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Security Command Center Established for APEC 2022 BANGKOK (NNT) - Deputy PM Gen Prawit Wongsuwon has launched the security command center for #APEC2022 and instructed officials to step up safety, traffic and anti-terrorist measures, follow up on the latest information and enforce cybercrime prevention. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1277759-security-command-center-established-for-apec-2022/

BANGKOK (NNT) - Deputy PM Gen Prawit Wongsuwon has launched the security command center for #APEC2022 and instructed officials to step up safety, traffic and anti-terrorist measures, follow up on the latest information and enforce cybercrime prevention. He also emphasized the need not to allow anyone to cause harm to the nation’s image and urged the public to be good hosts. Source: https://thainews.prd.go.th/en/news/detail/TCATG221114135207896 -- © Copyright NNT 2022-11-14 - 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!

Service fees for household and small business electricity use to be cut Jan-Apr Thailand’s Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has ordered the Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) and Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) to cut their service fees charged on households and small businesses from next January. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1277758-service-fees-for-household-and-small-business-electricity-use-to-be-cut-jan-apr/

Thailand’s Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has ordered the Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) and Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) to cut their service fees charged on households and small businesses from next January. Komkrit Tantravanich, secretary-general of the ERC Office, said today (Monday) that the they have agreed that the service fees should be reduced to 24.62 baht from 38.22 baht/month and from 46.16 baht to 33.29 baht per month, effective from next January until April. He added, however, that it is difficult for the fuel tariff (FT) to be reduced to the level it was before the COVID-19 outbreak three years ago, due to the high price of liquefied natural gas on the global market as a result of the war in Ukraine and the weak Thai currency. Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/service-fees-for-household-and-small-business-electricity-use-to-be-cut-jan-apr/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-11-14 - 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!

Guar found shot to death in housing estate close to Khao Yai National Park Image Credit: Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Park rangers have found the carcass of an adult guar, believed to have been poached for its meat, near a lake in the compound of a housing estate close to Khao Yai National Park in Thailand’s north-eastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1277757-guar-found-shot-to-death-in-housing-estate-close-to-khao-yai-national-park/

Image Credit: Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Park rangers have found the carcass of an adult guar, believed to have been poached for its meat, near a lake in the compound of a housing estate close to Khao Yai National Park in Thailand’s north-eastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima. Chief of the park, Chaiya Huayhongtong, told Thai PBS today (Monday) that he thinks that the female guar had ventured out of its normal habitat to forage for food near the lake in Pak Chong district. He said a gunshot wound was found on the beast, but there was no trace of the bullet, adding that he believes that the guar might have been killed by an illegal hunter or workers on the housing estate. Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/guar-found-shot-to-death-in-housing-estate-close-to-khao-yai-national-park/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-11-14 - 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!

More than 57,000 passengers arrived at Suvarnabhumi Airport yesterday PHOTO: Yahya More than 57,000 international passengers arrived at the Suvarnabhumi Airport yesterday, confirmed by Immigration Officers. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1277516-more-than-57000-passengers-arrived-at-suvarnabhumi-airport-yesterday/

PHOTO: Yahya More than 57,000 international passengers arrived at the Suvarnabhumi Airport yesterday, confirmed by Immigration Officers. Immigration Bureau Spokeman Major Geneneral Choengron Rimphadee confirmed yesterday (November 10th) that there were about 25 international flights arriving at the Suvarnabhumi Airport with about 57,000 passengers. Of those 49,000 were foreigners. This is approaching the same average numbers before Covid-19 which was approximately 60,000 people a day. During this time there are up to 3,000 passengers arriving at the airport per hour. Immigration Officers can check their passports at 3,500 people in half an hour. Immigration stated that they can still manage with no passengers needing to wait outside the main Immigration area. TPN notes, however, that many complaints have surfaced online from tourists arriving stating that they personally found the arrival process hectic and crowded, depending on the time of day of arrival. Immigration, however, has blamed most of the issues on airlines or language and communication issues with tourists from some countries and not their own staffing or processing. Full Story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/11/11/more-than-57000-passengers-arrived-at-suvarnabhumi-airport-yesterday/ -- © Copyright The Pattaya News 2022-11-11 - 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!

