THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Saturday 28 January 2023

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Send us your random videos. Win 2 nights in Bangkok

 

Nothing fancy just raw and real

 

More info: https://aseannow.com/topic/1284244-send-us-your-random-videos-win-2-nights-in-bangkok/

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Thai Prime Minister Revs Up Development of U-Tapao International Airport

 

PHOTO: Kaosod Online

 

Thailand’s incumbent prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is taking steps to accelerate the development of U-Tapao international airport in the hope of raking in a profit of 305 billion baht for the country.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1284727-thai-prime-minister-revs-up-development-of-u-tapao-international-airport/

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Russian Tourists Spearhead Foreign Arrivals in Phuket

 

 

Phuket is seeing more activities from tourists, as tourism is now at 50% compared to pre-pandemic levels, according to the director of the Tourism Authority of Thailand Office in Phuket.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1284734-russian-tourists-spearhead-foreign-arrivals-in-phuket/

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Pattaya operating at near full capacity

 

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Pattaya, a popular tourist destination in Thailand, is now close to pre-COVID levels of tourism, according to the Pattaya Tourism Association.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1284758-pattaya-operating-at-near-full-capacity/

 

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Police and medics inspect cannabis outlets in Bangkok

 

 

A store selling cannabis and the plant extracts in Bangkok was found to have broken the law, by allowing customers to smoke cannabis on the premises, during an inspection by officials from the Department of Traditional and Complementary Medicine (DTCM) and Bang Sue police on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1284760-police-and-medics-inspect-cannabis-outlets-in-bangkok/

 

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Phuket: Suspect Arrested in Bangkok After 11 Years for Alleged Arson and Attempted Murder
By Goongnang Suksawat

 

 

Phuket – A suspect wanted in Phuket has been arrested in Bangkok for arson and allegedly trying to kill a security guard at a snake farm in Phuket 11 years ago.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1284761-phuket-suspect-arrested-in-bangkok-after-11-years-for-alleged-arson-and-attempted-murder/

 

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Phuket Elephant Camp Businesses Ready for Chinese Tourists
By Goongnang Suksawat

 

 

Phuket – Elephant camp businesses in Phuket are ready to welcome Chinese tourists.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1284763-phuket-elephant-camp-businesses-ready-for-chinese-tourists/

 

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Ukrainian Politician Expelled from Ruling Party After Posting Clip Swimming in Thailand
Lawmaker Mykola Tyshchenko is no stranger to controversy.

by Kyiv Post 

 

A Ukrainian politician has been expelled from his party after posting a video of himself enjoying a swim in the azure, tropical seas of Thailand during what was purportedly a work trip.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1284765-ukrainian-politician-expelled-from-ruling-party-after-posting-clip-swimming-in-thailand/

 

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Taiwanese actress hits back at RTP - Thailand's great but your "unclean" police are NOT - tells them to "stop talking trash"

 

Daily News Thai Caption: I remember his face!

 

The Taiwanese actress at the center of claims that she and her friends were extorted out of 27,000 baht in a nighttime shakedown at the hands of the Thai police in Huay Khwang, Bangkok, has hit back at suggestions that she was somehow in the wrong.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1284774-taiwanese-actress-hits-back-at-rtp-thailands-great-but-your-unclean-police-are-not-tells-them-to-stop-talking-trash/

 

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Bad blood between Jatuporn and Thaksin wounds Pheu Thai’s election chances

 

 

Former red-shirt leader Jatuporn Prompan has shocked political observers by launching stinging criticisms of his former party Pheu Thai and its patriarch, Thaksin Shinawatra.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1284776-bad-blood-between-jatuporn-and-thaksin-wounds-pheu-thai’s-election-chances/

 

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Video: Rich old lady can smile a bit after finding 30 baht weight of gold in the ashes of her destroyed home

