THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Wednesday 11 January 2023

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US Ambassador Thanks Thai Public Health Minister Anutin For Successfully Managing Pandemic

 

The US ambassador to Thailand met with Anutin Charnvirakul, Public Health Minister, on Monday, January 9th, to find ways for future cooperation between the two countries.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1283107-us-ambassador-thanks-thai-public-health-minister-anutin-successfully-managing-pandemic/

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TAT to Hold Roadshow in China Next Month

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is planning a roadshow in China during the third week of February in an effort to tap into the Chinese tourism market and create tour packages for foreign independent travelers (FITs) and tour groups.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1283102-tat-to-hold-roadshow-in-china-next-month/

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Pheu Thai: Separate Chinese Medical Tourists From The Others
by TNR Staff

 

A PHEU THAI Party committee member today (Jan 10) urged the government to separate Chinese medical tourists from those who are coming here for a holiday after China reopened its borders on Sunday and Chinese travellers have again started flocking in, Sanook.com said.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1283134-pheu-thai-separate-chinese-medical-tourists-from-the-others/

 

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Prawit To Be Sole Palang Pracharath Candidate For PM: Santi
By Thai Newsroom Reporters

 

Palang Pracharath Party leader Prawit Wongsuwan. Top photo, Matichon Weekly

 

PALANG PRACHARATH SECRETARY-GENERAL Santi Prompat said today (Jan.10) party leader Prawit Wongsuwan is likely to be the sole Palang Pracharath contestant for head of a post-election government.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1283136-prawit-to-be-sole-palang-pracharath-candidate-for-pm-santi/

 

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540 drivers have driving license points deducted on 1st day of new system

 

 

Altogether 540 motorists and motorcyclists had driving license points deducted on the first day of the enforcement of the points system yesterday (Monday), said the spokesman for the Royal Thai Police, Pol Maj-Gen Archayon Kraithong today.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1283137-540-drivers-have-driving-license-points-deducted-on-1st-day-of-new-system/

 

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More changes. Compulsory health insurance now not required

By Peter Roche

 

Arrival in Thailand

More changes. The public health minister, via the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand, has cancelled the requirement for foreign arrivals, from countries which require PCR tests on return, to have at least US$10,000 health insurance coverage for the duration of their holiday, plus seven days.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1283138-more-changes-compulsory-health-insurance-now-not-required/

 

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Hua Hin Airport: More services for private jets would help attract new groups of tourists, seminar told
By Online Reporter 

 

Hua Hin Airport. File Photo

By offering more services for private jets at Hua Hin airport, it could help to attract a new and more promising group of tourists to the region, a seminar has been told.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1283139-hua-hin-airport-more-services-for-private-jets-would-help-attract-new-groups-of-tourists-seminar-told/

 

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Opinion: Nobody Won After the Recent Debacle Over Covid-19 Vaccine Proof for Entry to Thailand
By Adam Judd

 

 

Social media, and media in general, in Thailand has been dominated over the past three or four days by one main topic -required documentation of proof of having a Covid-19 vaccine to enter Thailand.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1283140-opinion-nobody-won-after-the-recent-debacle-over-covid-19-vaccine-proof-for-entry-to-thailand/

 

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NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Wednesday January 11 2023

 

 

Listen to the news: https://aseannow.com/topic/1283151-national-news-from-surf-1025-fm-wednesday-january-11-2023/

 

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Thai - and foreign - rescue comes to tourist's aid after German teen collapses and falls in Krabi

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Krabi Phitak Pracha rescue services were called after a 19 year old German man fainted and fell down stone steps atop Wat Tham Seua in Krabi, southern Thailand.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1283155-thai-and-foreign-rescue-comes-to-tourists-aid-after-german-teen-collapses-and-falls-in-krabi/

 

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BMA advise tourists to take out health insurance "for their peace of mind"

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath reported on the latest meeting of the Thai capital's health monitoring and action group at BMA HQ yesterday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1283160-bma-advise-tourists-to-take-out-health-insurance-for-their-peace-of-mind/

 

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Changes to insurance requirements for arrivals, Thai population update : Tim Newton Today - Jan 11

 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1283162-changes-to-insurance-requirements-for-arrivals-thai-population-update-tim-newton-today-jan-11/

 

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Businesses on Khao San Road Likely to Pick Up in Q3 with Chinese Arrivals

 

 

BANGKOK, Jan 11 (TNA) – Entertainment venues on Bangkok's Khao San Road are not likely to be greatly benefited from the first wave of Chinese tourists but business operators there could reap benefit from more Chinese arrivals in the third quarter, said President of the Khao. San Business Association.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1283163-businesses-on-khao-san-road-likely-to-pick-up-in-q3-with-chinese-arrivals/

 

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Thai men get a shock as they eat their roadside noodles - but live to tell the tale

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Phachorn, 40, from Nan, northern Thailand had just parked his Toyota to stop for some roadside noodles yesterday evening.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1283165-thai-men-get-a-shock-as-they-eat-their-roadside-noodles-but-live-to-tell-the-tale/

 

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May 5 Announced as Special Public Holiday
by Paul Rujopakarn

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The government has announced May 5 as a special public holiday, creating a 4-day weekend break. The government hopes the long holiday will help boost the economy through various tourism activities.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1283169-may-5-announced-as-special-public-holiday/

 

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Thai media sends out warning: Death penalty or life in jail for violent abusers of children

 

Daily News Thai Caption: Teen sex cases

 

