Prayut Chan-o-Cha

Thailand has agreed to allow Gotabaya Rajapaksa to stay in the country temporarily during which the ousted Sri Lankan president will search for a third nation that will offer him permanent refuge

The vote followed four days of censure debate broadcast live this week and was the latest attempt by the opposition to unseat Prayut's government, reports Xinhua news agency.

Some tourist destinations should be ready for fully vaccinated visitors without any quarantine requirement sooner than the wider reopening, with Phuket as the "pilot," Prayuth said in a address.

Thailand has identified its first four cases of the new coronavirus strain that originated in the United Kingdom

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

He is in India on a three-day visit from June 16 on PM Modi's invitation