Coronavirus Update for Phuket & Thailand
Monday 18th October, 2021: Fully vaccinated travelers to Phuket can skip the usual Covid-19 quarantine and just have to complete a 7-night stay on the island, and then be able to travel to all destinations in Thailand if they wish. Yes, it's still classed as...
No Squid Game: South Korea’s real-life debt trap
SEOUL(REUTERS) - Many small business owners in South Korea recognise themselves in the cash-strapped characters of the wildly popular Netflix drama Squid Game, who vie desperately for a chance to win US$38 million (S$51 million), exposing a debt trap that is all too...
Thailand to allow quarantine-free travel from 46 countries from Nov 1: PM Prayut
BANGKOK (REUTERS) - Thailand will allow visitors from 46 countries vaccinated against Covid-19 to forgo quarantine from next month, up from 10 previously announced, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-cha said on Thursday (Oct 21). The South-east Asian country is poised to...
Phuket “sandbox” model adapted for Bangkok’s international airports
Thailand’s Suvarnabhumi and Don Muaeng international airports have adapted Phuket’s “sandbox’ model in the management and processing of arriving foreign tourists. Disembarkation to leaving the airports will take roughly 25 minutes, according to Transport Minister...
Ayala Corp sets net zero target by 2050
Philippine conglomerate Ayala Corp has pledged to bring down its greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050 in line with climate science, its president and chief executive Fernando Zobel de Ayala announced on Thursday. “As a diverse group of companies in...
Another storm to hit Thailand late next week, heavy rain forecast
A motorist rides a scooter along a flooded road after heavy rain in Bangkok on March 9, 2021. Jack TAYLOR / AFP People living in Thailand’s eastern, lower central, and upper southern regions are advised to brace for heavy rain next Friday and Saturday when an...
US, Thailand Mull Crossborder Myanmar Aid Delivery Plan
AdvertisementThe United States and Thailand are considering jointly providing humanitarian aid to Myanmar via the country’s border with Thailand, the Thai foreign ministry said Wednesday. The plan emerged from a two-day visit to Bangkok by U.S. State Department...
Brunei banks on technology to preserve its economic lifeline: fossil fuel
Brunei’s 420,000 residents are Southeast Asia’s biggest polluters despite contributing just 0.025 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions in 2018. The hefty carbon footprint is due to the sultanate’s complete dependence on hydrocarbons for its domestic energy...
Deal or no deal? Malaysian PM Ismail’s stability hinges on budget outcomes
KUALA LUMPUR - Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob's inaugural budget on Oct 29 will be the first major test of whether his efforts to shake off the instability that plagued his predecessors have succeeded.Several sources told The Straits Times that month-long...
Myanmar Junta Asks Telenor Executives Not to Leave the Country
AdvertisementMyanmar’s military junta confirmed that it asked executives from the Norwegian telecommunications company Telenor not to leave the country, pending the authorities’ approval of the company’s deal to sell its operation in the country.In an interview with...
Russia, China, Iran to work with Taliban towards ‘regional stability’
MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia and Central Asia powerbrokers agreed on Wednesday (Oct 20) to work with the Taliban to promote security in the region and called on Afghanistan's new leaders to implement "moderate" policies. Moscow hosted the Taliban for talks in the Russian...
Talks held to ease motorists’ burden as tolls on Sirat Outer ring road to rise from Dec 15
The Expressway Authority of Thailand (EXAT) is trying to negotiate, with Bangkok Expressway and Metro Public Company (BEM), the concessionaire for the Sirat outer ring road expressway, an easing of the burden on motorist from the December 15th rise in tolls, as...
Court rules suspect in Nakhon Sawan police custody died of deliberate suffocation
The Nakhon Sawan provincial court ruled today (Wednesday) that the drug suspect, who was seen in video footage with his head covered by plastic bags while in police custody at Muang district’s police station, died of suffocation. The court said that Thitisan...