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AstraZeneca's manufacturing facility at Snackviken in Sodertalje, Sweden.

Thailand’s Covid-19 Vaccination Drive Delayed as Production Delays Prompt EU Export-Ban Threat

Thailand’s Covid-19 Vaccine Maker Tries to Defuse Scandal Imperiling AstraZeneca Deal

Nearly 200 Burmese migrants confined to a field hospital in Samut Sakhon were discharged Tuesday after being cleared of their coronavirus infections.

Samut Sakhon Reports 914 New Coronavirus Cases as Testing Drive Begins

Prayut OKs Private Covid-19 Vaccine Imports, But Won’t Allow Use Without FDA Approval

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Thailand’s Covid-19 Vaccination Drive Delayed as Production Delays Prompt EU Export-Ban Threat

Thailand’s Covid-19 Vaccine Maker Tries to Defuse Scandal Imperiling AstraZeneca Deal

Samut Sakhon Reports 914 New Coronavirus Cases as Testing Drive Begins

Prayut OKs Private Covid-19 Vaccine Imports, But Won’t Allow Use Without FDA Approval

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Thailand’s Covid-19 Vaccine Maker Tries to Defuse Scandal Imperiling AstraZeneca Deal

Siam Bioscience says it's working 'tirelessly' to get vaccination drive started Feb. 14

Nearly 200 Burmese migrants confined to a field hospital in Samut Sakhon were discharged Tuesday after being cleared of their coronavirus infections.

Samut Sakhon Reports 914 New Coronavirus Cases as Testing Drive Begins

Prayut OKs Private Covid-19 Vaccine Imports, But Won’t Allow Use Without...

SRT Thailand State Railway Engine Train Locomotive Long-Distance

Even as Cases Fall, SRT Suspends 57 Train Lines to Limit...

Aggressive coronavirus testing continues in Samut Sakhon.

Thailand’s ‘Red Zones’ Quickly Fading to Green as Only 7 Provinces...

Pattaya

Pattaya police early Sunday arrested 29 foreigners and Thai smoking shisha and playing pool at a bar claiming to be a restaurant on Soi 7.

11 Foreigners, 18 Thais Busted Drinking at ‘Closed’ Hookah Bar in...

Oersted Meyer Jensen, who went by the alias John Finn, was captured in a Jan. 22 sting operation at a Starbucks coffee shop at Bangkok Hospital Pattaya by Provincial Police Region 2 and officers from Nong Mak Fai in Sa Kaeo.

Danish Expat Nabbed in Pattaya, Accused of Dealing Drugs for 7...

Pattaya, along with Chonburi and four other provinces, is now under hard lockdown, with government permission required to leave the area.

After Waffling, Prayut Locks Down Pattaya, 5 Covid-19 ‘Red Zone’ Provinces

A view of Pattaya from the city's Pratamnak Hill viewpoint. (Photo: Bangkok Herald)

Prayut Puts Kibosh on Hard Lockdown for 5 Provinces After Blowhard...

Phuket

Phuket villagers are ready to drive tourists around in their modified motorcycles as part of a community-based tourism package, including a stop at Mai Khao Beach where visitors can observe aircraft landings. The roofed sidecar motorcycles known as “saleng” are owned by villagers in the Ban Mai Khao Community in Phuket. They say it’s a fun form of travel and easy way to visit the famous Mai Khao Beach. The beach is located just off Phuket International Airport’s runway and provides a perfect spot for plane-spotters to snap photos of aircraft on their approach to the airport. Ban Mai Khao‘s Vice President of Tourism Manit Saithong said Thursday that community anticipates visitors will soon be back as the Covid-19 situation has greatly de-escalated. These saleng taxis will transport visitors to and from Mai Khao Beach, as well as other community-based tourism attractions, such as the last rice farm on Phuket, a buffalo farm, or a Cicadidae-catching activity. Visitors can book these activities at the Saleng Taxi stand in Phuket.

Phuket’s ‘Saleng’ Taxis Ready to Take Plane-Spotters to Airport Beach

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha inspects Koh Samui Airport ahead of its opening to foreign tourists under the STV program.

PM Inspects Samui, Phuket Airports as Ravaged Islands Prep to Receive...

