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Indian tourist files police report after mistakenly taking transgender person to his Pattaya hotel By Tanakorn Panyadee Pattaya — An Indian tourist in Pattaya filed a police report on a stranger whom he reportedly paid to go to his hotel room but later turned out to be a transgender individual. The tourist said the transvestite refused to return his money and stole his wristwatch. An unnamed Indian tourist on Thursday reported his plight to Pattaya police in the evening. The tourist said he hired a stranger whom he originally thought was a woman to go to his hotel room on Soi 8 in Banglamung, Chonburi. While the two of them were inside the room, the tourist stated he noticed the stranger was, in fact, a transvestite, not a real woman. Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/11/18/indian-tourist-files-police-report-after-mistakenly-taking-transgender-person-to-his-pattaya-hotel/ -- © Copyright The Pattaya News 2022-11-18 - 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!

Man who didn't pay his bar tab ends up looking like this - karaoke say they didn't do it, just took his bike Sanook Thai Caption: He woke up looking like this Sattahip police captain Kawin Juirort was called by rescue services after they found a badly beaten man at the Tao Than Thong Thip market. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1278210-man-who-didnt-pay-his-bar-tab-ends-up-looking-like-this-karaoke-say-they-didnt-do-it-just-took-his-bike/

Sanook Thai Caption: He woke up looking like this Sattahip police captain Kawin Juirort was called by rescue services after they found a badly beaten man at the Tao Than Thong Thip market. Phaisan, 49, had a bad black eye as well as facial cuts and bruises. He was incoherent just saying that he was behaving normally then out of the blue someone hit him. The attack was traced back to a karaoke establishment where Thaisan had not paid his bar bill. The people there denied attacking him just saying they had taken his motorcycle until he paid up what was owed, reported Sanook. Police failed to get release of the motorcycle. The victim filed a police report and now the karaoke boss and witnesses are being interviewed to get to the bottom of what transpired. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-11-18 - 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! Get your business in front of millions of customers who read ASEAN NOW with an interest in Thailand every month - email [email protected] for more information

Protesters clash with police as they try to march to APEC Summit site Protesters from the so-called “Stop APEC 2022” movement clashed with riot-control police this morning (Friday) as they left Bangkok’s Lan Khon Mueang Town Square to march to the Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1278209-protesters-clash-with-police-as-they-try-to-march-to-apec-summit-site/

Protesters from the so-called “Stop APEC 2022” movement clashed with riot-control police this morning (Friday) as they left Bangkok’s Lan Khon Mueang Town Square to march to the Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre. Equipped with shields and riot-control gear, the police were ordered not to allow the protesters to march to the convention centre, where the APEC Summit is being held today and tomorrow. A protest leader, Baramee Chairat, representing the Assembly of the Poor, told the police to disperse and allow the protesters to march to the convention centre to submit their petition to the APEC leaders. Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/protesters-clash-with-police-as-they-try-to-march-to-apec-summit-site/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-11-18 - 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!

Husband knocks his wife's teeth out and strangles her because she wouldn't have sex with him Sanook Thai Caption: Angry with wife who wouldn't sleep with him Muang district police in Kalasin, NE Thailand, were called to a house in Phon Thong sub-district where they found a 39 year old woman called Sarika unconscious in bed. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1278208-husband-knocks-his-wifes-teeth-out-and-strangles-her-because-she-wouldnt-have-sex-with-him/

