Coronavirus Update for Phuket & Thailand
Monday June 21st 2021: Just a quick up-date. Still no 100% confirmation from the Thai Embassy yet concerning the 'No quarantine' for Phuket from July 1st, BUT today the BBC one o'clock news on TV just reported that the 'No quarantine' for Phuket from July 1st has the...
Criminal Court grants conditional release to 31 anti-government protesters
Thailand’s Central Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases granted conditional bail to 31 anti-government “Talu Fah” protesters this afternoon (Tuesday), after finding that the charges against them do not carry high penalties and in the...
3 bedroom Luxury Villa with pool for sale Nai Harn
Nai Harn 3 bedroom Villa for sale with Thai freehold/ Freehold with Thai Ltd,. Co ownership. Open Plan Living- & Dining area and 5 min. drive from beach in Nai Harn on Phuket. This villa is situated in a nice secured location of NaiHarn. The villa is build on a...
Vietnam minister says Covid-19 vaccine rollout ‘too slow’ in many areas
HANOI (REUTERS) - Vietnam's Covid-19 vaccination drive has been too slow in many areas, state media quoted the Health Minister as saying on Tuesday (Aug 3), as the South-east Asian nation battles its worst coronavirus outbreak yet. Vietnam successfully contained the...
India’s rural migrants face climate hazards in the cities
India has seen millions of people fleeing failing agriculture to megacities that are poorly equipped to handle the influx amid increased threats from climate hazards particularly floods and heat waves, say researchers. Climate change that...
Explainer: What is deep-sea mining?
What is deep-sea mining? Deep-sea mining technology is still in development, but the general idea is that a submersible craft, about the size of a tractor, equipped with giant vacuum cleaners will draw sediment laced with precious metals from the seafloor, below 200...
ASEAN Still Stalemated Over Choice of Myanmar Envoy
AdvertisementAs the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) kicked off a week of summitry-by-videolink, it remained deadlocked on the appointment of a special envoy to address the political crisis in Myanmar.Alongside a discussion of COVID-19 and the South...
10 million vaccine doses to be distributed in Thailand in August
10 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, mainly AstraZeneca and Sinovac, will be distributed across Thailand in August, with Bangkok receiving 1.25 million, according to the Public Health Ministry. The vaccines also include the 1.5 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech,...
Cambodian Leader Acknowledges Oil Production ‘Failure’
AdvertisementCambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen has admitted that his country’s attempt at oil extraction has failed, just eight months after the first drops of crude oil trickled from an offshore drilling platform operated by Singapore’s KrisEnergy.Late last year, Hun...
Afghan fighting rages as US and Britain accuse Taleban of massacring civilians
KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN (AFP) - Afghan forces battled on Monday (Aug 2) to stop a first major city from falling to the Taleban as the United States and Britain accused the insurgents of massacring civilians in a town they recently captured near the Pakistan border....
Tranquil ocean scenery Apartment in Kamala for sale
Tranquil ocean scenery Apartment in Kamala for sale. Kamala Modern Apartment for sale on Phuket with Freehold with Thai Co.,Ltd. ownership and 5 min drive to beach. Other specs: Price: THB 19,500,000 - Built in: 2005 - Layout: Open plan - Pool: Common. ** This Phuket...
Two bedroom Condo for sale
Two bedroom Condo for sale. Rawai Western style Condo for sale on Phuket with Foreign Freehold ownership and 10 min. to Nai Harn Beach. Other specs: Price: THB 5,500,000 - Built in: 2007 - Layout: Open plan / 2 Bedrooms - Pool: Common swimming pool. This apartment is...
President Ghani calls on Afghanis to rise up against ‘destructive’ Taliban
Afghanistan’s President has called for a full-scale national mobilisation to counter sweeping gains by the Taliban, warning that the Islamist group will only negotiate seriously once their military momentum is halted. Addressing an emergency cabinet meeting in Kabul,...