THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Thursday 22 December 2022

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Businesses on Khao San Road struggle to serve customers

 

The foreign tourists are flocking back to Bangkok’s Khao San Road, but they may notice that service is a bit slower than normal.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1281266-businesses-on-khao-san-road-struggle-to-serve-customers/

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Cannabis Bill in limbo after House meeting lacks a quorum
 

 

The passage of Thailand’s controversial Cannabis Bill is expected to be further delayed after the House meeting collapsed this late afternoon due to the lack of a quorum.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1281294-cannabis-bill-in-limbo-after-house-meeting-lacks-a-quorum/

 

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Ex-Navy Officer: Warship’s Front Left Hull Was Cracked
by TNR Staff

 

Col. Udom Chaichana with the model of the warship he built with matchsticks. Photo: Sanook.com

 

A FORMER NAVY officer said today (Dec. 21) that a fellow sailor who survived the sinking of HTMS 442 Sukhothai told him that the front left hull of the warship was cracked and that is why seawater gushed in, Sanook.com said.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1281297-ex-navy-officer-warship’s-front-left-hull-was-cracked/

 

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Election Commission Still Awaits Rearrangement Of 400 Constituencies
By Thai Newsroom Reporters

 

 

THE ELECTION COMMISSION has been still waiting for the Ministry of Interior to rearrange the country’s 400 electoral constituencies.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1281299-election-commission-still-awaits-rearrangement-of-400-constituencies/

 

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74 Year-Old British Man Arrested on Samui Island for 38 Days of Overstay
By Goongnang Suksawat

 

 

Surat Thani – A 74 year-old British man was arrested on Samui Island in Surat Thani for 38 days of overstaying his legal visa conditions.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1281300-74-year-old-british-man-arrested-on-samui-island-for-38-days-of-overstay/

 

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Naval Male Nurse Mysteriously Missing After Being Rescued
By Thai Newsroom Reporters

 

Chief Petty Officer Khunakorn “Mor Champ” Jariyot. Photo: Thai Rath

 

CHIEF PETTY OFFICER Khunakorn “Mor Champ” Jariyot had survived strong winds and high tides alongside other sailors after their navy corvette had capsized and sunk Sunday night.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1281301-naval-male-nurse-mysteriously-missing-after-being-rescued/

 

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Pakistani Tourist Receives Passport And 80,000 Baht Back After He Forgot Them On A Phuket Bus
By Goongnang Suksawat

 

Phuket – A Pakistani tourist has received his passport and 80,000 baht cash back after he forgot his bags on a Phuket bus.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1281302-pakistani-tourist-receives-passport-and-80000-baht-back-after-he-forgot-them-on-a-phuket-bus/

 

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Australian tourist rescued after losing consciousness on Patong Beach
By Goongnang Suksawat

 

Patong – An Australian tourist who lost consciousness on Patong Beach has been rescued by beach lifeguards.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1281303-australian-tourist-rescued-after-losing-consciousness-on-patong-beach/

 

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World Sports News - Thursday 22 December by Chili Radio
 

 

Listen to the news: https://aseannow.com/topic/1281306-world-sports-news-thursday-22-december-by-chili-radio/

 

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Serial killer The Serpent, Charles Sobhraj, to be freed from Nepal jail

By Sarah Fowler
BBC News

 

A French serial killer portrayed in BBC drama The Serpent is to be freed from a Nepalese prison, after a court ruling.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1281310-serial-killer-the-serpent-charles-sobhraj-to-be-freed-from-nepal-jail/

 

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NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Thursday December 22 2022

 

 

Listen to the news: https://aseannow.com/topic/1281312-national-news-from-surf-1025-fm-thursday-december-22-2022/

 

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Kerfuffle on a bus! Mask-less passenger told to get off after other passengers complain

 

Daily News Thai Caption: Why was he told to get off?

 

Daily News reacted to a video clip in which there was anger on a bus north of the Thai capital Bangkok in which a passenger was not wearing a mask.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1281320-kerfuffle-on-a-bus-mask-less-passenger-told-to-get-off-after-other-passengers-complain/

 

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16 year-old charged after attacking four teenagers with scissors near a school in Phuket Town
By Goongnang Suksawat

 

Phuket – A 16 year-old teenager has presented himself to police after he attacked four teenagers with a pair of scissors near a school in Phuket Town.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1281322-16-year-old-charged-after-attacking-four-teenagers-with-scissors-near-a-school-in-phuket-town/

 

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Bangkok motorcyle taxi rider charged with human trafficking in Trat - "I've never even been there", he says

 

Daily News Thai Caption: Help me out here

 

Daily News went to investigate further after a man currently being held on conspiracy to commit human trafficking was arrested.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1281323-bangkok-motorcyle-taxi-rider-charged-with-human-trafficking-in-trat-ive-never-even-been-there-he-says/

 

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Thai Auto Exports Slip Despite Rising Production

Paul Rujopakarn

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand’s vehicle exports fell in November despite a 44-month high in car production, due to limited space on cargo ships, data showed Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1281324-thai-auto-exports-slip-despite-rising-production/

 

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Thai husband hugged his wife all night after strangling her - gives himself up in the morning

