Thailand Bangkok Top Stories
Sat, 06 Feb 2021 13:12:00 +0700490 new Covid-19 cases, 479 local
A total of 490 new Covid-19 cases — 479 local infections and 11 imported — were reported on Saturday, raising the total to 23,134 with no new deaths.
Sat, 06 Feb 2021 06:33:00 +0700Subdued Chinese New Year anticipated
A tour company believes this year's Chinese New Year is likely to be quietest in years, right across the globe.
Sat, 06 Feb 2021 05:22:00 +0700Handout eligibility reassessed
The Finance Ministry is preparing to reconsider the eligibility criteria for receiving financial aid under the Rao Chana (We Win) scheme, which stipulates recipients should have a taxable income of no more than 300,000 baht per year.
Sat, 06 Feb 2021 05:00:00 +0700Displaced Karen demand land back
A civic group protested in front of the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry building on Friday as part of a campaign to pressure the government to resettle ethnic Karen villagers displaced from the Kaeng Krachan National Park in Phetchaburi ov...
Sat, 06 Feb 2021 04:33:00 +0700Spike in capital sees screening ramped up
The Public Health Ministry is stepping up Covid-19 surveillance in western Bangkok following a spike in infections, a senior official said on Friday.
Fri, 05 Feb 2021 15:43:00 +0700Major online gambling network busted, housed in cargo containers
Police have busted a major online gambling operation working from converted shipping containers in a village on the border with Cambodia, and taking bets from tens of thousands of punters each day.
Fri, 05 Feb 2021 12:44:00 +0700586 new Covid-19 cases
The government on Friday reported 586 new Covid-19 cases, 573 local infections and 13 imported, raising the total to 22,644.
Fri, 05 Feb 2021 06:02:00 +0700AstraZeneca to send Covid jabs from Asia
The British/Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca will ship 150,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines to Thailand from a manufacturing plant based in Asia, rather than from Italy, in a bid to ensure no delivery delays, the government said on Thursday.
Fri, 05 Feb 2021 05:00:00 +0700CSD nets Siapo, 26 others over online gambling
Police have arrested Siapo Po-arnon -- a popular internet figure who advised a House panel on gambling -- on charges of organising online gambling.
Fri, 05 Feb 2021 04:56:00 +0700Folk singer avoids jail for dodgy ads
Yingyong Yodbuangam, a famous folk singer also known as Prayong Buangam, has escaped with a one-year suspended jail term for exaggerating the benefits of his caterpillar fungus or "Tang Chao"-- based food supplement.