THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Tuesday 14 March 2023

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Thai banks unaffected by two recent US bank failures

 

Thailand’s commercial banks and other financial institutions have not been affected by the recent failures the US’s Silicon Valley Bank and New York-based Signature Bank in the past week, Deputy Government Spokesperson Traisuree Traisoranakul said Monday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289061-thai-banks-unaffected-by-two-recent-us-bank-failures/

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Four new airlines to join Thailand’s crowded skies

 

Four new airlines in Thailand

 

The Thai Transport Ministry has announced that there are four companies seeking licenses to operate airline services in Thailand – P80 Air, Really Cool Air, Landarch Airline and Siam Seaplane. The process of obtaining air service licenses is expected to take some time, and the four new airlines are expected to be approved to operate next year.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289057-four-new-airlines-to-join-thailand’s-crowded-skies/

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Police chief orders probe into police officers who sought an arrest warrant for a sitting senator
by James Morris and Son Nguyen

 

National Police Chief Damrongsak Kittiprapat on Monday ordered a probe through the Office of the Police Inspector General into why an arrest warrant was requested and granted in respect of a sitting senator on October 3rd 2022 without consultations with key superiors. The warrant, which was issued and later cancelled within hours, was the subject of submission by firebrand Rangsiman Rome to parliament in February. Mr Rangsiman is now facing defamation proceedings issued by the senator and is calling for his own probe into who ordered the warrant cancelled and on what basis.

The case is now being guided by the Office of the Attorney-General (OAG) as it involves criminal activities outside the kingdom with over a thousand pages required to be translated into Thai detailing the business dealings and company structure of Myanmar tycoon Tun Min Latt currently in custody and facing charges of drug trafficking and money laundering.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289078-police-chief-orders-probe-into-police-officers-who-sought-an-arrest-warrant-for-a-sitting-senator/

 

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Myanmar Man in Koh Phangan Attacks Four Thai People With Scissors in Angry Rage After Being Rejected For a Date
By Goongnang Suksawat

 

 

Pha-Ngan Island, Surat Thani – A Myanmar man was arrested after he attacked four Thais with a pair of scissors and a wooden stick. The man’s romantic advances to one of the victims had been rejected, causing the incident.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289080-myanmar-man-in-koh-phangan-attacks-four-thai-people-with-scissors-in-angry-rage-after-being-rejected-for-a-date/

 

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Russian tourist drowns at Phi Phi Island in Krabi
By Goongnang Suksawat

 

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Krabi – A male Russian tourist who had recently come from Phuket with a tour guide drowned at Phi Phi Island in Krabi.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289081-russian-tourist-drowns-at-phi-phi-island-in-krabi/

 

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Malaysian Tourist Rescued After Slipping and Falling on Boat in Krabi
By Goongnang Suksawat

 

 

Krabi – A Malaysian tourist has been rescued after getting seriously injured following slipping and falling on a boat near Lanta Island in Krabi at night.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289082-malaysian-tourist-rescued-after-slipping-and-falling-on-boat-in-krabi/

 

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Enraged Transgender Person Climbs Flagpole Outside Pattaya Police Station, Causes Public Scene
By Adam Judd

 

 

Pattaya, Thailand-An angry and engaged transgender individual climbed a flagpole outside the Pattaya police station, flashed crowds of tourists, and screamed threats and insults to crowds of bystanders early this morning.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289083-enraged-transgender-person-climbs-flagpole-outside-pattaya-police-station-causes-public-scene/

 

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Chonburi Motorcyclist Rear-Ends Parked Car at Red Light and Dies
By Tanakorn Panyadee

 

PHOTO: TMN Cable TV Pattaya

Pattaya — A 27-year-old man riding a motorcycle crashed into the rear of a parked sedan at a red light and passed away. The man succumbed to his injuries before the rescue teams arrived.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289084-chonburi-motorcyclist-rear-ends-parked-car-at-red-light-and-dies/

 

