Thailand

A police officer told Reuters that police arrested a student leader on Tuesday as part of a continuing crackdown on political activists who helped organize an anti-government protest in July. Jutatip Sirikhan, 21, the president of the Student Union of Thailand, was arrested by a police officer in plain clothes while she was in a taxi traveling to Bangkok University, …

Three schools in two border provinces, Prachuap Khiri Khan and Kanchanaburi, were temporarily closed because of fears of the Covid-19 outbreak from neighboring Myanmar. Students in Kanchanaburi came in close contact with illegal Myanmar border crossers who later fell ill and were hospitalized. The Ban Kui School in Thong Pha Phum was closed for three days and parents, teachers and …

A large number of Thai students are now joining top universities abroad to grab opportunities from an international world, like the prestigious Ivy League. The British Council Thailand announced in February that the number of Thai higher education students studying abroad amounted to 15,738. Of that, 43% flocked to the UK, followed by 37% to the US, 16% to Australia, …

Here’s something new, not only did the new series of protests shake up political stability and deepen the divide between the younger and older generations, they also drove a wedge between the teachers and the students. As student demonstrators lift their movement against the establishment to oust the government and press for sweeping democratic changes, some teachers and schools opposed …

Informa Markets organizes exhibitions of renewable energy & electric vehicle technology in cooperation with government-private sectors; exhibits the latest developments and technologies with seminars; work towards a cleaner and safer ‘new normal’ world from 23 September 2020. Informa Markets; the organiser of ASEAN Sustainable Energy Week 2020; joins forces with government and private sectors. The most detailed regional exhibition in …

Opposition parties except Pheu Thai decided to endorse the constitutional reform bill for the Step Forward Party to “turn off” 250 senators before continuing with a rewrite of the charter. The bill seeks to open the door to drafting a new charter by modifying the parts regulating how to amend the existing constitution. Pheu Thai, the largest opposition party, said …

Police intend to prosecute pro-democracy demonstrators on Friday in favor of their colleagues who created violent scenes. Supporters of anti-government activists who arrived at the Samran Rat Police Station to accept charges arising from a July 18 rally breached police barriers and one hurled a paint container at officers, claiming it was a form of art used to respond against …

Limitations on Covid-19 have been progressively relaxed to the point that people’s lives slowly return to normal. All schools, shopping centres, convenience shops, pubs and bars as well as soapy massage parlours can now be opened to boost the economy. Now a panel under the Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) is seeing more loosening by allowing normal-sized schools, crowds …

Government coalition parties have settled on a single version of the motion to enact constitutional reform, which contains specifics of a commission formed to write a new charter but leaves the Senate unchanged. Deputy chief of government whip Chinnaworn Bunyakiat said the coalition had agreed on one motion to change the constitution. It will be sent to Parliament after the …

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 …