Search for missing Caesium-137 intensifies, public health officials on standby

 

Local officials and those from Thailand’s Office of Atoms for Peace have launched searches for a canister of radioactive Caesium-137, which has gone missing from a steam power plant in Si Maha Phot district of Prachin Buri.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289128-frantic-search-for-radioactive-material-missing-from-power-plant-in-thailand/?do=findComment&comment=17957478

Officials in Phuket Town give Songkran water fights the go-ahead

 

PHOTO: Flickr/Jamie Monk

 

Break out your super soakers, Songkran water play has been given the green light by Phuket Town officials. The Phuket News reports that the President of Phuket Provincial Administration Organisation says water fights can go ahead on the streets of the Old Town on April 14.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289252-officials-in-phuket-town-give-songkran-water-fights-the-go-ahead/

Prawit Airs Dissent To Use Of Force Against Lone Woman In Prayut’s Presence

By Thai Newsroom Reporters

 

 

IN A RARE COMMENT on government action, Palang Pracharath leader Prawit Wongsuwan today (Mar.15) expressed his dissent to a use of force by police against an elderly woman in the presence of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289269-prawit-airs-dissent-to-use-of-force-against-lone-woman-in-prayut’s-presence/

 

EU negotiates free trade agreement with Thailand
by Miabell Mallikka

 

Negotiations on a free trade agreement between EU and Thailand are to be resumed, after almost ten years.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289270-eu-negotiates-free-trade-agreement-with-thailand/

 

Thief Attempts to Steal from Laundry Shop in Thalang
By Goongnang Suksawat

 

 

Thalang – A thief attempted to steal coins from a laundry shop in Thalang but failed. A laundry shop owner is appealing to the public and offering a reward for information leading to the culprit’s arrest.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289271-thief-attempts-to-steal-from-laundry-shop-in-thalang/

 

Money show 2023 goes Green

 

 

Major stakeholders in the financial services sector, including banks, financial institutions, nonbanks, insurance providers, securities firms, asset management firms, as well as public and private organizations, will attend the expo. Santi Viriyarungsarit, editor-in-chief of Money and Banking magazine, remarked.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289273-money-show-2023-goes-green/

 

Thailand welcomes Russian refugees

 

 

According to government spokesman Rachada Dhnadirek, the contents of the pact align with extradition agreements Thailand has with other nations, which will strengthen cooperation to combat crime.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289275-thailand-welcomes-russian-refugees/

 

COUNTDOWN TO THE CENTENARY – Two Big Golf Tournaments Coming to Royal Hua Hin
By Editor

 

 
The Royal Hua Hin Golf Club is celebrating its’ 99th year anniversary this year (the first course in Thailand) and has played host to many professional events and produced great Thai golfers throughout its’ history.

 

Full story:  https://aseannow.com/topic/1289276-countdown-to-the-centenary-–-two-big-golf-tournaments-coming-to-royal-hua-hin/

 

Performing arts returns to Bangkok

 

The Bangkok International Performing Arts Conference is preparing to reopen its doors to all attendees under the theme “Uncommon Ground” after being compelled by the epidemic to shift almost all work and exchanges to online platforms.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289277-performing-arts-returns-to-bankok/

 

The sighting of six tigers raises conservationist hopes in Thailand
By Daniel T Cross

 

Photo: Pixabay/12019 

 

Six tigers may not seem like all that many, yet the sighting of them on camera traps in a Thai wildlife sanctuary gladdened the heart of local conservationists and made news in the Southeast Asian nation.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289278-the-sighting-of-six-tigers-raises-conservationist-hopes-in-thailand/

 

NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Thursday 16 March 2023

 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289283-national-news-from-surf-1025-fm-thursday-16-march-2023/

 

Bright Dawn Foundation: Providing a helping hand to underprivileged children in Hua Hin
By Jonathan Fairfield

 

 
Image: Bright Dawn Foundation

The Bright Dawn Foundation (BD) is a registered Thai charity foundation dedicated to supporting primary school children from underprivileged communities in and around the Hua Hin area.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289284-bright-dawn-foundation-providing-a-helping-hand-to-underprivileged-children-in-hua-hin/

 

Nigerian scammer promised the earth - Thai lady left with 300,000 baht loss

 

Daily News Thai Caption: Romance Scam

 

The latest Nigerian Romance scammer was arrested in the Bang Lamung area of Pattaya yesterday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289287-nigerian-scammer-promised-the-earth-thai-lady-left-with-300000-baht-loss/

 

"Pot smoking" grandson in frame for murder of wife in Surat Thani

 

 

Thai Rath reported on the mysterious death of a woman in Surat Thani, a case that quickly turned into a murder inquiry.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289292-pot-smoking-grandson-in-frame-for-murder-of-wife-in-surat-thani/

 

Three foreign migrants found dead in undergrowth in South

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath reported on developments in the case of the death of three male migrants believed to be from Myanmar.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289294-three-foreign-migrants-found-dead-in-undergrowth-in-south/

 

