By Thai Newsroom Reporters AN ARMY COLONEL attached to the Thai Armed Forces headquarters will be disciplinarily punished for trying to obtain Moderna vaccine for purported use among military personnel and their family members. Deputy Thai Armed Forces headquarters spokesman Maj. Gen. Thirapong Pattamasing said today (July 23) the colonel in question, who is
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Anti-Prayut ‘car mob’ protest held in Korat
TWO GROUPS of Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat) protesters held a “car mob” parade through this northeastern city at 5 p.m. today (July 23) to pressure Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to resign, Sanook.com said. The approximately 1,500 protesters, from Korat Movement and Korat No Dictatorship groups, had gathered at the parking lot in front of Tawan Daeng
Read more48 youths held in raid at Songkhla hotel party
SOUTHERN Songkhla officials and police raided a party held at a hotel on Koh Yo island and arrested 48 youths with drugs also found at the scene, Siam Rath newspaper said this afternoon (July 23). At around 11 p.m. last night Mr. Chaiphon Niyomkaew, chief of Mueang Songkhla district, together with police and officials
Read morePhilippines extends travel ban to Malaysia, Thailand amid Delta-fuelled surge
By Reuters Staff, published by The Straits Times Manila – The Philippines has tightened restrictions in the community and at the borders, as it confirmed the start of a new wave of Covid-19 infections – this time fuelled by the highly contagious Delta variant. The government today (July 23) announced that its travel ban would
Read moreThammasat field hospital: healthcare system has collapsed
IN A DISCONCERTING post Thammasat field hospital said that the Thai healthcare system has now collapsed to go by seriously ill patients not getting admitted for treatment despite calling several hospitals and then dying in their home and on the street, Amarin TV said this morning (July 23). While this Facebook post was published
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