Tag: Thailand
Thai low-cost housing plan puts slum dwellers in charge
The Baan Mankong program helps slum dwellers get secure housing with subsidies and cheap loans for land and to upgrade their homes
Thai health workers use canals to get to remote COVID-19 patients
Health workers navigate small canals daily, carrying out checks on communities and nose and throat swab tests on the COVID-19 patients
Thailand reports record number of COVID-19 cases for fourth day
Thailand reported on Monday 11,784 new COVID-19 cases, the fourth consecutive day of record infections
NGOs urge Thailand not to buy electricity from Luang Prabang dam
The dam project will displace 581 families or 2,285 people and will affect 20 other villages in the northern Lao provinces of Luang Prabang
Thailand reports daily record of 98 coronavirus deaths
The country's COVID-19 task force also reported 9,186 new coronavirus cases, bringing total infections to 372,215
Thailand approves self-tests, self-isolation as COVID-19 cases climb
Authorities also approved home and community isolation for asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic coronavirus cases
Thailand factory blast kills 1, mass evacuation underway
Local disaster authorities said 70 houses were damaged and fires were still being fought nine hours after the explosion
In Thailand, hopes for a revival as tourists trickle back
Tourism ground to a halt when the government imposed tight entry requirements last year to keep out COVID-19
Thai tiger park hopes to roar back to life as foreign...
Foreign tourists vaccinated against COVID-19 can bypass quarantine requirements and freely move around the island of Phuket
K-pop activism a lifeline for Thailand’s hard-hit ‘tuk tuk’ drivers
Drivers of Bangkok's distinctive tuk tuks have been among the hardest-hit by the pandemic's devastation of Thailand's tourism industry