THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Monday 27 Dec 2021

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Download the ASEAN NOW 2022 Calendar here. All no alcohol days listed!

 

 

A big thank you to everyone who submitted images to the photography forum over the past year.

 

There were some amazing photos submitted during 2021.

 

The calendar also includes all Thai and other significant holidays, including no alcohol days.

 

You can download the ASEAN NOW 2022 Calendar here: https://aseannow.com/files/file/796-asean-now-calendar-2022/

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Thailand remains unprepared for another tsunami 17 years after last one – Thai experts

 

 

Public disaster experts admitted Sunday that the Thai public is generally unaware of the danger posed by a repeat of a devastating tsunami, like that which struck many countries in Southeast Asia and around the Indian ocean, including the west coast of southern Thailand 17 years ago, and that there is a lack of a credible tsunami early warning system.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1244514-thailand-remains-unprepared-for-another-tsunami-17-years-after-last-one-–-thai-experts/

 

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All schools in Kalasin municipality closed until December 30th over Omicron concerns

 

 

The communicable disease committee in Thailand’s north-eastern province of Kalasin has ordered all schools and educational institutes located in the municipality to close until December 30th, after it was discovered that some students had eaten at Rongsee market.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1244515-all-schools-in-kalasin-municipality-closed-until-december-30th-over-omicron-concerns/

 

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How a proposed tax on share trading will affect investors

By Thai PBS World’s Business Desk

 

 

The Finance Ministry is considering levying a financial transaction tax (FTT) on stock trading next year, but a decision will depend on economic conditions, Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith revealed recently.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1244516-how-a-proposed-tax-on-share-trading-will-affect-investors/

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2021: Year of powerplays, purges and defections as parties begin countdown to Thai general election  

By Thai PBS World’s Political Desk

 

Electoral officials count votes at a polling station in Bangkok on March 24, 2019 after polls closed in Thailand’s general election. (Photo by Ye Aung THU / AFP)

 

Thai political parties have undergone change, evolution and even transformation in the past year, ahead of a general election expected in the coming year.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1244518-2021 year-of-powerplays-purges-and-defections-as-parties-begin-countdown-to-thai-general-election/

 

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Karen refugees moved further from the border as fighting intensifies in Myanmar

 

 

All the Karen refugees being sheltered at a Thai school in Mae Tao sub-district, in the western province of Tak, have been moved further inland, to a village in Mahawan sub-district, for their safety as fighting between Myanmar government forces and rebels of the Karen National Union intensifies.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1244519-karen-refugees-moved-further-from-the-border-as-fighting-intensifies-in-myanmar/

 

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Authorities Recommend 3 AstraZeneca Doses to Fight Omicron

By Natthaphon  Sangpolsit

 

    

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Ministry of Public Health is urging people who have received two doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to get a third dose from the same brand as a booster to protect against the highly transmissible Omicron coronavirus variant.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1244520-authorities-recommend-3-astrazeneca-doses-to-fight-omicron/

 

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Government Offers One Month of 100,000-Baht Accident Coverage

By Natthaphon  Sangpolsit

 

    

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Office of the Insurance Commission (OIC) is offering one month of 100,000-baht accident coverage at the cost of 10 baht until the end of February.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1244521-government-offers-one-month-of-100000-baht-accident-coverage/

 

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Anti-Fake News Center Confirms 55,000-Baht Loan SMS is Scam

By Natthaphon  Sangpolsit

 

    

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Ministry of Digital Economy and Society has warned the public to beware of scammers sending fake SMS texts about a 55,000-baht loan campaign from Government Savings Bank (GSB).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1244522-anti-fake-news-center-confirms-55000-baht-loan-sms-is-scam/

 

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Thailand book place in AFF Suzuki Cup final

 

 

Thailand booked their place in the AFF Suzuki Cup final for a ninth time in 13 attempts after they held defending champions Vietnam to a goalless draw on Sunday in the second leg of the semi-finals to complete a 2-0 aggregate victory. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1244523-thailand-book-place-in-aff-suzuki-cup-final/

 

 

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Foreign tourists satisfied with Thai people’s friendliness, according to Ministry of Tourism and Sports’ survey

By Nop Meechukhun

 

 

