Thailand

Myanmar military hits Karen rebel territory with air raids

Two warplanes "launched an air strike and aerial gunfire" followed by rockets from helicopters, says governor of Thailand's Mae Hong Son province, which borders Myanmar's Karen state, marking a second day of assault.

ASEAN leaders urge Myanmar's junta to end killings

A formal statement, which was issued by ASEAN leaders after they met with Myanmar General Min Aung Hlaing in Jakarta, calls for “immediate cessation of violence in Myanmar” and urges all parties to “exercise utmost restraint”.

Myanmar junta launches new air attacks as violence continues

Thailand’s PM says Karen villagers who fled airstrikes returned home of their own will, denying that his country’s security forces had forced them back.

Thailand denies security forces pushed people back to Myanmar

The denial from Prime Minister Prayuth came a day after humanitarian groups said Thailand has been sending back some of the thousands of people who have fled a series of Myanmar military air strikes.

Thailand charges billionaire with royal insult over vaccine query

Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit was charged with lese majeste, Thailand's strict royal defamation laws over a Facebook video in which he questioned the country's over-reliance on coronavirus vaccines from a company linked to the royal family.

Thailand forces push back people fleeing Myanmar air attacks

The founder of the Free Burma Rangers said 2,009 people had been forced to return to the Ee Thu Hta displacement camp on the Myanmar side of the border.

Police warn of more protest arrests in Thailand after nearly 100 detained

Bangkok police said 99 people were arrested on Sunday in front of the Government House, adding the arrests were necessary under a law forbidding large public gatherings to prevent coronavirus spread.

Thousands flee to Thailand as Myanmar jets hit Karen villages

More than 3,000 people flee southeastern Karen state following military air attacks on an area controlled by ethnic rebels.

Casualties after Thai police use force to disperse rally near king's palace

The rally outside Bangkok's Grand Palace was a continuation of student-led protests that began last year and have rattled Thailand's traditional establishment, which is fiercely opposed to change, especially with regard to the monarchy.

Thai protesters seek PM's resignation and monarchy reform

About 1,000 protesters gather near Grand Palace in capital Bangkok demanding end to constitution drafted by military after 2014 coup.

Thailand clears AstraZeneca as possible clotting side effects divide Europe

Thailand announces plans to go ahead with AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine despite other countries suspending its use over safety fears.

Is the Covid-19 vaccine about to hit store shelves?

Some countries have opened doors for the private sector to get in on the vaccine drive.