Couriers and Public Urged to Monitor for Illicit Drugs and Suspicious Activities

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) is increasing its vigilance against drug smuggling by mail, as organized crime syndicates diversify their distribution strategies to outmaneuver authorities and move illegal narcotics undetected.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267649-couriers-and-public-urged-to-monitor-for-illicit-drugs-and-suspicious-activities/

Thirty suspected monkeypox cases in Thailand cleared of disease

 

 

All 30 suspected monkeypox cases have been cleared of the disease by lab tests, but the Disease Control Department will continue to trace any more suspected cases, the department’s director-general, Dr. Opart Karnkawinpong, said today (Monday).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267647-thirty-suspected-monkeypox-cases-in-thailand-cleared-of-disease/

One person dead, one injured in Phuket Town night club shooting

 

 

A 27-year-old man died while another man sustained injuries after fighting and a shooting at a nightclub in Phuket Town.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267656-one-person-dead-one-injured-in-phuket-town-night-club-shooting/

AOT state only operating flights at 33% of the level in 2019

 

file photo. Credit: Tim Rees/Airliners.net

 

Last week we ran a news story stating that British Airways was snubbing Bangkok by delaying plans to resume flights in favour of running flights out of Singapore.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267682-aot-state-only-operating-flights-at-33-of-the-level-in-2019/

 

Mushroom Farming Scammers Make Off With 1.29bn Baht

TNR Staff

 

Representative images of mushrooms. Photos: Sanook.com

 

POLICE held an urgent meeting yesterday (Aug.1) to solve a mushroom farming fraud case in which 1,867 victims have lost altogether 1.29 billion baht in the well-promoted scam, TV Channel 7 said.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267684-mushroom-farming-scammers-make-off-with-129bn-baht/

 

Opinion: Nok Air keeping the passengers on a skid off plane for more than an hour was inexcusable

By Erich Parpart

 

 

90 seconds is how long a manufacturer of a new aircraft has to demonstrate that all passengers can be evacuated in an emergency or else the plane would not be allowed to fly.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267685-opinion-nok-air-keeping-the-passengers-on-a-skid-off-plane-for-more-than-an-hour-was-inexcusable/

 

Prayut retains all the cards as Thailand may be pivoting back to a one-ballot election process

by Joseph O' Connor

 

 

Political naiveté on the part of the leading Pheu Thai Party in believing that the coalition government, through the electoral reform process, was going to gift it the means to achieve an outright majority. This has been evident since April this year and yet the party continued with the charade.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267686-prayut-retains-all-the-cards-as-thailand-may-be-pivoting-back-to-a-one-ballot-election-process/

 

Annual Phuket ‘Hungry Ghost’ Festival to be held

By Goongnang Suksawat

 

 

PHUKET: The annual Phuket ‘Hungry Ghost’ or Por Tor festival will be hold in Phuket this month in Phuket Town.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267687-annual-phuket-‘hungry-ghost’-festival-to-be-held/

 

The Engelbert Humperdinck legend continues in Hua Hin this month

By Editor

 

 

Sixties superstar Engelbert Humperdinck will be staging a one-night only concert in Hua Hin on Saturday 20th August. The Hua Hin concert at the InterContinental Hua Hin Resort is promoted as  “The Legendary Engelbert Humperdinck in Hua Hin ” on Saturday, August 20, 2022 at 6:00 p.m.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267688-the-engelbert-humperdinck-legend-continues-in-hua-hin-this-month/

 

Thailand to purchase first 1,000 doses of Monkeypox vaccine, expected to arrive in late August

By Nop Meechukhun

 

 

National – The Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) is preparing to buy 1,000 doses of the Monkeypox vaccine for injection among health risk groups, expected to arrive by the end of August.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267689-thailand-to-purchase-first-1000-doses-of-monkeypox-vaccine-expected-to-arrive-in-late-august/

 

World Sports News - Tuesday 2 August by Chili Radio
 

 

Listen to the news: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267696-world-sports-news-tuesday-2-august-by-chili-radio/

 

NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Tuesday August 2 2022
 

 

Listen to the news: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267704-national-news-from-surf-1025-fm-tuesday-august-2-2022/

 

Shallow grave murders in Korat: Tsunami team brought in/ "Big Mai" arrives but case drags on

 

Picture: INN

 

The case of two people found murdered in a shallow grave in Thung Arun sub-district of Nakhon Ratchasima has now entered its fifth day of investigation with few new leads.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267709-shallow-grave-murders-in-korat-tsunami-team-brought-in-big-mai-arrives-but-case-drags-on/

 

One youth seriously hurt, four injured in school gang/ student violence 300 m from Bangkok police station

 

Daily News Thai Caption: What's the fight all about?

 

Daily News reported that Pol Capt Tharadol Wongcharoenyot of the Dusit police force in Bangkok led a team of investigators, medics and rescue personnel after violence flared between two school student groups and technical college students at the Ratchawat intersection on Rama V road.

