{"id":14891,"date":"2026-02-01T07:41:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T07:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/no-booze-no-parties-thailand-goes-dry-till-6pm-today-for-advance-voting\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T07:41:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T07:41:00","slug":"no-booze-no-parties-thailand-goes-dry-till-6pm-today-for-advance-voting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/no-booze-no-parties-thailand-goes-dry-till-6pm-today-for-advance-voting\/","title":{"rendered":"No booze, no parties: Thailand goes dry till 6pm today for advance voting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>BANGKOK, Feb 1 &mdash; Thailand is enforcing a strict alcohol ban today as voters head to the polls for advance voting ahead of next week&rsquo;s general election.<\/p>\n<p>The Election Commission says the &lsquo;Dry Law&rsquo; aims to maintain order and fairness during the early voting period, Thai news outlet <em>The Thaiger<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n<p>The prohibition encompasses all selling, distributing, or hosting alcohol-related parties from 6pm yesterday until 6pm today and applies to all shops, restaurants, bars, and entertainment venues nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>Violators risk up to six months in jail, a 10,000-baht fine, or both, with police on high alert to enforce the rules.<\/p>\n<p>Advance voting allows registered voters to cast their ballots early before the main general election on February 8.<\/p>\n<p>The same alcohol ban holds for the main voting period next weekend, from 6pm on February 7 until 6pm on February 8.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p><sub>No booze, no parties: Thailand goes dry till 6pm today for advance voting<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BANGKOK, Feb 1 &mdash; Thailand is enforcing a strict alcohol ban today as voters head to the polls for advance voting ahead of next week&rsquo;s general election. The Election Commission says the &lsquo;Dry Law&rsquo; aims to maintain order and fairness during the early voting period, Thai news outlet The Thaiger reported. The prohibition encompasses all&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/no-booze-no-parties-thailand-goes-dry-till-6pm-today-for-advance-voting\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;No booze, no parties: Thailand goes dry till 6pm today for advance voting&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14892,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}