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Studies Show Students Are Poorer Due To Covid-19

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Research has found the Covid-19 pandemic has compromised children’s education opportunities, with the number of students with financial problems increasing to 1.2 million in 2021.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1243449-studies-show-students-are-poorer-due-to-covid-19/

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Lisa Named One Of World’s Most Admired Women In 2021

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Thai K-pop star Lisa was selected as one of the most admired women in the world in 2021.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1243451-lisa-named-one-of-world’s-most-admired-women-in-2021/

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“COP 26 Debrief” held to digest implications of new climate goals

 

 

BANGKOK (์NNT) - Thailand is now making preparations on raising its goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions to 40%, instead of 20-25%, by 2065. The revision to the country’s medium-term emissions reduction target comes in response to pledges made at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) and the realization that global temperatures are trending toward a 2.3 degrees Celsius increase.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1243453-“cop-26-debrief”-held-to-digest-implications-of-new-climate-goals/

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Riot re-erupts, fire breaks out at Krabi prison over COVID-19 management

 

 

Rioting inmates at Thailand’s Krabi provincial prison set fire at their sleeping quarters at about 5.30pm today (Friday), as health and security officials were trying to screen inmates with rapid antigen kits, prior to moving some to other prisons. The riot restarted today, after the first round yesterday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1243502-riot-re-erupts-fire-breaks-out-at-krabi-prison-over-covid-19-management/ 

 

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Critics say government is not doing enough on air pollution

By Natcha Patanasophon

 

 

Critics said on Friday they are concerned that high PM 2.5 levels may become a threat to residents of Bangkok and urged the government to resolve environmental issues.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1243503-critics-say-government-is-not-doing-enough-on-air-pollution/

 

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Prachuap officials step up road safety measures ahead of New Year holidays

By Paul Andrews

 

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Officials in Prachuap Khiri Khan are stepping up safety measures in a bid to reduce the number of road traffic accidents in Hua Hin and throughout the province during the New Year holidays.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1243504-prachuap-officials-step-up-road-safety-measures-ahead-of-new-year-holidays/

 

 

 

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Dec 17: Prachuap reports 81 new COVID-19 cases, 44 cases in Hua Hin

By Paul Andrews

 

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Health officials on Friday (Dec 17) reported 81 new COVID-19 cases, 44 of which were found in Hua Hin.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1243505-dec-17-prachuap-reports-81-new-covid-19-cases-44-cases-in-hua-hin/

 

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Thailand again signals move away from mass-market foreign tourism with falling numbers

by Joseph O' Connor

 

(Left) The Governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand Yuthasak Supasorn has announced a new advertising campaign this week using social media influencers is to be launched at the world’s top tourism trade fair in March 2022. His tourism promotion agency has also outlined further detailed plans to move foreign tourism promotion and development to the metaverse, the promotion of cryptocurrency and an integrated Thai tourism platform in recent months. These initiatives are far from the current reality of the languishing foreign tourism industry based primarily on western visitors who have been habitual tourists to Thailand in previous decades. This year will see a maximum of 1% of 2019’s levels achieved in terms of visitors and expenditure with the World Bank predicting this week it will take a further two years to reach just half the former level of activity.

 

Continued statements that Thailand is moving away from its former, perhaps controversial but highly lucrative foreign tourism market must tend to irk foreign adults who over the last thirty years or so have made Thailand a second home with many often spending their annual savings on trips to what used to be called the Land of Smiles.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1243507-thailand-again-signals-move-away-from-mass-market-foreign-tourism-with-falling-numbers/

 

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2,500 People Flee to Thailand Amid Fighting Between Myanmar Forces, Anti-Junta Groups

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Myanmar villagers rest in an evacuation area in Tak province after fleeing to Thailand amid clashes between Burmese junta troops and an ethnic Karen rebel group, Dec. 17, 2021.

 

Thailand is giving shelter to some 2,500 Burmese who fled from fighting between Myanmar junta forces and Karen rebels in Mae Htaw Thalay, a borderland village in Myawaddy township, Thai authorities said Friday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1243508-2500-people-flee-to-thailand-amid-fighting-between-myanmar-forces-anti-junta-groups/

 

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Benchakitti Park to partially open after major renovation

 

 

The Benchakitti Forest Park in Bangkok will soon open its doors for some of the newly renovated parts, serving as a key green space for residents of Bangkok. The Prime Minister has officially witnessed the delivery of Phases 2-3 renovated areas between related agencies, before the planned reopening.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1243509-benchakitti-park-to-partially-open-after-major-renovation/

 

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Thailand reports 3,132 new COVID-19 cases, 28 deaths, 3,278 recoveries

 

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Thailand on Saturday (December 18th) reported 3,132 new COVID-19 cases, 3,278 recoveries and 28 additional deaths over the past 24 hours. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1243512-thailand-reports 3132-new-covid-19-cases-28-deaths-3278-recoveries/

 

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British Airways suspends all flights to Bangkok until Oct 2022

 

FILE PHOTO: A British Airways plane taxis past tail fins of parked aircraft to the runway near Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport in London, Britain March 14, 2020. REUTERS/Simon Dawson/File Photo

 

British Airways has suspended all direct flights from the UK to Bangkok until October 2022.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1243514-british-airways-suspends-all-flights-to-bangkok-until-oct-2022/

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Thai banks' foreign tourist predictions for 2022 deal "rosy view" govt and TAT hammer blow 

 

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Two Thai banks have told the  government and the Tourism Authority of Thailand that their predictions for foreign tourists next year are way off the mark.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1243524-thai-banks-foreign-tourist-predictions-for-2022-deal-rosy-view-govt-and-tat-hammer-blow/