National – The overall results of the satisfaction survey of Thai tourism among foreign tourists are more positive than last year, saying that Thai people are very friendly, Thailand’s Ministry of Tourism and Sports reported this holiday weekend on Christmas Eve, December 24th.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1244525-foreign-tourists-satisfied-with-thai-people’s-friendliness-according-to-ministry-of-tourism-and-sports’-survey/

 

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Eighteen arrested at condominium in Pattaya over Christmas weekend at alleged illegal gambling den

By Goong Nang(GN)

 

 

Pattaya – Pattaya Police raided an illegal gambling den at a luxury condominium in Pattaya yesterday evening, Christmas Day, (December 25th), where eighteen people have been arrested.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1244526-eighteen-arrested-at-condominium-in-pattaya-over-christmas-weekend-at-alleged-illegal-gambling-den/

 

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Art Gallery & Cafe in Jomtien raided over the holiday weekend for allegedly holding a late-night Christmas party, acting as an entertainment venue

By  Nop Meechukhun

 

 

Pattaya –  An art gallery and cafe in the Banglamung district was raided shortly after midnight yesterday, December 26th, after reportedly organizing a late-night Christmas party with more than 100 customers and basically being an entertainment venue, violating the orders of the Provincial Communicable Disease Committee.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1244527-art-gallery-cafe-in-jomtien-raided-over-the-holiday-weekend-for-allegedly-holding-a-late-night-christmas-party-acting-as-an-entertainment-venue/

 

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19-year-old female motorbike driver dies in Central Pattaya crash on Christmas morning

By Goong Nang(GN)

 

 

Pattaya – A teenage female motorbike driver has been pronounced dead at the scene after she crashed her motorbike in Central Pattaya on Christmas morning.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1244528-19-year-old-female-motorbike-driver-dies-in-central-pattaya-crash-on-christmas-morning/

 

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Thai vaccine certs accepted in Europe as Omicron offers glimmers of hope for a virus fatigued world

by Carla Boonkong & Pranee O' Connor

 

Mr Giuseppe Busini, the Deputy Chief of the European Union Mission in Thailand, has confirmed that Thai vaccines and COVID-19 certification on the Mor Prom app will be valid and accepted across the European Union from January 2022. It follows agencies in the 27 member bloc adopting equivalency proposals this week for Thailand and several other states. The new regime will span up to 60 countries linked under a mutually recognised scheme or network.

 

Public health officials are currently scrambling to control an emerging cluster in Kalasin caused by a returned couple from Belgium who travelled extensively in Kalasin and Khon Kaen provinces before being diagnosed on December 16th last at Kalasin Hospital. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1244529-thai-vaccine-certs-accepted-in-europe-as-omicron-offers-glimmers-of-hope-for-a-virus-fatigued-world/

 

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COVID-19: Thailand reports 2,437 new coronavirus cases, 18 deaths, 3,845 recoveries 

 

File photo: National New Bureau of Thailand

 

Thailand on Monday (December 27) reported 2,437 new COVID-19 cases, 3,845 recoveries and 18 additional deaths over the past 24 hours. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1244538-covid-19-thailand-reports-2437-new-coronavirus-cases-18-deaths-3845-recoveries/

 

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Hotels in Hua Hin and Cha Am set to be fully booked this New Year

By Paul Andrews

 

 

Hotels in Hua Hin and Cha Am are almost fully booked for the New Year period, tourism leaders have said.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1244541-hotels-in-hua-hin-and-cha-am-set-to-be-fully-booked-this-new-year/

 

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Omicron to have little impact on Hua Hin’s New Year tourism: Official

By Paul Andrews

 

 

The discovery of the omicron variant of COVID-19 in three British tourists in Hua Hin will have little impact on the local tourism industry for this New Year, a senior official has predicted.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1244542-omicron-to-have-little-impact-on-hua-hin’s-new-year-tourism-official/

 

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Thailand wants to avoid a repeat of Songkran, tourism policies to be reconsidered in January

By Cod Satrusayang

 

 

Thai authorities have scaled back new year celebrations and are asking people to avoid traveling where possible to avoid a repeat of Songkran this year where unrestricted celebrations prompted a spread of the third wave of Covid-19.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1244549-thailand-wants-to-avoid-a-repeat-of-songkran-tourism-policies-to-be-reconsidered-in-january/

 

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Pattaya: 100+ foreigners want their money back from Thai bank - "you stole our future" says one

 

Picture: Manager

 

