Politics

BANGKOK — A lawyer on Thursday said a group of politicians was involved in a conspiracy that led to scarcity of face masks in Thailand and then sold them at overpriced fees for profits.

BANGKOK — Frustration over the government’s botched responses to the coronavirus epidemic reportedly caused two aviation czars to resign from their post on Thursday.

BANGKOK — Foreign tourists must rely on their own funds or insurance to pay for their treatment if they test positive for coronavirus in Thailand, government officials said.

BANGKOK — A minister on Monday distanced himself from the revelations that his aide stockpiled and sold 200 million face masks to China amid their acute shortage in Thailand.

BANGKOK — Dozens of protesters held a vigil on Sunday in memory of a judge who reportedly killed himself to protest alleged injustice in Thailand’s judicial system.

BANGKOK — A surrogate of the disbanded Future Forward Party said Friday he will take up many key policies pursued by his predecessor.

AMNAT CHAROEN — A policeman was placed in solitary confinement as a punishment for posting a video parody of PM Prayut Chan-o-cha, police said Friday.

BANGKOK — The health minister on Wednesday declined to explain why he removed an order that required people arriving from nine countries hit by the coronavirus to be placed in a self-quarantine.

BANGKOK — Deputy PM Prawit Wongsuwan said the government has no legal power to order thousands of migrant workers returning from South Korea into a quarantine.

BANGKOK — The main opposition party on Friday insisted there was no secret deal with the government to spare Deputy PM Prawit Wongsuwan from the recently concluded no-confidence debate as alleged by some observers.