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Deputy Prime Minister Supattanapong Punmeechaow defended the government’s plan to allow land-ownership in Thailand for residential purpose by four groups of foreigners, in his response to criticism of the plan by Move Forward Party Leader Pita Limjaroenrat in the House of Representatives. During the debate, Pita said he would like to know the government’s real motive behind the foreign land ownership plan which, he pointed out, is not new, but was introduced in2003, during the then government of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. He said that to date only eight foreigners had bought land for residential purposes and he could not figure out how the government would be able to achieve its target of attracting one million foreigners to do likewise, which would mean 40 trillion baht being invested in Thailand if the target is reached. Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/dpm-supattanapong-defends-governments-foreign-land-ownership-policy/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-11-03 - 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 people injured after street brawl on Koh Larn in Pattaya Two groups of adults equipped with weapons clashed on Koh Larn, leaving four people injured on Tuesday, November 2nd. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1276704-four-people-injured-after-street-brawl-on-koh-larn-in-pattaya/

Two groups of adults equipped with weapons clashed on Koh Larn, leaving four people injured on Tuesday, November 2nd. The clash happened at night in front of an unnamed resort on Koh Larn in the Naklua subdistrict of Banglamung, Chonburi. A security camera caught 6-8 adults on motorbikes passing by the resort and glancing back at another group that was marching towards them on foot. Full Story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/11/03/four-people-injured-after-street-brawl-on-koh-larn-in-pattaya/ -- © Copyright The Pattaya News 2022-11-03 - 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 police bust nightclub for allegedly opening and selling booze past legal hours Pattaya police raided a club, As Friends, today, November 3rd, after receiving a tip-off from concerned citizens that the club was secretly opening and selling alcohol past the legal time limit. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1276703-pattaya-police-bust-nightclub-for-allegedly-opening-and-selling-booze-past-legal-hours/

Pattaya police raided a club, As Friends, today, November 3rd, after receiving a tip-off from concerned citizens that the club was secretly opening and selling alcohol past the legal time limit. The operation was conducted at 3:30 AM and was led by Pol. Capt. Yuttana Khansub from the Pattaya police station. The club is located on LK Metro near Soi Buakhao in Banglamung’s Nongprue sub-district, Chonburi. Yuttana told the Pattaya News the club’s front door was locked, and the pubgoers used the side door to get inside to conceal the fact that they were still partying past the legal closing time of 2 AM. Full Story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/11/03/pattaya-police-bust-nightclub-for-allegedly-opening-and-selling-booze-past-legal-hours/ -- © Copyright The Pattaya News 2022-11-03 - 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!

Korean tourist says they were pickpocketed on Pattaya Beach A 43-year-old Korean tourist said he was pickpocketed by a transgender person while strolling on Pattaya Beach at night with friends. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1276701-korean-tourist-says-they-were-pickpocketed-on-pattaya-beach/

A 43-year-old Korean tourist said he was pickpocketed by a transgender person while strolling on Pattaya Beach at night with friends. Pattaya police were notified of a pickpocketing incident in front of Soi 13/2 in the Nongprue subdistrict of Banglamung, Chonburi, around 11 PM yesterday, November 2nd. The victim was identified as Mr. Sanghyeon Lee, 43. He told police he was strolling on Pattaya Beach with his friends to exercise and enjoy the scenery when what he described as a transgender person walked up to him and began seducing him to offer companionship. Full Story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/11/03/korean-tourist-says-they-were-pickpocketed-on-pattaya-beach/ -- © Copyright The Pattaya News 2022-11-03 - 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!

