Reopened Thai schools face biggest test as COVID fear stalks classrooms

 

 

Of the 12,000 or so Thai schools that resumed onsite learning in November, 71 per cent have successfully ensured that students can sit in class and study with their friends at least half of the time. These statistics offer hope, but prospects of a return to normal education were hit by the sudden temporary closure of several schools in recent weeks.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1242005-reopened-thai-schools-face-biggest-test-as-covid-fear-stalks-classrooms/

Thailand removed from Germany’s list of COVID-19 high risk countries

 

 

Germany has removed Thailand from its list of COVID-19 high-risk countries, effective from yesterday (Sunday), under which people arriving from Thailand can enter Germany without the need for quarantine, if they are fully inoculated with either BioNTech/Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca or Johnson&Johnson vaccines, according to the webpage of the Royal Thai Embassy in Berlin.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1242007-thailand-removed-from-germany’s-list-of-covid-19-high-risk-countries/

 

Ex-transport minister Chadchart favourite to be next Bangkok governor in latest Nida Poll

 

 

Former transport minister in the government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Chadchart Sittipunt, is leading the Bangkok gubernatorial race among eligible voters, with the election to be held early next year, according to a poll by the National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1242008-ex-transport-minister-chadchart-favourite-to-be-next-bangkok-governor-in-latest-nida-poll/

 

Thai stargazers urged to enjoy view of a bright Venus on December 7th

 

Credit: Narit Facebook Page

 

The planet Venus will be at its brightest this year on December 7th and stargazers in Thailand can see this celestial phenomenon with the naked eye by looking to the west, from sunset until about 8pm, according to the National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (NARIT).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1242010-thai-stargazers-urged-to-enjoy-view-of-a-bright-venus-on-december-7th/

 

Pet parenting on the rise

 

Dog holiday on Hua Hin beach. (Photo by @maytoujours)

 

Baby boomers have long worked hard to provide for the wellbeing of their children and today those same children – and their own offspring – are working equally hard to treat their pets like kings and queens.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1242011-pet-parenting-on-the-rise/

 

CESA approves new economic campaigns

By Tanakorn Sangiam

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The government’s COVID-19 task force has approved four new campaigns to revive economic activities, as the prime minister pledged for the streamlining of measures to promote businesses in the technology sector.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1242012-cesa-approves-new-economic-campaigns/

 

PM orders round-the-clock monitoring in flood-hit south

By Tanakorn Sangiam

 

    

BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand’s Prime Minister ordered relevant units to be on a high alert for flooding in the southern region, asking them to report any disaster-related incidents to him directly at any time.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1242013-pm-orders-round-the-clock-monitoring-in-flood-hit-south/

 

PM hands over tenancy rights at new housing project to low-income earners in Lat Krabang

By Namo Vananupong

 

    

BANGKOK (NNT) - The prime minister has handed over tenancy rights to newly built homes for low-income earners in Lat Krabang district of Bangkok, with an aim of improving the living quality of vulnerable persons and low-income earners.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1242015-pm-hands-over-tenancy-rights-at-new-housing-project-to-low-income-earners-in-lat-krabang/

 

Four bar managers arrested in Bang Saen alcohol sale raids, police warn Saen Suk is not a “Blue Zone”

By Goong Nang(GN)

 

 

Bang Saen – Four restaurant managers have been arrested this weekend after allegedly allowing alcohol sales and drinks at their restaurants in Bang Saen, in Saen Suk over the past weekend (December 3rd).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1242016-four-bar-managers-arrested-in-bang-saen-alcohol-sale-raids-police-warn-saen-suk-is-not-a-“blue-zone”/

 

Two drivers escape injuries in Si Racha pickup truck crash

By Goong Nang(GN)

 

PHOTO: Chamnan Si Racha / Chon News TV

 

Si Racha – Two drivers have escaped injuries after a pickup truck collision between two vehicles in Si Racha.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1242017-two-drivers-escape-injuries-in-si-racha-pickup-truck-crash/

 

