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file photo SABCNews A woman from George in the Western Cape who was sentenced to life imprisonment on drug charges in Thailand, has had her sentence reduced to just over 33 years. The appeal court in Koh Samui heard the matter of 23-year-old Ashley Oosthuizen. She was convicted on the drug charges last year. Oosthuizen was teaching English in the country before working at a restaurant that her boyfriend, an alleged drug trafficker, owned. Oosthuizen was arrested in a police sting after signing for a package of drugs for her boyfriend, who has managed to evade police. Full story: https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/sa-woman-gets-life-sentence-reduced-in-thailand/ -- © Copyright SABC 2022-08-20 - 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!

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to host International Family Planning conference in Pattaya By Tanakorn Panyadee PHOTO: บริษัท โสภณ เคเบิ้ล ที.วี.และสื่อสาร พัทยา จำกัด Pattaya — Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation chose to host its International Conference on Family Planning or ICEP 2022 in Pattaya from November 14th to 17th, 2022. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1269412-bill-melinda-gates-foundation-to-host-international-family-planning-conference-in-pattaya/

PHOTO: บริษัท โสภณ เคเบิ้ล ที.วี.และสื่อสาร พัทยา จำกัด By Tanakorn Panyadee Pattaya — Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation chose to host its International Conference on Family Planning or ICEP 2022 in Pattaya from November 14th to 17th, 2022. Pattaya mayor Poramese Ngampiches on Friday, August 19th, revealed that he planned to welcome the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which will fly to Pattaya to host its International Conference on Family Planning (ICEP 2022) from November 14th to 17th at Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall. Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/08/19/bill-melinda-gates-foundation-to-host-international-family-planning-conference-in-pattaya/ -- © Copyright The Pattaya News 2022-08-20 - 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!

Allegedly intoxicated foreign driver collides with family of four on motorcycle in Pattaya By Tanakorn Panyadee Pattaya — An allegedly intoxicated foreign driver of unknown nationality reportedly cut off a family of four members on a motorcycle and collided with them, causing all four including two children to suffer serious injuries. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1269411-allegedly-intoxicated-foreign-driver-collides-with-family-of-four-on-motorcycle-in-pattaya/

By Tanakorn Panyadee Pattaya — An allegedly intoxicated foreign driver of unknown nationality reportedly cut off a family of four members on a motorcycle and collided with them, causing all four including two children to suffer serious injuries. The horrific road accident happened around 10 p.m. yesterday, August 18th, on Phatthanakan Road in the Nongprue subdistrict of Banglamung, Chonburi. Sawang Boriboon Thammasathan emergency responders rushed to a deserted road to find a bronze Toyota Fortuner with a crumpled front and a demolished Honda Wave. Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/08/19/allegedly-intoxicated-foreign-driver-collides-with-family-of-four-on-motorcycle-in-pattaya/ -- © Copyright The Pattaya News 2022-08-20 - 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 issues Chair’s Statement for the 11th APEC Tourism Ministerial Meeting The meeting reached a consensus for two documents on APEC Policy Recommendations on Tourism of the Future: Regenerative Tourism, and APEC Guidelines for Tourism Stakeholders. TAT Newsroom H.E. Mr. Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn, Thailand’s Minister of Tourism and Sports, announced a Chair’s Statement for the 11th APEC Tourism Ministerial Meeting, which was held in Bangkok. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1269410-thailand-issues-chair’s-statement-for-the-11th-apec-tourism-ministerial-meeting/

