THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Thursday 9 March 2023

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James Wattana or Tong Sitchoi

 

"Tong" rolls back the years in classic victory at Six Red Snooker World Championships 2023 in Pathum Thani

By Gerry Carter

 

He is a man who goes by many names in Thailand and around the world. Most of those in the snooker world know him as James Wattana. He was once known as Wattana Phu-ob-orm.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1288620-tong-rolls-back-the-years-in-classic-victory-at-six-red-snooker-world-championships-2023-in-pathum-thani/

 

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Pattaya Police Ban Airhorns at Bars Citing Noise Pollution

 

 

Bar operators in Pattaya have been told to mute their airhorns after residents in nearby areas bombarded police with numerous noise complaints.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1288597-pattaya-police-ban-airhorns-at-bars-citing-noise-pollution/

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Chinese tourists warned not to embroider school names on student uniforms

 

 

Chinese tourists wearing Thai student uniforms are warned that they may violate the law if the names embroidered on their shirts match actual school names.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1288602-chinese-tourists-warned-not-to-embroider-school-names-on-student-uniforms/

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HelloFresh Drops Thai Coconut Milk After Peta’s Monkey Labour Drive
By The Guardian, Daily Mail and Sanook.com

 

A chained monkey forced to pick coconuts for hours. The Thai headline says, “Don’t torture monkeys.” Photo: Sanook.com

 

MEAL kit provider HelloFresh, which is based in Berlin, Germany, said it will no longer sell coconut milk sourced from Thailand as it does not support any form of animal cruelty across its supply chain, the company announced on Monday (Mar. 6).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1288622-hellofresh-drops-thai-coconut-milk-after-peta’s-monkey-labour-drive/

 

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Prommin Emerges As Latest Among Trio Of Pheu Thai Candidates For PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters

 

Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, left, and former deputy prime minister Prommin Lertsuridej, right. Photo: Matichon Weekly

 

PROMMIN LERTSURIDEJ has emerged as the latest one among a trio of Pheu Thai partisan candidates for prime minister, partisan sources said.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1288623-prommin-emerges-as-latest-among-trio-of-pheu-thai-candidates-for-pm/

 

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Criminal Court Judge To Be Quizzed Over Over Letting Grey Senator Off The Hook
By Thai Newsroom Reporters

 

Move Forward MP Rangsiman Rome outside the Criminal Court today, Mar. 8, 2023, above, and addressing the House of Representatives, photo: Matichon

 

MOVE FORWARD MP Rangsiman Rome today (Mar.8) petitioned the judicial branch to interrogate a judge of the Criminal Court who had revoked an arrest warrant for a senator suspected by police as a drug dealer-cum-money launderer.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1288624-criminal-court-judge-to-be-quizzed-over-over-letting-grey-senator-off-the-hook/

 

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Thailand now second biggest producer of Bio plastics

 

 

The declaration was made on Monday and was based on data from the Thai Bioplastics Industry Association, according to government spokesman Anucha Burapachaisri.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1288625-thailand-now-second-biggest-producer-of-bio-plastics/

 

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Belgian Man Dies After Allegedly Slipping and Falling While Trying to Stop an Argument in Patong
By Goongnang Suksawat

 

 

A Belgian man has died after he allegedly slipped and fell with his head making contact to the ground while he was trying to stop his friend who was arguing with a Thai man in Patong.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1288626-belgian-man-dies-after-allegedly-slipping-and-falling-while-trying-to-stop-an-argument-in-patong/

 

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Over 1.3 Million Air-Pollution Cases So Far This Year
by TNR Staff

 

Air pollution in Bangkok on Jan. 24, 2023. Photo: Sanook.com

 

THERE were as many as 1,325,838 air-pollution related cases in Thailand during Jan. 1-Mar. 5 this year with the public warned that airborne particles known as PM2.5 could lead to cardiovascular disease and lung cancer while 31,081 people died from exposure to toxic airborne dust in 2019, TV Channel 7 quoted the Public Health Ministry as saying.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1288627-over-13-million-air-pollution-cases-so-far-this-year/

