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New Straits Times
24-04-2025
- Health
- New Straits Times
#NSTviral: Small Thai pharmacy's big heart wins over Netizens
KUALA LUMPUR: A Thai pharmacist has received praise online after providing free fever medicine to a father who could not afford treatment for his daughter. The owner of Baan Look Moo Drug Store in Samut Sakhon shared the story last week on her TikTok account, @aoffyza.1842. The video has gone viral since and has been reproduced on Malaysian social media accounts. The father went to the drug store to get medicine for his daughter, but he said that he couldn't afford it, Thai-based English language media company Thaiger reported today. The pharmacist, also known as Aoffy, said: "I have a small shop but a big heart. "The man came to my store in the morning and asked for medicine for his child, who had a fever. "He said he had no money, so I gave it to him." She said that the man returned in the evening with his daughter to thank her as her symptoms had improved. "I gave the girl a pack of gummies before they left. I'm so happy today," she said in the video. She said that she had noticed the man pacing outside her store, appearing hesitant. He was carrying two packs of fever-reducing patches from a convenience store, leading her to suspect he had exhausted his funds. Aoffy was surprised that the man came back to thank her, as she had not expected anything in return. Since opening her pharmacy, Aoffy said she has offered free medication and discounts to those in need. Netizens in Thailand and Malaysia swarmed the comments section and shared reposts with heartwarming remarks. The video caught the attention of Engfa Waraha, the first runner-up of Miss Grand International 2022. She expressed her desire to help the father and the child.
South China Morning Post
20-03-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Thailand to stop allowing foreign pilots on domestic flights from next year
Thailand 's authorities have pledged not to extend an arrangement that allows foreign pilots to be deployed on domestic flight routes after Thai pilots filed a lawsuit against the government last week. Advertisement The country's pilot association had expressed cautious optimism about the assurance from the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) that the temporary measure would end this year, the association's president Teerawat Angkasakulkiat said, according to Thai media reports on Thursday. Teerawat added that the authorities had acknowledged the challenges faced by unemployed Thai pilots in finding jobs and vowed to support them with measures including overseas job opportunities. 'We are thrilled about CAAT's job-enhancing initiatives for Thai pilots, including backing those seeking roles abroad,' he said, according to a report by Thaiger. Last week, the association filed a lawsuit against the Thai labour ministry, seeking a ban on foreign pilots from working on domestic flight routes . It was challenging the cabinet's decision in December to allow foreign pilots to fly domestic flights under 'wet lease' contracts, under which these pilots were allowed to be assigned to aircraft lessees. Advertisement Under Thai law, foreigners are not allowed to operate domestic flights.
South China Morning Post
19-03-2025
- South China Morning Post
Ghostbusted: bungling burglar in Thailand with ‘Scream' mask arrested
A would-be burglar in Thailand thought he was in with a ghost of a chance to rob a gold shop in a mall in Chiang Mai. Advertisement It was the perfect plan, or so he thought: hide inside the mall until closing time and sneak out from the shop in the Mueang district with his loot. He even disguised himself with a 'Ghostface' mask from the Scream film franchise and wore a black cloak in a bid to evade capture. There was one glitch: once he got into the shop at night, he could not get out. The next morning on Tuesday, employees of the shop discovered the break-in and locked up the bungling burglar before calling the police. The 21-year-old suspect, Aesara, whose surname was withheld, admitted to police officers at the scene about his attempt to rob the shop, according to a report by The Nation online newspaper. Thai police say a man in Chiang Mai dressed as 'Ghostface' has used a crowbar to open and rob a gold shop in Chiang Mai. Photo: Handout 'Aesara had arrived at the mall, parking his motorcycle at a nearby petrol station. By 5pm, he slipped into the mall, hiding until closing,' said Yanapol Phatthanachai, Mae Ping police superintendent, according to a report by Thaiger newspaper.
South China Morning Post
27-02-2025
- South China Morning Post
Public sex by tourists in Thailand's Pattaya sparks call for misconduct clampdown
Locals in Thailand's Pattaya are seeing red over public sex acts by tourists, prompting calls for awareness of proper conduct from visitors in the holiday hotspot. Advertisement The latest incident involved a foreign couple who were allegedly having sex in the open on Kratinglay beach, according to local media over the weekend. A witness, an 18-year-old man known only by the pseudonym Bew, told reporters he had noticed the duo when he was relaxing on the beach with friends. He added there were other visitors on the sand but the couple seemed unfazed even after he urged them to stop. 'I did not expect that anyone would dare to have sex on the beach with so many people around. It was shocking to me. They should go to a hotel for that,' he was quoted by Thaiger, a bilingual news outlet, as saying. Advertisement Penalties for public sex in Thailand vary from 500 baht (US$15) to prison sentences, according to Pattaya Mail. Foreigners caught may also face repatriation.