The meeting reached a consensus for two documents on APEC Policy Recommendations on Tourism of the Future: Regenerative Tourism, and APEC Guidelines for Tourism Stakeholders. TAT Newsroom H.E. Mr. Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn, Thailand’s Minister of Tourism and Sports, announced a Chair’s Statement for the 11th APEC Tourism Ministerial Meeting, which was held in Bangkok. “It is certainly an honour for the Ministry of Tourism and Sports to be the host of the 11th APEC Tourism Ministerial Meeting and the related meetings, especially during the year of Thailand’s chairmanship of APEC 2022 organised under the theme “Open. Connect. Balance.” The 11th APEC Tourism Ministerial Meeting is the first time the APEC Tourism Ministers are able to meet since 2018 and this whole week is a demonstration of Thailand’s magical appeal that is able to attract foreign tourists and visitors from all over the world. For this week’s meetings, we have welcomed approximately 200 delegates, including ministers and representatives, which could be considered as a grand success. During the TMM11, the activities and initiatives under the APEC Tourism Strategic Plan 2020-2024 were reported to the Meeting, as well as discussions on APEC’s cooperation guidelines to accelerate tourism revitalisation in the post-COVID-19 era and the role of the tourism sector in promoting the well-being of the people in the region by focusing on and giving importance to accelerating the recovery of tourism. We also exchanged experiences in promoting the recovery in each economy and discussed how to maintain tourism’s status as a sector that contributes to the benefit and well-being of the people of the APEC region. Throughout the meeting, economies have negotiated the draft joint statement to the best of their ability and were able to reach consensus in every paragraph. Except for one paragraph. Thus, I will be issuing a Chair’s Statement. However, we were able to reach a consensus for following the documents of the APEC Policy Recommendations on Tourism of the Future: Regenerative Tourism and the APEC Guidelines for Tourism Stakeholders. These two documents are the deliverables and APEC’s tourism cooperation this year. These achievements are all important steps for APEC in its progress towards achieving Vision Putrajaya 2040 and for us to keep working forward. As the Chair of the 11th APEC Tourism Ministerial Meeting, I would like to extend my sincerest thanks and appreciation to the APEC Tourism Ministers and representatives, the APEC Secretariat Executive Director, heads of the APEC TWG, delegates, and everyone who attended, including all the relevant departments and agencies of Thailand, the Host economy who have cooperated and executed their duties together successfully until the very end of these meetings. I really hope that results from this meeting will reflect our unwavering determination to continue our commitment to APEC’s working aspirations. To achieve success according to ” Vision Puttrajaya 2040″ for the future of APEC that is prosperous, open, dynamic, resilient, peaceful and most importantly, for the well-being of the people of APEC this generation and the next. Thailand’s deliverables from the presentation of this concept can be the starting point for creating tourism policies that build on the sustainable tourism concept to help revive the tourism sector that was severely affected by COVID19, and to maintain resources in Thailand’s tourist destinations to be sustainable. Thus, providing the opportunity for people in the local communities to participate in an inclusive distribution of income, initiating a system for villagers to have a career that can be self-reliant, and enjoy the benefits of the local community as a host in every tourist attraction. This can make the people in the community satisfied with the growth of tourism by the people in the community benefiting in the way they see fit. Whether it will be increased income or a better environment and restoration of the traditional lifestyle. This push for sustainable tourism will be shared among the APEC members, not only on regional connectivity issues, especially intra-travel and tourism, but also to promote sustainable and inclusive growth. With the aim to balance the economy, environment, and society under the theme of APEC Thailand’s this “Open. Connect. Balance”. Source: https://www.tatnews.org/2022/08/thailand-issues-chairs-statement-for-the-11th-apec-tourism-ministerial-meeting/ -- © Copyright TAT NEWS 2022-08-20 - 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, Vietnam discuss media cooperation by Tanakorn Sangiam BANGKOK (NNT) - Officials from Thailand and Vietnam took part in a Joint Technical Committee meeting on modernizing information exchange platforms, as part of an effort to drive cooperation and relations between the two countries. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1269409-thailand-vietnam-discuss-media-cooperation/

by Tanakorn Sangiam BANGKOK (NNT) - Officials from Thailand and Vietnam took part in a Joint Technical Committee meeting on modernizing information exchange platforms, as part of an effort to drive cooperation and relations between the two countries. Executives from Thailand’s Public Relations Department (PRD) and Voice of Vietnam (VoV) met at the 10th Joint Technical Committee (JTC) meeting at Century Park Hotel, Bangkok. The meeting, led by PRD Deputy Director General Sudruetai Lertkasem, and VoV Vice President Ngo Minh Hien, was to streamline the development of a modern information sharing system, and broaden the existing channels to promote cooperation and relations between both countries in the post-pandemic era. Mr. Ngo Minh Hien said Thailand and Vietnam have enjoyed a decade of cooperation in news and information, allowing the Vietnamese public to know more about Thailand. This has made Thailand and Thai food popular among Vietnamese people. Apart from information exchange, both parties have also been exchanging visits on numerous occasions. These exchanges have allowed people of both countries to understand the social and cultural aspects of one another as well as current affairs. Source: https://thainews.prd.go.th/en/news/detail/TCATG220819235005224 -- © Copyright NNT 2022-08-20 - 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!

