Thai job seekers warned about offers of highly paid work in Myanmar, Cambodia and the Philippines
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The Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs has advised job seekers to exercise great caution when responding to online offers of highly paid jobs in Cambodia, Myanmar or the Philippines, saying that they may end up being victimised and paying a large ransom for their safe return to Thailand. Tanee Sangrat,…
UK COVID-19 variant may have come from Cambodia – Virologist
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According to Prof Yong Pooverawan, of the faculty of medicine, Chulalongkorn, the UK Covid variant now spreading through Thailand might have been brought into the country from Cambodia, either by Thais crossing the border or migrant workers. The UK variant was found in people from India and China who entered…
UK COVID-19 variant may have come from Cambodia – Virologist
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According to Prof Yong Pooverawan, of the faculty of medicine, Chulalongkorn, the UK Covid variant now spreading through Thailand might have been brought into the country from Cambodia, either by Thais crossing the border or migrant workers. The UK variant was found in people from India and China who entered…
Thai rice wins World’s Best Rice Award 2020
Hom Mali, or Thai Jasmine fragrant rice, was named the best rice in the world at the 12th World Rice Conference 2020, held in the United States on 1-3 December. The World Rice Conference has now held 12 contests and Thailand has won first prize six times at the contest…
Thailand had the world’s first coronavirus case outside China. Here’s how it avoided disaster
By South-East Asia correspondent Amy Bainbridge and Supattra Vimonsuknopparat Thailand is emerging as another success story in the COVID-19 pandemic. It is all the more remarkable considering the country was the first outside of China to detect a case of COVID-19 back in January. At the time, there was intense speculation the…
Sa Kaeo disinfects cargo trucks to prevent COVID-19 spread
Officials at Ban Klong Luk border crossing are spraying disinfectants over every cargo truck entering the country from Cambodia, to prevent the possibility that the coronavirus may be carried in the cargo or by the drivers. Customs officials and livestock officials at Ban Klong Luk border crossing in Aranyaprathet, Sa…