Forget tweeting and selfies: What the Internet really wants is to watch you eat
Published by Channel NewsAsia VIDEOS with the hashtag “whatieatinaday” have been viewed more than 7 billion times on TikTok. The Financial Times’ Elaine Moore digs into the global phenomenon. MUKBANG videos always start with the food. Heaps of bright red crab legs or bowls of glistening noodles sit close to the camera. Behind them, the […]
Read MoreSenior Thais and expats will receive AstraZeneca vaccine shipped from Japan
THAILAND’S Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) says that senior Thais and foreigners based in Thailand will be given priority for the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, which arrived in the country from Japan on July 9, NNT said. CCSA assistant spokeswoman Dr Apisamai Srirangsan said Thais and foreigners aged 60 or over and those with any […]
Read More‘Fight for vaccine’: Thais snap up Covid-19 shots in seconds via e-commerce sale
By Reuters Staff and published by Channel NewsAsia A THAI hospital taking reservations this week for the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine was sold out in minutes: After offering shots via e-commerce platform Shopee. With a worsening outbreak and worries about the efficacy of vaccines offered locally, appetite has quickly grown in Thailand for mRNA vaccines, which […]
Read MoreFrench father goes on hunger strike for kids ‘abducted’ by Japanese wife
By AFP, published by Channel NewsAsia Tokyo – A Frenchman in Japan who says his children were abducted by their Japanese mother began a hunger strike in Tokyo today (July 10), in a protest he hopes will bring international attention to his fight to be reunited with his family. “I’ve given everything, I’ve lost my […]
Read MoreStreet protesters urge PM to quit in 14 days
By Thai Newsroom Reporters ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTERS today (July 10) continued to press Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to step down in 14 days’ time on allegations that he has obviously failed to effectively contain the Covid-19 pandemic throughout the country. Political activist Sombat Boonngam-anong, leader of the ”car mob” protesters, called on Prayut to resign within […]
Read MoreBangkok, outlying provinces, 4 southern provinces under lockdown
By Thai Newsroom Reporters BANGKOK, FIVE OUTLYING provinces and four southernmost provinces are now under lockdown and curfew for a 14-day duration as the domestic pandemic situation has worsened. The lockdown and curfew were imposed yesterday (July 9) by the Centre for the Covid-19 Situation Administration, effective from today and Monday respectively. The provinces affected […]
Read MoreDaily Covid tally again soars to 9,326, 10 cases in Phuket
THE Public Health Ministry said early this morning (July 10) that the daily total of coronavirus cases surged to 9,326 over the past 24 hours while Phuket authorities revealed that 10 cases emerged on the island yesterday just days after the launch of the Sandbox scheme, Thai Rath newspaper said. There were also 91 […]
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