By Myanmar Now THE Myanmar junta’s military jets have been frequently flying over territory controlled by the Karen National Union (KNU) in Bago Region and Karen State in what is believed to be an aerial reconnaissance mission, the ethnic armed organisation has said. From April 8 until 10, there were more than 10 sightings of
Month: April 2021
One of Bangkok’s field hospitals ready for use
A BANGKOK Metropolitan Administration (BMA) team inspected a field hospital set up at 84th Anniversary Bang Bon Stadium in Bang Bon district today (April 12) with this having 200 beds for Covid patients and is part of a three-pronged strategy to increase hospital care in the capital, TV Channel 7 said. BMA’s permanent secretary Mrs.
Read moreStudent slightly hurt after driver using mobile phone hits pole
A QUICK-WITTED teenage boy selling galards at an intersection for extra income escaped a horrible a crash after noticing that the driver of a car pulling out of an intersection in Khon Kaen city was using his mobile phone and stepped aside before the vehicle hit the light pole, Sanook.com said this afternoon (April 12).
Read moreCovid count again above 900, pub cases climb in Chonburi
THE Public Health Ministry said late this morning (April 12) that there were 985 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours while Chonburi revealed that nearly half of its 97 new cases were linked to various entertainment venues, Sanook.com said, Dr. Opas Karnkawinpong, director-general of the Department of Disease Control, said the new batch
Read moreReports: Myanmar forces kill 82 in single day in city
By The Associated Press, published by Seattle Times Yangon — At least 82 people were killed in one day in a crackdown by Myanmar security forces on pro-democracy protesters, according to reports today (April 11) from independent local media and an organization that keeps track of casualties since the February coup. Friday’s death toll in
Read moreMinistry: 38 provinces imposing quarantine on travellers
THE Interior Ministry’s Coronavirus Management Centre said this afternoon (April 11) all travellers to 38 provinces will now be quarantined with each province having separately worked out the details of this new requirement, TV Channel 7 said. The ministry added that these provinces had issued preventive measures because the new outbreak of coronavirus is spreading
Read moreBangkok prison: Penguin is not dead
AFTER social media was abuzz with rumours that detained protest leader Mr. Prit Chivarak, or Penguin, who has been on hunger strike since March 13 after being refused bail, had died, Bangkok Special Prison clarified on its webpage that this is not true, Thai Rath newspaper said today (April 11). According to social media posts
Read moreDaily Covid count soars to 967, 141 cases linked to Hua Hin pub
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) said via its Facebook page at 11 a.m. today (April 11) that there were 967 cases over the past 24 hours while a Hua Hin doctor revealed that the number of cases linked to Maya exclusive pub has risen to 141, Sanook.com said. The new batch of cases
Read morePrince Philip’s funeral will be low key as Covid-19 changes funeral plans
By Laura Smith-Spark, CNN, published by MSN News GUN salutes took place across the United Kingdom and in Commonwealth countries today (April 10) in tribute to Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II’s husband for more than seven decades, who died on Friday at the age of 99. Tributes have flooded in from the UK and abroad
Read moreRights group condemns Myanmar death sentences
By AFP and published by Channel NewsAsia Yangon – An international human rights group condemned Myanmar’s junta today (April 10) for sentencing 19 people to die, in the first known use of the death penalty since the military seized power. Myanmar has been in turmoil since civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi was ousted on
Read moreBanker kills girlfriend, injures restaurateur in jealous rage
A YOUNG banker in Loei province shot dead his girlfriend outside a restaurant in jealous rage at 2 a.m. this morning (April 10) after seriously wounding the restaurateur then also killed himself by firing a shot in the temple, Sanook.com said. The violence erupted at a rice porridge restaurant in Wang Saphung district where the
Read moreMinistry: Youths showing slight symptoms in current Covid uptick
THE Public Health Ministry said clinical observation shows that the current round of coronavirus outbreak which started in entertainment venues is mostly spreading among youths who only display slight symptoms, Thai Rath newspaper said today (April 10). Dr. Opas Karnkawinpong, director-general of the Department of Disease Control, said while the original advice on Covid symptoms
Read moreDaily Covid count climbs to 789 while 1m doses of Sinovac vaccine arrive
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) said that there were 789 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours while a million more doses of Sinovac vaccine arrived this morning (April 10), TV Channel 7 said. The new batch of cases raised the cumulative confirmed total to 31,658 but there was also another fatality
Read moreMyanmar junta says protests against its rule are dwindling
By Reuters Staff, published by US News & World Report MYANMAR’S military junta said today (April 9) that a protest campaign against its rule was dwindling since people wanted peace while 18 ambassadors to the country called in a joint statement for the restoration of democracy. Government ministries will resume full operations soon, junta spokesman
Read morePrince Philip, husband of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, dies at 99
By NBC News London — Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II’s husband and the longest-serving consort of any British monarch, has died at age 99. A statement posted on the royal family’s website this morning (April 9) said: “It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen announces the death of her beloved husband, His
Read moreWoman driver plunges into construction ditch with no warning signs around
A 70-year-old woman drove her car into a ditch that had been dug to lay water mains at the Ratchada-Tha Phra underpass construction site last night with this leaving both her and her son injured, Sanook.com and TV Channel 7 said today (April 9). Mrs. Khemkorn Kongthananon, 70, the driver is still in shock. She
Read moreBang Khen police chief catches Covid, daily count soars to 559
THE head of Bang Khen police station has tested positive for coronavirus and is now being treated at Police Hospital while there were 559 coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, Sanook.com said today (April 9). Bang Khen Public Health officials thoroughly sprayed the whole station with disinfectant while the timeline of the station’s police
Read moreEleven killed as Myanmar protesters fight troops with handmade guns
By Reuters Staff, published by US News & World Report ANTI-COUP demonstrators in Myanmar fought back with handmade guns and firebombs against a crackdown by security forces in a town in the northwest but at least 11 of the protesters were killed, domestic media reported today (April 8). Initially, six truckloads of troops were
Read moreChula doctor: British Covid strain spread here from Cambodia
A CHULALONGKORN University doctor suspects that the fast-spreading British variant of coronavirus that has now emerged in Thailand likely came across the border from Cambodia where a severe outbreak is raging, Siam Rath newspaper said this afternoon (April 8) Dr Yong Poovorawan, head of the Centre of Excellence in Clinical Virology at the Faculty of
Read moreTwo secondhand F-16 jet fighters decommissioned
By Thai Newsroom Reporters TWO SECONDHAND U.S.-built F-16 jet fighters were recently decommissioned by the Thai air force following their long years of service. The two decommissioned combat aircraft were an F-16A jet fighter, which had been earlier deployed by the U.S. air force, and an F-16B jet fighter, earlier deployed by the Singaporean air
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