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Hotel operators are clamouring for RT-PCR testing upon arrival for foreign visitors to be eliminated from requirements to avoid a tourism collapse as the resumption of the Test & Go scheme alone is not enough to create momentum.

Various tourism business operators in the South and the East as well as the Thai Hotels Association are calling on the government to fully reopen the country to international tourists by lifting all remaining Covid-19 restrictions from next month.

After two decades marked by two military coups in 2006 and 2014, Thailand is supposed to be a "reformed" country by now. While all kinds of reforms were promised with each military takeover -- from political parties, parliament and constitution to the bureaucracy, military and police -- none has taken…

Despite all of the comforts of living in Bangkok, we all wish for safer sidewalks and roads for pedestrians and motorists alike. A recent slate of tragic accidents serves as a wake-up call for us all. Guru asked a few Bangkokians to share their experiences on the road as drivers,…

The UN's Race to Zero campaign sets an ambitious target -- net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 at the latest, averting the most harmful impacts of climate change and building towards a more sustainable world. The global campaign rallies businesses, cities, regions and investors from across the world for a resilient…

When Sadio Mané scored the decisive penalty to secure Senegal’s triumph over Egypt at the Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon, Isaak, a professional Ghanaian footballer in his late 20s, could not have been further away from the action. Watching the final online in his room in eastern Thailand, Isaak’s…

Thailand will try to strike a balance between keeping the economy functioning and safeguarding public health when the Covid-19 pandemic eases, says Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul.

No, English speakers and others using the Roman alphabet aren’t going to have to start calling the Thai capital by its local name, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon, and drop the more familiar “Bangkok.”

Lewis Ellis is one of 37 contestants taking to the stage in the international contest held in Thailand

Royalist groups have organised petitions calling for Amnesty to be expelled from the country, accusing it of threatening national security

The government is being urged to pay more serious attention to speeding up the production sector's restructuring to create new jobs and boost economic growth.