Vaccine ready ‘next year’
CU-Cov19 — a novel coronavirus vaccine being developed by a Thai research team in collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania — is expected to enter mass production by the end of the third quarter next year, the research team said on Sunday. Non-human primates which received a second dose of the vaccine displayed high levels […]
Rattanakosin area set for makeover
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) and Silpakorn University are teaming up to turn Rattanakosin Island into a smart city. The two organisations on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the Rattanakosin Island smart city project at City Hall. The project is part of the Bangkok Smart City scheme aimed at creating a livable […]
Thailand’s economic outlook ‘worst in Asia’: analysts
Thailand has been cited as a success story in containing the coronavirus outbreak, having gone more than 40 days without any local transmission of Covid-19. Yet its economic outlook is the darkest in Asia. Gross domestic product is forecast to contract 8.1% this year, according to the Bank of Thailand. That’s worse than official forecasts […]
Thailand’s economy facing bleakest prediction in Asia
While Thailand appears to have been successful in suppressing the Covid-19 virus, a report in The Bangkok Post today says the outlook for the country’s economy is far from favorable, calling it the worst in Asia. The Bank of Thailand predicts that its gross domestic product will shrink by more than 8% this year, which […]
Govt backs ‘monkey business’
The Commerce Ministry, coconut farmers and monkey school owners have dismissed claims by an animal rights group that monkeys trained to pick coconuts were maltreated and announced plans to take foreign diplomats on a visit to see the monkeys at work for themselves. Boonyarit Kalayanamit, permanent secretary for commerce, said the monkey owners did not […]
Bangkok wet market reopens after fire
Most of the Ying Charoen market in Bangkok’s Bang Khen district has been reopened after fire destroyed about 160 stalls. No-one was injured. The blaze in the 30-rai compound reportedly started at a bakery at about 3am on Thursday and quickly spread to nearby stalls. Fire fighters took about two hours to control the flames. […]
Debt-ridden group lays off 961 staff
No other choice, says education minister The Business Organisation of the Office of the Welfare Promotion Commission for Teachers and Educational Personnel on Tuesday announced it had laid off almost 1,000 employees due to staggering debt and a lack of liquidity. Secretary-general of the Office of Non-Formal and Informal Education, Disakul Kasemsawas, signed on Monday […]
TM30 reporting rules relaxed
Property owners will no longer be required to report the presence of foreign tenants in their properties as often as they do now, starting from Tuesday. Section 38 of the Immigration Act requires that property or hotel owners who take in foreigners as guests notify officials within 24 hours, known as the TM30 rule. The Immigration Bureau has […]
Green light for foreigners
The first group of foreigners to be allowed to enter Thailand will comprise business representatives, skilled workers, experts, people with Thai families, teachers, students and patients who agree to quarantine, according to the government. Taweesilp Visanuyothin, spokesman of the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), on Wednesday elaborated on the government’s plan to allow foreign […]
POLITICSThai LGBT advocates push for equal rights for same-sex marriage
LGBT equality advocates are calling on Thailand to allow same-sex marriage, asking that laws regarding marriage simply change the words “man and woman” so same-sex couples can have the same rights as traditional married couples. A Civil Partnership Bill allows same-sex couples to register in a civil union, but the so-called “partnerships” are not treated […]