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Myanmar refugees influx at Indian borders likely just beginning: UNSG envoy

The influx of refugees from Myanmar at the Indian and Thai borders and elsewhere is ominous and likely just the beginning, UN Secretary General's special envoy on Myanmar has told the Security Council

Thousands flee into Thailand following Myanmar military air strikes

Thai authorities along the country's northwestern border braced themselves on Monday for a possible influx of more ethnic Karen villagers fleeing new airstrikes from the Myanmar military

Thailand considers adding more prison space for new political prisoners

Thailand is considering an expansion of prison space as it arrests more political prisoners, the justice minister said

Thailand probes Facebook's removal of army-linked accounts

Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha says he has assigned the Royal Thai Army to carry out a probe

Srikanth resumes training as BAI gets mandatory quarantine period reduced

Srikanth, who was forced to withdraw from the just-concluded Thailand Open as per protocols, resumed training on Sunday after the BAI got his 14-day mandatory quarantine period reduced to a week

PV Sindhu, K Srikanth make impressive starts at Thailand Open

Sameer Verma shocked world no 10 Lee Zii Jia as Indian shuttlers made impressive starts at the Toyota Thailand Open Super 1000 tournament here on Tuesday

Thailand court gives record 43-year sentence for insulting king

The country has a strict law on insulting or defaming the monarchy

Thaliand Open: Saina, Srikanth progress, Kashyap retires midway

Star India shuttler Saina Nehwal and former world number one Kidambi Srikanth entered the second rounds of their respective events but Parupalli Kashyap made an early exit from the Thailand Open

Thailand govt unveils $7 billion stimulus to counter coronavirus impact

Under the plan, each beneficiary will receive 3,500 baht per month for two months starting as early as February.

Indian badminton players start training in Thailand after testing negative

Indian badminton players, who will play three back-to-back tournaments here, started training on Wednesday after testing negative for Covid-19.

Vietnam buys Indian rice for first time in decades: Industry officials

The purchases underscore tightening supplies in Asia, which could lift rice prices in 2021 and even force traditional buyers of rice from Thailand and Vietnam to switch to India

Thailand detects first patients with UK-linked new strain of Covid-19

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

Thailand tightens restrictions amid a spike in coronavirus cases

New cases have been detected in more than one-third of the country's provinces

Thailand coronavirus update: 427 fresh cases of novel Covid-19 reported

Covid-19 cases continued to rise in Thailand on Tuesday, up by 427 from the previous day, with a majority of them being connected to a seafood market in Samut Sakhon province near the capital Bangkok

Thailand to sign Covid-19 vaccine agreement with Oxford-AstraZeneca

The announcement comes as other countries in the region like the Philippines prepare to sign similar deals with AstraZeneca

The Trilateral Highway from India to Thailand that went on the slow lane

The highway's Imphal-Moreh portion on the Indian side, however, is expected to be completed only by 2023, more than two decades after it was conceptualised

Thailand warns of flash floods as tropical depression Etau makes landfall

At Samila Beach in Songkhla province, officials raised yellow flags, to warn tourists that swimming in the sea could put them at risk

Thai protesters, 'human beings, not dust', march in challenge to king

Thai protesters demanding reforms of the monarchy marched to the German embassy in Bangkok on Monday to put pressure on King Maha Vajiralongkorn, who spends much of his time in Germany

Tensions remain high between Thai government and pro-democracy protesters

Thailand's government and the country's pro-democracy movement appeared no closer to resolving their differences Saturday, as the protesters' deadline for Prime Minister to step down approached

Thailand revokes state of emergency, protesters want PM's resignation

Emergency measures imposed a week ago included bans on political gatherings of five or more people and publishing news that could affect security