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Over 23,000 apply for Thailand Pass under ‘Test and Go’ on first day of its resumption

 

FILE / International visitors await instructions from health officials inside the arrival terminal at Suvarnabhumi International Airport / AFP

 

A total of 23,660 travellers applied for a Thailand Pass to enter the country through the “Test and Go” quarantine exemption scheme yesterday (Tuesday), the first day the scheme resumed after registration was suspended on December 22, following the emergence of the COVID-19 Omicron variant.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1248885-over-23000-apply-for-thailand-pass-under-‘test-and-go’-on-first-day-of-its-resumption/

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Measures planned to protect wild tigers in Thailand’s western forests

 

 

The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation and various environmental organisations have agreed to tighten up measures to protect wild tigers in the western forests of the country after two tigers were shot dead by suspected poachers early last month and a cattle herder was attacked by a tiger in Thong Pha Phum district of Kanchanaburi province.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1248896-measures-planned-to-protect-wild-tigers-in-thailand’s-western-forests/

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No Traces of Oil Slick Found Near Ko Samet

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has declared Ko Samet safe from pollution caused by the oil spill that occurred last week off the coast of Rayong province.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1248897-no-traces-of-oil-slick-found-near-ko-samet/

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Health guidelines for visiting Thailand’s national parks

Recommendations for visitors and the general public to minimizse the risk of COVID-19 infection and transmission.

TAT Newsroom

 

 

Bangkok – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) would like to provide health guidelines for visitors planning to visit any of Thailand’s 155 national parks nationwide, as well as other forest parks up and down the country to protect yourself, any loved ones travelling with you, and the Thai public at large from the community spread of COVID-19.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1248933-health-guidelines-for-visiting-thailand’s-national-parks/

 

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Government warns Thais not to abuse co-payment by swapping subsidy credit for cash

By Panithan Onthaworn

 

 

Thailand's government on Wednesday warned the public not to commit fraud over the latest stimulus co-payment scheme by exchanging the subsidy credit for cash.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1248934-government-warns-thais-not-to-abuse-co-payment-by-swapping-subsidy-credit-for-cash/

 

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‘We want them back’: at Lunar New Year, Thailand pines for Chinese tourists

 

● For the second year in a row, hotspots from Pattaya to Phuket and Bangkok have been starved of income as Beijing’s quarantine measures keep Chinese visitors away

 

●Some businesses have seen incomes drop 80 per cent. Pivoting to the local market offers some respite, but memories linger of the days ‘a lot of people here got rich’

 

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Novelty bathtub seats at a restaurant built to host Chinese tour groups but now empty. Photo: Vijitra Duangdee

 

At a cliffside restaurant on Thailand’s Koh Larn, where squat teak dining tables overlook an empty white-sand bay, manager Sutthiea Saengsaswi says the last time Chinese tourists were around for the Lunar New Year celebrations her takings went up to around US$6,000 a day. Now they are just US$300 a day.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1248936-‘we-want-them-back’-at-lunar-new-year-thailand-pines-for-chinese-tourists/

 

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The Ambassador: H.E. David Daly highlights the EU’s global soft power, trade with Thailand

 

 

 

Exclusive Interview with the new EU Ambassador H.E. David Daly on the European bloc’s ties with Thailand, a planned trade agreement, its positions in the region and in the world as a major global player.

 

video: https://aseannow.com/topic/1248937-the-ambassador-he-david-daly-highlights-the-eu’s-global-soft-power-trade-with-thailand/

 

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What happens to us when Thai insurance companies go bankrupt?

 

I am sure many of you read last week, about the Thai insurance company called Southeast Asia Insurance that was unable to meet its commitments and filed to cease trading.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1248940-what-happens-to-us-when-thai-insurance-companies-go-bankrupt/

 

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Expletives fly as octogenarian Brit crashes car into traffic kiosk - then gets out and urinates beside vehicle

 

Sanook caption: "Hey! What you do?"

