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World Bank says Thai poverty rate increases, farm income slides
By Patpicha Tanakasempipat
FILE PHOTO: A worker cultivates rice plants at Sompot Tubcharoen's farm in Bangkok, Thailand August 28, 2018. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand needs to invest in education and create jobs in higher-income sectors, the World Bank said in a report on Thursday that showed a rising rate of poverty as the country's economy slowed.
Thailand is Southeast Asia's largest economy after Indonesia but has lagged its regional peers and grew at its weakest pace in five years in 2019.
The country of 69 million reduced overall poverty over three decades to just under 10% in 2018 from more than 65% in 1988, but the trend started to reverse from 2016, data from the World Bank report showed.
The rise in the number earning below the national poverty line, set at less than 90 baht ($2.85) a day in 2018, was mainly because of falling incomes for Thailand's bottom 40%, many of whom were urban workers and rural farming households, between 2015 to 2017, the country report found.
"Wages for people in agriculture and manufacturing did not increase as much as we needed to reduce poverty, but the other way around," Birgit Hansl, World Bank Thailand's country manager, told a news conference. Hansl blamed lower commodity prices and major droughts.
Nearly a third of Thailand's workforce is in the low-income agricultural sector, which produces and exports commodities such as rice, natural rubber and sugar for global markets.
Thai farmers often rely on financial support from loans or handouts from governments to help offset declining farm prices.
Previous measures included a populist rice subsidy scheme from a previously-toppled civilian government buying millions of tonnes of the grain from farmers at prices above the market between 2011 to 2014.
Such social welfare programmes can help to soften the impact of economic volatility and reduce poverty in the short term, the World Bank said.
But it warned they could prevent longer-term productivity by delaying farmers' moving to higher-paying jobs in the manufacturing or service sectors, or preventing them switching to more crops that are more profitable or less vulnerable to drought.
"Perhaps some policies here in the past that were related to support to farmers on growing a specific crop might have prevented faster transformation," Hansl said.
The organisation also said Thailand needs to improve access to education for children from lower-income families, policies on safety nets and create better jobs to address inequality.
(Reporting by Patpicha Tanakasempipat; editing by Barbara Lewis)
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Thailand announces compulsory quarantine for arrivals from six places
Postal worker disinfects packages arrived from overseas, to contain the spread of coronavirus in Bangkok, Thailand March 5, 2020. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa
BANGKOK (Reuters) - The Thai government on Thursday announces new compulsory quarantine measure for arrivals from four countries and two territories in a bid to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
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Thailand announces compulsory quarantine for arrivals from six places
Postal worker disinfects packages arrived from overseas, to contain the spread of coronavirus in Bangkok, Thailand March 5, 2020. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa
BANGKOK (Reuters) - The Thai government on Thursday announces new compulsory quarantine measure for arrivals from four countries and two territories in a bid to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
The move came as the Thai postal service began disinfecting all packages received from overseas, although the World Health Organization has said it is safe to receive post from badly affected countries such as China.
The quarantine announcement, published in the official Royal Gazette on Thursday, classified South Korea, China, Macao, Hong Kong, Italy and Iran as "dangerous communicable disease areas".
This means that all arrivals from these places, including those that transit through them, will have to provide the authorities with their address and travel plan and be self-quarantined for 14 days.
"Thais and foreigners who came from these places will have to go through self-quarantine for 14 days at home or in a hotel room, where they have to report themselves to the authorities every day or officials will come to check on them," health ministry spokesman Rungrueng Kitphati told Reuters.
Those that breached the quarantined will face 20,000 baht ($630) fine, Rungrueng said.
Arrivals who display coronavirus symptoms will be send directly to government hospitals.
The order will be effective from Friday.
Thailand has also prepared facilities for the 14-day quarantine of thousands of Thai workers gradually returning from the South Korean province of Gyeongsang and the city of Daegu, currently epicenters of the virus outbreak, the government said.
The country has recorded a total of 47 coronavirus cases since January, with one fatality. Thirty-one of the coronavirus patients have recovered and returned home, while 15 are still being treated in hospitals.
