THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Wednesday 13 April 2022

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Panel Agrees to Promote Thailand as International Medical Hub

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - A government panel has approved five goals to promote Thailand as a global medical tourism destination.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1256687-panel-agrees-to-promote-thailand-as-international-medical-hub/

 

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Investment Limit Raised for EEC Power Projects

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Cabinet has approved 15.2 billion baht to increase the investment limit for two electrical power projects and enhance energy security in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1256689-investment-limit-raised-for-eec-power-projects/

 

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DDC Eyes Relaxation of Home Quarantine Rules Starting Next Month

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Starting next month, the home isolation period for high-risk individuals who have been exposed to COVID-19 cases is expected to be reduced from a week to five days.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1256690-ddc-eyes-relaxation-of-home-quarantine-rules-starting-next-month/

 

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3,000 checkpoints set up across Thailand to prevent traffic accidents during 7 dangerous days of Songkran

 

PHOTO: Posttoday

 

The Royal Thai Police has set up 3,000 checkpoints so far to prevent traffic accidents during the seven dangerous days of Songkran to help stop drunk driving.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1256692-3000-checkpoints-set-up-across-thailand-to-prevent-traffic-accidents-during-7-dangerous-days-of-songkran/

 

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Drunk driving spikes on second day of seven dangerous days during Songkran

 

 

The Department of Probation reported today, April 13th, of 923 cases of drunk driving on the second day of seven dangerous days with a major year-to-year increase in drunk driving. 

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1256693-drunk-driving-spikes-on-second-day-of-seven-dangerous-days-during-songkran/

 

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Three-year-old Japanese boy rescued from drowning at home in Pattaya area

 

 

A three-year-old boy has been rescued from drowning at a home in the Pattaya area yesterday (April 12th).

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1256694-three-year-old-japanese-boy-rescued-from-drowning-at-home-in-pattaya-area/

 

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Thais celebrate Songkran festival nation wide

 

 

Thais have braved surging COVID-19 infections to celebrate the annual Songkran festival, the traditional Thai New Year, in a joyful yet subdued manner and without the normal excited water splashing and powder smearing.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1256715-thais-celebrate-songkran-festival-nation-wide/

 

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Thailand’s anti-establishment groups celebrate Songkran at Democracy Monument

 

Photo Courtesy of iLaw

 

Anti-establishment demonstrators celebrated Songkran on Bangkok’s Ratchadamnoen Avenue this afternoon (Wednesday) with a political message. They poured water on the Democracy Monument, drenched each other with buckets of water and played with water guns, all in defiance of the Government’s anti-COVID no water splashing restriction.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1256717-thailand’s-anti-establishment-groups-celebrate-songkran-at-democracy-monument/

 

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