THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Wednesday 10 May 2023

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Unofficial results of Thailand’s general election expected at 10pm on election day

 

 

The Election Commission (EC) is expected to be able to announce unofficial results at about 10pm on May 14th, said Suranee Pontawee, deputy secretary-general of the EC, today (Wednesday).

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1294480-unofficial-results-of-thailand’s-general-election-expected-at-10pm-on-election-day/

 

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Thai Parent of NH Hotels Offers to Purchase Shares

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Spanish stock market regulator CNMV has suspended the trading of shares in NH Hotel Group SA pending information from the company, just as its Thailand-based parent company offered to buy NH stocks in the market.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1294482-thai-parent-of-nh-hotels-offers-to-purchase-shares/

 

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Thai Consulate-General Provides Update on Wildfires in Canada

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Thai nationals in Alberta, Canada, are being urged to cooperate with local authorities and closely monitor information from local sources, as the province declares a Provincial State of Emergency due to wildfires in several areas.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1294484-thai-consulate-general-provides-update-on-wildfires-in-canada/

 

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Parents Face Rising Costs Ahead of New School Term

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - A recent study by the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce has indicated that despite tuition fees remaining unchanged, school uniforms and items are more expensive. This has led to estimated nationwide expenditures totaling 57.8 billion baht for the new term.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1294485-parents-face-rising-costs-ahead-of-new-school-term/

 

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Bang Rakam Water Project Raises Income for Farmers

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Bang Rakam Model project, now in its seventh year, has been deemed successful in providing farmers with adequate amounts of water to grow crops and boost their income.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1294487-bang-rakam-water-project-raises-income-for-farmers/

 

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Thai, Chinese Police Cooperate in Crackdown on Chinese Crooks

 

 

BANGKOK, May 10 (TNA) – National police chief sent Thai immigration police to China to work with Chinese police in a crackdown on Chinese criminals using Thailand as their base for illegal activities.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1294488-thai-chinese-police-cooperate-in-crackdown-on-chinese-crooks/

 

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Thaksin will Go to Jail If He Returns to Thailand, Caretaker Deputy PM Says

 

 

Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who is currently living in self-exile in Dubai, must serve his sentence in prison, not house arrest, if he returns home to Thailand, caretaker deputy prime minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1294489-thaksin-will-go-to-jail-if-he-returns-to-thailand-caretaker-deputy-pm-says/

 

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Thai stock market rebounds with net inflows as investors absorb negative US news

 

Image courtesy of Bangkok Post

 

The Thai stock market has begun experiencing net inflows this week after significant capital outflows during the first four months of the year, according to the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET). Investors have seemingly absorbed negative news regarding the US banking crisis and the possibility of a recession.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1294490-thai-stock-market-rebounds-with-net-inflows-as-investors-absorb-negative-us-news/

 

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Grab Thailand launches ‘GrabMart Durian Festival’

 

 

Grab Thailand announced that the volume of durians sold on GrabMart in the summer season grew by 70% in 2022 compared with the previous year. This year, further growth was driven by an increase of 40% in orders from international tourists during the Songkran Festival.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1294492-grab-thailand-launches-‘grabmart-durian-festival’/

 

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Thailand and UAE launch first free trade agreement

 

Image courtesy of Bangkok Post

 

Thailand and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) revealed the launch of their first free trade agreement (FTA) on Tuesday. The FTA aims to create new opportunities for trade, services, and investment between the two nations, expecting to boost bilateral trade by 10% within the first year of implementation.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1294494-thailand-and-uae-launch-first-free-trade-agreement/

 

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EXAT Conducts Investigation Into Falling Expressway Beam Incident

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Following the fatal accident involving a falling expressway beam on Sunday (7 May), the Expressway Authority of Thailand (EXAT) is conducting a probe into the incident, as well as initially fining its contractor 210 million baht.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1294495-exat-conducts-investigation-into-falling-expressway-beam-incident/

 

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Laotian woman gives birth in pickup truck on Thai road

 

Photo Courtesy Sanook

 

At around 2am yesterday, volunteer staff from the Poh Teck Tung Foundation received a report of a woman giving birth in a pickup truck on Tiwanon Road, near the Amphornphisarn intersection in Bang Phut Subdistrict, Pak Kret District, Nonthaburi. The emergency team quickly arrived at the location to provide assistance reports Sanook.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1294497-laotian-woman-gives-birth-in-pickup-truck-on-thai-road/

 

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Phuket Launches Sterilization Project to Control Local Monkey Population

 

 

