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  • World NewsVietnam ready to take off, international flights start this month
    Caitlin AshworthPublished: 17:35, 01 September 2020
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    Vietnam ready to take off, international flights start this month

    Vietnam is gearing up for international flights and some trips are planned to start as early as this month. The country’s Civil Aviation Authority says they’re set to start international flights on September 15 after being put on pause for the past 5 months. The authority’s director says travellers will need to quarantine for 14 days upon entering Vietnam. Japan…

  • World NewsMalaysia closed to tourists for the rest of the year
    Caitlin AshworthPublished: 15:07, 01 September 2020
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    Malaysia closed to tourists for the rest of the year

    Planning a trip to Malaysia? You’ll probably have to wait until 2021, at this stage anyway. The country just announced travel restrictions will be in place until New Years Eve 2020 and tourists won’t be allowed to visit until then. The country’s Recovery Movement Control Order is in place until December 31. Foreigners on a social visit pass, or tourist…

  • World NewsThailand planning land and rail passageway, bypassing congested Strait of Malacca
    Maya TaylorPublished: 09:55, 01 September 2020
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    Thailand planning land and rail passageway, bypassing congested Strait of Malacca

    Thailand hopes to shorten shipping time by bypassing the busy Strait of Malacca with a 100 kilometre highway and railway passageway. Discussions are underway to construct 2 deep seaports on both sides of the country’s southern coast, which would be linked via rail and highway. The latest proposal replaces the Kra Canal plan, which was talked about for decades. That…

  • World News16 Burmese arrested for illegally crossing the border
    Caitlin AshworthPublished: 12:29, 26 August 2020
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    16 Burmese arrested for illegally crossing the border

    Even though borders have tight restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic, people have crossed the Malaysia border and entered Thailand illegally through what Thai media reports as “natural passageways.” Police arrested 16 Burmese workers who entered the country illegally including 2 pregnant women. They were found hiding at a Chinese Cemetery in the Southern province Songkhla. Thai media says many…

  • World NewsMalaysian man in Bangkok tests positive for coronavirus
    Caitlin AshworthPublished: 17:28, 17 August 2020
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    Malaysian man in Bangkok tests positive for coronavirus

    Just short of 2 weeks after a trip to Bangkok, a man returned home to Malaysia and then tested positive for the coronavirus. Thai health officials are investigating to determine who was in contact with the man while he was in the country and if there are any local infections. Deputy director-general of the Disease Control Department Tanarak Plipat said the…

  • World NewsMalaysia returning vehicles left behind by Thais
    ThaigerPublished: 12:45, 12 August 2020
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    Malaysia returning vehicles left behind by Thais

    Malaysia is returning vehicles left behind by Thais who left when Kuala Lumpur imposed a lockdown to combat the spread of Covid-19. The first batch was returned yesterday via the Sungai Kolok immigration checkpoint. They were handed over to Thai authorities about 5pm. The chief of Sungai Kolok district in the southern border province of Narathiwat said Thais living in…

  • World NewsMalaysia and Singapore to test re-opening of maritime border for business travellers
    Maya TaylorPublished: 10:36, 28 July 2020
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    Malaysia and Singapore to test re-opening of maritime border for business travellers

    The Malaysian and Singapore governments have agreed to re-open the Straits of Johor border (the land bridges linking Malaysia and Singapore) from August 17, initially only for those travelling on business. The move comes after Malaysia closed its border 5 months ago in mid-March, at the height of the Covid-19 crisis. Now the Foreign Affairs Ministers of both countries, Hishammuddin…

  • World NewsRohingya boat incident leaves 24 feared dead off Malaysian coast
    ThaigerPublished: 11:26, 27 July 2020
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    Rohingya boat incident leaves 24 feared dead off Malaysian coast

    A Rohingya boat incident has left at least 24 people feared to have drowned off the coast of Malaysia after a sole survivor swam to shore on the resort island of Langkawi. The 27 year old, named Nor Hossain was detained by police after arriving on the island. A search and rescue operation was launched using 2 aircraft and 2…

  • Crime News4 pregnant women among 32 human trafficking victims dumped in forest in southern Thailand
    Maya TaylorPublished: 09:58, 24 July 2020
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    4 pregnant women among 32 human trafficking victims dumped in forest in southern Thailand

    4 pregnant women are among 32 Burmese dumped in a forest in the southern province of Chumphon after being illegally trafficked into Thailand. It’s understood the group had all been working in Malaysia until the Covid-19 crisis erupted and they lost their jobs. Thai Residents reports that they pooled all the money they had to engage a human trafficking gang…

