Month: March 2020
- Northern Thailand News
Precautionary warnings for weather in the north and north east
Some warmer, pre-summer weather is heading to the north of Thailand for the rest of this week. (Forecasts for Khon Kaen and Bangkok below). The warnings are mostly precautionary as the general forecast still remains reasonably stable. On the plus side, a bit of extra wind may blow away some of the offending smoke and haze that has beset the…
Read More » - Covid-19 News
Death of a salesman: King Power branch linked with coronavirus death is closed
King Power, Thailand’s largest travel retail group, has temporarily shuttered an outlet linked to Thailand’s first coronavirus-related death. A statement on Facebook earlier today said the branch has been closed since February 6 as part of health and safety measures, and that all its outlets have been sanitised. King Power, which holds the proprietary concession for all of Thailand’s duty-free…
Read More » - Việt Nam
Cà Mau: Một phụ nữ “quyết tâm” trốn cách ly khiến 17 người bị cách ly
Một phụ nữ trốn cách ly tập trung khi trở về từ vùng dịch thì hôm nay, Sở Y tế tỉnh Cà Mau cho biết đã cách ly một số người từng tiếp xúc với cô. Qua rà soát, ngành chức năng tiến hành cách ly tại nhà với 17 người từng tiếp xúc với bà V.T.H. trở về từ…
Read More » - Việt Nam
Đến lượt người Italy bị ‘kỳ thị’ vì virus corona
Khi dịch Covid-19 bùng phát tại Trung Quốc, làn sóng tẩy chay người gốc Hoa nổi lên ở Italy. Nhưng giờ người Italy lại bị “quay lưng”. Sau khi Covid-19 bùng phát tại Trung Quốc, du khách đến từ quốc gia này bị xa lánh, lăng mạ, bạo hành ngay tại Italy còn nhà hàng Trung thì vắng khách. Italy…
Read More » - Crime News
Pattaya ladyboy attacks American tourist with sodium hydroxide
Pattaya police announced the arrest of a transgender suspect who allegedly attacked an American tourist with sodium hydroxide over the weekend. Sodium hydroxide, also called lye or caustic soda, is a highly corrosive chemical that decomposes proteins at ordinary ambient temperatures and can cause cause severe chemical burns. It’s used in making wood pulp for paper and is a primary…
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Tân Sơn Nhất, Nội Bài ngưng nhận chuyến bay từ Hàn Quốc về Việt Nam
Từ 12h trưa nay, Cảng Hàng không quốc tế Nội Bài – Hà Nội và Tân Sơn Nhất – TP. HCM dừng đón chuyến bay từ Hàn Quốc giúp cách ly, ngăn chặn dịch Covid-19. Cục Hàng không Việt Nam cho biết, dịch bệnh Covid-19 đang diễn biến phức tạp nên các chuyến bay tới từ Hàn Quốc sẽ chuyển…
Read More » - Thailand Weather Updates
Temperatures to rise in the North, storms predicted
Temperatures in the upper parts of Thailand are predicted to creep upward, due to a high pressure cell covering the North. Southerly and southeasterly winds are expected to bring humidity from the South China Sea to the East and Central regions, including Bangkok and environs, while weak easterly winds prevail across the Gulf. Thailand’s Meteorological Department predicts isolated thundershowers for…
Read More » - Tourism News
Chiang Mai to see passenger numbers fall by 40% in wake of virus fears
The numbers at Chiang Mai’s international airport will fall 40% to 3.5 million in the first six months of this year if the outbreak of Covid-19 coronavirus drags on until the middle of the year. Chiang Mai airport deputy director Thananrat Prasertsri said late last week that flights to the airport during the period January 1 to February 25 dropped…
Read More » - Covid-19 News
France bans large gatherings, discourages “air kisses”
The number of coronavirus cases in France has nearly doubled and currently stands at 100, of whom 86 are hospitalised, two have died and 12 have recovered, according Jerome Salomon, the head of France’s national health service. To fight the spread of the virus, France is banning all indoor public gatherings of more than 5,000, and discouraging the public from…
Read More » - Environment News
Chiang Mai has the world’s worst air quality for second straight day
Virus or no, you may want to wear a mask if you’re in Chiang Mai today; as of 1:36pm, Airvisual.com has rated air quality there the worst in the world for a second day. Yangon, Kathmandu and Mumbai were close behind. The website showed Chiang Mai’s average pollution at 181, (down from 193 yesterday) meaning particulate matter less than 2.5…
Read More » - Road deaths
Biker killed, 5 injured in bike/van crash south of Bangkok
One man is dead and another 5 passengers injured after a big bike the man was driving slammed into a van making a U-turn along Old Sukhumvit road in the main business district. The incident occurred at about 8pm in tambon Bang Pu Mai, on the coast of the Gulf of Thailand, south of Bangkok. 32 year old Paveena Ratpipop, a…
Read More » - Covid-19 News
Thailand confirms first coronavirus-related death
Thailand today confirmed its first death from complications related to the COVID-19 coronavirus. Suwanchai Wattanayingcharoen, director-general of the Department of Disease Control, made the announcement in a Bangkok press conference. The victim was described as a 35 year old who also had dengue fever at the time of his death. The patient had been in hospital for around a month and…
Read More » - Northern Thailand News
Surin teacher faces severe punishment for selling teen girls for sex
A 51 year old local schoolteacher in Thailand’s northeastern Surin province, near the Cambodian border, was among the owners of three karaoke bars caught selling the sexual services of underaged Thai girls this week. Nineteen women, thought to be sex workers, were taken into custody following raids on the bars. The businesses were closed and their owners face a range…
Read More » - Crime News
Man arrested for gunshots at Nontha Buri mall “to intimidate his wife”
In a further development to a story the Thaiger reported earlier, a Thai man has been arrested for firing a gun on Friday at the Central Plaza shopping mall in Nontha Buri, just outside of Bangkok. Police responded swiftly to the shooting and no casualties were reported. “The suspect is 41 years old and he reportedly fired six shots while…
Read More » - Politics News
Students say they’ll increase protests until PM stands down
About 700 students joined a rally last night in front of the auditorium at Bangkok’s Kasetsart University, vowing to escalate their protests until the government of Prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha steps down. University and secondary students have been rallying on or near their campuses since Monday to demand a rewrite of Thailand’s 2017 Constitution and transparent elections. Pro-democracy activist Parit…
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