THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Friday 10 February 2023

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Thai government to increase capacity in four airports – 200 M arrivals by 2031

 

PHOTO: Suvarnabhumi Airport traffic to increase

 

“International Air Transport Association’s prediction that there will be roughly 200 million foreign arrivals in 2031 to Thailand.”

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1286007-thai-government-to-increase-capacity-in-four-airports-–-200-m-arrivals-by-2031/

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Thailand donates Bt5 million for Turkey quake

 

 

BANGKOK, (TNA) — Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Thursday handed over the Thai government's humanitarian assistance to the government of Türkiye through Mrs Serap Ersoy, the Ambassador of Türkiye to Thailand, for the Türkiye-Syria earthquakes incident. at the Government House.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1286042-thailand-donates-bt5-million-for-turkey-quake/

 

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Thai Airways rakes in cash, may exit rehabilitation plan in 2024 with its SET shares relisted in 2025

by James Morris and Son Nguyen

 

New Chief Executive Officer Chai Eamsiri (right) gives details of the momentum the recovering airline has generated since May 2022 that now sees it hurling towards a late 2024 date for emerging from its rehabilitation plan. He revealed the firm has a positive cash flow of ฿30 billion with an expanding flight network and volume on an 80% load factor. It is on track, Mr Chai said, for a 2025 relisting of its shares on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET). He talked about the airline negotiating with US firm Boeing for long-term deals on Boeing 787 widebody aircraft or Dreamliners (inset).

 

Bullish Chief Executive Officer Chai Eamsiri explains that the airline is on course to emerge from rehabilitation by the end of 2024. Volume continues to rise and it expects to maintain a load factor of 80% throughout 2023 with new flight routes being inaugurated to China, Asia and Europe.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1286043-thai-airways-rakes-in-cash-may-exit-rehabilitation-plan-in-2024-with-its-set-shares-relisted-in-2025/

 

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47-Year-Old Woman Dies in Tragic Accident While Walking Around Her Car in Pattaya
By Tanakorn Panyadee

 

 

Pattaya — A woman parked her car beside the road and was crushed to death by a pickup truck while she was walking around her vehicle.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1286044-47-year-old-woman-dies-in-tragic-accident-while-walking-around-her-car-in-pattaya/

 

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Overstaying Kazakhstani Woman Arrested at Phuket Airport Using Fake Documents
By Goongnang Suksawat

 

Phuket – An overstaying Kazakhstani woman was arrested at Phuket International Airport.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1286045-overstaying-kazakhstani-woman-arrested-at-phuket-airport-using-fake-documents/

 

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Chuwit: Bigger Gambling Network Than Macau888 Run By An Inspector
by TNR Staff 

 

Former MP Chuwit Kamolvisit and actress Arisara “Due” Thongburisut . Photo: Matichon

 

AMIDST the ongoing crackdown on macau888 online gambling network former MP Chuwit Kamolvisit said this operation is small compared to a much bigger network operated by “Inspector Sua”, Matichon newspaper said today (Feb. 9).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1286046-chuwit-bigger-gambling-network-than-macau888-run-by-an-inspector/

 

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Truck goes through red light and hits school bus in Ayutthaya - teacher driver thrown out, student hurt

 

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Dramatic VIDEO footage from Ayutthaya published by Thai Rath showed the moment when a private school bus taking students home was involved in a collision with a ten wheel truck carrying sand that went through a red light.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1286052-truck-goes-through-red-light-and-hits-school-bus-in-ayutthaya-teacher-driver-thrown-out-student-hurt/

 

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NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Friday 10 February 2023

 

 

Listen to the news: https://aseannow.com/topic/1286054-national-news-from-surf-1025-fm-friday-10-february-2023/

 

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Update: Execution murder of Hmong family of five - "unpaid" Myanmar migrants in frame, police expect arrests soon

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Police in the northwest province of Tak expect arrests soon in the case of the execution style murder of a Hmong family of five.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1286056-update-execution-murder-of-hmong-family-of-five-unpaid-myanmar-migrants-in-frame-police-expect-arrests-soon/

 

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Nepalese man caught trying to smuggle 5.6 kilos of hashish into Thailand at Bangkok airport

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Siam Rath reported that Thai customs at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok checked a wheely bag belonging to a Nepalaese man who had arrived from Kathmandu on Wednesday evening.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1286057-nepalese-man-caught-trying-to-smuggle-56-kilos-of-hashish-into-thailand-at-bangkok-airport/

 

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Chicken rice sellers attacked at Chumphon station by group who claimed they have a franchise

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Siam Rath reported on a vicious attack on a husband and wife couple selling Khao Mok Kai, a chicken rice dish popular with Muslim people in particular.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1286058-chicken-rice-sellers-attacked-at-chumphon-station-by-group-who-claimed-they-have-a-franchise/

 

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Thailand’s worsening PM2.5 problem is lost in the fog of politics
 

 

Despite making Thailand’s haze crisis national agenda in 2019, the government has made little progress in meeting people’s need for clean air.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1286059-thailand’s-worsening-pm25-problem-is-lost-in-the-fog-of-politics/

 

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Thai people are living longer
By Editor

 

 
There has been an increase in the longevity of Thai people over the past three decades, with men living six and a half years longer and women eight years more than in the 1980s, according to the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1286060-thai-people-are-living-longer/

 

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Malaysian PM will do “whatever is required” to facilitate peace in Thailand’s South

By Peter Roche

 