Hua Hin sniper on the loose! Hitman with rifle sight targets ex-mayor

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Police in the normally sleepy environs of Hua Hin raced to a house in Bung Nakhon sub-district where the former mayor of the area was shot by a sniper.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289295-hua-hin-sniper-on-the-loose-hitman-with-rifle-sight-targets-ex-mayor/

 

Two policemen dead after collision with truck in Chiang Rai

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Three policemen connected to the Mae Jan police in Chiang Rai were involved in a collision with a truck doing electrical maintenance on Route 1016 in Jom Sawan sub-district.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289298-two-policemen-dead-after-collision-with-truck in-chiang-rai/

 

Recreational cannabis days are numbered, Russians 'flooding' in : Tim Newton Today - March 16
 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289299-recreational-cannabis-days-are-numbered-russians-flooding-in-tim-newton-today-march-16/

 

AMLO get tough in investigation into bent health department staff in Korat

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Thailand's Anti Money Laundering Office along with several other agencies are getting their teeth into a case of corruption that features many senior officials in the Nakhon Ratchasima health department.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289300-amlo-get-tough-in-investigation-into-bent-health-department-staff-in-korat/

 

UPDATE:

 

Thai cabinet approves draft extradition treaty with Russia

By Peter Roche

 

Russians in Phuket PHOTO: Russians 'flooding in" to Phuket - Reuters

On Tuesday, the Thai Cabinet greenlit a draft extradition treaty with Russia.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289275-thailand-welcomes-russian-refugees/?do=findComment&comment=17958222

 

Yingluck or Michelle Yeoh? Netizens debate who's the best looking

 

Sanook Thai Caption: A whole lot of ribbing

 

Former Thai PM Yingluck Shinawatra responded to jibes about her looking like Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh, a Malaysian of birth.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289301-yingluck-or-michelle-yeoh-netizens-debate-whos-the-best-looking/

 

Multiple collision leaves one dead many injured on Taling Chan to Suphan outbound

 

Naew Na Thai Caption: When giants collide!!

 

Bang Yai police in Nonthaburi were alerted along with rescue services to a multiple collision involving a fatality and injuries on the Taling Chan to Suphanburi road outbound at 2pm yesterday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289302-multiple-collision-leaves-one-dead-many-injured-on-taling-chan-to-suphan-outbound/

 

It looks like lumps of ice as Thailand's north gets hail

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath reported from the Chaiprakan district of Chiang Mai in the north of Thailand where there was a severe overnight hail storm.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289305-it-looks-like-lumps-of-ice-as-thailands-north-gets-hail/

 

Tighter measures to curb dangerous PM2.5 levels in northern provinces

 

 

Thailand’s National Environment Board (NEB) has decided to tighten up measures to curb the worsening PM2.5 problem in 17 northern provinces, which is threatening public health and is being blamed on forest fires and the burning of farm waste.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289306-tighter-measures-to-curb-dangerous-pm25-levels-in-northern-provinces/

 

Northern Provinces Ordered to Halt Burning Activities to Combat PM2.5 Pollution
by Krajangwit Johjit

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The National Environment Board (NEB) has endorsed stricter measures to combat air pollution caused by PM2.5, ordering all 17 provinces in the North to halt burning activities until the end of April.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289306-tighter-measures-to-curb-dangerous-pm25-levels-in-northern-provinces/?do=findComment&comment=17958400

 

9 Air Airlines from China starts flights to Phuket

By Peter Roche

 

 

174 mostly Chinese passengers have arrived at the Phuket International Airport on the inaugural flight of Chinese airline 9 Air Airlines.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289307-9-air-airlines-from-china-starts-flights-to-phuket/

 

Man involved prolonged siege with police dies in hospital Wednesday night

 

 

The police officer, who was arrested after a day-long armed stand-off with special operations officers at his house in Bangkok’s Sai Mai area, has died from wounds he sustained during the siege.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289308-man-involved-prolonged-siege-with-police-dies-in-hospital-wednesday-night/

 

Raid on Illegal Bar on Bangla Road in Patong Leads to Rescue of Six Underage Sex Workers
By Goongnang Suksawat

 

PHOTO: MGR online

 

Patong – An illegal bar on Bangla Road in Patong was raided uncovering underage prostitutes with six victims rescued. Two suspects were arrested who claim the real bar owner is a foreigner.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289313-raid-on-illegal-bar-on-bangla-road-in-patong-leads-to-rescue-of-six-underage-sex-workers/

 

Pattaya Driver Caught with Knife and Gun at Checkpoint
By Tanakorn Panyadee

 

Pattaya — Last night at a traffic checkpoint in Pattaya, the police apprehended a group of teenagers who were found in possession of a knife, gun, and bullets.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289317-pattaya-driver-caught-with-knife-and-gun-at-checkpoint/

 

Swedish Man Arrested on Samui Island for 75 Days of Overstaying
By Goongnang Suksawat

 

Samui Island, Surat Thani – A34-year-old Swedish man was arrested on Samui Island in Surat Thani for 75 days of overstaying his legal visa conditions.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1289322-swedish-man-arrested-on-samui-island-for-75-days-of-overstaying/