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Indonesian capital shuts entertainment venues to prevent spread and cases spike in Thailand and Cambodia Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMore than 670 Filipino health workers have been quarantined over fears they were expose…
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Fewer visitors mean less food for troops of wild monkeys at Prang Sam YodThe coronavirus outbreak has left Thailand’s hotels empty, its tour guides without work and its markets unusually quiet. The country’s wildlife may also now be noticing the lack o…
A large crowd of monkeys has been filmed brawling over a pot of yoghurt in a street in Thailand. A fall in tourist numbers amid the Covid-19 outbreak has resulted in far fewer people offering them food. The video was filmed in Lopburi, a city north-eas…
China reports 573 new cases with further travel bans and large gatherings restrictedCoronavirus – live updatesThe US, Australia and Thailand have reported their first deaths from coronavirus as two frontline doctors in China died and more countries put…
Sixteen of its leaders banned for 10 years after it is ruled to have received illegal loanOne of Thailand’s most popular opposition parties has been disbanded after it was found to have violated electoral rules by receiving an illegal loan, a decision …
Thailand has become the fifth country to deny the MS Westerdam permission to dock over fears that some of its more than 2,000 passengers and crew may be infected with the new coronavirus. A passenger describes life onboard, with no cases of the vi…
MS Westerdam has been turned away by five countries over coronavirus fears, though it says it has no sick passengers Cambodia has agreed to let a cruise ship that has been turned away by five countries over fears that someone aboard may have the corona…
Smugglers responsible for mass atrocities in Thailand may be linked to capsized boat carrying refugees from Bangladesh to MalaysiaActivists fear a dangerous transnational trafficking network is being revived after at least 16 Rohingya refugees drowned …
Police condemn local news channels for broadcasting live from scene of attackGrieving families have held prayers in the Thai city of Nakhon Ratchasima as the media and prime minister faced criticism over their response to a mass shooting that left 29 p…
Outbreak huge blow for Thailand, Japan and Italy, which rely heavily on Chinese visitorsMost February evenings, it’s a struggle to push through the crowds to get to Yanakawee Srialam’s souvenir stall in Bangkok’s Ratchada Train night market. It’s peak …
City in state of shock after rogue soldier kills 26 and injures many moreJirattikarn Nobthai was riding his bike to the Terminal 21 shopping mall when the shooting began. He got down and tried to help others, said his mother, Sasithorn Suthisook, and h…
A soldier shot dead 26 people and injured at least 52 before he was killed by police at a Thai shopping mall. Eight people were held hostage by the gunman in the city of Nakhon Ratchasima, according to sources quoted by Reuters. Dozens more were trappe…
Rogue soldier stole weapons from base and opened fire at mall, leaving 26 deadAttack survivors tell of ordealThailand’s prime minister has denied suggestions that arms were not properly secured at a military base where a rogue soldier stole multiple we…