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Survey – Bangkok among 5 best cities for expats to live and work in 2022 After Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok has the most affordable monthly rent for a 1-bedroom city centre property, at £451, and a meal costs just £2.11. (Photo by Andreas Brücker) Bangkok has been ranked 5th among the world’s top 10 cities for expats to live and work this year, according to the global expat index by the online language learning platform Preply. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273678-survey-–-bangkok-among-5-best-cities-for-expats-to-live-and-work-in-2022/

Survey – Bangkok among 5 best cities for expats to live and work in 2022 After Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok has the most affordable monthly rent for a 1-bedroom city centre property, at £451, and a meal costs just £2.11. (Photo by Andreas Brücker) Bangkok has been ranked 5th among the world’s top 10 cities for expats to live and work this year, according to the global expat index by the online language learning platform Preply. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273678-survey-–-bangkok-among-5-best-cities-for-expats-to-live-and-work-in-2022/

After Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok has the most affordable monthly rent for a 1-bedroom city centre property, at £451, and a meal costs just £2.11. (Photo by Andreas Brücker) Bangkok has been ranked 5th among the world’s top 10 cities for expats to live and work this year, according to the global expat index by the online language learning platform Preply. The survey assesses 60 popular expat destinations using 11 relevant relocation metrics, including the average monthly salary, how safe the area is, the average length of time to learn the language fluently, the cost of living, income tax, connectivity, leisure activities and more. Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia came out on top, thanks to its affordable living costs and many leisure opportunities, followed by Tbilisi in Georgia, Lisbon in Portugal, Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, and Bangkok Thailand. The report shows that the cost of living as an expat is relatively high in Bangkok, at £1,725, and the average monthly salary after tax is £492. After Kuala Lumpur, however, Bangkok has the most affordable monthly rent for a 1-bedroom city centre property, at £451, and a meal costs just £2.11. Source: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/survey-bangkok-among-5-best-cities-for-expats-to-live-and-work-in-2022/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-10-04 - 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!

Chiang Mai residents jump to it! Frogs on the menu at noodle stall Sanook Thai Caption: Delicious Frog Dumplings Sanook reported from the Chiang Mai to Doi Saket Road in northern Thailand where a noodle vendor is cashing in on the cheap price of frogs. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273674-chiang-mai-residents-jump-to-it-frogs-on-the-menu-at-noodle-stall/

Sanook Thai Caption: Delicious Frog Dumplings Sanook reported from the Chiang Mai to Doi Saket Road in northern Thailand where a noodle vendor is cashing in on the cheap price of frogs. Noppadol Janhorm, 45, the owner of the Tee Noi Ocha shop said that he spotted a niche in the market when he saw the locals raising frogs for sale. Previously he put mushrooms in his dumplings but now he is chopping up 20 kilos of frog every day and his customers like the taste of the unusual filling. What he doesn't put in the dumplings goes to making a delicious broth for other items on the menu. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-10-04 - 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

Vicious teacher who beat student black and blue - "let off because he's close to retirement" 77kaoded Thai Caption: A "cruel" model for society A father who went online to show the horrendous injuries his son suffered at school at the hands of a teacher decided to stop short of reporting the incident to police. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273673-vicious-teacher-who-beat-student-black-and-blue-let-off-because-hes-close-to-retirement/

77kaoded Thai Caption: A "cruel" model for society A father who went online to show the horrendous injuries his son suffered at school at the hands of a teacher decided to stop short of reporting the incident to police. His own P5 son told him that the teacher was close to retirement and he admitted that he had submitted three sets of homework late. Reporters at the school in Nakhon Nayok found a deputy director and a head of P5 - but no teacher or director. The class teacher has reportedly admitted what he has done. He allegedly said to the 10 year old pupil that if he told his parents to tell them the full story about not submitting his homework, reported 77kaoded. The parent went with a measured approach to the issue on Facebook saying he believed in his son facing punishment. But many netizens agreed that even in post corporal punishment Thailand this was well over the top. Others said they had been hit by the teacher concerned at the well known Muang district school. Now that a police report is off the cards the father wants the school to discipline the errant teacher. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-10-04 - 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

One legged Thai fighting cock thinks he's a rhino - "one and only in the world" 77kaoded hotfooted it to Ratchaburi after reports that a one legged cock had a spur growing out of its nose. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273671-one-legged-thai-fighting-cock-thinks-hes-a-rhino-one-and-only-in-the-world/

Picture: 77kaoded 77kaoded hotfooted it to Ratchaburi after reports that a one legged cock had a spur growing out of its nose. Bunlert's Rooster - that he has cared for 4-5 years - has only got a right leg. The left is gone after an accident. But it looks like it has a rhino horn or an elephant tusk growing out of its head. The spur should be on its leg. Picture: 77kaoded Bunlert said that the first mystery spur grew and then fell off. Now he has been asking all his cock-fighting buddies if they have every seen anything like it. They all replied in the negative leading him to believe that he has a one of a kind in the whole world rooster. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-10-04 - 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

