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PM Revokes Ban on Fake News

 

 

BANGKOK, Aug 10 (TNA) – Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Aug 9 revoked a recent regulation that banned the dissemination of any fake reports that might frighten the public.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227069-pm-revokes-ban-on-fake-news/

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Kratom: 8,000 people to have convictions/charges quashed

 

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More than 8,000 people who have either been convicted or charged with offences related to kratom, will be cleared of any wrongdoing once the plant is removed from the narcotics list later this month. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227073-kratom-8000-people-to-have-convictionscharges-quashed/

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Two COVID-19 Nasal Spray Vaccine Prototypes to Enter Human Trials in Thailand This Year

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand’s National Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (Biotec) expects two COVID-19 nasal spray vaccine candidates to enter their first phase of human trials later this year.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227051-two-covid-19-nasal-spray-vaccine-prototypes-to-enter-human-trials-in-thailand-this-year/v

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Thai Authorities Insist Green Chiretta Can Help COVID-19 Patients with Mild Symptoms

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand’s Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine has defended its study on the use of Andrographis paniculata, or green chiretta, in the treatment of COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227049-thai-authorities-insist-green-chiretta-can-help-covid-19-patients-with-mild-symptoms/

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2.5 million COVID-19 vaccine doses and US$5m have no strings attached, says US envoy to U.N.

 

 

“In the interconnected world, none of us is safe until all of us are safe,” said the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, in April last year.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227098-25-million-covid-19-vaccine-doses-and-us5m-have-no-strings-attached-says-us-envoy-to-un/

 

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Delta variant now 95.4% of Bangkok’s new cases, spreads to almost all provinces

 

 

The Delta variant now accounts for 95.4% of new COVID-19 infections in Bangkok and has spread to 76 out of Thailand’s 77 provinces, said Director-General of Medical Sciences Department Dr. Supakit Sirilak today (Tuesday).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227099-delta-variant-now-954-of-bangkok’s-new-cases-spreads-to-almost-all-provinces/

 

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New Bioplastic Plant to Be Built in Nakhon Sawan

 

 

BANGKOK, Aug 10 (TNA) – GC International Corporation, a subsidiary of PTT Global Chemical Pcl, and Cargill Incorporated announced to build a bioplastic factory worth 20 billion baht in Nakhon Sawan province to support bio-circular-green (BCG) economy.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227100-new-bioplastic-plant-to-be-built-in-nakhon-sawan/

 

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Pattaya to Hua Hin ferry service officially ends, this time for seemingly good, as contract canceled and port returned to Pattaya City

By Goong Nang(GN)

 

 

Pattaya – The ferry between Pattaya and Hua Hin has officially stopped their service, this time seemingly permanently, due to the ongoing Covid -1 9 pandemic and lack of foreign tourists since March of last year.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227103-pattaya-to-hua-hin-ferry-service-officially-ends-this-time-for-seemingly-good-as-contract-canceled-and-port-returned-to-pattaya-city/

 

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Surge in people seeking COVID-19 tests at Prachuap Hospital after ‘birthday party’ cluster

By Paul Andrews

 

 

Health officials have reported a surge in people taking COVID-19 tests at Prachuap Hospital after the discovery of a cluster from a private birthday party in Kuiburi.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227109-surge-in-people-seeking-covid-19-tests-at-prachuap-hospital-after-‘birthday-party’-cluster/

 

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Tourism leader calls for COVID-19 restrictions in Hua Hin to be eased

By Paul Andrews

 

File photo. SUWIT NGAOKAEW

 

A senior advisor to the Hua Hin-Cha-Am Tourism Business Association (HHCTBA) has proposed that COVID-19 restrictions in Hua Hin and throughout Prachuap Khiri Khan are eased.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227111-tourism-leader-calls-for-covid-19-restrictions-in-hua-hin-to-be-eased/

 

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COVID recoveries outnumber new cases in Thailand for second day running

 

File photo: REUTERS

 

Thailand on Wednesday (August 11) reported 21,038 new COVID-19 cases and 207 additional deaths over the past 24 hours.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227114-covid-recoveries-outnumber-new-cases-in-thailand-for-second-day-running/

 

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Phuket tourist murder: Suspect has admitted everything, police chief thanks private sector for 200K donation

 

Picture: Daily News

 

The chief of police in the southern Thai island of Phuket has said that the suspect in the murder of 57 year old Nicole Sauvain-Weisskopf has admitted the killing and robbery.

 

Full story:  https://aseannow.com/topic/1227120-phuket-tourist-murder-suspect-has-admitted-everything-police-chief-thanks-private-sector-for-200k-donation/

 

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Bangkok protests: Police box set ablaze as rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannon deployed

 

 

A police box was set ablaze last night after a day of protests on the streets of Bangkok turned violent yesterday evening in the Din Daeng area of the Thai capital.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227132-bangkok-protests-police-box-set-ablaze-as-rubber-bullets-tear-gas-and-water-cannon-deployed/

 

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Bangkok protests: Thousands of marbles and slingshots seized by police in park next to Central World

 

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Met region six and Pathum Wan police seized 90 packets containing 9,000 marbles and 80 slingshots, reported Daily News yesterday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227136-bangkok-protests-thousands-of-marbles-and-slingshots-seized-by-police-in-park-next-to-central-world/

 

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Movement of migrants: Sam Roi Yod police chief transferred to inactive post - committee set up

 

 

The chief of the Prachuap Khiri Khan provincial police Pol Maj-Gen Wanchai Tharanatham issued an order for the immediate transfer to HQ of the Sam Roi Yod chief of police Pol Col Phakphoom Hoyai.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227137-movement-of-migrants-sam-roi-yod-police-chief-transferred-to-inactive-post-committee-set-up/

 

