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Thailand Live Wednesday 5 October 2022

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Survey – Bangkok among 5 best cities for expats to live and work in 2022
 

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After Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok has the most affordable monthly rent for a 1-bedroom city centre property, at £451, and a meal costs just £2.11. (Photo by Andreas Brücker)


Bangkok has been ranked 5th among the world’s top 10 cities for expats to live and work this year, according to the global expat index by the online language learning platform Preply.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273678-survey-–-bangkok-among-5-best-cities-for-expats-to-live-and-work-in-2022/

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Prayut Unlikely To Be Named Post-Election PM: Academic

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Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. Photo: Thai Rath

 

PRIME MINISTER PRAYUT Chan-o-cha would no longer be named head of a post-election government with about three quarters of a year for him to prolong his rule from now, according to a prominent academic.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273735-prayut-unlikely-to-be-named-post-election-pm-academic/

 

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De Facto Bhumjaithai Boss Vows To Send Anutin Running For PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters

 

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De facto Bhumjaithai boss Newin Chidchob talking to reporters while celebrating his birthday in Buriram today (Oct. 4) with Deputy Prime Minister-cum-Public Health Minister-cum-Bhumjaithai party leader Anutin Charnvirakul seated next to him. Photo: Thai Rath

 

DE FACTO BHUMJAITHAI boss Newin Chidchob today (Oct. 4) pledged to send Deputy Prime Minister-cum-Public Health Minister-cum-Bhumjaithai party leader Anutin Charnvirakul contesting for prime minister in the next general election.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273736-de-facto-bhumjaithai-boss-vows-to-send-anutin-running-for-pm/

 

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Bangkokians Urged To Work From Home During Oct. 5-7 Due To Heavy Rain
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BANGKOK Metropolitan Administration (BMA) today (Oct. 4) said it is gearing up to ask the private sector to allow their staff to work from home during Oct. 5-7 to avoid the impact of torrential rain as some people were stranded in the floods last evening, Amarin TV said.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273737-bangkokians-urged-to-work-from-home-during-oct-5-7-due-to-heavy-rain/

 

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Another taxi incident goes viral in Phuket as tension between online app taxis and regular taxis appears to increase
By Goongnang Suksawat

 

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Kamala – The driving licenses of two taxi drivers have been suspended after what relevant officials are calling a “dispute” in Kamala between a traditional “queue” taxi and a taxi driver for an online application.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273739-another-taxi-incident-goes-viral-in-phuket-as-tension-between-online-app-taxis-and-regular-taxis-appears-to-increase/

 

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Pattaya International Fireworks Festival 2022 returns in November with well over 100,000 visitors estimated to come
By Adam Judd

 

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Pattaya, Thailand-One of Pattaya’s three biggest festivals, along with the New Year’s countdown and Songkran Wan Lai events, returns in November to light up the skies of Pattaya.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273741-pattaya-international-fireworks-festival-2022-returns-in-november-with-well-over-100000-visitors-estimated-to-come/

 

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Transistor radios are great in a crisis - cheap devices on comeback trail after PM's comments

 

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Daily News Thai Caption: The elderly like the idea

 

The term "dinosaur" is often leveled at Thai PM Prayuth Chan-ocha and his political associates.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273756-transistor-radios-are-great-in-a-crisis-cheap-devices-on-comeback-trail-after-pms-comments/

 

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People urged to take their elders to get vaccinated for Covid despite disease downgrade
by Tanakorn Sangiam

 

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BANGKOK (NNT) - Although COVID-19 has been relegated to a communicable disease under surveillance, the health ministry still encourages everybody to get properly vaccinated. Health authorities are reasserting that more than half of Covid deaths involve persons who have not been administered the full vaccine regimen.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273757-people-urged-to-take-their-elders-to-get-vaccinated-for-covid-despite-disease-downgrade/

 

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French President Macron confirms APEC attendance

 

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President Emmanuel Macron of France has officially confirmed that he will attend the upcoming Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum scheduled for November 18-19, according to spokesman of the Foreign Ministry Tanee Saengrat.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273758-french-president-macron-confirms-apec-attendance/

 

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Commerce ministry urges stores and wholesalers to keep adequate stock of items amid floods
by Tanakorn Sangiam

 

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BANGKOK (NNT) - As floods sweep through many areas of Thailand, the commerce ministry is closely following developments of water situations in each locality. Stores and wholesalers are encouraged to keep adequate stocks of items to prevent shortages in areas hit by a flood.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273762-commerce-ministry-urges-stores-and-wholesalers-to-keep-adequate-stock-of-items-amid-floods/

 

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Secondary school pupil drowns after telling friends he'll do one more jump before going home

 

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Daily News Thai Caption: Jumped in and died

 

Petchkasem area police were called after a 14 year old boy drowned in the Rat Samakhi canal behind the school of Wat Bamrung in Petchkasem Soi 69, Bang Khae, Bangkok yesterday evening.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273768-secondary-school-pupil-drowns-after-telling-friends-hell-do-one-more-jump-before-going-home/

 

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CEO of Finnish berry firm suspected of human trafficking
by Jeannette Hinrup

 

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The berry picking industry in Finland heavily relies on a foreign workforce.


The CEO of Finnish berry company Polarica, Jukka Kristo, has been detained on the suspicion of human trafficking. The company has already brought around 1.000 berry pickers from Thailand to Finland this year.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273775-ceo-of-finnish-berry-firm-suspected-of-human-trafficking/

 

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Wife takes "mental patient" husband to surrender to police after ATM attack in south

 

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77kaoded Thai Caption: Wife takes mental patient husband to surrender to police after ATM attack

 

The wife of a 27 year old man who attacked two ATMs in downtown Trang in southern Thailand took him to surrender to police.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273776-wife-takes-mental-patient-husband-to-surrender-to-police-after-atm-attack-in-south/

 

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Snake catchers called to rescue python who fell into water tank 30 meters up

 

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Naew Na Thai Caption: Scary! Python in a water tank 30M up

 

Snake catchers were called to Sam Ngam sub-district in Ang Thong central Thailand after a python apparently fell into a drinking water tank 30 meters above the ground.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273777-snake-catchers-called-to-rescue-python-who-fell-into-water-tank-30-meters-up/

 

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Big clean-up begins Wednesday in Chiang Mai as floodwaters recede

 

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Chiang Mai’s municipal workers launched a big clean-up of roads in the commercial area today (Wednesday), including the Chang Khlan Road and the Night Bazaar as the level in the Ping River gradually falls.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273800-big-clean-up-begins-wednesday-in-chiang-mai-as-floodwaters-recede/

 

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Anti-cybercrime team seizes 38 SIM boxes and arrests 2 suspects

 

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Police from Thailand’s Cybercrime Investigation Bureau arrested two men, believed to be members of a call centre scam gang, and seized 38 SIM boxes (SIM-Banks) in raids on 11 apartments in the southern province of Chumphon yesterday (Tuesday).

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273801-anti-cybercrime-team-seizes-38-sim-boxes-and-arrests-2-suspects/

 

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PM Prayut chairs first Cabinet meeting after temporary suspension ends

 

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Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha chaired his first Cabinet meeting today (Wednesday) at Government House after being absent since the Constitutional Court suspended him from active duty pending a ruling on his 8-year term in the office.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273802-pm-prayut-chairs-first-cabinet-meeting-after-temporary-suspension-ends/

 

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