
Nonthaburi municipal officials were sent to a public park, located in the government complex, to survey sites for the installation of more surveillance cameras on Saturday, after two joggers were poisoned, apparently by con men. According to Nonthaburi provincial police, two joggers fell unconscious after drinking water from their own water bottles, which had been
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India reported over 17,000 new coronavirus cases over the last 24 hours, pushing the country’s total above 500,000, federal health ministry data showed on Saturday, with infections surging in major cities including the capital New Delhi. India has the world’s fourth-biggest outbreak of the virus that causes COVID-19, below only the
It was no surprise that Deputy Prime Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan, Palang Pracharath’s chief strategist, was elected the party’s new chief at its general meeting on Saturday, replacing Finance Minister Uttama Savanayana, who lost his position in the new executive board. As expected, Prawit was the only candidate and won the top seat uncontested. He
The election of General Prawit Wongsuwan, as the new leader of the ruling Palang Pracharat Party, will bring changes in the right direction for the party, said Education Minister Nuttapol Teepsuwan and Digital Economy and Society Minister Buddhipongse Punnakanta on Saturday. The general assembly of the party elected General Prawit, the party’s chief strategist, as
Campaigns to mark the birth of democratic Thailand almost a century ago appear to be more active this year, as a politically aware new generation calls authorities to account over the disappearance of monuments celebrating of the 1932 Siamese Revolution. Human rights lawyer Anond Nampa, who led a rally at Bangkok’s Democracy Monument on the
