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Chiang Mai gets tough on burners! Two areas off limits and threats of prison Daily News Thai Caption: Up to ten years in prison Daily News reported that the authorities in Chiang Mai were getting tough on people who burn fields and other areas causing the nothern province to splutter annually. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1254636-chiang-mai-gets-tough-on-burners-two-areas-off-limits-and-threats-of-prison/

Daily News Thai Caption: Up to ten years in prison Daily News reported that the authorities in Chiang Mai were getting tough on people who burn fields and other areas causing the nothern province to splutter annually. After liaising with forestry officials the provincial governor Prajon Pratsakul has issued an order banning people from enagaging in any activity in two protected areas. Keep up to date with all things Thailand - Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe These are known as Pa San Sai and Pa Mae Orn. Particularly restricted is any burning. Fines of us to 200,000 baht and a prison term of 1 -10 years are in place for offenders. Aetna Platinum+ Light on premium, great on coverage -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-03-25 - Aetna 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. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 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

Human bones found in a barrel - looks like the remains of a Myanmar woman missing for 4 years Picture: Thai Rath Wiang Sa police in Surat Thani and forensics were called in by a man who hired workers to clear rubber plantation land to make way for a durian orchard. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1254633-human-bones-found-in-a-barrel-looks-like-the-remains-of-a-myanmar-woman-missing-for-4-years/

Picture: Thai Rath Wiang Sa police in Surat Thani and forensics were called in by a man who hired workers to clear rubber plantation land to make way for a durian orchard. While a worker operated a backhoe clearing a pond, he found a pink Honda Wave motorcycle in relatively good condition submerged. Nearby was a 200 liter drum that contained what looked like human bones. It had been pierced with concrete posts to weigh it down. Keep up to date with all things Thailand - Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe Picture: Thai Rath The owner of the land and a former local official, Bunphat, 68, said he'd bought the land that was previously used to grow rubber. He was having it cleared and adapted to grown durian. He believed that a female worker from Myanmar had gone missing in 2018 and this was most likely her remains, reported Thai Rath. Aetna Platinum+ Light on premium, great on coverage -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-03-25 - Aetna 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. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 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

How a 30 million baht Bentley went up in flames - and the super rich owner who walked away! Picture: Thai Rath Police in the province of Phangnga in the south of Thailand were called along with fire services after a 30 million baht Bentley caught fire in Ban Khanim. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1254630-how-a-30-million-baht-bentley-went-up-in-flames-and-the-super-rich-owner-who-walked-away/

Picture: Thai Rath Police in the province of Phangnga in the south of Thailand were called along with fire services after a 30 million baht Bentley caught fire in Ban Khanim. Behind the wheel of the Bentley - one of Thailand's most expensive cars - was Sri Panwa resort owner Worasit Issara - called Hiso Pla Waan by Thai Rath. Both him and a friend escaped uninjured. Keep up to date with all things Thailand - Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe The heir to a vast real estate fortune, Worasit told police that he was going from Khao Lak to Phuket and hit a roadside railing of some kind that caused him to spin and drag a whole load of straw onto the road surface. After they photographed the car it started to smoke and burst into flames. Thai Rath had post-accident pictures of damage to the front left side wheel of the supercar - then later its demise in smoke and flame. Aetna Platinum+ Light on premium, great on coverage -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-03-25 - Aetna 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. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 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: Thai Rath Picture: Thai Rath Picture: Thai Rath Picture: Thai Rath

Vaccine holdouts are jeopardizing Thailand’s hard-earned Covid gains By Cod Satrusayang Thailand’s vaccine holdouts and anti-vaccine movement is jeopardizing the country’s hard-earned Covid-19 gained, a doctor at Vajira Hospital told Thai Enquirer on Friday. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1254627-vaccine-holdouts-are-jeopardizing-thailand’s-hard-earned-covid-gains/

By Cod Satrusayang Thailand’s vaccine holdouts and anti-vaccine movement is jeopardizing the country’s hard-earned Covid-19 gained, a doctor at Vajira Hospital told Thai Enquirer on Friday. The country has seen increasing Covid-19 numbers fueled in part by the fast-spreading Omicron variant. On Friday, the country found over 26,000 new cases. More worryingly, the number of fatalities has also been high over the last two months with death rates between 50 – 100 fatalities per day. Discover Cigna’s range of health insurance solutions created for expats and local nationals living in Thailand - click to view Full story: https://www.thaienquirer.com/38911/vaccine-holdouts-are-jeopardizing-thailands-hard-earned-covid-gains/ -- © Copyright Thai Enquirer 2022-03-25 - Aetna 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. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates

