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British man dead, second seriously injured after motorbike collision with a garbage truck

 

A British man died while another British man has sustained serious injuries after their motorbike collided with a garbage truck on Samui Island.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1270677-british-man-dead-second-seriously-injured-after-motorbike-collision-with-a-garbage-truck/

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No major marijuana issues increasing after cannabis decriminalization

 

PHOTO: Prachachat

 

No major marijuana-use disorders or issues increased in the past five years, not even after cannabis and hemp were legalized in Thailand in June, the Thai Public Health Ministry stated on Thursday, September 1st.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1270673-no-major-marijuana-issues-increasing-after-cannabis-decriminalization/

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Three-year-old child suffers severe electric shock after touching metal chain

 

PHOTO: TMN Cable TV Pattaya

 

A three-year-old child suffered a severe electric shock after touching a metal chain near Bang saray Beach in Sattahip and was hospitalized.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1270682-three-year-old-child-suffers-severe-electric-shock-after-touching-metal-chain/

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Young German Man Displays Anti-Prawit Photo In Rayong
TNR Staff

 

 

Pumpkin with the anti-Prawit photo. The Thai headline says, “I pity Thai people.” Image: TV Channel 7

A YOUNG German man displayed a photo of caretaker Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan with a red cross over it at the central traffic island in Taphong intersection, Mueang district of Rayong province.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1270689-young-german-man-displays-anti-prawit-photo-in-rayong/

 

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Thailand’s new 10 year Long-term Resident Visa (LTR Visa) is now available
By Online Reporter

 

Thailand is now welcoming applications for its new 10 year Long-term Resident Visa (LTR Visa), which is aimed at attracting foreigners of “high potential” to live and work in the country.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1270690-thailand’s-new-10-year-long-term-resident-visa-ltr-visa-is-now-available/

 

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September 2022 Report From Jungle Aid

By Editor

 

 

Hun Hin’s Jungle Aid Foundation has provided their latest news release which is reproduced below.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1270691-september-2022-report-from-jungle-aid/

 

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Prayut’s legal team submits documents clarifying the issues raised by Constitutional Court for 8-year term limit

By Erich Parpart

 

Suspended premier General Prayut Chan-o-cha submitted a 30-page statement to clarify his premiership term limit to the Constitutional Court, his legal team said.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1270692-prayut’s-legal-team-submits-documents-clarifying-the-issues-raised-by-constitutional-court-for-8-year-term-limit/

 

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World Sports News - Friday 2 September by Chili Radio
 

 

https://aseannow.com/topic/1270697-world-sports-news-friday-2-september-by-chili-radio/

 

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Soi dog menace: Residents turn to the media because the local authority do nothing

 

Daily News Thai Caption: Shocking pack of soi dogs

 

Residents of a community in Surin, NE Thailand, turned to the Thai media in frustration after their local authority have done nothing to solve the problem of soi dogs.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1270698-soi-dog-menace-residents-turn-to-the-media-because-the-local-authority-do-nothing/

 

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NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Friday September 2 2022
 

 

https://aseannow.com/topic/1270700-national-news-from-surf-1025-fm-friday-september-2-2022/

 

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Police hunt husband after badly battered body of wife is found in southern Thailand

 

Daily News Thai Caption: Dead body tossed into the river

 

Police in Trang in southern Thailand are hunting a husband after the badly battered and bruised body of a woman washed up near a bank in the Trang River.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1270701-police-hunt-husband-after-badly-battered-body-of-wife-is-found-in-southern-thailand/

 

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Chonburi teenagers win World Hip Hop Dance Championship 2022 in America
By Goongnang Suksawat

 

 

Chonburi – Chonburi teenagers won three gold medals in the World Hip Hop Juniors and Adult Dance Championship 2022 in America!

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1270703-chonburi-teenagers-win-world-hip-hop-dance-championship-2022-in-america/

 

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Safety checks in Pattaya's once famed Walking Street show it's a disaster waiting to happen

 

Daily News Thai Caption Not fit for purpose!

 

Safety checks by the local authority and DOPA officials in Pattaya on fire exits at some Walking Street clubs have found them in an unusable state. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1270704-safety-checks-in-pattayas-once-famed-walking-street-show-its-a-disaster-waiting-to-happen/

 

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Big Pom enjoys the ride but security/aides don't get a seat - one gives up on the 2KM run!

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Thai media including Siam Rath were less interested in acting premier Prawit Wongsuwan's visit to a water treatment facility in Chachoengsao than a cock-up over transport, notes ASEAN NOW.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1270707-big-pom-enjoys-the-ride-but-securityaides-dont-get-a-seat-one-gives-up-on-the-2km-run/

 

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Southern Thai man offered 50K for his stone find - but if it's magical it could be worth half a billion!

 

Sanook Thai Caption: Genuine but not supernatural

 

Sanook reported that a man called Rin, 43, in Khao Din sub-district of Krabi in southern Thailand had found a hollow stone with a black mineral deposit inside. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1270711-southern-thai-man-offered-50k-for-his-stone-find-but-if-its-magical-it-could-be-worth-half-a-billion/

 

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Tim Newton Today - Sep 2: Madness on Phuket roads, Thai rehab plan on track, shameful 10 year anniversary 

 

 

Thoughts on shameful 10 year anniversary of the hit and run incident involving the Red Bull heir, Thai Airways gets vote of confidence from creditors, another high-profile jailing over Malaysia's 1MDB, flooding in Phuket AND Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1270712-tim-newton-today-sep-2-madness-on-phuket-roads-thai-rehab-plan-on-track-shameful-10-year-anniversary/

 

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All the portents were good for 60MB lottery winners - dream about relative who drove into a klong!