  • Crime News2 arrested in Narathiwat with 1,420 kilograms of meth – VIDEO
    ThaigerPublished: 18:02, 02 July 2020
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    2 arrested in Narathiwat with 1,420 kilograms of meth – VIDEO

    Police in the southern province of Narathiwat, on the Malaysian border, arrested 2 men and seized and 1,420 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine hidden in a trailer truck in Tak Bai district in the early hours of this morning. A team of police, soldiers and local officials was sent to Padador village in tambon Na Nak following a tip that a…

  • Covid-19 NewsCovid-era travel restrictions around Asia
    Maya TaylorPublished: 17:02, 11 June 2020
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    Covid-era travel restrictions around Asia

    As most Asian countries dust themselves off and emerge from the ashes of the initial ravages of the Covid-19 pandemic, a report in the Chiang Rai Times looks at how flight restrictions may affect travel in the region. International flights are still off-limits for many countries, but the situation is expected to gradually improve, particularly with the introduction of “travel…

  • Business NewsTesco addressing migrant worker abuse at Thailand distribution centres
    Caitlin AshworthPublished: 14:22, 18 May 2020
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    Tesco addressing migrant worker abuse at Thailand distribution centres

    Migrant workers at Tesco’s distribution centres in Thailand are being abused, according to an annual modern slavery statement from the UK-based company. Out of 187 migrant workers interviewed in Thailand, many had issues with unexplained and illegal wage reductions, excessive overtime hours, indebtedness through recruitment fees. Migrant workers at Tesco’s distribution centres in Malaysia had similar problems. Last year, Tesco reported migrant workers…

  • Covid-19 News40 confirmed Covid-19 cases surface in southern Yala province
    ThaigerPublished: 08:07, 04 May 2020
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    40 confirmed Covid-19 cases surface in southern Yala province

    A second set of swabs from 40 asymptomatic in-patients at a hospital in Yala, southern Thailand, were sent to a laboratory in neighbouring Songkhla for analysis. Now the health office has confirmed the 40 new Covid-19 cases in Yala. The huge spike in local cases has sent health officials scurrying to trace those who had been in contact with the…

  • World NewsThailand names 5 more ASEAN countries as ‘high risk’, 4 are border nations
    ThaigerPublished: 17:21, 23 April 2020
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    Thailand names 5 more ASEAN countries as ‘high risk’, 4 are border nations

    A Ministry of Public Health announcement yesterday, signed by Deputy PM and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, and published in the Royal Gazette, claims the Covid-19 situation in 5 nearby countries is escalating. Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia and Myanmar have now been added to the list of countries and territories considered as high risk areas for infection. On March 6,…

  • Việt NamTình hình Covid-19 tại Đông Nam Á: Indonesia “vươn” lên thành vùng dịch lớn nhất khu vực
    Nguyễn Lê Việt AnhPublished: 21:38, 17 April 2020
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    Tình hình Covid-19 tại Đông Nam Á: Indonesia “vươn” lên thành vùng dịch lớn nhất khu vực

    Với gần 6.000 ca nhiễm Covid-19, Indonesia đã vượt qua Philippines trở thành vùng dịch lớn nhất Đông Nam Á, đồng thời cũng là vùng dịch chết chóc nhất khu vực. 1, Indonesia Tổng số ca nhiễm: 5.923 ca (tăng 407 ca). Số ca tử vong: 520 ca (tăng 24 ca). Nước này đã làm xét nghiệm nCoV cho 42.000…

  • World NewsThai-Malaysian border set to open this weekend
    Sean KellyPublished: 17:14, 16 April 2020
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    Thai-Malaysian border set to open this weekend

    The Thai-Malaysian border is set to reopen this weekend to assist the struggling rubber trade, causing locals to express concern that a spike in new Covid 19 cases could result in Thailand because of the move. Security officials, however, are assuring the public that intensive screening measures are in place in anticipation of the re-opening. Commander of the Fourth Army…

  • Covid-19 NewsThailand cannot lower its guard in the battle against Covid-19
    AnukulPublished: 12:01, 13 April 2020
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    Thailand cannot lower its guard in the battle against Covid-19

    Yesterday, Dr. Taweesilp Visanuyothin, spokesman for the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration says, “despite the declining numbers of the Covid-19 infections, the Kingdom cannot lower its guard because our neighbouring countries are still at high risk.” “The decreased number of new infections is good news for the traditional Thai New Year (Songkran), though high numbers of new cases recorded in…