Rayong police called after mental health patient arrives with a gun Picture: Siam Rath Muang Rayong police were called by medical staff to Rayong Hospital after a young man arrived with a gun. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273668-rayong-police-called-after-mental-health-patient-arrives-with-a-gun/

Picture: Siam Rath Muang Rayong police were called by medical staff to Rayong Hospital after a young man arrived with a gun. Pao, about 25, was not making any trouble on the second floor of the hospital on Thailand's eastern seaboard. He was just sitting in the OPD on a mental health visit. It was discovered he was from Ban Phe and the weapon was a 200 baht BB gun the suspect had purchased from a friend on Facebook. He told police he wanted to show it to the doctors, reported Siam Rath. He was charged with being drunk in public and his relatives were contacted to come and pick him up. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-10-04 - 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

Serial cat burglar loses his last life - he's electrocuted on the job Daily News Thai Caption: The end...for the cat burglar Daily News reported on the death of a suspected cat burglar stealing cables in the NE of Thailand. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273666-serial-cat-burglar-loses-his-last-life-hes-electrocuted-on-the-job/

Daily News Thai Caption: The end...for the cat burglar Daily News reported on the death of a suspected cat burglar stealing cables in the NE of Thailand. Police in Nong Bua of Udon Thani found the 40-45 year old man with burns on his hands. He was still clutching cables he'd cut. Pliers and gloves were found nearby. Picture: Daily News A local official called Phiphat said that it looks as though the deceased had entered the area through a disused water park where he had already exhausted the supply of cables. He'd now moved onto a deserted construction site that has been abandoned by the contractor for two years and was cutting cables there. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-10-04 - 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

Alleged fraudster arrested in Bangkok for selling fake deals on Pattaya hotel rooms Daily News Thai Caption: Arrested at a condo Police from the Consumer Protection Division served an arrest warrant for fraud and misrepresentation on the internet on a 39 year old woman named only as "A". Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273664-alleged-fraudster-arrested-in-bangkok-for-selling-fake-deals-on-pattaya-hotel-rooms/

Daily News Thai Caption: Arrested at a condo Police from the Consumer Protection Division served an arrest warrant for fraud and misrepresentation on the internet on a 39 year old woman named only as "A". This followed many complaints from people who had booked rooms at a Pattaya hotel but got nothing. Losses are in the millions of baht. "A" denied everything after her arrest at a luxury condo in the Charoen Sanitwong area of the Thai capital. Daily News reported that she had worked in the sales department of a Pattaya hotel before offering the allegedly bogus packages. She was named in a warrant issued by the South Bangkok court in May as well as a similar one on Friday in Prakhanong. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-10-04 - 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

PM thanks CCSA personnel and others who helped Thailand navigate Covid crisis over 2 years by Namo Vananupong BANGKOK (NNT) - With COVID-19’s status relegated to a communicable disease under surveillance, figures on Covid hospital admissions will now be reported weekly instead of daily. Meanwhile, the prime minister has thanked those who worked for the Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) for their efforts in handling the Covid crisis. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273663-pm-thanks-ccsa-personnel-and-others-who-helped-thailand-navigate-covid-crisis-over-2-years/

by Namo Vananupong BANGKOK (NNT) - With COVID-19’s status relegated to a communicable disease under surveillance, figures on Covid hospital admissions will now be reported weekly instead of daily. Meanwhile, the prime minister has thanked those who worked for the Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) for their efforts in handling the Covid crisis. Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha has expressed his thanks to those who were part of and those whose work related to the CCSA. The message was posted on the prime minister’s Facebook page. Gen. Prayut thanked the relevant personnel for their work and sacrifices made during the CCSA’s two-and-a-half years of operation. He acknowledged their dedication had enabled the Thai public to navigate the Covid crisis. The CCSA was officially closed on September 30 and its responsibilities were handed over to the Ministry of Public Health. The Department of Disease Control’s report on the number of admitted Covid patients will be issued weekly instead of daily starting today (3 October). Dr. Yong Poovorawan, a virology expert at Chulalongkorn University’s Faculty of Medicine, wrote on his Facebook that COVID-19 outbreaks will now resemble those of flu. He said respiratory diseases and flu outbreaks are most significant in the rainy season or from June to September. Outbreaks become less prevalent after September before gaining traction once more from January to March. Dr. Yong wrote that booster vaccine doses for vulnerable individuals should be administered before the rainy season begins. Individuals at risk of severe symptoms who become infected should receive antivirals as soon as possible. He indicated that receiving antivirals immediately after a positive ATK test result is generated would reduce sick days by 3. The expert virologist added that people should still take precautionary measures to reduce the spread of Covid. Dr. Yong said he believes the Covid situation will continually improve as most people will have immunity and medications will be improved. Source: https://thainews.prd.go.th/en/news/detail/TCATG221004102350700 -- © Copyright NNT 2022-10-04 - 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!

