THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Monday 1 Aug 2022

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Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai airport’s runway closed for three more days

 

Thailand’s Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai international airport has announced that its runway will remain closed until Wednesday night at 10pm, as workers try to move a Nok Air aircraft, which is partially blocking the runway after it partially skidded off it in heavy rain on Saturday night.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267563-mae-fah-luang-chiang-rai-airport’s-runway-closed-for-three-more-days/

 

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Five very unusual Thai festivals worth attending

 

It gets a bit tedious to keep going to local music festivals which are mainly featuring young Thai bands, or food festivals.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267566-five-very-unusual-thai-festivals-worth-attending/

 

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13 “high risk” people in isolation to monitor for monkeypox symptoms

 

 

Thirteen people have been isolated under observation for 21 days, after being identified as being at high risk, having had close physical contact with a 47-year-old Thai man, who has been confirmed as Thailand’s second monkeypox case, according to Dr. Opart Karnkawinpong, director-general of Thailand’s Disease Control Department.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267567-13-“high-risk”-people-in-isolation-to-monitor-for-monkeypox-symptoms/

 

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8 women on a pilgrimage die in a road accident in Khon Kaen province

 

 

Eight women were killed and two others injured, including a 9-year-old girl, when a passenger van, in which they were travelling on a pilgrimage, flipped and ploughed into a roadside ditch in Thailand’s north-eastern province of Khon Kaen last night.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267568-8-women-on-a-pilgrimage-die-in-a-road-accident-in-khon-kaen-province/

 

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Australian suspect in Harley Davidson Pattaya dealership shooting arrested

By  Tanakorn Panyadee

 

 

Pattaya — An Australian suspect in a Harley Davidson Pattaya dealership shooting from earlier this year was recently arrested after attempting to jump a border in the Sa Kaeo province. So far, two suspects have been arrested while the other two remain at large.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267569-australian-suspect-in-harley-davidson-pattaya-dealership-shooting-arrested/

 

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The rags to riches story of the latest Miss Universe Thailand

 

Photo: Miss Universe Thailand

 

The latest Miss Universe Thailand, 23-year-old Anna Suengam-iam, was born into a family of garbage collectors.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267570-the-rags-to-riches-story-of-the-latest-miss-universe-thailand/

 

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Beware! Blocking An Ambulance Carries Heavier Penalty Than You Think

by TNR Staff

 

 

MOTORISTS should be careful to give way to an ambulance as not doing so and this leading to the patient dying could lead to a murder charge under Section 79 of the Land Traffic Act, TV Channel 7 said today (July 30).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267571-beware-blocking-an-ambulance-carries-heavier-penalty-than-you-think/

 

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Air Force Repeats Calls For Procurement Of F-35A Fighters

By Thai Newsroom Reporters

 

Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighters. Photo: Lockheed Martin, US Army

 

THE THAI AIR FORCE has repeatedly called for the planned purchase of a squadron of Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II stealth fighters to get on par with others deployed by neighbouring countries.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267572-air-force-repeats-calls-for-procurement-of-f-35a-fighters/

 

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Recreational use of pot to be recriminalised as Minister warns abuses are undermining his plan

by Joseph O' Connor

 

The National Police Commissioner General Suwat Jang­yod­suk (right centre) has asked the Ministry of Public Health for time to have legal experts review a letter from the ministry calling for enforcement of a 1999 law which purports to control the use of cannabis as authorities scramble to find a way to rein in uncontrolled recreational use of the drug following the June 9th decriminalisation of marijuana and a growing backlash from influential groups including medical experts and the Muslim community in Thailand.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267573-recreational-use-of-pot-to-be-recriminalised-as-minister-warns-abuses-are-undermining-his-plan/

 

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Economy to Improve Further On Consumption and Tourism

by Natthaphon Sangpolsit

 

    

BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand’s economy improved in June and the momentum is expected to continue into the second half of 2022 thanks to increased tourism and domestic consumption as pandemic curbs ease.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267574-economy-to-improve-further-on-consumption-and-tourism/

 

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Confidence Higher After Earnings Report

by Natthaphon Sangpolsit

 

    

BANGKOK (NNT) - The government has voiced confidence that economic measures are on track, following reports that it collected 1.87 trillion baht in revenue in the first nine months of fiscal 2022.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267575-confidence-higher-after-earnings-report/

 

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Thailand Aims for Biggest Tiger Population in Southeast Asia by 2034

by Natthaphon Sangpolsit

 

    

BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand is aiming to become the leading Southeast Asian nation in terms of the size of its tiger population by 2034.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267576-thailand-aims-for-biggest-tiger-population-in-southeast-asia-by-2034/

 

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Thai Border Officials Remind Travelers to Not Take Cannabis Products to Malaysia

by Natthaphon Sangpolsit

 

    

SONGKHLA (NNT) - In Songkhla province, officials at the Sadao border point are reminding travelers not to take cannabis products from Thailand into Malaysia.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267577-thai-border-officials-remind-travelers-to-not-take-cannabis-products-to-malaysia/

 

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Transportation Services and Restaurants Urged to Commit to Health Measures

by Natthaphon Sangpolsit

 

    

BANGKOK (NNT) - Business operators have been urged to step up their compliance with disease control measures, such as by having adequate hand sanitizing stations and ventilation to ensure health safety.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267578-transportation-services-and-restaurants-urged-to-commit-to-health-measures/

 

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Development Plan Revealed for Pathum Thani Zoo

by Natthaphon Sangpolsit

 

    

BANGKOK (NNT) - Officials have unveiled a zoo development plan on a royally bestowed plot of land in Pathum Thani province, with construction expected to take five years in total.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267579-development-plan-revealed-for-pathum-thani-zoo/

