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Tue, 19 Apr 2022 06:53:00 +0700
Ministry bracing for post-Songkran Covid-19 spike
The Public Health Ministry is reportedly stockpiling medical supplies to ensure the country's readiness to handle rising Covid-19 cases after the Songkran festival.

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 06:31:00 +0700
Sticky rice dish moves up in world
A committee on local wisdom and cultural heritage under the Ministry of Culture may propose khao nieo mamuang, or mango sticky rice, as a Thai cultural heritage item with Unesco, says Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 06:26:00 +0700
Prinn faces mounting abuse cases
Three more people filed police complaints against former Democrat deputy leader Prinn Panitchpakdi on Monday accusing him of sexual misconduct, bringing the total number of accusers to eight.

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 05:00:00 +0700
Hoteliers seeking 2m room nights
Hoteliers are calling for an additional 2 million room nights under the We Travel Together hotel subsidy campaign by May to shore up tourism demand during the off-peak season as the quota for the scheme's fourth phase was used up during the Songkran ...

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 04:33:00 +0700
Endemic switch on track
The Ministry of Public Health is keeping to its original schedule of declaring Covid-19 an endemic disease on July 1 despite a forecast indicating an increase in fatalities, mainly among senior citizens.

Sat, 16 Apr 2022 23:51:00 +0700
US to host Asean leaders in mid-May
United States President Joe Biden will meet in mid-May with the leaders of Southeast Asian nations, with a likely focus on the rising power of China, the host country announced on Saturday.

Sat, 16 Apr 2022 16:55:00 +0700
Prinn meets police, denies sex charges
Prinn Panitchpakdi, a former deputy leader of the Democrat Party, is scheduled to appear in court on Sunday morning to answer sex charges, which he denied in his first meeting with Lumphini police on Saturday.

Sat, 16 Apr 2022 08:21:00 +0700
18,892 new Covid cases, 125 more deaths
The country registered 18,892 more Covid-19 cases and 125 new fatalities during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Saturday morning.

Sat, 16 Apr 2022 04:00:00 +0700
Songkhram River threat
Development projects and agrochemicals are threatening the ecology of the Songkhram River -- the last free-flowing river in the Northeast and one of the country's few remaining freshwater biodiversity hotspots, although some species are already nothi...

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 18:58:00 +0700
Arrest warrant considered for Prinn over sexual harassment claims
Police are compiling evidence to seek a warrant from the South Bangkok Criminal Court to arrest Prinn Panitchpakdi, former deputy leader of the Democrat Party who is engulfed in sexual harassment allegations.



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