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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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Bangkok to equip 100 zebra crossings with traffic lights in two weeks

 

 

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) plans to install pedestrian operated traffic lights at about 100 dangerous zebra crossings in the city to provide better safety, Deputy Bangkok Governor Pol Lt-Gen Sophon Pisutthiwong said today (Thursday).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1249016-bangkok-to-equip-100-zebra-crossings-with-traffic-lights-in-two-weeks/

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Are we just going to have to live with unvaccinated people across Thailand?

 

 

Seems a long time ago that tennis star Novak Djokovic had his visa to enter Australia dramatically revoked and he was deported.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1249061-are-we-just-going-to-have-to-live-with-unvaccinated-people-across-thailand/

 

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Thai PM says he will neither dissolve parliament nor reshuffle his cabinet

 

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said Thursday that he will not dissolve the House or reshuffle his cabinet, but will carry on working and is ready to face the Opposition in the general debate scheduled for February 17th and 18th.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1249062-thai-pm-says-he-will-neither-dissolve-parliament-nor-reshuffle-his-cabinet/

 

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Thai Airways offers cargo service on passenger seats as alternative revenue source

By Panithan Onthaworn

 

 

Thai Airways International (THAI) is offering cargo-in-cabin flights, where cargo is stored in the aircraft’s cabin, to seek revenue as air travel demand has not yet fully recovered.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1249064-thai-airways-offers-cargo-service-on-passenger-seats-as-alternative-revenue-source/

 

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Students express outrage online after university admissions body hack

By Natcha Patanasophon

 

 

A university testing body is trending on Thai Twitter on Thursday following the leak of student’s personal information on the dark web.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1249065-students-express-outrage-online-after-university-admissions-body-hack/

 

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Most Schools Resume On-site Teaching

 

 

BANGKOK (TNA) – Most schools resumed their on-site teaching and parents of most students agreed to have their young children receive COVID-19 vaccination, according to authorities.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1249066-most-schools-resume-on-site-teaching/

 

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Warning against traveling to Thailand

by Gregers Møller

 

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Travelers to Thailand whose PCR tests return a positive are in a very high risk of being caught up in a web of rules that nobody warned them of before their departure.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1249067-warning-against-traveling-to-thailand/

 

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Half pub half restaurant shut down after serving beer in plastic cups

 

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Authorities in Muang district of Mahasarakham in Thailand's north east responded after 100 cases of Covid were linked to entertainment in the area.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1249073-half-pub-half-restaurant-shut-down-after-serving-beer-in-plastic-cups/

 

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Navy officer installed cameras in ladies' toilets at hospital - 1000 images captured over six years

 

Picture: Sanook

 

A Thai Royal Navy man of the rank of lieutenant commander is facing sex charges after he installed two cameras in the ladies toilets in a hospital.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1249076-navy-officer-installed-cameras-in-ladies-toilets-at-hospital-1000-images-captured-over-six-years/

 

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Norwegian expat killed in collision of two pick-ups in NE Thailand - wife injured

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

Two people died and three were seriously injured after two pick-ups collided on a dangerous bend in the Khemmarat police jurisdiction in Ubon Ratchathani, NE Thailand yesterday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1249079-norwegian-expat-killed-in-collision-of-two-pick-ups-in-ne-thailand-wife-injured/ 

 

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Thailand reports 9,909 new COVID-19 cases, 22 deaths, 7,827 recoveries

 

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Thailand on Friday (February 4) reported 9,909 new COVID-19 cases, 7,827 recoveries and 22 additional deaths over the past 24 hours. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1249080-thailand-reports-9909-new-covid-19-cases-22-deaths-7827-recoveries/

 

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Three dead after trailer becomes detached from 18 wheeler in NE Thailand and hits pick-up

 

 

Thai Rath reported on a deadly accident in which a trailer from an 18 wheel truck became detached at a bend and slammed into an oncoming pick-up.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1249082-three-dead-after-trailer-becomes-detached-from-18-wheeler-in-ne-thailand-and-hits-pick-up/

 

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Jealous Thai husband kills wife over 8,000 baht debt - drink cited as contributing factor yet again

 

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Alcohol was once again cited as a contributing factor in a gruesome murder at a fishing facility in Chachoengsao in central Thailand.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1249084-jealous-thai-husband-kills-wife-over-8000-baht-debt-drink-cited-as-contributing-factor-yet-again/

 

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Motorcycle taxi rider arrested for rape of stepdaughter - a Cambodian girl aged just 11

 

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A 53 year old Thai motorcycle taxi rider has been arrested and taken to Bang Khun Thian police station in south western Bangkok after he admitted repeatedly raping his own step daughter.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1249088-motorcycle-taxi-rider-arrested-for-rape-of-stepdaughter-a-cambodian-girl-aged-just-11/

 

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Thousands of refugees cross back into Myanmar, as conditions on Thai side prove unbearable

By Caleb Quinley

 

 

Thousands of Myanmar refugees have gradually crossed back into Myanmar over the last few weeks. Living conditions on the Thai side were too difficult and their settlements were reportedly dismantled by the Thai military, according to local sources.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1249089-thousands-of-refugees-cross-back-into-myanmar-as-conditions-on-thai-side-prove-unbearable/