 

Daily News Thai Caption: Vicious jealousy

 

Daily News reported on a case of a Thai husband murdering his wife at construction workers' accommodation in downtown Udon Thani, NE Thailand.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1281325-thai-husband-hugged-his-wife-all-night-after-strangling-her-gives-himself-up-in-the-morning/

 

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Weed Bill loses support, deaths at dance party, labour shortage crisis: Tim Newton Today - Dec 22 

 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1281326-weed-bill-loses-support-deaths-at-dance-party-labour-shortage-crisis-tim-newton-today-dec-22/

 

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Thai AirAsia confident of full recovery thanks to strong demand

ByPeter Roche

 

Flickr/Rattaphol Kerdkaen

Thai AirAsia says it’s on the way to a full recovery and expects to end the year having carried 10 million passengers.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1281327-thai-airasia-confident-of-full-recovery-thanks-to-strong-demand/

 

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Royal Thai Police announce their New Year gifts to the people.....and themselves!

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Maj-Gen Achayon Kraithong told Siam Rath that Thai PM Prayuth Chan-ocha would be presiding over the opening of an exhibition on the ground floor of RTP HQ today.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1281328-royal-thai-police-announce-their-new-year-gifts-to-the-peopleand-themselves/

 

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Thai immigration show their vision and core values - 120 attend training seminar

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Siam Rath reported that Thai immigration in Uthai Thani had conducted a training seminar for 120 people to explain what they do and how they can help.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1281331-thai-immigration-show-their-vision-and-core-values-120-attend-training-seminar/

 

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Eleven injured as van driver has seizure crashing into lamppost in Singburi

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Muang Singburi police in central Thailand were called along with rescue services after a Toyota van hit a lamppost head on, reported Siam Rath.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1281332-eleven-injured-as-van-driver-has-seizure-crashing-into-lamppost-in-singburi/

 

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Chonburi Cancels New Year Countdown Celebration
by TNR Staff

 

Fireworks at Pattaya. Photo: NNT

CHONBURI’S municipality this morning (Dec. 22) announced the cancellation of the New Year countdown event and  the offering of food to monks on New Year’s Day on its Facebook page, Amarin TV said.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1281333-chonburi-cancels-new-year-countdown-celebration/

 

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Sin blames Porn in story of husband who tied up wife and threatened to kill her in cassava field

 

 

Siam Rath reported that Ban Dung police in Udon Thani, NE Thailand reacted after a post on a community group about a woman fleeing her husband running into an ice factory.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1281335-sin-blames-porn-in-story-of-husband-who-tied-up-wife-and-threatened-to-kill-her-in-cassava-field/

 

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Lots of guns seized in home factory in South Samrong

 

77kaoded Thai Caption: Raid on a gun factory

 

77kaoded reported that 191 police and officers from South Samrong police station in south eastern Bangkok busted a gun factory operating out of a house.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1281339-lots-of-guns-seized-in-home-factory-in-south-samrong/

 

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Army of caterpillars invade temple in South - itchy rash if "Norn Bung" fall on you!

 

Daily News Thai Caption: Army of Caterpillars

 

Daily News went to the temple of Wat Pa Cha Thai in Muang district of Satun in the far south of Thailand after a large number of furry caterpillars invaded the monks' quarters.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1281340-army-of-caterpillars-invade-temple-in-south-itchy-rash-if-norn-bung-fall-on-you/

 

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An unsung hero in the tragic end of HTMS Sukhothai

 

 

In almost every disaster, there is usually at least one hero, someone who cares more for other people’s safety than their own and who does not hesitate to help, even at the risk of their own life.  The tragic sinking of HTMS Sukhothai is no exception. The aging corvette class Royal Thai Navy (RTN) ship foundered on Sunday night in rough seas off Bang Saphan district of Prachuap Khiri Khan.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1281349-an-unsung-hero-in-the-tragic-end-of-htms-sukhothai/

 

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Search for HTMS Sukhothai’s missing crew intensifies, empty life raft found

 

 

A radar dome and an empty life raft, believed to belong to the ill-fated HTMS Sukhothai, have been found drifting at sea off Chumphon Province by Thai fishermen, as the Royal Thai Navy (RTN) intensifies its air and sea search for the 23 missing crew on the fourth consecutive day today (Thursday).

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1281350-search-for-htms-sukhothai’s-missing-crew-intensifies-empty-life-raft-found/

 

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AeroThai Anticipates Speedy Recovery of Air Travel

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The official body in charge of the kingdom’s air traffic has remained optimistic about the Thai aviation industry’s prospects, claiming that the recovery in international and domestic travel is accelerating.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1281351-aerothai-anticipates-speedy-recovery-of-air-travel/

 

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Government Prioritizes Polio Vaccination For Children

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Ministry of Public Health is prioritizing polio vaccination for children as more polio cases have recently been found in countries around the world.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1281352-government-prioritizes-polio-vaccination-for-children/

 

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Companies Appeal for Help with Rising Electricity Costs

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking (JSCCIB) is urging Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha to issue steps to alleviate the financial strain on entrepreneurs following the impending increase in power bills.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1281353-companies-appeal-for-help-with-rising-electricity-costs/