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Students wait to receive Covid-19 vaccines in Bangkok on Oct. 4 as the country began to vaccinate students aged 12-18 for the new semester, which will start in November.

Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Real, Growing Among Thailand’s Youth

The 2020 Pattaya Music Festival had a smallish seating area and no standing or dancing crowds.

Pattaya Music Festival Bans Unvaccinated, Untested Fans

Officials secure the bagged body of Sufian Yusof, a slain insurgent suspect, ahead of an autopsy at Yi-Ngo Hospital in Narathiwat Province on Oct. 13.

17-Day Mission in Deep South Swamp Ends ‘Successfully’, Thai Military Says

Myanmar Rohingya

For Tatmadaw, Rohingyas Can Be the Key to Legitimacy

Coronavirus Update

Thailand

1,751,704

Confirmed Cases

Updated on 15 October 2021 00:40

Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Real, Growing Among Thailand’s Youth

Thailand’s Curfew, List of ‘Dark Red’ Provinces Shrinks Saturday

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U.K. ‘Red List’ Removal Seen Spurring Immediate Boost in U.K. Tourism to Thailand

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The 2020 Pattaya Music Festival had a smallish seating area and no standing or dancing crowds.

Pattaya Music Festival Bans Unvaccinated, Untested Fans

Only fully vaccinated and coronavirus-tested people will be admitted into the Pattaya Music Festival when it unfolds over four weekends in November and December. At an Oct. 15 kickoff event, Mayor Sonthaya Kunplome said the city would go beyond disease-control...

Officials secure the bagged body of Sufian Yusof, a slain insurgent suspect, ahead of an autopsy at Yi-Ngo Hospital in Narathiwat Province on Oct. 13.

17-Day Mission in Deep South Swamp Ends ‘Successfully’, Thai Military Says

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The Pasak Jolasid Dam in the Central Plains is in danger of overflowing.

20 Thailand Dams Ready to Overflow, Forcing More Flood-Causing Water Discharges

Pattaya

The 2020 Pattaya Music Festival had a smallish seating area and no standing or dancing crowds.

Pattaya Music Festival Bans Unvaccinated, Untested Fans

Pattaya police raided the Sky Mountain bar for the third time. (Photo: Pattaya Mail, with permission)

Pattaya Bar Boss Who Paid ฿40K Bribe to Fake Police Busted...

Pattaya Music Festival Set for 4 Nov., Dec. Weekends

Waterfront Suites Residence Pattaya Thailand Condo Tower-2

Pattaya’s Waterfront Suites White Elephant Tower Asks to Resume Construction

Phuket

Beach bars on Koh Samui await domestic tourists, who now don't have to take a coronavirus test to visit if they're fully vaccinated against Covid-19. (Photo: Bangkok Herald)

Phuket, Koh Samui Drop Covid-19 Testing Requirement for Domestic Tourists

Prayut Touts ‘Phuket Transformation’ Plan to Draw 1 Million Tourists by...

Phuket Bangla Road Restaurant Bar Pub Chinese Thai Food

Phuket Restaurants Get OK to Sell Alcohol Again

Phuket Temple Wat Thailand

Phuket Ends Self-Imposed Isolation Oct. 1 Even As Covid-19 Cases Continue...

Chiang Mai

The winner of ฿30 million baht in the Sept. 16 government lottery in Chiang Mai, along with her security agent.

Chiang Mai Woman Wins ฿30 Million Lottery, Finds Relatives She Never...

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UNESCO Lists Chiang Mai’s Doi Chiang Dao as Biosphere Reserve

Common Sense Finally? TAT Boss Says Cities’ Quarantine, ‘Sealed Routes’ Plans...

A Chiang Mai police officer carries the 2-year-old kidnapping victim alive out of a cave where she had been left three days.

Chiang Mai Kidnapper Wanted to Sacrifice Toddler to Forest Spirits

Koh Samui

Beach bars on Koh Samui await domestic tourists, who now don't have to take a coronavirus test to visit if they're fully vaccinated against Covid-19. (Photo: Bangkok Herald)

Phuket, Koh Samui Drop Covid-19 Testing Requirement for Domestic Tourists

SM-Samui-Plus-2-month-overview

Failed ‘Samui Plus’ Scheme Drew only 786 Tourists in 2 Months

Common Sense Finally? TAT Boss Says Cities’ Quarantine, ‘Sealed Routes’ Plans...

Koh Samui Ranked World’s 7th Best Island by Travel+Leisure Mag

Regional – Hua Hin, Issan, North, South

Officials secure the bagged body of Sufian Yusof, a slain insurgent suspect, ahead of an autopsy at Yi-Ngo Hospital in Narathiwat Province on Oct. 13.

17-Day Mission in Deep South Swamp Ends ‘Successfully’, Thai Military Says

The Pasak Jolasid Dam in the Central Plains is in danger of overflowing.

20 Thailand Dams Ready to Overflow, Forcing More Flood-Causing Water Discharges

Saraburi Pub 212 Arrested Thailand Drugs Covid

212 Arrested at Brazenly Open Pub in ‘Deep Red’ Saraburi

Krabi Gets Another 500,000 Vaccine Doses as Reopening Nears

In Nonthaburi, officials are fortifying flood barriers with extra sandbags. Areas along the Chao Phraya are at a higher risk of flooding.

Flooding Update: Chao Phraya Overflows in Bangkok, Dam Breaks in Ayutthaya, Ang Thong

American Robert Andrew Gordon, 37, of Loveland, Colo. was arrested Oct. 2 for the rape and assault of a Khon Kaen masseusse Sept. 27.

American Rape Suspect Set For Khon Kaen Prison Hold After Refusing to Reenact Crime

Commentary

Myanmar Rohingya

For Tatmadaw, Rohingyas Can Be the Key to Legitimacy

An All Nippon Airways flight from Tokyo arrives at Bangkok's Survanabhumi International Airport in June. Japanese travelers will be able to return to Thailand in November without undergoing quarantine under a plan by Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. (Photo: Bangkok Herald)

Thailand’s Nov. 1 Reopening: Devil Will Be in Details

Clear cocktail glass with yellow liquid inside

Thailand’s Alcohol Laws a Cocktail of Confusion

Sukhumvit Road, the main street through Bangkok's tourist, business and commercial area, is all but deserted before 8 p.m. (Photo: Bangkok Herald)

Oct. 1 Is Here, But What’s Really Changed?

Canceled Flights at Suvarnabhumi Airport Bangkok Thailand

‘No One Said the Country Would Reopen Oct. 1’ – So When Will It? Don’t Ask Anutin

Living

Students wait to receive Covid-19 vaccines in Bangkok on Oct. 4 as the country began to vaccinate students aged 12-18 for the new semester, which will start in November.

Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Real, Growing Among Thailand’s Youth

The 2020 Pattaya Music Festival had a smallish seating area and no standing or dancing crowds.

Pattaya Music Festival Bans Unvaccinated, Untested Fans

Thai Airways flight simulator Thailand Bangkok

Thai Airways Announces Winter 2021-22 Flight Schedule

In addition to lots of food, the Phuket Vegetarian Festival is famous for is gruesome face piercing exhibitions.

Thai Festivals, Illuminated Boats, Reopened National Parks Light Up October

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