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Season 1

King and Queen visit Princess Bajrakitiyabha at a Bangkok hospital after she took ill on Wednesday

Well wishes have come from around the country as temples invite the public to pray and leading political figures come forward to pay their respects and express support for the princess. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/12/16/king-and-queen-visit-princess-bajrakitiyabha-in-hospital/ News Desk report from Nakhon Ratchasima and Bangkok.
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Dec 16, 2022
2:46

Pheu Thai to knock back skyrocketing electricity costs hitting business with a 21% rise in 2023

The business sector, in recent months, is expressing higher confidence with the return of foreign tourism at critical levels but is expecting to be left reeling by a 21% hike in electricity tariffs due to kick in from January 2023 at the same time as interest rates are rising with supplies and other costs all on the up. It comes as energy officials juggle the books with a bill of ฿122 billion still owed to the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) and which must be paired down. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/12/15/pheu-thai-to-cut-sky-high-electricity-bills/ Carla Boonkong reports from Bangkok.
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Dec 15, 2022
7:56

Chinese mafia case taken over by police chief with top officers assigned to different key roles

Last week, the chief whistleblower, in this case, veteran former politician Mr Chuwit Kamolvisit who Minister of Justice Somsak Thepsutin has highly praised, expressed unease at the narrow range of charges being pursued against Mr Chaiyanat Kornchayanant. As part of this week’s move by the National Police Commissioner General Damrongsak Kittiprapat, it is understood that a submission on the case will be made to the Office of the Attorney-General so that it can be pursued as a transnational crime case, giving police and prosecution agencies more power. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/12/14/chinese-mafia-case-taken-up-by-police-chief/ James Morris reports from Bangkok.
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Dec 14, 2022
7:31

3 out 4 believe that Pheu Thai will take power in 2023 with a third Shinawatra taking the reins

Barring an unforeseen political shock that dramatically alters the political landscape, it now looks like Thailand will elect a Pheu Thai Party government in next year’s General Election. It is also becoming increasingly probable that that government will be led by Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the daughter of Thaksin Shinawatra ousted in the 2006 coup and the niece of Yingluck Shinawatra whose government was ousted in 2014 in another coup led by then army chief and current Prime Minister Prayut Chan ocha. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/12/13/3-out-4-think-pheu-thai-will-take-power-in-2023-general-election/ Joseph O' Connor reports from Bangkok.
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Dec 13, 2022
13:12

Top Immigration Bureau officers investigated by high-level panel over Chinese corruption claims

Minister Somsak Thepsutin praises former massage parlour boss and politician Chuwit Kamolvisit for his work in pursuing corruption concerning this unfolding case. Mr Chuwit has promised not to keep the 5% of the billions seized that the minister says he’s entitled to but has expressed concern about the limited charges brought against Mr Du Hao or Mr Chaiyanat Kornchayanant and his most senior associates including the absence, as of yet, of money laundering charges. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/12/11/top-immigration-bureau-officers-investigated/ Carla Boonkong reports from Bangkok.
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Dec 11, 2022
10:26

Two Polish fiends sought by Pattaya police for a callous and cruel attack on a Cambodian woman

Police investigating a horrific attack on a 30-year-old Cambodian woman by two Polish men are looking at whether it may have been a revenge attack linked to her boyfriend’s ex-wife who threatened to kill her. An Interpol warrant is being sought for the criminal duo who departed Thailand two days later for the Philippines. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/12/09/cambodian-woman-attacked-by-polish-fiends-mateusz-piotr-krynicki-daniel-majewski/ News Desk report from Pattaya.
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Dec 9, 2022
4:19

War erupts over Pheu Thai’s ฿600 minimum wage plan with the economy as the key election issue

An academic with Srinakharinwirot University (SWU) welcomed the proposal in broad terms as beneficial to newly graduated students taking up employment but expressed his concern about the danger of stoking inflation and called for a policy also over the course of the next government, to control the cost of living. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/12/09/war-over-pheu-thais-600-baht-minimum-wage-plan/ Joseph O' Connor reports from Bangkok.
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Dec 9, 2022
16:06

UK man arrested on a Sisaket road for 75-day visa overstay faces Bangkok jail and deportation

30-year-old Michael McLaughlin at first denied any knowledge of breaking the law but later changed his story by admitting he was hiding in Sisaket because he wanted to stay in Thailand and avoid returning to the United Kingdom. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/12/07/uk-man-arrested-in-sisaket-on-visa-overstay/ James Morris reports from Sisaket.
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Dec 7, 2022
3:10

Luxury hotel in Samut Prakan is legit says woman linked with Du Hao’s sprawling business empire

A former senior policeman working as an advisor to the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) tenders his resignation. The move is thought to be linked to reports of an indirect association with the Chinese kingpin accused of being a large illegal drug distributor at the centre of a growing scandal linked with fake visas, property and extensive business holdings held by nominees. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/12/07/hotel-legit-says-woman-linked-with-kingpin-du-hao/ Joseph O' Connor reports from Bangkok.
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Dec 7, 2022
10:09

Plan to knock rabies out in Thailand with an army of 8,600 ‘livestock volunteers’ across the kingdom

Deadly disease reared up in 2018 due to a shortage of vaccines from 2016 and an explosion of the disease among the country’s population of wild dogs. The latest plan focuses on the vaccination of animals reaching into every locality of the kingdom with the help of sub-district volunteers. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/12/05/volunteer-plan-to-clear-rabies-from-thailand/ James Morris reports from Bangkok.
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Dec 5, 2022
5:27
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