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

 

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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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Government Reconsidering Nightclub Reopening Following New Outbreaks

 

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BANGKOK (NNT) - The government is reconsidering its plans to reopen certain entertainment venues such as nightclubs, following a surge of Covid-19 infections across the country.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1245650-government-reconsidering-nightclub-reopening-following-new-outbreaks/

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New Measures Might Be Implemented After CCSA Meeting On Friday

 

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BANGKOK (NNT) - The Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) could impose new measures on Friday after an assessment is made for the Covid-19 situation after the New Year holidays.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1245651-new-measures-might-be-implemented-after-ccsa-meeting-on-friday/

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Bangkok Prepares 25,000 Beds to Handle New Covid-19 Outbreak

 

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BANGKOK (NNT) - Bangkok has prepared medical facilities and isolation centers to address new cases of Covid-19 patients, with more than 25,000 beds in, hospitals, field hospitals, and hospitels.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1245655-bangkok-prepares-25000-beds-to-handle-new-covid-19-outbreak/

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Thailand encounters challenges in supplying Corona vaccines

 

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Dr. Chawetsan Namwat, Director of Division of Disease Situation Control in Emergency, revealed that the challenges of providing COVID-19 vaccines are to cope with the concerns caused by fake news and various kinds of belief and to manage the amount of the vaccines to match with the demand in each period, to which Thailand had negotiated with some countries as to transfer the vaccines between them when needed.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1245683-thailand-encounters-challenges-in-supplying-corona-vaccines/

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Fifth wave of COVID-19 already sweeping through Thailand – Medical Services chief

 

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Thailand is facing the fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic sooner than anticipated, with the curve of infections on a steep rise and body temperature scanners installed in most offices and public venues not catching asymptomatic cases, said Dr. Somsak Akksilp, director-general of Medical Services today (Wednesday).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1245701-fifth-wave-of-covid-19-already-sweeping-through-thailand-–-medical-services-chief/

 

 

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Camping on islets, near reservoir banned at Thailand’s Sri Nakarin Dam National Park

 

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The Sri Nakarin Dam National Park, in the western Thai province of Kanchanaburi, has banned camping on the banks of the park’s reservoir and on islets inside after it was discovered that some unscrupulous entrepreneurs have been offering unlicensed camping services to tourists.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1245702-camping-on-islets-near-reservoir-banned-at-thailand’s-sri-nakarin-dam-national-park/

 

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Vaccinations, mutations among reasons why Omicron is less potent, says Thai virologist

 

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Dr. Yong Poovorawan, chief of the Centre of Excellence in Clinical Virology at the Faculty of Medicine of Chulalongkorn University, has offered an explanation as to why the Omicron variant is not as potent as and causes less severe symptoms than other COVID-19 strains.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1245703-vaccinations-mutations-among-reasons-why-omicron-is-less-potent-says-thai-virologist/

 

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Headline inflation jumps on rising fuel and food prices

By Panithan Onthaworn

 

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Thailand’s consumer price index (CPI), an indicator of headline inflation, in December rose 2.17 per cent year-on-year, driven by rising fuel and food prices, the Ministry of Commerce said Wednesday. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1245704-headline-inflation-jumps-on-rising-fuel-and-food-prices/

 

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Russian man found dead after apparently jumping from the Pattaya Police Station roof overnight

By Goong Nang(GN)

 

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Pattaya – A Russian man was found dead after he apparently jumped from the Pattaya City Police Station early this morning (January 5th), 2022.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1245705-russian-man-found-dead-after-apparently-jumping-from-the-pattaya-police-station-roof-overnight/

 

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Norwegian man in Thailand guilty of swindling the Norwegian state for Covid compensation

by Lasse Sandholdt

 

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Anders Oserød, police attorney at The National Authority for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime – Photo: GORM K. GAARE / EUP-BERLIN

 

A Norwegian man residing in Thailand has been found guilty of making up ownerships of phony companies to get a payout for lost revenue from the Norwegian economic covid compensation system.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1245706-norwegian-man-in-thailand-guilty-of-swindling-the-norwegian-state-for-covid-compensation/

 

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Teenage foreign tourist and her Thai instructor seriously injured after crashing paramotor-style device into power lines on Koh Larn

By Goong Nang(GN)

 

