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- Việt Nam
Bé sơ sinh bị bỏ rơi 3 ngày giữa nắng nóng 40 độ tại Hà Nội
Chiều qua, người dân tại thị xã Sơn Tây, Hà Nội phát hiện một bé sơ sinh bị bỏ rơi 3 ngày dưới hố gas trong tình trạng kiệt sức. Theo thông tin một bài viết được đăng tải vào sáng nay trên mạng xã hội, vào lúc 15h ngày hôm qua (8/6), người dân khu vực xã Thanh Mỹ,…
- Bangkok News
Students at Bangkok university can choose uniform based on gender identity
After years of debate on school uniforms, transgender students at Thammasat University can now dress uniforms according to their gender identity. Along with the with uniform rule, the Bangkok university says all staff need to treat transgender students equally. Staff who discriminate or insult transgender students will be disciplined. The school’s uniforms have long been debated. Back in 2013, Saran “Aum…
- Northern Thailand News
Thai woman doesn’t fall for romance scam
A man posing as a wealthy English pilot tried to flirt his way into getting 24,000 baht transferred into his account. Luckily the Thai woman he was trying to romance wasn’t buying it. Police say the “English pilot” is a common romance scam, stealing hearts and money from plenty of gullible Thai women. The romancer (aka. scammer) and the woman met…
- Việt Nam
Xuất hiện rắn trên khoang hành lý máy bay Vietjet
Chiều nay trên một máy bay của Hãng hàng không Vietjet Air xuất hiện một con rắn đang bò từ hộc để hành lý ngay trước giờ cất cánh. Cụ thể, sự việc xảy ra khoảng 17h chiều 7/6 trên chuyến bay mang số hiệu VJ162. Lúc này, máy bay Vietjet từ vị trí đỗ 88 di chuyển ra đường…
- Crime News
22 tonnes of seized marijuana passed on to researchers
Ever wonder where all the marijuana goes after it’s been confiscated by police? Authorities just gave around 22 tonnes of marijuana they seized in drug busts to nearly a dozen universities and research facilities across Thailand to study its medicinal benefits. Medical marijuana was legalised in 2018 under strict licensing and conditions. The Office of Narcotics Control Board gave 600 kilograms…
- Covid-19 News
7 new Covid-19 cases reported in Thailand (June 8)
This morning Dr. Taweesin Visanuyothin, the spokesman for the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration has announced 7 new confirmed cases of the Covid-19. All 7 were reported as Thai nationals who were recently repatriated from aboard. Today marks the second week, with no new cases of Covid-19 transmitted locally. The Thai Government, however, says their current target is to reach…
- Covid-19 News
Thailand’s tourism and MICE business will first reboot with low-risk countries
When Thailand’s international borders are prised open, sometime after July 1 this year (that’s the current date anyway), the first tourists and travellers are likely to come from a select group of fellow Asian nations who have had either low Covid-19 cases or been able to manage the number of cases to low, manageable levels. Countries like Vietnam, Taiwan, South…
- Việt Nam
Hà Tĩnh: Xe tải lao vào nhóm đi xe đạp khiến 1 người chết, 2 người bị thương
Sáng nay tại QL15 đoạn qua Hà Tĩnh xảy ra vụ va chạm giữa một xe ô tô tải và nhóm 3 xe đạp cùng chiều khiến 1 người chết và 2 người bị thương. Thông tin được lãnh đạo xã Lưu Vĩnh Sơn (huyện Thạch Hà, Hà Tĩnh) xác nhận. Cụ thể, vào sáng nay 7/6, một xe ô…
- Việt Nam
Vụ cầu thủ Hải Huy bị chấn thương: HLV 2 bên đá quả bóng trách nhiệm
Liên quan đến sự cố trấn thương của tiền vệ Hải Huy trong trận đấu giữa Than Quảng Ninh với Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh ở vòng 3 V League 2020, cả 2 HLV Phan Thanh Hùng và Phạm Minh Đức đều có những chia sẻ trong buổi họp báo sau trận đấu. Được chơi trên sân nhà, nhưng Than Quảng…
- Covid-19 News
National parks to require reservations, registration