Among the other latest measures taken by the Thai authorities to halt the spread of the flu-like disease is the plan to disinfect packages from overseas, though there have been no reports of the virus being contracted from the mail.
"Thailand's post offices will disinfect every package arriving from overseas, at headquarters, including at Suvarnabhumi airport, Lak Si post offices, express mail service and delivery trucks," Thailand Post Chief Executive Officer, Korkij Danchaivichit, told reporters.
In advice to the public posted on its website, the WHO said: "People receiving packages from China are not at risk of contracting the new coronavirus. From previous analysis, we know coronaviruses do not survive long on objects, such as letters or packages."
(Reporting by Panu Wongcha-um, Panarat Thepgumpanat Jiraporn Kuhakan and Artorn Pookasook; Writing by Chayut Setboonsarng; Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore and Alex Richardson)
-- © Copyright Reuters 2020-03-05
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Democrats Abroad Thailand - It’s time to vote
The Democrats Abroad Thailand, Pattaya Chapter invites all DAT Pattaya members to the Pattaya Chapter’s Voting Center this Thursday, March 5th, starting at 10 AM until 7 PM, meeting at:
Robin Hood Tavern
The Avenue Shopping Mall, Second Floor,
Pattaya Second Road 038 410 511
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Robin+Hood+Tavern/@12.9294273,100.880899,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x7dac9a08d87cc90!8m2!3d12.9294273!4d100.880899
This is every voter’s chance to vote directly in the Democratic Primary with their signed, absentee paper ballot. Let your vote count!
Loran Davidson, Chair
Democrats Abroad Thailand, Pattaya ChapterTo all US Citizens living abroad:
You can register to vote from abroad by applying for your Absentee Ballot for the Primaries and the Presidential elections at www.votefromabroad.com. This is a non-partisan website that will direct you to apply to your County Clerk Elections official where you last voted in the USA. It takes 5 minutes and produces the official US government form, fully completed with your information, in a pdf file format.
Who Can Vote in the Global Primary? US Citizens who are:
1. Residing abroad
2. Members of Democrats Abroad
a. Same day registration welcomed
3. 18 years old as of November 3, 2020
4. Only voting in the Dems Abroad presidential primary
5. (they may vote down ballot in their state’s primary)
You can also go to www.votefromabroad.org to register for your ballot
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The winner of the February photography competition is this by AJR3RD - congratulations!
The March competition is up and running here: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1151434-enter-the-march-2020-thaivisa-photography-competition/
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Enter the March 2020 Thaivisa Photography Competition
The competition will run until 31st March 2020
The winning entry for March will receive a phone recharge with a value of ฿1000 within 30 days of the end of the competition.
The 1,000 baht credit is available on prepaid phones only.
Please note that by submitting an image in to this photo competition, you are giving your permission for that image to be potentially used in the annual Thaivisa Calendar. If you are not aware of the calendar, here is the 2020 calendar.
This was the winning entry from the January competition:
Boat at Reunton Resort Beach, Bang Saray by BangSarayBill. !
Competition Rules
- Contributing members may submit up to four of their own photos per month.
(Members can re-submit an image in a following months competition providing it hasn't been a winner in a previous months competition.)
- Please only one photo per post!
- The photos must be Thailand related and also comply with thaivisa forum rules.
https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/terms/
- A title, Basic Exif data, location and date may be added, but no extra comments to try and win more votes will be allowed.
- All entries will be included in a gallery as posted and at the end of the month this gallery will then be sent to the judges who will choose the winner.
- Please note that likes can still be given but will play no part in deciding what is presented for judging.
- All entries will be considered regardless of the time of the month posted.
How to post images
Instructions on how to post images can be found here:
https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942998-posting-images-on-to-a-thread/#comment-11149553
Please keep dropping by and give your support (likes) to the new images being posted.
Those images gaining 10 likes or more will be added to the "Best Shots Gallery " for the month in question.
This gallery is not part of the monthly competition and will also include images from across all the general photographic threads that accumulate 10 likes or more.
