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Thailand moving to scrap all tourist restrictions this year once the Covid virus is declared endemic

In recent days, the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) has revised its projection for foreign tourists this year from 5 million to 5.5 million visitors and suggests that the country can use the renewed impetus from the sector to drive GDP growth for 2022 of up to 5%. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/02/24/thailand-moving-back-to-free-tourist-access/ James Morris reports from Bangkok, Pattaya and Phuket.
S1 · E19
25 feb 2022
12:26

Minister signals a move to resurrect a national internet gateway and stronger online controls

The move is coming at a time when support for the government has hit a low ebb with a poll published last weekend showing that 77% have lost confidence in the coalition administration of Prayut Chan ocha and an increasingly fractious political environment with a General Election seen now as more likely in 2022. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/02/22/minister-resurrects-internet-gateway-scheme/ Joseph O' Connor reports from Bangkok.
S1 · E18
23 feb 2022
23:45

South Korean hotelier found dead in Kanchanaburi complained of adverse reaction to vaccine dose

Complaints filed with the Emergency Health Hazard and Disease Control Division of the Department of Disease Control at the Ministry of Public Health allege 2,081 deaths after over 120 million vaccine doses were administered up to February 13th last or just 0.00173%. Even so, officials, however, in nearly all cases reported, have ruled out links to the vaccines and in many cases attributed the deaths to concomitant events. Only 4 deaths have been confirmed by the ministry as being related to the vaccines or a minuscule 0.000003% and an even lower level in relation to reported adverse reactions. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/02/21/korean-hotelier-found-dead-in-kanchanaburi/ Carla Boonkong reports from Kanchanaburi province.
S1 · E17
22 feb 2022
6:51

Doctor and military officer the subject of arrest warrants in an underage sex ring in Surat Thani

One of those arrested is reported to be the son of a Thai politician. The priority being given to the case and high profile presence of Police Lieutenant General Surachate Hakparn is all part of a renewed effort in 2022 to root out underage prostitution and sex trafficking rings throughout the kingdom. At a meeting, on Wednesday, of a powerful government committee, Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan presided over a commitment from cabinet ministers and senior officials to improve Thailand’s rating on the US State Department’s human trafficking watchlist. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/02/18/doctor-military-officer-linked-to-sex-ring/ James Morris reports from Surat Thani province.
S1 · E16
19 feb 2022
10:19

Thai woman’s attacker appears before New York court charged with robbery and assault last year

40-year-old Kevin Douglas was arrested over eight hours after the assault last November when he barged his way into a woman’s home in the Queens area of New York and punched her in the face in what police say was a random attack. The attack on the Thai woman comes amid a crime wave in New York and a sharp rise in attacks targeting Asian Americans in the United States and the Big Apple where such incidents were up five fold in 2021. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/02/16/thai-woman-attacker-appears-before-new-york-court/ Carla Boonkong reports from Bangkok.
S1 · E15
17 feb 2022
8:37

Opposition targets Test and Go for spreading the virus as government insists on endemic status

Minister of Tourism and Sports Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn has also announced the postponement of the foreign tourist levy from April to June although the plans to attach the fee to airline fares may be in contravention of a 1944 convention pointed to by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/02/15/opposition-targets-test-and-go-entry-scheme/ James Morris reports from Bangkok.
S1 · E14
16 feb 2022
9:35

Death penalty may be a problem as two hitmen in Sandhu case are named by police seeking arrests

In the course of last week’s intensive investigation which saw up to 20 police teams in Phuket led by the National Police Commissioner General Suwat Jang­yod­suk, probe every aspect of the gangland hit, a Russian man was also taken into custody who is believed to have planted a GPS tracking device on the Indian victim’s car prior to the murder. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/02/14/death-penalty-issue-as-2-jimmy-sandhu-hitmen-named/ Carla Boonkong reports from Bangkok and Phuket.
S1 · E13
14 feb 2022
8:19

Bank of Thailand intervenes with PayPal snared in yet another regulatory tangle in the kingdom

The popular payment platform is in crisis mode in Thailand as it scrambles to meet demanding regulatory requirements and pursue a relaunch of its service as a fully compliant Thai based entity. However, the firm faces even more significant and fundamental challenges both in Thailand and around the world not only with an evolving, more sophisticated and demanding payment service market but also real questions about its practices which have seen it faced with and making out of court settlements in class action lawsuits in the United States. The latest case was filed in January over its security tactics and the freezing of user accounts without notice or adequate explanation. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/02/12/bank-of-thailand-intervenes-in-paypal-crisis/ Joseph O' Connor reports from Bangkok.
S1 · E12
13 feb 2022
17:26

German TV star asked police not to publicise her ordeal as she took flight hours after the attack

TV star left Thailand within hours of the attack for Dubai to be reunited with her 4-year-old son after the shock of her ordeal. The attack on Natai Beach in Phang-nga province where Ms Hummels had gone to spend a few days after 3 weeks filming of a popular German TV show in Phuket had wrapped up. The incident and worldwide press coverage of it, because of the celebrity status of the victim, has raised pressure on Thai authorities over tourist safety in the kingdom. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/02/11/german-tv-star-asked-police-to-avoid-press-cathy-hummels/ James Morris reports from Phang-nga.
S1 · E11
11 feb 2022
10:42

Government is in its death throes as divisions multiply with July likely to be a decisive month

Thailand may not only be facing a General Election in 2022 but also another political crisis if the government does not successfully see the passage of two organic laws on the voting process successfully guided through parliament. The likelihood of this happening is also receding in line with the fortunes of the administration with disturbing failures in parliament during this session to reach a quorum. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/02/09/government-in-its-political-death-throes-election-likely/ Joseph O' Connor reports from Bangkok.
S1 · E10
10 feb 2022
15:48
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