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BANGKOK, Nov 8 (TNA) – Thailand and Cambodia signed a loan agreement to finance the improvement of a border road section from Siem Riep to Anlong Veng and Choam/Sa Ngam of National Road No. 67 in Cambodia. Perames Vudthitornetiraks, President of Neighbouring Countries Economic Development Cooperation Agency (NEDA), signed the agreement with Vongsey Vissoth, Minister attached to the Prime Minister & Permanent Secretary of State, Ministry of Economy and Finance of Cambodia, at the Ministry of Economy and Finance in Phnom Penh on Nov 4. The road improvement project was aimed at supporting border trade as well as bilateral cargo transport, investment and tourism. Full Story: https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-1053631 -- © Copyright Thai News Agency 2022-11-08 - 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!

60,000 suspects related to guns and drugs rounded up in Thailand ahead of APEC summit Thai police have taken into custody more than 60,000 suspects, on charges related to firearms and illegal narcotics, during a nation-wide crime suppression campaign, which began on October 10th, ahead of the APEC Summit in Bangkok on November 18th and 19th. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1277131-60000-suspects-related-to-guns-and-drugs-rounded-up-in-thailand-ahead-of-apec-summit/

Thai police have taken into custody more than 60,000 suspects, on charges related to firearms and illegal narcotics, during a nation-wide crime suppression campaign, which began on October 10th, ahead of the APEC Summit in Bangkok on November 18th and 19th. Police also seized 5,345 illegal firearms, 936 licensed guns, 36 war weapons, 4,342 explosive items and 37,045 rounds of ammunition of various calibres. The national police chief, Pol Gen Damrongsak Kittipraphat, said today (Tuesday) that the massive crackdown was part of the precautionary measures ahead of the Summit, even though police have not received any intelligence about potential incidents during the event. Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/60000-suspects-related-to-guns-and-drugs-rounded-up-in-thailand-ahead-of-apec-summit/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-11-08 - 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!

German national in Pattaya has an intense standoff with Banglamung Police A German man in Pattaya had an intense standoff with police as he was reportedly afraid to be arrested for an alleged overstay. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1277044-german-national-in-pattaya-has-an-intense-standoff-with-banglamung-police/

A German man in Pattaya had an intense standoff with police as he was reportedly afraid to be arrested for an alleged overstay. The Banglamung Police, Immigration officers, Public Health Staffers, rescue workers and the Pattaya News arrived at the house in question in Soi Panya Nimit in Nongprue late this afternoon (November 7th). Mr. Tomas Veit, 47, a German national, was found in an enraged and erratic state according to Banglamung police. He was trying to call on the phone his 35-year-old German wife for help while pointing a knife at his neck inside the house and refusing to surrender to Immigration officers or police, as well as refusing them entry. Full Story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/11/07/german-man-in-pattaya-has-an-intense-standoff-with-banglamung-police-over-being-arrested-for-allegedly-overstaying/ -- © Copyright The Pattaya News 2022-11-07 - 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!

Fourteen provinces in Southern suffer from flooding while cool weather persists in the North The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) reports fourteen provinces in the South of Thailand are suffering from flooding while in the northern part of Thailand the temperature has dropped. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1277039-fourteen-provinces-in-southern-suffer-from-flooding-while-cool-weather-persists-in-the-north/

The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) reports fourteen provinces in the South of Thailand are suffering from flooding while in the northern part of Thailand the temperature has dropped. The DDPM reports that a Southwest monsoon has covered the Andaman Sea and The Gulf of Thailand causing heavy rain and floods. High pressure is covering the northern part of Thailand since last month. Fourteen provinces are still suffering from flooding and impacting a total of 180,442 families. Meanwhile, water levels have continued to decrease. Full Story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/11/07/fourteen-provinces-in-southern-thailand-suffer-from-flooding-while-cool-weather-persists-in-the-north/ -- © Copyright The Pattaya News 2022-11-07 - 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!

Heavy penalties for those who shoot guns into the air on Loy Krathong Loy Krathong revellers are warned not to fire guns into the air, otherwise they could face heavy penalties, ranging from five years in prison and/or a fine of up to 10,000 baht on conviction. The penalties increase to 10 years in prison and a 200,000 baht fine if a falling bullet causes death, said spokesman of the Royal Thai Police, Pol Maj-Gen Archayon Kraithong. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1277038-heavy-penalties-for-those-who-shoot-guns-into-the-air-on-loy-krathong/

