WHILE confirming that phase 4 easing of the coronavirus measure will start on June 15 the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) stated that it has not yet considered 15-day trial lifting of the curfew but this issue would be raised for discussion by the full panel on Friday, INN News reported this afternoon (June
Month: June 2020
Shut checkpoint leaves Laotians stranded at the border
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SIXTY LAOTIANS have been patiently waiting to return to their home country through a border checkpoint which is currently closed. The 60 male and female Laotians have called it quits from jobs in Thailand and decided to return home via Banna Kraseng border checkpoint in Loei province, across the border from
Read moreFearful Krabi strictly screens first group of Bangkok bus passengers
TRANSPORT officials at the popular southern coastal province of Krabi mounted stringent screening of the first group of bus passengers to arrive there from Bangkok this morning (June 10) after inter-provincial bus services started up again in a big effort to prevent a second outbreak of Covid-19, Naewna newspaper reported. When passengers disembarked from their
Read moreChinese warplanes enter Taiwan Strait after US flyover
By Lawrence Chung, South China Morning Post A GROUP of Chinese warplanes flew into the Taiwan Strait and briefly approached Taiwan, just hours after a US transport plane passed over the island today (June 9). Taiwan scrambled its warplanes to warn off the People’s Liberation Army fighter jets which crossed the median line in the
Read morePopcorn and drinks allowed in movie halls
MOVIEGOERS will be delighted to hear that the Public Health Ministry today (June 9) came out to state that they may eat popcorn and consume soft drinks in movie halls but have to put their face mask on again after they are through, PostToday reported. Dr Phanphimon Wipulakorn, director-general of the ministry’s Department of Health,
Read moreHuge waves damage sea wall at Khao Lak
STRONG waves higher than two metres smashed and destroyed parts of a sea wall then started pounding and eroding a wide coastal area of Khao Lak tourist zone of the southern Phang Nga province today (June 9), INN News reported. As the powerful southwestern monsoon which is now covering the Andaman Sea and parts of
Read moreLaotians rounded up for illegal entry
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FIVE LAOTIANS were yesterday arrested in Nakhon Phanom on charges of illegal entry into Thai territory, an immigration official said today (June 9, 2020) The four males and one female from Laos illegally slipped across Mekong River into the northeastern province and were allegedly trafficked on the road to a fruit
Read moreNorway scientist claims report proves coronavirus was lab-made
By David Nikel, Forbes NORWEGIAN scientist Birger Sørensen has claimed the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is not natural in origin. The claims by the co-author of the British-Norwegian study—published in the Quarterly Review of Biophysics—are supported by the former head of Britain’s MI6, Sir Richard Dearlove, Forbes reported yesterday (June 7, 2020). The study from Sørensen
Read moreTwo foreign men questioned in Ukrainian woman’s death on Koh Samui
THE discovery of the decomposed body of a young Ukrainian woman in a forest on Koh Samui has prompted police to call her her new British boyfriend and her former Ukrainian husband for questioning, Naewna newspaper reported this afternoon (June 8, 2020). The body of Olha Frolova, 32, was found by Uthen Ruangnon, 47, lying
Read moreWoman stabs boyfriend to death at Bangkok condo
A FIERCE quarrel between a young couple at a condominium off Phahonyothin road at 1 a.m. this morning led to the boyfriend being stabbed to death with a fruit knife and dying in a pool of blood in the corridor in front of the unit, Sanook.com reported today (June 8, 2020). Police arrested Ms Runghthiwa,
Read morePremium durian growers use barcode to fend off ‘fakes’
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DURIAN GROWN IN a certain village in the inland part of the seaside Hua Hin district will specifically bear a barcode sticker on the fruit to distinguish itself from all other durian in Thailand. Chief district officer of Hua Hin Prayong Chanthateng confirmed today (June 8) all Pala-U durian, named after
Read moreWoman and grandson die hugging each other in house fire
A WOMAN and her grandson hugged each other as they were burnt to death when their wooden house within a school compound in adjacent Pathum Thani province caught fire this morning (June 7), Sanook.com reported. At 10 a.m. Pol Col Kachorn Chatrakaew, deputy inspector at Pathum Thani city station, rushed to Bang Dua Temple School
Read moreSiam Paragon closes Paragon Cineplex for 3 days after slip-up
IN a display of extreme caution the operators of Siam Paragon shopping centre shut down the cinema within the complex for three days starting today (June 7) to give Major Group time to improve implementation of social distancing and other regulatory measures, PostToday reported. The shutdown was ordered after tenants renting the space in front
Read moreConvenience store manager held for selling drugs
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE WOMAN MANAGER of a 7-11 convenience store in Pattani was yesterday (June 6) arrested under suspicion of doing an unlikely business besides dealing in groceries – distributing speed pills. Police arrested Chanida Chanthudom at one of the 7-11s in the southern province and seized 110 speed pills in her alleged
Read moreNew adventures soon for Bangkok shoppers
WITH the phase 3 of the coronavirus lockdown having been implemented and phase 4 looming, shoppers in Bangkok have something new to look forward to with this being the launch of Siam Premium Outlets Bangkok, on Friday, June 19. Introducing outlet shopping is Siam Piwat Simon, a joint venture between Siam Piwat, the owner and
Read moreDisappeared activist’s sister says she heard Cambodian men talking
THE sister of an outspoken Thai anti-government activist who was allegedly abducted in Phnom Phen on Thursday said she heard four to five men talking in Cambodian language via the his mobile phone before his disappearance, Voice TV Online reported today (June 6, 2020). Wanchalearm Satsaksit, 37, who had self-exiled in the Cambodian capital, last
Read moreTwo hurt after angry man fires shotgun at noisy drinkers
Chai Nat: A 60-year-old-man who had been challenged for a long time by his enemy took the opportunity of him having got together for a loud drinking session with his friends to grab a shotgun and fire at them injuring two drinkers, one seriously, PostToday reported this morning (June 6, 2020). Police detectives from Sankhaburi
Read moreSunday Walking Street reopening in Chiang Mai
By Peeranut P., Sanook.com WITH phase 3 easing of the Covid-19 lockdown having led to many businesses and natural attractions again opening up the latest to likewise do so is Chiang Mai up in the north. Come Sunday June 7 and the popular Sunday Walking Street at the centre of the walled Old City will
Read moreActor named UNEP goodwill ambassador for Thailand
THE United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) today (June 5) announced Alex Rendell as a National Goodwill Ambassador for Thailand. Alex is an actor and co-founder and chief executive officer of the Environmental Education Center (EEC), an organization that raises environmental awareness among children. The half-British, half-Thai actor has long been a presence in Thai television
Read moreWeapons seized in Lampang as by-election nears
By Thai Newsroom Reporters OVER A DOZEN SHOTGUNS have been seized from villagers in Lampang during the current running up to a by-election of an MP in the northern province. Pol Maj Gen Anucha Uamcharoen, commander of the Lampang provincial police, today (June 5) announced 14 shotguns, 18 cap guns and a hand grenade have
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