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Thailand government delays purchase of two submarines from China

Thailand's govt has decided to delay the purchase of two submarines from China, withdrawing its request to parliament to include the sum for an initial payment in the fiscal year 2021 national budget

Thai PM Prayut Chan-o-cha says tensions over protests endanger nation

Thailand's prime minister on Wednesday described the country's future as dire if escalating political tensions over demands by pro-democracy demonstrators for his government to resign aren't resolved

Why countries like India don't want to wait for superpowers' Covid vaccines

Groups such as the World Health Organization, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance are working to ensure that coverage extends beyond the developed world

Facebook blocks access to group criticising Thailand's monarchy

The Facebook group, Royalist Marketplace, was blocked late Monday after the social media giant bowed to pressure from the Thai government

Thailand suffers biggest economic fall since 1998, more stimulus announced

The data, which also showed a record contraction quarter-on-quarter, represents another headache for the government, also facing its biggest anti-government protests since the 2014 coup.

ADB to lend Thailand $1.5 billion to aid its coronavirus response

Asian Development Bank announced Tuesday it will provide a $1.5 billion loan to Thailand to aid its response to the coronavirus pandemic

In politically turbulent Thailand, how public health system curbed Covid-19

Why has Thailand performed so much better than other countries in containing the virus?

Eight billion internet records of millions of users in Thailand leaked

The database, containing DNS queries and Netflow data, was lying on the internet without a password

Thailand declares state of emergency to control coronavirus; tourism hit

A long queue snaked through the building, and many were told to come back another day.

Thailand plans $3.2 billion stimulus next week to ease Coronavirus impact

The measures, to be submitted to a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, will include handouts, soft loans and steps to support the stock market

Coronavirus outbreak: Shopping coupons to meal, freebies to woo tourists

Tourism in East and Southeast Asia has suffered a jolt following the spread of the virus

Thai soldier who killed 30 people in Korat shot dead by commandos in a mall

The attacker, a junior army officer identified as Sergeant-Major Jakrapanth Thomma, used a stolen M60 machine gun and rifles

Thailand mass shooting: 21 dead, security forces take down shooter

"Thank you police and army for ending the situation. Shooter shot dead!!!" Anutin said in a post on Facebook

A 'soul writing' retreat in Thailand's Chiang Rai converts a cynic

Certified cynic Payal Dhar braves a 'soul writing' retreat and is left quite surprised by the results

South China sea crisis: China rules the waves and waives the rule

China built up seven reefs in the South China Sea within its legally void Nine-Dash Line claim, turning them into island bastions

Indian, Thailand ports trusts sign three MoUs to reduce sea travel time

The BIMSTEC region brings together 1.67 billion people or 22% of the world's population

India has stopped working in a routine, bureaucratic manner: PM in Thailand

The prime minister was speaking at an event to mark golden jubilee of the Aditya Birla Group's presence in Thailand

Seamless link between North-east, Thailand to boost trade: Modi in Bangkok

OCI card holders can enrol for NPS; 1,000 youth from Asean nations to get post-doctoral seats in IITs

Govt's big push to attract tourists: One-month e-visa at flexible charges

High visa charges is one reason that makes India less attractive to tourists and so the fee is being reduced to increase footfalls and foreign exchange receipts

World's best-performing restaurant stock in 2019 is a Thai dessert shop

After You's "core profit" in the second quarter probably more than doubled from a year earlier to a quarterly record on higher sales