The legal team of Daily News reminded would be perpetrators and the Thai public of the severe penalties in Thailand for sexual abuse of children.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1283170-thai-media-sends-out-warning-death-penalty-or-life-in-jail-for-violent-abusers-of-children/

 

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"International crime is a threat to Thai security" says ISOC chief at top Bangkok meeting

 

 

INN reported on a meeting at the Nonthaburi Palace Hotel that kicked off yesterday and lasts until tomorrow.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1283172-international-crime-is-a-threat-to-thai-security-says-isoc-chief-at-top-bangkok-meeting/

 

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Uthai Thani immigration and ISOC team up for PR drive

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Siam Rath reported that Uthai Thani immigration in Thailand's lower north and the Internal Security Operations Command had teamed up on a PR drive.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1283173-uthai-thani-immigration-and-isoc-team-up-for-pr-drive/

 

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NE man dead after wrapping his Isuzu round power pole in Suphanburi 

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Siam Rath had some dramatic pictures of the aftermath of an accident in Suphanburi's Song Phee Nong district in central Thailand.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1283174-ne-man-dead-after-wrapping-his-isuzu-round-power-pole-in-suphanburi/

 

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Thaksin predicts that Prayut’s new party – UTN, is unlikely to get more than 25 seats in the next general election

By Erich Parpart

 

The entry of 2014 coup leader Prayut Chan-o-cha into Ruam Thai Saang Chart Party (United Thai Nation Party – UTN) will not help the party achieve the required 25 seats to be able to nominate Prayut to the Prime Ministership post, the self-exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1283175-thaksin-predicts-that-prayut’s-new-party-–-utn-is-unlikely-to-get-more-than-25-seats-in-the-next-general-election/

 

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Bangkok governor gets action to clear up massive fly tip - dispute with SRT over responsibility

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

Naew Na reported that Bangkok's governor Chadchart Sittipunt and a deputy made a visit to the local road at Kamphaengphet 6 after reports of a huge fly tip there.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1283177-bangkok-governor-gets-action-to-clear-up-massive-fly-tip-dispute-with-srt-over-responsibility/

 

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Thailand’s economy in 2023 could pose multiple challenges to government and central bank

 

 

Thailand’s gross domestic product (GDP) will expand by around 3-4 percent this year, only slightly higher than last year’s 3.2 percent, the National Economic and Social Development Council, a state think-tank, has forecast. But many economists believe the GDP growth is below the country’s potential.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1283178-thailand’s-economy-in-2023-could-pose-multiple-challenges-to-government-and-central-bank/

 

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Budget Approved for 2024 Fiscal Year

by Paul Rujopakarn

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The government has approved a budget of 3.35 trillion baht (US$100 billion) for 2024 fiscal year. This represents an increase of 5.18%, or 165 billion baht, compared to the 2023 fiscal year, in which the government set expenditure at 3.18 trillion baht and a budget deficit of 695 billion baht.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1283182-budget-approved-for-2024-fiscal-year/

 

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Bentley driver avoids jail - he's not over the limit, under 20 mg

 

Daily News Thai Caption: Not over the limit

 

Daily News reported that the tycoon behind the wheel of a Bentley that crashed on the Bangkok expressway injuring many people at the weekend was not over the DUI limit.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1283185-bentley-driver-avoids-jail-hes-not-over-the-limit-under-20-mg/

 

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Thailand reports drop in hospitalised Covid cases during first week of 2023

By Peter Roche

 

File photo: Asian Development Bank

Thailand’s Department of Disease Control has reported a drop in the number of Covid patients being hospitalised during the first week of this year. A total of 997 patients were hospitalised, at an average of 142 a day. According to department boss, Dr Tares Krassanairawiwong, that number is half that of the week before.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1283188-thailand-reports-drop-in-hospitalised-covid-cases-during-first-week-of-2023/

 

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Defence volunteer dies, two injured in ambush by insurgents in Narathiwat

 

 

One territorial defence volunteer was killed and two were injured in an ambush by southern insurgents in a village in the Si Sakhon district of Thailand’s southern province of Narathiwat province this morning (Wednesday).

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1283211-defence-volunteer-dies-two-injured-in-ambush-by-insurgents-in-narathiwat/

 

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Woman arrested in connection with online cheating of boy who killed himself

 

 

Police from Thailand’s Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) have arrested a woman for allegedly opening bank accounts used by online scammers, who reportedly cheated a 15-year-old boy out of about 14,000 baht. The boy, who is believed to have stolen the money from his parents, later committed suicide.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1283212-woman-arrested-in-connection-with-online-cheating-of-boy-who-killed-himself/

 

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Report on casinos to reach Thailand’s House of Representatives on Thursday

 

 

A full report prepared by a House committee on the legalisation of casinos in Thailand and the setting up of entertainment complexes, including casinos, will be submitted to the House of Representatives tomorrow (Thursday) for consideration.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1283214-report-on-casinos-to-reach-thailand’s-house-of-representatives-on-thursday/

 

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Team Thailand Secures Spot in ASEAN Championship Final

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The final of the ASEAN Championship will see defending champions Thailand take on host Vietnam after Team Thailand secured a 3-0 win over Malaysia on Tuesday (10 Dec).

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1283215-team-thailand-secures-spot-in-asean-championship-final/

 

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Government House to Open for National Children’s Day

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Government House will be open to the public this coming Saturday for National Children’s Day, allowing kids to have the prime ministerial experience for the special occasion.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1283216-government-house-to-open-for-national-children’s-day/