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No Plan to Cancel Songkran Over Coronavirus Fears

posted March 5, 2020 / No Comments

There are no plans to cancel Songkran festivities this year in Thailand over Coronavirus fears, according to the Tourism Authority of Thailand. TAT governor Yuthasak Supasorn did say, however, that some changes to the multiday […]
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Thailand Designates 11 Places as “High Risk” for Coronavirus

posted March 4, 2020 / No Comments

Thailand’s Public Health Ministry recently placed 9 countries as well as Macau and Hong Kong on a list of countries at “high risk” for the coronavirus, formally known as Covid-19. The nine countries on the […]
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Experts Believe Coronavirus Cases in Southeast Asia Are Being Under-reported

posted March 2, 2020 / No Comments

Health experts are starting to believe that the cases of Coronavirus in Southeast Asia are being vastly under-reported by the country’s respective governments. The Coronavirus, officially known as COVID-19, has spread all across the globe […]
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Maya Bay to Reopen in November

posted February 19, 2020 / No Comments

Maya Bay, perhaps Thailand’s most famous beach, is set to reopen to tourism in November of this year. Maya Bay was shut down in 2018 by Thailand’s Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation after […]
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Updated: Thai Government Considering 9-day Songkran in 2020

posted February 18, 2020 / No Comments

The Thai government is currently considering extending Songkran to 9 days in 2020 to make up for a shortfall in tourism due to the Coronavirus outbreak. If approved, Songkran–Thailand’s wild and wet new year festival–would […]
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Southeast Asian Governments Utilize Fake News Laws Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

posted February 13, 2020 / No Comments

Singapore’s anti-fake news law has stirred up its fair share of controversy in its short four-month existence. The Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA), which has become a model for other governments in […]
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Tesco Lotus Deal Could Lead to Even More Market Concentration in Thailand

posted February 11, 2020 / No Comments

Thailand has long been known as a country with extreme levels of market and economic concentration. That wealth inequality and consolidated market control looks likely to become even worse with the country’s impending Tesco Lotus […]
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No Law on the Books to Prevent Thai Businesses from Discriminating Against Chinese

posted February 11, 2020 / No Comments

As reports of coronavirus cases spread outside China, fear among Thai people that they too might catch the deadly virus has risen dramatically–as has anti-Chinese discrimination. There is currently no law on the books in […]
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Thailand to Legalize Kratom in June

posted January 22, 2020 / No Comments

Kratom will soon be removed from Thailand’s list of controlled narcotics, according to Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin. Under Thailand’s current drug laws, kratom is classified as a Schedule V narcotic, meaning possession or consumption can […]
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Thai Politician Calls For Legal Brothels and Sex Toy Shops

posted January 20, 2020 / No Comments

The leader of the Thai Civilized party has proposed to legalize brothels and sex toy shops as a means of reducing sexual violence. Mongkolkit Suksintharanont, who sits on a House committee examining ways to quell […]