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PM Prayut Still Holds Office

 

BANGKOK, (TNA) — The Constitutional Court on Friday ruled that the premiership of Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has not ended regarding Section 158’s Clause 4 of the Constitution which indicates that his tenure in office started on April 6, 2017, when the Constitution was promulgated.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273337-pm-prayut-still-holds-office/

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Prayut vows to push ahead with mega-projects

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha attends a no-confidence debate at the Parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

 

In his first reaction to the ruling by the Constitutional Court which reaffirms his premiership, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha pledged to forge ahead with mega-projects initiated by his government.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273335-prayut-vows-to-push-ahead-with-mega-projects/

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And the fight continues …

By Tulsathit Taptim

 

 

One chapter has just been closed. Prayut Chan-o-cha’s nail-biting survival act is in the middle of the book at most, with Thailand’s political turmoil only entering a new phase, where divisions are more glaring and more generational, violence always lurks and foreign influences affect both sides of the standoff more openly and probably more aggressively.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273374-and-the-fight-continues-…/

 

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Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Can Continue In Office, Court Rules

By Editor

 

 

Thailand’s Constitutional Court has ruled that Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha can continue in office and that he had not surpassed his maximum eight-year term limit as premier.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273337-pm-prayut-still-holds-office/?do=findComment&comment=17636980

 

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Cyclone Noru Was Born In The Sea, But Died In The Mountains

By Editor

 

 

Thailand escapes the ravages of big cyclones, including the recent arrival of Cyclone Noru.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273375-cyclone-noru-was-born-in-the-sea-but-died-in-the-mountains/

 

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Doubts Cast Over Righteousness Of Constitutional Court’s Ruling On Prayut
By Thai Newsroom Reporters

 

 

THE PHEU THAI Party cast doubts over the righteousness of the Constitutional Court’s ruling delivered today (Sept. 30) in support of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s prolonged rule.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273376-doubts-cast-over-righteousness-of-constitutional-court’s-ruling-on-prayut/

 

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Crisis Of Confidence In Constitutional Court Looms: Academic
By Thai Newsroom Reporters

 

Chulalongkorn University’s law lecturer Pornsan Liangboonlertcha. Photo: Thai Rath

 

A CRISIS OF CONFIDENCE IN the Constitutional Court’s performances might probably be brewing among all sectors of society following today’s (Sept. 30) court ruling in support of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s prolonged rule, according to a noted academic.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273377-crisis-of-confidence-in-constitutional-court-looms-academic/

 

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Pattaya Tourist Police check on 10-year-old American-Chinese girl previously found wandering on Chonburi road
By Tanakorn Panyadee

 

Hotel clerks have told local Thai media that the American father of a 10-year-old Chinese-American girl who tried to trudge from Chonburi to Bangkok to see her mother, who is apparently in China, was strict but fair and never showed any signs of domestic or physical abuse.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273378-pattaya-tourist-police-check-on-10-year-old-american-chinese-girl-previously-found-wandering-on-chonburi-road/

 

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Unidentified female body found stuffed in luggage floating along Mekong River
By Nop Meechukhun

 

PHOTO: Thairath

Nakhon Panom – An unidentified female body, aged between 25-30 years old, was found stuffed in luggage floating along the Mekong River and stuck near a line of patrol boats in the That Phanom District of Nakhon Phanom on Wednesday, September 28th.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273379-unidentified-female-body-found-stuffed-in-luggage-floating-along-mekong-river/

 

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Goodbye Emergency Decree and Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration, an era comes to an end in Thailand
By Adam Judd

 

 

After over two-and-a-half-years an era that for many people was deeply unpleasant and life changing will come to an end in Thailand.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273380-goodbye-emergency-decree-and-center-for-covid-19-situation-administration-an-era-comes-to-an-end-in-thailand/

 

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Thailand fully reopens from 1 October 2022
Vaccination proof/ATK test result no longer needed, while period of stay in the kingdom is extended to 45 days for tourists entitled to visa exemption and to 30 days for Visa on Arrival.
 

