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Thai Team Wins Regional Esports Tournament BANGKOK (NNT) - Team Thailand has emerged victorious in a regional esports tournament for the Riot Games multiplayer title Valorant. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1279832-thai-team-wins-regional-esports-tournament/

BANGKOK (NNT) - Team Thailand has emerged victorious in a regional esports tournament for the Riot Games multiplayer title Valorant. Made in Thailand (MiTH) took home the AfreecaTV Valorant SEA Invitational crown, sweeping Indonesian squad Bigetron Arctic 3-0 in the grand final. It was an impressive showing from the Thai team as they avenged their 1-0 group stage loss against Bigetron Arctic – their only loss for the entire tournament. MiTH were unstoppable in their playoff run, going on an undefeated 7-0 win streak and defeating FW Esports in the quarterfinals and BOOM Esports in the semifinals. Nantapol “Kongared” Boonying finished as the grand final MVP, securing 54 kills across three maps with a 242 Average Combat Score (ACS) in the series. Made in Thailand took home the grand prize of US$7,500 out of the AfreecaTV Valorant SEA Invitational’s US$25,000 prize pool. After triumphing in a field that included Bleed eSports and Pacific league team RRQ, the team has proven they’re a roster to watch in the Challengers league next year. Source: https://thainews.prd.go.th/en/news/detail/TCATG221206121658542 -- © Copyright NNT 2022-12-05 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

Tesla Aims for December Launch in Thailand BANGKOK (NNT) - Tesla Motors, Inc is looking to launch in Thailand this month after boosting its hiring efforts in the kingdom. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1279831-tesla-aims-for-december-launch-in-thailand/

BANGKOK (NNT) - Tesla Motors, Inc is looking to launch in Thailand this month after boosting its hiring efforts in the kingdom. The automaker, owned by billionaire Elon Musk, faces stiff competition from Chinese players already present in the electric vehicle (EV) market, such as Great Wall Motors with its Ora Good Cat subcompact EV and Hozon Auto with its Neta V electric sports utility vehicle. Since September of this year, Tesla has had 20 open posts based in Bangkok, with positions including a home-charging developer, charging infrastructure lead, technicians and customer service reps. The company’s push into Thailand also comes after it was forced to cancel plans for expansion into India amid tariff disputes and efforts to downsize 10% of its staff due to looming recession concerns. Source: https://thainews.prd.go.th/en/news/detail/TCATG221206132328569 -- © Copyright NNT 2022-12-05 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

SRT will compensate families of those killed by Tuesday’s bomb in Songkhla The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) has announced the deaths of three of its employees in an explosion today (Tuesday), at the scene of Saturday’s train derailment, and has promised compensation to their families. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1279798-second-blast-on-southern-railway-track-3-seriously-injured/?do=findComment&comment=17769893

SRT will compensate families of those killed by Tuesday’s bomb in Songkhla The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) has announced the deaths of three of its employees in an explosion today (Tuesday), at the scene of Saturday’s train derailment, and has promised compensation to their families. The bodies of Phumiphan Petchsuk, Nawarit Suwanchatri and Yingsak Chumtri, who were reported missing after the explosion today, have now been located. Four others received minor injuries. SRT Governor Nirut Maneephan expressed condolences to the families of the dead, as he promised compensation, adding that the four injured employees will also receive assistance. Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/srt-will-compensate-families-of-those-killed-by-tuesdays-bomb-in-songkhla/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-12-06 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

3 missing in another blast at scene of Saturday’s train derailment in Songkhla Three Thai railway officials are believed to have been killed and four others injured in an explosion this morning (Tuesday), about 200 metres from the scene of a blast on Saturday, when a freight train, travelling from Hat Yai town to Padang Besar border town, was derailed. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1279798-second-blast-on-southern-railway-track-3-seriously-injured/?do=findComment&comment=17769879

3 missing in another blast at scene of Saturday’s train derailment in Songkhla Three Thai railway officials are believed to have been killed and four others injured in an explosion this morning (Tuesday), about 200 metres from the scene of a blast on Saturday, when a freight train, travelling from Hat Yai town to Padang Besar border town, was derailed. The three men were among a group of seven employees of the State Railway of Thailand assigned to repair the damaged rail tracks and remove derailed carriages from the scene. Deeden Khongsom, one of those who escaped with minor injuries, told the media that the explosion occurred as they were walking back from the scene of the first explosion in Ban Tha Pho in Sadao district. Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/3-missing-in-another-blast-at-scene-of-saturdays-train-derailment-in-songkhla/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-12-06 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

French man arrested in Bangkok for allegedly swindling two million baht in investment scam PHOTO: Matichon Bangkok police arrested a 41-year-old French national for allegedly swindling two million baht in a fraudulent brand-name product investment. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1279750-french-man-arrested-in-bangkok-for-allegedly-swindling-two-million-baht-in-investment-scam/