Digital Nomads to Pitch Tents in Phuket Oct. 20-22 for Travel...

Six Senses Ko Yao Noi

Phuket Hotels’ Ecotourism Efforts Win HICAP 2020 Sustainability Awards

Chiang Mai

Elderly mother, disabled daughter drowned in Chiang Mai murder-suicide

Ill Chiang Mai Mother Drowns Mentally Disabled Daughter in Murder-Suicide

The Myawaddy Complex in Myanmar includes a brewery, casinos and lots of Covid-19.

60% of Thais Working In Myanmar Casinos Return Home with Covid-19

North Thailand Chiang Mai Rai Cold Weather Temperatures

Single-Digit Temperatures Coming to Northern Thailand

Chiang Rai Tachileik Thailand Myanmar Border Crossing Checkpoint-2

Chiang Rai Tourism Group to Sue Illegal Tachilek Border-Crossers

Koh Samui

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha inspects Koh Samui Airport ahead of its opening to foreign tourists under the STV program.

PM Inspects Samui, Phuket Airports as Ravaged Islands Prep to Receive...

The French family arrived at Koh Samui Airport on Oct. 17.

Koh Samui on Covid Alert After French Woman Tests Positive Post-Quarantine

Salvage Diver Koh Samui Ferry

Divers Today Recovering Final 2 Bodies from Sunken Koh Samui Ferry

Another Body Found as Search Continues on Sunken Koh Samui Ferry

Regional – Hua Hin, Issan, North, South

13-year-old 'Nik' was punched in the face by his Buri Ram teacher after the boy stepped on his foot.

Buri Ram Teacher Pays ฿40,000 for Punching 7th Grader in Face

The 2:15 p.m. accident occurred as one Thai and 10 Cambodian and Burmese workers employed by Si Sang-Chok Chai Joint Venture were on scaffolding filling the bed of a ring road connected to Sura Narai Road in Muang District’s Khok Sung Subdistrict with concrete.

10 Hurt When Under-Construction Highway Collapses in Korat

Nearly 200 Burmese migrants confined to a field hospital in Samut Sakhon were discharged Tuesday after being cleared of their coronavirus infections.

Samut Sakhon Stadium Field Hospital to Close Jan. 14 as Province’s Covid-19 Outbreak Ebbs

A 1,000-bed field hospital being set up in Samut Sakhon for migrant laborers is not much more than a collection of isolation tents.

1,300 Coronavirus Field Hospital Beds Readied in Samut Sakhon, Pathum Thani

Coronavirus Covid-19 Update Thailand Herald

Samut Sakhon Canneries Comprise Third of Thailand’s 305 New Coronavirus Cases

Workers process skipjack tuna at a Thai Union Frozen Products packaging plant in Samut Sakhon

914 or 69? Tuna Giant Thai Union Distorts Massive Coronavirus Outbreak at Samut Sakhon...

Commentary

Mahachai Central Fresh Shrimp Seafood Market Samut Sakhon Thailand Coronavirus Covid-19-3

Thailand Again Scapegoats Burmese, with Razor Wire, Calls for Reporting of ‘Illegals’

Thousands of student-age protestors face off against Thai police at Bangkok's Pathumwan intersection Oct. 16. (Photo: Tyler Roney for the Bangkok Herald)

Prayut, It’s Time to Go

Riot police line up to disperse protestors at Bangkok's Ratchprasong intersection Oct. 15.

End Game Uncertain as Pro-Democracy Movement Meets Immovable Gov’t Force

Twitter Thai Army Democracy Protests Disinformation

Thai Army Proves as Inept at Online Propaganda as It Is at Governing

The Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy hydroelectric project where a dam failed in Laos in 2018.

Laos Slides Closer to Puppet State as China Grab Control of Power Grid

Living

‘Golf Quarantine’ Now Available at 6 Thailand Resorts

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Bangkok, Chiang Mai Air to Worse with PM 2.5 Surge Through Jan. 25

Blood donation Thailland Thai Red Cross Society

Coronavirus Fears Bleeding Thai Blood Banks Dry

Green Sea Turtle Eggs found on Thailand Libong Island first time in 10 years

Sea Turtle Eggs Found on Trang Island for First Time in Decade

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