Pattaya Khao Kheow Open Zoo welcomes first baby white rhino Khao Khew Open Zoo welcomed the first baby white rhino to the family today, November 11th. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1277515-pattaya-khao-kheow-open-zoo-welcomes-first-baby-white-rhino/

Khao Khew Open Zoo welcomed the first baby white rhino to the family today, November 11th. Tewin Rattanawongsawat, the zoo’s director, revealed that Khao Khew Open Zoo is proud to present its first white rhino baby to the public, adding the sixth member to the white rhino family at the zoo. The new rhino baby was a male born to the 8-year-old mother “Grittji” and the 17-year-old father “Zoody.” The baby is under close monitoring by veterinarians, although he is in good health and strong. Full Story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/11/11/pattaya-khao-kheow-open-zoo-welcomes-first-baby-white-rhino/ -- © Copyright The Pattaya News 2022-11-11 - 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!

Four men stand trial in Quang Tri Province for drug smuggling on November 9, 2022. Photo by VnExpress/Hoang Tao A central Vietnam court handed three death sentences and one life prison term to four men found smuggling six kilograms of meth from Laos. Ho A Ran, 32, Ho A Khay, 26, and Ho Van Long, 22, got death sentence while Ho A Liem, 25, received life imprisonment, as decided by the court of Quang Tri Province on Wednesday. The four, who are all residents of Quang Tri's Huong Hoa District, are charged with "illegal transportation of narcotic substances." Full Story: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/three-drug-mules-get-death-sentence-4534316.html -- © Copyright VN Express 2022-11-11

Nguyen Phuong Hang at a police station in HCMC in March, 2022. Photo by police Businesswoman Nguyen Phuong Hang will remain in custody as HCMC prosecutors have rejected her son's VND10 billion ($402,130) bail proposal. The HCMC People's Procuracy said Thursday that police will continue investigating Hang, 51, general director of Dai Nam Joint Stock Company in southern Binh Duong Province for "abusing democratic freedoms to infringe upon the interests of the State, lawful rights and interests of organizations and/or citizens." Hang was arrested by Ho Chi Minh City police in late March. Full Story: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/hcmc-prosecutors-reject-400-000-bail-for-internet-mudslinger-4534450.html -- © Copyright VN Express 2022-11-11

A person writes on an IELTS application form. Photo courtesy of the British Council Institutions organizing Chinese, Japanese and Korean language proficiency exams in Vietnam had postponed them well before the education ministry's circular was sent Tuesday to localities nationwide. Soon after the circular began making its rounds, the British Council announced that it was indefinitely postponing the IELTS and other English proficiency exams starting Thursday, saying the decision was "beyond our control." Resumption of the exams would depend on approval from the Ministry of Education and Training, the council said. Full Story: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/foreign-language-proficiency-exams-postponed-en-masse-in-vietnam-4534531.html -- © Copyright VN Express 2022-11-11

Hanoi's Bach Mai Hospital, which treats tens of thousands of patients every day, wears a degraded look, lacks equipment and is in bad shape, financially. The hospital, built in 1911, once specialized in treating infectious diseases. The general hospital has 4,300 employees and receives around 5,000-5,500 inpatients and 6,000-7,000 outpatients every day. The infrastructure of the hospital's mental health institute is severely degraded. Its wooden doors have been damaged by termites, but the hospital has not been able to replace them due to a lack of money. Full Story: https://e.vnexpress.net/photo/news/major-hanoi-hospital-degraded-needs-financial-infusions-4534547.html -- © Copyright VN Express 2022-11-11