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

The husband and wife owners of a recently opened electrical appliance store were the big winners of 60 million baht with the ticket number 929332 in yesterday's state lottery draw.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1270714-all-the-portents-were-good-for-60mb-lottery-winners-dream-about-relative-who-drove-into-a-klong/

 

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KLA and Chart Pattana are merging

By Erich Parpart

 

KLA and Chart Pattana parties are merging for the upcoming general election.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1270715-kla-and-chart-pattana-are-merging/

 

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Beyond Animation Film Festival - 22 Sept to 9 Oct. in 7 cities of Thailand

 

 

The Embassy of France in Thailand, in partnership with TACGA, is thrilled to present the Beyond

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1270720-beyond-animation-film-festival-22-sept-to-9-oct-in-7-cities-of-thailand/

 

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Lawyer wants tougher penalties for sex offenders - justice minister reveals "chemical castration" deal

 

Picture: INN

 

Top Thai lawyer Sitha Biabangkert - known as Lawyer Tam - took three female victims of sex offenders to meet with justice minister Somsak Thepsuthin yesterday, reported INN.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1270724-lawyer-wants-tougher-penalties-for-sex-offenders-justice-minister-reveals-chemical-castration-deal/

 

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Woman seeks help for 3 other Thais forced into prostitution in Dubai
 

 

A Thai woman, who claims that she was forced into prostitution in Dubai but managed to escape, is appealing for help from state agencies for three other Thai women forced to work in a massage parlour there against their will.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1270726-woman-seeks-help-for-3-other-thais-forced-into-prostitution-in-dubai/

 

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Major new tourist attraction costing 6.6 billion baht to open in Phuket - foreign and Thai tourists expected

 

 

77kaoded reported on the upcoming opening of a major new tourist attraction being opened by the people who brought Phuket Fantasy to the southern Thai island of Phuket. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1270727-major-new-tourist-attraction-costing-66-billion-baht-to-open-in-phuket-foreign-and-thai-tourists-expected/

 

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A duck a day keeps the doctor away - but not the snake catchers!

 

Naew Na Thai Caption: Cunning python! It hid by a duck coop swallowing one a day

 

Naew Na reported on what they called was a cunning python who took up residence hiding next to a duck coop helping itself to one feathered friend a day.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1270729-a-duck-a-day-keeps-the-doctor-away-but-not-the-snake-catchers/

 

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Prayut Inspects Flood Prevention in Ayutthaya

 

 

AYUTTHAYA, Sept 2 (TNA) – Defence Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha visited Ayutthaya province to inspect flood prevention efforts including the construction and maintenance of embankments by the military.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1270730-prayut-inspects-flood-prevention-in-ayutthaya/

 

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Fourth COVID vaccine shot substantially reduces risk of pneumonitis and death

 

 

A fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose can significantly reduce the risk of severe symptoms from lung inflammation, which often require the patient to be put on a ventilator, and the associated risk of dying, said Dr. Opart Karnkawinpong.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1270731-fourth-covid-vaccine-shot-substantially-reduces-risk-of-pneumonitis-and-death/

 

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Bangkok’s Yaowarat Road ranked among the world’s coolest streets
By Online Reporter

 

 

We can only presume Time Out hasn’t visited Hua Hin Soi 51.

 

Bangkok’s famous Yaowarat Road has been named the eighth coolest street in the world, according to a poll by Time Out.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1270733-bangkok’s-yaowarat-road-ranked-among-the-world’s-coolest-streets/

 

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Parts of Phuket under Water

 

 

PHUKET, Sept 2 (TNA) – Many parts of Phuket province were flooded, especially Thalang district where vehicles were covered by floodwater after persistent rain. Meanwhile, the management of Phuket airport warned air travelers to arrive early.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1270734-parts-of-phuket-under-water/

 

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Key Rohingya Smugglers Arrested after Sneaking in

 

 

BANGKOK, Sept 2 (TNA) – Police arrested a couple suspected of trafficking in Rohingya people as they sneaked into the country after escaping arrest since 2015.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1270735-key-rohingya-smugglers-arrested-after-sneaking-in/

 

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Parts of Phuket international airport flooded Friday morning

 

 

Parts of Phuket international airport was flooded for a while this morning (Friday), following a heavy downpour which led to the inundation of several areas around the airport and the Thalang district.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1270749-parts-of-phuket-international-airport-flooded-friday-morning/

 

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Bangkok taxi fares may rise soon

 

Taxi drivers waiting for customers at Bangkok Railway Station, more commonly known as Hua Lamphong, in Bangkok. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)

 

The Transport Ministry is considering increasing taxi fares in Bangkok, from 35 baht for the first kilometre to 45 baht, noting that the fares have not been increased for 8 years.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1270617-bangkok-taxi-meters-fares-set-to-rise-taxi-drivers-jubilant-after-8-year-wait/?do=findComment&comment=17582445