Authorities in northern Laos have called on businesses in the Chinese-run Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone (SEZ) to stop hiring Lao women to work as “chat girls” in an effort to curb abuses, including human trafficking.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has urged the public not to fret as authorities continue their search for a European man who is believed to have infected the Thai man recently confirmed as Thailand's second monkeypox case.

Hope is being regained that Thai tourism can attract 1 million Russian tourists this year as Aeroflot will resume direct flights to Phuket this winter after a pause of several months due to the Russian-Ukraine conflict.

Bang Sue Grand Station's Central Vaccination Centre said on Friday that its Moderna vaccinations for Covid-19 have not expired and still have at least two more months of shelf life.

The three Chinese men arrested at Suvarnabhumi airport on Thursday over the alleged abduction of a Chinese businessman all denied the charges, but police said they gave differing statements.

There were 37 more Covid-19 fatalities and 2,480 new cases admitted to hospitals on Thursday, the Ministry of Public Health reported on Friday.

Two more people accused of recruiting unemployed Thais to work for a phone scam gang in Cambodia have been arrested by police, in Sa Kaeo and Bangkok.

NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A man and a woman were found in a fresh grave in Chok Chai district on Thursday evening and local residents said they were not known to them.

Surging airfares have become one of the most pressing issues in terms of tourism recovery as only a handful of tourists can afford the hefty price of tours.

Three Chinese men have been arrested for allegedly abducting a businessman from Vanuatu in Bangkok for a 10-million-baht ransom.