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Election Commission asked to ease restrictions on MPs helping flood victims Thailand’s Election Commission (EC) has been asked to consider easing restrictions on the distribution of relief materials by political parties during the current widespread flooding. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273233-election-commission-asked-to-ease-restrictions-on-mps-helping-flood-victims/

Photo from the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation One killed and two injured as tree crushes truck during heavy rain in Si Sa Ket One person died and two others were injured when a falling tree crushed their pick-up truck, during heavy rain in Huai Thap Than district of Thailand’s north-eastern province of Si Sa Ket yesterday (Wednesday), according to an initial report from the Department of Public Disaster Prevention and Mitigation on damage being caused by Tropical Storm Noru. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273237-one-killed-and-two-injured-as-tree-crushes-truck-during-heavy-rain-in-si-sa-ket/

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House Committee Studies Space Business BANGKOK, Sept 29 (TNA) – The House committee on communications, telecommunications and digital economy and society has set up a working group to study outer space launching business. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273219-house-committee-studies-space-business/

BANGKOK, Sept 29 (TNA) – The House committee on communications, telecommunications and digital economy and society has set up a working group to study outer space launching business. Col Settapong Malisuwan, deputy head of the House committee, said the working group consisted of relevant experts and would formulate a space economy plan for the country. His secretary, Dr Jesada Sivaraks, heads the working group. Col Settapong said the working group would examine the feasibilities of outer space launching service and the development of relevant infrastructures. The study would cover launching service to deliver satellites, payloads, research projects and people into orbits. The service could meet demand from local and international clients in public, military and private sectors, he said. Full story: https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-1027724 -- © Copyright Thai News Agency 2022-09-29 - 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!

Noru weakens to tropical depression as it heads west across Thailand Tropical storm Noru was located over the Kham Khoen Kaeo district of Thailand’s north-eastern province of Yasothon at 4am this morning (Thursday) and has already weakened to a tropical depression, as it continues to move west by north west at about 10kph, according to the Thai Meteorological Department. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273214-noru-weakens-to-tropical-depression-as-it-heads-west-across-thailand/

Tropical storm Noru was located over the Kham Khoen Kaeo district of Thailand’s north-eastern province of Yasothon at 4am this morning (Thursday) and has already weakened to a tropical depression, as it continues to move west by north west at about 10kph, according to the Thai Meteorological Department. Packing wind speeds of about 55kph at its centre, the department predicts that Noru will further weaken into a low pressure cell. The department has, however, advised people in 64 provinces across the country to brace for heavy to very heavy rainfall, which may cause flash flooding and waterway overflows, as the storm is sweeping from the north-east through the central plains and then north towards Myanmar today. The Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GITSDA) released satellite images yesterday, showing flooding in the Chi and Mun river basins covering over 65,000 hectares of land, including more than 38,000 hectares of rice fields in Si Sa Ket, Surin, Roi Et, Yasothon, Kalasin, Ubon Ratchathani, Maha Sarakham and Amnat Charoen provinces. Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/noru-weakens-to-tropical-depression-as-it-heads-west-across-thailand/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-09-29 - 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!

Thailand signs mini-FTA with Gyeonggi, South Korea by Tanakorn Sangiam BANGKOK (NNT) - The Ministry of Commerce has continued its efforts to improve Thailand’s export sector performance through the establishment of mini-FTAs with foreign markets, with Gyeonggi, South Korea now the latest partner of this trade promotion scheme. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273211-thailand-signs-mini-fta-with-gyeonggi-south-korea/

by Tanakorn Sangiam BANGKOK (NNT) - The Ministry of Commerce has continued its efforts to improve Thailand’s export sector performance through the establishment of mini-FTAs with foreign markets, with Gyeonggi, South Korea now the latest partner of this trade promotion scheme. Thailand’s Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP) and South Korea’s Gyeonggi Business and Science Accelerator (GBSA) have signed a mini-free trade agreement (FTA), aimed at promoting trade and the development of smaller businesses between both sides. This agreement is Thailand’s 6th partnership it formed with cities in 4 countries, and the second South Korean city after Busan. The agreement also seeks to promote Thailand’s soft power in creativity, arts, and culture. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce Jurin Laksanawisit said South Korea is currently the 9th biggest export market for Thailand, with the trade value between both countries logging at 15.8 billion U.S. dollars last year. He said Gyeonggi is a major South Korean market with the highest GDP level and a sizable 13 million population. Trade value between Thailand and Gyeonggi last year was recorded at 3.2 billion U.S. dollars, while the trade value for the first 7 months of this year already reached 2 billion dollars. Thailand’s mini-FTA partners outside of South Korea include Hainan and Gansu, China; Telangana, India; and Kofu, Japan. Source: https://thainews.prd.go.th/en/news/detail/TCATG220929103116187 -- © Copyright NNT 2022-09-29 - 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!

