THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Monday 4 July 2022

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Sleeping with trash is quite normal; I didn't have time to throw it away, claims man in horrendous hoarding case

 

Sanook Thai Caption: Sleeping with trash was normal for him

 

Sanook went to investigate at a rental property in Ao Thong, Krabi after an online post and video showed a room being forced open by the owner. It was full of trash.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1264834-sleeping-with-trash-is-quite-normal-i-didnt-have-time-to-throw-it-away-claims-man-in-horrendous-hoarding-case/

 

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Devastation: Man with bong and two Makro staffers in hospital after late night collision

 

77kaoded Thai Caption: (Man) with bong goes through checkpoint, goes wrong way and hits two women

 

Police and rescue services were called to the area outside the Miami market on Sukhumvit Road in Samut Prakan around 11.30 pm last night.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1264837-devastation-man-with-bong-and-two-makro-staffers-in-hospital-after-late-night-collision/

 

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No selling of marijuana in food and drink on government premises

 

Naew Na Thai Caption: Seven guidelines - no selling of food and drink with marijuana on govt property

 

Naew Na reported on a ban from selling food and drink containing marijuana on all government property nationwide. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1264841-no-selling-of-marijuana-in-food-and-drink-on-government-premises/

 

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A baby mouse in the school dinner? Netizens comment in droves

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News reported that netizens were commenting in large numbers after a post by someone whose friend found a suspicious item in a school cafeteria lunch. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1264844-a-baby-mouse-in-the-school-dinner netizens-comment-in-droves/

 

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Private sector wants Thailand to import Russian oil to combat high fuel prices

By Erich Parpart

 

 

Thailand should buy oil and gas from Russia and Iran to tackle rising energy prices, a representative of the private sector said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1264848-private-sector-wants-thailand-to-import-russian-oil-to-combat-high-fuel-prices/

 

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No house dissolution before APEC despite silence from prime minister

By Cod Satrusayang

 

 

Thailand’s ruling party will not dissolve the house until after the final APEC meeting this November, according to sources inside the ruling party, and despite the prime minister refusing to comment on related questions.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1264849-no-house-dissolution-before-apec-despite-silence-from-prime-minister/

 

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Good news for snooker fans: World Six Red championships in Ladprao in Sept - women's event to follow

 

Nutcharut "Mink" Wongharuthai, World Women's Snooker Champion 2022

 

Various websites in Thailand as well as the BBC are reporting that the World Six Red Snooker Championship (men's main tour) will be held from September 5th to 10th at the BCC Hall at Central Plaza Ladprao shopping center in northern Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1264850-good-news-for-snooker-fans-world-six-red-championships-in-ladprao-in-sept-womens-event-to-follow/

 

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Thailand’s opposition warned against debating Myanmar warplane incursion

 

 

Government chief whip Nirote Sunthornlekha has warned the opposition that the plan by some of its MPs to question the government over last week’s incursion by a Myanmar MiG-29 jet into Thai airspace, over Tak province, may undermine the country’s national security, which could be deemed a criminal offence.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1264864-thailand’s-opposition-warned-against-debating-myanmar-warplane-incursion/

 

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Suvarnabhumi Airport Sees Increased Passenger Traffic

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Foreign arrivals at Suvarnabhumi Airport have surged in the three days since the Thailand Pass requirement was lifted on Friday (1 July).

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1264866-suvarnabhumi-airport-sees-increased-passenger-traffic/

 

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Bangkok and Phuket Rank #1 in Asia’s Best Awards

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Bangkok has been named the top city in Southeast Asia and Phuket the top island destination in the region by the inaugural “Asia’s Best Awards” from Travel + Leisure Southeast Asia.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1264868-bangkok-and-phuket-rank-1-in-asia’s-best-awards/

 

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Thailand’s International Rankings 2022

 

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1264869-thailand’s-international-rankings-2022/

 

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Thai secondary student hides cannabis in a water bottle for school

 

 

Dr. Sutheera Uerpairojkit, a paediatrician at Ramathibodi Hospital, posted the story on her Facebook page of a secondary student who secretly brought cannabis to school in a water bottle and locked the classroom at lunchtime to smoke it, in the latest report of minors’ accessing the decriminalised drug.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1264874-thai-secondary-student-hides-cannabis-in-a-water-bottle-for-school/

 

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40 Tons of Narcotics to Be Destroyed

 

 

BANGKOK, July 4 (TNA) – About 40 tons of narcotics will be incinerated at the Bangpoo Industrial Estate in Samut Prakan province on July 5 and 6.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1264875-40-tons-of-narcotics-to-be-destroyed/

 

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Female motorcyclist reportedly riding without using headlights or a helmet suffers serious injuries

 

 

A female motorcyclist aged 35-years-old suffered serious injuries after colliding with another motorcyclist in Sri Racha.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1264876-female-motorcyclist-reportedly-riding-without-using-headlights-or-a-helmet-suffers-serious-injuries/

 

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Unused overhead cables in Bangkok to be removed this year

 

 

Unused overhead cables in 16 districts of inner Bangkok will be removed this year in a new bid to speed up the process of moving all overhead cables into underground ducts, according to a decision adopted at a meeting today (Monday) between the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) and National Telecom Public Company (NT).

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1264886-unused-overhead-cables-in-bangkok-to-be-removed-this-year/

 

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Budget to improve ‘Green Bridge’ linking Lumpini and Benjakitti parks to be reduced

 

 

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), led by Governor Chadchart Sittipunt, has been tasked with improvements to the “Green Bridge”, which connects the city’s Lumpini and Benjakitti Forest parks, but with a substantial reduction in the budget.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1264887-budget-to-improve-‘green-bridge’-linking-lumpini-and-benjakitti-parks-to-be-reduced/

 

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COVID-19 Cases Will Be Rising over Next 10 Weeks

 

 

BANGKOK, July 4 (TNA) – The local COVID-19 situation raises concerns as health authorities expect new cases will be rising in the next 10 weeks.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1264888-covid-19-cases-will-be-rising-over-next-10-weeks/

 

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Kesara Manchusree on female leadership in Thailand’s finance industry, including exchange business

 

 

Females in finance

 

Kesara Manchusree, who is widely known as the former president of the Stock Exchange of Thailand, shares her views on female leadership in Thailand’s financial sector with Thai PBS World, following the country’s hosting of the Global Summit of Women 2022 in June.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1264896-kesara-manchusree-on-female-leadership-in-thailand’s-finance-industry-including-exchange-business/

 

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BA.4 and BA.5 COVID sub-variants may become dominant in Thailand

 

A colorized scanning electron micrograph of an apoptotic cell (green) heavily infected with Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 virus particles (purple), isolated from a patient sample, at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. (Photo by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

 

Medical Sciences Department Director-General Dr. Supakit Sirilak has predicted that the COVID-19 Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 sub-variants are likely to become dominant in Thailand,after random testing of 948 Omicron cases last week showed 489 BA.4 and BA.5 infections, 447 BA.2 infections, 10 BA.1 and two B.1.1.529 infections.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1264897-ba4-and-ba5-covid-sub-variants-may-become-dominant-in-thailand/

 

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