  • Covid-19 NewsHungarian tourist dies in Phuket after failing to reveal Bangla Road visits
    ThaigerPublished: 08:29, 07 April 2020
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    Hungarian tourist dies in Phuket after failing to reveal Bangla Road visits

    Dr Chalermpong Sukhonthapol, the director of Phuket’s Vachira Hospital, has revealed details of a Hungarian tourist who recently died of Covid-19, but had earlier withheld details of his visits to the island’s red light district in Bangla Road, Patong. Bangla Road has been the island’s hotzone for new cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus. The case has resulted in more than…

  • World NewsMalaysia’s coronavirus cases will peak in mid-April: WHO
    AnukulPublished: 14:49, 02 April 2020
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    Malaysia’s coronavirus cases will peak in mid-April: WHO

    Today, The World Health Organisation has announced that the number of coronavirus cases in Malaysia is expected to peak in mid-April as there appears there are signs of a flattening of the infection curve. Malaysia is now ranked the highest number of known infections in Southeast Asia with a total of 2,908 confirmed cases with 102 patients that are in intensive…

  • Covid-19 NewsNearly 300 Thais stranded at the southern border, paperwork issues
    ThaigerPublished: 16:27, 29 March 2020
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    Nearly 300 Thais stranded at the southern border, paperwork issues

    Around 300 Thais trying to return to Thailand are stranded at the Wang Kelian immigration checkpoint in northern Malaysia’s Perlis State. On the other side is Thailand’s Wang Prachan checkpoint in Satun’s Khuan Don district. They’ve been denied entry after failing to comply with the strict new regulations set by the Thai authorities. Thailand and Malaysia have closed their checkpoints…

  • Northern Thailand NewsRiot fears reopen ‘closed’ Thai border checkpoints as migrant workers flee
    ThaigerPublished: 11:51, 24 March 2020
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    Riot fears reopen ‘closed’ Thai border checkpoints as migrant workers flee

    “We must go home, or we will starve to death in Bangkok.” Some of Thailand’s recently closed border checkpoints were forced to reopen today as thousands of migrant workers, now unemployed due to the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak, flee Thailand for their homes in Myanmar and Cambodia. Their numbers and their desperation sparked fears of rioting. In Chiang Rai, the border…

  • Việt NamTP.HCM: “Bệnh nhân 100” khiến 129 người liên quan tại Quận 8 bị cách ly
    Nguyễn Lê Việt AnhPublished: 20:22, 23 March 2020
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    TP.HCM: “Bệnh nhân 100” khiến 129 người liên quan tại Quận 8 bị cách ly

    Ban chỉ đạo phòng, chống dịch Covid-19 quận 8, TP.HCM cho biết, thêm 129 trường hợp liên quan đến bệnh nhân thứ 100 đã được đưa đi cách ly tập trung. Cụ thể, 129 trường hợp này (phường 1: 128, phường 2: 1) được Quận đưa đi cách ly tập trung tại kí túc xá ĐH Quốc gia TP.HCM do…

  • World NewsNarathiwat/Malaysia border checkpoints closed March 18-31
    AnukulPublished: 14:58, 18 March 2020
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    Narathiwat/Malaysia border checkpoints closed March 18-31

    After Malaysia announced its nationwide lock down, the Thai Fourth Army commander Lieutenant General Pornsak Poonsawat, who is also director of the Region 4 Internal Security Operation Command, has announced the temporary closure of the customs checkpoints in Narathiwat, along the Thai/Malaysia border. He went to inspect the Sungai Kolok customs checkpoint in Narathiwat. After seeing that only Malaysian nationals…

  • Việt NamNinh Thuận: Cách ly thôn Văn Lâm 3 – Nơi cư trú của bệnh nhân nhiễm COVID-19 thứ 61
    Nguyễn Lê Việt AnhPublished: 13:33, 18 March 2020
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    Ninh Thuận: Cách ly thôn Văn Lâm 3 – Nơi cư trú của bệnh nhân nhiễm COVID-19 thứ 61

    Tối hôm qua (17/3), UBND tỉnh Ninh Thuận vừa có quyết định cách ly y tế thôn Văn Lâm 3, xã Phước Nam, huyện Thuận Nam, nơi cư trú của bệnh nhân nhiễm COVID-19 thứ 61. Sáng 17-3, chợ Văn Lâm vẫn đông người dân mua bán – Ảnh: Minh Trân/Tuổi trẻ. Chiều 17/3, Ban Chỉ đạo phòng chống dịch…