Good Samaritan helps 10-year-old Chinese-American girl trudging on lonely road Police helped a 10-year-old Chinese-American girl found walking alone on a roadside in Chonburi province on Wednesday night on her way to Bangkok reunite with her father. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273209-good-samaritan-helps-10-year-old-chinese-american-girl-trudging-on-lonely-road/

Police helped a 10-year-old Chinese-American girl found walking alone on a roadside in Chonburi province on Wednesday night on her way to Bangkok reunite with her father. The girl said she was heading for Suvarnabhumi airport to try to catch a flight to see her mother in China, according to police. They said the girl was found by a good Samaritan, later identified as Poommiphat Chaichana who was driving on a dimly-lit road in Chonburi when she spotted her trudging alone with a knapsack on her back. Poommiphat later told reporters that he stopped the girl and tried unsuccessfully to communicate with her since she didn’t speak Thai. He later had his employer on his phone to talk to the girl who said she intended to walk all the way to Suvarnabhumi airport, which is about 70 kilometres away, hoping to catch a flight to China. Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/good-samaritan-helps-10-year-old-chinese-american-girl-trudging-on-lonely-road/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-09-29 - 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!

Tim Newton Today - Sep 29: Noru dumps torrential rain into central Thailand, Thai army promises 'no coup' Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273208-tim-newton-today-sep-29-noru-dumps-torrential-rain-into-central-thailand-thai-army-promises-no-coup/

Thai media get the reporting of the tropical storm Noru mostly wrong, the Thai army promises there won't be a coup following the announcement on Friday about Prayut Chan-o-cha's future, Nok Air abandon flight.

Will Prayut return as PM? Ball in Constitutional Court All eyes across Thailand will be on the Constitutional Court on Friday (September 30), when it is scheduled to rule on whether General Prayut Chan-o-cha has completed eight years as prime minister. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273206-will-prayut-return-as-pm-ball-in-constitutional-court/

All eyes across Thailand will be on the Constitutional Court on Friday (September 30), when it is scheduled to rule on whether General Prayut Chan-o-cha has completed eight years as prime minister. Speculation and conspiracy theories have been rife for the past month, from the time the court accepted the opposition’s petition on August 24 and suspended Prayut from performing his duties as PM, pending its ruling. The opposition petition asked the court for a ruling on whether Prayut had reached the eight-year term limit fixed by the Constitution for prime minister, arguing that he had begun serving in the position on August 24, 2014, following the military coup that he had led three months earlier. What the Constitution says Unlike all the previous editions, the current Thai charter clearly stipulates the maximum time an individual can serve as PM. Article 158 states: “The prime minister shall not hold office for more than eight years in total, whether or not consecutively. However, this shall not include the period during which the prime minister carries out duties after vacating the office.” Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/will-prayut-return-as-pm-ball-in-constitutional-court/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-09-29 - 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!

Outspoken Myanmar beauty queen lands in Canada, granted asylum Myanmar Beauty queen Han Lay speaks by video call during her arrival at Toronto Pearson International Aiport while she waits for a conection fly to Charlottetown in Toronto, September 28, 2022. (Photo by Jorge Uzon / AFP) A Myanmar beauty queen who spoke out against the military coup in her homeland landed Wednesday in Canada, where she has been granted asylum after being stranded at an airport in Thailand for nearly a week. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273205-outspoken-myanmar-beauty-queen-lands-in-canada-granted-asylum/

Myanmar Beauty queen Han Lay speaks by video call during her arrival at Toronto Pearson International Aiport while she waits for a conection fly to Charlottetown in Toronto, September 28, 2022. (Photo by Jorge Uzon / AFP) A Myanmar beauty queen who spoke out against the military coup in her homeland landed Wednesday in Canada, where she has been granted asylum after being stranded at an airport in Thailand for nearly a week. Thaw Nandar Aung, better known by her professional moniker Han Lay, “has arrived safely in Toronto,” Tin Maung Htoo of the Burmese Canadian Action Network told AFP. “She’s now waiting for a (connecting) flight to Charlottetown” in eastern Canada, where she plans to settle and continue her activism against the coup that ousted Myanmar’s civilian government led by Aung San Suu Kyi, he said. Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/outspoken-myanmar-beauty-queen-lands-in-canada-granted-asylum/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-09-29 - 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!

Officials eye collaboration to promote tourism in Phetchaburi and Hua Hin By Online Reporter Cha Am beach, file photo Tourism officials are eyeing collaboration as a means to help promote creative and sustainable tourism in Phetchaburi and Hua Hin. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273203-officials-eye-collaboration-to-promote-tourism-in-phetchaburi-and-hua-hin/

Cha Am beach, file photo By Online Reporter Tourism officials are eyeing collaboration as a means to help promote creative and sustainable tourism in Phetchaburi and Hua Hin. On Wednesday (Sept 28) Ms. Eblarp Sripirom, director of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), Phetchaburi Office held a meeting with the governor of Phetchaburi Province, Petchaburi Sports Tourism, Phetchaburi Municipality, Cha-am Municipality, Thai Hotel Association : Western Chapter, Prachuap-Phetchaburi Golf Association, Phetchaburi Provincial Tourism Business Association and the Hua Hin-Cha-am Tourism Business Association to discuss ways on how they can work together to promote creative and sustainable tourism. According to Ms. Eblarp, the purpose of this meeting was to promote Phetchaburi province as a sustainable tourist destination. The area has a number of attractions for both Thai and foreign tourists, including Kaeng Krachan National Park, which is a world heritage site, and Cha Am’s famous beach, Ms. Eblarp said. Full story: https://www.huahintoday.com/hua-hin-news/officials-eye-collaboration-to-promote-tourism-in-phetchaburi-and-hua-hin/ -- © Copyright Hua Hin Today 2022-09-29 - 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!

