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For the past couple of weeks, Thailand has seen a stabilized, decreasing rate of coronavirus infections with the government now easing up several lockdown measures and starting to reopen the country.However, fears over the resurgence of virus remains...

This week Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha asked the opposition to put politics aside and concentrate on helping the government contain the coronavirus pandemic.Now is not the time for politics or criticizing the government, the prime minister said, but...

The number of inbound tourists has “severely contracted” by 76.4 per cent while exports dropped by 2.2 per cent year-on-year in March, said the Bank of Thailand (BOT) on Thursday.The BOT added that the Thai economy has contracted...

Thailand’s government said on Thursday that it had discovered 7 new coronavirus infections bringing the total number of infected to 2,954.There were no new fatalities with the death toll still at 54.22 more patients have recovered from the virus...

While reading Thai Enquirer’s articles last week about donation culture, I thought back to a meme that I saw a couple months ago by @bougiebangkokgirl. The meme featured an Elmo with the label “bkk_person1” smushing its face into a pile of ทำบุญ (tum boon) while looking...

Amidst the continued battle against the spread of the novel coronavirus, I cannot but help wonder what might Harold Burson have to say to Thailand's leaders in government, business and civil society.  What lessons might Burson—a pioneer in crisis management and public relations who...

On April 25, 42 migrant detainees in Sadao’s Immigration Detention Center (IDC) tested positive for Covid – in a period where the government’s reported daily infection rates have descended into the single digits. But the falling numbers may raise...

Thailand’s government passed an executive order late Wednesday mandating that all emergency decrees that it had enacted to be continued until the end of May.The executive order, published in the Royal Gazette and signed by Prime Minister Prayut...

The government has accepted a new rehabilitation plan for Thai Airways International (THAI) after a meeting led by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha on Wednesday that could see it become mostly owned by the private sector, according to the State...

The suicide rate in Thailand’s urban poor has seen a significant increase over the past month, according to a study commissioned by the TSRI in April.Out of the 38 suicide attempts during that period, there have been 28 deaths....