THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Tuesday 21 June 2022

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Traffic offenders in Thailand who fail to pay fines may face arrest

 

 

Starting Monday, motorists or motorcyclists who refuse or fail to pay fines associated with traffic tickets may face arrest, said Deputy Commissioner of Metropolitan Police Bureau Pol Maj Gen Jirasan Kaewsang-ek.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1263397-traffic-offenders-in-thailand-who-fail-to-pay-fines-may-face-arrest/

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House committee limits household cultivation of cannabis to 10 plants

 

A staff holds a cannabis plant at the Government Pharmaceuticals Organisation (GPO) medicinal marijuana greenhouse outside Chon Buri, south of Bangkok on October 8, 2020. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP)

 

Thailand’s Lower House Scrutiny Committee on the Cannabis and Hemp Bill has decided to set a limit of 10 on the number of cannabis plants which can be cultivated for household use and on the size of the land on which cannabis can be cultivated for commercial purposes by small, medium and large scale enterprises, according to Panthep Puapongpan, spokesman for the committee.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1263379-house-committee-limits-household-cultivation-of-cannabis-to-10-plants/

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Thai students win annual CanSat international competition

 

 

Bangkok’s Assumption College students have achieved fame for Thailand when they won the championship in the annual CanSat design-build-launch competition for space type systems, held at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University of the United States, according to Deputy Government Spokesperson Rachada Dhnadirek today (Monday).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1263400-thai-students-win-annual-cansat-international-competition/

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Should we be concerned about USA’s alliance with Thailand?

by Michael Bridge

 

Photo: US Defense Secretary Austin meets Thai leader to boost ties.  Tassanee Vejpongsa | AP 

During a high-level SE Asia trip, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin met with Thailand’s prime minister last week.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1263426-should-we-be-concerned-about-usa’s-alliance-with-thailand/

 

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Court rejects petition to delay merger of DTAC and True

 

 

Thailand’s Central Administrative Court has dismissed a petition, seeking to put a hold an announcement by the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) giving the green light to the merger plan between two mobile phone service providers, Total Access Communication, or DTAC, and True Corporation (True).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1263427-court-rejects-petition-to-delay-merger-of-dtac-and-true/

 

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BTS Skytrain Request For Long-Haired Passengers To Be Careful Goes Viral

by AuthorTNR Staff

 

The Skytrain’s image urging long-haired passengers to be careful.

 

ATTRACTING lots of comments yesterday (June 20) was BTS Skytrain’s request for passengers with long hair to be careful of their ends flicking onto the face and mouth of co-passengers, Sanook.com said.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1263428-bts-skytrain-request-for-long-haired-passengers-to-be-careful-goes-viral/

 

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Lithuanian suspect denies all murder charges against Thai transgender woman in Surin

By Nop Meechukhun

 

 

Surin – A Lithuanian suspect, Mr. Marius, continued to deny all charges of murder and physical assault against a transgender woman, Teerapong Lamlua, in Surin last week while Teerapong’s body was cremated for a religious ritual Sunday, June 19th.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1263430-lithuanian-suspect-denies-all-murder-charges-against-thai-transgender-woman-in-surin/

 

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After 10 years, nonstop service between North America and Thailand will resume

By Ethan Klapper

 

 

Thailand and North America will soon be reconnected with nonstop flights.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1263431-after-10-years-nonstop-service-between-north-america-and-thailand-will-resume/

 

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World Sports News - Tuesday 21 June 2022 by Chili Radio
 

 

Listen to the news: https://aseannow.com/topic/1263433-world-sports-news-tuesday-21-june-2022-by-chili-radio/

 

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NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Tuesday June 21 2022
 

 

Listen to the news: https://aseannow.com/topic/1263442-national-news-from-surf-1025-fm-tuesday-june-21-2022/

 

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Thai PM: If you've never smoked weed before, don't try it now!

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Thailand's authorities continued to show that they had not fully thought through the consequences of the change in the marijuana laws that came in less than two weeks ago, notes ASEAN NOW. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1263444-thai-pm-if-youve-never-smoked-weed-before-dont-try-it-now/

 

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Pattaya: Coffin found in secluded soi - bloodstains on cloth but no body - just three lucky numbers!

 

Daily News Thai Caption: Getting lucky numbers from coffin lids

 

It's another story right out of the "Amazing Thailand" playbook.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1263446-pattaya-coffin-found-in-secluded-soi-bloodstains-on-cloth-but-no-body-just-three-lucky-numbers/

 

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Opinion: The president of the senate just said nepotism is not morally wrong; we’re not kidding

By Erich Parpart and Cod Satrusayang

 

 

“[Nepotism] is not wrong because it is not against the law.”

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1263448-opinion-the-president-of-the-senate-just-said-nepotism-is-not-morally-wrong-we’re-not-kidding/

 

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Old man making merit suffers skull fracture after attack by vicious walking-stick wielding monk in Surin

 

Daily News Thai Caption: Vicious monk

 

Daily News reported on yet another transgression by Thailand's increasingly maligned monkhood. This one was very serious.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1263450-old-man-making-merit-suffers-skull-fracture-after-attack-by-vicious-walking-stick-wielding-monk-in-surin/

 

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How long can Thailand’s central bank swim against the tide?

