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Season 1

Senator warns that Paetongtarn Shinawatra or Ung Ing, Thaksin’s daughter, is wrong for the job

Political instability in Thailand, cited by Fitch, the US ratings agency which retained Thailand’s BBB+ status last week, as one of the country’s greatest weaknesses and an impediment to its economic prospects, has not gone away. With the opposition parties surging in the polls and the likelihood of them attaining power growing, its spectre again looms large. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/06/28/senator-warns-about-thaksin-daughter-paetongtarn-shinawatra-as-pm/ Carla Boonkong reports from Bangkok.
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Jul 1, 2022
11:11

Top insurgent leader suspected as behind Monday night’s large bomb attack on Pattani district

Three soldiers were left hospitalised by the bomb attack but with minor injuries including an officer working within a local government building who was hit by shrapnel from the blast. The operation by insurgents saw a green garbage collection truck hijacked 3 km south in the Mayo district by the attackers who fitted it with a large explosive device and drove to a nearby car park close to a significant security checkpoint in the north eastern Panare district of Pattani on Monday night. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/06/21/insurgent-boss-fingered-in-pattani-bomb/ James Morris reports from Pattani province.
S1 · E118
Jul 1, 2022
7:23

Warnings as fears grow over recreational cannabis use as Thai man is left impotent by self-harm act

Original plans to deregulate cannabis, this year, were for it to be made freely available only for medical use and products with a strictly limited THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) value. This week, as authorities moved to pull back on the deregulation free for all while new legislative provisions that would make recreational use of cannabis illegal, are stalled, for now, in parliament, there are new concerns about its use in food products and on restaurant menus as its harmful effects are being highlighted. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/06/23/fears-over-recreational-cannabis-use-sexual-organ-cut-off/ Carla Boonkong reports from Bangkok.
S1 · E117
Jul 1, 2022
17:00

Sexual jealousy and love rivalry behind horrific murder-suicide act of senior Bangkok policeman

Police investigating the horrific incident in a Bangkok suburb are beginning to look at the state of the officer’s personal relationships in an attempt to understand the motive behind Monday morning’s appalling murder-suicide tragedy where three lives were lost. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/06/20/murder-suicide-bangkok-police-officer/ News Desk report from Bangkok.
S1 · E116
Jun 27, 2022
4:13

Fears for the baht as it hits a 15-year low and Thai economic performance in the medium term

While the kingdom maintains a strong external financial situation and prudent fiscal management to support its economy, the growing impact of chronic problems such as household debt and a rapidly ageing population as well as inequality and political instability are undermining any prospect of decisive action to find a solution. The result is an economy that has now performed below its regional peers for years and one that, in the short term, faces a need to more rapidly raise bank interest rates to halt a decline in the baht. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/06/26/fears-for-the-baht-as-it-hits-a-15-year-low/ Joseph O' Connor reports from Bangkok
S1 · E115
Jun 27, 2022
17:01

Pevert sucked 14-year old into a blackmail scheme leading her to take her own life as the only way out

More charges are due to be brought against the 27-year-old call centre worker after evidence of at least 10 other underage victims was found on his phone and devices including a large throve of pornographic images of women and girls which the fiend used to place his prey in bondage through the use of blackmail. It is understood that the 27-year-old was using the images collected to distribute pornography online for a profit. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/06/24/pevert-blackmail-scam-led-to-girl-suicide/ James Morris reports from Pathum Thani and Bangkok.
S1 · E114
Jun 25, 2022
4:59

World inflation crisis may lead Bank of Thailand to act before August and raise interest rates more sharply

Rapidly changing world financial environment where cash is king and looking like it is going to be more expensive as interest rates are set to rise inexorably. For Thailand, in the short term, this means raising interest rates to stop capital flight out of the kingdom and protect both business and the less well off from the ravages of higher prices which saw May’s inflation rate come in at 7.1% and more significantly, a rise in core inflation to 2.28% from 0.2% a year previously with the underlying rate set to spiral even higher on a systemic basis even though the headline rate may be somewhat lower later in the year. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/06/19/world-inflation-crisis-prompts-higher-rates/ Joseph O' Connor reports from Bangkok.
S1 · E113
Jun 25, 2022
10:57

Harrowing scene as Canadian cries for his dead wife at early morning accident in Kanchanaburi

Death again highlights the danger of Thailand’s roads for foreigners including pedestrians, car drivers, motorcyclists and bicyclists due to reckless driving and a lack of the same sense of care and caution that is seen in other countries making Thailand’s roads the ninth most deadly in the world. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/06/18/canadian-cries-for-his-dead-wife-joseph-michael-scott/ Carla Boonkong reports from Kanchanaburi.
S1 · E112
Jun 24, 2022
5:44

Boomtime with Thailand Pass gone by July 1st along with 2 am closing and face mask easing in public

Face mask requirement in public is abandoned except for crowded areas and places with poor ventilation such as public transport as Thailand drops all restrictions and bugbears which impede foreign visitor numbers. Consequently, a boom is expected in the coming six to seven months with some optimistic industry insiders saying Thailand can achieve up to 15 million visitors in 2022 as the good times, long thought of as lost to the past, come roaring back to life. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/06/17/thailand-pass-app-gone-at-last-by-july-1st/ Carla Boonkong reports from Bangkok.
S1 · E111
Jun 20, 2022
11:00

US Defence Chief asserts Thailand’s position as a key military ally in a tense Indo-Pacific region

Lloyd Austin, a career soldier who began work as a US Army lieutenant in the 1970s, cut an impressive figure in Bangkok this week after going head to head with Chinese Defence Minister General Wei Fenghe in Singapore where the Chinese military leader warned that China’s rise in Asia was assured and unstoppable while the communists country would ‘crush’ any attempt by the island of Taiwan to declare independence. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/06/17/thailand-is-a-key-military-ally-says-us/ James Morris reports from Bangkok.
S1 · E110
Jun 18, 2022
12:44
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