Loy Krathong revellers are warned not to fire guns into the air, otherwise they could face heavy penalties, ranging from five years in prison and/or a fine of up to 10,000 baht on conviction. The penalties increase to 10 years in prison and a 200,000 baht fine if a falling bullet causes death, said spokesman of the Royal Thai Police, Pol Maj-Gen Archayon Kraithong. He also said that, if a falling bullet causes serious injury, the penalties will be three years in prison and/or a fine of 60,000 baht on conviction. Police across the country have been instructed to enforce the law strictly on the illegal carrying of firearms in public and on the discharging of firearms on Loy Krathong. Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/heavy-penalties-for-those-who-shoot-guns-into-the-air-on-loy-krathong/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-11-07 - 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 Terminal 21 to host Loy Krathong festival under dinosaur theme Pattaya Terminal 21 is inviting you to explore a whole new experience of the Loy Krathong festival on its grounds tomorrow, November 8th. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1277036-pattaya-terminal-21-to-host-loy-krathong-festival-under-dinosaur-theme/

Pattaya Terminal 21 is inviting you to explore a whole new experience of the Loy Krathong festival on its grounds tomorrow, November 8th. Loy Krathong is generally an occasion for people to gather alongside water sources to release Krathongs (a lotus-shaped raft made with a banana trunk) onto the water. But this year, Pattaya Terminal 21 is bringing you a whole zoo of life-sized dinosaurs to spice up your Loy Krathong experience after you float your Krathong away. The zoo holding 60 prehistoric creatures will be situated at the Loy Krathong site on a specious mockup runway right in front of Pattaya Terminal 21. The dinosaurs are animatronics, terrifying, and good at being exotic photo props that no other Loy Krathong site in Thailand will be able to provide you. Full Story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/11/07/pattaya-terminal-21-to-host-loy-krathong-festival-under-dinosaur-theme-on-november-8th/ -- © Copyright The Pattaya News 2022-11-07 - 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!

Gen Prayut Can Move to Another Party – Gen Prawit BANGKOK, Nov 7 (TNA) – Prime Minister and Defence Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha can move to another political party at will, said Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon who promised he would not hold back Gen Prayut. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1277035-gen-prayut-can-move-to-another-party-–-gen-prawit/

BANGKOK, Nov 7 (TNA) – Prime Minister and Defence Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha can move to another political party at will, said Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon who promised he would not hold back Gen Prayut. Gen Prawit who is also the leader of the ruling Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) said he had not discussed with Gen Prayut the political future of the latter because it would be the decision of Gen Prayut. Asked to confirm the rumor that Gen Prayut will join the Ruam Thai Sang Chart Party, Gen Prawit said the question should be posed with Gen Prayut because it concerned him. Full Story: https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-1052859 -- © Copyright Thai News Agency 2022-11-07 - 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!

Tran Thi Lo cries as she reunites with a family member in Loc Ha District of Ha Tinh Province, November 3, 2022. Photo by VnExpress/Duc Hung A woman who was tricked and trafficked into China in 1995 has been reunited with her family in central Vietnam, but she yearns to be back with her children in China. Tran Thi Lo, 54 this year, was born into a family of nine siblings in Loc Ha District in Ha Tinh Province. In 1992, she and some family members visited the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak to do business. Full Story: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/trafficked-woman-back-home-after-27-years-in-china-4532420.html -- © Copyright VN Express 2022-11-07

A car damaged from an explosion in a garden in Cu Chi District, HCMC, November 5, 2022. Photo by VnExpress/Thanh Tung A man has died after suffering severe burns as the car he was in exploded in HCMC's Cu Chi District. Nguyen Van Phu, 38, died after being hospitalized unconscious with severe burns Friday afternoon, his family said Saturday. Phu was stopping the car in a garden along the road, with several houses nearby, when the explosion happened. It was strong enough to deform the vehicle, tear its back apart, and burn down the seats. Tremors were felt by peope living dozens of meters away. Full Story: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/car-explosion-kills-driver-in-hcmc-4532554.html -- © Copyright VN Express 2022-11-07

Nguyen Mark is at a police station in Da Nang. Photo by VnExpress/Son Nam A Vietnamese American man has been arrested after his girlfriend in Da Nang accused him of having sexual misconduct towards her 11-year-old daughter. Police in Da Nang arrested Nguyen Mark, 64, on Sunday to investigate him for "molestation of a person under 16." His arrest came five days after a woman in Da Nang's Thanh Khe District reported him to the police, claiming that he had abused her 11-year-old daughter when they all lived together in the city. Full Story: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/vietnamese-american-man-arrested-for-molesting-11-year-old-girl-4532931.html -- © Copyright VN Express 2022-11-07

Trash is piled up around an abandoned incinerator in Thanh Hoa Province, central Vietnam. Photo by VnExpress/Lam Son A garbage incinerator in the central province of Thanh Hoa has malfunctioned and been abandoned for the past three months, leaving hundreds of tons of trash to pile up. The Hoa Loc waste incinerator project in Hau Loc District, costing over VND5.2 billion ($209,000) from the state budget, entered operations in 2018. The incinerator was designed to handle seven tons of trash a day. However, locals said the incinerator has only been operating sporadically, and stopped in the past three months. Garbage has been piled up around the incinerator, becoming a haven for flies and vermin. Full Story: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/central-vietnam-trash-incinerator-abandoned-becomes-vermin-haven-4533010.html -- © Copyright VN Express 2022-11-07