Killer strikes again as motorbike taxi driver slain at Phuket bus station

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Wian Iadchuthong, 60, from Trang, back in police custody. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: A killer out on bail for shooting dead two rival motorbike taxi drivers at Phuket Bus Terminal 2, north of Phuket Town, in January has struck again, shooting dead another motorbike taxi driver at the interprovincial bus terminal late last night (Dec 4).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1242019-killer-strikes-again-as-motorbike-taxi-driver-slain-at-phuket-bus-station/

 

Dec 5: Prachuap reports 77 new COVID-19 cases, 21 cases in Hua Hin

By Paul Andrews

 

File photo

 

Health officials on Sunday (Dec 5) reported 77 new COVID-19 cases, 21 of which were found in Hua Hin.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1242020-dec-5-prachuap-reports-77-new-covid-19-cases-21-cases-in-hua-hin/

 

New landfill site opens in Hua Hin

By Hua Hin Today

 

 

A new privately owned landfill site has opened in the Tubtai sub district of Hua Hin. On Thursday Nov 18th the Deputy Mayor of Hua Hin, Ms. Pailin Kongphan, led municipal officials around the new site which is located at 332 Village No. 7, Tubtai subdistrict, approximately 2.5 km. away from Pranburi Dam. The 32 rai site is operated by Six Tiger Co., Ltd. after the company were formally approved to create a legal landfill in Prachuap Khiri Khan province.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1242021-new-landfill-site-opens-in-hua-hin/

 

China could be an economic time bomb sitting on Thailand’s doorstep as Evergrande collapse nears

by Joseph O' Connor

 

The hectic battle to save Chinese property behemoth Evergrande from default and collapse continues in Hong Kong where maverick financier Pollyanna Chu has been drafted in to raise funds even as other firms have already defaulted in what appears to be a massive property bubble in China representing at least 70% of the wealth in the communist country. Chinese President Xi Jinping has reacted by galvanising public opinion at home with increasingly strident, nationalistic rhetoric promising a more equal redistribution of wealth by 2035. It comes as evidence increasingly shows a country in the midst of a liquidity crisis that started after the COVID-19 virus emergency in January 2020. This severely undermined China’s credibility in western financial markets leaving property firms and regional banks in trouble. The extent of the problem goes well beyond the $300 billion owed by Evergrande. It also extends to the banking sector in the country. According to McKinsey and Co, China increased its wealth from $9 trillion in 2000 to $120 trillion in 2020, over 33% more than the USA.

 

As Thailand and the world battle the COVID-19 virus with Omicron knocking on the door, the bigger threat economically for us all may again be coming from China. The scale and nature of what is clearly a huge property and asset bubble in China could trigger an economic disaster in 2022 bigger than the 2008 Financial crisis.  

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1242022-china-could-be-an-economic-time-bomb-sitting-on-thailand’s-doorstep-as-evergrande-collapse-nears/

 

Thailand reports 4,000 new COVID-19 cases, 22 deaths, 6,450 recoveries

 

File photo: REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

Thailand on Monday (December 6) reported 4,000 new COVID-19 cases, 6,450 recoveries and 22 additional deaths over the past 24 hours. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1242030-thailand-reports-4000-new covid-19-cases-22-deaths 6450-recoveries/

 

From troublemaker to Thailand’s first fintech unicorn – tracking Jirayut Srupsrisopa’s crypto journey

 

 

Once a troublemaking schoolboy with poor grades, Jirayut “Topp” Srupsrisopa has grown up to become Thailand’s cryptocurrency pioneer in charge of the country’s first licensed crypto exchange, Bitkub Online.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1242039-from-troublemaker-to-thailand’s-first-fintech-unicorn-–-tracking-jirayut-srupsrisopa’s-crypto-journey/

 

No "Omicron" found in hundreds of Africans traced by Thai immigration

 

Picture Thai PBS

 

A pro-active search by Thai immigration for African people who might have had the omicron variant of Covid-19 has come up empty.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1242047-no-omicron-found-in-hundreds-of-africans-traced-by-thai-immigration/

 

Sword of regulatory curbs hangs over cryptocurrency investors

 

The photo shows physical imitations of cryptocurrency in Dortmund, western Germany, on January 27, 2020. (Photo by INA FASSBENDER / AFP)

 

Cryptocurrency holders are staring at an uncertain future, as the authorities are at a crossroads on how to regulate the use of digital assets amid their increasing popularity. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1242049-sword-of-regulatory-curbs-hangs-over-cryptocurrency-investors/