Foreign fireman takes two ladies back to his room - they put out his flame in more ways than one! Daily News Thai Caption: Hunt on for two tricky ladies! Lumpini police are investigating after a Kuwaiti fireman got himself into trouble in downtown Bangkok. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1254626-foreign-fireman-takes-two-ladies-back-to-his-room-they-put-out-his-flame-in-more-ways-than-one/

Daily News Thai Caption: Hunt on for two tricky ladies! Lumpini police are investigating after a Kuwaiti fireman got himself into trouble in downtown Bangkok. The man was in Thailand staying at a hotel while his ailing mother, on a medical trip, was in a hospital. Taking advantage of some downtown, police said that the Kuwaiti went out drinking on Wednesday night and ended up bringing two ladies back to his Sukhumvit Soi 12 room. Keep up to date with all things Thailand - Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe Picture: Daily News However not long after the ladies were caught leaving separately on hotel CCTV the occupant of the room was incoherent claiming all sorts of things. He needed to be hospitalized at the Police Hospital before Lumpini police could get any sense out of him. It transpired that the ladies probably drugged the tourist. He said he thought it was in the coffee. Picture: Daily News The tourist claims to have lost $4,000 and 15,000 baht adding up to 200,000 baht (which it doesn't notes ASEAN NOW, more like 140K). Investigations continue. No names were given in the Daily News report. Aetna Platinum+ Light on premium, great on coverage -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-03-25 - Aetna 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. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 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

Democrat defections: Thailand’s oldest party faces existential crisis as election looms The coalition Democrat Party has seen several high-profile defections over recent weeks, as politicians prepare for the next general election. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1254619-democrat-defections-thailand’s-oldest-party-faces-existential-crisis-as-election-looms/

The coalition Democrat Party has seen several high-profile defections over recent weeks, as politicians prepare for the next general election. In fact, the phenomenon dubbed “Democrat bleeding” by the media began three years ago when Thailand’s oldest political party suffered a humiliating loss in the March 2019 general election. More than 20 well-known figures – including political veterans and heavyweights — sought greener pastures, either setting up a new party, defecting to an established coalition or opposition party, or joining a freshly founded one. Keep up to date with all things Thailand - Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe The leavers include former finance minister Korn Chatikavanij, former foreign minister Kasit Piromya, former justice minister Pirapan Salirathavibhaga, former social development, and human security minister Witoon Nambutr, former culture minister Nipit Intarasombat, former university affairs minister Thawil Praisont, former deputy PM Kobsak Sabhavasu, Warong Dechgitvigrom, and Atavit Suwannapakdee. Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/democrat-defections-thailands-oldest-party-faces-existential-crisis-as-election-looms/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-03-25 - Aetna 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. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates

Welcome back to Thailand! French husband has 400,000 baht headache after theft from house Picture: Naew Na Just days after getting back to Thailand after years stuck in France due to the pandemic a French man and his wife came back to their home in Prakhonchai, Buriram. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1254617-welcome-back-to-thailand-french-husband-has-400000-baht-headache-after-theft-from-house/

Picture: Naew Na Just days after getting back to Thailand after years stuck in France due to the pandemic a French man and his wife came back to their home in Prakhonchai, Buriram. They arrived back Thursday last week and were have a welcome home party with relatives and friends in the front of the house. Picture: Naew Na All was happy as the drinks flowed and the Moo Katha was eagerly consumed. Meanwhile they suspect that a thief slipped in via the back window, kept open by Mr Giles to get some airflow going in the hot weather. Gone were 800 Euros, a diamond and wedding ring and a designer bag all coming to 400,000 baht. Keep up to date with all things Thailand - Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe Thanyaporn, 40, the wife, said it was the last thing they expected after getting back following two years in France, reported Naew Na. Police captain Suthep Daengmeunwai of the Prakhonchai constabulary said that they were on the case and there were two miscreants in the frame for the blag at the farang's gaffe. Aetna Platinum+ Light on premium, great on coverage -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-03-25 - Aetna 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. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 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

