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Workers whose earnings dropped significantly since the government closed entertainment venues to curb the spread of Covid-19 will soon be given 5,000 baht each in compensation, deputy government spokesperson Traisulee Traisoranakul said on Saturday.

The date of reopening entertainment venues, pubs, bars and karaoke joints across Thailand was shifted from December 1 to January 15 on Friday.

Pattaya police raided a karaoke parlour on Sunday and arrested 27 people along with the owner for violating the Emergency Decree. The detainees will undergo drug tests before they are slapped with charges.

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) on Friday ordered the closure of entertainment venues, massage parlours and other nightspots in 41 provinces, for at least 14 days from Saturday.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered an immediate 14-day shutdown of entertainment venues or restaurants where a Covid-19 infection is found, government spokesman Anucha Burapachaisri confirmed on Thursday.

SINGAPORE - Those hankering for a night out at karaoke outlets and nightclubs will have to wait, as pilot plans to allow for a limited number of nightlife establishments to open have been paused.

The government’s Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) will hold talks with pub, bar, and karaoke operators on Sunday (June 21), after musicians pleaded for permission to return to work.

Singing your heart out at karaoke boxes may never feel the same in Japan in the coronavirus era.

The Culture Ministry’s Department of Cultural Promotion has been told to start imposing strict controls on gaming centres, karaoke shops and video shops in a bid to slow the spread of the Covid-19 virus.

Ronnarong Thipsiri, head of the Department of Provincial Administration's investigation and suppression division and Sakda Bandasak, sheriff of Ang Thong’s Muang district held a press conference on Monday (October 14) to announce the results of recent raids on a karaoke restaurant and a karaoke massage parlor in Ang Thong province, which were allegedly using under-age girls as prostitutes.

Police raided a karaoke bar on Bangkok’s Thaniya Road on Tuesday and rescued two 17-year-old girls working in the sex trade.