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NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Tuesday 14 March 2023
 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289093-national-news-from-surf-1025-fm-tuesday-14-march-2023/

 

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Four family members dead as motorcycle with sidecar/Fortuner collide in Suphanburi

 

 

Thai Rath reported on a horrific accident that shocked all who saw the aftermath.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289095-four-family-members-dead-as-motorcycle-with-sidecarfortuner-collide-in-suphanburi/

 

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Bangkok pollution? What pollution? Only 148 seek health checks in 12 days

 

 

The BMA spokesman in Bangkok Ekwaranyu Amrapan said that only 148 residents had sought help at specially set up clinics for people suffering from air pollution.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289097-bangkok-pollution-what-pollution-only-148-seek-health-checks-in-12-days/

 

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Pattaya: Five provincial cops transferred to inactive posts after two women shaken down in drugs busts

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Two ladies with similar stories to tell went to the Nong Prue police in the Pattaya area yesterday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289101-pattaya-five-provincial-cops-transferred-to-inactive-posts-after-two-women-shaken-down-in-drugs-busts/

 

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Three Chinese arrested sneaking back and forth from Thailand to Laos

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Chiang Saen immigration in Chiang Rai, northern Thailand, arrested two Thai people smugglers and three Chinese nationals near the border with Laos.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289102-three-chinese-arrested-sneaking-back-and-forth-from-thailand-to-laos/

 

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Route south paralysed after 12 vehicles collide in high winds and rain

 

 

Siam Rath reported on a multiple collision that occurred on Phetchkasem Highway heading south in Muang district of Prachuap Khirikhan province at 1.30 pm yesterday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289105-route-south-paralysed-after-12-vehicles-collide-in-high-winds-and-rain/

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Buffalo rescue after eight hours in drainage ditch - sugar cane tractor hauls to safety

 

77kaoded Thai Caption: Help for buffalo that fell in drainage ditch

 

Officials in Sa Kaeo province in Eastern Thailand were notified that a buffalo belonging to Lampoon Farm had got stuck in a drainage ditch.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289106-buffalo-rescue-after-eight-hours-in-drainage-ditch-sugar-cane-tractor-hauls-to-safety/

 

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Indonesia reviewing Russia & Ukraine visas, 'no problem' with Thai banks : Tim Newton Today - March 14

 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289107-indonesia-reviewing-russia-ukraine-visas-no-problem-with-thai-banks-tim-newton-today-march-14/

 

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Two arrested as "billion baht's" worth of crystal meth found in abandoned pick-up in north

 

Daily News Thai Caption: Billion baht "ice" seizure

 

Military and police operations in the Fang area of Chiang Mai, northern Thailand, intercepted a drug convoy, reported Daily News.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289108-two-arrested-as-billion-bahts-worth-of-crystal-meth-found-in-abandoned-pick-up-in-north/

 

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Thailand's auto parts industry still going strong despite COVID

 

Behind every strong local industry is a strong local supply chain. This is certainly the case for Thailand's automotive industry, which has over the past six decades established the kingdom as the leading automobile production base in Southeast Asia and the 11th largest worldwide.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289110-thailands-auto-parts-industry-still-going-strong-despite-covid/

 

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Court Sets Up Fact-Finding Panel Over Grey Senator Getting Off The Hook
By Thai Newsroom Reporters

 

Supreme Court President Chotivat Luengprasert. Photo: Naew Na

 

SUPREME COURT President Chotivat Luengprasert has set up a committee to collect evidence and find facts pertaining to last October’s revocation of an arrest warrant by a Criminal Court judge for an allegedly grey senator.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289112-court-sets-up-fact-finding-panel-over-grey-senator-getting-off-the-hook/

 

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Protesters rally in Bangkok’s Ratchadamnoen on Tuesday morning

 

 

Farmers and passenger van operators have been rallying separately in front of the Agriculture and Transport ministries since this morning (Tuesday) to demand government help.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289114-protesters-rally-in-bangkok’s-ratchadamnoen-on-tuesday-morning/

