Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai participated in the 10th Mekong-Republic of Korea (ROK) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting via videoconference on 28 September 2020, according to a report from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.   At the meeting, he emphasized the importance of

The Secretary General of the National Security Council (NSC) at the meeting of the Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) on 28 September 2020 gave a report on the permission and criteria for persons who can be allowed to enter

About 14 million state welfare card holders will be given a 500 baht monthly allowance for three months, beginning in October, to buy food and other necessities at Thong Fah (Blue Flag) shops, said Mr. Lawan Saengsanit, Director of the

Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha and Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan have dismissed speculation that governing coalition parties will join with the opposition Pheu Thai Party to form a national government. “You go and ask the one who spread the rumour,” said

On October 8th, a group of 150 Chinese nationals, issued with special tourist visas (STV), will be the first foreign tourists allowed into Thailand, under the conditional entry scheme for selected groups of foreigners endorsed by the CCSA yesterday. Thailand’s Tourism

Contrary to speculation by anti-paraquat groups, the Hazardous Substances Committee has reconfirmed its ban on the production, import, export and possession of the herbicide paraquat and pesticide chlorpyrifos, which came into effect on June 1st, 2020. Industry Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit, in

Thailand’s cabinet on Tuesday authorized a 12 billion baht-budget increase (nearly U.S. $400 million) for a high-speed railway being built by Chinese state firms between northeastern Nakhon Ratchasima province and the capital Bangkok, a government spokeswoman said. The additional money was