PM officiates Thailand-China Investment Forum BANGKOK (NNT) - The very first Thailand-China Investment Forum kicked off today in Bangkok, with the Prime Minister of Thailand presiding over the opening ceremony. Strategic partnership was emphasized at the gathering. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1276700-pm-officiates-thailand-china-investment-forum/

BANGKOK (NNT) - The very first Thailand-China Investment Forum kicked off today in Bangkok, with the Prime Minister of Thailand presiding over the opening ceremony. Strategic partnership was emphasized at the gathering. Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha today chaired the inauguration of the first Thailand-China Investment Forum at Shangri-La Bangkok Hotel, as he delivered his opening speech on the strategic economic partnership. He said this forum would help drive forward deeper economic cooperation and relations between Thailand and China. China is considered Thailand’s major trade partner. The PM said the economic relations between the two would help create an environment that suits growth, stability, and unity, all of which lead to mutual and sustainable development. He said the Thai government had been working to push forward the country’s economic recovery through the border reopening policy, which enables the recovery of foreign investments, the tourism sector, and the service sector. The governments of Thailand and China this year celebrate a decade of their comprehensive strategic partnership. The Thai government expressed its willingness to work with Beijing to further enhance both countries’ relations into the next decade. Source: https://thainews.prd.go.th/en/news/detail/TCATG221103182310937 -- © Copyright NNT 2022-11-03 - 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!

Jurin engages LA’s Lax-C store in importing more Thai products BANGKOK (NNT) - Authorities are making sure export targets for Thai products will be met this year. Most recently, the commerce ministry asked a Lax-C wholesale-retail store in the United States to import more Thai products. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1276699-jurin-engages-la’s-lax-c-store-in-importing-more-thai-products/

BANGKOK (NNT) - Authorities are making sure export targets for Thai products will be met this year. Most recently, the commerce ministry asked a Lax-C wholesale-retail store in the United States to import more Thai products. Minister of Commerce Jurin Laksanawisit and his delegation entered into a discussion with Lax-C grocery wholesaler and retailer executive Anek Bholsangngam. The two parties discussed obstacles faced by US importers of Thai products, such as the US Food and Drugs Administration’s quality standards. Lax-C is the largest Thai products store in the Western United States. Dubbed the “Thai Costco” by locals, the store imports 400-500 million baht worth of products from Thailand each year. The store is located in Los Angeles’s Chinatown in California and caters to the Asian clientele in the US. Mr. Jurin indicated importers are encouraged to contact the office of the Thai commerce attach? in Los Angeles. The latter is ready to facilitate coordination with US public agencies to enable importers to bring in Thai products more conveniently. The US is Thailand’s 2nd biggest export market. In the first 9 months of this year, Thailand exported 1.2 trillion baht worth of goods to the US. This marked a 30.34% expansion from the same period of the previous year. Key export products include computers, computer parts, computer accessories, rubber products, telecommunication equipment, gems and jewelry, and electrical appliances. The Ministry of Commerce expects exports of Thai food to the US to expand by at least 15% next year. Source: https://thainews.prd.go.th/en/news/detail/TCATG221103181700933 -- © Copyright NNT 2022-11-03 - 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!

Five bombs are brought to a drill-ground in Quang Ngai Province for disposal. Photo by VnExpress/Duc Minh Five bombs weighing over a ton in total along with other explosive materials produced by the U.S. were disposed of in the central Quang Ngai Province. The military headquarters of Binh Son District and military engineers of the Quang Ngai military headquarters on Wednesday disposed of the five bombs at a drill ground. Pham Quoc Vien, a military engineer from the Quang Ngai military headquarters, said the bombs were produced by the U.S., each being 160 cm long weighing around 226 kg. The bombs were discovered by locals in Binh Son District and then handed over to authorities. Full Story: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/ton-of-us-produced-bombs-disposed-of-in-central-vietnam-province-4531510.html -- © Copyright VN Express 2022-11-03

With farmers continuing to burn stubble and straw on fields around Hanoi's Noi Bai airport, planes are forced to land and take off amid smoke. Farmers burn rice stubble in a field in Soc Son District near Noi Bai International Airport. October is the rice harvest season, and soon afterward farmers clear up their fields to get them ready for the next crop. Burning the stubble remains the most common way of doing this. Full Story: https://e.vnexpress.net/photo/news/agricultural-burning-threatens-flight-safety-in-hanoi-4531508.html -- © Copyright VN Express 2022-11-03