Sanook Thai Caption: Angry with wife who wouldn't sleep with him Muang district police in Kalasin, NE Thailand, were called to a house in Phon Thong sub-district where they found a 39 year old woman called Sarika unconscious in bed. Rescue services rushed her to hospital. Waiting outside was her husband Surasak, 40, who had attacked her. He said that he lives at the property with his wife and elder sister. He and his wife had had recurring arguments recently and for many months had been sleeping in separate rooms. After his sister went to work in the early morning he went to his wife's room but his request for sex was denied. He said that he squeezed her throat until she was unconscious then called a friend and emergency services in a panic. Police said that he had gone to the hospital to "graap" the victim but she was till unconscious, reported Sanook. Doctors said she had probably suffered a brain injury and in addition had had a retainer and her teeth knocked out of her mouth in the violent attack. The husband had not mentioned hitting her, just strangling her. The husband is being charged with causing grievous bodily harm as investigations continue. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-11-18 - 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! Get your business in front of millions of customers who read ASEAN NOW with an interest in Thailand every month - email [email protected] for more information

Grandstand roofs blow away in storm at school in central Thailand Picture: Siam Rath Siam Rath reported that four sections of grandstand roofs blew away in a storm at a school in Prachinburi, central Thailand yesterday evening. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1278200-grandstand-roofs-blow-away-in-storm-at-school-in-central-thailand/

Picture: Siam Rath Siam Rath reported that four sections of grandstand roofs blew away in a storm at a school in Prachinburi, central Thailand yesterday evening. Some fifty teachers and children were at the school in Ban Sang district preparing for a sports day. Suphap, 52, a teacher, said they had tried to secure the grandstand as the storm started but it proved impossible and everyone took cover in school buildings. Picture: Siam Rath That meant there were no deaths or injuries. Four sections came loose and blew into houses adjacent to the school nearly hitting a nearby shop. It is thought that about 200,000 baht of damage was caused. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-11-18 - 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! Get your business in front of millions of customers who read ASEAN NOW with an interest in Thailand every month - email [email protected] for more information

Thai man who won 6 million in the state lottery goes to the police after his wife disappears with the cash - and her lover! Picture: Thai Rath Manich Pranee thought it was his lucky day - and some - when he scooped 6 million baht in the state lottery in the draw on November 1st. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1278197-thai-man-who-won-6-million-in-the-state-lottery-goes-to-the-police-after-his-wife-disappears-with-the-cash-and-her-lover/

Picture: Thai Rath Manich Pranee thought it was his lucky day - and some - when he scooped 6 million baht in the state lottery in the draw on November 1st. He went with his common law wife and his three children to pick up the winnings at the lottery office. They couldn't have been happier. The money was put in his wife's account. What could possibly go wrong - he trusted Angkhanarak, 45, as they had raised a family together over the last 26 years. He asked for a little over 1 million baht to make merit at their house in the Thawatburi police jurisdiction on Roi-Et, NE Thailand. At the merit making a man arrived who Angkhanarak explained was a long lost relative. Manich though nothing of it. The man stayed with the family for three days before the wife and the man disappeared. The pair were contacted and still no alarm bells were ringing - she said they'd be back soon, they had some business to attend to in Nong Khai. Then one of the couple's sons heard from a neighbor that the man was not a relative. He was his mother's lover and they had been carrying on for ages, not just three days. A check on the account at the BAAC bank revealed that 2 million baht had been removed. The bank said the family should go to the police to try and get the account shut, reported Thai Rath. But that proved impossible. Pol Lt-Col Somsak Ketphiboon of the Thawatburi police said no crime had been committed. The account was in the wife's name and she was entitled to do as she pleased with the money. She wasn't even legally married to Manich, they had never officially recorded their marriage (jot thabian). -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-11-18 - 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! Get your business in front of millions of customers who read ASEAN NOW with an interest in Thailand every month - email [email protected] for more information

Heavy rain forecast for Bangkok and surrounding provinces next week People living in Bangkok, other central provinces, eastern and southern regions of Thailand are advised to expect heavy to very heavy rainfall from November 22nd-24th, as a result of an intensifying low pressure cell. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1278195-heavy-rain-forecast-for-bangkok-and-surrounding-provinces-next-week/

People living in Bangkok, other central provinces, eastern and southern regions of Thailand are advised to expect heavy to very heavy rainfall from November 22nd-24th, as a result of an intensifying low pressure cell. Thailand’s Meteorological Department reported today (Friday) that a low pressure cell, looming over the coast of Borneo, is moving towards the South China Sea and intensifying as it heads towards the southern tip of the Vietnamese Peninsula and into the Gulf of Thailand. It predicts that the storm will bring heavy to very heavy downpours to the southern part of Thailand’s central region, including Bangkok. Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/heavy-rain-forecast-for-bangkok-and-surrounding-provinces-next-week/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-11-18 - 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!

