NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Friday June 17 2022

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Thailand's prime minister Prayut called an urgent meeting with his economic teams yesterday to discuss how to tackle rising energy prices and inflation.

Thailand's inflation hit a nearly 14-year high of 7.1 per cent in May. The Thai  baht  is at a five-year low against the U.S dollar.

A former finance minister has suggested the government provide an additional 60-billion-baht loan to improve the liquidity of the Oil Fuel Fund, that has been used to subsidize pump prices.

He added Oil prices are unlikely to be reduced for several years even after global oil prices stabilize, in order to top up the oil fund which is in the red by nearly 200 billion baht.

A main suspect in the murder of a Thai couple in Taiwan is expected to surrender to police in Chiang Mai today.

The 35-year-old is wanted for the murder of  32 year old Prasert Norat, and his wife Pot-janee who was five months’ pregnant.. He fled to Thailand after leaving the dead couple in a parked car in Taipei.

Thai police charged three social media influencers with lese majeste (offending the royal household) yesterday over a controversial social media advertisement.

Disability campaigners also described the advertisement as distasteful, The advertising firm and shopping platform Lazada have issued apologies. Their lawyer said the trio had been freed on bail and that they denied the charges.

Bangkok's new governor says several locations in the capital are being considered for a new walking street, which will help stimulate the economy. A priority is to find areas large enough to accommodate  street vendors and establish places where people can buy food at an affordable price and make a living...
 

Region:

Myanmar: planned executions of at least 2 two anti-coup dissidents scheduled for yesterday had not taken place according to observers in Myanmar and Human rights groups.

Phil Robertson, the Deputy Director of Human Rights Watch’s Asia, said that without transparency from the military junta, researchers were unable to confirm whether the prisoners are still alive.

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party pledged to secure enough budget to fundamentally strengthen the country's defense capability within five years. Tokyo's defense budget has been around 1 percent of its GDP in recent years.

Sunny becoming  cloudy with isolated showers 

Chiang Mai: Bright but cloudy with isolated thunder showers  32C

Bangkok: Bright with Thundershowers 35C

Pattaya and SE: Sunny partly cloudy Dry 32C

Phuket and the South: Bright, partly cloudy 29C

Hua Hin: Sunny becoming cloudy, perhaps an isolated showers later this afternoon 33C

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