By Thai PBS World’s Business Desk

 

Should the BOT raise the policy rate and commercial banks by raising their lending and deposit rates, it would be a blow to borrowers, especially those with mortgage and car-hire purchase debt. (Photo by Jack TAYLOR / AFP)

 

The Bank of Thailand (BOT) has come under high pressure to react as domestic inflation has been climbing fast and other central banks, especially the US Federal Reserve (Fed), have started to raise their interest rates.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1263453-how-long-can-thailand’s-central-bank-swim-against-the-tide/

 

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Thai media plumbs depths quoting "fun" conspiracy theory science site - "Thai man cuts off penis after smoking ganja"

 

Sanook Thai Caption: (Thai) man cuts his penis off after paranoid "ganja" attack

 

A story published by Sanook showed the extraordinary lengths that Thai media is going to "report" anything about marijuana. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1263454-thai-media-plumbs-depths-quoting-fun-conspiracy-theory-science-site-thai-man-cuts-off-penis-after-smoking-ganja/

 

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Student claims teacher whacked her ear - teacher says don't rush to believe kids, respect us

 

Sanook Thai Caption: Just pulled his hand back, not hit?

 

Sanook reported from Udon Thani in north east Thailand where an 11 year old female student claimed she was hit by a teacher then later fell down unconscious. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1263461-student-claims-teacher-whacked-her-ear-teacher-says-dont-rush-to-believe-kids-respect-us/

 

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Thailand named as one of leading countries in world for e-Payment

 

Sanook Thai Caption: World leaders!!!

 

Sanook reported that the Thai government were jumping for joy after the country was named as #3 in the world for online e-Payments.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1263462-thailand-named-as-one-of-leading-countries-in-world-for-e-payment/

 

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Video: Rocks thrown at house damage car windshield

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

Thai media 77kaoded went to investigate after a video showed a man in a red hoody throw rocks at a house before fleeing on a motorcycle. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1263464-video-rocks-thrown-at-house-damage-car-windshield/

 

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Marijuana infused "hop drinks" set to be all the rage in Korat

 

Picture: INN

 

INN reported from Nakhon Ratchasima in Thailand's Isaan region (NE) where a producer has seven marijuana infused drink varieties ready for market. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1263465-marijuana-infused-hop-drinks-set-to-be-all-the-rage-in-korat/

 

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Forget coffins! The lottery numbers are in a weird banana tree

 

Sanook Thai Caption: Truth is in the eye of the beholder.

 

On the same day that Thais were contemplating playing the lottery with numbers gleaned from a coffin lid in Pattaya comes news of a less creepy way to riches.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1263467-forget-coffins-the-lottery-numbers-are-in-a-weird-banana-tree/

 

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Thailand cannabis: From a war on drugs to weed curries

 

Thailand has given away one million cannabis plants to encourage cultivation

 

Thailand legalised cultivating and consuming cannabis this month, reversing a hard-line approach of long prison sentences or even the death penalty for drug offences. The BBC's South East Asia correspondent Jonathan Head reports on what's behind the dramatic change.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1263470-thailand-cannabis-from-a-war-on-drugs-to-weed-curries/

 

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Healthcare operators to return to non-Covid treatment as Thailand shifts to endemic era

By Panithan Onthaworn

 

 

Thailand’s healthcare sector is expected to see less Covid-related income in the second half of the year as the nation eases more travel rules and moves to label Covid as endemic, experts said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1263477-healthcare-operators-to-return-to-non-covid-treatment-as-thailand-shifts-to-endemic-era/

 

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Deputy Minister of Education attends Seventh International Conference on Adults Education in Morocco

 

 

BANGKOK (MOE) - H.E. Kanokwan Vilawan, the Deputy Minister of Education, attends the hybrid conference “Seventh International Conference on Adults Education (CONFINTEA VII)” via online, held on 15-17 June 2022 in Marrakech, Morocco and delivers a speech during the Ministerial Panel on the topic of Assessing Progress in Adult Learning and Education (ALE) against the Belem Framework for Action since 2009.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1263490-deputy-minister-of-education-attends-seventh-international-conference-on-adults-education-in-morocco/

 

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Malaysian Communications Minister Visits Thai Public Relations Department

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Malaysia’s Communications and Multimedia Minister has reiterated his country’s strong bond with Thailand during his official visit to the kingdom.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1263491-malaysian-communications-minister-visits-thai-public-relations-department/

 

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Thailand Hosting This Year’s Global Summit of Women

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand’s high-profile 2022 Global Summit of Women, scheduled for June 23–25 in Bangkok, will welcome over 1,000 participants from more than 60 countries.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1263492-thailand-hosting-this-year’s-global-summit-of-women/

 

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Missing suspect in Khao Yai park land encroachment controversy surrenders

 

Sunthorn Vilawan

 

The mayor of the Prachin Buri Provincial Administrative Organization (PAO), Sunthorn Vilawan, who is wanted by public prosecutors for alleged land encroachment in Khao Yai National Park, surrendered to police in Thailand’s eastern province of Rayong this morning (Tuesday).

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1263494-missing-suspect-in-khao-yai-park-land-encroachment-controversy-surrenders/

 

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Fire Guts 40 Houses in Bon Kai Community

 

 

BANGKOK, June 21 (TNA) – Forty houses were damaged when fire erupted in the Bon Kai community on Rama IV Road. Firefighters already put the blazes under control.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1263496-fire-guts-40-houses-in-bon-kai-community/

 

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Government measures extended to help small businesses, low-income earners

 

 

The cabinet decided today (Tuesday) to extend the current measures intended to cushion the impacts of rising energy prices for those with low incomes and small businesses, to help with their cost of living. The cabinet will also seek cooperation from both the private and public sectors in conserving energy.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1263508-government-measures-extended-to-help-small-businesses-low-income-earners/

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Foreign actors to be exempt from paying income tax in Thailand

 

 

The Thai government has decided to waive personal income tax collection from foreign actors when working on films shot in Thailand in the next five years, in a fresh bid to attract foreign crews to the country and the associated revenue.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1263509-foreign-actors-to-be-exempt-from-paying-income-tax-in-thailand/