 

Sanook reported that bemused police and shoppers busy buying Chinese New Year gifts at a bustling Chiang Mai intersection were perplexed at the antics of an 88 year old Brit.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1248943-expletives-fly-as-octogenarian-brit-crashes-car-into-traffic-kiosk-then-gets-out-and-urinates-beside-vehicle/

 

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Tourist police and good Samaritan Thai to the rescue after thief steals 4,900 Euros from Greek's "unlocked" car in Phuket

 

Picture: Sim Rath

 

Thai media was reporting every angle after a Greek man lost 4,900 Euros that was stolen from his car parked at a condominium in Phuket late last week.

 

Full story https://aseannow.com/topic/1248948-tourist-police-and-good-samaritan-thai-to-the-rescue-after-thief-steals-4900-euros-from-greeks-unlocked-car-in-phuket/

 

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Thailand Road Carnage: Gran on motorcycle dead but 5 year old grandson survives with cuts

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Khu Bang Luang police attended an accident in which a pick-up collided with a motorcycle with sidecar attachment on the Pathum Thani to Lat Lum Kaew Road in Pathum Thani north of Bangkok at 7.30 last night.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1248950-thailand-road-carnage-gran-on-motorcycle-dead-but-5-year-old-grandson-survives-with-cuts/

 

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Huge collection of knives found at Rajamangala uni campus in professor's disused house

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News reported on developments after police went to Rajamangala University of Technology (Eastern) campus in Pathumwan, downtown Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1248951-huge-collection-of-knives-found-at-rajamangala-uni-campus-in-professors-disused-house/

 

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COVID-19: Thailand reports 9,172 new coronavirus cases, 21 deaths, 7,832 recoveries

 

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Thailand on Thursday (February 3) reported 9,172 new COVID-19 cases, 7,832 recoveries and 21 additional deaths over the past 24 hours. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1248952-covid-19-thailand-reports-9172-new-coronavirus-cases-21-deaths-7832-recoveries/

 

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Taxi drivers in Phuket say they get it about allowing application hailing services to operate

 

Daily News caption: Fostering understanding

 

A delegation of top police and land transport authorities went to Soi Ta-iat condos and hotels to try and explain to taxi drivers about how things were going to work from now on.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1248957-taxi-drivers-in-phuket-say-they-get-it about-allowing-application-hailing-services-to-operate/

 

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Big new road projects in Bangkok suburbs - Rama 2 special road set for completion in 2025

 

Bangkok Business News

 

Bangkok Business News reported that the special expressway from Ekachai to Ban Paew along Rama 2 Road would take until 2025 before it was open.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1248959-big-new-road-projects-in-bangkok-suburbs-rama-2-special-road-set-for-completion-in-2025/

 

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Woman goes blind after getting parasite from Thai food - raw prawns blamed

 

 

Thai PBS reported that Naresuan Hospital in Phitsanulok in northern Thailand had their first case of blindness caused by a worm parasite present in the lungs of rats.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1248965-woman-goes-blind-after-getting-parasite-from-thai-food-raw-prawns-blamed/

 

 

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Monk filmed going on his alms round - in a HONDA!

 

 

A monk - now determined to actually be a real one - was filmed going on his "binthabat" (alms) rounds in a nice black Honda car.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1248966-monk-filmed-going-on-his-alms-round-in-a-honda/

 

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People in Thailand reminded of fines for failing to wear a face mask

By Online Reporter

 

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Thailand’s Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) has posted a reminder regarding the fines in place for people who fail to wear a face mask in public.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1248967-people-in-thailand-reminded-of-fines-for-failing-to-wear-a-face-mask/

 

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Prayut likely to survive accusations of interfering with judiciary, analysts say

By Erich Parpart and Cod Satrusayang

 

 

A petition to remove Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha for interfering with the judiciary is currently under consideration but analysts tell Thai Enquirer that it was unlikely that he will be removed from office.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1248971-prayut-likely-to-survive-accusations-of-interfering-with-judiciary-analysts-say/

 

