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Picture: 77kaoded 77kaoded reported with a video after a snakecatcher in Trang in southern Thailand was called to catch a snake. The houseowner said they had seen a King Cobra but Chokechai Phraethanareuang didn't manage to find one of those. But he did find a three meter long 15 kilo python. It was described as a young one. A video showed how it was caught in a snare then given a good drink and a wash down. It was then bagged in a fertilizer sack in an operation that lasted some time to avoid any bites. The python was set to be released far away from people. 77kaoded reported that this snake was probably thirsty and hungry so had sought out a human dwelling to hide from the heat of the day. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-07-25 - 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

Revenge: NST police arrest eight gang members throwing ping pong explosives at each other Daily News Thai Caption: What a kerfuffle! Daily News reported on teen gang violence in Tha Yang sub-district of Thung Yai district, Nakhon Sri Thammarat, southern Thailand. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1266911-revenge-nst-police-arrest-eight-gang-members-throwing-ping-pong-explosives-at-each-other/

Daily News Thai Caption: What a kerfuffle! Daily News reported on teen gang violence in Tha Yang sub-district of Thung Yai district, Nakhon Sri Thammarat, southern Thailand. Two rival groups of teens had mounted a pitched battle in the road throwing ping pong bombs at each other. Gunshots were also heard in the violence around 10 pm last night near the site of a trade fair. Seven of those arrested were under 18 and one was 24. Taken into evidence were a baseball bat, Sparta knife and many smaller knives. Police were told that the rival groups met at the concert. They were from different gangs in the area and had had problems before. The action this weekend was an act of revenge after one gang member was stabbed in another incident. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-07-25 - 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

Seventeen teens arrested after explosive devices were thrown at rivals in Pathum Thani Naew Na Thai Caption: 17 young people arrested for throwing explosives at rival group - face 7 charges Naew Na reported on the aftermath of gang violence in Pathum Thani north of the Thai capital Bangkok. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1266909-seventeen-teens-arrested-after-explosive-devices-were-thrown-at-rivals-in-pathum-thani/

Naew Na Thai Caption: 17 young people arrested for throwing explosives at rival group - face 7 charges Naew Na reported on the aftermath of gang violence in Pathum Thani north of the Thai capital Bangkok. The media reported that on three occasions explosions were heard in Soi Thammasuthee 23, Moo 5, in Muang district. The first was on 29th December last year when police did very little except warn a couple of riders and take their details. The second was not reported to the police. The third was the latest time on July 19th at 1.25 am. Clear CCTV imagery exists of the events that unfolded last week. This showed up to 25 motorcycles with around 50 riders and pillion passengers. Police discovered who was responsible and announced 17 arrests. They have all admitted to 7 charges. This included carrying and being in the possession of explosive devices. Those arrested were aged between 15 and 19. Picture: Naew Na Swords and other weaponry was taken into evidence along with the clothes and helmets worn by the gang. Seized motorcycles with the names of the rival gangs on them - Goldfish Flats and The Sam Khok Mob - were also featured in the Naew Na story. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-07-25 - 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

Nineteen people in Phuket who had contact with monkeypox infected Nigerian tested Provincial health officials in Phuket have located 19 “high risk” people who were found to have had close contact with the monkeypox-infected Nigerian man, who was the first confirmed case in Thailand and is currently being treated at a hospital in Cambodia. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1266907-nineteen-people-in-phuket-who-had-contact-with-monkeypox-infected-nigerian-tested/

Provincial health officials in Phuket have located 19 “high risk” people who were found to have had close contact with the monkeypox-infected Nigerian man, who was the first confirmed case in Thailand and is currently being treated at a hospital in Cambodia. Dr. Kusak Kukiattikoon, the Phuket provincial health chief, said yesterday (Sunday) that specimens from the 19 people have been sent for lab tests, with only two negative results already available, adding he expects the tests on the rest will be available in three days. While waiting for the remaining results, he said all of the subjects are in isolation and are being monitored by health officials, who will call them in 7, 14 and 21 days to ask about their condition. After the 21st day, health officials will collect further specimens for another test, he added. Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/nineteen-people-in-phuket-who-had-contact-with-monkeypox-infected-nigerian-tested/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-07-25 - 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!