 

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Chiang Mai to hand out face masks as dust from fires hits hazardous levels

Rebecca Ratcliffe in Bangkok

Thai authorities struggle to contain forest fires, a persistent cause of air pollution during the dry season

 

Air pollution in Chiang Mai, Thailand, last month. PM2.5 levels in the city reached 117µg/m³, more than 23 times WHO annual air quality guidelines. Photograph: Pongmanat Tasiri/Sopa Images/Rex/Shutterstock

The Chiang Mai authorities in northern Thailand will hand out face masks to the public as the province struggles with dangerously high levels of air pollution caused by persistent forest fires.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1288628-chiang-mai-to-hand-out-face-masks-as-dust-from-fires-hits-hazardous-levels/

 

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Burning rubbish set for big fines as Nakhon Phanom smog unbearable

 

 

The Northeast city on the banks of the Mekong suffocates under thick haze that landed on Tuesday, Nakhon Phanom is toughening up on residents who burn trash and greenery outdoors.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1288635-burning-rubbish-set-for-big-fines-as-nakhon-phanom-smog-unbearable/

 

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New climate study raises alarm for Asian Megacities

 

 

A new study that takes into account the effects of both climate change and normal oceanic variations predicts that by 2100, some of Asia’s major cities may be submerged.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1288636-new-climate-study-raises-alarm-for-asian-megacities/

 

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South Korean Pig Farm Owner Arrested For Disposing Of Thai Worker’s Dead Body
By Choi Jae-hee, The Korea Herald

 

The deceased Thai farm worker’s room in Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province. Photo: Pocheon Migrant Workers Centre and published by The Korea Herald

 

A SOUTH KOREAN pig farm owner in Pocheon, Gyeonggi province, has been arrested on the suspicion of disposing of the dead body of a Thai farm worker earlier this month, according to local police (Mar. 8).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1288637-south-korean-pig-farm-owner-arrested-for-disposing-of-thai-worker’s-dead-body/

 

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NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Thursday 9 March 2023
 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1288638-national-news-from-surf-1025-fm-thursday-9-march-2023/

 

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Car falls from parking building in Bangkok Rama 4, injures one man

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Jor Sor 100 reported a pickup truck incident in Bangkok. A car fall down from a parking building on Rama 4 Road. One man was injured. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1288643-car-falls-from-parking-building-in-bangkok-rama-4-injures-one-man/

 

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Officials to Launch Rainmaking Flights to Help Contain Fires in Kanchanaburi
by Paul Rujopakarn

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Department of Royal Rainmaking and Agricultural Aviation has announced a plan to conduct cloud-seeding operations from March 11-13 as part of efforts to contain out-of-control forest fires in the western part of the country.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1288646-officials-to-launch-rainmaking-flights-to-help-contain-fires-in-kanchanaburi/

 

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BOT Says Deposits Up 4.3% for Commercial Banks in 2022
by Paul Rujopakarn

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - According to the Bank of Thailand (BOT), overall deposits for Thai commercial banks rose by 4.3% in 2022, reaching a total of nearly 16.9 trillion baht. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1288648-bot-says-deposits-up-43-for-commercial-banks-in-2022/

 

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Defamation by duck gets 2 years in prison, Thai uniform 'rules' : Tim Newton Today - March 9

 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1288653-defamation-by-duck-gets-2-years-in-prison-thai-uniform-rules-tim-newton-today-march-9/

 

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We are the ‘Zs’ – The inspiring ASEAN New Generation documentary series screening

 

 

The voices, dreams and passions of the young, whose intersectionality creates desire for change in our current world, as told in a six part documentary series.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1288656-we-are-the-‘zs’-–-the-inspiring-asean-new-generation-documentary-series-screening/

