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Radio very much alive in Thailand says Prime Minister’s Office as Prayut calls for transistor sets

Comments by the PM on Monday sparked a debate on whether listening to radio in Thailand on transistor sets is a thing of the past. Data shows that while transistor sets may be something from yesteryear, listening to live radio both on the AM and FM band is certainly widespread among all age groups from Generation Z to Baby Boomers among millions of Bangkokonians tuned in on a daily basis. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/10/05/radio-very-alive-in-thailand-says-pm-office/ James Morris reports from Bangkok and Khon Kaen.
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5 ott 2022
7:56

China moves to censor top western banks as its economy tanks before Communist Party summit

For Thailand, the downturn in China has direct implications in terms of economic growth and also the value of the Thai baht which, in the last decade and a half, has mirrored the movement in the Yuan. The kingdom’s economic planners and business sector will be hoping that a more decisive approach will follow the 20th National Congress in Beijing to rectify the disturbing economic picture which has been emerging in recent months. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/10/04/china-moves-to-censor-top-western-banks/ Joseph O' Connor reports from Beijing and Bangkok
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4 ott 2022
10:32

35-year-old man murdered and dismembered his lover after she wanted out of their secret liaison

Maid at the upmarket condominium complex where the murder took place last Wednesday, foiled the killer’s plan to conceal the body of his murdered 30-year-old lover when she got a glimpse of the chaos within the rented room and detected the overwhelming stench of blood which she reported to managers. They called in the police who within hours made an arrest. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/10/03/35-year-old-man-murdered-cut-up-lover-chanwit-wongsahak-don/ James Morris reports from Samut Prakan and Bangkok.
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4 ott 2022
7:00

New police chief is installed to lead the kingdom’s battle against crime, begins with illegal guns

Touching ceremony at Royal Thai Police headquarters sees power transferred from one police chief to the next. General Damrongsak Kittiprapat takes up the role as leader of an organisation with up to 230,000 officers at any one time and 20% of all civil servants employed in Thailand across dozens of agencies. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/10/01/new-police-chief-installed-in-bangkok-damrongsak-kittiprapat/ Carla Boonkong reports from Bangkok.
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1 ott 2022
6:27

Prime Minister Prayut Chan ocha reinstated by the Thai Constitutional Court in a majority verdict

The court took the middle course of three options with dates ranging from 2022 to 2027. The verdict means that Prime Minister Prayut Chan ocha again resumes his duties at Government House where acting Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan has carried out the role since August 24th last. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/09/30/pm-prayuth-chan-ocha-reinstated-by-court/ News Desk report from Bangkok.
S1 · E195
30 set 2022
5:26

Intimidated Russian couple ask Royal Thai police to join Thailand’s Witness Protection Programme

Ongoing investigation in Ko Samui but the arrested suspect brought from Chonburi is reported to be tight-lipped and unwilling to give police further information. The request by the victims for protection under the Witness Protection Programme is thought to be linked to suspected Russian mafia involvement in the intimidation and extortion of Mr and Mrs Abdullin. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/09/29/russian-couple-ask-for-witness-protection-ko-samui-evgenii-abdullin/ James Morris reports from Ko Samui and Pattaya.
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29 set 2022
6:41

Baht slide continues as Bank of Thailand sticks to its dovish and soft approach to interest rates

Bank of Thailand sticks to its guns and holds off on higher rate rises to protect the country’s economic recovery pushing the baht into a tailspin as it breached the ฿38 to the dollar barrier. Thailand’s borrowing rate currently stands at 1%, well below a 3% to 3.25% rate in the United States and peers in Southeast Asia. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/09/28/baht-slides-further-with-dovish-central-bank-interest-rate-policy/ Carla Boonkong reports from Bangkok.
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28 set 2022
5:47

Russian mafia gang extort young Russian couple out of $50k at a local coffee shop on Ko Samui

Mysterious exploits of a six-member gang including Russians, Kazakh nationals and a German have been tracked by police since Monday when the disturbing case was reported to Ko Samui Police Station. The gang is believed to have spent some time in Pattaya in Chonburi province before travelling to Ko Samui where they stayed in a hotel before and after confronting the Russian couple at a local café on the popular holiday island. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/09/28/russian-gang-extort-couple-out-of-50k-evgenii-abdullin-ekaterina/ James Morris reports from Ko Samui.
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27 set 2022
5:32

Choppy waters for the economy as central bank tries to cling to its benign interest rate policy

All eyes will be on the Bank of Thailand’s Monetary Policy Committee meeting on Wednesday when it will be under pressure to go beyond a 25 basis points rise in the borrowing rate which currently stands at 0.75%. Inflation of 7.86% in August and the plummeting baht will make a strong case for a heftier rise but the impact of higher borrowing costs on ฿15 trillion in household debt recorded at the end of June gives us some idea of how this may impact what Bank of Thailand Governor Sethaput Suthiwartnarueput has described as a fragile and uneven economic recovery with the country trying desperately to move beyond the disaster inflicted on the economy in 2020. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/09/26/choppy-waters-for-the-economy-as-baht-falls/ Joseph O' Connor reports from Bangkok.
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26 set 2022
9:02

Opposition parties lose majority support since June although Paetongtarn Shinawatra still leads

In the last week, there have been several disturbing references by senior political figures on the government side to the possibility of further extra-constitutional outcomes or a coup d’état in the country particularly linked to the return of the Thaksin family to power in Thailand or the use of street protests by members of the public in response to Constitutional Court decisions with a verdict due on the fate of suspended Prime Minister Prayut Chan ocha on September 30th and also a decision on the legal basis for conducting the country’s next General Election as the court, last week, unanimously took up a case challenging the electoral laws controversially passed by parliament in August. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/09/25/opposition-parties-lose-majority-support/ Joseph O' Connor reports from Bangkok and Khon Kaen.
S1 · E190
25 set 2022
9:58
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