Facebook/Anwar Ibrahim

Malaysian PM Anwar Ibrahim has pledged to support Thailand in finding a peaceful solution to the ongoing insurgency in the Deep South.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1286064-malaysian-pm-will-do-“whatever-is-required”-to-facilitate-peace-in-thailand’s-south/

 

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Pitbull attack: Mad dog attacks mum, son comes to rescue, dragged into cage and has intestines ripped out

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Siam Rath reported on a savage attack by a family's pet Pitbull dog in Nakhon Ratchasima, NE Thailand.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1286065-pitbull-attack-mad-dog-attacks-mum-son-comes-to-rescue-dragged-into-cage-and-has-intestines-ripped-out/

 

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Fatal pit bull attack kills Thai man, campaign to stop burning off in Thailand: Tim Newton Today - Feb 10

 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1286067-fatal-pit-bull-attack-kills-thai-man-campaign-to-stop-burning-off-in-thailand-tim-newton-today-feb-10/

 

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Thai netizens attack national park for putting in asphalt - wildlife sanctuary responds promising alterations to parking lot

 

Sanook Thai Caption: The poor old trees

 

Sanook reported that Thai social media turned on staff at a national park in the north after they had a contractor asphalt an area of trees for a car park.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1286070-thai-netizens-attack-national-park-for-putting-in-asphalt-wildlife-sanctuary-responds-promising-alterations-to-parking-lot/

 

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Revenue Department to tax Youtubers, online vendors and influencers

 

 

Youtubers, social media influencers and online vendors are to be taxed on advertising revenue, sales of merchandise or donations earned through their channels, according to Lawaron Saengsanit, director-general of Revenue Department.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1286074-revenue-department-to-tax-youtubers-online-vendors-and-influencers/

 

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Two People on Phuket Bus Injured after Gunman Opens Fire
By Goongnang Suksawat

 

Phuket – Two people on a bus in Phuket have sustained injuries after a gunman opened fire while other passengers ran away.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1286080-two-people-on-phuket-bus-injured-after-gunman-opens-fire/

 

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Migrants killed handicapped stray dog and took it away to eat, claim Watchdog Thailand

 

Daily News Thai Caption: Hunt for people eating dogs

 

Daily News reported that Bang Pu police and reps from Watchdog Thailand went to an area of factories and wasteground in Soi Rong Nam Kheng Srichai, Samut Prakan, south east of the Thai capital Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1286083-watchdog-thailand-investigate-after-stray-dog-vanishes/

 

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Songkhla beauty pageant goes ahead despite many girls falling sick

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Members of a community enterprise group called Node-Na-Le in Tha Hin sub-district of Songkhla in southern Thailand were furious after it appeared that contestants from the Miss Grand Songkhla beauty pageant would not be coming as planned.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1286087-songkhla-beauty-pageant-goes-ahead-despite-many-girls-falling-sick/

 

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UPDATE: Negotiations fail and police storm bus, shooter found dead

By Peter Roche

 

PHOTO: Phuket Smart News

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1286080-two-people-on-phuket-bus-injured-after-gunman-opens-fire/?do=findComment&comment=17893378

 

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Standoff in Phuket after gunman shoots two passengers on mini bus

 

  

Two people were shot by a fellow passenger on a Phuket-Phatthalung mini bus, as it was travelling through Mueang district of Phuket on Friday morning.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1286080-two-people-on-phuket-bus-injured-after-gunman-opens-fire/?do=findComment&comment=17893561

 

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Forensic team joins investigation of missing baby in Nakhon Pathom

 

 

Forensic science officers have joined Bang Luang district police in Nakhon Pathom in the investigation into the mysterious disappearance of an eight-month-old infant from the parents’ home on Sunday.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1286112-forensic-team-joins-investigation-of-missing-baby-in-nakhon-pathom/

 

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Parents Grieve Death of Daughter in Earthquake Tragedy

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - A 29-year-old Thai woman, Chaimaiporn Homsantia, has been found dead following a massive earthquake in Turkey.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1286113-parents-grieve-death-of-daughter-in-earthquake-tragedy/

 

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Thai Red Cross calls for donations, pledges 2 million baht to earthquake relief effort

 

Facebook/Ishfaq Wani

 

The Thai Red Cross is pledging 2 million baht for relief efforts following the devastating earthquake that struck Türkey and northern Syria on Monday. The death toll from the 7.8-magnitude quake currently stands at 21,000, with millions more affected in both countries. A Thai woman is understood to be among the dead and has been reported to the Thai Foreign Ministry.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1286116-thai-red-cross-calls-for-donations-pledges-2-million-baht-to-earthquake-relief-effort/

 

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Taxi drivers registered in other provinces to be allowed operate in Phuket

 

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Taxi drivers, legally registered in Bangkok and other provinces, WILL be allowed to work in Phuket, according to a Phuket Express report. It follows the recent news that 2 Bangkok taxi drivers face legal action for operating in Phuket, outside their registered jurisdiction. The drivers were caught at a checkpoint on Monday.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1286117-taxi-drivers-registered-in-other-provinces-to-be-allowed-operate-in-phuket/

 

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Explosions at army ordnance factory in Ayutthaya

 

Image Courtesy: Manager Online

 

Several fire trucks rushed to a bomb fuse manufacturing facility of the Army Ordnance Department in Ayutthaya province this morning (Friday), after several explosions were heard coming from the compound.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1286124-explosions-at-army-ordnance-factory-in-ayutthaya/