'Tightening' of visas for Thailand, flooding in Deep South, Covid surge: Tim Newton Today - Dec 13

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Anecdotally, a noticeable tightening with documentation if getting a visa outside Thailand, the unofficial Thai election campaign is very busy, a C-19 surge with more deaths and hospitalisations, flooding in Thailand's Deep South provinces, China's relaxation of 'zero Covid'.

 

Tim Newton Today is a daily, independent look at Thai and south East Asian regional news.

 

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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Opening of hotel 'Chinese-style'
0:47 - Tightening up of Thai visa requirements
4:44 - Vaping in Malaysia versus Cannabis in Thailand
5:18 - Strange reporting on dead airline passenger
8:29 - Thai parliament to be dissolved?
10:54 - More flooding in Deep South of Thailand
12:18 - Covid surge in Thailand - hospitalisations and deaths
13:40 - Change to China's Covid Zero policy