A police officer jumps on top of a pickup truck in Thai Binh to try to stop it as the driver keeps driving, October 28, 2022. Photo by VnExpress/Xuan Hoa A man in the northern Thai Binh Province was arrested after trying to escape on a pickup truck despite a police officer hanging on top of it. Vu Ngoc Lam, 32, is being investigated for "resisting a law enforcement officer in performance of his/her duties," police of Thai Binh said Thursday. At around 2:50 p.m. on October 28, Lam was driving the pickup truck in the wrong way when police officers asked him to stop and show necessary documents. He refused to heed the request and drove away. A police officer tried to stop him by jumping on top of the vehicle. Full Story: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/man-arrested-for-driving-car-away-with-police-officer-on-top-4531597.html -- © Copyright VN Express 2022-11-03

Duong Nhat Du is held at a police station in Vinh Long Province in southern Vietnam for alleged rape. Photo by VnExpress/An Binh An 18-year-old boy in the Mekong Delta's Vinh Long Province was arrested after raping a 12-year-old girl when he gave her a ride home. Duong Nhat Du, 18, was arrested by police of Vung Liem District to be investigated for "Raping a person under 16." On October 8, an acquaintance asked Du to give the girl a ride home from a local food stall. Instead, Du brought her to a grass field where few people came by, before raping her. Full Story: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/teenager-rapes-12-year-old-girl-while-taking-her-home-4531646.html -- © Copyright VN Express 2022-11-03

A Ferrari with a diplomatic license plate is damaged after crashing into a motorbike in Hanoi on October 31, 2022. Photo by VnExpress/Pham Chieu Hanoi police said a man who had hit a motorcyclist while driving a Ferrari on Monday came forward a day later. Hoang Bang Viet, 25, who lives in Hanoi's Nam Tu Liem District, came to a city police station around 10 p.m. on Tuesday. Police had requested Hanoi Center for Forensic Medicine to take his blood and urine samples to check if he was under the influence of drugs or alcohol. The results have yet to be revealed. Full Story: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/ferrari-driver-turns-himself-in-after-causing-deadly-accident-in-hanoi-4531654.html -- © Copyright VN Express 2022-11-03

A woman walks past a mural depicting frontline health workers wearing masks, along a street in Manila on November 10, 2021. AFP / Ted Aljibe MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Labor and Employment is leaving it up to employers and their workers to decide whether they will continue to wear masks at work after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. scrapped the mask mandate. In Labor Advisory No. 22, Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma said employers and their workers may require the wearing of face masks taking into account hazards and risks, industry requirements and incidence of other infectious diseases. The DOLE also said that employers and their workers “have a shared responsibility to ensure safe and healthful working conditions” in accordance with the Labor Code and minimum public health standards. Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/11/03/2221256/dole-lets-employers-workers-decide-whether-mask-work -- © Copyright Philstar 2022-11-03

This handout photo shows the 21 Chinese nationals set to be deported on Wednesday, November 2. Bureau of Immigration / released MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Immigration said Thursday that it has deported 21 more Chinese nationals involved in illegal online gambling operations. Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco said the deported individuals were boarded onto a Philippine Airlines flight to Wuhan, China on November 2. “We will ensure that those involved in illegal activities be deported and blacklisted,” said Tansingco. “This is to create a safe space for foreign nationals who comply with immigration policies are here in the country legally.” Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/11/03/2221262/philippines-deports-21-more-chinese-nationals-linked-illegal-online-gambling -- © Copyright Philstar 2022-11-03