A police officer holds a new Vietnamese passport. Photo by VnExpress/Pham Du The ongoing National Assembly session will vote on a resolution to add birthplace information into the new Vietnamese passport, upon the minister of public security's request. Minister To Lam told the NA Monday that adding birthplace information into Vietnamese new passports should be done by the end of the year to facilitate Vietnamese residents’ travel overseas, especially to Schengen countries. The block often operates with consensus between members and visa rejection from one can be followed by others', he said. Full Story: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/vietnam-lawmakers-to-vote-next-week-on-adding-birthplace-info-to-passports-4533150.html -- © Copyright VN Express 2022-11-07

This undated photo shows a K9 team searching for contraband during an inspection of the Manila city jail. Joven Cagande MANILA, Philippines — Inmates have started using new ways to sneak in contraband, such as illegal drugs, into their cells and the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology vowed to stop it. Jail Superintendent Xavier Solda, spokesperson of the bureau, told DZBB on Sunday that they regularly conduct greyhound operations in jail facilities under their bureau. They also conduct random checking of jail cells to make sure they are clean of contraband. But the bureau spokesperson said they recently observed the Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) have also stepped up in their ways to sneak in contrabands. Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/11/07/2222098/inmates-now-using-drones-slip-contrabands-bjmp -- © Copyright Philstar 2022-11-07

This handout photo taken on October 30, 2022 and released by the Philippine Coast Guard on October 31 shows damage to a village in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao province, after Tropical Storm Nalgae hit the region. The death toll from a storm that battered the Philippines has jumped to 98, the national disaster agency said October 31, with little hope of finding survivors in the worst-hit areas. Handout / Philippines Coast Guard (PCG) / AFP MANILA, Philippines — The estimated cost of damage on infrastructure that Severe Tropical Storm Paeng (international name: Nalgae) continues to rise, according to National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council on Monday. In its latest situational report, over 34,900 houses and 800 infrastructures were damaged by Paeng, good for P4.5 billion worth of damage to infrastructure. 81,800 farmers and fisherfolk were also adversely affected after more than 92,000 hectares of crops were left unusable, totalling P3.1 billion in damages to agriculture. Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/11/07/2222116/paeng-damage-infrastructure-now-p45-billion -- © Copyright Philstar 2022-11-07

In this November file photo, Foodpanda riders line up near the Department of Labor and Employment office in Manila to protest a change in the payment scheme for deliveries. The STAR / Edd Gumban, file MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Risa Hontiveros on Monday called anew for the passage of the bill granting stronger protection to delivery riders after one of them was found lifeless while resting on his motorcycle. This comes after delivery Noel Escote was found dead on his motorcycle in Pasig City over the weekend. A police report quoted in an Inquirer report pointed out that "no external injury was noted" in a cursory examination. “Let his death be a wake up call to our colleagues in the legislature to immediately act on pending bills that will make sure that the rights and welfare of the increasing number of gig economy workers are upheld,” Hontiveros said in a statement sent to reporters Monday. Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/11/07/2222125/senator-urges-better-protection-gig-workers-after-death-delivery-rider -- © Copyright Philstar 2022-11-07

Image: Google MANILA, Philippines (Update 1:47 p.m.) — The National Bureau of Investigation and Philippine National Police have filed complaints naming Bureau of Corrections chief Gerald Bantag, currently serving preventive suspension, among the respondents behind the murder of radioman Percy Lapid. This was confirmed by Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla at a press conference Monday morning. "Bantag had a clear motive to effect the murders. For Percy Lapid, it was the continued expose by the latter of the issues against the latter on his show Lapid Fire," NBI special action unit investigator Eugene Javier said. Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/11/07/2222112/raps-filed-vs-suspended-bucor-chief-gerald-bantag-over-killing-percy-lapid -- © Copyright Philstar 2022-11-07

Animal Army Foundation in Pattaya having a temporary hospital closure The following is a notice from the Animal Army Foundation posted on their Facebook. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1277020-animal-army-foundation-in-pattaya-having-a-temporary-hospital-closure/

The following is a notice from the Animal Army Foundation posted on their Facebook. TEMPORARY HOSPITAL CLOSURE Closed Tuesday 8 – Friday 11 November, inclusive The hospital will be closed for 4 days from Tuesday 8 November. Emergency Doctors will not be on-site during this period. Full Story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/11/07/animal-army-foundation-in-pattaya-having-a-temporary-hospital-closure/ -- © Copyright The Pattaya News 2022-11-07 - 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!

New Zealand expat arrested in Phuket with 26 guns and 11 grenades A 63-year-old New Zealand expat has been arrested in Phuket with 26 guns, 11 grenades, and many bullets. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1277018-new-zealand-expat-arrested-in-phuket-with-26-guns-and-11-grenades/