NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Tuesday 5 September 2023

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Thailand's new minister for defense said reform of the military will proceed and conscription will be phased out gradually,  to be replaced by voluntary enlistment.

Them minister said the armed forces would be leaner,  salary increases and better welfare benefits could be incentives to encourage people to join up.

 

The Immigration Bureau arrested more than 20 Chinese nationals  smuggled into the country from Cambodia in recent months, along with the arrest of several Thai nationals. while en route to Myanmar to work for call-center gangs, 

Some Chinese gangs were on the move after raids by authorities in Cambodia, and  have now started to use routes through Laos around Thailand after being aware that Thai police were on the lookout for them.

 

American English teacher and TikTok celebrity known as Mr. Luke, who has 1.3 million followers, was temporarily released by a Bangkok Court yesterday, and ordered to pay  100,000 baht for bail

 

He faces charges of child abuse involving a 16-year-old minor and is prohibited from leaving the country. The girl's mother alleged the two had a sexual relationship after only 5 months.

 

Efforts continued to clean up an oil spill following the rupture of a pipe being used to pump oil from a tanker close to a jetty in Sri Racha south of Pattaya, pollution authorities said the slick was being cleared and had been confined to a local area. 

One of Thailand's largest online service platforms, LINE’ announced the acquisition of Rabbit Line Pay Company. an integrated online and offline payment platform, 
The CEO of LINEMAN said having their own online payment system would allow for better services with a more seamless experience.
 

Around The Region:

 

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un plans to travel to Russia this month to meet President Vladimir Putin and discuss the possibility of supplying Moscow with weapons for it’s war in Ukraine.

Kim would travel from Pyongyang, probably by armoured train, to Vladivostok.

 

Malaysia’s high court has dropped 47 charges of embezzlement against Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Hamidi, stirring outrage and dubious credibility of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s reform agenda, after he vowed to clean up corruption in the country. He had been charged with misappropriating millions of dollars from his own charitable foundation.

The weather:  

Cloud and storms in central and northern thailand
Clearer in the south.

Chiang Mai and the north: heavy thundershowers 29C                    
Bangkok:, thunder showers, 31C
Pattaya, Cloudy, thunderstorms  31C
Phuket and the south: thundershowers  28C                                                                                            
Hua Hin: Sunny, partly cloudy, : 32C.

Credits: Bangkok Post, The Nation, Asean Now, Khaosod English,  Hua Hin Today, Royal Coast Review, Kulsawek Sawekwannakorn, Thainewsroom.com, The Pattaya News, Phuket News, Channel News Asia, South China Morning Post, The Straits Times. The Irrawaddy. Windy.com. Wunderground.com
 

 

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