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Thai Economy Returns to Growth on Tourism, Outlook Maintained

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The economy returned to growth in the fourth quarter of 2021, rebounding more quickly than expected on robust exports and a recovery in domestic activity. This followed an easing of coronavirus curbs and came as borders reopened to foreign visitors.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1251026-thai-economy-returns-to-growth-on-tourism-outlook-maintained/

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COVID infection risk raised back to ‘Level 4’ in Thailand

 

Photo: The US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

 

The Thai Ministry of Public Health has once again upgraded the risk of COVID-19 infection to Level 4, the second highest level, across the country, as 90% of new infections are now by the Omicron variant.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1251061-covid-infection-risk-raised-back-to-‘level-4’-in-thailand/

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Thailand’s 2021 economy grows by 1.6%, PM vows to go full steam ahead on recovery

 

 

Thailand’s economy for the year 2021 grew by 1.6%, better than the projected growth of 1.2%, according to the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1251060-thailand’s-2021-economy-grows-by-16-pm-vows-to-go-full-steam-ahead-on-recovery/

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No new COVID restrictions in Thailand, only strict enforcement of existing measures

 

 

The Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) will not impose any additional measures amid rising COVID-19 infections, but will strictly enforce the existing restrictions in the light of surging infections, mostly by the Omicron variant, CCSA Assistant Spokesperson Dr. Apisamai Srirangsan said Monday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1251064-no-new-covid-restrictions-in-thailand-only-strict-enforcement-of-existing-measures/

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Why do so many expats fall off their balconies in Thailand?

 

 

It is becoming almost the norm to read in the papers or online that another expat has tragically died falling from a balcony.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1251075-why-do-so-many-expats-fall-off-their-balconies-in-thailand/

 

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Tourism sector pushes for less fly-in requirements

By Erich Parpart

 

 

The tourism sector has advocated for the removal of the Thailand Pass registration system. However, the government said the system will not be canceled, but other restrictions could be eased in March.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1251076-tourism-sector-pushes-for-less-fly-in-requirements/

 

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Prayut says exiled cop should return to Thailand

By Erich Parpart

 

 

Thailand’s premier said a former police officer who is seeking asylum in Australia should return to formally file complaints against high-ranking figures he alleges were involved in a human trafficking network.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1251077-prayut-says-exiled-cop-should-return-to-thailand/

 

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Foreign ex-pat riding a bicycle dies after being hit by a pickup truck driver in the Pattaya area

By Goong Nang(GN)

 

PHOTO: Amphon Sangkaeo / 77kaoded

 

Banglamung/Pattaya – A foreign bicycle rider, believed to be a local ex-pat, has been pronounced dead at the scene after being hit by a pickup truck driver in the Banglamung area this morning.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1251078-foreign-ex-pat-riding-a-bicycle-dies-after-being-hit-by-a-pickup-truck-driver-in-the-pattaya-area/

 

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Foreign man arrested in Central Pattaya after causing major public disturbance and barricading himself in massage shop bathroom

By Adam Judd

 

 

Pattaya, Thailand-Details are still extremely limited but an unidentified foreigner was arrested this afternoon, February 21st, 2022, after causing what Pattaya Police called a “major public disturbance” near Kiss Food and Second Road, across from Mike Shopping Mall.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1251079-foreign-man-arrested-in-central-pattaya-after-causing-major-public-disturbance-and-barricading-himself-in-massage-shop-bathroom/

 

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Legendary Pattaya rocker Lam Morrison seriously ill in ICU in area hospital for blood infection, daughter releases statement and thanks fans for support

By Adam Judd

 

 

Pattaya, Thailand-Lam Morrison’s daughter, Nattasha Nauljam, released a statement on her Instagram and spoke with TPN affiliated reporters late last night, February 21st, 2022, about the condition of her father, legendary guitarist Lam Morrison, who is well known in Pattaya.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1251080-legendary-pattaya-rocker-lam-morrison-seriously-ill-in-icu-in-area-hospital-for-blood-infection-daughter-releases-statement-and-thanks-fans-for-support/

 

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Phuket: Crackdown on tourists riding electric scooters on main roads