 

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BMA confirm that alcohol can only be served up to 1 am at New Year - strict regulations for large gatherings

 

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The PR page of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration confirmed that governor Gen Aswin Kwanmuang was following CCSA recommendations for New Year gatherings.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1243525-bma-confirm-that-alcohol-can-only-be-served-up-to-1-am-at-new-year-strict-regulations-for-large-gatherings/

 

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Cosmetics executive taken for DUI test after "Red Plate" Benz collides with Honda on expressway killing 3

 

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Daily News reported that Hua Mark police and officers from Thang Duan 2 attended the scene of an accident on the Srirat expressway in the area of the bridge over Klong Saen Saeb at 12.55 this morning. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1243526-cosmetics-executive-taken-for-dui-test-after-red-plate-benz-collides-with-honda-on-expressway-killing-3/

 

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Ministerial aide declares that measures to screen foreign tourists are excellent

 

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Manager reported that health ministry aide Sathit Pitudecha paid an inspection visit to Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok yesterday ahead of a report to the Thai cabinet.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1243528-ministerial-aide-declares-that-measures-to-screen-foreign-tourists-are-excellent/

 

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Thai court stays order denying free emergency treatment of side effects of vaccines purchased at private hospitals

 

 

On Friday, the Thai Central Administrative Court ordered a stay of the Ministry of Public Health order, which excludes people who suffer side effects after being inoculated with alternative COVID-19 vaccines at private hospitals from eligibility for free emergency medical treatment.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1243530-thai-court-stays-order-denying-free-emergency-treatment-of-side-effects-of-vaccines-purchased-at-private-hospitals/

 

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Brother stabs younger sibling to death over 35 baht

 

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A younger brother was stabbed in Singburi because he refused give 35 baht in change. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1243531-brother-stabs-younger-sibling-to-death-over-35-baht/

 

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364 human-trafficking victims rescued in 2021

 

 

According to Police General Suwat Jangyodsuk, Commissioner-General of the Royal Thai Police, 364 victims of human trafficking have been rescued since the start of 2021.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1243533-364-human-trafficking-victims-rescued-in-2021/

 

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Covid no match for Thailand, govt has enough vaccines, no need to go private: Anutin

 

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Extraordinary comments were made by Thailand's Minister of Health and DPM on Thursday evening at a function in Chiang Khan, Loei in the north east, notes ASEAN NOW.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1243535-covid-no-match-for-thailand-govt-has-enough-vaccines-no-need-to-go-private-anutin/

 

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Admin of adult site arrested in Nonthaburi

 

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Thailand's so called "Cyber Cops" armed with a Nonthaburi court warrant went to a house in Phibul Songkhram Soi 10 and arrested the administrator of a porn sharing site called 'clipfree&moviefree'.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1243537-admin-of-adult-site-arrested-in-nonthaburi/

 

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Thai cabinet to be asked to ease requirements for face masks in “COVID Safe” areas

 

 

Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health will ask the government to ease requirements for the wearing of face masks in “COVID Safe” areas, such as beaches and public parks.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1243538-thai-cabinet-to-be-asked-to-ease-requirements-for-face-masks-in-“covid-safe”-areas/

 

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Thai factory worker nets 6 million baht in the lottery after using the year of birth of his ex-girlfriend!

 

 

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Sanook caught up with a happy man who had just won 6 million baht in the state lottery in the latest draw on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1243539-thai-factory-worker-nets-6-million-baht-in-the-lottery-after-using-the-year-of-birth-of-his-ex-girlfriend/

 

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Bangkok Allows Alcohol Drinks Until 1 AM on New Year’s Eve

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Holidaymakers can look forward to enjoying alcoholic beverages at eateries in Bangkok on New Year’s Eve.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1243525-bma-confirm-that-alcohol-can-only-be-served-up-to-1-am-at-new-year-strict-regulations-for-large-gatherings/?tab=comments#comment-17056130

 

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SRT Backs Bids for Rail Projects

 

 

The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) has approved the results of a construction contract bid for two rail projects in the North and Northeast, in a move that had previously been stalled due to an investigation ordered by the prime minister.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1243563-srt-backs-bids-for-rail-projects/

 

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Nong Khai Border Checkpoint to Open Under Strict Safety Measures

 

 

Authorities will implement special disease prevention protocols for travelers entering Thailand through the Nong Khai border checkpoint starting December 24.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1243564-nong-khai-border-checkpoint-to-open-under-strict-safety-measures/

 

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Authorities Say Vaccinations and Testing Required for New Year Countdown

 

 

The Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) has stated that participants in New Year countdown events with at least 1,000 attendees must be fully vaccinated and have tested negative for COVID-19 within 72 hours prior to the event.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1243565-authorities-say-vaccinations-and-testing-required-for-new-year-countdown/

 

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Virologist Recommends Mixing and Matching COVID Vaccines

 

 

Thailand’s top virologist says there is scientific evidence proving the effectiveness of combining COVID-19 vaccines. He added that this evidence is due to be published in international medical journals.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1243566-virologist-recommends-mixing-and-matching-covid-vaccines/

 

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Thai officials to move remaining 600 inmates out of Krabi prison today

 

 

More than 1,100 inmates at Krabi provincial prison were transferred to prisons in Phuket, Nakhon Si Thammarat and Songkhla provinces during Friday night, with the remaining 600 to be moved today.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1243567-thai-officials-to-move-remaining-600-inmates-out-of-krabi-prison-today/

 

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