 

Full stony: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267711-one-youth-seriously-hurt-four-injured-in-school-gang-student-violence-300-m-from-bangkok-police-station/ 

 

Hawking Ya Ba: Hapless ex-con tried to sell drugs on the cheap to repay prison buddy

 

Daily News Thai Caption: Hawking Ya Ba

 

Daily News reported the arrest of a man in Chiang Mai after a tip from an informant that drugs were being peddled in the northern Thai city.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267719-hawking-ya-ba-hapless-ex-con-tried-to-sell-drugs-on-the-cheap-to-repay-prison-buddy/

Delivery guy claims he's not guilty of negligence after filmed collision with soldier on another bike

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Siam Rath reported that the aunty of a delivery rider went with him to the Pahonyothin, Bangkok, police after dash cam footage emerged that they said showed his innocence.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267721-delivery-guy-claims-hes-not-guilty-of-negligence-after-filmed-collision-with-soldier-on-another-bike/

 

Call center fraudsters taken to court in Bangkok after 94 suspects are returned to Thailand from Cambodia

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Siam Rath reported on developments after 94 call center staff were extradited back to Thailand from Cambodia in a joint operation by the Thai and Cambodian police. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267722-call-center-fraudsters-taken-to-court-in-bangkok-after-94-suspects-are-returned-to-thailand-from-cambodia/

 

LAAB Injections Begin for Immunocompromised

by Paul Rujopakarn

 

    

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Ministry of Public Health has ordered its provincial offices to survey the number of patients eligible for LAAB injections in each province. Authorities say LAABs are effective against the original strain of COVID-19 as well as substrains that are currently active.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267723-laab-injections-begin-for-immunocompromised/

 

"Stubborn" child, 11, was chained up and whipped by grandparents in NE 

 

 

Siam Rath reported on a alarming case of abuse of a young female child in P4 (the fourth year of primary education) by her grandparents.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267724-stubborn-child-11-was-chained-up-and-whipped-by-grandparents-in-ne/

 

Cannabis Cafes Open New Front in Thai Tourism Revival Effort

by Paul Rujopakarn

 

    

BANGKOK (NNT) - Several cannabis cafes have sprung up across Bangkok since Thailand decriminalized the plant in June, a few weeks before it dropped pandemic-linked controls on foreign visitors.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267725-cannabis-cafes-open-new-front-in-thai-tourism-revival-effort/

 

Kids on bikes annoying the locals in Mukdahan - cops are unable to catch them, studying CCTV

 

 

A post on a "so you wanna be famous" site on Facebook featured the activities of large groups of young people annoying the locals in Mukdahan in the north east of Thailand.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267726-kids-on-bikes-annoying-the-locals-in-mukdahan-cops-are-unable-to-catch-them-studying-cctv/

 

PM calls in vocation students to help with repairs after devastating Bangkok floods

 

Sanook Thai Caption: Vocational stuents called in to repair vehicles

 

Sanook reported that Thai PM Prayuth Chan-ocha had instructed the army to contact mechanics at vocational colleges to help with repairs to vehicles after severe flooding in the Thai capital Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267727-pm-calls-in-vocation-students-to-help-with-repairs-after-devastating-bangkok-floods/

Cheapest Hotel Room Rate at B1/Night to Attract Tourists

 

 

CHIANG MAI, Aug 2 (TNA) – Harmonize Hotel is attracting tourists with the world's lowest room rate of one baht per night and will receive bookings for the promotional rate for only seven days.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267729-cheapest-hotel-room-rate-at-b1night-to-attract-tourists/

 

TikTok post goes viral: Wife advertises for three mistresses for her husband

 

77kaoded Thai Caption: A willing wife

 

77kaoded went to investigate after a TikTok post under the name Natpattheema789 went viral garnering 1.7 million views and multiple shares. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267730-tiktok-post-goes-viral-wife-advertises-for-three-mistresses-for-her-husband/

 

NE couple scoop 12 million baht lottery win - no dream just the number of a truck they bought

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath went to investigate after a couple in Seka district of Bung Kan in the north east of Thailand won 12 million baht in the state lottery that was drawn yesterday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267731-ne-couple-scoop-12-million-baht-lottery-win-no-dream-just-the-number-of-a-truck-they-bought/

 

UPDATE:

 

CAAT investigating Nok Air accident, passengers complain about time taken to leave the aircraft

 

 

The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) said in a press release yesterday (Monday) that it has summoned officials and pilots of Nok Air and officials of Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai airport to provide an explanation of the incident tomorrow.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267685-opinion-nok-air-keeping-the-passengers-on-a-skid-off-plane-for-more-than-an-hour-was-inexcusable/?do=findComment&comment=17517492

 

New public assembly ban imposed in Thailand to contain COVID-19

 

Data collected from 352 COVID-19 patients admitted to the hospital from September 2021 show that 82 percent had at least one long-COVID symptom. (Photo by Fusion Medical Animation)

 

An announcement has been issued by Chief of Thailand’s defence forces, Gen. Chalermpol Srisawat, in his capacity as the chief officer in charge of solving emergency situations related to security affairs, and published in the Royal Gazette.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267735-new-public-assembly-ban-imposed-in-thailand-to-contain-covid-19/

 

People living near Thailand’s waterways warned of flooding, overflows this week

 

 

The National Water Command Centre is advising people living near rivers, waterways and reservoirs to prepare for possible flooding, overflows and flash floods from today until August 10th due to heavy rain.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267742-people-living-near-thailand’s-waterways-warned-of-flooding-overflows-this-week/

 

Thailand Research Expo Promotes BCG Innovation

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation has stated that the Bio-Circular-Green (BCG) Economy Model must be integrated into science and research projects to ensure Thailand’s future sustainable development.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267743-thailand-research-expo-promotes-bcg-innovation/

 

Icon NOW: Thailand Leads the Charge towards APEC Crisis Resilience

 

 

What’s in an icon? As part of Thailand NOW’s mission to share authentic insights into all things Thai, we’re spotlighting iconic individuals who have not only excelled in their respective areas, but influenced the complex tapestry of Thailand as it exists today and, in doing so, inspire us to be a part of the fabric of Thai society.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1267744-icon-now-thailand-leads-the-charge-towards-apec-crisis-resilience/