HONG KONG—Hong Kong’s chief executive, John Lee, has tested positive for COVID-19 after returning from an Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) summit in Bangkok, where he met Chinese leader Xi Jinping and other world leaders. The global financial hub has fewer COVID-19 curbs than the rest of China, but it still does not treat the virus…
Hong Kong Leader Tests Positive for COVID After APEC Summit
HONG KONG—Hong Kong’s chief executive, John Lee, has tested positive for COVID-19 after returning from an Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) summit in Bangkok, where he met Chinese Leader Xi Jinping and other world leaders. The global financial hub has fewer COVID-19 curbs than the rest of China, but it still does not treat the virus…
Authors and Opulence in Bangkok: The Mandarin Oriental
As a writer, I am a sucker for historical hotels, but especially the haunts of iconic authors of old. Tell me Hemingway drank there or Melville stayed the night, and I will visit. So an “Authors’ Lounge” in a five-star hotel with a beautiful river view in the heart of Bangkok? This is not to…
Finding Hidden Bangkok
Arriving in Bangkok can be an intimidating experience. Riding in the back of a little taxi through heavy traffic making its languorous way along the elevated freeway that winds from the airport toward Sukhumvit, the skyline looms. So many skyscrapers, stretching as far as the horizon. At their feet, a dense and endless web of…
Thai Anti-Govt Protesters Clash With Police in Bangkok
BANGKOK—More than a thousand Thai anti-government protesters clashed with police on Saturday, as they demonstrated against the government’s failure to handle coronavirus outbreaks and its impact on the economy. About a hundred police officers in riot gear sealed off a road near Victory Monument in the capital Bangkok with containers and used water cannons, tear…
Evacuations Ordered After Thai Chemical Factory Explodes
BANGKOK—A massive explosion at a chemical factory on the outskirts of Bangkok early Monday killed at least one person, injured dozens more, and damaged scores of homes, while prompting the evacuation of a wide area over fears of poisonous fumes and the possibility of additional denotations. Dense clouds of black smoke continued to billow from…
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