People in Hoi Xuan Town of Thanh Hoa Province hand over weapons as encouraged by police, November 9, 2022. Photo by VnExpress/DH Locals residing near nature reserve areas in the central Thanh Hoa Province have been encouraged to hand over homemade weapons used to catch wild animals. Police collaborated with rangers to pilot the "exchanging guns and dangerous weapons for gifts" program on Wednesday in Hoi Xuan Town of Quan Hoa District. With part of the mountainous town located in the Pu Hu and Pu Luong nature reserves, home to many wild animals, residents have developed the habit of poaching using guns and other forms of equipment, said captain Le Dinh Hoa, head of Hoi Xuan Police Department. Full Story: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/poachers-swap-weapons-for-gifts-in-central-vietnam-4534418.html -- © Copyright VN Express 2022-11-11

MANILA, Philippines — Following suspended Bureau of Corrections Director General Gerald Bantag’s meltdown on live TV, the Department of Justice said Friday allegations against him in connection with the killings of broadcaster Percy Lapid and New Bilibid Prison detainee Jun Villamor should be answered in the right forum. “There is a proper forum and a proper time to thresh this all out,” the DOJ said in a statement, referring to the process of answering the complaints against Bantag through a counter-affidavit. “This is a sworn statement answering all the allegations in the complaint. He will be given that chance.” Bantag appeared earlier Friday on SMNI, the network owned by controversial preacher Apollo Quiboloy, and angrily dared Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla to resign as he supposedly lacked credibility owing to his son’s arrest on drug possession charges. Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/11/11/2223155/after-bantag-meltdown-doj-tells-bucor-chief-answer-murder-raps-right-time -- © Copyright Philstar 2022-11-11

Satellite image shows Basilan. Google Maps MANILA, Philippines — Seven people have been killed in fighting between the Philippine military and Muslim rebels in the country's south, authorities said Thursday, in one of the deadliest clashes since a landmark peace pact was signed in 2014. The ongoing fighting broke out Tuesday in Basilan island province, off the main southern island of Mindanao, following what the military said was a "miscommunication" between its soldiers and members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). For decades the Catholic-majority Philippines has been plagued by violent insurgencies, including a Muslim-led separatist uprising that has killed more than 100,000 people. Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/11/11/2223112/seven-dead-clashes-between-philippine-military-and-muslim-rebels -- © Copyright Philstar 2022-11-11

A money changer employee shows US dollar bills at their shop in Quezon City on Friday (September 30, 2022). STAR / Michael Varcas MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Risa Hontiveros warned the Marcos administration against overborrowing as the Senate continues to debate the national budget for 2023. This comes after latest data from the Bureau of the Treasury showed that total borrowings for September soared to P488.64 billion from the P215.106 billion in obligations in the same month last year, posting a 127% increase. “Wag sanang tularan ni President Marcos si ex-President Duterte na nagpumilit umutang sa China kahit hindi naman kailangan. Kaya, President Marcos, hinay-hinay lang sa pera ng bayan,” Hontiveros said. (President Marcos should not imitate ex-President Duterte who insisted on borrowing money from China even though it was unnecessary. So, President Marcos, just take it easy on the people's money.) Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/11/11/2223118/senator-warns-government-vs-overborrowing-amid-budget-debates -- © Copyright Philstar 2022-11-11

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. arrived in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday evening to attend the 40th and 41st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summits and Related Summits, his first participation in the summit as Philippine leader. Office of the Press Secretary MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. called on Friday for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to unite in response to challenges faced by the region, including natural disasters and economic headwinds. In his remarks at the 40th ASEAN Summit in Cambodia, Marcos said there is a need to reassert ASEAN Centrality, or the role of the 10-member regional bloc in security and power dynamics with external states. "It is imperative that we reassert ASEAN Centrality. This in the face of geopolitical dynamics and tensions in the region and the proliferation of Indo-Pacific engagements, including the requests of our dialogue partners for closer partnerships,” Marcos said, according to a readout from the Office of the Press Secretary. Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/11/11/2223126/marcos-tackles-unity-myanmar-coup-asean-meet -- © Copyright Philstar 2022-11-11