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Koh Larn – A Thai man and a young female foreign tourist flying a paramotor-style device have sustained serious injuries from electric shock after becoming stuck on a power pole on Koh Larn (January 3rd).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1245712-teenage-foreign-tourist-and-her-thai-instructor-seriously-injured-after-crashing-paramotor-style-device-into-power-lines-on-koh-larn/

 

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Covid: Pre-departure travel tests to England to be scrapped

 

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The rules on testing are to be eased for people travelling to England, the government has announced, following calls from the travel industry.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1245732-covid-pre-departure-travel-tests-to-england-to-be-scrapped/

 

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Female Russian tourist claims assault at Koh Samui viewpoint - Thai manager cites self defence

 

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A Russian tourist claims she was attacked by a Thai man as he tried to charge her for going to a scenic viewpoint on private land at Khao Lamai, Maret, Koh Samui.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1245733-female-russian-tourist-claims-assault-at-koh-samui-viewpoint-thai-manager-cites-self-defence/

 

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Drunk father attacks son who called him "mad" for tossing his boy's motorcycle aside

 

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Rescue services in Srinarong district of Surin in Thailand's north eastern region were called after a Thai father attacked his own grown son.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1245739-drunk-father-attacks-son-who-called-him-mad-for-tossing-his-boys-motorcycle-aside/

 

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Thailand’s COVID-19 alert level raised to 4 amid increasing infections

 

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Thailand’s COVID-19 alert has been raised from Level 3 to Level 4 today (Thursday), with more restrictive measures to be announced in the near future, according to Public Health Permanent Secretary Kiattibhoom Vongrachit.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1245741-thailand’s-covid-19-alert-level-raised-to-4-amid-increasing-infections/

 

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"Sleeping" six wheel truck driver smashes into trailer at Bang Poo intersection

 

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Bang Poo police were called to an accident in Soi 3 A at the Bang Poo industrial estate in Samut Prakan yesterday afternoon.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1245743-sleeping-six-wheel-truck-driver-smashes-into-trailer-at-bang-poo-intersection/

 

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Many Thai children being extorted and threatened online after sending indecent images for money/games items

 

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Royal Thai Police spokesman Pol Col Siriwat Deephor told INN about a worrying trend of criminals approaching children during online gaming.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1245745-many-thai-children-being-extorted-and-threatened-online-after-sending-indecent-images-for-moneygames-items/

 

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Swedish family celebrated New Year in isolation in Thailand

by Gregers Møller 

 

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Spending New Year in a hospital in Thailand was not quite what Bengt Augustsson and his daughter Isabelle had hoped for when they departed for Thailand on 25 December but it is exactly what happened. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1245746-swedish-family-celebrated-new-year-in-isolation-in-thailand/

 

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Drunk businessman in a Benz kills police captain and woman on motorcycles in southern Thailand

 

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Khanom police in Nakhon Sri Thammarat in southern Thailand were called after a collision between a Mercedes Benz and two motorcycles.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1245749-drunk-businessman-in-a-benz-kills-police-captain-and-woman-on-motorcycles-in-southern-thailand/

 

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Pork Prices Expected to Normalize Within 4 Months

By: Namo Vananupong

 

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BANGKOK (NNT) - Increased demand for pork from markets and lowered supply, as well as heightened prices of feed materials such as corn and soybean meal, have been cited as the major causes of expensive pork. The high production cost has prompted a number of farmers to leave the pork raising scene, but authorities say they expect pork prices to normalize within 4 months.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1245750-pork-prices-expected-to-normalize-within-4-months/

 

 

 

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New Year crackdown: Nakhon Pathom police report thousands of arrests on guns/drug charges

 

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Region 7 police headquartered in Nakhon Pathom in central Thailand reported thousands of arrests in drugs and gun violation cases over the festive period from Christmas Day to January 3rd. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1245752-new-year-crackdown-nakhon-pathom-police-report-thousands-of-arrests-on-gunsdrug-charges/

 

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Wild elephants being directed back to protected zones after incursions onto farming land in central Thailand

 

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77kaoded reported on ongoing efforts by park rangers in the Ang Runai protected animal area in Chachoengsao province to deal with elephants encroaching on agricultural land.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1245754-wild-elephants-being-directed-back-to-protected-zones-after-incursions-onto-farming-land-in-central-thailand/

 

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