Queen Sirikit National Convention Center to reopen September 12 after 3-year renovation by Namo Vananupong BANGKOK (NNT) - After a 3-year renovation closure, Queen Sirikit National Convention Center (QSNCC) in Bangkok will reopen in September. The convention center will also host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in November this year. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1269408-queen-sirikit-national-convention-center-to-reopen-september-12-after-3-year-renovation/

by Namo Vananupong BANGKOK (NNT) - After a 3-year renovation closure, Queen Sirikit National Convention Center (QSNCC) in Bangkok will reopen in September. The convention center will also host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in November this year. According to N.C.C. Management & Development Co.,Ltd., the management company for QSNCC, the renovated convention center is expected to accommodate 13 million visitors per year. This would be more than twice the annual amount of visitors before the renovation. NCC managing director Sakchai Pattarapreechakul said the improved center has the capacity to handle all types of events and can cater to all user lifestyles. Mr. Sakchai said 160 events have already been scheduled. About 50 of these events will transpire this year. The first two of said events will be held from September 14 to 16. The largest event for this year and one that NCC takes pride in will be the APEC Summit and related meetings between November 13 and 18. The convention center will welcome leaders, ministers, and representatives from 21 APEC economies as well as members of the media. Some 30,000 people are expected to attend this event. Mr. Sakchai indicated preparations are being made for this event in all aspects, including for security and amenities. He added the APEC event at the convention center is expected to make money circulate in the economy due to a large number of participants. The improved QSNCC was renovated under a budget of 15 billion baht. Total space has been expanded to 300,000 square meters or almost 5 times the previous total space of 65,000 square meters. Event space has been increased to 78,500 square meters and retail space now amounts to 11,000 square meters. With the addition of an underground parking area, the total parking space is now enough to accommodate 3,000 cars. Source: https://thainews.prd.go.th/en/news/detail/TCATG220820002035235 -- © Copyright NNT 2022-08-20 - 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!

Emergency Decree still a necessity to combat COVID-19: PM by Tanakorn Sangiam BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand’s Prime Minister has reiterated the need to tackle COVID-19 using the Emergency Decree, saying the government has no intentions of using it for other purposes. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1269407-emergency-decree-still-a-necessity-to-combat-covid-19-pm/

by Tanakorn Sangiam BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand’s Prime Minister has reiterated the need to tackle COVID-19 using the Emergency Decree, saying the government has no intentions of using it for other purposes. Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha said this special law remains in place for the sole purpose of disease control, adding that the government is ready to lift the state of emergency once the situation improves. He asked everyone to keep up to date with their vaccination, particularly vulnerable people who are still reluctant to take a booster jab. Meanwhile, Minister of Interior Gen Anupong Paochinda said the Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration and the Ministry of Public Health are considering guidelines for the transition from the state of emergency to normal livelihoods where normal laws and regulations suffice, while the Ministry of Interior has instructed all provinces to be ready for such transition. Source: https://thainews.prd.go.th/en/news/detail/TCATG220819234501221 -- © Copyright NNT 2022-08-20 - 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!

Space Technology Lab Project Initiated in Chiang Rai BANGKOK, (TNA) – The House committee on telecommunications and the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA) are pushing for a space technology laboratory in Wiang Pa Pao district of Chiang Rai province. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1269406-space-technology-lab-project-initiated-in-chiang-rai/

BANGKOK, (TNA) – The House committee on telecommunications and the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA) are pushing for a space technology laboratory in Wiang Pa Pao district of Chiang Rai province. The planned facility can be a learning center and support forest protection and the planning of resources. Col Settapong Malisuwan, vice chairman of the House committee on communications, telecommunications and digital economy and society, said that this week the committee considered the project to establish the Space Technology Laboratory at Wiang Pa Pao Technical College in Chiang Rai. Full story: https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-1001061 -- © Copyright Thai News Agency 2022-08-20 - 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!