Note.......We will drop by the thread every day or so to remove the posts not containing images, so please don't be annoyed if you see one of your posts is missing, thanks for your understanding.
Please add your best shots, and contribute to the rest of the photo forum
Other parts of the photo forum here:
https://forum.thaivisa.com/forum/84-photography-and-the-arts/
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Update regarding issues with ads, as discussed in this thread.
Issues with video ads and ad placements: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1151257-issues-with-video-ads-and-ad-placements/
Please bare with us!
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Update regarding issues with ads, as discussed in this thread.
Issues with video ads and ad placements: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1151257-issues-with-video-ads-and-ad-placements/
Please bare with us!
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Update regarding issues with ads, as discussed in this thread.
Issues with video ads and ad placements: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1151257-issues-with-video-ads-and-ad-placements/
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Apologies, you may have recently experienced some disruption to Thaivisa due to a video or some other form of third party advertisement.
We’re in the process of making changes to how to some ads are displayed on the website.
Long term, this should actually improve the user experience as we’ll be able to show less ads.
However, in the short term there will be some changes taking place which means some users may experience disruption when using the site.
This disruption may last a couple of weeks.
We’re grateful for the feedback so far. We’ve listened and we’re working on it.
Please bare with us over the next few weeks.
If you have any further feedback regarding issues with advertisements on Thaivisa, please contact support[at]thaivisa.com
Many thanks!
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There are not 2953 cases of coronavirus in Thailand.
There are 43 cases, according to the Public Health Ministry.
31 of those patients have already made a full recovery and been sent home.
There are 2953 PUIs - but this includes people being monitored for a number of respiratory conditions including pneumonia.
Out of the 2953, only 1,234 remain under investigation or treatment. The rest have been discharged.
Anyway, let’s keep the coronavirus chat in the most recent thread in the news forum.
Please continue the discussion here: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1151210-thailand reports-one-new-coronavirus-case-total-at-43-health-official/
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A friend of mine was charged 15k for a coronavirus test at a private hospital in Hua Hin.
This was about a month ago. He'd recently returned from China (he's Chinese) and got a test as a precaution.
The test came back negative but yes, 15k it cost him.
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Thanks for all the feedback, I’ll pass it on to the owners.
Apologies, but as this is a thread discussing advertising, which is against forum rules, this topic is now closed.
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Off topic comment removed.
Topic now closed for discussion.
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On Saturday the 22nd February the 9th Annual Queen’s Cup Pink Polo event was attended by the most delightful crowd of Thai HiSo’s and affluent expats to raise funds and awareness for the Queen Sirikit Centre for Breast Cancer (QSCBC). Attendees couldn’t have asked for better weather, cleaner sportsmanship or more welcoming hosts - the Thai Polo and Equestrian Club.
Dr Kris and Khunying Finola Chatamra entertained the Italian and South African Ambassadors and their lovely wives - Lorenzo and Francesca Galanti and Geoff and Carole Doidge and many other VIP guests.
La Familia team were the victors against second place Marengo. Thai Polo came in third after a tight match against Ethiopian Airlines.
In addition to two full polo matches, spectators enjoyed the most delicious food provided by the event‘s generous sponsors (sadly far too many to mention here), the Yorkshire Terriers Club dog show (featuring Princess Sirivannavari’s dogs), a fashion show on horseback and various activities from sponsors throughout the afternoon.
The next major polo public tournament will be the Beach Polo held on the 18th April in front of the Intercontinental Hotel Hua Hin.
Don’t miss it!!
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The 1st World Boxing Council Muay Thai Convention
- 14 March 2020 - 16 March 2020
- At The Athenee Hotel, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Bangkok, Wireless Road, Lumphini, Pathum Wan District, Bangkok, Thailand
- WBC MUAY THAI AND BOXING CONVENTION
The WBC MUAYTHAI was established in 2004, under the World Boxing Council (WBC) as a non-profit organization, with a mission to develop professional Muay Thai worldwide, as an affiliated division of the WBC, adhering to the rules set by the Board of Boxing Sport (Office of Professional Sports) of the Sports Authority of Thailand.
