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New luxury parliamentary club comes under fire

 

 

A new controversial, luxurious and exclusive “Parliamentary Club”, equipped with a variety of recreational and exercise facilities, is coming under fire and has prompted questions about this lavish use of taxpayers’ money, when several more pressing issues are not being tackled.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260662-new-luxury-parliamentary-club-comes-under-fire/

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Thailand Steps Up Efforts to Verify Stateless People

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) is accelerating efforts to verify the Thai nationality of stateless people living in the kingdom.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260688-thailand-steps-up-efforts-to-verify-stateless-people/

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Ballots missing in Pattaya sound familiar Mr. Trump!

ASEAN NOW Op-Ed

 

Lost ballot papers have become almost as contagious as the Covid Omicron virus.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260705-ballots-missing-in-pattaya-sound-familiar-mr-trump/

 

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Walking Street road repairs expected to complete by August 2022, say Pattaya City officials

By Tanakorn Panyadee

 

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Walking Street, Pattaya — Pattaya city has spent 13 million baht to expedite Walking Street road repairs, city officials stated this afternoon. The project is expected to be completed by mid-August 2022.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260708-walking-street-road-repairs-expected-to-complete-by-august-2022-say-pattaya-city-officials/

 

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Alloy wheel thief finally arrested in Bang Lamung, Chonburi

By Tanakorn Panyadee

 

 

Bang Lamung, Chonburi — An alloy wheel thief was finally arrested by Laem Chabang police. The thief was reportedly involved in several identical cases around Sri Racha and Bang Lamung.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260709-alloy-wheel-thief-finally-arrested-in-bang-lamung-chonburi/

 

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Wonderfruit Festival is set to return in December at Siam Country Club in Pattaya

By Tanakorn Panyadee

 

 

The Wonderfruit Festival is set to return in December at Siam Country Club in Pattaya.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260710-wonderfruit-festival-is-set-to-return-in-december-at-siam-country-club-in-pattaya/

 

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Debt Collector Who Brutally Beat Up Young Woman Arrested

TNR Staff

 

 

AFTER a video clip of a debt collector violently beating up a young woman who failed to pay up went viral on social media Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat) provincial police last evening (May 24) arrested and filed three charges against him, Naewna newspaper said.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260711-debt-collector-who-brutally-beat-up-young-woman-arrested/

 

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Container truck fails to climb Patong Hill before given police assistance

By Goong Nang(GN)

 

 

Patong – A container truck failed to ascend Patong Hill this morning before the Patong Traffic Police gave assistance.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260713-container-truck-fails-to-climb-patong-hill-before-given-police-assistance/

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‘America is killing itself’: world reacts with horror and incomprehension to Texas shooting

The international press responds scathingly to the tolerance for gun violence in the US: ‘nothing fundamentally changes’

by Jon Henley

 

Mass violence in the US is ‘a recurring drama, to which America’s lawmakers seem unwilling to put an end’, wrote Iker Seisdedos in El País. /File photo

 

Politicians and media around the world have reacted with horror, incomprehension and weary resignation to news that an 18-year-old gunman had murdered 19 children and two teachers.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260714-‘america-is-killing-itself’-world-reacts-with-horror-and-incomprehension-to-texas-shooting/

 

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Putin weaponising Ukraine’s crops, says Polish PM

By Faisal Islam, Economics editor

 

 

Vladimir Putin is "weaponising Ukraine's crops" as "a blackmail tool" for the rest of the world, Poland's prime minister said at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260715-putin-weaponising-ukraine’s-crops-says-polish-pm/

 

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Severodonetsk: Battle for key road as fighting reaches Ukraine city

By Paul Kirby
BBC News

 

Russia has flattened large areas of Severodonetsk during weeks of bombardment

IMAGE SOURCE, REUTERS

 

A senior figure in eastern Ukraine has denied reports that a vital road linking Ukrainian-controlled areas in the east has been blocked from the rest of the country by Russian forces.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260716-severodonetsk-battle-for-key-road-as-fighting-reaches-ukraine-city/

 

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Thailand prevails! Country named as "Biohub" by impressed WHO - Anutin praised

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thailand's DPM and health minister Anutin Charnvirakul - who spent much of the pandemic under intense pressure - was all smiles in Geneva yesterday as the kingdom received glowing praise from the World Health Organization and its director general Dr Tedrom Ghebreyesus, notes ASEAN NOW.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260728-thailand-prevails-country-named-as-biohub-by-impressed-who-anutin-praised/

 

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Thai airforce C-130 Hercules transport plane towed off Ubon airport runway after "incident"

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Siam Rath reported that a C-130 Hercules transport plane belonging to the Royal Thai Air Force was removed from the runway at the Ubon Ratchathani International Airport after an unspecified incident yesterday morning.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260730-thai-airforce-c-130-hercules-transport-plane-towed-off-ubon-airport-runway-after-incident/

 

 

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'We don't want UK-EU trade war' - Irish PM

By Faisal Islam
Economics editor

 

Micheál Martin says Ireland and the EU don't want a trade war with the UK

 

A UK-EU trade war would be "shocking" and "unnecessary", the Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin has said.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260732-we-dont-want-uk-eu-trade-war-irish-pm/

 

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‘Everyday life now’: Sydney reels from organised crime turf war

Police swoop on drug gangs in Australia’s biggest city but lawyers fear controversial law changes will leave minorities vulnerable.

By Ian Lloyd Neubauer

 

Sydney has been shocked by a series of assassinations and drive-by shootings amid a turf war between two organised crime gangs

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260738-‘everyday-life-now’-sydney-reels-from-organised-crime-turf-war/

 

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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Russian leader Vladimir Putin: "I kill criminals, I don't kill children and the elderly"

 

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Outgoing Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte sharply criticized Russian leader Vladimir Putin for the killings of innocent civilians in Ukraine, saying while the two of them have been tagged as killers, "I kill criminals, I don't kill children and the elderly."