Constitutional Court Hacker Gets One Year And Six Months In Jail by TNR Staff A hacker. Photo: Richard Patterson http://www.comparitech.co (CC BY 2.0) THE HACKER who broke into the Constitutional Court website and changed the name to kangaroo court was jailed for one year and six months and fined 87,227 baht. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1269405-constitutional-court-hacker-gets-one-year-and-six-months-in-jail/

A hacker. Photo: Richard Patterson http://www.comparitech.co (CC BY 2.0) by TNR Staff THE HACKER who broke into the Constitutional Court website and changed the name to kangaroo court was jailed for one year and six months and fined 87,227 baht, Naewna newspaper said. The Criminal Court on Ratchadapisek said in its verdict that the defendant, Mr. Wachira Suphathien, 34, had pleaded guilty on the charges of illegally hacking the Constitutional Court’s website and changing the name to kangaroo court. In doing so the defendant had illegally accessed a protected computer system and data with the intention of damaging, destroying, modifying, altering or supplementing in part or the whole system so that it halts, slows down, is interrupted or disrupted. Full story: https://thainewsroom.com/2022/08/18/constitutional-court-hacker-gets-one-year-and-six-months-in-jail/ -- © Copyright THAI NEWSROOM 2022-08-20 - 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!

Rural Doctors Again Urge Prayut To Step Down After 8-Year Rule By Thai Newsroom Reporters Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. Photo: INN News THE RURAL DOCTOR Society has today (August 19) repeated their calls for Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to step down now that his eight years in power is allegedly ending on upcoming Wednesday. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1269404-rural-doctors-again-urge-prayut-to-step-down-after-8-year-rule/

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. Photo: INN News By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE RURAL DOCTOR Society has today (August 19) repeated their calls for Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to step down now that his eight years in power is allegedly ending on upcoming Wednesday. The Rural Doctor Society has issued an essentially repeated statement on its urging for Prayut to learn to have got enough and step down ahead of August 24, the date on which his eight years in power maximumly provided by law will end. That date in August of 2014 marked the event in which Prayut was named at the order of His Majesty late King Rama IX as head of a military-installed government following a coup which he himself orchestrated as army chief earlier that year. Full story: https://thainewsroom.com/2022/08/19/rural-doctors-again-urge-prayut-to-step-down-after-8-year-rule/ -- © Copyright THAI NEWSROOM 2022-08-20 - 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!

Wine has now become a real luxury in Thailand File photo for reference only International tourists and new arrivals into Thailand are usually shocked by how much more expensive wine is in Thailand compared with their home country. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1269403-wine-has-now-become-a-real-luxury-in-thailand/

File photo for reference only ANALYSIS International tourists and new arrivals into Thailand are usually shocked by how much more expensive wine is in Thailand compared with their home country. It is typically sold in supermarkets and wine stores at a local equivalent retail price range of 300 baht (c. US$10) to 600 baht (c. US$20) – and upwards. When ordered in a restaurant these retail prices can be more than doubled. This is almost entirely due to Thailand's heavy and complex alcohol excise and tax regime. In Thailand for wine there is a tariff of 60 percent on imports. All other taxes compound off from the imports cost, insurance, and freight (CIF) plus the tariff cost. Domestic wine taxes are calculated just on the cost and not the remaining values of the CIF and import tariff. Although some local wines are drinkable of course imported wines are hard to beat. With people’s budgets being hit by the cost of living and as we are still experiencing high freight costs it is not surprising that bringing in a crate of imported wine is expensive even before the wholesale must add the high Thai taxes. Of course, if you are flying into Thailand, you could bring your friends some wine from Australia or Europe however you can only bring in 1 litre tax free. How much is tax and duty on wine? According to online figures the Wine Duty and VAT is £2.23 per 75cl bottle of still wine. £2.86 per 75cl bottle of sparkling wine. £2.89 per 75cl bottle of fortified Port wine. One of our AseanNow viewers posted this comment recently, “I think in general it is clear that Thailand is not a traditional wine drinking culture and most wine is imported, so it is in the country's interest to tax it heavily as a luxury to discourage more foreign debt. Also, perhaps, it is seen as a farang thing and a way to soak farangs, who when push comes to shove, will buy wine when they need it, no matter the ridiculous price.” I think he has a fair point as most Thais would prefer a bottle of whisky rather than a good bottle of wine as a birthday gift. Useful tip According to a wine expert if you understand and appreciate wine and live in Thailand, you would most likely buy imported labels mostly available in supermarkets or even 7-11 stores across the country. These imported wines are on supermarket shelves with a blue excise stamp on the cap. Your choices are abundant with wines from Australia, France, South Africa and other countries. If you are a tourist coming to visit this country on a tight budget and would like a cheap bottle for lunch you would invariably go for those local blends with an orange excise stamp sticking across the top of the cap. A keen eye can tell you which one is imported and which is a local blend. Although most of you might not know that local blends are made from about half real wine (in international terms of wine that is made from Vitis vinifera) and the other half fruit wine in order to reduce the tax from 60 % to 25 %. The reason that you didn’t know is that on the label nothing is written in English to inform you about this. Only the word FRUIT WINE at the back with a small font-size that aroused your suspicion. Legally the label must state the fruit to which the wine is blended and this is actually written in Thai so as to conform to the law perfectly. So many of us will just have to buy a decent bottle of wine to drink for a special occasion or hope that all their mates coming over to the Land of Smiles soon will include a decent litre bottle of a good vintage. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-08-20 - 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