Glue sniffing abbot defrocked after he drives pick-up into power pole by the temple Daily News Thai Caption: Defrocked....abbot Thailand's Buddhist clergy are now sniffing glue. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1278194-glue-sniffing-abbot-defrocked-after-he-drives-pick-up-into-power-pole-by-the-temple/

Daily News Thai Caption: Defrocked....abbot Thailand's Buddhist clergy are now sniffing glue. Ban Na police in Nakon Nayok were called after a Toyota Mighty X was driven headlong into a power pole that was bent in two. In the driver's seat was Phra Samuwichai, 56, the abbot of Wat Suthep Charoentham temple nearby. He was completely incoherent and stank of glue. He was unable to even walk and crawled off into the undergrowth by the side of the road. Picture: Daily News He was helped get back on his feet by rescue services at the scene. A search back at the monk's quarters in the temple found food and vomit all over the place. There were four opened cans of glue at the head of his bed and many other canisters of adhesive were found in a fertilizer sack, reported Daily News. Picture: Daily News No drugs were found either in his vehicle or in his quarters. He was immediately defrocked then the police took him away to be charged with driving without a license. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-11-18 - 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! Get your business in front of millions of customers who read ASEAN NOW with an interest in Thailand every month - email [email protected] for more information Picture: Daily News

Tim Newton Today - Nov 18: APEC v Thai cannabis, Frenchman found, red Zebra crossings in Bangkok Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1278191-tim-newton-today-nov-18-apec-v-thai-cannabis-frenchman-found-red-zebra-crossings-in-bangkok/

APEC, for real, starts today in Bangkok and the leaders make their main themes known, a missing Frenchman is found, good news for World Cup enthusiasts in Thailand, German couple stealing cars and overstaying. Info on road closures around Bangkok. Tim Newton Today is a daily, independent look at Thai and south East Asian regional news. With thanks to our sponsors 5 Star Marine in Phuket... https://5starmarinephuket.com Link to Thai PBS World road closure story... https://www.thaipbsworld.com/bangkok-... TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Missing Frenchman found 1:34 - World Cup broadcast news 3:25 - APEC and Cannabis in same story 6:57 - APEC underway in BKK, President Xi arrives 9.45 - Red zebra crossings in Bangkok 11:30 - Michelin Guide Thai version 2023 13:40 - Quotes from Chinese President at APEC 15:20 - German couple arrested in Pattaya

Well known pub in south shut for five years on orders of the governor Daily News Thai Caption: Well known pub shut Daily News reported that a well known pub in Muang district of Trang, southern Thailand, had been ordered shut for five years. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1278190-well-known-pub-in-south-shut-for-five-years-on-orders-of-the-governor/

Daily News Thai Caption: Well known pub shut Daily News reported that a well known pub in Muang district of Trang, southern Thailand, had been ordered shut for five years. The order was made by the Trang governor Khajornsak Charoensopha in respect of Comeback pub on Huay Yort Rd. Their license was rescinded. Many people have been put out of work due to the closure. Back at the beginning of July an underage teen (aged 19) had been served at the establishment - the limit is age 20. In addition that customer had been involved in a fight with another patron in which he was knocked unconscious. The owner admitted serving to under age patrons and was given a 2 month suspended jail term and fined 5,000 baht at the time. Now Comeback has been closed for five years. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-11-18 - 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! Get your business in front of millions of customers who read ASEAN NOW with an interest in Thailand every month - email [email protected] for more information

