NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Monday 29 January 2024

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Thailand signed an agreement with china yesterday which will allow Thai and chinese nationals visa free travel to each others county for Travel holidays and transit.

Under the deal, visitors can extend their 30-day visa to 90 days, 

Thailand's foreign minister said this visa-exemption agreement serves as a significant step in cooperation. The scheme will become effective from 1st March.

 

A thai border patrol seized 2.5 million methamphetamine pills after they came across a group of smugglers at a border  crossing near Chaing Mai. Gun fire was exchanged for some 10 minutes before the smugglers fled leaving their haul. The drugs were in 25 backpacks each containing 100,000 pills.

 

A 33-year-old British man died on Saturday evening after his parachute failed to open during a jump from the top of a 29-storey condominium near Pattaya.

He hit a tree before smashing into the ground. His friend had recorded the jump on video for social media and was questioned by police.

 

Anntonia Porsild, Miss Universe 2023's first runner-up, joined an the "Thai Extravaganza Reflection event at Bluport last night. She was accompanied by Seven visiting tennis players from the WTA  ‘Thailand open’ who also sported traditional and contemporary Thai outfits on the stage.

 

Around the region.
North Korea tested a new strategic cruise missile for the second time in a week yesterday, calling it a newly developed submarine-launched cruise missile.  Statemedia reported the launch was supervised by it’s leader Kim Jong Un.

WEATHER 

Chiang Mai and the north:  Sunny partly cloudy 29C. 

Bangkok: Sunny partly cloudy 33C

Pattaya: Sunny partly cloudy 32C

Phuket and the south: Sunny 33C

Hua Hin: Sunny partly cloudy 29C

AQI Red unhealthy. 
Green clear, yellow light, Orange High, Red unhealthy.  

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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