Thailand is to ease its novel coronavirus procedures to enable more patients from abroad to undergo next month’s care, a top health official said after hospital appeals eager to treat their patients from overseas. Thailand is a major medical tourism center that attracts patients from Asia , the Middle East and beyond. But restrictions on combating coronavirus have been observed …

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo today will inaugurate the Yogyakarta International Airport (YIA) Kulon Progo, Special Region of Yogyakarta. The inauguration was carried out with a health protocol with a very limited number of invitations. Pagi ini, saya ke Yogyakarta dengan rombongan terbatas. Di sana, saya hendak meresmikan Yogyakarta International Airport (YIA), bandara tempat saya mendarat di Kab. Kulon Progo, sekaligus …

The police continue to gather evidence to find out what caused the fire at the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) on Saturday (8/28) evening that lasted for more than 10 hours. “Then, investigators have examined about 99 witnesses, consisting of freelance daily workers, office boys, cleaning services, and employees of the Indonesian Attorney General’s Office,” said Head of Community Information Bureau, …

PETALING JAYA – Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law) Datuk Takiyuddin Hassan has reiterated that the government does not owe anyone an explanation for withdrawing a bill. The minister was referring to the Cabinet’s decision to withdraw a bill that will limit the term of the prime minister to two terms. Takiyuddin added that the bill was …

PETALING JAYA – According to senior minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, The country’s border will remain close for non-Malaysians who is seeking to work in the country. The comment came after hearing several pleads from businesses with staff or workers stuck abroad such as Thailand or whose home helper currently in Philippines or Indonesia. While he is aware of …

MANILA – China’s “nine-dash line” claim by China in the South China Sea is nothing but there imagination, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Sunday, as he condemns illegally occupying Filipino maritime territory. Lorenzana said that China’s historical rights inside their nine-dash line don’t exist except in their imagination. The statement came after Manila and Beijing clash over the disputed …

MANILA – Malacañang confirmed on Thursday that President Duterte has accepted Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) president Ricardo Morales’ resignation. According to presidential spokesperson Harry Roque, Duterte has accepted his resignation and already looking for a new head for the state insurance. The resignation came in when the President asked Morales to step down from his post due to health …

South Korea ordered doctors in the Seoul region to return to work as they began a three-day strike in protest against multiple government measures, including one to increase the number of doctors coping with health emergencies such as coronavirus. Trainee doctors staged simultaneous walkouts, and thousands of additional doctors were scheduled to launch a three-day strike. The strikes come as …

Thailand will postpone clinical trials of its coronavirus vaccine due to limited overseas manufacturing space, a senior official said on Wednesday, but plans to restart trials by the end of the year. Health authorities had expected human vaccine testing by October, but will postpone the full ability of factories abroad for several months, said Kiat Ruxrungtham, director of the vaccine …

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha issued his sternest warning to protesters still demanding his resignation, saying they created deeper tensions that could cause the country to collapse. If we continue to publicly surmount each other, the country would crumble, Gen Prayut told reporters. If that happens, just wait and everyone’s going to be on fiery ground, engulfed in flames. Comments come …