Thailand reports 26,050 new COVID-19 cases, 69 deaths, 22,219 recoveries File photo Thailand on Friday (March 25) reported 26,050 new COVID-19 cases, 22,219 recoveries and 69 additional deaths over the past 24 hours. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1254609-thailand-reports-26050-new-covid-19-cases-69-deaths-22219-recoveries/ //CLOSED// /Admin

Thailand reports 26,050 new COVID-19 cases, 69 deaths, 22,219 recoveries File photo Thailand on Friday (March 25) reported 26,050 new COVID-19 cases, 22,219 recoveries and 69 additional deaths over the past 24 hours. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1254609-thailand-reports-26050-new-covid-19-cases-69-deaths-22219-recoveries/

File photo Thailand on Friday (March 25) reported 26,050 new COVID-19 cases, 22,219 recoveries and 69 additional deaths over the past 24 hours. Friday’s cases bring the total number of COVID-19 infections in Thailand to 3,477,030 with 24,648 deaths. The news comes as the Thai Medical Services Department signed an agreement with Pfizer (Thailand) yesterday (Thursday) to procure 50,000 courses (2 million tablets) of the Paxlovid anti-viral medicine for the treatment of COVID-19. The delivery of the drug is expected in mid-April. Director-General of the department Dr. Somsak Akksilp said that the oral medication can reduce the risk of hospitalisation and death in severe COVID-19 cases by about 88%, if administered within five days of first symptoms being detected, according to clinical trials.** ** Thai PBS contributed to this report Discover Cigna’s range of health insurance solutions created for expats and local nationals living in Thailand - click to view Keep up to date with all things Thailand - Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-03-25 - Aetna 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. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 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

please continue here: Banks downgraded as the Banks downgraded as the Thai economy faces a liquidity crisis caused by war and tourism barriers https://aseannow.com/topic/1254597-banks-downgraded-as-the-thai-economy-faces-a-liquidity-crisis-caused-by-war-and-tourism-barriers/ //CLOSED// /Admin

Former Pattaya Deputy Mayor Poramase Ngampiches to run for Pattaya Mayor next election By Nop Meechukhun PHOTO: Post Today Pattaya, Chonburi – Former Pattaya Deputy Mayor and vice-minister for culture Poramase Ngampiches yesterday, March 23rd, announced a run for Pattaya Mayor on behalf of the “Rao Rak Pattaya” group in the upcoming election in May. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1254598-former-pattaya-deputy-mayor-poramase-ngampiches-to-run-for-pattaya-mayor-next-election/

PHOTO: Post Today By Nop Meechukhun Pattaya, Chonburi – Former Pattaya Deputy Mayor and vice-minister for culture Poramase Ngampiches yesterday, March 23rd, announced a run for Pattaya Mayor on behalf of the “Rao Rak Pattaya” group in the upcoming election in May. Currently appointed Pattaya Mayor Sonthaya Khunplume, in the role since September of 2018, who served his last day today March 24th, has decided not to run for election, however, Poramase is a member of the same political group and is campaigning on a platform to continue and finish the work Sonthaya started. Keep up to date with all things Thailand - Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe With his work experience in both national and local government, Poramase revealed that he was not pressured to become a candidate and was ready to solve Pattaya people’s problems, especially on the issue of earning a proper living after suffering from Covid-19 hardship for two years. Poramase, like his competition, is well aware that the topic of Covid restrictions and loss of almost all tourism revenue is a major one for Pattaya and that any successful candidate will need to explain how the city will return to “normality” and fully reopen to tourism, both domestic and foreign. He said: “The first thing that I would solve was the issue of how Pattaya people could earn a living again. In the past two years, the city of Pattaya became dry. It was almost unlike the same tourist attraction that had previously generated more than 300 billion baht in revenue per year, was the 19th most visited city in the world, and had ten million foreign tourists and seven million domestic in 2019. Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/03/24/former-pattaya-deputy-mayor-poramase-ngampiches-to-run-for-pattaya-mayor-next-election/ -- © Copyright The Pattaya News 2022-03-25 - Aetna 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. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates

Banks downgraded as the Thai economy faces a liquidity crisis caused by war and tourism barriers by Joseph O' Connor Krystal Tan, a senior economist with Australia’s second-largest banking group ANZ, speaking on Bloomberg TV this week. She highlighted the impact of rising oil prices on Thailand’s energy-dependent economy and the loss of Russian tourists as significant downsides. She said that all this meant the kingdom was now more likely to see a second current account deficit this year. It comes as, S&P, the leading rating agency, downgraded four top Thai banks based on raised systematic risk as the kingdom still faces large losses in foreign tourism income with controlled entry into the country still in place. Officials are hoping to abolish this by July 1st next. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1254597-banks-downgraded-as-the-thai-economy-faces-a-liquidity-crisis-caused-by-war-and-tourism-barriers/

Krystal Tan, a senior economist with Australia’s second-largest banking group ANZ, speaking on Bloomberg TV this week. She highlighted the impact of rising oil prices on Thailand’s energy-dependent economy and the loss of Russian tourists as significant downsides. She said that all this meant the kingdom was now more likely to see a second current account deficit this year. It comes as, S&P, the leading rating agency, downgraded four top Thai banks based on raised systematic risk as the kingdom still faces large losses in foreign tourism income with controlled entry into the country still in place. Officials are hoping to abolish this by July 1st next. by Joseph O' Connor Thailand’s economy remains highly dependent on both exports and foreign tourism with the current storm again highlighting this factor. The loss of foreign tourism income since March 2020 is the single biggest impact factor as the country is now confronted by what could be a growing liquidity crisis and consistently high current account deficits if urgent action is not taken. After this, comes the threat from increasingly dangerous geopolitical tensions and concerns over China as financial capital takes flight from Asia with US interest rate rises. Keep up to date with all things Thailand - Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe The surging price of oil and spiralling demand within the kingdom is the latest problem for the government but the continued loss of foreign tourism income has and continues to inflict long term damage to Thailand’s financial position and financial liquidity with consistently high current account deficits. The country’s economy is being tested by dangerous geopolitical tensions, rising interest rates in the United States and a flight of capital out of Asia as investor confidence wanes not only in Asia but across the world in a situation not seen since the banking crisis of 2008. This has led to the downgrade of four Thai banks this week by rating agency S&P which saw the Bank of Thailand move to underline that the banking system in the country is strong enough to withstand any uncertainty or economic shocks. The rating agency Standard and Poor or S&P Ratings, one of the three biggest firms in the world, is understood to have downgraded four leading Thai banks in a report published on Tuesday by the International Financing Review (IFR), a leading financial magazine published in London. Full story: https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/03/24/thai-banks-downgraded-fears-over-liquidity/ -- © Copyright Thai Examiner 2022-03-25 - Aetna 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. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates

Pattaya mayor makes merit, steps down and works his last day as the city prepares for first election in about a decade By Goong Nang(GN) Pattaya- The Pattaya mayor along with many of his team members paid respect to religious figures at the Pattaya City Hall today, making merit, before stepping down on their final day of work as part of the leadup to the massive mayoral election in May. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1254595-pattaya-mayor-makes-merit-steps-down-and-works-his-last-day-as-the-city-prepares-for-first-election-in-about-a-decade/

By Goong Nang(GN) Pattaya- The Pattaya mayor along with many of his team members paid respect to religious figures at the Pattaya City Hall today, making merit, before stepping down on their final day of work as part of the leadup to the massive mayoral election in May. March 24th, the outgoing Pattaya mayor Mr. Sonthaya Khunpluem went to pay respect to the holy entities including the joss house, Mother Earth, Ganesha (the elephant-headed god), and the royal monument of King Taksin the Great in succession at the Pattaya City Hall before stepping down from his position. Keep up to date with all things Thailand - Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/03/24/pattaya-mayor-makes-merit-steps-down-and-works-his-last-day-as-the-city-prepares-for-first-election-in-about-a-decade/ -- © Copyright The Pattaya News 2022-03-25 - Aetna 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. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates

Police Urged to Compromise with Home Cannabis Growers KHON KAEN, (TNA) – The commissioner of the Provincial Police Region 4 ordered subordinates to make considered judgement on law enforcement following the arrest of two elderly women for growing a cannabis plant at home. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1254594-police-urged-to-compromise-with-home-cannabis-growers/