JAKARTA: An Indonesian ministry will introduce a “Work From Bali” programme for civil servants aimed at helping to revive the island’s battered economy.

CHON BURI: Two Covid-19 fatalities and 80 Covid-19 cases were reported in Chon Buri, raising the provincial death toll to 24 and total cases to 4,517.

The underground government set up by opponents of Myanmar’s military junta says its first batch of recruits have finished training for a new defence force, releasing video of them parading in uniform.

WELLINGTON: Quarantine-free travel bubbles were hailed as a "godsend" for tourism earlier this year, but cancellations and suspensions have deflated hopes they will herald a return to pre-pandemic normality.

CHON BURI: The Sriracha Tiger Zoo has announced its intention to sell a herd of 11 elephants after being hard hit by ebbing tourism in the wake of the Covid-19 third wave.

Local authorities on Friday agreed to improve the living conditions at a Covid-19 field hospital set up at an electronics factory in Phetchaburi's Khao Yoi district following a protest by migrant workers being treated there on Thursday night, accordi...

Activist Srisuwan Janya has filed lawsuits against eight public officials over their roles in the recently completed Ban Mankong housing project after it was found to have encroached onto a public canal.

The Transport Ministry wants to expedite the high-speed rail project from Bangkok to Nong Khai and is trying to overcome an issue over the construction of a new train station in Ayutthaya.

Health authorities reported 34 new Covid-19 fatalities on Saturday and another 4,803 cases, bringing the accumulated toll to 988 deaths and the number of cases since the start of the pandemic to 149,779.

Thailand have earned five Tokyo 2020 berths in badminton after the Olympic rankings were frozen on Friday with the sport's governing body saying no further qualifying tournaments will take place before the Games this year.