ANNOUNCEMENT:

 

ASEAN NOW will re-launch the World News Forum today, May 25.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260555-asean-now-re-launches-world-news-forum/

 

Thai Ministry of Public Health to propose ending mask mandates by mid June

 

 

Dr. Kiatpoom Wongrachit, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH), announced this afternoon, May 24th, 2022, that the MOPH is planning to propose to the Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration or CCSA to end mask mandates in most situations across Thailand by mid June.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260581-thai-ministry-of-public-health-to-propose-ending-mask-mandates-by-mid-june/

Alleged Estonian drug dealer on Interpol’s red notice list caught after hiding for four years

 

 

An alleged Estonian drug dealer on Interpol’s red notice list was arrested in Pattaya after being on the loose for four years, according to Chonburi Immigration officials. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260582-alleged-estonian-drug-dealer-on-interpol’s-red-notice-list-caught-after-hiding-for-four-years/

Are your passwords safe in Thailand and the World?

ASEAN NOW Op-Ed

 

As we keep reading in the media, crimes committed in the virtual world have intensified in both form and their frequency.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260587-are-your-passwords-safe-in-thailand-and-the-world/

 

Anti-Monkeypox measures introduced at Thai airports

 

 

Overseas arrivals, from countries where Monkeypox infections have been detected, are now screened for symptoms, such as blisters, by health officials as they walk through the scanners at Thailand’s international airports. They are then issued with a “health beware” notice, in QR code form, as the country steps up measures to prevent the import of the disease from overseas.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260588-anti-monkeypox-measures-introduced-at-thai-airports/

 

UPDATE:

 

Thailand’s new air quality standard to become effective in June 2023

 

 

The National Environmental Board has approved the Pollution Control Department’s proposal to tighten the air quality safety standard by reducing the safe amount of PM2.5 dust in the atmosphere from an average 50 micrograms per cubic meter (μg/m3) to 37.5 μg/m3 in any 24 hour period. The new standard will become effective on June 1st next year.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260556-air-safety-threshold-adjusted/?do=findComment&comment=17377395

 

Thai engineers win APEC 2022 App Challenge

 

Photo from apec.org

 

Two Thai engineers won the 2022 APEC App Challenge, held in Thailand, early this week during the APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade meeting.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260589-thai-engineers-win-apec-2022-app-challenge/

 

UPDATE:

 

Thailand looks to end mandatory mask wearing by mid-June

By Online Reporter

 

file photo

 

Most people in Thailand may no longer be required to wear a face mask from the middle of next month, the permanent secretary for public health said on Tuesday (May 24).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260581-thai-ministry-of-public-health-to-propose-ending-mask-mandates-by-mid-june/?do=findComment&comment=17377402

 

Woops, Air Asia Lands On The Wrong Runway At Don Mueang

By Editor

 

FILE PHOTO: A Thai Air Asia Airbus A320-200 plane prepares for take off at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand, June 29, 2016. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom/File Photo

 

Thailand’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAAT) has reported what it describes as a “serious incident” which took place earlier this month.  On May 4, an AirAsia Airbus A320-200 is reported to have landed on the wrong runway at Bangkok’s Don Mueang Airport.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260590-woops-air-asia-lands-on-the-wrong-runway-at-don-mueang/

 

Parts Shortages Impact Thai Auto Industry

by Paul Rujopakarn

 

    

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) has confirmed that scarcity of parts caused by the Russia-Ukraine conflict and lockdown measures in China continued to impact Thailand’s automobile industry in April.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260591-parts-shortages-impact-thai-auto-industry/

 

Teachers Told to Stop Punishing Students Over Hairstyle Violations

by Paul Rujopakarn

 

    

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Ministry of Education has asserted that teachers have “no right” to cut students’ hair as punishment for breaking hairstyle rules.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260592-teachers-told-to-stop-punishing-students-over-hairstyle-violations/

 

Thailand Maintains Tight Border Control Against Illegal Crossing
by Tanakorn Sangiam

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Visitors traveling to Thailand can expect more fluid entry procedures starting 1 June, as the country continues to ease restrictions imposed to curb the coronavirus pandemic.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260593-thailand-maintains-tight-border-control-against-illegal-crossing/

 

35-year-old man injured by a gunshot wound after violent altercation between multiple people in Koh Kaew, Phuket

By Goong Nang(GN)

 

 

Koh Kaew, Mueang Phuket –  A 35-year-old man has sustained injuries from a gunshot wound after fighting with a group of other men at a house in the Koh Kaew sub-district in Mueang Phuket district just before midnight May 23rd.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260595-35-year-old-man-injured-by-a-gunshot-wound-after-violent-altercation-between-multiple-people-in-koh-kaew-phuket/

 

33-year-old man who abducted a 13-year-old girl while she was selling flowers on Rawai Beach being hunted by law enforcement

By Goong Nang(GN)

 

 

Rawai, Phuket – An arrest warrant has been issued for a 33-year-old man who abducted a 13-year-old girl while she was selling flowers on Rawai Beach, Mueang Phuket District, three months ago.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260596-33-year-old-man-who-abducted-a-13-year-old-girl-while-she-was-selling-flowers-on-rawai-beach-being-hunted-by-law-enforcement/

 

UPDATE: 76-year-old German tourist who spent over a week missing in Sirinat National Park released from hospital in Phuket

By Goong Nang(GN)

 

 

