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Thailand Live Saturday 7 January 2023

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Thai politics will still see neither clear ideology nor sustained policies in 2023

 

Looking into 2023, the future of Thai politics remains uncertain, considering major reshuffles and internal rifts in various political parties. General Prayut Chan-o-cha’s future as Thailand’s prime minister is also up in the air.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1282706-thai-politics-will-still-see-neither-clear-ideology-nor-sustained-policies-in-2023/

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Thai health expert says Covid from the West is more dangerous than from China

 

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An influential Thai virologist said new Covid-19 strains from tourists traveling from the West are more worrisome than older strains from tourists traveling from China.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1282732-thai-health-expert-says-covid-from-the-west-is-more-dangerous-than-from-china/

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Government Decisions On Legalising Thai Casinos Stall
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After a final report with recommendations to move forward to establish legal casinos in Thailand was delivered to government on 27th July 2022, a 29th July forum in Hua Hin heard from Dr Saensak Siriphanich and Mr Udorn Olsson, both key members of the 60 person committee.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1282763-government-decisions-on-legalising-thai-casinos-stall/

 

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Thailand detects its first case of COVID-19 XAY.2 variant

 

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Thailand’s first case of COVID-19 XAY.2 variant has been diagnosed and has been reported to GISAID, Dr. Supakit Sirilak, director-general of Medical Science Department, said today (6 Jan).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1282764-thailand-detects-its-first-case-of-covid-19-xay2-variant/

 

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Prayut, Prawit More Likely Than Anyone Else To Become Next PM: Academic
By Thai Newsroom Reporters

 

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Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, left, and Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan, right. Photo: Thai Rath

 

PRIME MINISTER PRAYUT Chan-o-cha and Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan will be more likely to become head of government after the next general election than anyone else as far as unelected senators are concerned, according to a noted academic.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1282766-prayut-prawit-more-likely-than-anyone-else-to-become-next-pm-academic/

 

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Alibaba Founder Jack Ma Visiting Thailand

by TNR Staff

 

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Jack Ma at Ratchadamnoen boxing stadium. Photo Matichon

 

JACK MA, the billionaire founder of e-commerce giant Alibaba who has been living in Japan for the past six months after disappearing from public view amid Beijing’s crackdown on tech companies, is currently visiting Thailand, Matichon newspaper said this evening (Jan. 6).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1282767-alibaba-founder-jack-ma-visiting-thailand/

 

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Special team on hunt for merciless gunman who killed British ex-pat in Pattaya
By Tanakorn Panyadee

 

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Pattaya — Chonburi Police Region 2 is hunting down a mysterious murderer who shot and killed a retired British engineer yesterday, January 5th.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1282768-special-team-on-hunt-for-merciless-gunman-who-killed-british-ex-pat-in-pattaya/

 

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Sick of the grind, China’s well-off seek slower pace in Thailand

By Vijitra Duangdee

 

Chinese social media is abuzz with the benefits of moving to the Southeast Asian country after years of COVID curbs.

 

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Some Chinese people are attracted to Thailand's slower pace of life and benefits such as cheap international schools [Courtesy of Vijitra Duangdee]

Pattaya, Thailand – Xiaohongshu, China’s answer to Instagram, is abuzz with the benefits of emigrating to Thailand. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1282773-sick-of-the-grind-china’s-well-off-seek-slower-pace-in-thailand/

 

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“You buffalo!” How this animal became an insult in Thai
 

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A water buffalo cools down in a pond in the Ancient City Heritage Park in Samut Prakan on December 9, 2020. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP)


“Ai Kwai!!!” literally translated as “you buffalo”, as in “you idiot”, is one of the most common insults in the Thai language.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1282779-“you-buffalo”-how-this-animal-became-an-insult-in-thai/

 

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Chinese could flock to "paradise" and "cheap" Thailand 

 

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Naew Na Thai Caption: Not just coming for tourism - many Chinese dream of long term in Thailand

