As part of efforts to prevent the spread of the deadly coronavirus, Interior Minister Aryeh Deri on Monday said Israel would ban all non-Israelis who were in four East Asian countries and territories in the previous 14 days.
A British man who was extradited from Thailand, has collapsed in a UK prison and is feared to have contracted the deadly coronavirus.
Police in Thailand said that they were on the hunt for a soldier in the Thai Army who opened fire and killed at least 20 people and injured many others.
Thai Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul apologized on Friday for using a racial slur to demand that white tourists be expelled from the country over their refusal to wear face masks to avoid contracting coronavirus.
Thailand prosecuted two citizens on Friday for allegedly spreading “disinformation” about the novel Chinese coronavirus.
Chinese officials confirmed the death toll of a mystery coronavirus spreading from central China doubled to six people from Monday into Tuesday, insisting that Beijing is prepared to screen potential carriers as Asia prepares for Lunar New Year, one of the continent’s biggest travel days.
The world’s largest debate tournament, known as the World Universities Debating Championship, which was held in Bangkok, Thailand, censored a debate on the topic of Hong Kong this week after a group of Chinese students protested the topic’s inclusion by leaving the venue.
Thailand’s new “Anti Fake News Center” concluded its first month of operations this week, to catcalls from critics who found its work product shoddy and primarily focused on suppressing criticism of the government.
A selection of delegates from the COP25 climate conference in Spain have now flown to Bogota, Columbia, to join a separate U.N. meeting. They will spend seven days helping to decide if Thai massage should be added to UNESCO’s heritage list of Intangible Cultural Heritage as the committee seeks to enshrine “cultural diversity” as a global necessity.
The defamation trial involving Tesla CEO Elon Musk began Tuesday with Musk attempting to explain his use of Twitter to a Los Angeles jury. Musk downplayed his power on the platform, saying “I’m Not Sure to the Degree I’m Actually Influential.”
The Defamation lawsuit against Tesla CEO Elon Musk begins today in Los Angeles. The case is based on Musk’s social media posts calling British cave rescuer Vern Unsworth, who was instrumental in the rescue of a trapped Thai youth soccer team, a ‘Pedo Guy.’
Pope Francis praised Thailand’s multiculturalism and diversity as well as their openness to immigrants Thursday on the first day of his six-day Asia visit.
Recently released lawsuit documents claim that Tesla CEO Elon Musk called himself a “fucking idiot” in an email to an outside public relations consultant for emailing unverified information about British cave diver Vern Unsworth to a reporter for BuzzFeed News. According to the lawsuit, Musk and SpaceX also demanded an apology from the government of Thailand over comments made by officials — while the trapped soccer team was still awaiting rescue from the cave.
Elon Musk stated in a recent court filing that his use of the term “pedo guy” to describe Vern Unsworth, the British cave rescuer critical of Musk’s plans during efforts to save a Thai soccer team from an underwater cave, was not meant to imply that Unsworth was a pedophile.
South Korean news outlets reported Wednesday that North Korea’s foreign minister and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo may hold an informal meeting on the sidelines of a conference in Thailand next month, a potential humiliation for Pyongyang after declaring it would cease negotiations with the United States if Pompeo kept his diplomatic post.
A court in Thailand has sentenced three Thai men to death in the murder of a British expatriate and his Thai wife whose brother allegedly ordered the killings.
A disabled dog named Ping Pong is the toast of his village in north-east Thailand, after rescuing a newborn boy who had been buried alive by his teenage mother.
The embassy of Thailand in Sweden has put out an official travel warning for tourists in Stockholm to be on the lookout for thieves stealing passports and other items.
BANGKOK (AP) — A popular Thai music act has apologized after one of its members wore a shirt showing the swastika flag of Nazi Germany during a performance.
SYDNEY — Four women held a topless protest in Sydney on Thursday to support runaway Saudi woman Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun, as Australia began considering her bid to settle in the country as a refugee.
BANGKOK — Thailand’s immigration police chief met Tuesday with officials of the Saudi Embassy in Bangkok, and said the officials told him they are satisfied with how the case of a young Saudi woman who claims to be fleeing her abusive family has been handled.
A young Saudi woman who has renounced Islam and remains stranded at Bangkok’s main airport after fleeing her “abusive” family has been assured by Thai police she will not be deported.
The enormous popularity of a rap song criticizing the Thai military junta suggests the public is growing exasperated with the military takeover. Thailand’s rulers are contemplating a crackdown that could get ugly fast.
Contents: Thailand and Thaksin Shinawatra prepare for new national elections; The shadow of Thaksin Shinawatra; Brief generational history of Thailand
Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha achieved what seemed impossible in modern soccer: Gaining promotion with a modest club and winning the English Premier League title within two years.
The government of Malaysia confirmed on Thursday the release of 11 Uighur refugees who entered the country illegally after breaking out of a Thai immigrant detention center, allowing them to travel to Turkey as they had requested.
In a bizarre Twitter outburst, Elon Musk implied that one of the heroes of the Thai cave rescue, who criticized Musk’s submarine as a “PR Stunt,” is a pedophile.
The producers behind Christian films like “God’s Not Dead” are already in Thailand with plans to develop a movie about the 18-day saga of the soccer team trapped in a flooded cave.
U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump rejoiced Tuesday in the completed rescue of 12 boys and their soccer coach from a deep cave in Thailand.
While Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has been tweeting regularly about his plans to help in the rescue of the Thai soccer team stranded in a cave, on-site rescuers have not been impressed with Musk’s solutions, stating that his “mini-submarine” is “not practical.”