Phuket – A 76-year-old German tourist with memory loss issues who spent over a week missing in Sirinat National Park, which is about 15 kilometers away from her hotel in the Mai Khao sub-district, was released from a hospital in Phuket, May 23rd.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260598-update-76-year-old-german-tourist-who-spent-over-a-week-missing-in-sirinat-national-park-released-from-hospital-in-phuket/

 

Thai authorities investigate massive agricultural co-operatives fund fraud - two women go to ground

 

 

That Rath reported that 300 million baht's worth of assets connected to a massive fraud of a state agricultural co-operatives fund have been seized.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260616-thai-authorities-investigate-massive-agricultural-co-operatives-fund-fraud-two-women-go-to-ground/

 

Mum unwittingly invites murderer into her home - he kills her son and his ex-girlfriend

 

Daily News Thai Caption: Angry over pictures

 

Phayathai police made a quick arrest after yet another shocking double murder in Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260619-mum-unwittingly-invites-murderer-into-her-home-he-kills-her-son-and-his-ex-girlfriend/

 

Drunk husband in classic sobriety test fail at Buriram police station - he'd been arguing with the missus

 

Daily News Thai Caption: Sobriety test

 

Daily News reported on a classic sobriety test fail at Nang Rong police station in Buriram, north eastern Thailand.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260624-drunk-husband-in-classic-sobriety-test-fail-at-buriram-police-station-hed-been-arguing-with-the-missus/

 

Elon Musk’s Tesla registers subsidiary in Thailand

By Online Reporter

 

 

Electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla Inc has registered a subsidiary in Thailand, according to documents filed with the Department of Business Development.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260627-elon-musk’s-tesla-registers-subsidiary-in-thailand/

 

Wealthy father and daughter in "moo ping" business charged with selling Thai women into sex slavery in Bahrain

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Siam Rath reported that officers of the Anti-Human Trafficking Police arrested two wealthy business people in Thonburi, western Bangkok yesterday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260628-wealthy-father-and-daughter-in-moo-ping-business-charged-with-selling-thai-women-into-sex-slavery-in-bahrain/

 

PM to attend 27th Nikkei Forum in Japan

 

 

BANGKOK, May 25 (TNA) – Prime Minister and Defense Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha is scheduled to travel to Tokyo, Japan during May 25-27 to attend the 27th International Conference on the Future of Asia (Nikkei Forum) upon. an invitation of Nikkei Inc., said Government Spokesperson Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260629-pm-to-attend-27th-nikkei-forum-in-japan/

 

Famous Thai hitman arrested in Ranong after hiding out in Myanmar - he sought medical treatment in Thailand and was nabbed

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Siam Rath reported on the arrest of a famous hitman known as "Toy Rap Ro" - named after the sub-district of Chumphon where he hails from.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260630-famous-thai-hitman-arrested-in-ranong-after-hiding-out-in-myanmar-he-sought-medical-treatment-in-thailand-and-was-nabbed/

 

"Holy Father" hits back! Loony cult leader sues Chaiyaphum governor who mocks him in Facebook response

 

Picture: INN

 

The affair of the cult leader known as Phra Bida or the Holy Father has taken a new, and somewhat comical twist, notes ASEAN NOW.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260634-holy-father-hits-back-loony-cult-leader-sues-chaiyaphum-governor-who-mocks-him-in-facebook-response/

 

EGAT Works With Microsoft to Mitigate Carbon Emissions

by Paul Rujopakarn

 

    

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) and Microsoft Thailand have joined hands on efforts to mitigate carbon emissions.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260635-egat-works-with-microsoft-to-mitigate-carbon-emissions/

 

Pattaya video: Multiple shots fired at famous Thai YouTuber's bike shop 

 

Picture: INN

 

INN reported on an incident at a bike shop in Bang Lamung, Pattaya in which 13 shots were fired.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260636-pattaya-video-multiple-shots-fired-at-famous-thai-youtubers-bike-shop/

 

Thailand gym attack: Hastings victim's face 'butchered'

 

Gary Reed's eye socket was shattered in the attack.

 

A British man who was attacked in a gym in Thailand says his face was "butchered", leaving him fighting to save his eye so he can return home.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260639-thailand-gym-attack-hastings-victims-face-butchered/

 

Fisherman died in his own net - now ghoulish locals dream of lottery win

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

77kaoded published a story about a tragedy of an old fisherman who died after getting entangled in his own net.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260640-fisherman-died-in-his-own-net-now-ghoulish-locals-dream-of-lottery-win/

 

Mum convinced her teen son who was stabbed twice is a victim of mistaken identity - he has the same name as a neighbor

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News went to a housing estate in Bang Rak Noi, Nonthaburi north west of Bangkok after a stabbing incident last Friday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260642-mum-convinced-her-teen-son-who-was-stabbed-twice-is-a-victim-of-mistaken-identity-he-has-the-same-name-as-a-neighbor/

 

"I'm not selling my lucky eel - even for 10,000 baht - locals get praying

 

Daily News Thai Caption: Merit worthy

 

Daily News reporters - who clearly didn't have much better to do - went to Rayong after hearing about a lucky eel, notes ASEAN NOW.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260643-im-not-selling-my-lucky-eel-even-for-10000-baht-locals-get-praying/

 

7 Provinces Warned of Rising Mekong River 

 

 

BANGKOK, May 25 (TNA) – The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation has warned people in seven northeastern provinces that the Mekong River will rise on May 25 and 26. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260645-7-provinces-warned-of-rising-mekong-river/