Consumers warned not to consume a specific batch of roasted Nori seaweed

 

 

Thailand’s Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) has warned consumers not to buy or eat a specific batch of roasted Nori seaweed, claiming that the product is unsafe for consumption as it contains a high level of cadmium.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291503-consumers-warned-not-to-consume-a-specific-batch-of-roasted-nori-seaweed/

 

Songkran Under Consideration as Intangible Cultural Heritage

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Ministry of Culture announced that the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has approved the inclusion of the Songkran Festival to its tentative list of Intangible Cultural Heritages (ICH) in December this year. If approved, Songkran will become Thailand’s fourth intangible cultural heritage.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291504-songkran-under-consideration-as-intangible-cultural-heritage/

 

Government Approves CAAT Plan to Tackle Soaring Ticket Prices

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Ministry of Transport has been instructed to address the issue of skyrocketing plane tickets in the short and long term, with the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) formulating a five-point strategy to solve the problems impeding the tourism industry’s recovery.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291505-government-approves-caat-plan-to-tackle-soaring-ticket-prices/

 

18 year old man dies after two hooligans threw stones at him

 

Photo via MGR Online

 

An 18 year old man died in hospital yesterday after two hooligans threw stones at him while he was riding a motorcycle on a road in the southern province of Satun.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291506-18-year-old-man-dies-after-two-hooligans-threw-stones-at-him/

 

Police find remains in South Thailand believed to be missing official

 

Authorities use an excavator to dig into a heap of soil near a house in Pattani on Thursday. A motorcycle of a missing local official was found. (Photo: Abdullah Benjakat, Bangkok Post)

 

Police and paramilitary rangers found human remains in South Thailand yesterday morning, which are believed to be those of a missing local official.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291507-police-find-remains-in-south-thailand-believed-to-be-missing-official/

 

Don’t leave a lighter in your car during extreme heat

 

 

A pickup truck parked in the sun all day burst into flames in Buriram province in northeast Thailand after a lighter exploded on the front seat yesterday.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291508-don’t-leave-a-lighter-in-your-car-during-extreme-heat/

 

Challenges to revised constituency boundary mapping dismissed

 

 

Thailand’s Supreme Administrative Court has dismissed lawsuits, filed against the Election Commission (EC), demanding the nullification of the commission’s revision of constituency boundaries for Bangkok, Sukhothai and Sakhon Nakhon provinces.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291522-challenges-to-revised-constituency-boundary-mapping-dismissed/

 

Thai politicians reminded of the rules of campaigning

 

 

The Election Commission (EC) has reminded candidates and political parties of the rules covering the hustings, in the lead up to the general election in May.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291523-thai-politicians-reminded-of-the-rules-of-campaigning/

Thailand, Laos and Myanmar Discuss Transboundary Haze Pollution

 

 

BANGKOK, April 7 – Thai Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-ocha hosted a trilateral consultation with leaders from Lao PDR and Myanmar to strengthen cooperation and tackle transboundary haze pollution among the three countries.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291525-thailand-laos-and-myanmar-discuss-transboundary-haze-pollution/

 

Brit is arrested in 'human trafficking' raid at 'Flirt' bar in seedy Thai resort of Pattaya as dozens of women are loaded into police truck
By CHRIS JEWERS FOR MAIL ONLINE

 

A British national and a Thai woman have been arrested on suspicion of human trafficking in Thai 'Sin City' Pattaya. Englishman William R. and local woman Jaranya D., 31, were detained by police chiefs. The Brit was seen being led into the police station in what appeared to be handcuffs (pictured) @ViralPress

A British national and a Thai woman have been arrested on suspicion of human trafficking in Thailand's seedy 'Sin City' resort of Pattaya.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291517-british-man-arrested-for-human-trafficking-raid-at-bar-in-thai-resort-as-dozens-of-women-are-loaded-into-police-truck/

 

Crash kills Pattaya couple on motorbike

 

A crash killed a Pattaya couple last night, photo by The Pattaya News.

 

Last night, a couple from Pattaya lost their lives in a motorcycle accident. The deceased were identified as Santisuk Sae-tan, a 31 year old man, and Chatchawan Kangwanwuthikul, a 31 year old woman. The tragic incident occurred at approximately 8pm on a road situated in front of Khao Mai Kaew temple.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291526-crash-kills-pattaya-couple-on-motorbike/

 

Thai man stabs wife 21 times before driving into Chao Phraya River

 

Photo via KhaoSod

 

A Thai man stabbed his wife to death in Lopburi province, central Thailand, today before attempting to commit suicide by driving his Chevrolet pickup truck into the Chao Phraya River in Phra Nakhon Sri Ayutthaya province. However, the killer was saved by one of his relatives who happened to be fishing at the riverbank.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291528-thai-man-stabs-wife-21-times-before-driving-into-chao-phraya-river/

 

Koh Samui: The secret island gem of Southeast Asia’s hospitality scene

 

 

Over the past week, we have been compiling our latest hospitality, tourism, and hotel research on Thailand’s second-largest island, Koh Samui. The island remains a bit of a ‘little-big’ anomaly in Southeast Asia’s massive resort island arsenal. Despite hosting famed global hotel brands such as Four Seasons, Ritz-Carlton, W, InterContinental, and Banyan Tree, its smallish private airport capacity has somehow created a natural barrier to mass tourism in the development-crazed last 25 years.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291529-koh-samui-the-secret-island-gem-of-southeast-asia’s-hospitality-scene/

 

Army Transportation Dept. asked to turn over an alleged hacker to police  

 

 

Thailand’s Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) has sought cooperation from the Army Transportation Department by handing over to the police a sergeant major (second class) who claimed to have access to the personal data of about 55 million Thai people, which he allegedly offered for sale.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291492-9near-hacker-is-an-army-sergeant-has-been-nabbed/?do=findComment&comment=18004135

 

Thai military delays date for new conscripts to report so they can vote on May 14th

 

 

The Ministry of Defence has postponed the date for new conscripts to report for military service to May 15th, to allow them to cast their ballots in the general election on May 14th, according to General Kongcheep Tantravanich, spokesman forthe ministry.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1291533-thai-military-delays-date-for-new-conscripts-to-report-so-they-can-vote-on-may-14th/

 

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