WBC MUAYTHAI was created to facilitate and sanction professional Muay Thai competitions to develop and expand Muay Thai worldwide, and to foster Muay Thai at all levels and weight divisions with international safety standards, for the development of Muay Thai as a world premier martial art.
On November 26 th, 2001, His Majesty, the King of Thailand held an historic audience at Klai Kangwon Palace, Thailand, with World Boxing Council President, Dr. Jose Sulaiman, and Police General Kovid Bhakdibhumi, WBC Vice President and WBC Asian Boxing Council President.
A short time later the World Boxing Council was set about establishing the WBC Muay Thai to rate fighters worldwide and to sanction WBC Muay Thai title events. Police General Kovid Bhakdibhumi was appointed the WBC Muay Thai Chairman.
Since its inception, the WBC Muay Thai has promoted the sport of Muay Thai around the world, to this day the WBC Muay Thai is active in over fifty countries, hosting professional Muay Thai championships across eighteen weight categories.
The World Boxing Council Muay Thai’s core aim is to continue to showcase the culture and spirit of Muay Thai, from Thailand to the world.
The WBC Muay Thai adheres to the rules and regulations of the Sport Authority of Thailand and is actively involved in the WBC Clean Boxing Program in order to maintain fairness and an even playing field for all athlete’s.
Additional ticket for World title event at Lumpinee stadium Link: https://www.thaiticketmajor.com/preview/sport/wbc-world-soldier-2020.html
The Athenee Hotel Reservation Link : https://www.marriott.com/event-reservations/reservation-link.mi?id=1576062165796&key=GRP&app=resvlink -
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Explainer - What's next in Thai politics after opposition party banned?
Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit gives a speech, at the party's headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand February 21, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
BANGKOK (Reuters) - A Thai court on Friday dissolved a high-profile opposition political party, the Future Forward Party, ruling that it illegally took a 191.2 million baht ($6.04 million) loan from its billionaire leader.
The court also banned party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, heir to an auto parts fortune and 15 other party executive board members from politics for 10 years. The party and Thanathorn have denied any wrongdoing.
The ruling strengthened the slim parliamentary majority of the ruling coalition under former junta leader Prayuth Chan-ocha, who seized power from an elected government in 2014 and retained office last year when his pro-army party won elections.
WHAT HAPPENS TO FUTURE FORWARD'S LAWMAKERS?
Future Forward, which came in third in the general election last March, currently holds 76 seats of the 500 seats contested in parliament.
At least 65 Future Forward lawmakers can now join another political party or form a new party under electoral law.
But 11 seats held by the banned executives, including Thanathorn, will remain vacant until the next election. That represents a net gain for Prayuth's ruling coalition.
WILL THERE BE STREET PROTESTS?
So far, there is no sign of the kinds of mass political demonstrations by rival parties that paralysed the Thai capital Bangkok in past decades until the latest military coup in 2014.
Thanathorn, 41, said he wanted to break with that cycle when he founded Future Forward in 2018.
Last year he also rejected the idea of protests against the election results, which Future Forward and its allied opposition parties said were manipulated in favour of Prayuth's party.
HAS THAILAND BANNED PARTIES BEFORE?
Yes. In 2007, following a 2006 military coup that ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, the Constitutional Court dissolved the Thai Rak Thai party that he had founded.
In 2008, the court dissolved another pro-Thaksin political party, the People's Power Party, and two of its coalition partners that had won a post-coup election earlier that year.
Thaksin's mostly rural supporters responded by paralysing areas of Bangkok's business district in prolonged mass protests in 2010, ending in a military crackdown in which 90 people were killed and thousands were wounded.
Ahead of last year's general election, the court dissolved Thai Raksa Chart, another Thaksin-backed party.
Future Forward is separate from but allied with the remaining pro-Thaksin opposition party in parliament, Pheu Thai, which came in second in the 2019 election.
WHAT'S NEXT?
For now, Future Forward's remaining members of parliament will work with their Pheu Thai allies and other opposition parties in parliament, Thanathorn said on Friday night.