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260740-philippine-president-rodrigo-duterte-on-russian-leader-vladimir-putin-i-kill-criminals-i-dont-kill-children-and-the-elderly/

 

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What risk to Thailand as monkeypox spreads across the world?

 

This 2003 electron microscope image shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions, left, and spherical immature virions, right, obtained from a sample of human skin associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. (Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regner/CDC via AP, File)

 

Less than a month after it lifted COVID-19 travel restrictions, Thailand is facing the threat of another virus causing outbreaks around the world.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260741-what-risk-to-thailand-as-monkeypox-spreads-across-the-world/

 

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Motorcyclist gunned down in broad daylight in apparent random attack - anger at being looked at

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath reported that the metropolitan police were looking for two men riding a motorcycle one of whom produced a gun and shot another motorcyclist in the back at a red light on Pahonyothin Road in Bang Khen, northern Bangkok yesterday afternoon.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260743-motorcyclist-gunned-down-in-broad-daylight-in-apparent-random-attack-anger-at-being-looked-at/

 

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School for pupils with special needs to be built in Hua Hin

By Jonathan Fairfield

 

 

Work has begun to create a brand new school for children with special education needs or disabilities in Hua Hin.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260744-school-for-pupils-with-special-needs-to-be-built-in-hua-hin/

 

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Teen "madam" and customer arrested at curtain hotel in Kanchanaburi - 14 and 15 year old girls report "sadistic" sex

 

 

Thai Rath reported on the activities of Region 5 of the Anti Human Trafficking Police at a curtain (short time sex) hotel in Pak Phraek, Muang Kanchanaburi in western Thailand yesterday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260747-teen-madam-and-customer-arrested-at-curtain-hotel-in-kanchanaburi-14-and-15-year-old-girls-report-sadistic-sex/

 

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Opinion: Thanakorn is wrong in his criticism of opposition parties

By Erich Parpart

 

 

The government spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana said on Wednesday that the main opposition, the Pheu Thai Party, should concentrate on passing the 2023 fiscal budget debate in parliament more than playing political games.  

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260748-opinion-thanakorn-is-wrong-in-his-criticism-of-opposition-parties/

 

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'No need for preachers,' Chinese leader Xi Jinping tells UN human rights chief

By Nectar Gan and CNN's Beijing bureau

 

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet in Geneva, Switzerland, on November 3, 2021.

 

(CNN)Chinese President Xi Jinping defended his country's human rights record on Wednesday, telling a visiting UN official there is "no need for 'preachers' to boss around other countries."

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260751-no-need-for-preachers-chinese-leader-xi-jinping-tells-un-human-rights-chief/

 

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Are Agricultural Crops On Unused Land Just A Tax Dodge?

By Editor

 

 

A Facebook post by a popular Bangkok property developer, apparently aimed at boosting its “green image”, appears to have backfired when it drew ridicule from many social networkers who commented in other words the company was allegedly trying to avoid paying land tax.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260753-are-agricultural-crops-on-unused-land-just-a-tax-dodge/

 

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Prayuth latest: Tells Thais to be economical with fuel usage - only use your cars if you have to

 

Sanook Thai Caption: Only use vehicles when necessary

 

Sanook reported on the latest pronouncements of Thai prime minister Prayuth Chan-ocha via his spokesman Thanakorn Wangbunkhongchana. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260755-prayuth-latest-tells-thais-to-be-economical-with-fuel-usage-only-use-your-cars-if-you-have-to/

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Tak Bai Marine Police Attacked, 3 Injured 

 

 

NARATHIWAT, May 26 (TNA) – Heavily armed criminals attacked marine police stations in Tak Bai district of the far southern province last night.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260756-tak-bai-marine-police-attacked-3-injured/

 

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Anyone for a "round of golf"? These kids are sure to clean up!

 

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77kaoded reported from Nam Sut Wilai Prachasan school in Lopburi where the children set off before the flag ceremony each morning and at lunchtime with golf bags. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260757-anyone-for-a-round-of-golf-these-kids-are-sure-to-clean-up/

 

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Video: Students hurl explosive devices, fire guns in school violence caught on tape

 

77kaoded Thai Caption: Fighting in the street

 

77kaoded published a video that showed continuing violence between school students in Phrapradaeng, Samut Prakan.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260758-video-students-hurl-explosive-devices-fire-guns-in-school-violence-caught-on-tape/

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Lightning strikes twice? 12 injured as company bus veers off road in Lopburi - "lap nai" suggested

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

77kaoded reported that Pol Capt Wiraphan Cheunchom of the Muang Lopburi police in central Thailand and Poh Teck Tung rescue services attended an accident on Pahonyothin Road near the temple of Wat Thung Singto.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260760-lightning-strikes-twice-12-injured-as-company-bus-veers-off-road-in-lopburi-lap-nai-suggested/

 

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Relaxation of mask requirement may start in provinces with improved COVID status

 

 

Some provinces in the “Green” and “Blue” zones, where the COVID-19 situation has improved satisfactorily, should be the pilot areas for the relaxation of the requirement to wear face masks in public, according to the Department of Disease Control.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260761-relaxation-of-mask-requirement-may-start-in-provinces-with-improved-covid-status/

 

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Amazing Thailand: Fake gold shop in Rayong

 

Daily News Thai Caption: Helping poor people's dreams come true!

 

Daily News went to investigate in Tha Pradu sub-district of Rayong in central/eastern Thailand where a woman who used to sell real gold has set up one selling good quality fakes.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260762-amazing-thailand-fake-gold-shop-in-rayong/