By Agencies and published by Channel NewsAsia Kuala Lumpur – Southeast Asian foreign ministers today (August 4) picked Brunei Second Foreign Minister Erywan Yusof as their special envoy to Myanmar, in a breakthrough after months of delay for regional mediation to help end the country’s deepening crisis. Erywan has been tasked with ending violence in
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No mRNA shot for seven Thai detainees in southern Laos
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE SEVEN THAI NATIONALS who were recently arrested in a Thai-Laotian border area and are currently detained in southern Laos have not been given an mRNA coronavirus vaccine, officials said today (August 4). The five female and two male Thais who were arrested on August 1 by Laotian authorities while looking
Read moreBriton, Thai girlfriend arrested in Chiang Mai drug sting
A BRITON and his Thai girlfriend were arrested in Chiang Mai early this morning (August 4) in a successful police sting operation but the couple later explained that they saw themselves as being like Robin Hood having sold drugs to get money to help Covid-19 victims, Thai Rath newspaper said. At 6 a.m. this morning
Read moreDaily Covid cases spike to 20,200, Bangkok’s total 4,118
THAILAND’S daily Covid count soared to 20,200 cases and 188 deaths in 24 hours to this morning (August 4) with Bangkok’s total surpassing the 4,000 mark for the first time to reach 4,118 infections, Sanook.com and Siam Rath newspaper said. The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) said of today’s large batch of cases,
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