The Chinese Embassy in Bangkok said, in its Facebook post, that another three million doses of Sinovac inactivated virus vaccine, in two batches, arrived in Bangkok today, adding “Chinese and Thais are brothers and sisters, fight on Thailand.”It also s…
Day: August 15, 2021
Phuket extends restrictions for 14 days due to high numbers of new COVID-19 cases
Phuket has extended its restrictions until the end of August, including the sealing off of the island to outsiders, with some exceptions, due to continuing high numbers of new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases.The exceptions are Phuket residents, visi…
Defiant protesters ignore promise of peaceful rally, clash with police at Din Daeng intersection
Young hard core anti-establishment protesters, many of them vocational students, clashed with crowd control police at Bangkok’s Din Daeng intersection again this evening (Sunday), as they tried to breach a wall of shipping containers and a police cordo…
More “car mob” protests in Bangkok on Sunday
At least three anti-government protest groups will hold what they call “car mob” protests in Bangkok and the neighbouring province of Ayutthaya this afternoon (Sunday), to demand the ouster of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.Nattawut Saikuar, former c…
Charter amendment bill now with House Speaker for second then final readings
The constitutional amendments bill, which passed its first reading in a joint sitting of Thailand’s House and Senate in late June, has been sent to House Speaker Chuan Leekpai to be added to the meeting agenda for its second and third readings.Already …