Chinese make travel plans as Covid-19 rules ease further
By Reuters and published by CNA Shanghai – Chinese people, cut off from the rest of the world for three years by Covid-19 curbs, flocked to travel sites today (Dec. 27) ahead of borders reopening, even as rising infections strained the health system and roiled the economy. Zero-tolerance measures – from shuttered borders to […]
Read MoreNew Zealander dies in fall from Kanchanaburi train
A TOURIST from New Zealand slipped and fell from the train that had slowed down for passengers to take photos at Kanchanaburi’s Krasae Cave which was the camp of POWs in World War II, Naewna newspaper said today (Dec. 27). At 12.10 p.m. Pol. Lt. Col. Kiattisak Kerdchok, an investigator at Sai Yok police […]
Read MoreNational Parks Dept chief nabbed on extortion charges
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NATIONAL PARKS, WILDLIFE & PLANT Conservation Department director-general Ratchada Suriyakul na Ayudhya was today (Dec.27) arrested on charges of extorting and accepting payoffs in cash from subordinate officials of the agency. In a press conference following the surprise arrest of the chief of the national parks agency, National Anti-Corruption Commission secretary-general […]
Read MorePheu Thai Party faces dissolution move over Paetongtarn visiting Thaksin in HK
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE ELECTION COMMISSION was today (Dec.27) petitioned to consider taking steps to have the Pheu Thai Party dissolved by court for allegedly breaking the law, given Paetongtarn “Oong Ing” Shinawatra’s recent visit to Hong Kong where she met her fugitive father/former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Political activist Sonthiya Sawasdee filed the […]
Read MoreSouth Korea reports first death from ‘brain-eating amoeba’
By Korea Herald Seoul – South Korea reported its first case of infection from Naegleria fowleri, commonly referred to as “brain-eating amoeba,” health authorities said on Monday. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) confirmed that a Korean national in his 50s had died after returning from Thailand. The man came back to […]
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