Oops? Where did our Thailand go? Locals point to where the kingdom once stood Picture: 77kaoded Serious erosion in the north of Thailand caused by the monsoon has meant that parts of Thailand have literally been washed away. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1266904-oops-where-did-our-thailand-go locals-point-to-where-the-kingdom-once-stood/

Picture: 77kaoded Serious erosion in the north of Thailand caused by the monsoon has meant that parts of Thailand have literally been washed away. This is true on the waterway that marks the border between Thailand and Myanmar in Chiang Rai province known as Nam Sai - Nam Ruak. Picture: 77kaoded The local authorities were out in force pointing to many places where the Thai side of the border river has crumbled away in the area of Pa Sang Ngam village. Measurements were being made of how much of Thailand had been lost, reported 77kaoded. A man with an umbrella who held the tape measure steadfastly refused to point. At one point the officials double-pointed at a post. Others pointed at the camera or did a slam dunk point. Picture: 77kaoded One man in a white shirt who looked as though he knew what he was doing, pointed at a tape measure. In other places a road has disintegrated and there has been other subsidence caused by the monsoon rains. Thanks to the ASEAN NOW news team for pointing this out. Picture: 77kaoded Picture: 77kaoded

Needless death of a Thai teen whose friend was on the phone on a bike: So many questions about the Thai roads Picture: Thai Rath Thai Rath reported on the tragic and needless death on a beach road in Rayong, eastern Thailand. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1266900-needless-death-of-a-thai-teen-whose-friend-was-on-the-phone-on-a-bike-so-many-questions-about-the-thai-roads/

Picture: Thai Rath Thai Rath reported on the tragic and needless death on a beach road in Rayong, eastern Thailand. A local 14 year old girl was riding a motorcycle with a 14 year old friend riding pillion. Witnesses told police that they saw the rider using one hand on her phone and one on the handlebars. In addition she was speaking loudly on the phone. She lost control of her bike slamming into the back of a parked pick-up. Her friend was propelled off the back into the door of another vehicle. She was named at Matjuree aged 14. Salisa, also 14, was taken from Mae Rampung beach road to Rayong Hospital with grievous injuries. There was no mention of helmets being worn in the Thai Rath story, notes ASEAN NOW. The questions this accident raises are many. Should such aged children as 14 be riding motorcycles? What does it say about road safety education if they are driving a vehicle - and a motorcycle at that - while on the phone? What is likely to happen to the apparently entirely innocent pick-up drivers involved in such a tragedy? How can needless accidents like this, that are not only devastating on a human level but disastrous from an economic standpoint, be reduced? Should the police be on the lookout for transgressions and doing something to enforce traffic laws? Should their supposed masters - the politicians - be doing more to ensure the RTP enforce the law? Do the politicians even care? Should schools do more to train students - even the underaged when it comes to riding or driving - in good habits on the roads? The appalling death toll on the Thai roads - increasingly growing in the younger age ranges and taking over from drowning as the leading cause of fatalities in under 15s - is well documented. Thailand continues to pay lip service to the carnage on the roads. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-07-25 - 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

Jilted at the altar? How Thai law treats abandoned grooms and brides Though damages can be claimed by women who are dumped at the altar, there is a catch. Under Thai law, jilted brides can only seek financial remedy if they were engaged to the man. (Photo by Soroush Karimi) Women are said to be happiest and most beautiful on their wedding day, with the love of their life by their side. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1266898-jilted-at-the-altar-how-thai-law-treats-abandoned-grooms-and-brides/