“One of the certain measures is that visitors to national parks must make a reservation first. They cannot just walk in.” All Covid-19 vulnerable sites, including concert venues and events, pubs and karaoke and massage, amusement parks and national parks are expected to be reopened by the end of the month. But the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment says…
- Transport News
“Gold Line” monorail will bring more mass transport to the Chao Phraya west bank
The construction of Thailand’s first monorail, aka. “Gold Line” in Charoen Nakhon area in Thon Buri, is causing some traffic congestion in the area. The developer, Krungthep Thanakom, is making up for lost time still hope to meet the October deadline for the new Gold Line to officially open. The project has been delayed due to the Covid-19 outbreak and lockdowns, when…
- World News
K-Pop fans mobilise to drown out racist tweets and hashtags
K-Pop fandom have weaponised their huge base and taken on the hashtags #WhiteLivesMatter, set up as a spoiler to the #BlackLivesMatter movement. But the huge fanbase of K-Pop has mobilised to spoil the spoilers. By flooding the hashtags with content, the K-Pop fans have been drowning out racist or offensive posts. Instead they’ve used the hashtags to share pics of…
- Business News
Commerce Ministry announces another round of price drops on staple products
The Thai Ministry of Commerce will soon launch a fourth round of price reductions, which will take place at a district level. The ministry has already received cooperation from the business sector to help those affected Covid-19 by lowering product prices, sometimes by as much as 68%, on 3 occasions, In the fourth round, around 7,100 consumer goods are being…
- Việt Nam
Diễn viên Khánh Hiền sinh con tại Mỹ
Mới đây, diễn viên Khánh Hiền, từng tham gia phim Tôi thấy hoa vàng trên cỏ xanh, sinh con thứ hai tại bệnh viện ở Los Angeles, Mỹ. Khánh Hiền hạ sinh bé gái hôm 4/6 vừa qua, bé nặng 3,3 kg. Hiện tại sức khỏe cả mẹ và bé ổn định. Ông xã James Ngô thường xuyên túc trực trong…
- Phuket News
Provinces remind people about wearing face masks
Individual provinces are stepping up safety measures since the roll out of Phase 3 of the lockdown relaxations. In Chanthaburi province, eastern Thailand on the Cambodian border, they’ve announced a “D-Day” against people leaving their homes without masks. (The Thaiger predicts the authorities in Chanthaburi may not know a lot about what actually happened on D-Day.) Authorities in Chanthaburi have…
- Covid-19 News
Thailand to rebrand itself as “trusted” tourist destination
Tourism in Thailand, like most of the world, has been devastated by the Covid-19 pandemic and the ensuing lockdowns and travel restrictions. Now, though, capitalising on its relative success in containing the outbreak, Thailand is preparing to position itself as a “trusted” destination for international tourists after travel restrictions ease. As the first country to report a Covid-19 virus case…
- Crime News
Nakhon Phanom teacher suspended for alleged sexual abuse
In yet another of a growing string of sex abuse cases involving teachers in Thailand in recent months, education authorities claim a science teacher sexually molested a 17 year old female student in the northeastern province of Nakhon Phanom, and have suspended him pending an investigation. The acting chief of the Nakhon Phanom education office says the suspension came after…
- Crime News
Chon Buri man, high on meth, allegedly torches his own house
A man in Chon Buri’s Muang district burned his own house down in the early hours of this morning. He was reportedly intoxicated and high on methamphetamine at the time. Police were notified of the fire at around 5am at a house in Napa, in the northern part of Chon Buri. Firefighters and 3 fire engines arrived at the scene…
- Tourism News
Phuket’s hotels can now open. Someone forgot to tell the hotels.