Anti-COVID Spray Now Available BANGKOK, Oct 4 (TNA) – Locally made anti-COVID-19 nasal spray with six-hour protection is now available at the outlets of the Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) and partners. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273662-anti-covid-spray-now-available/

BANGKOK, Oct 4 (TNA) – Locally made anti-COVID-19 nasal spray with six-hour protection is now available at the outlets of the Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) and partners. Deputy government spokeswoman Rachada Dhnadirek said the Health Systems Research Institute (HSRI) launched the country's first anti-COVID-19 nasal spray product under the brand name of Vaill CoviTRAP Anti-CoV Nasal Spray. The product was registered with the Food and Drug Administration and became available on Oct 1 at the GPO's drug store in Ratchathewi area and the outlets of partners including The Senizens and Panacura clinics. Full story: https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-1030853 -- © Copyright Thai News Agency 2022-10-04 - 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!

Agriculture Dept pushes forward greenhouse gas reduction, cannabis development agreements by Tanakorn Sangiam BANGKOK (NNT) - Celebrating its 50th anniversary today, the Department of Agriculture signed agreements on greenhouse gas reduction and cannabis development for medical and commercial applications. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273660-agriculture-dept-pushes-forward-greenhouse-gas-reduction-cannabis-development-agreements/

by Tanakorn Sangiam BANGKOK (NNT) - Celebrating its 50th anniversary today, the Department of Agriculture signed agreements on greenhouse gas reduction and cannabis development for medical and commercial applications. The two agreements were signed in a ceremony witnessed by Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives Mananya Thaiset. The first agreement, signed with Chulalongkorn University, is the development of plants in the cannabis family for the purposes of medical and commercial applications. This project focuses on the research, development, and testing of Petchompoo 1-5 cannabis strains that are rich in THC content, making them more suitable for THC extract and medical applications. This partnership caters to the development of cultivation technology and pest control using biopesticides, to ensure that the harvest will be suitable for medical applications. The Department of Agriculture operates a One Stop Service Center for cannabis, hemp, and kratom management at its headquarters, as well as the 1174 hotline where inquiries regarding the said herbs can be raised. The department also signed an agreement with the Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization (TGO) to help raise awareness of greenhouse gas emissions. This cooperation will allow both agencies to work on greenhouse reduction campaigns, improvement to the research and data collection processes, and carbon footprint assessments. The two agencies will be working together to pilot the carbon credit certification scheme, starting with fruit farms, palm plantations, and rubber plantations. Source: https://thainews.prd.go.th/en/news/detail/TCATG221004095511683 -- © Copyright NNT 2022-10-04 - 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 "Uncle Too" goes back to work after Constitutional Court nod Picture: Thai Rath Thai Rath reported that "Uncle Too" - the Thai peoples' name for PM Prayuth Chan-ocha - went back to work at Government House yesterday. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273659-pm-uncle-too-goes-back-to-work-after-constitutional-court-nod/

Picture: Thai Rath Thai Rath reported that "Uncle Too" - the Thai peoples' name for PM Prayuth Chan-ocha - went back to work at Government House yesterday. He arrived in his private Mercedes Benz. Picture: Thai Rath After paying homage to some sacred objects and ancestors he was back at his desk. His first job was to receive new ambassadors Arman Issetov from Kazakhstan and Australia's Angela Macdonald. Prayuth - whose nickname means to grab something by force - was given permission to carry on as PM in a Constitutional Court ruling delivered last week concerning his 8 year tenure in Thailand's top political position. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-10-04 - 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

Thailand's multi talented health minister sees clear skies but choppy political waters below Picture: Thai Rath Thai Rath featured the multiple talents of the Thai deputy prime minister and health minister Anutin Charvirakul. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273658-thailands-multi talented-health-minister-sees-clear-skies-but-choppy-political-waters-below/

Picture: Thai Rath Thai Rath featured the multiple talents of the Thai deputy prime minister and health minister Anutin Charvirakul. Now he can add piloting to politicking. The instantly recognisable man whose face was a daily staple during the pandemic has qualified as a pilot. He has two private jets - one a Cirus SR22T that he bought in 2013 for 22.7 million baht and a TMB 930SOCATA that he acquired in 2016 for 139.23 million baht, according to assets' declarations. Anutin has flown provincially and regionally to Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia and Singapore. Picture: Thai Rath He was with some rich buddies in Khao Yai about 11 years ago. It was a place he drove to but one of his friends arrived by plane and within five years Anutin had his licence. He cited as a time when he carried a heart for transplant as one of his proudest hours in the cockpit. His record flight with a copilot was to England from Don Muang. This included fuel stops in Bangladesh, Dubai, Cyprus, Monaco and France. Picture: Thai Rath Anutin is the son of businessman and politician Chawarat Charnvirakul who served under many governments starting with that of Chaowarit Yongchaiyudh in the mid nineties. Anutin's father was involved in real estate development and his son is listed as a billionaire in his own right. Thai Rath charted some of the DPM's political dramas over the choppy last five years. The head of the Bhumjaithai party will be hoping for clear skies ahead as he continues to fly into uncertain political times. He has made it plain that he'd like to be Thailand's next PM. With strong political connections adding to a will to win who is to say that Anutin will not be landing at an airport near you as PM. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-10-04 - 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