 

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Man arrested for hiring 12 luxurious cars and selling them to used car dealers

 

 

Crime Suppression Division (CSD) police have arrested a former army sergeant on charges of counterfeiting and using counterfeit official documents and fraud, for allegedly hiring luxurious cars from car hire services and then selling them to used car dealers using the falsified documentation.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267580-man-arrested-for-hiring-12-luxurious-cars-and-selling-them-to-used-car-dealers/

 

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World Sports News - Monday 1 August by Chili Radio
 

 

Listen to the news: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267583-world-sports-news-monday-1-august-by-chili-radio/

 

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NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Monday August 1 2022
 

 

Listen to the news: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267588-national-news-from-surf-1025-fm-monday-august-1-2022/

 

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Bangkok area: Five ton section of U-turn bridge under construction falls on inbound traffic killing two

 

Daily News pic caption: Two lives taken!

 

At least two people were killed and two more injured last night when a five ton section of a horseshoe shaped U-turn bridge under construction on the Rama 2 road inbound to Bangkok collapsed crushing vehicles last night.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267600-bangkok-area-five-ton-section-of-u-turn-bridge-under-construction-falls-on-inbound-traffic-killing-two/

 

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Putting Yala back on track by turning it into a center of Malay fashion

 

 

With the COVID crisis now receding, Yala City Municipality is working on getting quickly back on its feet with a series of events aimed at boosting the economy and people’s well-being.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267605-putting-yala-back-on-track-by-turning-it-into-a-center-of-malay-fashion/

 

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Big Joke in Pattaya: Top cop slams "filthy police station" saying police in resort "must do better"

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Top cop Lt-Gen Surachate Hakpan - the poster boy of the RTP known universally as Big Joke - went to Pattaya at the weekend and found that it was completely filthy.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267616-big-joke-in-pattaya-top-cop-slams-filthy-police-station-saying-police-in-resort-must-do-better/

 

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Vietnamese mother and daughter drown in sea off Phuket

 

 

Two Vietnamese tourists drowned yesterday (Sunday) in the seas off Nai Thon beach in Thalang district of Phuket, despite a “red flag” warning posted on the beach.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267618-vietnamese-mother-and-daughter-drown-in-sea-off-phuket/

 

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RTP chief tells some "lax and flabby" cops to buck up their ideas or face disciplinary and criminal charges

 

Daily News Thai Caption: Responding to government policy

 

Daily News reported on the next phase of the recovery from the pandemic and especially the role of the Royal Thai Police.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267621-rtp-chief-tells-some-lax-and-flabby-cops-to-buck-up-their-ideas-or-face-disciplinary-and-criminal-charges/

 

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Thai art teacher slammed for destroying kid's work "because it wasn't handed to me"

 

Sanook Thai  Caption: Why did a teacher do this?

 

Sanook reported that Thai social media was going ballistic after yet another occasion when a a Thai teacher exhibited a heavy handed approach to a young child's learning and imagination.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267623-thai-art-teacher-slammed-for-destroying-kids-work-because-it-wasnt-handed-to-me/

 

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Two killed as part of flyover collapses on Rama II Road in Samut Sakhon

 

 

Two people were killed and two others injured when a support beam of a U-turn flyover bridge, undergoing maintenance, collapsed on Sunday night, forcing the Highways Department temporarily to close the road to in-bound traffic on the busy Rama II Road in Samut Sakhon province.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267600-bangkok-area-five-ton-section-of-u-turn-bridge-under-construction-falls-on-inbound-traffic-killing-two/?do=findComment&comment=17515543

 

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UPDATE:

 

Quick Investigation Ordered into Fatal Bridge Collapse

 

 

SAMUT SAKHON, Aug 1 (TNA) – The governor of Samut Sakhon province ordered quick investigation into the cause of the U-turn bridge collapse that killed two people and injured two others on Rama II Road in front of Vibharam Samutsakhon Hospital.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267600-bangkok-area-five-ton-section-of-u-turn-bridge-under-construction-falls-on-inbound-traffic-killing-two/?do=findComment&comment=17515596

 

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Thai media continues promotion of Tourist Police/tourism recovery as Japanese lady reunited with iPhone

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

It appears that the Thai media - and Siam Rath in particular - are actively engaged in promoting the activities of the Thai Tourist Police, suggests ASEAN NOW.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267627-thai-media-continues-promotion-of-tourist-policetourism-recovery-as-japanese-lady-reunited-with-iphone/

 

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Ranger Count Steady Despite Budget Cuts

by Paul Rujopakarn

 

    

NAKHON RATCHASIMA (NNT) - The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has assured that it will maintain the current number of forest rangers and their welfare amid increasing budget constraints.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267629-ranger-count-steady-despite-budget-cuts/

 

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Shallow grave murder of couple: Fingerprints sent to immigration, cartridges found at scene

 

 

INN continued to update the public on the case where an unidentified male and female were found shot and buried encased in cement in woods in Chokchai district, Nakhon Ratchasima. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267632-shallow-grave-murder-of-couple-fingerprints-sent-to-immigration-cartridges-found-at-scene/

 

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Prayut’s chances of reviving fortunes set to get a boost with launch of 2 political parties this week set

By Erich Parpart

 

 

This week marks a milestone for the political changes in Thailand, as 2 political parties are set to be launched that are likely to be there to help 2014 coup leader Prayut Chan-ocha return to power.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267633-prayut’s-chances-of-reviving-fortunes-set-to-get-a-boost-with-launch-of-2-political-parties-this-week-set/