AOT sees more than 200% rise in traffic, looks to continue expanding concourses and runway to handle passenger uptick By Thanaphum Charoensombatpanich Airports of Thailand Plc (AOT), the country’s leading airport operator with 6 airports under its management, came out to say that its fortunes were recovering and that it was looking to expand its main operating center – Suvarnabhumi. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273199-aot-sees-more-than-200-rise-in-traffic-looks-to-continue-expanding-concourses-and-runway-to-handle-passenger-uptick/

By Thanaphum Charoensombatpanich Airports of Thailand Plc (AOT), the country’s leading airport operator with 6 airports under its management, came out to say that its fortunes were recovering and that it was looking to expand its main operating center – Suvarnabhumi. AOT came out to say that the statistics for its 11-months ending August 2022, showed that the number of passengers it was handling rose sharply as tourism industry has started to recover in Thailand since the country’s reopening from July this year. AOT, which operates 6 airports under its responsibility, namely Suvarnabhumi airport, Don Mueang airport, Chiang Mai airport, Mae Fah Luang airport, Chiang Rai airport, Phuket airport and Hat Yai airport, came out to say that Suvarnabhumi has seen a sharp increase in the number of passengers. Full story: https://www.thaienquirer.com/44749/aot-sees-more-than-200-rise-in-traffic-looks-to-continue-expanding-concourses-and-runway-to-handle-passenger-uptick/ -- © Copyright Thai Enquirer 2022-09-29 - 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!

NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Thursday September 29 2022 Listen to the news: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273198-national-news-from-surf-1025-fm-thursday-september-29-2022/

NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Thursday September 29 2022 Listen to the news: A final six suspects will be summoned to face charges in connection with a multi-billion baht fraud Forex- Ponzi scheme, allegedly organized by a well known Thai DJ and his wife, the two were due to be questioned by police but have asked for a 2 week delay in order to better prepare there case, both deny wrongdoing. A black suitcase containing the body of a woman was found floating in the Mekong river in Nakhon Phanom yesterday. Police, forensic officers, a doctor and rescue workers jointly inspected the body who’s believed to be aged around 40, and probably died around 5 days earlier. The Ministry of Transport is considering charging motorists for using selected roads in Bangkok, to reduce congestion and pollution. A recent study found that a 60-baht road charge in Pathumwan and Chatuchak could reduce congestion by up to 20%, and encourage more people to take public transport. THAI police arrested one of six people wanted in the extortion of cryptocurrencies worth US$50,000 from a Russian couple at a coffee shop on Koh Samui two weeks ago, police are searching for 5 others from Russia, Kazakhstan and a German man Police were called last night to a room in Nakhon Si Thammarat where the body of a man was found, the 66 year old was a teacher from Denmark, there was no sign of a struggle, Chiang Mai zoo's star guest Lin Hua, A giant panda turned 21 yesterday, Zoo director Wuthi-chai said Lin Hui is in good health, Some 7.4 million visitors have seen the giant panda since 2003. The Thai baht lost value against the US dollar and touched 38 baht to the dollar as the greenback strengthened it’s value, prompting The Bank of Thailand’s to increase the key interest rate by 0.25%, to 1.00%, with immediate effect. The Thai women's volleyball team smashed Croatia 3 nil last night in the volleyball world championship in Gdansk, Poland. Region: North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast yesterday, just before United States Vice President Kamala Harris is due to arrive in Seoul today. The launch came two days after South Korea and US forces conducted a military drill in waters off the South's east coast. Japans state for defense also condemned N Korea's tests as "unacceptable”. Storm Noru brought torrential rain and flooding to eastern Thailand. The storm is dissipating north of Bangkok this morning but continues to drench central areas today. Chiang Mai: Cloudy with rain 32 C Bangkok: Cloudy Rain31C Pattaya and SE: Cloudy heavy rain 29C. Phuket: Bright, Cloudy with rain and windy 29C. Hua Hin: Cloudy with showers 29 C Credits: Bangkok Post, The Nation, Asean Now, Khaosod English, Hua Hin Today, Royal Coast Review, Kulsawek Sawekwannakorn, Thainewsroom.com, The Pattaya News, Phuket News, Channel News Asia, South China Morning Post, The Straits Times. The Irrawaddy. Windy.com. Wunderground.com. Listen Live: Surf 102.5 Facebook: Surf 102.5 -- © Copyright SURF 102.5 FM 2022-09-29 - 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!