 

Naew Na wasted no time in reporting what we also have at ASEAN NOW about the post-Covid opening up of China at the weekend and the consequences for Thailand.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1282781-chinese-could-flock-to-paradise-and-cheap-thailand

 

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Koh Phangan: "20,000" on holiday island for first Full Moon Party of 2023 - they spend 100MB

 

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Daily News Caption: Full Moon Party

 

Daily News reported from the holiday island of Koh Phangan in southern Thailand's Surat Thani province where the first Full Moon Party of the year happened last night.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1282783-koh-phangan-20000-on-holiday-island-for-first-full-moon-party-of-2023-they-spend-100mb/

 

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Online thieves take advantage of success of artist "Nong Tham" - the boy lacking both arms

 

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Thai Rath reported that a well known physically handicapped Thai boy with a large Facebook following had unwittingly been used by a gang of internet thieves to steal from his customers.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1282790-online-thieves-take-advantage-of-success-of-artist-nong-tham-the-boy-lacking-both-arms/

 

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Travel insurance warning after Welshman's motorbike crash

By Aled Scourfield
BBC News

 

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'He was in a terrible state and very lucky to be alive'


The sister of a man who is facing a large medical bill after a motorbike crash in Thailand has urged others to check their travel insurance policies.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1282795-travel-insurance-warning-after-welshmans-motorbike-crash/

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Thai monk raped his own daughter, 14, after arriving to "Give her New Year blessings"

 

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Daily News Thai Caption: Defrocking of lustful monk!

 

Despite a family history of sexual abuse fourteen year old Naen was not concerned when her father Wirachai, 42, a monk at a temple in Samut Prakan, arrived at her rented room.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1282796-thai-monk-raped-his-own-daughter-14-after-arriving-to-give-her-new-year-blessings/

 

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Live in Thailand or return to the UK? Written by an Expat who returned to the UK

 

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As an Expat it is not uncommon to question if you have made the right decision and for many of us we do consider a move back ‘home’. I have blogged and vlogged on this topic numerous times before, and one such post was picked up by a reader who emailed me their own dilemma. In the end they opted to move back to the UK after living in Thailand for 20 years. This is their story.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1282799-live-in-thailand-or-return-to-the-uk-written-by-an-expat-who-returned-to-the-uk/

 

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Chinese lady and daughter,1, dead - mum ran  wrong way down tracks after getting stuck at train crossing

 

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Sanook Thai Caption: Mother and child dead

 

Sanook reported on a tragedy on the train tracks in Samut Sakhon in central Thailand.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1282800-chinese-lady-and-daughter1-dead-mum-ran- wrong-way-down-tracks-after-getting-stuck-at-train-crossing/

 

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Drowning: 36,000 Thais - many of them children - have died in the last ten years

 

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77kaoded Thai Caption: Drowning is the #2 cause of child death in the world

 

An average of 3,600 Thais have died from drowning every year over the last ten years, stats from the WHO have revealed.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1282803-drowning-36000-thais-many-of-them-children-have-died-in-the-last-ten-years/

 

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Wild tiger runs in front of vehicle in Sai Yok, Kanchanaburi - hunt on for animal

 

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Daily News Thai Caption: Tiger hunt ordered!

 

Daily News reported on the actions of the authorities in Kanchanaburi in western Thailand after a tiger ran in front of a local's vehicle at 4 am yesterday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1282804-wild-tiger-runs-in-front-of-vehicle-in-sai-yok-kanchanaburi-hunt-on-for-animal/

 

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UPDATE: Police Identify prime Suspect in Murder of British Ex-pat in Pattaya Area
By Goongnang Suksawat

 

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Pattaya, Banglamung – Thai Police have identified a prime suspect in the murder of a British Ex-pat in Pattaya area.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1282806-update-police-identify-prime-suspect-in-murder-of-british-ex-pat-in-pattaya-area/

 

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