The opposition has been planning a censure motion against Prime Minister Prayuth and key members of his cabinet and aim to at least subject them to public debate.
However, the loss of 11 Future Forward seats to the court ruling brings Prayuth's coalition majority - which at times has been as slim as one or two seats - to a relatively comfortable margin of more than a dozen votes.
Thanathorn said on Friday night he plans to start a foundation for education and a committee to campaign for political reform.
(Reporting by Panu Wongcha-um and Panarat Thepgumpanat; Editing by Frances Kerry)
-- © Copyright Reuters 2020-02-22-
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Thai court dissolves opposition party critical of military rule
By Panu Wongcha-um and Panarat Thepgumpanat
Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit of Thailand's progressive Future Forward Party talks to his supporters during an unauthorised flash mob rally in Bangkok, Thailand December 14, 2019. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's Constitutional Court on Friday dissolved an opposition political party that has been critical of the military establishment and banned its charismatic leader from politics for 10 years over a loan he gave the party.
The dissolution of the Future Forward Party comes less than a year after Thailand held a general election to end five years of military rule and it strengthens the position in parliament of a coalition led by Prime Minister Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, the former junta leader who first took power in a 2014 coup.
Future Forward, led by auto-parts billionaire heir Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, 41, has been sharply critical of military dominance of politics. It surprised many by coming third in the elections last year, winning the support of many young people and 81 of the 500 seats contested in parliament.
The court ruled that the party broke the law by taking a 191.2 million baht ($6.08 million) loan from Thanathorn.
"The party is ordered to be dissolved according to the 2017 political party law," Constitutional Court Judge Panya Utchachon said in his ruling.
The court also banned Thanathorn and 15 other party executives from politics for 10 years.
The party and Thanathorn have denied any wrongdoing
Most of the party's members of parliament will retain their seats and can form a new party, but the ban on its leaders will reduce the opposition's votes and its ability to block Prayuth's agenda.
Some Future Forward supporters at the party's headquarters burst into tears when the court's decision was announced.
"I’m a bit loss at the moment. If Thanathorn decides to continue the fight, we will stick with him. We won't let him fight alone,” said Wanna Butrkan, 55, from Udon Thani province in the northeast.
Thanathorn, who was not in court, was due to speak to supporters later in the day.
'NO ONE FOOLED'
Human rights groups and democracy advocates condemned the court's decision.
"Last year’s election was supposed to bring an end to military rule in Thailand, but after today no one is fooled into believing this is the case," said Francisca Castro, a Philippine lawmaker and member of ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights.
Prayuth's pro-army party came first in the March 2019 election but opposition parties say electoral laws written by the junta were designed to give the military establishment control over politics.
The court on Friday said the loan to the party amounted to a donation because it did not follow commercial practices in lending. The election law limits donations from an individual to 10 million baht ($318,167).
Thanathorn said the financial arrangements between himself and the party were above board.
"If we could turn back time ... we would do the same thing because it was transparent and verifiable," he said in a Facebook post this week.
It was not the first legal case that Thanathorn and his party have faced since bursting onto the political scene.
Last month, the Constitutional Court rejected accusations the party sought to overthrow the monarchy, an allegation that could have seen it banned.
Late last year, Thanathorn was suspended from parliament by another court ruling that found he breached election law after he was accused of holding shares in a media company when he registered as a candidate. He said he sold the shares before registering.
While Future Forward and its allies say the political system has been engineered to ensure rule by Prayuth's pro-army party, the prime minister says a constitution drawn up during military rule is necessary to ensure stability after years of chaos and occasional violence.
(Reporting by Panarat Thepgumpanat and Panu Wongcha-um; Editing by Robert Birsel)
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Apologies, we are experiencing some connection issues, which our forum software provider is investigating.
There may be some disruption to the site for users based in Southeast Asia.
We hope to have the issue resolved ASAP.
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TM28: Thai immigration scraps requirement for foreigners to report when they stay away from home for 24 hours
There is some good news for foreigners in Thailand.
Thai immigration have all but scrapped the controversial TM28 change of address reporting requirement for foreigners.
