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28 Mountain B pub fire victims still in hospital, some still on ventilators

 

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Twenty-eight victims of the Sattahip Mountain B pub fire on August 5th are still being treated in hospitals a week after the blaze, including 11 who are on ventilators, according to the Chon Buri provincial health office.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1268715-28-mountain-b-pub-fire-victims-still-in-hospital-some-still-on-ventilators/

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Nightlife until 4 am as poll shows plans to move foreign tourism upmarket a ‘recipe for disaster’
by Carla Boonkong & Pranee O' Connorin

 

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Changes to the worldwide travel industry since 2020 are more like back to the future. Industry surveys show travellers are looking for tried and trusted holiday destinations.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1268716-nightlife-until-4-am-as-poll-shows-plans-to-move-foreign-tourism-upmarket-a-‘recipe-for-disaster’/

 

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Two Dead After Volunteer Ranger Unleashes A Hail Gunfire At Pub
TNR Staff

 

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The volunteer ranger after he was arrested, top, and police inspecting the scene of crime. Photo: Naewna

 

A VOLUNTEER ranger was arrested soon after unleashing a barrage of gunfire at the car park of a pub in southern Yala province killing two pubgoers and injuring one other person, Sanook.com said yesterday (August 12).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1268717-two-dead-after-volunteer-ranger-unleashes-a-hail-gunfire-at-pub/

 

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Chadchart Zeroing In On Improving City Plan
TNR Staff

 

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BANGKOK Governor Chadchart Sittipunt said in a live Facebook broadcast at 5.30 a.m. this morning (August 12) after jogging that improving the city plan is an important task with the capital’s colour-coded system determining land prices.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1268718-chadchart-zeroing-in-on-improving-city-plan/

 

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Five drug suspects arrested in Phuket in two days with total of 3,373 methamphetamine pills
By Goongnang Suksawat

 

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Phuket – Five drugs suspects have been arrested in two days in Phuket with a total of 3,373 methamphetamine pills.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1268721-five-drug-suspects-arrested-in-phuket-in-two-days-with-total-of-3373-methamphetamine-pills/

 

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Sri Lanka's ousted former president Rajapaksa arrives in Thailand
By Kocha Olarn, Irene Nasser and Rhea Mogul, CNN

 

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Former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa arrives at Bangkok's Don Mueang International airport on Thursday. 


(CNN)Former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa flew by private jet from Singapore to Thailand on Thursday, according to a high-ranking police official with direct knowledge of his movements.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1268722-sri-lankas-ousted-former-president-rajapaksa-arrives-in-thailand/

 

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Thailand has strong fire-safety laws, so why do deadly nightclub blazes keep happening?

 

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Mountain B nightclub after a deadly fire in Sattahip district in Thailand’s Chonburi province on August 5, 2022.


The Mountain B pub blaze that killed 16 people and injured dozens shows Thailand has failed to learn lessons from its history of deadly infernos.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1268733-thailand-has-strong-fire-safety-laws-so-why-do-deadly-nightclub-blazes-keep-happening/

 

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Bad night for a Bangkok cabby - claims innocence after passenger transports 30KG of ICE in his cab

 

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Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath reported that a taxi driver said he had no idea what his passenger was carrying in his cab and even helped her load up two boxes.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1268734-bad-night-for-a-bangkok-cabby-claims-innocence-after-passenger-transports-30kg-of-ice-in-his-cab/

 

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Defrocked: "Drunk as a skunk monk" had a craving for "lao khao" on his way home 

 

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Police were called to a "laab" shop near the Chainat bus station in central Thailand yesterday where a monk was misbehaving himself.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1268737-defrocked-drunk-as-a-skunk-monk-had-a-craving-for-lao-khao-on-his-way-home/

 

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Clunk Click Every Trip - Savile’s disgraced but these messages stayed with Rooster a lifetime

 

OPINION | by Rooster

 

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News this week that the authorities in Thailand were finally going to make seatbelts in the rear of cars mandatory set Rooster off on one of those Wiki/YouTube hunts: Looking at Public Information Films from my UK childhood and many after I left my homeland.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1268739-clunk click-every-trip-savile’s-disgraced-but-these-messages-stayed-with-rooster-a-lifetime/

 

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Video: Dramatic moment as man on pontoon washed away in floods hits electrical wires

 

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Daily News Thai Caption: Tha Wangpha, Nan - Dramatic moment

 

Daily News reported that the effects of tropical storm Mulan continued to affect Thailand yesterday with heavy rain.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1268741-video-dramatic-moment-as-man-on-pontoon-washed-away-in-floods-hits-electrical-wires/

 

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Hardscrabble lottery vendors hit by digital revolution

 

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A lottery vendor waits patiently for buyers in Bangkok.

 

Small lottery vendors across the country are now dreading the expansion of digital lottery tickets – which are sold not just through major private electronic platforms but also on the popular Paotang application.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1268742-hardscrabble-lottery-vendors-hit-by-digital-revolution/

 

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Singaporean driver dies, four Singaporean passengers injured after sedan crashes into a bus injuring one Korean and two Thais in Phuket

By Goongnang Suksawat

 

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Kata, Phuket – A Singaporean driver died while four Singaporean passengers have sustained various injuries.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1268743-singaporean-driver-dies-four-singaporean-passengers-injured-after-sedan-crashes-into-a-bus-injuring-one-korean-and-two-thais-in-phuket/

 

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