Phuket is open. Sort of. And the hotels on the island are officially allowed to re-open but few are flinging open their doors anytime soon to welcome the hordes of tourists lining up to book a room. The holiday island is in a Catch 22 situation with the hotels waiting for the guests to return and potential visitors waiting until…
- Technology News
Cyber minister wants Netflix-like Thai streaming platform
Thailand’s minister of digital economy and society, aka. “cyber minister” says that Thailand should have its own streaming platform to bring in revenue and promote Thai movies and television overseas. Puttipong Punnakan remarked at a forum that creating a Netflix-like platform to stream and sell Thai films and series to foreign audiences would reel some sweet, sweet subscription revenue into…
- Phuket News
Phuket governor courts envoys of 16 nations to promote tourism
“I would like Phuket to organise activities leading the consulates from various countries to travel to Phuket in order to see the beautiful tourist attractions and to promote tourism for Phuket.” Phuket’s governor called yesterday for foreign envoys to visit and inspect Phuket for themselves as a mark of confidence that the island is ready to receive tourists. The call…
- World News
Exiled Thai dissident kidnapped in broad daylight in Phnom Penh
In the latest in a string of mysterious disappearances of Southeast Asian dissidents living in exile, gunmen kidnapped a Thai political activist in Cambodia, rights advocates announced today. 37 year old Wanchalearm Satsaksit, who fled Thailand after 2014’s military coup amid accusations he broke the country’s strict lèse-majesté law, was abducted at gunpoint and bundled into a car as he…
- Politics News
88 billion baht Covid-19 spending bill, criticised by opposition, passes first reading
Thailand’s House of Representatives kicked off a debate this morning on a bill that would transfer about 88 billion baht from the budgets of each government ministry to a central fund, to fight the Covid-19 pandemic and rehabilitate the nation’s economy. The first reading was approved with 264 votes. 4 MPs rejected it, 185 abstained and 1 MP failed to…
- Covid-19 News
Thailand to produce thermal face scanner for use in public spaces
For anyone who’s noticed their body temperature varying from store to store (The Thaiger has registered a temperature that would indicate hypothermia on more than one occasion), there may be a solution in the not-too-distant future. Two of Thailand’s top technology agencies are working together to develop a thermal facial scanner which it’s hoped will be able to provide the…
- Việt Nam
Đồng Nai: Cây phượng bật gốc trong sân trường khiến 3 nữ sinh bị thương
Chiều nay, tại sân trường THCS Trần Hưng Đạo (TP Biên Hòa, tỉnh Đồng Nai) có một cây phượng bị bật gốc đè bị thương 3 nữ sinh. Cụ thể, vào giờ ra chơi giữa buổi chiều nay (4/6), một nhóm học sinh lớp 8 đi ngang qua cây phượng trong sân trường khi trời đang có mưa lớn. Lúc…
- Việt Nam
Thanh Hóa: Ô tô bị xe tải đè bẹp dúm khiến 3 người chết
Sáng nay, chiếc ô tô Toyota Vios 5 chỗ va chạm với một xe tải chở đất trên địa phận Thanh Hóa khiến 3 người trên xe chết tại chỗ. Theo camera ghi lại, vào lúc 10h46′ ngày 4/6, chiếc xe Toyota Vios màu trắng do tài xế Lê Ngọc Hoàn (29 tuổi, trú tại thôn 2, xã Xuân Thọ,…
- Việt Nam
‘Thánh ăn’ Yang Soo Bin bị bệnh ung thư tuyến giáp
Mới đây, “thánh ăn” Yang Soo Bin chia sẻ việc bị mắc ung thư tuyến giáp đã khiến cộng đồng mạng rất bất ngờ. Mới đây, Yang Soo Bin bất ngờ chia sẻ trên trang cá nhân về tình hình sức khỏe của mình. Theo đó, cô cho biết bản thân mắc phải căn bệnh ung thư nhú tuyến giáp.…
- Covid-19 News
Government to decide which “red” businesses can reopen in next phase
The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration revealed today that the government is now considering which high-risk or “red” businesses will be allowed to reopen under Phase 4 of lockdown easing. CCSA spokesman Dr Taweesin Visanuyothin says that the virus could be with us for months or even years, so the government must carefully consider which “red” high-contagion-risk businesses can reopen.…
- Events
Bangkok braces for Black Lives Matter rally
The death of black American George Floyd at the hands of police burgeoned into a storm of protests reaching across the globe; one that will reach Bangkok this weekend. The vast majority of demonstrations over the past 8 days in the US have been peaceful, but some have turned violent and curfews have been imposed after looting in a number…
- Covid-19 News
TAT will use domestic tourism as dress rehearsal for international returns
“…the tourism sector will continue to be stifled by disease control measures until a Covid-19 vaccine is developed.” Due to the current ban on international arrivals, extended several times and now in effect until at least July, the Tourism Authority of Thailand has created a strategy to support domestic tourism and “learn from the experience”, as it eases into the…
