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by Tanakorn Sangiam BANGKOK (NNT) - The energy crisis is causing a widespread impact on both the household and industrial sectors. The Minister of Energy has urged businesses to adjust their operations in keeping with the current situation. At the Energy Symposium 2022 held by the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI), Minister of Energy Supattanapong Punmeechaow delivered a special remark on the energy crisis, where he outlined the government’s efforts to mitigate the crisis. He said the Ministry of Energy has been closely monitoring the situation to effectively manage energy resources, especially amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict. The ministry has so far used some 120 billion baht of funding from the Oil Fuel Fund to help maintain the fuel price, together with a temporary reduction of excise tax. The ministry has been working to allocate alternative fuel options for electricity generation that are cheaper than natural gas in order to keep the Ft tariff affordable. So far, the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) has absorbed up to 100 billion baht of the difference in the Ft rate, bringing the total amount of government aid to maintain fuel and electricity prices to some 200 billion baht. As natural gas prices are expected to keep rising, the Minister of Energy recommended the industrial sector keep its costs low by saving on energy consumption, upgrading its manufacturing efficiency through innovations, and adopting new business models that help improve its competitiveness and ensure sustainable growth within the sector. Members of the Cabinet are expected to consider a new round of electricity pricing aid measures for September-December 2022 at the weekly meeting tomorrow, along with the extension for diesel oil excise tax reduction. The government is also expected to introduce new tax measures to encourage households to install rooftop solar cells. Source: https://thainews.prd.go.th/en/news/detail/TCATG220913093700835 -- © Copyright NNT 2022-09-13 - 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!

A guide to Thailand’s new rules of the road By Thai PBS World’s General Desk Thailand’s new traffic laws took effect on September 5. However, police have decided to be lenient for the first three months to give motorists time to adjust their road behavior. (Photo by Robert Eklund) The transition to new traffic laws, which list more types of offenses and harsher penalties for offenders, has already begun. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271714-a-guide-to-thailand’s-new-rules-of-the-road/

Thailand’s new traffic laws took effect on September 5. However, police have decided to be lenient for the first three months to give motorists time to adjust their road behavior. (Photo by Robert Eklund) By Thai PBS World’s General Desk The transition to new traffic laws, which list more types of offenses and harsher penalties for offenders, has already begun. Here is what you need to know: Three-month grace period Although the new traffic laws took effect on September 5, police have decided to be lenient for the first three months to give Thais time to adjust themselves or improve their road behavior. “We will fine traffic offenders based on the rates used since 2020 for the first three months,” said Pol General Preecha Charoensahayanont, deputy director of the Royal Thai Police Traffic Management Center. “We will also promote public awareness of the new laws during this period,” he added. For example, instead of slapping a speeding driver with the new 4,000-baht maximum fine, traffic police will issue fines of 500 baht during the grace period. Harsher penalties Jumping a red light or failing to stop for pedestrians at a zebra crossing carries a maximum fine of 4,000 baht under the new laws – up from 1,000 baht. Driving against traffic and not wearing a crash helmet or safety belt, meanwhile, come with a maximum fine of 2,000 baht – a fourfold increase from 500 baht. Those found guilty of driving without care for the safety or lives of others face a fine of between 5,000 baht and 20,000 baht and/or a maximum of one year in jail. The penalties are raised from a maximum three-month sentence and a fine of 2,000 to 10,000 baht. Drunk driving is punished especially harshly under the new laws. Convicted drunk drivers face a fine of up to 20,000 baht and/or a jail term of up to one year. If they repeat the same offense in the two years after their first offense, the resulting fine will come with a mandatory jail term. The fine can be as high as 100,000 baht and the jail term as long as two years. Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/a-guide-to-thailands-new-rules-of-the-road/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-09-13 - 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 13: Flooding around BKK continues, selling kidney for iPhone, Anutin's challenge Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271712-tim-newton-today-sep-13-flooding-around-bkk-continues-selling-kidney-for-iphone-anutins-challenge/

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Mystery abounds! Thai householder's been there 60 years, now the land is heating up and there's "steam" Sanook Thai Caption: Mysterious steam Sanook went to visit a 66 year old man called Thanakorn Angbunreuang in Chang Khlan sub-district of Muang Chiang Mai. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271710-mystery-abounds-thai-householders-been-there-60-years-now-the-land-is-heating-up-and-theres-steam/

Sanook Thai Caption: Mysterious steam Sanook went to visit a 66 year old man called Thanakorn Angbunreuang in Chang Khlan sub-district of Muang Chiang Mai. He gleefully showed them where steam was coming up by a wall. He said you could feel heat in the area but he was assured there was no fire. He investigated and found fluctuating electrical currents. But a qualified electrical professional had assured him the electrics were all in working order. He said the house was built there 60 years ago and additional concrete was poured 20 years ago and there had been no problems since. He doubted the electrical expert and was preparing to seek a second opinion convinced it was an electrics issue. Watch the video HERE -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-09-13 - 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