PHOTO: Matichon Bangkok police arrested a 41-year-old French national for allegedly swindling two million baht in a fraudulent brand-name product investment. The suspect, Mr. Jacouel Clemen, was nabbed in the Aspira Ten Ekamai Suites hotel in the Khlong Tan Nuea subdistrict of Wattana district today, December 5th. Clemen was wanted on arrest warrant No. 196/2022 issued on December 2nd, 2022 for fraud charges. The suspect befriended the unidentified victim and allegedly lied to them that he could import luxurious brand-name products such as purses, perfume, and shoes from France to Thailand for sale, said Bangkok police. After investing two million baht with him, the unnamed victim, however, never received the items while the suspect disappeared. Full Story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/12/05/french-man-arrested-in-bangkok-for-allegedly-swindling-two-million-baht-in-investment-scam/ -- © Copyright The Pattaya News 2022-12-05 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

1.5 tonnes of smuggled pig carcasses from Cambodia seized in Sa Kaeo Livestock and customs officials seized about 1.5 tonnes of pig carcasses yesterday (Sunday), which had been smuggled into Thailand’s eastern border province of Sa Kaeo from Cambodia. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1279749-15-tonnes-of-smuggled-pig-carcasses-from-cambodia-seized-in-sa-kaeo/

Livestock and customs officials seized about 1.5 tonnes of pig carcasses yesterday (Sunday), which had been smuggled into Thailand’s eastern border province of Sa Kaeo from Cambodia. The driver of the pickup truck containing the pork was arrested after a brief chase. He allegedly admitted that the carcasses were being delivered to a customer. A livestock official said that, normally, Thai businessmen will place an order for pig carcasses with their Cambodian counterparts, who then arrange for the meat to be sent to a rendezvous near the Thai border, opposite Sa Kaew Province. Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/1-5-tonnes-of-smuggled-pig-carcasses-from-cambodia-seized-in-sa-kaeo/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-12-05 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

Terraced rice fields in the northern Yen Bai Province. Photo by VnExpress/Nguyen Tan Tuan Yen Bai Province in Vietnam's northern highlands has asked for permission to use its existing military airport for civil aviation also. The airport is targeted to receive 800,000 to one million passengers per year, the province said in a recent proposal to the Ministry of Transport. It suggested the ministry to add the airport development to the national airport planning in 2021-2030 and with a vision until 2050. Full Story: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/northern-mountainous-province-wants-to-have-joint-use-airport-4544238.html -- © Copyright VN Express 2022-12-05

People were seen at Kosho bar in Dong Nai Province as police raid it for drugs on December 4, 2022. Photo by VnExpress/Thai Ha 14 people tested positive for drugs after police raided the Kosho bar in Dong Nai Province early Sunday. 200 people were in the bar when the raid happened. Many customers tried to escape but failed. Police found many packages containing a white substance that they suspect is a banned drug. Tran Tin Phu, 33, was arrested with two packs of methamphetamine and five ecstasy pills. Full Story: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/14-caught-using-drugs-in-southern-province-of-dong-nai-4544028.html -- © Copyright VN Express 2022-12-05

Aircraft are seen at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City in August 2022. Photo by VnExpress/Quynh Tran Two former Vietnamese embassy officials and an aviation official are among seven people placed under investigation Sunday for corruption related to repatriation flights organized during the Covid-19 pandemic. The two officers placed under investigation for accepting bribes related to the repatriation flights are Ly Tien Hung and Vu Ngoc Minh, who worked with the Vietnamese embassy in Russia and Angola, respectively. Vu Hoang Quang, deputy head of the air transportation unit under the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) is the third person being investigated in the case. Full Story: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/two-former-diplomats-added-to-pandemic-flight-graft-investigation-4544016.html -- © Copyright VN Express 2022-12-05

A man was seen unconscious after being hit by a light truss system in Binh Duong Province on December 3, 2022. Photo by Thai Ha Six people were injured, five of them hospitalized, after a light truss collapsed Saturday evening during an entertainment show in the southern province of Binh Duong. The iron light truss, approximately 7 meters high and 12 meters wide, fell off the stage amidst a sudden, heavy downpour and strong gusts of wind at a park in the Hoa Loi Residence complex in Thu Dau Mot Town. Hundreds had gathered in the park to watch the show. Full Story: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/six-injured-as-light-truss-collapses-in-southern-vietnam-4544022.html -- © Copyright VN Express 2022-12-05

A beach in Dien Ban Town, Quang Nam Province, where a man's body was found on December 5, 2022. Photo by VnExpress/Dac Thanh One man's body was found on a beach in Hoi An and another six km away on Monday morning. People of Hoi An's Cam An Ward of the central Quang Nam Province saw a decomposing body of a man swept onto the beach. The man was wearing a T-shirt and black jeans. Around six km away, at a beach in Dien Ban Town, another man's body was found the same morning. He was wearing black pants, and suspected to have been dead for several days. Full Story: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/two-male-bodies-wash-up-on-hoi-an-beaches-4544287.html -- © Copyright VN Express 2022-12-05

