Thailand

Latest Stories

In this photo released by the Thailand's Dept. of Special Investigation, Thailand's Justice Minister Somsak Thepsuthin, second left, leads a press conference Thursday, July 23, 2020, in Bangkok, Thailand. Somsak announced that a possible breakthrough in the unsolved 2007 killing of a Japanese tourist. The body of Tomoko Kawashita was found by the ruins of an ancient temple in the northern province of Sukhothai on May 25, 2007. From left: Wannapong Kocharak, director of Central Institute of Forensic Science; Somsak Thepsuthin, minister of Justice; Korawat Panrnprapakorn, DSI secretary general; Tomoyuki Fujiyama, Japan embassy’s first secretary. (Thailand's Dept. of Special Investigation via AP)

Thailand claims breakthrough in Japanese tourist murder case

By BUSABA SIVASOMBOON - Associated Press

Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha appears to have an upper hand over his opponents after imposing restrictions to contain COVID-19 and navigating diplomatic relations between the U.S. and China. (Associated Press/File)

Prayuth Chan-ocha brings Thailand closer to U.S., China

By Richard S. Ehrlich - Special to The Washington Times

People line up for the coronavirus test in Rayong province, Thailand, Tuesday, July 14, 2020. Authorities set up testing for anyone concerned they might have come into contact with an Egyptian soldier who visited a shopping mall in Rayong last week and then tested positive for COVID-19. In Thailand, where there has been no reports of locally transmitted cases for seven weeks, health authorities were rushing to trace the contacts of two recent foreign arrivals in the country who were infected with the coronavirus and may have violated quarantine rules.(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thais seek to fix errors that allowed infected foreigners in

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA - Associated Press

Peoples eat in a food court divided by plastic sheets designed to help reduce the spread of the coronavirus in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, July 13, 2020. Daily life in the capital slowly returns to normal as Thai government has eased restrictions imposed weeks ago to combat the spread of COVID-19. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Coronavirus in 2 foreign arrivals raises alarm in Thailand

By BUSABA SIVASOMBOON - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Royal Thai Army, a health officer collects a nasal swab sample from Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army Gen. James McConville to test for the coronavirus at the military airport in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, July 9, 2020. McConville will be the first official foreign guest to meet Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha at the Government House since travel restrictions were eased for a select group of foreigners allowed to visit Thailand. (Royal Thai Army via AP)

US Army chief welcomed to Thailand with coronavirus test

By GRANT PECK - Associated Press

Flight crew wear protective masks as they arrive at the Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Friday, July 3, 2020. As the country starts to ease its travel restrictions allowing foreign visitors in on a controlled basis, a laboratory at the airport will have the results of COVID-19 virus testing ready within 90 minutes for arriving travelers. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Holidays to test Thailand’s easing of virus restrictions

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA - Associated Press

A tourist wearing a protective mask as a worker sprays disinfectant at Temple of Dawn in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, March 12, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Black Lives Matter debate opens up in Thailand

By Richard S. Ehrlich -- SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Children wearing protective masks play in Yoyo Land, an indoor amusement center in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, June 16, 2020. Thailand’s Cabinet has approved three projects with a combined budget of more than 22 billion baht ($707 million) to help the country’s reeling tourism industry recover from the coronavirus crisis. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Thailand to spend $707 million to boost domestic tourism

Associated Press

A worker wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus as she cleans a glass in front of the bar area at Roadhouse Barbecue restaurant in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, June 15, 2020. Restaurants will no longer be banned from serving alcohol. Thai government continues to ease restrictions related to running business in capital Bangkok that were imposed weeks ago to combat the spread of COVID-19. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai restaurants on thin ice despite return of alcohol sales

By JERRY HARMER - Associated Press

A security officer controls the queue of migrant workers from West Bengal state waiting to board a bus to catch home bound trains in Kochi, in the southern Indian state of Kerala, Wednesday, June 10, 2020. With thousands of cases reported daily now India stands the fifth highest in the world of coronavirus cases. There has also been a surge in infections in rural India following the return of hundreds of thousands of migrant workers who lost their jobs during the lockdown. (AP Photo/R S Iyer)

The Latest: S Korea has 56 new COVID cases amid resurgence

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this Friday, March 13, 2020, photo, a tourist wearing protective mask walk in front of giant Buddha at Wat Pho temple in Bangkok, Thailand. Wat Pho, which is one of Thailand's major tourist attractions and famous for housing the golden 46-meter- (151-foot-) long Reclining Buddha, has barred entry to foreigners, professing fear that they could spread COVID-19. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Famed Thai temple bars foreigners entry over COVID-19 fears

By BUSABA SIVASOMBOON - Associated Press

Cambodia says it’s willing to probe Thai exile’s case

By SOPHENG CHEANG - Associated Press

In this Sunday, May 10, 2020. photo released by the Progressive Movement Group, shows of the hashtag &quot;#Finding Truth&quot; regarding the 2010 civil protests projected on the infrastructure of the BTS Skytrain public transportation in Bangkok, Thailand, ahead of the upcoming 10th anniversary of the protests and following crackdowns. (Progressive Movement Group via AP)

Thai activists use light show to jog memories of crackdown

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA - Associated Press

In this image taken from video taken April 22, 2020, by Thailand’s Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, five dugongs are swimming together, part of a larger group of dugongs cruising slowly in the shallow waters in the area of Chao Mai Beach national park in Trang province, Thailand. Though an increasingly rare sight to see the mammals in the area, recent travel restrictions imposed to counter the COVID-19 pandemic have left the coastal regions undisturbed allowing the mammals to return. (Thailand Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation via AP)

Thailand’s tourist drought leaves space for shy sea mammal

By PREEYAPA T. KHUNSONG and JERRY HARMER - Associated Press

Thai Buddhist monks wearing face masks to protect themselves from the coronavirus pass pack of water after their devotees donated it to Molilokayaram temple in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, April 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai leader asks billionaires for help solving virus crisis

Associated Press

List of sports events affected by the coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 16, 2019, file photo, Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha gestures after a group photo with his cabinet members at the government house in Bangkok, Thailand. As governments across the world enact emergency measures to keep people at home and stave off the pandemic, some are unhappy about having their missteps publicized. Others are taking advantage of the crisis to silence critics and tighten control. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)

Some leaders use pandemic to sharpen tools against critics

By GRANT PECK and PREEYAPA T. KHUNSONG - Associated Press

Coronavirus rumors alleged to have set off Thai prison riot

Associated Press

Tourists practice social distancing as they wait to extend their visa at Immigration Bureau in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, March 27, 2020. Tourists across Asia are finding their dream vacations have turned into travel nightmares as airlines cancel flights and countries close their borders in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Tourists stranded in Asia by canceled flights, shut borders

By PENNY YI WANG - Associated Press

A worker sprays disinfectant at the base of Buddha statues as a precaution against the new coronavirus at Wat Suthat temple in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, March 17, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thailand enacts shutdowns to curb spread of coronavirus

By BUSABA SIVASOMBOON - Associated Press