Harold's Ex "Nat Ketsarin" still wowing foreign men - sexy model appears in lingerie on desk Picture: Thai Rath Thai mainstream media Thai Rath featured many pictures of top sexy porn star Ketsarin "Nat" Chaichalermpol from her official instagram account. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1269402-harolds-ex-nat-ketsarin-still-wowing-foreign-men-sexy-model-appears-in-lingerie-on-desk/

Picture: Thai Rath Thai mainstream media Thai Rath featured many pictures of top sexy porn star Ketsarin "Nat" Chaichalermpol from her official instagram account. They said that Nat was especially wowing her foreign fans after her latest lingerie shoot. They said that Nat "never disappoints" and always "gets pulses racing". One picture showed her in a provocative pose on a desk advising her fans not to zoom in "I've just got leg cramps". Picture: Thai Rath 17,000 liked that with comments of "suay" and "sexy" abounding. Nat famously had an on-again off- again relationship with aging and bald US millionaire Harold 5/6 years ago before the couple split. File photo Harold used to cater to her every whim though critics thought their relationship was less about love and more about money. Perhaps echoing famous US comic Redd Foxx who quipped of his young Korean wife when asked how he met her: "She showed up every time I opened my wallet". Nat, from Saraburi and now 37, always said she loved Harold and it was not about his cash. Wikipedia says that Nat is a porn actress known under a lot of names such as Nong Natt and Natt Chanapa. She did not finish high school and at a young age joined the adult movie business after working in her aunt's salon. The best part of 20 years ago Nat was arrested by the Thai police for porn videos released outside Thailand and got a six month suspended sentence and probation, according to Wiki. Picture: Thai Rath She married Harold Jennings Nesland Jr in 2012 though they divorced in 2017. Thaivisa - ASEAN NOW's old name - carried many stories of their shenanigans in 2016 and 2017. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-08-20 - 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

Pattaya police arrest prime suspect in recent pickpocketing thefts of Indian tourists By Adam Judd Pattaya, Thailand-Pattaya police in conjunction with Tourist Police Division One informed the Pattaya News and other local media today, August 19th, 2022, that a prime suspect in recent thefts on Indian tourists in Pattaya was arrested. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1269401-pattaya-police-arrest-prime-suspect-in-recent-pickpocketing-thefts-of-indian-tourists/

By Adam Judd Pattaya, Thailand-Pattaya police in conjunction with Tourist Police Division One informed the Pattaya News and other local media today, August 19th, 2022, that a prime suspect in recent thefts on Indian tourists in Pattaya was arrested. For months now there have been regular reports of late night pickpocketing of Indian tourists walking alone or in small groups around Pattaya. In most of the cases the incident involved snatching gold chains from Indian tourists. The incidents caused enormous public interest as well as social media discussion with the Indian Community putting pressure on authorities to capture any suspects. Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/08/19/pattaya-police-arrest-prime-suspect-in-recent-pickpocketing-thefts-of-indian-tourists/ -- © Copyright The Pattaya News 2022-08-20 - 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!