BANGKOK( REUTERS)-Thailand will receive 61 million doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine this year, a government spokesman said on Monday( Aug 23), as the South-east Asian country rushes to vaccinate its population amid a surge in coronavirus infections. Thailand is AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing hub for the region, but has been slow to obtain enough shots to inoculate its population. About 9 per cent of Thailand's 66 million people have been fully vaccinated." This is good new

REUTERS/ Soe Zeya Tun He’s one of 103 people from Thailand’s youth-led anti-government protests now charged with insulting or threatening King Maha Vajiralongkorn or his immediate family, a crime punishable by up to 15 years’ imprisonment.... Hundreds more face other criminal charges. Arnon, 36, says he has no regrets and vows the prosecutions won’t crush the anti-government movement, which in recent weeks has been building again.“ I think it has been worthwhile.... Now the society can move fo

Kissana Phathanacharoen, a national police deputy spokesman, said investigators were still awaiting autopsy results to determine a cause of death.... He also ordered other government agencies to increase support for tourists in Phuket and to “ tighten safety and public health measures.” Swiss media reported that Sauvain-Weisskopf was a member of the country’s diplomatic service but Thai officials did not comment on her job.... From the start of the program at the beginning of July through the

By Panu Wongcha-um5 Min ReadBANGKOK( Reuters)-A year after the start of student-led protests against Thailand’s military-backed government, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha is facing growing anger amid a mounting wave of coronavirus infections and a dismal economy. FILE PHOTO: A pro-democracy demonstrator holds a portrait of Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, at at gathering at Democracy Monument to demand the release of four protestors who were charged under a lese majeste law, in Bangkok,