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath went to Nakhon Phanom in the north east of Thailand where a fire had ripped through a row of two story cement and wood shop houses on Thursday. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1284778-video-rich-old-lady-can-smile-a-bit-after-finding-30-baht-weight-of-gold-in-the-ashes-of-her-destroyed-home/

 

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School closed after glue sniffing man vaults wall and stabs 9 year old boy in the head

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath reported on a horrendous incident that took place at a school in Suphanburi, central Thailand on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1284781-school-closed-after-glue-sniffing-man-vaults-wall-and-stabs-9-year-old-boy-in-the-head/

 

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Yongyuth Wichaidit: Former Pheu Thai leader out of prison but back in the spotlight

 

 

Former deputy prime minister Yongyuth Wichaidit is back in the media spotlight after celebrity lawyer Sittra Biabungkerd exposed a sex scandal he said involved a former deputy premier in Yingluck Shinawatra’s government whose name starts with “Y”.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1284783-yongyuth-wichaidit-former-pheu-thai-leader-out-of-prison-but-back-in-the-spotlight/

 

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Thailand Road Carnage: One motorcyclist dead, 3 injured as Bangkok cabby goes through red light at Suvarnabhumi Airport

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath reported on a collision between a yellow and green taxi and two motorcycles at an intersection at Suvarnabhumi Airport just after midnight this morning that left a pillion  passenger dead and three others injured.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1284786-thailand-road-carnage-one-motorcyclist-dead-3-injured-as-bangkok-cabby-goes-through-red-light/

 

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Bangkok police arrest "Deaf Gang" for string of nighttime thefts

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Siam Rath reported that Sutthisan police in downtown Bangkok had arrested a gang of four deaf people for burglaries.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1284787-bangkok-police-arrest-deaf-gang-for-string-of-nighttime-thefts/

 

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70 more vehicles seized in "Jay Ploy Chonburi Gang" pawn inquiry

 

Picture: INN

 

INN reported that Crime Suppression Division police had seized 70 more vehicles involved in 39 cases as part of inquiries into pawning activities of a gang known as "Jay Ploy Chonburi".

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1284789-70-more-vehicles-seized-in-jay-ploy-chonburi-gang-pawn-inquiry/

 

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Qualifying draw to get underway at Thailand Open
By Online Reporter
 

Centre Court at the True Arena Hua Hin Sports Club. Image: WTA

The qualifying draw for the 2023 Thailand Open presented by E@ gets underway on Saturday 28 January 2023, at the True Arena Hua Hin Sports Club.  The WTA 250 event makes a welcome return to Thailand following a three-year break since the last edition in 2020.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1284790-qualifying-draw-to-get-underway-at-thailand-open/

 

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Birthday boy shot dead in street in Pathum Thani - police don't believe friend's account

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath reported on a shooting incident in Pathum Thani north of the Thai capital Bangkok in which an 18 year old youth was shot in the street.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1284791-birthday-boy-shot-dead-in-street-in-pathum-thani-police-dont-believe-friends-account/

 

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Meat eating dinosaur footprints found at new site in NE Thailand forest park

 

 

INN reported that officials from the Sirindhorn Museum - a facility that houses dinosaur relics - went to the Phu Faek Forest Park in Na Khu district of Kalasin, NE Thailand.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1284794-meat-eating-dinosaur-footprints-found-at-new-site-in-ne-thailand-forest-park/

 

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Commander of Thai Police Orders Full Investigation of Alleged Extortion Case of Taiwanese Actress
By Adam Judd

 

 

Bangkok, Thailand - As a war of words has heated up between Thai law enforcement and a famous Taiwanese actress who claims she was extorted by Thai police the Commander of the Thai police has ordered a full, transparent investigation.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1284774-taiwanese-actress-hits-back-at-rtp-thailands-great-but-your-unclean-police-are-not-tells-them-to-stop-talking-trash/?do=findComment&comment=17867743

 

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to continue:

 

Thailand Live Monday 30 January 2023

https://aseannow.com/topic/1284888-thailand-live-monday-30-january-2023/