 

Picture: Daily News

 

The police in Phuket are cracking down on tourists and shops on the sandbox island over the use of electric scooters.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1251095-phuket-crackdown-on-tourists-riding-electric-scooters-on-main-roads/

 

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COVID-19: Thailand reports 18,363 new coronavirus cases, 35 deaths, 15,651 recoveries

 

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Thailand on Tuesday (February 22) reported 18,363 new COVID-19 cases, 15,651 recoveries and 35 additional deaths over the past 24 hours. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1251097-covid-19-thailand-reports-18363-new-coronavirus-cases-35-deaths-15651-recoveries/

 

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Six injured including Benz driver as car and truck carrying construction workers collide head on

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Siam Rath reported that Pol Lt-Col Damrong Sukchusri of the Bang Kaew police in Samut Prakan responded after an accident on the Bua Nakharin Road in Bang Plee last night.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1251099-six-injured-including-benz-driver-as-car-and-truck-carrying-construction-workers-collide-head-on/

 

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Pattaya: Repairman in plea to wallet thief: "Return the picture of my missing son!"

 

 

A washing machine repairman was not overly concerned about the theft of his wallet except for one thing.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1251103-pattaya-repairman-in-plea-to-wallet-thief-return-the-picture-of-my-missing-son/

 

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Cop who killed doctor at Zebra Crossing: Decision on whether to prosecute or not due today

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Spokesman for the prosecutors' office Prayuth Petchrakhun told Thai Rath yesterday that the decision on whether to prosecute the lance corporal involved in the death of an opthalmologist in Bangkok would be announced today.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1251105-cop-who-killed-doctor-at-zebra-crossing-decision-on-whether-to-prosecute-or-not-due-today/

 

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When you gotta go you gotta go.....drunk taxi driver weeing in drain falls down it and dies

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Petchkasem police in Bangkok got a call that a man had fallen to his death down a drain at a gas station in Bang Khae yesterday evening.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1251106-when-you-gotta-go-you-gotta-godrunk-taxi-driver-weeing-in-drain-falls-down-it-and-dies/

 

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Phuket: Covid-19 cases hit 1,000 a day, health chief denies they pushed for "endemic status"

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath reported that new cases of Covid had hit more than 1,000 per day on the sandbox island of Phuket.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1251110-phuket-covid-19-cases-hit-1000-a-day-health-chief-denies-they-pushed-for-endemic-status/

 

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Minister signals a move to resurrect a national internet gateway and stronger online controls

by Joseph O' Connor

 

Digital Economy and Society Minister Chaiwut Thanakhamanusorn, last Friday, speaking in the House of Representatives, resurrected a plan pushed by the military junta up to 2015 to put in place a national internet gateway to control access to the internet in Thailand. The minister cited rising criminal complaints as the basis for the move but there are fears that the proposal could, in conjunction with a suggested review of the Computer Crime Act, give the government the tool kit it has long sought to exercise more efficient control over public commentary and online debate. There are, in addition, strong concerns about the negative commercial and practical business ramifications of such a move.

 

The move is coming at a time when support for the government has hit a low ebb with a poll published last weekend showing that 77% have lost confidence in the coalition administration of Prayut Chan ocha and an increasingly fractious political environment with a General Election seen now as more likely in 2022.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1251112-minister-signals-a-move-to-resurrect-a-national-internet-gateway-and-stronger-online-controls/

 

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Troublesome 4 meter long albino python causes problems for bicycle repair man in South

 

Sanook Thai Cap: "Jumbo" Albino Python

 

A bicycle repairman called Chalermchai Jainat, 52, told Sanook how he called rescue services after a troublesome python proved too tricky to handle.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1251117-troublesome-4-meter-long-albino-python-causes-problems-for-bicycle-repair-man-in-south/

 

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Filthy beaches: Discarded syringes, masks everywhere threaten tourists

 

Picture: Sanook

 

The office of the Marine and Coastal Resources 1 went to a Rayong beach to investigate after a tourist reported seeing syringes.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1251120-filthy-beaches-discarded-syringes-masks-everywhere-threaten-tourists/

 