People cast their votes in the presidential election at a polling precinct in Batac, Ilocos Norte on May 9, 2022. AFP / Jam Sta. Rosa MANILA, Philippines — A petition has been filed before the Supreme Court urging it to compel the preservation of data transmitted on the evening of May 9, election day for national and local positions in the Philippines. Petitioners, led by former Information and Communications Technology Undersecretary Eliseo Rio, also asked the SC to issue a temporary restraining order to enjoin respondents Commission on Elections, Smartmatic and telecommunications companies Dito, Globe and Smart to desist from modifying or erasing the following data, transmitted from 7 p.m. to p.m. on May 9, related to the 2022 election results: Part or the whole of the historically important subscriber [data] Cyber traffic data log integrity Call record details They also asked the SC to direct telecommunications companies to "deliver faithful copies of their respective records/details of the said historically-important data directly and exclusively to the Honorable Supreme Court." Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/11/03/2221282/sc-urged-order-preservation-may-elections-data-potential-scrutiny -- © Copyright Philstar 2022-11-03

Rachel Cribello, a senior staff member of Pawssion Project-Bulacan, poses for a portrait with some of the shelter’s rescued canines. Photos by Maro Enriquez BULACAN, Philippines — It’s three in the afternoon, and the familiar smell of dog food, cooked meat, and rice wafts through the air. Dozens of dogs begin wag their tails and bark in anticipation and in unison, while their caretakers pile food onto each dog's plate. Meanwhile, the cats wait patiently to be fed inside their enclosure. Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/11/03/2221272/partners-not-pounds-there-more-animal-welfare-rounding-strays -- © Copyright Philstar 2022-11-03

Relatives grieve at a mass burial site where the Sapi family buried seven of their members, victims of the landslide in the nearby village at the height of Typhoon Nalgae, in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao, southern Philippines on October 31, 2022. AFP / Ferdinandh Cabrera MANILA, Philippines — Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III on Thursday called on his fellow lawmakers to slash confidential and intelligence funds and rechannel them to disaster response and recovery programs in the wake of the devastation wrought by Severe Tropical Storm “Paeng.” “Let us cut confidential and intelligence funds and rechannel this much-needed allocation to strengthen our disaster response capabilities,” Pimentel said in a statement. The proposed budget for 2023 contains P9.29 billion in confidential and intelligence funds, around half or P4.5 billion of which would go to the Office of the President. Due to the confidential nature of these allocations, they are notoriously hard to audit. Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/11/03/2221275/pimentel-realign-confidential-intel-funds-disaster-response -- © Copyright Philstar 2022-11-03

Police Link Call Scams with Jinling Pub BANGKOK, Nov 3 (TNA) – Police have found connection between a call scam gang and the raided Jinling entertainment venue in Bangkok’s Yannawa district. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1276686-police-link-call-scams-with-jinling-pub/

BANGKOK, Nov 3 (TNA) – Police have found connection between a call scam gang and the raided Jinling entertainment venue in Bangkok’s Yannawa district. Police searched three residential places in Prawet and Sukhumvit areas. They arrested 10 Chinese suspects and impounded about 10 luxury cars, 42 million baht in cash and luxury bags worth about 300 million baht. The raids were related to police’s earlier search of the Jinling entertainment place where they found 237 Chinese revelers and impounded about 30 luxury vehicles including a grey Porsche driven by a Chinese woman and owned by a Chinese man identified as Lin Yian. Full Story: https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-1050390 -- © Copyright Thai News Agency 2022-11-03 - 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!

Grab delivery service riders protest against allegedly unfair rule changes Hundreds of GrabFood and GrabMart riders staged a mass protest today (Thursday), against changes to delivery service rules, issued by their company which, they claim, have resulted in a reduction in their earnings. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1276685-grab-delivery-service-riders-protest-against-allegedly-unfair-rule-changes/

Hundreds of GrabFood and GrabMart riders staged a mass protest today (Thursday), against changes to delivery service rules, issued by their company which, they claim, have resulted in a reduction in their earnings. The riders gathered in front of the Central World shopping mall in Bangkok’s Ratchaprasong area this morning, before proceeding to their company offices on Phetchaburi Road. The riders say that the company has imposed a zoning system, which has forced them to operate within each zone instead of throughout Bangkok. They also complain that they are ordered to take two delivery orders at the same time, instead of one, which has reduced their orders and the fees they can charge. Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/grab-delivery-service-riders-protest-against-allegedly-unfair-rule-changes/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-11-03 - 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!