What's YOUR record for the most refusals from a Thai cabby? Daily News Thai Caption: Has anyone experienced more (refusals)? Daily News reported on a TikTok video that touched a nerve or two. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271709-whats-your-record-for-the-most-refusals-from-a-thai-cabby/

Daily News Thai Caption: Has anyone experienced more (refusals)? Daily News reported on a TikTok video that touched a nerve or two. A guy went online to have a go at taxi drivers who refuse to stop and take passengers in Bangkok. He claimed on the video to have set an all comers record for rejections before the 24th cabby finally let him sit down. He recorded all the excuses and disappointments as he waiting in vain in the rain. The media went with the caption asking its readers if they had been turned down by more taxis than this? -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-09-13 - 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: Schoolkids pitch in to help clear up muddy water that flooded their school Sanook Thai Caption: Scooping out muddy water Sanook reported from Ban Chang in Rayong on Thailand's eastern seaboard where severe flooding following hours of torrential rain left many areas inundated. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271708-rayong-schoolkids-pitch-in-to-help-clear-up-muddy-water-that-flooded-their-school/

Sanook Thai Caption: Scooping out muddy water Sanook reported from Ban Chang in Rayong on Thailand's eastern seaboard where severe flooding following hours of torrential rain left many areas inundated. One such place was a property that is very used to flooding in the area, the Wat Ban Chang School. After the rain came the mud and a big clear up operation involving teachers and students before other helpers got involved. Many buildings including the canteen and Year 6 classrooms were under 30 cms of water. Other flooding happened at markets and community shopping areas in the town. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-09-13 - 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: Siam Rath Siam Rath reported that a husband and wife couple were gunned down as they drive a motorcycle along the Ban Sakhor Road in Yala, southern Thailand. They were ambushed by probably at least two men who fired from an M-16 at least 4 or 5 times. Abdul Loh, 64, and his wife Sareeda, 63, were riddled with bullets. The motive for the attack is under investigation with police admitting that it could be a personal vendetta as much as southern terrorism. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-09-13 - 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: Siam Rath Two teens were showing off to a camera firing a weapon by the side of Pahonyothin Road in Sai Mai district of northern Bangkok. Netizens immediately called for their arrest. Sai Mai police chief Pol Col Amnat Kalong said that youths aged 16 and 17 were helping them with their inquiries. The gun was an adapted pipe used to fire balls that the teens got online. Whether it constitutes a gun will require further examination. For the time being the teens are being charged with creating a public nuisance. They had been responsible for previous trouble in their moo ban but had now taken their antics out into the street. Siam Rath reported that both the miscreants were high on weed at the time. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-09-13 - 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 Anti-Fake News Center dismissed a popular rumor doing the rounds of the internet as untrue. This referred to the country facing four storms and getting prepared to batten down the hatches. This was not correct but the word coming from the met office still painted a turbulent few days for much of the country from Sept 14-15. Wind and monsoonal rains are expected and high seas will keep smaller vessels in harbor. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-09-13 - 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

Daily News Thai Caption: Move on together Daily News reported on a viral TikTok video that was being widely commented upon by the Thai public. It featured a teacher giving sound worldly advice to a teen girl who ends up in tears. Many commented that the teacher had probably been hurt in a relationship too and was doing well to keep himself out of it while helping the young lady come to terms with her emotions. Comment seemed universally positive. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-09-13 - 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

Daily News Thai Caption: Collapse from subsidence A video showed the first moment a wall behind a well known coffee shop at a Nakhon Nayok gas station came crashing down. The aftermath was extensive damage behind the store and to other properties adjacent. It happened in Sri Nawa sub-district of the central Thailand province. Non Thaweechai, 25, said he had a lucky escape. He was with his child in a room out the back and heard a crashing sound. He got his child to safety before seeing the wall come crashing down. He said there had been heavy rain but he blamed a backhoe and pipe laying in the soi behind for causing subsidence. The owners and the gas station are calling on those responsible to step forward, reported Daily News. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-09-13 - 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

Daily News Thai Caption : Bawling their eyes out Daily News reported that the chief of Region 3 police announced the arrest of seven members of the "Jay Suay" drugs gang. Taken into evidence along with a Toyota Vios and phones were a million Ya Ba tablets, 50,000 Ecstasy pills and 19,700 date rape pills. The drugs were worth 110 million baht. For police it was the culmination of six months work to get the five couriers and two buyers. Picture: Daily News At the arrest site in Bua Lai district of Nakhon Ratchasima the gang members were so shocked they embraced each other in tears. Jay Suay is the elder sister of a drugs dealer called Nang Tia who was caught with 1.9 million Ya Ba in February. The drugs were coming into Thailand from Laos via Nong Khai then were moved down the Mitraphap Highway to Korat. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-09-13 - 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 screenshot Don Mueang police have yet to arrest the assailant who poured acid on a woman outside a beauty shop in the area. A TikTok video showed the dramatic moments as the woman - an employee of the salon - rushes back inside the shop. She is currently recovering in Phra Nang Klao Hospital still unable to give investigators a lead on what happened. But Thai media Daily News is reporting that her assailant was her live-in lover. The couple have a child but are not yet legally married. Pol Col Rangsan Sornsing, chief of the Don Mueang police, said that a charge of assault occasioning harm has been prepared and this may be upgraded when doctors report the extent of the victim's injuries. The suspect remains at large in what police are treating as a domestic jealousy crime. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-09-13 - 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