Buddhist image weighing 200 kilos stolen from outside chapel at Kanchanaburi temple Daily News Thai Caption: Hunt - for thieves who sinned Tha Muang police in Kanchanaburi, western Thailand, were called after a 50 year old Buddhist Image weighing 200 kilos was stolen from a temple in the night. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1278188-buddhist-image-weighing-200-kilos-stolen-from-outside-chapel-at-kanchanaburi-temple/

Daily News Thai Caption: Hunt - for thieves who sinned Tha Muang police in Kanchanaburi, western Thailand, were called after a 50 year old Buddhist Image weighing 200 kilos was stolen from a temple in the night. The Sothorn image was in pride of place at the temple of Wat Pho Sri Sukharam in Tha Muang district. Phra Amnuay, an assistant to the abbot said that the image was still in place as monks were attending to their evening duties at the temple. Picture: Daily News At 1 am the temple dogs started barking but no one got up from their slumbers. The thieves had clearly removed the image in the night. Picture: Daily News Local police are studying CCTV in the temple and its vicinity in an effort to track down the thieves that the media called "sinners". -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-11-18 - 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! Get your business in front of millions of customers who read ASEAN NOW with an interest in Thailand every month - email [email protected] for more information

Opinion – Xi’s statement about APEC steals the limelight from weakling APEC host Prayut By Thanaphum Charoensombatpanich Thailand, the host of the 2022 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), was left high and dry yesterday after the goliath in the north – China, stole the limelight of the conference within hours after its president made his 1st visit to the country. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1278185-xi’s-statement-about-apec-steals-the-limelight-from-weakling-apec-host-prayut/

Opinion – By Thanaphum Charoensombatpanich Thailand, the host of the 2022 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), was left high and dry yesterday after the goliath in the north – China, stole the limelight of the conference within hours after its president made his 1st visit to the country. The all-powerful first 3rd term ‘elected’ President of China – Xi Jinping, issued a statement within minutes after he landed in Bangkok to attend the APEC summit that ends tomorrow. The statement by the Chinese President called on the APEC region to be a block that focuses on economic development and not be someone’s backyard and should not be an arena for big power to contest their turf. “The Asia Pacific is no one’s backyard and should not become an arena for big power contest. No attempt to wage a cold war will ever be allowed by the people or by our times,” Xi said in a statement issued within hours after his Boeing 747 landed at Don Muang airport late yesterday. Full story: https://www.thaienquirer.com/45926/opinion-xis-statement-about-apec-steals-the-limelight-from-weakling-apec-host-prayut/ -- © Copyright Thai Enquirer 2022-11-18 - 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!

Welcome to Thailand! World leaders get "kai yang" for dinner - but this is Betong Chicken Picture: Thai Rath World leaders attending the APEC Summit will be getting grilled chicken at their Gala Dinner. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1278184-welcome-to-thailand-world-leaders-get-kai-yang-for-dinner-but-this-is-betong-chicken/

Picture: Thai Rath World leaders attending the APEC Summit will be getting grilled chicken at their Gala Dinner. Not just any farm fed chicken however - they will be treated to Betong Chicken that is becoming increasing popular in Thailand and more well known around the world. Named after a southern Thai district the chickens are smaller, free range animals with a distinctive taste. They will be grilled and prepared by Michelin star chef Chumphol Jaengphrai under the banner of "Sustainable Thai Gastronomy", reported Thai Rath yesterday. President of the Betong Chicken producers and farms association Pol Sub-Lt Udom Laksana said it was a great honor but not the first time top politicians had sampled this kind of chicken. ASEAN leaders were also treated to it at another summit. He said proudly that this would be a timely boost to producers of the chicken raising awareness about the food both within Thailand and around the world. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-11-18 - 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! Get your business in front of millions of customers who read ASEAN NOW with an interest in Thailand every month - email [email protected] for more information