 

Thailand Warns ir Pollution in Bangkok to Rise Until Thursday

 

 

According to the air quality report by the Center for Air Pollution Mitigation (CAPM) on 5 December, PM2.5 levels in Bangkok and surrounding provinces range from 25-48 micrograms per cubic meter. This is still within acceptable parameters not exceeding 50 micrograms per cubic meter, but up from the previous day.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1242052-thailand-warns-ir-pollution-in-bangkok-to-rise-until-thursday/

 

Thailand fails to meet 100 million vaccine target by Father's Day - no one is being forced to get vax

 

Picture: Bangkok Business News

 

Bangkok Business News reported at the weekend that a senior official of the Thai Public Health Ministry admitted that the much vaunted target of 100 million vaccinations by Sunday - December 5th Father's Day in in Thailand - would not be met.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1242053-thailand-fails-to-meet-100-million-vaccine-target-by-fathers-day-no-one-is-being-forced-to-get-vax/

 

TAT: Governor tells media there's been no slowdown to tourism due to Omicron

 

Yutthasak Suphasorn. File photo: Tourism Authority of Thailand

 

The governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand Yutthasak Suphasorn told Sanook that there had been no slowdown to tourist arrivals from fears connected to the Omicron variant of Covid-19.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1242054-tat-governor-tells-media-theres-been-no-slowdown-to-tourism-due-to-omicron/

 

Alcohol restrictions eased in five Chiang Mai districts

 

Picture: Manager

 

Manager reported that the governor of Chiang Mai Prajon Prachsakul decided Saturday to ease alcohol restrictions in restaurants from today, Monday December 6th in five districts of the northern Thailand province.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1242055-alcohol-restrictions-eased-in-five-chiang-mai-districts/

 

Crash of Thai Air Force’s F-5 fighter jet may have been caused by bird strike

 

 

The Royal Thai Air Force F-5 fighter jet, which crashed into a rice field in Chai Badan district of the central province of Lop Buri last Friday, struck a large bird, according to Air Vice Marshal Prapas Sornchaidee, the RTAF’s spokesman.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1242058-crash-of-thai-air-force’s-f-5-fighter-jet-may-have-been-caused-by-bird-strike/

 

Anti-vaxxers protest in Bangkok

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Sanook reported that a group of Thais opposed to vaccinations protested in front of Silom Complex in Bang Rak district of Bangkok on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1242060-anti-vaxxers-protest-in-bangkok/

 

Thailand is freezing - literally! Cold snap brings a frost

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Thai media Sanook reported with still shots and a video from Phitsanulok in the north that the country was literally freezing!

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1242067-thailand-is-freezing-literally-cold-snap-brings-a-frost/

 

Malaysian border expected to reopen next Monday

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Siam Rath reported that no cases of the Omicron variant had been found in the south of Thailand.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1242069-malaysian-border-expected-to-reopen-next-monday/

 

Thailand detects first case of Omicron variant

 

 

Thailand has detected its case of the Omicron COVID-19 variant, health officials said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1242070-thailand-detects-first-case-of-omicron-variant/

 

Five admin arrested in online gambling raid in Bangkok

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News reported that a raid under the command of the metropolitan chief of police Lt-Gen Samran Nuanma was carried out on a luxury condo called Premio Fresco in the Ramintra area of Bang Khen, Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1242071-five-admin-arrested-in-online-gambling-raid-in-bangkok/

 

Pattaya: Cancer sufferer, inspiring "Khru Kee" completes long swim to mark Father's Day 

 

Picture: Daily News

 

A teacher called Khru Kee who is suffering from cancer completed a notable 23 kilometer swim from Pattaya to Bang Saray to mark Thai Father's Day yesterday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1242082-pattaya-cancer-sufferer-inspiring-khru-kee-completes-long-swim-to-mark-fathers-day/

 

Video: Close shave for gecko after fight with green snake in Phayao salon

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Sanook reported that a gecko and a one and a half meter long green snake had a ten minute fight on the wall of a hairdressing salon in Dok Kham Tai district of Phayao in northern Thailand. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1242084-video-close-shave-for-gecko-after-fight-with-green-snake-in-phayao-salon/