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Pfizer vaccine: shot in the arm for Thailand’s medics comes with a dose of controversy

 

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Thais are closely monitoring the distribution of US-donated Pfizer jabs amid widespread concern that so-called VVIPs will snatch the highly effective mRNA vaccine away from its rightful recipients.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227140-pfizer-vaccine-shot-in-the-arm-for-thailand’s-medics-comes-with-a-dose-of-controversy/

 

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Phuket Town fresh market area under lockdown

By The Phuket News

 

The area around the Phuket Town Fresh Market 1 and the Downtown Plaza market on Ranong Rd in Phuket Town has been placed under lockdown for one week. Photo: Phuket City Municipality

 

PHUKET: The area around the Phuket Town Fresh Market 1 on Ranong Rd in Phuket Town has been placed under lockdown for one week following a spate of infections at the market

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227143-phuket-town-fresh-market-area-under-lockdown/

 

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Field hospital boozers caught on CCTV face jail terms in Buriram

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

Officials at the EOC field hospital in Buriram went to the Muang district police after eight people were allegedly caught drinking alcohol on CCTV in a loading area outside the facility.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227145-field-hospital-boozers-caught-on-cctv-face-jail-terms-in-buriram/

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Hua Hin: Police asked to prosecute two illegal pubs owned by "family of leading local politician"

 

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Head of security at the Hua Hin administration Montree Manitpong and health officer Jenwit Palisak went to the Hua Hin police with evidence yesterday calling for prosecution of two pubs in Hua Hin.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227146-hua-hin-police-asked-to-prosecute-two-illegal-pubs-owned-by-family-of-leading-local-politician/

 

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Immigration say there is no secret list of security threats 

 

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Thailand's immigration police have denied they have secret lists of people who are security threats to the kingdom.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227147-immigration-say-there-is-no-secret-list-of-security-threats/

 

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Shortage of foreign workers in the construction industry threatens recovery

 

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Manager reported that there was a shortage of up to half a million foreign migrant workers in the construction industry.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227148-shortage-of-foreign-workers-in-the-construction-industry-threatens-recovery/

 

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CAAT allows special Sandbox charter flights to Bangkok 

By The Phuket News

 

Image: PR Phuket

 

PHUKET: The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) has granted special permission for airlines to operate special charter flights from Phuket to Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227149-caat-allows-special-sandbox-charter-flights-to-bangkok/

 

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Foreign driver dies in Pattaya after crashing into another vehicle during curfew, second driver flees scene

By Goong Nang(GN)

 

 

Banglamung/Pattaya – A male foreign driver has been pronounced dead at the scene after he collided his sedan into what authorities suspect was a trailer truck in Nongprue last night (August 10th). However, the trailer truck was not found at the scene.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227150-foreign-driver-dies-in-pattaya-after-crashing-into-another-vehicle-during-curfew-second-driver-flees-scene/

 

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Miss Poland 2011 publicly shares her memorable ‘Samui Plus’ holiday experience

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Bangkok, 11 August, 2021 – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Prague Office recently  invited Ms. Marcelina Zawadzka, Miss Poland 2011 and well-known Polish TV presenter and model, as a participant in the ‘Samui Plus Influencer Familiarisation Trip’ project, from 19 July-3 August, 2021.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227153-miss-poland-2011-publicly-shares-her-memorable-‘samui-plus’-holiday-experience/

 

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Change to deposit protection at Thai banks will have little impact

 

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Kasikorn bank's research center said that the government's change in policy regarding account protection will have little effect.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227155-change-to-deposit-protection-at-thai-banks-will-have-little-impact/

 

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Video: Huge python in Krabi needs NINE people to hold it before it's back to nature

 

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77kaoded reported that 20 locals in Klong Khanan sub-district of Krabi in the south of Thailand thought they could handle the capture of a python that was threatening to eat their animals and pets. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227160-video-huge-python-in-krabi-needs-nine-people-to-hold-it-before-its-back-to-nature/

 

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Thai police say use of force necessary as protesters plan new rally

 

FILE PHOTO: Police officers line up as demonstrators protest against the government's handling of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Bangkok, Thailand, August 10, 2021. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai police defended their use of force against protesters as a necessary public safety measure, as the capital Bangkok braced for more demonstrations on Wednesday to demand the prime minister's removal for mismanaging a coronavirus crisis.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227180-thai-police-say-use-of-force-necessary-as-protesters-plan-new-rally/

 

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Old Phuket prison opens as ‘Covid Care Center’

 

Photo: PPHO

 

PHUKET: The old Phuket Prison on Bamrong Rd in Phuket Town opened today (Aug 11) as the “Covid Care Center” (CCC) for Muang District, one of four locations on the island where people who test positive for COVID-19 by only an antigen test are now required to stay for an as-yet undefined period of time despite not suffering any symptoms of infection.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227181-old-phuket-prison-opens-as-‘covid-care-center’/

 

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‘Too early to tell’: Phuket Governor makes no promises on easing COVID restrictions

 

Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew. Photo: PR Phuket

 

PHUKET: Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew has declined to confirm or deny whether or not the current COVID restrictions across the island and for entering Phuket will be eased come next Monday (Aug 16), when the current order enforcing the restrictions is set to expire.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227182-‘too-early-to-tell’-phuket-governor-makes-no-promises-on-easing-covid-restrictions/

 

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Full disclosure demanded over distribution of 1.5m doses of donated Pfizer vaccine

 

 

Former Pheu Thai MP Dr. Tossaporn Serirak is demanding full disclosure of the distribution of the 1.5 million doses of Pfizer mRNA vaccine, donated to Thailand by the United States.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227183-full-disclosure-demanded-over-distribution-of-15m-doses-of-donated-pfizer-vaccine/