Thailand Charges More Activists With Sedition, Royal Insults
BANGKOK (AP) — Prosecutors in Thailand charged 18 pro-democracy activists with sedition on Monday, while lodging additional charges of insulting the monarchy against three of them.
Power Couple Quits Jobs to Work as Private Chefs in Pandemic
KOH SAMUI — A little over a year ago, New Zealander Jeremy Simeon was working as an executive chef at a luxury resort on Koh Samui. His girlfriend, Jitlada “Tang” Sirachadapong, was a lawyer in Bangkok with 17-year experience in the job. And then everything changed.
COVID Infected Policeman Was Deployed at Recent Protest
BANGKOK — The contingent of riot police officers who were deployed at a recent pro-democracy protest included a policeman who was infected with the coronavirus, health officials said Thursday. One more person also died from the virus.
Director Who Pulled Gun at School Charged with Sexual Obscenity
SONGKHLA — A school director who allegedly had a sexual relationship with one of his students and brandished his handgun at a school assembly was charged with sexual obscenity, police said Thursday.
‘Miss Universe’ Stands By Police Brutality Comments After Dismissal
BANGKOK — The winner of Miss Universe Thailand 2020 said Wednesday she would not back down from comments about police violence that cost her job in a government agency.
Gaffe-Hit ‘Ambassador City Jomtien’ Will Offer ASQ Stay, Exec Says
PATTAYA — The executive of a hotel that went viral last month over the alleged reports of terrible room conditions said Monday it will soon open as an Alternative State Quarantine, or ASQ.
At Long Last, COVID Vaccine Drive Begins in Earnest
BANGKOK — Frontline health workers, volunteers, and local officials are lining up Monday to receive their shot of vaccine against COVID-19, kicking off the long awaited inoculation drive that hopes to reopen the country.
Prayut Postpones Inaugural COVID Jab, Cites ‘Paperwork Issue’
BANGKOK — The inaugural shot of COVID-19 vaccine will not be administered to PM Prayut Chan-o-cha as planned due to missing paperwork for the AstraZeneca vaccine shipment, a source at Government House said.
Former National Park Chief Removed for Burning Down Karen Village
BANGKOK — An anti-graft agency on Thursday announced that a former national park director committed malfeasance for ordering the violent eviction of Karen families nearly a decade ago and ordered him to leave his post.
13 Provinces to Get Vaccines First; Lowkey Welcome for AZ Doses
BANGKOK — Samut Sakhon, Bangkok, and Pathum Thani are among the first provinces to begin vaccinating its health workers and vulnerable populations against COVID-19 by next month, officials said Thursday.
