Thai Airways poised to get go-signal for rehabilitation plan
Flag carrier Thai Airways International Pte. Ltd. was confident that it will secure the nod of the bankruptcy court for its request to restructure...
Thailand sets sights on medical tourism after combating COVID
One month after reporting zero virus transmission, the province of Phuket in Thailand is now opening its doors to the “new normal” by investing...
The pandemic teaches us creativity and to appreciate life in a simpler way
The global pandemic did not just rob people to live life the way it used to be, but it also dampened global economies, shattered...
Thailand relaxes lock-down measures as infections subside
The government of Thailand was looking to relax restrictions on inbound foreigners as the country reached 28 days with no record of local transmission. In...
Thailand allows laborers to return to offshore jobs
The government of Thailand has allowed thousands of its citizens to return to work overseas as the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) subsided in some countries. The...
ASEAN’s Huaren Titans Must Pay Their Dues Beyond COVID-19
In a recently leaked letter, Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha made an unconventional appeal to the kingdom’s so-called “five families” to do more for...
Intensified alert needed to fight online fraud during virus outbreak
Internet penetration has significantly grown over the past six months as a result of the governments’ confinement measures to keep the coronavirus outbreak at...
Thailand rejects cash aid proposal for civil servants
Thailand’s Ministry of Finance has junked a proposal to offer cash aid to 91,000 farming civil servants for supplementary income, arguing that they are...
‘Thai Airways to seek rescue from bankruptcy court’
Flag carrier Thai Airways International Public Co. Ltd., still reeling from a series of net losses for three consecutive years, is now filing a...
ASEAN to focus on virus outbreak; set aside visa talks ‘for now’
Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are not yet keen on bringing to the table any talks about visa exemptions and...
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Malaysia sends 5 million students back to school
All five million Malaysian students were sent back physically to school despite the increasing number of Covid-19 cases in the country. This after secondary school...
Singapore eyes vaccine passport
THE government of Singapore is mulling over the establishment of a vaccine passport so as to spare travelers from undergoing a mandatory quarantine and...
‘Philippines’ active virus cases seen to reach 500,000’
THE Philippine Health department is projecting active coronavirus cases to approach the 500,000-level by the end of April if the country does not impose...