It should have been a weekend of peace and goodwill to all men, but that was furthest from the thoughts of a group of 100 and more foreigners and Thais who have lost 300 million baht.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1244550-pattaya-100-foreigners-want-their-money-back-from-thai-bank-you-stole-our-future-says-one/

 

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British man's visit to wife in Buriram turns into Covid Christmas Nightmare 

 

Picture: Daily News

 

A British man aged 46 who had all the tests went to the village of Khok Wat in Ban Dan sub-district of Buriram in the north east of Thailand to visit his wife.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1244553-british-mans-visit-to-wife-in-buriram-turns-into-covid-christmas-nightmare/

 

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Seventeen years on: Tourism officials and public remember the Asian Tsunami with candlelight vigil

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Tourism officials led by minister Pipat Ratchakitprakan, TAT representatives and the administrations of Phuket and Phangnga gathered at Patong Beach on Sunday to mark 17 years since the devastating Asian Tsunami.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1244556-seventeen-years-on-tourism-officials-and-public-remember-the-asian-tsunami-with-candlelight-vigil/

 

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Israeli who fled hotel quarantine in Bangkok with Omicron faces more police charges after release from hospital

 

Picture: Channel 7

 

Channel 7 national Thai TV news reported that the Israeli national Ohad B. who fled hotel quarantine in Bangkok will find himself in even more trouble after release from hospital quarantine.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1244557-israeli-who-fled-hotel-quarantine-in-bangkok-with-omicron-faces-more-police-charges-after-release-from-hospital/

 

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Dr Yong: Christmas day message echoes Omicron news from elsewhere - will surpass Delta soon in Thailand

 

Picture: INN

 

Thai virologist Dr Yong Poovorawan put out his Christmas Day message update about Omicron.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1244558-dr-yong-christmas-day-message-echoes-omicron-news-from-elsewhere-will-surpass-delta-soon-in-thailand/

 

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RTP: Shooting guns in the air to chase away bad karma is wrong - death and damage warning

 

Picture: INN

 

Deputy police spokesman Pol Col Siriwat Deephor had a simple message for Thai people contemplating firing guns in the air to mark New Year, reported INN.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1244559-rtp-shooting-guns-in-the-air-to-chase-away-bad-karma-is-wrong-death-and-damage-warning/

 

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Mahidol University Launches Sex Education App for Youths with Hearing Impairments

By Paul Rujopakarn

 

    

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Compulsory Sexuality Education (CSE) mobile application has been released by Mahidol University to help educate young people with hearing impairments on how to protect themselves against unwanted advances and pregnancy, as well as sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and sexual violence.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1244560-mahidol-university-launches-sex-education-app-for-youths-with-hearing-impairments/

 

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Nine Chinese, two Thais arrested in illegal "Call Center" bust after raids in Cambodia

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

Naew Na reported that raids by Thai police, military and the Cambodian authorities across the border had resulted in the arrest of 39 Thais and five Chinese extorting Thai people in two call center operations.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1244562-nine-chinese-two-thais-arrested-in-illegal-call-center-bust-after-raids-in-cambodia/

 

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Thai man's Christmas Day gold shop heist in Bangkok is solved by met police by Boxing Day

 

 

A Thai man in debt from gambling to the tune of 50,000 baht robbed a gold shop with a BB gun on Christmas Day.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1244590-thai-mans-christmas-day-gold-shop-heist-in-bangkok-is-solved-by-met-police-by-boxing-day/

 

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EU endorses Thailand Digital Health Pass on “Mor Prom” application

 

 

The European Union (EU) has endorsed the Thailand Digital Health Pass on the “Mor Prom” application, which means the pass is equivalent to the EU’s COVID-19 clearance certificate and can be used, starting in January, to enter European countries, Government Spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana said, today (Monday).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1244529-thai-vaccine-certs-accepted-in-europe-as-omicron-offers-glimmers-of-hope-for-a-virus-fatigued-world/?do=findComment&comment=17074201

 

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"Big Joke" surfaces in arrest of six Thais smuggling Myanmar migrants - three died when vehicle overturned

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Top cop Surachate Hakpan - the lieutenant general known in the Thai media as Big Joke - was pictured at the arrest of six Thai men in balaclavas involved in smuggling Myanmar migrants.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1244598-big-joke-surfaces-in-arrest-of-six-thais-smuggling-myanmar-migrants-three-died-when-vehicle-overturned/