Though damages can be claimed by women who are dumped at the altar, there is a catch. Under Thai law, jilted brides can only seek financial remedy if they were engaged to the man. (Photo by Soroush Karimi) Women are said to be happiest and most beautiful on their wedding day, with the love of their life by their side. However, many brides are left shocked and in tears when the groom breaks off the relationship suddenly and without warning. The emotional damage can be huge – but the financial penalty can be even bigger when wedding arrangements and dowries are taken into consideration. One such “ghosted” bride said she had been in a relationship for nine years when she suddenly realized that their time together meant little to her partner, who dumped her just before their marriage. Some people might say that their love faded over time and that the “spark” burns brighter with newfound love. Yet in reality, even a months-old passionate relationship can collapse on the wedding day. Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/jilted-at-the-altar-how-thai-law-treats-abandoned-grooms-and-brides/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-07-25 - 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!

Lottery hopefuls gather to find winning numbers in temple logs Picture: Naew Na Naew Na reported that Thais were gathering in numbers at the temple of Wat Mai Khok Marum where auspicious logs are believed to be the answer to numbers for the lottery. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1266897-lottery-hopefuls-gather-to-find-winning-numbers-in-temple-logs/

Picture: Naew Na Naew Na reported that Thais were gathering in numbers at the temple of Wat Mai Khok Marum where auspicious logs are believed to be the answer to numbers for the lottery. A ceremony was being carried out at the temple in Ang Thong province, central Thailand to show respect to the spirits of the Takhian tree. The lottery hopefuls were out of the sun and rain under a roof. Wichan, 64, organised for Bhramin rituals that divined the number 078 as well as 130, the number of the backhoe that moved the logs. Picture: Naew Na Naew Na reported there are 50 such logs at the temple. Locals believe that if you find such logs on your property they should go to the temple as they are special. They are inhabited by ancestors who can give you the lottery numbers, if you're respectful that is. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-07-25 - 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: Naew Na

Microsleep suspected as two men taken to hospital injured in Bangkok Sanook Thai Caption: The moment of the accident Chana Songkram police suspect that a young driver fell asleep at the wheel of his car in an early morning accident caught on CCTV. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1266894-video-microsleep-suspected-as-two-men-taken-to-hospital-injured-in-bangkok/

Sanook Thai Caption: The moment of the accident Chana Songkram police suspect that a young driver fell asleep at the wheel of his car in an early morning accident caught on CCTV. The accident can be viewed here on the Sanook site. The media said that it happened outside the Supreme Court in the jurusdiction of the Chana Songkram police at 6 am Sunday. The CCTV showed a Honda City that veered across traffic narrowly missing oncoming cars. It then smashed into poles and trees damaging signage as well. Seriously injured at the scene were 23 year old Surachai and 22 year old Paramet who were taken to Siriraj and Taksin hospitals respectively, reported Sanook. Police said it looked like "lap nai" or so called microsleep where overtired drivers drop off at the wheel momentarily with devastating consequences. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-07-25 - 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 doctors say marijuana is a "danger" to society - call for immediate liberalization U-turn Daily News Thai Caption: Shut down the liberalization of marijuana Thai doctors connected to the influential Ramathibodi Hospital in Bangkok have called for the immediate end to the liberalization of marijuana in Thailand. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1266891-thai-doctors-say-marijuana-is-a-danger-to-society-call-for-immediate-liberalization-u-turn/

