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Deputy Transport Minister Thaworn Senneam has put the brakes on a plan to transfer four airports under the supervision of the Department of Airports (DOA) to the Airports of Thailand (AoT) Plc to manage, saying a thorough study is necessary to avoid legal problems and benefit the public.

The cabinet has agreed to set up a committee to consider whether Thailand should seek membership in an Asia-Pacific trade agreement after widespread opposition last month amid concerns joining the pact may harm the agriculture industry.

KRABI: The naked body of an unidentified foreign man with flower tattoos on his left arm was found floating in the sea near Koh Pada off the coast of Krabi province.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said he will not allow students to go back to school until a coronavirus vaccine is available, even as some countries resume in-person classes.

KHON KAEN: China has given 100,000 face masks for distribution to officials and ordinary people in this northeastern province to contain the coronavirus outbreak.

The military-backed government has extended Thailand’a state of emergency for a second time, to the end of June, despite opposition calls to scrap it after novel coronavirus cases dwindled.

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: A man suspected of murdering a rival in Phipun district of this southern province surrendered to police on Tuesday after being wounded in a brief firefight.

The Central Bankruptcy Court has accepted for consideration Thai Airways International Plc's rehabilitation filing.

JAKARTA: Indonesia's military ordered the deployment of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and police on Tuesday to enforce rules on wearing masks and safe distancing after reports of people in the world's fourth-most populous nation flouting them.

KHON KAEN: A man seen tossing a black plastic bag from his car onto the roadside was later stopped and searched, and more than 600,000 methamphetamine pills were found in more bags inside the vehicle.