TAT Newsroom

 

 

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is pleased to advise that as of today international travellers to Thailand will no longer be required to show proof of vaccination or ATK test results, and a longer length of stay will be on offer, signalling the completion of the kingdom’s full reopening to international tourism.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273390-thailand-fully-reopens-from-1-october-2022/

 

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Opinion – Prayut’s victory could spell boon to the opposition come general elections

By Thanaphum Charoensombatpanich

 

Effective today 2014 coup leader Prayut Chan-o-cha is set to return to his old job of being the Prime Minister after the Constitutional Court votes 6:3 to allow him to return to the position saying that his term as the Prime Minister started after the 2016 constitution was implemented on April 6, 2017.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273396-opinion-–-prayut’s-victory-could-spell-boon-to-the-opposition-come-general-elections/

 

 

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Thailand starts trials of D11A rocket launcher
by Jon Grevatt

 

Thailand's D11A, the prototype of which is pictured above, is a local version of Elbit Systems' multicalibre Precise and Universal Launching System (PULS). (Janes/Jon Grevatt)

 

Thailand's Defense Technology Institute (DTI) has started trials of a locally produced version of Elbit Systems' multicalibre Precise and Universal Launching System (PULS).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273398-thailand-starts-trials-of-d11a-rocket-launcher/

 

 

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Flood woes continue in Ubon Ratchathani and Nakhon Ratchasima

 

 

The Royal Irrigation Department has installed about 200 water pumps to accelerate the discharge of water from the Mun River, in Khong Chiam district in of Ubon Ratchathani, into the Mekong River.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273399-flood-woes-continue-in-ubon-ratchathani-and-nakhon-ratchasima/

 

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Prayut survives, so what’s next? – Thai PBS World Special (September 30th 2022)
October 1, 2022 
 

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The Constitutional Court has ruled that Prayut Chan-o-cha can stay on as prime minister until his current term of office ends.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273408-prayut-survives-so-what’s-next-–-thai-pbs-world-special-september-30th-2022/

 

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Bangkok - The greening of a city
 

A replica of pocket park by we!park exhibits how one can enjoy a green space in their neighborhood. (Photo by Dae Warunee)

Experts recently agreed that Bangkok is getting closer to becoming a green metropolis, though only if every stakeholder lends a hand.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273411-bangkok-the-greening-of-a-city/

 

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Transferred Pattaya police chief is back at Pattaya police station
By Tanakorn Panyadee

 

 

Pattaya — Transferred Pattaya Police chief Pol. Col. Kunlachart Kunlachai has been reinstated as Pattaya Police chief after being temporarily demoted to an inactive post, following the alleged forced prostitution of a Kyrgyzstani woman who filed a police report and later died from suicide.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273413-transferred-pattaya-police-chief-is-back-at-pattaya-police-station/

 

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Encroaching structures on 50 billion baht worth of land on beach at Cherng Talay finally demolished
By Goongnang Suksawat

 

 

Thalang – Structures that have allegedly encroached on public areas worth 50 billion baht on the Lay Phang Beach in Cherng Talay, Thalang are finally demolished.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273414-encroaching-structures-on-50-billion-baht-worth-of-land-on-beach-at-cherng-talay-finally-demolished/

 

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Two whale sharks sighted in Krabi
By Goongnang Suksawat

 

PHOTO: MAGR Online

 

Krabi – Two whale sharks were sighted near an island in Krabi, exciting locals and officials.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273415-two-whale-sharks-sighted-in-krabi/

 

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Justice, political satisfactions and lessons that must be learned
 

 

October 1, 2022: Thaksin Shinawatra’s political survival following a Constitutional Court ruling in 2001 taught one side of the ideological divide the virtue of patience. Prayut Chan-o-cha’s escape this week should do the same to the other.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273416-justice-political-satisfactions-and-lessons-that-must-be-learned/

 

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Two more monkeypox cases confirmed in Thailand

 

 

Two more monkeypox cases have been reported in Thailand, bringing total confirmed infections to 10, according to Dr. Opart Karnkawinpong, director-general of the Disease Control Department.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273417-two-more-monkeypox-cases-confirmed-in-thailand/

 

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Thailand Live Monday 3 October 2022
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