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July 27, 2021 at 1:59 am

Thailand sends COVID-19 patients to hometowns by train VIEW

BANGKOK (AP) — Authorities in Thailand began transporting some people who tested positive for the coronavirus from Bangkok to their hometowns on Tuesday for isolation...

July 23, 2021 at 12:59 am

Bangkok closes public spaces as virus surges in Thailand VIEW

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s already locked down capital shut parks and the few remaining public places available to residents Friday, as the country registered a...

Business

May 28, 2021 at 5:10 am

Royal-backed Thai institute to import Chinese vaccine

BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai research agency associated with the country’s royal family said Friday that it will purchase and import a coronavirus vaccine made...

Business

May 26, 2021 at 9:18 am

Thai taxi drivers protest draft law on Uber-type services

BANGKOK (AP) — An association of taxi drivers in Thailand on Wednesday urged the government to reconsider a draft regulation that would allow the use...

Business

May 25, 2021 at 8:12 am

Assault rifles missing in turbulent southern Thailand

BANGKOK (AP) — Police in Thailand said Tuesday that 28 assault rifles intended for defense volunteers are missing in the country’s deep south, which has...

Nation & World

May 20, 2021 at 3:09 am

California ex-con entrepreneur arrested in Thai kidnap case

BANGKOK (AP) — Police in Thailand said Thursday they are pursuing more suspects in the kidnapping of a Taiwanese businessman for which an American entrepreneur...

May 12, 2021 at 6:17 am

COVID-19 infections surge among prisoners in Bangkok

BANGKOK (AP) — Nearly 3,000 inmates at two prisons in Thailand’s capital have tested positive for COVID-19, the Corrections Department said Wednesday, as the country...

May 11, 2021 at 6:57 am

Thailand urged not to repatriate reporters who fled Myanmar

BANGKOK (AP) — Rights organizations and reporters' groups urged Thai authorities on Tuesday not to repatriate three journalists who fled to Thailand from military-run Myanmar,...

Nation & World

May 10, 2021 at 6:12 am

Indian virus variant found in Thai travelers from Pakistan

BANGKOK (AP) — Health authorities in Thailand said Monday they have confirmed the country’s first cases of the Indian variant of the coronavirus, in a...

In this Thursday, May 6, 2021, photo released by the Thai Provincial Police Region 5, police arrest and interrogate American citizen Jason Matthew Balzer, center, in Chiang Mai province northern Thailand before charging him for intentionally murdering his pregnant wife in Nan province. (Thai Provincial Police Region 5 via AP) XSL101 XSL101

May 7, 2021 at 1:35 am

American accused of killing Thai wife had been prosecuted for abuse in U.S.

BANGKOK (AP) — A U.S. citizen charged with killing his pregnant Thai wife in Thailand was accused of attempting to kill what appears to be...