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  • Kocha Olarn
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    Kocha Olarn is an award-winning news producer for CNN, based in Bangkok.

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  • This picture taken on September 21, 2021 shows Cape Singh beach as seen from the Laem Sing viewpoint in Phuket, as tourists take advantage of the "Phuket Sandbox" programme for visitors fully vaccinated against the Covid-19 coronavirus. (Photo by Dene CHEN / AFP) (Photo by DENE CHEN/AFP via Getty Images)

    Thailand to allow some vaccinated tourists to bypass quarantine

  • Myanmar's shadow government launches 'people's defensive war' against the military junta

  • Thailand sends Covid patients home on trains as virus cases and deaths mount in the capital

  • Vaccine inequality is hurting Asia's poor and the rest of the world

  • Thailand's most popular island, Phuket reopens to vaccinated international travelers

  • Elephant crashes into a woman's home in search for food, as natural habitats shrink

  • Thailand begins mass Covid-19 vaccine rollout using shots made by royal-owned company

  • Phuket on track to reopen to vaccinated international tourists from July 1

  • Thailand reports highest number of daily Covid deaths as virus tears through prisons

  • Arrest of journalists a litmus test for how Thailand treats those fleeing persecution in Myanmar

  • Covid-19 outbreak reported near Laos casino run by alleged crime boss

  • At military camps in the Myanmar jungle, doctors and students learn how to fire guns

  • Myanmar's military is waging war on its citizens. Some say it's time to fight back

  • Children among the dead and injured in Myanmar military airstrikes, say activists

  • Thailand pushes back thousands fleeing Myanmar as death toll surpasses 500

  • Myanmar's military seizes power in coup after detaining leader Aung San Suu Kyi and ruling party politicians

  • Thailand arrests 89 foreign tourists for violating Covid-19 rules

  • Record 43-year sentence for insulting Thai monarchy sends a chilling message to activists

  • Thailand bans food, drink, newspapers and magazines on domestic flights

  • Thai protest leaders report to police on charges of insulting the monarchy, as authorities' tolerance wears out

  • Thousands protest in Bangkok after Thai parliament votes on constitutional reform

  • Thai King addresses protesters in rare public comments, saying he 'loves them all the same'

  • Thailand's unprecedented revolt pits the people against the King