Thailand’s Q1 unemployment rate improves, but number of jobless graduates still high

By Panithan Onthaworn

 

 

Thailand’s unemployment rate fell in the first quarter of 2022, but the number of unemployed new graduates remained high, according to the latest report by  the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC). 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260430-thailand’s-q1-unemployment-rate-improves-but-number-of-jobless-graduates-still-high/

 

Good Covid News – The End Of Restrictions In Sight

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As daily COVID-19 infections continue to decline, optimism is growing that the disease will soon be designated as endemic, with the Ministry of Public Health now expecting the transition to occur half a month earlier than previously anticipated.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260432-good-covid-news-–-the-end-of-restrictions-in-sight/

 

 

Thailand hopes to be removed from Tier 2 Watch List in US trafficking report

 

 

Thai police hope that the US State Department will remove Thailand from Tier 2 Watch List category in the Trafficking in Persons Report for 2022, due to improved performance in tackling human trafficking problems in the country and in helping victims of human trafficking gangs, said Assistant National Police Chief Pol Lt Gen Surachate Hakparn, today (Monday).

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260442-thailand-hopes-to-be-removed-from-tier-2-watch-list-in-us-trafficking-report/

Unidentified man found deceased upside down at Banglamung lagoon

 

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Locals were shocked after they found a dead man who was upside down while he was fishing at a lagoon in the Banglamung district.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260443-unidentified-man-found-deceased-upside-down-at-banglamung-lagoon/

 

Fire reportedly caused by explosion guts thinner and paint manufacturing plant in Chonburi

 

 

A fire reportedly caused by an explosion gutted a thinner and paint manufacturing plant in the Mueang District, Chonburi, and severely burned one worker.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260444-fire-reportedly-caused-by-explosion-guts-thinner-and-paint-manufacturing-plant-in-chonburi/

 

Two missing ballots and two excessive ballots reportedly found in Pattaya election

 

 

Two ballots were reported missing from one polling station, and two excessive ballots were found in another, putting the official results on hold in two districts.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260445-two-missing-ballots-and-two-excessive-ballots-reportedly-found-in-pattaya-election/

 

Protest in front of UN office against proposed Thai law to curb NGO activities

 

 

A group of people rallied in front of the United Nations Office, on Ratchadamnoen Road in Bangkok this morning (Monday), to protest against a draft law which seeks to control and restrict the activities of non-profit, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Thailand.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260446-protest-in-front-of-un-office-against-proposed-thai-law-to-curb-ngo-activities/

 

New Bangkok Governor Vows to Work for All

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Bangkok’s 17th governor, Chadchart Sittipunt, has declared himself "governor for all."

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260448-new-bangkok-governor-vows-to-work-for-all/

 

Repeated Blood Stain Examination on Tangmo’s Speedboat Requested

 

 

BANGKOK, May 23 (TNA) – Crime investigation activist Atchariya Ruangrattanapong asked the Senate committee on human rights, liberty and consumer protection to push for a repeated examination for blood stains on the speedboat that carried late actress Pattaratida “Tangmo” Patcharaveerapong as he claimed to have evidence of physical assault.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260451-repeated-blood-stain-examination-on-tangmo’s-speedboat-requested/

 

Parents’ Protest Planned against Principal for Banning Hijabs

 

 

PATTANI, May 23 (TNA) – Parents will call for the ouster of the principal of Anuban Pattani School for prohibiting students from wearing hijabs there. 

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260453-parents’-protest-planned-against-principal-for-banning-hijabs/

 

Young driver dies after crashing into a truck in Sri Racha

 

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A 28-year-old motorbike driver has been pronounced dead at the scene after he crashed his motorbike into a trailer truck in the Sri Racha district.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260467-young-driver-dies-after-crashing-into-a-truck-in-sri-racha/

 

More than a million foreign tourists arrive in Thailand since January

 

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Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O’Cha was pleased with the number of incoming foreign tourists in Thailand after reaching more than one million since the country began to reopen from January, expecting tourism income to reach 1.8 trillion baht this year.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260468-more-than-a-million-foreign-tourists-arrive-in-thailand-since-january/

Blood from monkeys on Chang Island being tested for monkey malaria

 

 

Officials from Thailand’s Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation and the Department of Livestock Development have been sent to Chang Island in Trat province to collect blood samples from wild and domesticated monkeys, to be tested for Plasmodium knowlesi, a parasite that causes malaria in monkeys and other primates, after nine people on the island were found to be infected.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260471-blood-from-monkeys-on-chang-island-being-tested-for-monkey-malaria/

 

Bangkok governor-elect, 3rd placed Wiroj join force Monday to tackle floods

 

 

Bangkok presumed governor-elect Chadchart Sittipunt and 3rd placed Move Forward candidate Wiroj Lakkhanaadisorn joined force in trying to tackle the persisting flood problems in the capital today (Monday), after a chance meeting at Lat Phrao Temple.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260475-bangkok-governor-elect-3rd-placed-wiroj-join-force-monday-to-tackle-floods/

 

Female Russian tourist testifies against 37-year-old suspect who allegedly assaulted her

 

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A female Russian tourist who was reportedly brutally assaulted on May 18th testified against a 37-year-old suspect while police filed additional charges.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260476-female-russian-tourist-testifies-against-37-year-old-suspect-who-allegedly-assaulted-her/

 

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