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PM is running out of time and confidence as opposition plots heave against him in June or July

Embattled PM stresses that his government has preserved peace and stability and says any radical plans to boost incomes and address inequality will require a far bigger budget. It comes as the country’s political affairs look set to be clarified in late June or July once the new voting laws are passed by parliament. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/05/10/pm-prayut-chan-ocha-running-out-of-time-as-plots-rise/ Carla Boonkong reports from Bangkok.
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12 mag 2022
10:04

Southeast Asia’s biggest online retailer Lazada landed in hot water in Thailand over video ad

Tik Tok video featuring a transgender influencer joking with a disabled person in a wheelchair sparks fury across Thailand from royalists who claim the skit targeted the monarchy and was deeply offensive to both the institution and the disabled. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/05/09/lazada-in-hot-water-in-thailand-over-tik-tok-video/ Carla Boonkong reports from Bangkok.
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10 mag 2022
9:02

Bank props up a slipping baht while Thai unions strongly pursue ฿492 minimum daily wage claim

The slow return of the foreign tourism industry and rising living costs were among the reasons given by JP Morgan as it downgraded its investor rating for both Thai equities and the kingdom’s industrial sector last Monday. The kingdom’s more than adequate Foreign Exchange Reserves dropped by 5.7% in April with reports that the Bank of Thailand has been intervening to prop up the baht against the dollar even as it gained ground against both the euro and pound sterling. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/05/08/bank-of-thailand-props-up-baht-as-unions-seek-pay-rise/ Joseph O' Connor reports from Bangkok.
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8 mag 2022
14:06

Murder-suicide plot as couple die, one injured in Bangkok shooting involving two French nationals

Stunned employees rushed to the scene of the three-storey commercial premises near Sukhumvit after they heard the two French men arguing furiously and then heard four shots. Later, 48-year old David Bouton stumbled out of the kitchen area to meet them. He had a bullet wound to the left-hand side of his rib cage. He was taken to nearby Samitivej Hospital where he is currently being treated. Two bodies were found further inside the building in the ground floor work area. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/05/06/french-men-in-fatal-bangkok-shooting-david-bouton-marc-lohberger/ James Morris reports from Bangkok.
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7 mag 2022
6:17

Thailand Pass linked to Emergency Decree as Anutin wants priority for Thais ahead of foreign tourists

Growth in foreign tourist arrivals since Sunday, May 1st has been impressive with a 63% spike in numbers arriving at Thailand’s main Suvarnabhumi Airport and a wave which will directly affect the economy, boosting growth and income generation. On Tuesday, the Minister of Public Health Anutin Charnvirakul made it clear that the kingdom was in a position to do away with Thailand Pass, the last entry control process. He also confirmed that endemic status in Thailand was now less than two months off which should see a full return to normality and the country’s Emergency Decree rescinded. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/05/05/axe-thailand-pass-for-thai-arrivals-first-minister-anutin/ Carla Boonkong reports from Bangkok and Phuket.
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7 mag 2022
7:26

Phuket murder hit suspect dies in Canadian plane crash days after being declared ‘most wanted’ by police

From the moment the two hitmen stepped back onto Canadian soil last February after the murder of crime figure Jimmy Sandhu, their fortunes began to unravel. 36-year-old Matthew Dupre sits in custody in Alberta as he fights extradition to Thailand while his alleged partner in the assassination of Mr Sandhu, Gene Karl Lahrkamp has been declared dead in a plane crash last Saturday while on the run as a fugitive. The hitmen found themselves pursued not only by police in Canada and Thailand but also by both rival gangs with links to Sandhu who they mercilessly gunned down at his villa in Phuket on February 4th last. This followed a robust, lightning speed and highly successful police investigation which identified the pair to the world. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/05/04/phuket-murderer-dies-in-canadian-plane-crash-gene-karl-lahrkamp/ James Morris reports from British Columbia and Phuket.
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7 mag 2022
7:15

Thailand and Japan announce defence pact on visit by Japanese PM to Bangkok ahead of US summit

Western powers are moving to counter China’s expansionism in the region with the Quad pact in 2017 and the AUKUS military alliance between the United States, United Kingdom and Australia in September last year which is seen as a significant escalation of efforts to address the threat the Communist Party-led country poses to stability in the Indo Pacific. In past decades, Thailand was at the forefront of such efforts as a key US ally. The question today is the role Thailand will play in this new cold war between an even more powerful China and an increasingly assertive and bolder United States determined to re-establish its position in the region in what it sees as an effort to preserve peace but which China views as a last gasp attempt to reimpose American hegemony and old fashioned colonialism over a part of the world that wants to go its own way towards a new era of Asian prosperity and leadership. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/05/03/thailand-japan-announce-defence-pact/ Joseph O' Connor reports from Bangkok.
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3 mag 2022
14:02

Shark attack leaves 8-year-old with leg wound in Phuket but beaches declared safe by marine expert

The attack comes as Thai authorities are battling to prop up the shark numbers off the kingdom’s coasts with a falling population and birth rate. There have been other isolated reports of shark attacks on Thailand’s beaches in recent years most commonly linked with bull sharks. Officials in Phuket led by Deputy Governor Pichet Panapong have assured the mother of the boy in this latest incident that everything possible is being done to respond to any potential danger and protect the public using the beaches on the island, among the most popular in the world which, in the past, have attracted up to 10 million visitors a year. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/05/02/shark-attack-on-8-year-old-boy-in-phuket/ James Morris reports from Phuket.
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2 mag 2022
10:28

Cash is still king in Thailand with a cashless society not on the cards anytime soon says study

It had been thought that with high smartphone penetration among the population and the widespread use of digital apps for payments during the pandemic, a transition to a cashless society had begun. The answer, according to a survey of 6,020 people, is unequivocal. No, it has not. 65% of users who took up Krung Thai Bank’s Pao Tang app to avail of government financial supports have opted to no longer use it while cash is seen to have an edge under every criterion. It is seen as more convenient, more widely accepted, cheaper and more private. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/05/01/cash-still-king-people-reject-app-payments/ Carla Boonkong reports from Bangkok
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1 mag 2022
5:20

Thai wife’s plot to kill 63-year-old Dane bicyclist on April 21st uncovered by Nakhon Sawan police

Disturbing story from Nakhon Sawan in the lower part of northern Thailand where a 24-year-old agreed with his aunt to kill a 60-year-old foreigner on the promise of a new car to replace his older one used in the act. Police also revealed that the man’s 63-year-old aunt has been implicated and charged previously in a similar murder conspiracy but avoided conviction due to lack of evidence. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/04/30/thai-wife-plot-to-kill-63-year-old-danish-man-pia-larsen/ James Morris reports from Nakhon Sawan.
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30 apr 2022
6:47
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