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Thai Deputy Prime Minister Prawit orders increasing penalties for traffic violators

By Nop Meechukhun

 

PHOTO: Daily News

 

National – Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan ordered increasing penalties for road users who violated traffic laws in order to raise more public awareness.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1248973-thai-deputy-prime-minister-prawit-orders-increasing-penalties-for-traffic-violators/

 

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Bangkok Among Asia's top destinations for Celebrating Chinese New Year

 

 

BANGKOK, Feb 3 (TNA) – Prime Minister and Defense Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha was pleased with the news released by Agoda, an online travel agency and metasearch engine, that Bangkok is one of the top destinations for traveling and celebrating. this Chinese New Year, said Government Spokesperson Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1248980-bangkok-among-asias-top-destinations-for-celebrating-chinese-new-year/

 

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Gold snatcher steals gold items worth more than 200,000 baht from gold shop in Chonburi mall

By Goong Nang(GN)

 

 

Chonburi – A gold snatcher stole gold items with an estimated worth of more than 200,000 baht from a gold shop in a shopping mall in the Panat Nikhom district yesterday (February 2nd).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1248982-gold-snatcher-steals-gold-items-worth-more-than-200000-baht-from-gold-shop-in-chonburi-mall/

 

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Thai university presidents apologise for leak of personal information

 

 

The Council of University Presidents of Thailand (CUPT) has offered an apology for a large leak of the personal information of people applying to enter state universities under the Thai University Central Admission System (TCAS).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1248986-thai-university-presidents-apologise-for-leak-of-personal-information/

 

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MOPH says enough doses of Sinovac vaccine for small children and no need to procure more

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - With Sinovac’s inactivated vaccine for COVID-19 now undergoing the Food and Drug Administration’s approval process for use in children aged 3 and older, health authorities are asserting Thailand already has enough doses of the vaccine and no new orders are needed.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1249006-moph-says-enough-doses-of-sinovac-vaccine-for-small-children-and-no-need-to-procure-more/

 

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EC Sets 400 Constituencies For Next General Election

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Election Commission (EC) has completed the process of setting up constituencies for the next general election and is laying the framework for elections in the future.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1249007-ec-sets-400-constituencies-for-next-general-election/

 

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MOPH Confirms No Legal Obligations For People To Wear Face Masks

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand’s Public Health Minister confirmed that there are no laws forcing people to wear face masks, but he also sought cooperation from all parties, including Thai citizens and overseas tourists, in order to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 outbreak.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1249008-moph-confirms-no-legal-obligations-for-people-to-wear-face-masks/

 

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Thailand to discuss travel bubble agreement with neighboring countries

 

 

Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn is planning to discuss the possibility of a travel bubble initially with China and other ASEAN countries following the resumption of the “Test&Go” scheme this month.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1249009-thailand-to-discuss-travel-bubble-agreement-with-neighboring-countries/

 

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Three suspected insurgents killed by Thai security forces in Songkhla

 

 

Three suspected insurgents were shot dead by government security forces in the Chana district of Thailand’s southern province of Songkhla this morning (Thursday), according to the Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC). 

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1249013-three-suspected-insurgents-killed-by-thai-security-forces-in-songkhla/

 

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3 Insurgents Killed, 2 Others under Siege

 

 

SONGKHLA, Feb 3 (TNA) – Security officers killed three suspected insurgents and tried to convince two others to surrender in Chana district.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1249014-3-insurgents-killed-2-others-under-siege/

 

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Sniffer dogs deployed at Thai-Laos border to prevent smuggling of pork

 

 

Officials at Thailand’s Customs and Livestock Development departments recently deployed trained sniffer dogs to the Chong Mek border checkpoint in Sirindhorn district of the northeastern province of Ubon Ratchathani, to check all cargo trucks coming from the Lao PDR to prevent smuggling, especially of pork, amid the current high price crisis and ongoing swine outbreak.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1249015-sniffer-dogs-deployed-at-thai-laos-border-to-prevent-smuggling-of-pork/