Bua used to earn up to 40,000 baht ($1,300) a month as a sex worker in Thailand’s northern province of Chiang Mai when the coronavirus forced entertainment venues to close, leaving her jobless.
Cambodia and Laos happy as Thailand reopens 37 border checkpoints
Thailand will reopen checkpoints on the border with all neighboring states to resume cross-border cargo transport and trading from Wednesday (July 1), according to the Center for Covid-19 Situation …
Coronavirus: The council worker Zooming to work from Thailand
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Thailand to re-open bars and allow in some foreign travellers
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand will allow pubs and bars to re-open on Wednesday and plans to let in some foreign travellers after recording five weeks without any community transmission of the …
Thailand seeks ‘Covid-19 bounce’ from property investors, upmarket tourists
Real estate agents in Thailand say overseas buyers remain interested in property in the kingdom. Photo: Bloomberg . With sea-view condos and golf courses being perused over video …
Thailand logs 7 new Covid cases, no deaths Monday
The government reported seven new coronavirus cases and no new deaths on Monday, taking the total number of infections in Thailand to 3,169 with 58 deaths since January.
Black Lives Matter debate opens up in Thailand
The Black Lives Matter call to action has come to Thailand, a Buddhist-majority society, which is grappling with discrimination against dark-skinned Thais and against some foreign Black residents who …
Building a safer and stronger normal in Thailand with 5G
The Covid-19 pandemic is the biggest health emergency the world has faced in generations. The unprecedented magnitude of this crisis means everyone is making a concerted effort to improve safety while …
94th joint patrol on Mekong River completed; Laos reports 22 more dengue cases
The 94th Mekong River joint patrol by China, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand has concluded and the three Chinese law enforcement vessels returned home.
Thailand, Myanmar Burn More Than $2 Billion in Seized Drugs
Authorities in Myanmar and Thailand say they destroyed more than $2 billion in seized illegal drugs Friday to mark the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. In Bangkok and in …