 

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Three Khon Kaen districts given green light to serve alcohol to midnight - but Muang district must wait

 

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INN reported after a meeting that the governor of Khon Kaen province was happy to ease Covid-19 restrictions in the province after infections were down and vaccinations were proceeding apace. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1249090-three-khon-kaen-districts-given-green-light-to-serve-alcohol-to-midnight-but-muang-district-must-wait/

 

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Popular electrical authority employee gets a grand sendoff at Rayong temple 

 

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77kaoded reported on the cremation of a popular and diligent member of the Provincial Electrical Authority in Map Ta Phut who was killed in a road accident.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1249097-popular-electrical-authority-employee-gets-a-grand-sendoff-at-rayong-temple/

 

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Three arrested for shooting of "full body tattoo" man left in the middle of the road

 

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77kaoded reported on the arrest in Nakhon Pathom in central Thailand of three members of a gang who shot a man and left him in the middle of the road.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1249098-three-arrested-for-shooting-of-full-body-tattoo-man-left-in-the-middle-of-the-road/

 

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Golden eel brings good fortune to restaurant owner - now his friends want a piece of the lottery action

 

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Daily News reporters hotfooted it to the north east of Thailand after they heard that a golden eel was attracting lottery attention.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1249102-golden-eel-brings-good-fortune-to-restaurant-owner-now-his-friends-want-a-piece-of-the-lottery-action/

 

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Pfizer has an oral tablet for Covid. Wonder if Thailand has placed an order?

 

Pfizer's Paxlovid pills are seen at a manufacturing facility in Freiburg, Germany in his handout photo provided on Nov 16, 2021. (Photo: AFP/Pfizer/Handout) 

 

Pfizer's Paxlovid has become the first oral tablet to be put into production for the treatment of COVID-19 in adult patients who are at risk of severe disease.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1249105-pfizer-has-an-oral-tablet-for-covid-wonder-if-thailand-has-placed-an-order/

 

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Police rule out murder or serious crime after US owner of buried BMW is located safe and well 

by James Morris and Son Nguyen

 

On Wednesday, 3rd February, Deputy National Police Commissioner General Suchart Teerasawat, also known as ‘Big Mai’, flew, by helicopter, to Nakhon Si Thammarat. He was there to meet with senior police officers in the Chaloem Phra Kiat district investigating the appearance of a buried BMW car, in a rainstorm, once owned by an American teacher in Phuket, 52-year-old Michael Dylan Gregory. The investigation has established that Mr G, who left Thailand ten years ago, is alive and well but is still probing the mystery of why the car was buried, believing the circumstance to be ‘ highly suspicious’ and indicative of criminal activity.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1249106-police-rule-out-murder-or-serious-crime-after-us-owner-of-buried-bmw-is-located-safe-and-well/

 

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Govt Urged to Cut Oil Tax by 2 Baht/Liter

 

 

BANGKOK, Feb 4 (TNA) – An academic proposed the government cut the excise tax on oil by two baht per liter to relieve the burden of the state Oil Fund that is subsidizing fuel prices.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1249116-govt-urged-to-cut-oil-tax-by-2-bahtliter/

 

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Fourth southern insurgent held after 10-hour siege in Songkhla

 

 

The fourth insurgent, holding out in a house in Chana district of Thailand’s southern province of Songkhla, was captured by security forces on Thursday evening, following a siege which lasted over ten hours and killings of three other insurgents at the house in a clash yesterday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1249117-fourth-southern-insurgent-held-after-10-hour-siege-in-songkhla/

 

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Politicians outraged over kindergarten that deduct marks for children that cry during tests

By Natcha Patanasophon

 

 

Politicians expressed concern on Friday over news that a kindergarten was lowering the test scores of students who cry during tests.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1249124-politicians-outraged-over-kindergarten-that-deduct-marks-for-children-that-cry-during-tests/

 

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WADA Lifts Its Ban on Thailand

 

 

BANGKOK, Feb 3 (TNA) – The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has removed Thailand from its non-compliance list and its ban on the country was lifted immediately.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1249127-wada-lifts-its-ban-on-thailand/

 

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Air travellers warned not to bring more than 30 face masks on board overseas flights

 

 

Thais and foreigners travelling abroad have been advised not to take more than 30 face masks with them, because they are a controlled product in Thailand and violators can face up to five years in prison and/or a fine of up to 100,000 baht on conviction, according to the Suvarnabhumi International Airport.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1249151-air-travellers-warned-not-to-bring-more-than-30-face-masks-on-board-overseas-flights/

 

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THAI Airways Now Offers Cargo-in-Cabin Service

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand’s national carrier is now offering a Cargo-in-Cabin service to meet the demand for cargo that requires special handling.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1249153-thai-airways-now-offers-cargo-in-cabin-service/

 

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Business Operators Request 90,000 Migrant Workers Under MoU

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Labour Ministry said about 90,000 migrant workers have been requested by business operators since Thailand opened registrations for employment requests for workers who will enter the country under the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed with Myanmar, Cambodia, and Laos in December 2021.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1249154-business-operators-request-90000-migrant-workers-under-mou/