Composite photo shows Chinese President Xi Jinping and presumptive Philippine President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. OIS / IOC / AFP / Chloe Knott / Ron Lopez MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has accepted Chinese President Xi Jinping’s invitation for him to visit China on a state visit in January, the Office of the Press Secretary said Friday. The OPS said Marcos will be visiting China from “January 3 to 5/6." Under Marcos’ predecessor, former President Rodrigo Duterte, the Philippines pivoted away from its traditional ally, the US, and towards China. Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/11/11/2223146/marcos-accepts-xi-invite-visit-china-january -- © Copyright Philstar 2022-11-11

Pattaya prepares to welcome visitors during APEC summit holidays Pattaya City is getting ready for an influx of visitors during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit special holidays. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1277495-pattaya-prepares-to-welcome-visitors-during-apec-summit-holidays/

Pattaya City is getting ready for an influx of visitors during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit special holidays. The Thai Cabinet has declared November 16th to 18th during the APEC summit as special holidays in Bangkok, Nonthaburi, and Samut Prakan. In essence, this means a five-day holiday weekend for many in and around Bangkok and those trying to get out of the big city as world leaders converge on Bangkok. Local hotel leaders in Pattaya have already reported strong demand for hotel rooms across Pattaya during the holiday period. Full Story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/11/11/pattaya-prepares-to-welcome-visitors-during-apec-summit-holidays/ -- © Copyright The Pattaya News 2022-11-11 - 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!

Bangkok governor invites all to be good hosts of APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting BANGKOK (NNT) - 2022 APEC meetings and events are about to take place during the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting next week. The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has affirmed that as a co-host, it is ready for the APEC leaders’ week. Bangkok City Hall is also inviting everyone to the APEC 2022 Thailand : Showcase at ICONSIAM. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1277494-bangkok-governor-invites-all-to-be-good-hosts-of-apec-economic-leaders’-meeting/

BANGKOK (NNT) - 2022 APEC meetings and events are about to take place during the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting next week. The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has affirmed that as a co-host, it is ready for the APEC leaders’ week. Bangkok City Hall is also inviting everyone to the APEC 2022 Thailand : Showcase at ICONSIAM. Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt presided over the opening of APEC 2022 Thailand : Showcase at ICONSIAM. He was joined by Tanee Sangrat, director-general of the Department of Information, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Bangkok governor said the BMA is honored to be a co-host of the 2022 APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting, an event of global importance. The event also marks Bangkok’s full re-opening after the COVID-19 situation came to pass. Hosting the leaders’ meeting is expected to foster the confidence that investors and the global community have in Thailand. Mr. Chadchart urged everybody in Bangkok to act as good hosts. He said the BMA is responsible for cleanliness and order, and the agency has implemented full efforts for this purpose. Road surfaces in the vicinity of meeting venues have been improved. Decorations were carried out at Queen Sirikit National Convention Center – the main venue for the leaders’ meeting. Joint drills between BMA personnel and security agencies were held to prepare for the mitigation and prevention of disasters. Garbage collectors, cleaners, and janitors have also been trained to help security officials monitor threats or hazards. "APEC 2022 Thailand : Showcase at ICONSIAM" is aimed at improving public appreciation of the hosting of APEC events in 2022. Innovations pertaining to Thailand’s APEC agendas and relevant knowledge are be highlighted at the show. Some of the themes include balanced development that takes into account the economic, social, and environmental fronts. The bio-circular-green (BCG) economy approach and the history and progress of APEC are also some of the highlights. Discussion stages on the topic of the BCG economy, featuring successful SME entrepreneurs, will also be held. The show will be held at ICONSIAM until November 20. Source: https://thainews.prd.go.th/en/news/detail/TCATG221111162747306 -- © Copyright NNT 2022-11-11 - 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!

Citrus Extract Spray Prevents Covid, influenza BANGKOK, Nov 11 (TNA) – Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha praised Thai researchers for developing the world’s first nasal spray from citrus extract that protects users from COVID-19, influenza and the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1277493-citrus-extract-spray-prevents-covid-influenza/