Day: June 24, 2021

As schools reopen, COVID-19 finds weak point in Thailand’s defences

The reopening of schools in most provinces on June 14 has spawned clusters of new COVID-19 infections on almost a daily basis. Thai PBS World takes a closer look at the factors behind this phenomenon and the measures being put in place to fight it.Coun…

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Thai protesters rally for first time in months despite worst COVID-19 outbreak yet

• Hundreds of Thais returned to the streets of Bangkok for the first time in months today (Thursday) to demand political change. The protests are the first since the second wave of COVID-19, in mid-December 2020, and as the country is battling the wors…

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Shootings at 7-11 in Bangkok and Pathum Thani field hospital, 2 dead

At 3am this morning (Thursday), a man went on a shooting spree at the field hospital at the Princess Mother National Institute for Drug Abuse Treatment in Pathum Thani, which ended in the death of a COVID-19 patient.Prior to the incident, the suspect w…

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Private Sector to Use “Phuket Sandbox” Model to Reopen Economic Activities

The Board of Trade of Thailand and the Federation of Thai Industries on 24 June 2021 responded positively to the Government’s policy of reopening the country within the next 120 days, or in October. They will use “Phuket Sandbox” as a model to reopen e…

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Graduate Management Admission Council Welcomes New Members to the Board

New additions reflect the diverse, global perspective of the business school community RESTON, Va., June 23, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Graduate Management Admission Council™ (GMAC™), a global association of leading graduate business schools, today announced the addition of four new members to its board of directors. Katy Montgomery, Associate Dean, Degree Programmes, INSEAD; François […]

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