Thailand

Tensions are expected to increase at an anti-government rally in Bangkok  after police detained a number of protest leaders, including Jatupat “Pai Daodin” Boonpatararaksa. Police also vowed to stop them from marching to Government House in another move likely to frustrate the demonstrators, after a group of royalists tried to foil them by mobilizing supporters along the path of a …

For the second time in less than a month, a royalist group gathered outside an office building owned by the family of Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit to dismiss him from the country. The party, called the People ‘s Centre Defending the Organisation, relocated from the Southern People’s Association to the Thai Sumit Building on New Phetchaburi Road in Bangkok. Led by Jakkapong …

Protest leader Arnon Nampa declared a proposal to surround Government House a rally to demand the government’s ouster. In view of this, Mr. Arnon, co-leader of the Khana Ratsadorn (People’s Party), a new name for the Free People ‘s Group, and anti-government protesters would assemble at the Democracy Monument on Ratchadamnoen Avenue before heading to Government House. Initially, the name …

Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn, the Minister of Tourism and Sports, the entire batch of tourists coming to Thailand via the special tourist visa (STV) in the first step must be 100 percent free of the coronavirus or the reopening plan will be scrapped indefinitely. He started that if in October and November the system sees no infections for the first groups, concerns …

In order to fire up demand and fight the worst economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic, Thailand will expand tax incentives to millions of its middle and upper income classes. The concession would allow around 3.7 million taxpayers, Deputy Prime Minister Supattanapong Punmeechaow told reporters in Bangkok on Wednesday (Oct 7), to subtract 30,000 baht (S$1,306.15) each from their …

Here’s the Senses Resort having a private infinity pool, gourmet food and two daily temperature checks. Welcome to Thailand’s five-star quarantine, where well-heeled visitors will live in comfort while adhering to some of the strictest anti-coronavirus measures in the world. The tourism-reliant country is reopening to a limited number of holidaymakers after barring tourists for six months, with the first …

TripAdvisor has taught a lot of people that the client is not always right. But the famous online travel platform has handed the average traveller untold power by establishing a digital environment where the views of the hoi polloi are sought and then substantiated. However, not in Thailand, where a lone-star reviewer faces up to two years in jail for …

The announcement of Arkhom Termpittayapaisith, the former transport minister as the new finance minister earned blanket praise from business and academic circles, praising the announcement as bringing much-needed stability to the ministry ‘s recent turmoil. Mr. Arkhom is expected to bring his vast experience in the private and public sector to the ministry at a critical time when it has …

After Cambodian netizens were angered by their use of Cambodian cultural symbols, including the iconic Angkor Wat, as building decorations, which they found unacceptable, a hotel in Koh Phangan issued an apology. The Koh Phangan Le Palais Hotel was inspired by the grandeur of Angkor Wat, located in Cambodia. Cambodia is our founder’s motherland and always holds a special place …

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha denied rumors that Arkhom Termpittayapaisith, the former transport minister, will be made the new finance minister. He submitted a new minister ‘s name, he said, without revealing who the individual was. The PM declined to reveal information when asked if the next minister would be Mr Arkhom, saying the next appointee would carry out the work …