 

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Thailand offering tax breaks for tokens investment issuers

 

 

Thailand’s cabinet has decided to exclude businesses that issue investment tokens from corporate income tax and value-added tax (VAT).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1288659-thailand-offering-tax-breaks-for-tokens-investment-issuers/

 

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Fighting Thailand’s wildfires from the sky

by Editor

 

 

A big joint agency mission is underway to fight the wildfire situation in the area of the Thung Salang Luang National Park of Phitsanulok Province.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1288661-fighting-thailand’s-wildfires-from-the-sky/

 

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PM Prayut Delivers Statement on International Women’s Day

 

 

BANGKOK, March 9 (TNA) – Prime Minister and Defense Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-ocha conveyed well wishes and regards to all the Thai women and women development advocates on the International Women’s Day.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1288662-pm-prayut delivers-statement-on-international-women’s-day/

 

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Man arrested after firing gun in Phuket hospital grounds in row over parking – VIDEO

By Peter Roche

 

 

Police in Phuket have arrested a man for allegedly firing gun shots in a major hospital car park in a brief dispute with another driver. According to a Phuket Express report, 31 year old Mr Tanakorn was arrested following the incident at Vachira Phuket Hospital on Tuesday morning.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1288522-shot-fired-in-phuket-parking-lot-rage/?do=findComment&comment=17943322

 

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Bangkok delivery driver praised for saving child who ran into traffic – VIDEO

By Peter Roche

 

PHOTO: Naewna

A food delivery rider has been honoured by the Royal Thai Police for saving a child who had run into traffic.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1288666-bangkok-delivery-driver-praised-for-saving-child-who-ran-into-traffic-–-video/

 

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Thailand and Japan to Start First Phase of Bangkok - Chiang Mai Rail Project
by Krajangwit Johjit

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand and Japan are set to embark on the first phase of a high-speed rail project linking Bangkok and Chiang Mai province.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1288667-thailand-and-japan-to-start-first-phase-of-bangkok-chiang-mai-rail-project/

 

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Travel demand fuels a boom in Asia Pacific — in hotel rates
by Monica Pitrelli

 

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Finding a great hotel deal may be harder than ever before.

 

Hotel rates are at an “all-time high,” Alan Watts, Hilton’s Asia-Pacific president, told “Squawk Box Asia” on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1288673-travel-demand-fuels-a-boom-in-asia-pacific-—-in-hotel-rates/

 

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Foreigner Found Dead With Slit Throat In Pattaya

by TNR Staff

 

 

A NORWEGIAN man was found dead with a slit throat at a rented room in the middle of Pattaya City last night (Mar. 8th) with police investigation revealing that he had recently broken up with his Thai girlfriend

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1288674-foreigner-found-dead-with-slit-throat-in-pattaya/

 

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Thai tourism officials hopeful 6 million European travellers will arrive this year

By Peter Roche

 

Monsoon in Phuket

The governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand says he expects 6 million European tourists to visit the kingdom this year, according to a Bangkok Post report. This figure would be 80% of pre-Covid levels and should generate around 420 billion baht of a total expected tourism revenue of 1.5 trillion baht for 2023.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1288676-thai-tourism-officials-hopeful-6-million-european-travellers-will-arrive-this-year/

 

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Five dead in Phatthalung crash

 

 

Five people in a pickup truck were killed when their vehicle was hit by a trailer truck travelling in the opposite direction on the Asian Highway in Pa Bon district of Thailand’s southern province of Phatthalung late Wednesday night.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1288695-five-dead-in-phatthalung-crash/

 

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Cabinet Approves Phase 4 of Scholarship Program for Southern Border Students

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Cabinet approved phase 4 of the higher education development program in the southern border provinces. The program grants 40,000 baht per person for students in the area to pursue a bachelor’s degree.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1288696-cabinet-approves-phase-4-of-scholarship-program-for-southern-border-students/