  • Việt NamBệnh nhân 61 nhiễm Covid-19 tại Ninh Thuận làm chủ hôn 2 đám cưới và dự thánh lễ trong thời gian ủ bệnh
    Thuỳ DungPublished: 14:28, 17 March 2020
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    Bệnh nhân 61 nhiễm Covid-19 tại Ninh Thuận làm chủ hôn 2 đám cưới và dự thánh lễ trong thời gian ủ bệnh

    Đến 10h sáng nay, ngành y tế Ninh Thuận vận động được 5 người tiếp xúc gần với bệnh nhân 61 về Bệnh viện đa khoa tỉnh Ninh Thuận để cách ly y tế. Hôm qua, bệnh nhân 61 nhận kết quả dương tính với virus corona tên B.T.Th. (42 tuổi, ngụ xã Phước Nam, huyện Thuận Nam), là ca…

  • Việt NamCovid-19 ngày 15/3: Số ca tử vong và nhiễm mới tăng chưa từng có
    Thuỳ DungPublished: 17:42, 16 March 2020
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    Covid-19 ngày 15/3: Số ca tử vong và nhiễm mới tăng chưa từng có

    Pháp, Iran, Singapore, Malaysia, Tây Ban Nha và Italia có số ca tử vong, nhiễm mới virus corona trong ngày tăng cao đột biến. Pháp quay cuồng Cơ quan Y tế công cộng Pháp thông báo ghi nhận thêm 36 trường hợp tử vong vì Covid-19 hôm qua và cũng là mức tăng cao nhất từ khi dịch bùng phát…

  • Business NewsThailand CP Group’s take over bid for Tesco Asia
    ThaigerPublished: 16:17, 10 March 2020
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    Thailand CP Group’s take over bid for Tesco Asia

    The 332.6 billion baht deal between the UK’s Tesco-branded Asian interests and Thai conglomerate CP Group, is coming under scrutiny as there are fears it could lead to a mega-retail monopoly. In the deal, the Chareon Pokphand Group will acquire all of Tesco Asia. CPAll and CPF informed the Stock Exchange of Thailand of their surprise investment in Tesco Asia…

  • Việt NamKhách Nhật Bản quá cảnh Tân Sơn Nhất – TP. HCM nhiễm virus corona khiến ít nhất 70 người bị cách ly
    Thuỳ DungPublished: 22:34, 04 March 2020
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    Khách Nhật Bản quá cảnh Tân Sơn Nhất – TP. HCM nhiễm virus corona khiến ít nhất 70 người bị cách ly

    Ít nhất 70 người được cách ly do một chuyến bay của Vietnam Airlines có một người Nhật dương tính với COVID-19. Bộ Y tế cho hay, vào hôm qua, chuyến bay VN814 của Vietnam Airlines từ Siem Reap (Campuchia) về TP. HCM với 67 hành khách và 6 nhân viên tổ bay có hành khách ngồi ở ghế 33D…

  • Việt NamTruy tìm khẩn cấp hơn 1.000 hành khách trên du thuyền mới cập cảng ở Campuchia
    Thuỳ DungPublished: 18:52, 17 February 2020
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    Truy tìm khẩn cấp hơn 1.000 hành khách trên du thuyền mới cập cảng ở Campuchia

    Một người trên du thuyền MS Westerdam cập cảng Campuchia dương tính với virus corona, hơn 1.000 du khách khác đã đến nhiều nơi trên thế giới. Thủ tướng Campuchia Hun Sen đích thân ra đón du thuyền Mới đây, một nữ hành khách người Mỹ trên du thuyền MS Westerdam đã có kết quả dương tính với virus corona…

  • Việt NamDu khách tàu Westerdam dương tính virus corona sau 2 lần xét nghiệm
    Thuỳ DungPublished: 23:23, 16 February 2020
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    Du khách tàu Westerdam dương tính virus corona sau 2 lần xét nghiệm

    Du khách trên du thuyền MS Westerdam cập cảng Sihanoukville – Campuchia dương tính với virus corona sau hai lần xét nghiệm ở Malaysia. Theo Reuters, Malaysia vừa cho biết theo kết quả xét nghiệm hôm nay, một bà cụ 83 tuổi người Mỹ dương tính với virus corona và đây cũng là lần thứ 2 nhận kết quả tương…