Thailand and Malaysia Join Forces in Controlling Border Crossings
Thailand and Malaysia have discussed close cooperation in strengthening border control between the two countries in an effort to contain the spread of COVID-19.The Spokesperson of the Fourth Army Area Command’s Internal Security Operations Command, For…
Immediate Assistance for Workers and Entrepreneurs Affected by COVID-19
The Cabinet on 29 June 2021 approved assistance measures to ease impacts of COVID-19 for employees and employers in six provinces, following the recent announcement on Regulation No. 25, which involves restrictions implemented temporarily in high-risk …
Partial lockdown in and around Bangkok and southern provinces of Thailand from Monday
• The Royal Gazette website published the CCSA’s new COVID-19 restrictions on Sunday, which will be enforced in Bangkok, Nakhon Pathom, Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani, Samut Prakan, Samut Sakhon, Narathiwat, Pattani, Yala and Songkhla from tomorrow (Monday, …
Troops to monitor construction worker housing in Bangkok for lockdown month
Army personnel will be deployed at construction worker housing facilities in Bangkok and its vicinities, to make sure that their residents remain confined to their camps throughout the one-month closure.Lt-Gen Kongcheep Tantravanich, spokesman for the …
Thai protesters rally for first time in months despite worst COVID-19 outbreak yet
• Hundreds of Thais returned to the streets of Bangkok for the first time in months today (Thursday) to demand political change. The protests are the first since the second wave of COVID-19, in mid-December 2020, and as the country is battling the wors…
COVID-Infected Cambodian Migrants in Thailand Beg Phnom Penh and Bangkok for Help
A group of 50 coronavirus-infected Cambodian migrant workers in Thailand are calling on the governments of both their home and host countries to provide medical treatment and other support, the migrants told RFA.Among the group stuck in a makeshift qua…