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Lawyer killed after collision of two pick-ups in Phitsanulok

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

Naew Na reported that Muang Phitsanulok police responded after two pick-ups collided on the Phitsanulok to Lomsak Road.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1251121-lawyer-killed-after-collision-of-two-pick-ups-in-phitsanulok/

 

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Child molester arrested in Bangkok after being on the run for 13 years - wife and mother reported him originally

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Siam Rath reported on the arrest of a 34 year old Thai man called Methee from Koh Jan, Chonburi, outside a house on Bang Khun Thian Road in south western Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1251122-child-molester-arrested-in-bangkok-after-being-on-the-run-for-13-years-wife-and-mother-reported-him-originally/

 

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TAT outlines marketing activities in support of Thailand-India ‘Air Travel Bubble’

With recovery marketing efforts focusing on high quality sectors; such as, weddings and honeymoons, golf, and millennials.

 

TAT Newsroom

 

 

Bangkok, 22 February, 2022 – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has outlined the latest marketing strategy in response to the approval that has been given to an ‘air travel bubble’ arrangement with India, which is considered a major step forward in the planned recovery of what is one of Thailand’s important visitor source markets.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1251125-tat-outlines-marketing-activities-in-support-of-thailand-india-‘air-travel-bubble’/

 

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Thailand Pass registration system to remain, says Tourism and Sports Minister

By Online Reporter

 

Pipat Ratchakitprakarn. File Photo

 

The Thailand Pass registration system will remain in place indefinitely, despite calls from key figures in the tourism industry for it to be removed.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1251126-thailand-pass-registration-system-to-remain-says-tourism-and-sports-minister/

 

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Thai Public Health Ministry braces for more COVID-19 patients

 

 

Public Health Permanent Secretary Dr. Kiattibhoom Vongrachit has issued an urgent order instructing state hospital directors and provincial health chiefs across the country to prepare their medical personnel and facilities, including home isolation and community isolation facilities, to deal with an anticipated jump in serious COVID-19 cases.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1251128-thai-public-health-ministry-braces-for-more-covid-19-patients/

 

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Is Palang Pracharath roping in GSB ex-chief to buttress its economic team?

 

Chatchai Payuhanaveechai as a Government Savings Bank (GSB) president in 2020.

 

The government’s stumbles in tackling the economic problems that plagued the country due to the COVID-19 pandemic appears to have forced the ruling Palang Pracharath Party to reshuffle its economic team in preparation for a return to power after the next election.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1251130-is-palang-pracharath-roping-in-gsb-ex-chief-to-buttress-its-economic-team/

 

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Rider of ‘big bike’ involved in fatal accident to be indicted on nine charges

 

 

Public prosecutors have decided to indict on nine charges a police officer who fatally injured an eye doctor in an accident with his large motorcycle at a zebra crossing in Bangkok’s Phaya Thai district in late January.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1251150-rider-of-‘big-bike’-involved-in-fatal-accident-to-be-indicted-on-nine-charges/

 

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Marine Department to propose revocation of SPRC’s operating license

 

 

The Marine Department is set to propose, to the Ministry of Transport, the revocation of the operating license of Star Petroleum Refining Plc (SPRC), the oil company responsible for oil leaks early this year, out of concern that, if the company is allowed to carry on with its operations, more damage could be caused to the marine environment in the future.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1251151-marine-department-to-propose-revocation-of-sprc’s-operating-license/

 

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Ang Thong gets creative with road safety campaign after doctor’s death on zebra crossing

 

 

The Ang Thong provincial administration held a creative road accident reduction campaign yesterday (Monday), to encourage motorists to respect pedestrians’ right of way on zebra crossings, with a Khon mask dance performance on the Po Phraya-Tha Rua Road in the Muang district.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1251152-ang-thong-gets-creative-with-road-safety-campaign-after-doctor’s-death-on-zebra-crossing/

 

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AIS to Implement Additional Security Measures After Cyber Attack

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Advanced Info Service plc. (AIS) has said it will implement additional security measures after hackers compromised data on about 100,000 of its customers last Friday (18 Feb).

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1251153-ais-to-implement-additional-security-measures-after-cyber-attack/