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Thai soccer fans will get to see all the 64 World Cup soccer matches

 

 

Thai soccer fans will be able to watch all 64 World Cup 2022 matches in Qatar, due to kick off this Sunday, after FIFA and the Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT) reached an agreement on a price tag of US$33 million for the broadcast rights in Thailand.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1278150-thai-soccer-fans-will-get-to-see-all-the-64-world-cup-soccer-matches/

Pattaya officials and Walking Street venue operators set to meet for resuming wire-burying project

 

 

Pattaya officials were set to meet with Walking Street venue operators to discuss rearranging billboards in preparation for the resumption of a wire-burying project in February 2023.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1278147-pattaya-officials-and-walking-street-venue-operators-set-to-meet-for-resuming-wire-burying-project/

Xi says Asia-Pacific is no one’s backyard

 

 

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday warned against major power contest in Asia-Pacific which he said is no one’s backyard.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1278158-xi-says-asia-pacific-is-no-one’s-backyard/

 

Body Of French Tourist Lost In Jungle For 5 Days Found 
by TNR Staff

 

The French tourist who died in Surat Thani against a backdrop of the forest he got lost in. Photo: Matichon

 

A BIG search in a Surat Thani jungle for a Frenchman missing for five days ended this afternoon (Nov. 17) after his body was found down a steep cliff by a large party of rescuers, Matichon newspaper said.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1278159-body-of-french-tourist-lost-in-jungle-for-5-days-found/

 

Sathit Never Persuaded To Hop Over: Anutin
By Thai Newsroom Reporters

 

Bhumjaithai Party leader-cum-Deputy Prime Minister-cum-Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, right, together with deputy Democrat Party leader-cum-Deputy Public Health Minister Sathit Pitutecha. Photo: Thai Rath

 

BHUMJAITHAI PARTY leader Anutin Charnvirakul today (Nov.17) categorically denied he had ever persuaded deputy Democrat Party leader Sathit Pitutecha to go party-hopping.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1278160-sathit-never-persuaded-to-hop-over-anutin/

 

Overstaying German couple arrested in Pattaya who resisted arrest are charged in stealing vehicle in Phuket and taking it to Malaysia
By Goongnang Suksawat

 

 

Wichit – A German couple previously charged for resisting arrest in a dramatic incident in Pattaya were charged for illegally stealing and selling a rental car which was found in Malaysia.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1278161-overstaying-german-couple-arrested-in-pattaya-who-resisted-arrest-are-charged-in-stealing-vehicle-in-phuket-and-taking-it-to-malaysia/

 

Three restaurant managers in Karon arrested for selling protected parrotfish
By Goongnang Suksawat

 

 

Karon – Three restaurant managers in Karon have been arrested for illegally selling parrotfish.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1278162-three-restaurant-managers-in-karon-arrested-for-selling-protected-parrotfish/

 

56-year-old man in Phuket wins first prize in Thai lottery, 12 million baht in total
By Goongnang Suksawat

 

PHOTO: Thalang Police

Phuket – A 56-year-old man who lives in Phuket won the first prize in the Thai national lottery, receiving a prize of 12 million baht.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1278163-56-year-old-man-in-phuket-wins-first-prize-in-thai-lottery-12-million-baht-in-total/

 

Pattaya mayor invites tourists to watch the jaw-dropping “Pattaya International Fireworks Festival”
By Tanakorn Panyadee

 

PHOTO: เรารักพัทยา

Pattaya — The “Pattaya International Fireworks Festival 2022” is set to light up the skies of Pattaya City and make the jaws of spectators drop next week.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1278164-pattaya-mayor-invites-tourists-to-watch-the-jaw-dropping-“pattaya-international-fireworks-festival”/

 

World Sports News - Friday 18 November by Chili Radio
 

 

Listen to the news: https://aseannow.com/topic/1278169-world-sports-news-friday-18-november-by-chili-radio/

 

YOUR GUIDE TO THE FIFA WORLD CUP 2022

 

 

By Editor

 

Fans and football teams have arrived in Qatar, as the Middle Eastern country prepares to host the World Cup 2022, which will start on Sunday 20th November.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1278175-your-guide-to-the-fifa-world-cup-2022/

 

NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Friday November 18 2022

 

 

Listen to the news: https://aseannow.com/topic/1278176-national-news-from-surf-1025-fm-friday-november-18-2022/

 

US Vice President Kamala Harris arrives in Thailand for APEC summit

 

Daily News Thai Caption: She's arrived in Thailand

 

Daily News reported that US Vice President Kamala Harris had arrived in Thailand yesterday. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1278177-us-vice-president-kamala-harris-arrives-in-thailand-for-apec-summit/

 

Thai "cyber cops" seize 80 million baht's worth of e-cigarettes/vaping fluid imported by Thai/Malaysia gang

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Deputy commander of the RTP and chief of Thailand's tech police or cyber cops, Gen Torsak Sukhwimon announced the seizure of a large quantity of e-cigarettes and vaping fluid.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1278179-thai-cyber-cops-seize-80-million-bahts-worth-of-e-cigarettesvaping-fluid-imported-by-thaimalaysia-gang/

 

“Changing Asia - New Normal” exhibition in Bangkok
By Veena Thoopkrajae

 

“Changing Asia - New Normal” exhibition in Bangkok.

