BANGKOK: AstraZeneca is seeking to delay delivery of 61 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccines to Thailand by five months, a Thai official said Thursday, as the Southeast Asian country weighs vaccine export curbs to shore up domestic supplies.At the centre of the drug maker's regional supply challenge is its local production partner Siam Bioscience, which has been shrouded in a veil of secrecy. ROYAL OWNERSHIPSiam Bioscience is owned by King Maha Vajiralongkorn, as part of his vast fortune inclu

BANGKOK( Reuters)-A Thai court on Wednesday cleared former prime ministerial hopeful Pita Limjaroenrat of violating election rules in the first of two cases targeting a popular opposition that has plans for radical reforms in the country.... The Harvard-educated Pita, 43, whose bid to become premier last year was thwarted by lawmakers allied with the royalist military, was cleared of wrongdoing as the Constitutional Court deemed the firm he held shares in had no broadcast concession and was not

BANGKOK — A 16-year-old boy is facing possible jail time for parading down a makeshift catwalk in a crop top that evoked Thailand’s king.... Some were seized by security forces in the middle of the night and hauled to police stations.“ They look at the protesters as the enemy, ” said Tattep Ruangprapaikitseree, one of the rally organizers, referring to the government’s mounting legal campaign against democracy advocates.... Each charge is punishable by three to 15 years in prison....