Members of the Manila Police District (MPD) patrol around Divisoria in Manila on November 27, 2022, to ensure the safety of shoppers as they buy gifts for the Christmas season. The STAR / Edd Gumban MANILA, Philippines — The seven-day positivity rate in Metro Manila has risen to 12.4%, OCTA Research reported Monday, adding that increases were also seen in other areas in Luzon. OCTA Research fellow Guido David said the positivity rate in the capital region rose to 12.4% on December 3 from 11.1% on November 26. Positivity rate refers to the percentage of COVID-19 tests that come out positive. Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/12/05/2228677/metro-manilas-covid-19-positivity-rate-rises-124-octa -- © Copyright Philstar 2022-12-05

This file photo shows Karapatan protesting the killings of two of its members: Ryan Hubilla and Nelly Bagasala and peasant leader Nonoy Palma. Karapatan / released MANILA, Philippines – Over 60 organizations from across the globe have called on President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and his administration to commit to “respecting the right to defend human rights.” “President Marcos Jr. should cease the threats and attacks against rights defenders and ensure the protection of their rights, including the rights to life, due process, freedom of expression, and freedom of peaceful assembly,” their statement released on Monday read. This was signed by the Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network; the Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development; Canada-Philippines Solidarity for Human Rights Canada; Front Line Defenders International; IBON International; some chapters of the Malaya Movement and Migrante; as well as individuals Bronwyn Dudley, Emile Kinley-Gauthier, and Florfina Marcelino. Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/12/05/2228697/over-60-organizations-call-marcos-protect-respect-rights-defenders -- © Copyright Philstar 2022-12-05

Individuals initially alleged to be surrenderees of the New People's Army at the Philippine National Police's Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig in this photo uploaded on Facebook on Jan. 26, 2021. (The STAR / Michael Varcas) MANILA, Philippines (Updated 1:14 p.m.) — Lawmakers restored the P10-billion proposed funding for the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict and the P150-million confidential fund of the Department of Education in the bicameral conference committee’s version of the proposed 2023 budget. Sen. Juan Edgardo "Sonny" Angara and Rep. Zaldy Co (Ako-Bicol Party-list) said this Monday after the panel approved the reconciled version of the proposed P5.268-trillion national budget for next year. "We restored the budget [of NTF-ELCAC], everything. That’s almost 10 billion," said Co, who chairs the House appropriations panel. Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/12/05/2228692/bicam-restores-ntf-elcac-budget-p150-m-confidential-fund-deped -- © Copyright Philstar 2022-12-05

Photo from the Office of the Press Secretary shows housing units in Naic, Cavite. Office of the Press Secretary MANILA, Philippines — The government might build mid-rise and high-rise housing units for low-income households in urban areas, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Monday. “It is difficult to find land in urban areas. Maybe it’s more efficient if we build mid-rise housing units,” Marcos said in Filipino during the turnover ceremony of 30,000 housing units in Naic, Cavite. “Maybe we can make the units high-rise,” he added. Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/12/05/2228719/marcos-eyes-mid-rise-high-rise-shelters-address-housing-gap -- © Copyright Philstar 2022-12-05

View from Riyadh's Kingdom Centre-Sky Bridge. Philstar.com / Kristine Joy Patag RIYADH, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia — Brand specialist Achilles Catbagan, a 44-year-old Filipino who has been working abroad for 13 years, has just brought his wife on a 35-day vacation to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which has recently opened its borders to tourism. As the kingdom gears up to open to more foreigners, Catbagan tells Philstar.com they look forward to bringing their two kids in Santa Rosa, Laguna to Riyadh to visit. "We are okay with bringing our kids. Here, you just have to follow their laws and you will be okay. Of course, if you commit some mischief, you will be jailed," he said in Filipino at a chance interview at the King Abdulaziz International Airport last week. Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/12/05/2228707/saudi-arabia-opens-tourism-will-ofws-bring-their-families-visit -- © Copyright Philstar 2022-12-05

Woman and her one-year-old child seriously burned when their home catches fire A house in Chonburi’s Mueang district caught fire and seriously burned a woman and her one-year-old daughter. No casualties were reported. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1279737-woman-and-her-one-year-old-child-seriously-burned-when-their-home-catches-fire/

A house in Chonburi’s Mueang district caught fire and seriously burned a woman and her one-year-old daughter. No casualties were reported. Samet police and firefighters responded to a fire report in the Privacy Home Village in the Samet sub-district late at night on Sunday, December 4th. The fire was spreading from the first floor of the two-story house to the second floor. Five people lived in the house, and two of them, a wife and her one-year-old daughter, suffered serious burns. The 40-year-old husband of the woman leaped off the balcony on the second floor and survived the incident with minor injuries. None of the victims’ identities were revealed to the press. Full Story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/12/05/woman-and-her-one-year-old-child-seriously-burned-when-their-home-catches-fire-in-chonburi/ -- © Copyright The Pattaya News 2022-12-05 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

BMA and TAT to Upgrade 2023 Amazing Thailand Marathon Bangkok BANGKOK (NNT) - The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has said it would discuss plans to upgrade the Amazing Thailand Marathon in 2023 with the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and the private sector. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1279736-bma-and-tat-to-upgrade-2023-amazing-thailand-marathon-bangkok/