Asian countries have always shared a degree of similarity but the past 3 years have seen the region go through a multitude of changes due to the COVID outbreak. Scenes related to the pandemic have appeared in various media but now, for the first time, a selection of photographs from Asia are on show in an exhibition in Bangkok that coincides with APEC 2022.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1278181-“changing-asia-new-normal”-exhibition-in-bangkok/

 

Motorcyclist breaks neck after hitting kerb on Friendship Highway 

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath reported that a 48 year old motorcyclist on an old Honda with sidecar attachment was killed on the Friendship Highway heading north out of Udon Thani towards Nong Khai, NE Thailand, yesterday evening.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1278183-motorcyclist-breaks-neck-after-hitting-kerb-on-friendship-highway/

 

Welcome to Thailand! World leaders get "kai yang" for dinner - but this is Betong Chicken

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

World leaders attending the APEC Summit will be getting grilled chicken at their Gala Dinner.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1278184-welcome-to-thailand-world-leaders-get-kai-yang-for-dinner-but-this-is-betong-chicken/

 

Opinion –

Xi’s statement about APEC steals the limelight from weakling APEC host Prayut

By Thanaphum Charoensombatpanich

 

Thailand, the host of the 2022 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), was left high and dry yesterday after the goliath in the north – China, stole the limelight of the conference within hours after its president made his 1st visit to the country.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1278185-xi’s-statement-about-apec-steals-the-limelight-from-weakling-apec-host-prayut/

 

Buddhist image weighing 200 kilos stolen from outside chapel at Kanchanaburi temple

 

Daily News Thai Caption: Hunt - for thieves who sinned

 

Tha Muang police in Kanchanaburi, western Thailand, were called after a 50 year old Buddhist Image weighing 200 kilos was stolen from a temple in the night.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1278188-buddhist-image-weighing-200-kilos-stolen-from-outside-chapel-at-kanchanaburi-temple/

 

Well known pub in south shut for five years on orders of the governor

 

Daily News Thai Caption: Well known pub shut

 

Daily News reported that a well known pub in Muang district of Trang, southern Thailand, had been ordered shut for five years.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1278190-well-known-pub-in-south-shut-for-five-years-on-orders-of-the-governor/

 

Tim Newton Today - Nov 18: APEC v Thai cannabis, Frenchman found, red Zebra crossings in Bangkok

 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1278191-tim-newton-today-nov-18-apec-v-thai-cannabis-frenchman-found-red-zebra-crossings-in-bangkok/

 

Glue sniffing abbot defrocked after he drives pick-up into power pole by the temple

 

Daily News Thai Caption: Defrocked....abbot

 

Thailand's Buddhist clergy are now sniffing glue.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1278194-glue-sniffing-abbot-defrocked-after-he-drives-pick-up-into-power-pole-by-the-temple/

 

Heavy rain forecast for Bangkok and surrounding provinces next week

 

 

People living in Bangkok, other central provinces, eastern and southern regions of Thailand are advised to expect heavy to very heavy rainfall from November 22nd-24th, as a result of an intensifying low pressure cell.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1278195-heavy-rain-forecast-for-bangkok-and-surrounding-provinces-next-week/

 

Thai man who won 6 million in the state lottery goes to the police after his wife disappears with the cash - and her lover!

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Manich Pranee thought it was his lucky day - and some - when he scooped 6 million baht in the state lottery in the draw on November 1st.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1278197-thai-man-who-won-6-million-in-the-state-lottery-goes-to-the-police-after-his-wife-disappears-with-the-cash-and-her-lover/

 

Grandstand roofs blow away in storm at school in central Thailand

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Siam Rath reported that four sections of grandstand roofs blew away in a storm at a school in Prachinburi, central Thailand yesterday evening.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1278200-grandstand-roofs-blow-away-in-storm-at-school-in-central-thailand/

 

Husband knocks his wife's teeth out and strangles her because she wouldn't have sex with him

 

Sanook Thai Caption: Angry with wife who wouldn't sleep with him

 

Muang district police in Kalasin, NE Thailand, were called to a house in Phon Thong sub-district where they found a 39 year old woman called Sarika unconscious in bed.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1278208-husband-knocks-his-wifes-teeth-out-and-strangles-her-because-she-wouldnt-have-sex-with-him/

 

Protesters clash with police as they try to march to APEC Summit site
 

 

Protesters from the so-called “Stop APEC 2022” movement clashed with riot-control police this morning (Friday) as they left Bangkok’s Lan Khon Mueang Town Square to march to the Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1278209-protesters-clash-with-police-as-they-try-to-march-to-apec-summit-site/

 

Man who didn't pay his bar tab ends up looking like this - karaoke say they didn't do it, just took his bike

 

Sanook Thai Caption: He woke up looking like this

 

Sattahip police captain Kawin Juirort was called by rescue services after they found a badly beaten man at the Tao Than Thong Thip market.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1278210-man-who-didnt-pay-his-bar-tab-ends-up-looking-like-this-karaoke-say-they-didnt-do-it-just-took-his-bike/

 

Indian tourist files police report after mistakenly taking transgender person to his Pattaya hotel

By Tanakorn Panyadee

 

 

Pattaya — An Indian tourist in Pattaya filed a police report on a stranger whom he reportedly paid to go to his hotel room but later turned out to be a transgender individual. The tourist said the transvestite refused to return his money and stole his wristwatch.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1278207-indian-tourist-get-big-surprise-on-beach-road/?do=findComment&comment=17733236