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Authorities in Lopburi are screening their local populations of monkeys amid concern over the global spread of monkeypox.

Residents of Lopburi believe the large number of monkeys in the province pose no danger, despite the increasing number of monkeypox cases in many countries.

From January 7 to 9, the Khun Ram Yong sunflower field in Lopburi’s Phatthana Nikhom district will be turned into a beautiful maze that visitors can snap photos and participate in fun-filled maze navigation activity.

The long-overdue Bangkok gubernatorial elections will be held within 2022, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha told the press on Friday.

Though few tourists media showed up to watch Lopburi’s monkeys feasting on Sunday, the guests of honour did not give a damn as they swarmed around tables piled high with treats.

The State Railway of Thailand is all set to run its special “floating train” service on the Bangkok-Pasak Jolasid Dam route every Friday, Saturday and Sunday until January.

Lopburi Inn served up a feast of fruits and Thai sweets for monkeys on Sunday in a bid to get them ready for the Monkey Buffet Festival scheduled for November 28.

A wild monkey has taken residence at a farm in Lopburi and is working for her keep by herding 60 cows to the fields in the morning and bringing them back in the evening.

Thailand’s secondary provinces are finding new ways to revive their economies now that the Covid-19 crisis is easing. Lopburi, for instance, is getting ready to host its annual Monkey Buffet Festival, while Trang and Rayong are preparing for island hoppers.

Though Lopburi’s Monkey Buffet Festival is scheduled to be held on November 28, a local resident has been keeping the simian population well fed.

A local flood victim made a mock news report from the scene of the disaster

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