 

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Lineup for Week 3 of Pattaya Music Festival
By Tanakorn Panyadee

 

PHOTO: Cocktail

 

Pattaya — The highly anticipated Week 3 of the Pattaya Music Festival is set to ignite the stage with an electrifying lineup of some of the most prominent names in the music industry.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289119-lineup-for-week-3-of-pattaya-music-festival/

 

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Hundreds Seek Treatment from Bangkok’s Air Pollution Clinics

 

 

BANGKOK, March 14 (TNA) – Almost 900 patients have sought medical care at six air pollution clinics since October last year, said Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) spokesperson, Ekwaranyu Amrapan.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289097-bangkok-pollution-what-pollution-only-148-seek-health-checks-in-12-days/?do=findComment&comment=17954203

 

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Excessive PM2.5 levels in Bangkok on Tuesday

 

 

Air quality in Bangkok and its suburbs today (Tuesday) varies from good to a level which is beginning to affect health, with PM2.5 exceeding the 50-micron safety standard in 69 areas, according to the Air4Thai website.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289097-bangkok-pollution-what-pollution-only-148-seek-health-checks-in-12-days/?do=findComment&comment=17954208

 

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Seven People Arrested in Patong for Allegedly Illegally Processing Cannabis Buds
By Goongnang Suksawat

 

Patong – Seven people have been arrested for allegedly illegally processing cannabis buds on Bangla Road and Soi Sane Sabai in Patong.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289122-seven-people-arrested-in-patong-for-allegedly-illegally-processing-cannabis-buds/

 

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A few of the big movies made in and around Phuket, Phang Nga and Krabi

by Peter Roche

 

 

Lights, camera, action. Phuket and Krabi have captured the imagination of filmmakers for many years. The island and its surrounding areas have played host to a number of films that have gone on to achieve great commercial success and critical acclaim. In this article, we will explore some of the most famous movies that were made in or near Phuket.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289125-a-few-of-the-big-movies-made-in-and-around-phuket-phang-nga-and-krabi/

 

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Frantic search for radioactive material missing from power plant in Thailand

 

 

Officials from Thailand’s Office of Atoms for Peace (OAP) and Prachin Buri provincial administration are trying to recover an unspecified amount of Caesium-137 radioactive material, which went missing from a steam power plant in Prachin Buri Province on February 23rd.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289128-frantic-search-for-radioactive-material-missing-from-power-plant-in-thailand/

 

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BTSC staff threaten strike if debt owed to the company by BMA is not paid

 

 

Employees of Bangkok Mass Transit System Public Company (BTSC), the operator of Green Line sky train service, have threatened to go on strike if the government fails to respond to their demand for the settlement of 50 billion baht owed to the company by Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) within seven days.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289144-btsc-staff-threaten-strike-if-debt-owed-to-the-company-by-bma-is-not-paid/

 

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Policeman Fires Shots from His House, Negotiation Underway

 

 

BANGKOK, March 14 (TNA) – The police are negotiating with an off-duty police inspector, who fired shots randomly into the sky from his house in Bangkok’s Sai Mai district.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289145-policeman-fires-shots-from-his-house-negotiation-underway/

 

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Thailand-U.S. Strengthen Partnership in Preparedness for Emerging Diseases

 

 

NONTHABURI, March 14 (TNA) – Thailand and the U.S. strengthen public health partnership to prevent and prepare for the emerging infectious diseases in the future.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289148-thailand-us-strengthen-partnership-in-preparedness-for-emerging-diseases/

 

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Thai Committee on Public Health Suggests E-cigarette Regulation and to End Ban on Vaping

 

 

Dr. Eak (Ekkapob Pianpises) recently unveiled a sub-committee report on the Study of Impacts on Health and Monitoring the Enforcement of Public Health Related Laws under the Committee on Public Health.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289150-thai-committee-on-public-health-suggests-e-cigarette-regulation-and-to-end-ban-on-vaping/