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TM28: Thai immigration scraps requirement for foreigners to report when they stay away from home for 24 hours
There is some good news for foreigners in Thailand.
Thai immigration have all but scrapped the controversial TM28 change of address reporting requirement for foreigners.
According to the new requirement, while TM28 is still listed, a long list of exceptions have been added, which for all intents and purposes means that almost no one is now required to submit a TM28 form.
The list of exceptions, covered in sections 2.2 and 2.3 [here], includes just about every foreigner in Thailand, from diplomats and those performing official duties through to students, those working in Thailand, foreigners married to a Thai or who are a parent to a Thai child and those staying in Thailand for retirement.
According to the immigration website, the regulation regarding TM28 is dated February 14 but came into effect on January 28.
However, foreigners need to be aware that they are still required to inform immigration if they change address permanently. [This is covered in form TM27].
For example, if you rent a condo for say 6 months then you move to live in another condo, you need to inform immigration of your new address.
The previous requirement stated that foreigners who had stayed in another province for more than 24 hours were required to inform their local immigration office when they returned.
For example, if a foreigner who lives in Pattaya went and stayed at a friend’s place in Bangkok overnight, they would be required to inform immigration once they returned to Pattaya.
The reality was TM28, which is listed under section 37 of the Immigration Act and has been a requirement since 1979, was seldom enforced by Thai immigration and hardly ever completed by foreigners after returning from an overnight stay elsewhere in Thailand.
Many foreigners, including those who have lived in Thailand for a number of years, didn’t even know the requirement existed.
At least that was the case until last year when TM28 briefly started being more strictly enforced by some immigration offices.
This coincided with immigration also strictly enforcing TM30 - the requirement for hotels, guesthouses and property owners to report foreigners staying at their address.
(TM30 often gets confused with TM28, with TM30 sometimes used as a kind of catch-all term to describe both but they are actually two separate requirements - and TM30 is still required.).
The sudden enforcement of both TM28 and TM30 resulted in Thai immigration being on the receiving end of fierce criticism from the expat community and foreign business leaders in Thailand, who said TM28 was not just inconvenient but archaic, draconian and not fit for purpose today.
A group of expats in Thailand even launched an online petition calling for the TM28 and TM30 to be abolished.
And while the petition failed to reach its target for sign ups, it undoubtedly helped to bring the issue to the attention of senior immigration officials in Thailand.
The subject also received widespread negative coverage in both Thai and English language media in Thailand and was also covered by international news outlets including the BBC and Nikkei Asian Review.
The updated regulation regarding TM28 can be found on the Immigration website:
https://www.immigration.go.th/read?content_id=5e468147cf638702b11f9cb9
Ongoing discussion on this topic in the visa forum: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1149261-immigration-has-changed-their-regulation-for-a-change-of-address-report/
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1 woman killed, 1 injured in Bangkok mall shooting
Image: Sanook
One woman has been killed and another injured following a shooting at a mall in Bangkok.
Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1148944-1-woman-killed-1-injured-in-bangkok-mall-shooting/
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1 woman killed, 1 injured in Bangkok mall shooting
Image: Sanook
One woman has been killed and another injured following a shooting at a mall in Bangkok.
Rescue workers were called to a beauty clinic on the 4th floor of the Century The Movie Plaza near Victory Monument at 3.30pm on Tuesday afternoon.
Images shared to social media showed a person receiving medical treatment at the scene.
The injured person was taken to Phyathai hospital.
Sanook reported the suspect fled the scene. Their whereabouts remain unknown.
This is a developing news story. This post may be updated without warning.
-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2020-02-18
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Thailand Live Thursday 5 Mar 2020
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World Bank says Thai poverty rate increases, farm income slides
By Patpicha Tanakasempipat
FILE PHOTO: A worker cultivates rice plants at Sompot Tubcharoen's farm in Bangkok, Thailand August 28, 2018. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand needs to invest in education and create jobs in higher-income sectors, the World Bank said in a report on Thursday that showed a rising rate of poverty as the country's economy slowed.
Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1151913-world-bank-says-thai-poverty-rate-increases-farm-income-slides/