PHUKET (NNT) - Phuket authorities have initiated a project to control the monkey population in the island province in order to reduce monkey attacks and the risk of diseases that can be transmitted from monkeys to humans.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1294498-phuket-launches-sterilization-project-to-control-local-monkey-population/

 

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Phuket officials target motorbike rental operators to improve road safety

 

PHOTO: www.thavornbeachvillage.com

 

Phuket officials will inspect motorbike rental shops as part of new measures aimed at reducing deaths and injuries on the island’s roads. The Phuket News reports that the measures were confirmed at a meeting chaired by Phuket Vice Governor Anupap Rodkwan Yodrabam on Monday, May 8.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1294500-phuket-officials-target-motorbike-rental-operators-to-improve-road-safety/

 

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Phuket expecting fewer low season tourists due to Chinese market slowdown

 

Flickr/Dawn in Phuket, Thailand

 

The Phuket Tourist Association says the island can expect fewer international tourists this low season, due to a slowdown in the Chinese market, coupled with the collapse of an Indian discount airline.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1294501-phuket-expecting-fewer-low-season-tourists-due-to-chinese-market-slowdown/

 

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Southern Thailand’s struggle to attract foreign investors

 

Photo Courtesy Channel News Asia

 

The Southern Region Industrial Estate in Songkhla province of Thailand is unusually quiet. Long winding roads, usually bustling with heavy vehicles, are mostly empty. There are only two industrial estates in southern Thailand, the other being the Songkla Industrial Estate. In total, there are 67 industrial estates across the country. Sirianya Pornsuwankun, a tenant of the Southern Region Industrial Estate and owner of waste recycling company Nano Recycle, said doing business in southern Thailand is different from other parts of the country.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1294503-southern-thailand’s-struggle-to-attract-foreign-investors/

 

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Election Commission calls fading ink pens in polling booths “fake news”

 

Photo by the Election Commission

 

Warnings that voters should not use pens provided in voting booths, because the ink they contain will “disappear” allowing ballots to be re-marked, was dismissed as fake news by Thailand’s Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1294507-election-commission-calls-fading-ink-pens-in-polling-booths-“fake-news”/

 

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Ponzi scheme operators get over 12,000 years in prison

 

FILE / Wantanee Tippaveth

 

The Criminal Court sentenced a man and a woman to 12,640 years in prison each on Wednesday, after finding them guilty of operating a Ponzi scheme.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1294508-ponzi-scheme-operators-get-over-12000-years-in-prison/

 

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Owner and helmsman of boat linked to actress Tangmo’s death get suspended jail terms

 

Nida Patcharaveerapong (Tangmo)

 

The owner and the helmsman of the speed boat from which actress Nida Patcharaveerapong, aka “Tangmo”, fell to her death in the Chao Phraya River, were given suspended jail terms today (Wednesday) by the Nonthaburi provincial court.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1294509-owner-and-helmsman-of-boat-linked-to-actress-tangmo’s-death-get-suspended-jail-terms/

 

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Couple condemned for having sex on a public beach in southern Thailand

 

Photo via One 31 and Facebook/ Anucha supasee

 

A viral video of a couple having sex on Chang Lang Beach in Trang province, southern Thailand, has caused outrage among Thai authorities and netizens.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1294510-couple-condemned-for-having-sex-on-a-public-beach-in-southern-thailand/

 

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German tourists injured in Pattaya-Naklua road accident

 

Paramedics help two injured Germans after they were hit by a car on Pattaya Naklua Road on Saturday night. Picture courtesy of Pattaya Mail.

 

Two German tourists sustained injuries after being struck by a car while leaving a bar on Pattaya-Naklua Road. The accident took place around 2am on Saturday, May 6 on the Naklua Pattaya Road.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1294511-german-tourists-injured-in-pattaya-naklua-road-accident/

 

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Suspected murderer of Thai-British teen attacked during re-enactment

 

 

A relative of the 17 year old Thai-British teenager Woramet “Ben” Taota – who was murdered in Lampang in northern Thailand on Saturday – attacked the suspected murderer with a wooden stick during a re-enactment of the crime this morning.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1294358-man-held-for-killing-british-thai-youth-over-drug-deal/?do=findComment&comment=18073445

 

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Thai Officials Clarify Viral Video Showing 85 Tourists Floating in the Trang Sea

 

PHOTO: Naew Na

 

Thai national park officials have clarified to the public the situation after a video clip of about 85 tourists floating in the sea in Trang caught attention on Thai social media and went viral.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1294279-85-tourists-adrift-at-sea-in-trang-when-boats-rope-snaps/?do=findComment&comment=18073597

 

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