Daily News Thai Caption: Shut down the liberalization of marijuana Thai doctors connected to the influential Ramathibodi Hospital in Bangkok have called for the immediate end to the liberalization of marijuana in Thailand. The drug was taken off the Class 5 narcotics list less than 7 weeks ago. Since then there has been almost free use of marijuana with dispensaries popping up, online sales and street deals the norm. This has caught many by surprise, both pleased and aghast at what Thailand has done. The government wanted it to be just for medical use. But a current vacuum where there are few laws is being criticized by the doctors. They want the plug pulled on plans until proper public consultation and awareness campaigns are carried out. A House committee are currently looking at the laws needed. But the resident physicians, medical professionals and medical alumni - comprising 851 persons - put their names to a letter calling for a wind back during the vacuum period. They are particularly concerned about the effect on the nation's children and youth. This despite already promulgated laws connected to smoking being used to restrict marijuana use to the over 20s. The letter described recreational use of marijuana as a danger to public health in both the short and long term. No evidence was offered for this viewpoint in the Daily News story. A petition for the about turn on change.org has attracted 6,000 signatures. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-07-25 - 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

Video: Shots fired in Bangkok after "red Mirage" flees Ekkamai checkpoint, chase to Din Daeng Picture: Thai Rath Thai Rath reported that Thong Lo police and Region 5 of the metropolitan police arrested a man at a block of flats last night after a chase. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1266886-video-shots-fired-in-bangkok-after-red-mirage-flees-ekkamai-checkpoint-chase-to-din-daeng/

Picture: Thai Rath Thai Rath reported that Thong Lo police and Region 5 of the metropolitan police arrested a man at a block of flats last night after a chase. A red Mirage car had fled the scene of a checkpoint and been chased to the Pracha Songkhroh intersection in Din Daeng. A video showed a police patrol motorcycle on the tarmac and officers with their weapons drawn. Four tires were shot out but the driver still continued to evade arrest. Picture: Siam Rath He has reportedly been arrested - Siam Rath had a picture of that - with Thong Lo police chief Pol Col Duangchote Suwanjarat saying that "ice" and a sword was found in the suspect's car. The drama unfolded around 8 pm yesterday evening when the driver, fearing the consequences of what he had in the car, drove off. Pol Col Duangchote said the suspect would appear in Bangkok South district court this morning, Monday. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-07-25 - 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

NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Monday July 25 2022 Listen to the news: https://aseannow.com/topic/1266878-national-news-from-surf-1025-fm-monday-july-25-2022/

Listen to the news: Health experts will form a committee today to consider whether Monkeypox should be placed on the highest alert after the World Health Organisation declared ‘Monkey pox a global health emergency. So far there is one known case of monkeypox in Thailand, - a 27-year-old Nigerian man who had symptoms in Phuket and was arrested but managed to flee to Cambodia where he is now being detained. It’s believed the man will not be required to return to Thailand, Health authorities say Bangkok is likely to see a 6th wave of Covid infections as the BA.5 sub-variant spreads across the country, a leading health expert added tens of thousands of new infections are likely per day by the end of August. The body of a Thai-Belgian tourist, who drowned while whitewater rafting in Chiang Mai on Friday was found yesterday, locals say they had found his body about 10 kilometers from the accident site. The annual farmers water buffaloes race kicked off yesterday in Chonburi to mark the rice growing season and monsoon weather, this traditional race has been taking place annually for more than 100 years Region: Philippines: Three people died in a shooting at a university graduation ceremony in Manila yesterday, A police chief said the shooting appeared to have been a targeted assassination of a former mayor to a southern city. The suspected shooter was arrested after a car chase. Japan: A volcano on Japan's major western island of Ky-ushu, erupted last night sending boulders flying more than 2 and a half kilometers, several villages may need to be evacuated, there were no immediate reports of damage or injury. Bright sunny, partly cloudy isolated showers Chiang Mai: Bright partly Cloudy isolated thundershowers 33C Bangkok: Bright partly Cloudy thunder showers 33C Pattaya and SE: Bright partly Cloudy with showers 31C Phuket and the South: Bright partly Cloudy isolated showers 29C Hua Hin: Fine and sunny partly cloudy 31C 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 2022-07-25 - 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!

World Sports News - Monday 25 July by Chili Radio Listen to the news: https://aseannow.com/topic/1266874-world-sports-news-monday-25-july-by-chili-radio/