By Adam Judd Pattaya, Thailand-Viral photos, included in this article, of what appears to be a young foreign man sitting on Pattaya Beach Road with beads and signs offering to sell them for one baht to fund his travel around the world have driven fierce debate on social media. The trend, which was common before Covid-19 but has been rarer in recent times, has been called “begpacking” by many. Essentially, it means that one is looking to either beg or sell small items, like the individual seen on Pattaya Beach, to fund their travel around the globe. In this particular case, the unidentified, young, long-haired foreign man was sitting not far from Mike’s shopping mall on Pattaya Beach in the evening of September 12th, selling one baht beads and necklaces. Signs asking to help support his travel were placed near him in Thai and English. Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/09/13/viral-begpacker-photos-from-pattaya-beach-road-cause-polarizing-debate-on-social-media/ -- © Copyright The Pattaya News 2022-09-13 - 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!

Discarded household items, like old mattresses, furniture and other refuse, which have been dumped into Bangkok’s canals, are being blamed for blocking the flow of water into the Chao Phraya River. According to the Department of Drainage and Sewerage of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), 5-10 tonnes of the garbage are fished out of the canals each day, especially at the main water pumping station in Phra Khanong and at the Rama 9 water tunnel, which are the last points before canal water flows into the Chao Phraya River, with the help of water pumps. The PR office of the BMA posted a notice on its Facebook page asking, somewhat sarcastically, for the owner of a discarded mattress stuck in the filter at the Rama 9 tunnel to claim it. Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/discarded-household-items-blamed-for-blocking-flow-in-bangkoks-main-canals/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-09-13 - 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!

TNR Staff THE Supreme Court yesterday (Sept. 12) upheld a sentence of a 335 years imprisonment and 33.5 million baht fine plus refund of 2.5 billion baht against Indian financier Rakesh Saxena for massive embezzlement that led to the collapse of Bangkok Bank of Commerce (BBC) in the mid-1990s, TV Channel 7 and Matichon newspaper said. However the imprisonment was set at 20 years in keeping with Section 91 (2) of the Penal Code plus 33.5 million baht fine. This scandal triggered a run on BBC’s deposits that finally led to its collapse with this contributing to the devaluation of the baht and helped spark the Asian financial crisis. Full story: https://thainewsroom.com/2022/09/12/indian-financier-rakesh-saxenas-335-years-imprisonment-upheld/ -- © Copyright THAI NEWSROOM 2022-09-13 - 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!

Legal expert Mechai Ruchupan. Photo: Sanook.com By Thai Newsroom Reporters LEGAL GURU Mechai Ruchupan was found to have earned over 11 million baht in monthly salary and tax-free allowance over a five-year time working for the 2014 coup junta under leadership of army chief-turned-Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. Mechai has been viewed as staunchly loyal to Prayut who orchestrated the bloodless coup and managed to name him as chairman of a constitution drafting committee and member of the junta-led National Council for Peace and Order with such considerable income having been provided for him out of the taxpayer’s money between 2014 and 2019, according to former election commissioner Somchai Srisutthiyakorn. Mechai’s 11.4 million baht earnings included 6.9 million baht in monthly salary for his role as legal mentor for the Prayut-led coup junta and 4.5 million baht in tax-free allowance for his role as chairman of the charter drafting panel. Full story: https://thainewsroom.com/2022/09/13/mechai-earned-11-million-baht-working-for-prayut-led-coup-junta/ -- © Copyright THAI NEWSROOM 2022-09-13 - 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!

A special lecturer at the Graduate School of Environmental Development Administration at the National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA), Dr. Sunt Srianthumrong, warned today (Monday) that the worst of the rain for Bangkok this year is yet to come. The capital and its suburbs were lashed by heavy downpours, measured at over 120mm in 24 hours, for six days between August 1st and September 10th. Displaying graphs of rainfall exceeding 120mm in 24 hours from 2017 to 2022, he said that there was only one day in2020 when rainfall exceeded 120mm, two days in 2021 and, so far, six days this year. Average seven-day rainfall between August 1st and September 10th this year was 99.9mm, which was the highest in Bangkok and its suburbs in six years. The most worrisome aspect of this trend is that the worst rain of this year may not have arrived yet, said Dr. Sunt, as he warned that people in Bangkok will face extreme weather more often in the future as global warming gets worse. Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/expert-warns-that-the-worst-rain-for-bangkok-is-yet-to-come/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-09-13 - 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!

Travelers walk through the arrivals terminal at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok on July 1, 2022. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP) Most of Thailand’s foreign arrivals in July were Malaysian tourists 220,554 tourists from Malaysia accounted for the largest group of foreign arrivals in Thailand in July, according to statistics from the Thai Ministry of Tourism and Sports. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271662-most-of-thailand’s-foreign-arrivals-in-july-were-malaysian-tourists/

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