Новости за 03.06.2021

A Thai-directed film starring Tilda Swinton has been selected into the main competition of Cannes Film Festival 2021, the first time in 11 years that a Thai filmmaker will be featured at the top tier of the prestigious festival.

When restaurant owner Chirayu Na Ranong heard the Thai government announce new coronavirus restrictions in Bangkok in April, he burst into tears.

Lending a hand to those who need it most

Thailand ended the second week of the 2021 FIVB Volleyball Nations League with yet another defeat after they lost to the United States 3-0 in Rimini, Italy, on Wednesday.

The government has said that foreign nationals living in the kingdom who have registered for vaccination will start receiving the Covid-19 vaccine from next Monday.

There were 39 new Covid-19 fatalities and 3,886 new cases over the past 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry reported on Thursday morning.

Thailand coach Akira Nishino is focusing on securing wins in their three remaining World Cup qualifiers as the War Elephants set their sights on a place in the next preliminary stage for Qatar 2022.

Amid the ongoing Covid-19 crisis, we've been secluded at home for a few months and experienced travel restrictions as tourist attractions and entertainment venues remain closed.

The government is set to roll out a fresh 50% co-payment subsidy for the monthly salary of employees of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), its latest move to deter mass layoffs in the country.

Thammasat University, Rangsit Campus, on Wednesday announced its vaccination centre was ready to open next Monday and expects to inoculate at least 2,000 people a day.

The Marine Department is upgrading two piers in Trang and Krabi.

During the rainy season, you may be on the hunt for a great trek and one popular destination is Khao Yai National Park in Nakhon Ratchasima.

The Tourism Authority of Thailand is accepting entries for the "Travel Content Contest" for travel enthusiasts of all ages to produce content that promotes tourism within the country.

The oldest watchmaker in continuous operation for 266 years, Vacheron Constantin positions itself as a maison for connoisseurs.

To mark World Environment Day on Saturday, Alliance Francaise is presenting an online discussion on "The Importance Of Biodiversity To Human Health" conducted via Zoom and streamed live on Facebook on Alliance Française Bangkok's page on the same day at 6pm.

Death of a Salesman duo Chaturavidh "Krachai" Chattalada and Prin Amornsupasiri have been back in the studio for the first time in nearly two decades -- proving a long-lasting friendship and surprising local music fans with the release of the new track Steal as well as announcing plans for a sophomore album to be released next year.

In 2021, the world will start to recover from Covid-19, thanks to unprecedented scientific cooperation and global vaccination efforts. Economies will emerge from the crisis, and communities will begin the long road back to "normal." But it won't be the old normal: Some job functions will be lost, and entire industries will disappear forever. We must not allow independent media to be one of them.

While 2021's burning season was not quite as disastrous as in recent years, a game-changing solution for Thailand's pollution crisis remains up in the air. Given the complexity of the factors fuelling these fires, a more ambitious systemic approach is required. Neither past regulatory initiatives nor the piecemeal projects and plans of provincial governments and well-meaning NGOs have succeeded....

Temperatures are soaring to extremes more often even as Asia faces record Covid-19 surges. Millions of people from Bangladesh to Vietnam are stuck inside baking homes. Yet many still need to get outside to carry on their daily lives and survive even when they face sweltering heat. More than ever, we must do more to keep people safe, with concrete steps to prevent death and by taking early...

Finally, the Supreme Court has ordered a probe into a bribery scandal in which at least two former senior judges were implicated for their role in a tax dispute that involved a Thai subsidiary of Japanese automaker Toyota.