THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Monday 4 Sep 2017

[webfact]

Mourners pay their respects to HM late King Bhumibol Adulyadej

 

BANGKOK, 4 September 2017 (NNT) - People from all regions across the country have continued to pay their respects to the body of His Majesty the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej at the Grand Palace. 

The number of mourners at the Grand Palace is increasing as the Royal Cremation Ceremony nears. After paying their respects to HM the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej at the Dusit Maha Prasat Throne Hall, the mourners often buy diaries containing drawings by HM King Maha Bodindradebayavarangkun. Proceeds of the diaries will go to Siriraj Hospital and assistance for flood-affected people. 

An exhibition about the work of HM the late King Bhunibol Adulyadej at Siriraj Hospital is attracting crowds especially on weekends. Scheduled for 15th August - 15th September 2017, the exhibition is a collaboration between the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital and the Office of the Royal Development Projects Board.

 

-- nnt 2017-09-04

[webfact]

Govt ‘close to agreement’ to reopen gold mine

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION

 

File photo: gold mine

 

BANGKOK: -- NEGOTIATIONS to end the conflict between the Thai government and Australian gold mining conglomerate Akara Resources are progressing well, with the possibility that the company’s closed mine in Phichit will reopen.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000096-thai-govt-‘close-to-agreement’-to-reopen-gold-mine/

 

[webfact]

'Boss' outruns another charge

By THE NATION

 

Worayuth Yoovidhaya

 

Fugitive billionaire now liable for only one count in connection with 2012 crash

BANGKOK: -- ANOTHER OF the criminal charges against Worayuth Yoovidhaya, the fugitive Red Bull billionaire heir who is wanted over a 2012 fatal hit-and-run accident that killed a policeman, expired yesterday, leaving just one valid charge against him. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000097-boss-outruns-another-charge/

 

[webfact]

No justice for missing people’s families, panel finds

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- THE JUSTICE system is failing the relatives of people who have gone missing in suspicious circumstances, a panel of experts concluded on International Day for the Victims of Enforced Disappearances.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000098-no-justice-for-missing-people’s-families-panel-finds/

 

[webfact]

Thai whiz kids’ inventions win gold in South Korea olympiad

By THE NATION

 

Thai students demonstrate how to use their invention, the so-called “Smart Wheelchair”, at the 2017 Korea International Youth Olympiad 41 in South Korea last month. The innovation won a gold medal at the event.

 

THAI WHIZ kids from the Chulalongkorn University Demonstration Primary School have won several awards in an international contest in South Korea.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000099-thai-whiz-kids’-inventions-win-gold-in-south-korea-olympiad/

 

[webfact]

 

Retrieval of Thai students’ bodies in California ‘first of its kind’

By THE NATION

 

Photo courtesy of the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office

 

FRESNO, CA: -- The US recovery operation that last Friday successfully retrieved the remains of the two Thai postgraduate students whose rented car plunged into Kings River in Fresno, California, on July 26 was the first of its kind and required almost 60 personnel and specialised equipment, including a purpose-built pulley.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000100-retrieval-of-thai-students’-bodies-in-california-‘first-of-its-kind’/

 

[webfact]

Khon wins over the Aussies

By Phatarawadee Phataranawik 
The Nation 
Sydney, Australia

 

The production’s grandest scene, “At The Battlefield”, thrilled the audience. Photo courtesy of Culture Ministry

 

Some snoozed during the dull bits, but Thai ‘soft power’ still scored a success in Sydney

SYDNEY: -- The famous acoustics of the Sydney Opera House did full justice to the mesmerising sound of a Thai phipat orchestra last Monday night as a 56-strong troupe of visiting khon performers dazzled an appreciative near-capacity audience in the great hall.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000101-khon-wins-over-the-aussies/

 

[webfact]

Charge corrupt officials but without bias: poll

By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Most people have been paying attention to the recent legal prosecutions against allegedly corrupt people and want justice to be done without political bias, a Suan Dusit Poll released on Sunday has found.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000102-charge-corrupt-officials-but-without-bias-poll/

 

[webfact]

Sedition law ‘harms rights’

By THE NATION

 

 

Journalists slam article 116 crackdown.

BANGKOK: -- THE JUNTA’S swift enforcement of the Criminal Code’s Article 116 on sedition will not only curb freedom of expression but also hinder the military government’s stated effort to develop Thai politics, panellists at a Thai Journalists Association (TJA) forum said yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000103-sedition-law-‘harms-rights’/

 

[webfact]

Phya Thai police chief axed under suspicion of abetting zero-dollar tour agencies

By Thai PBS Reporters

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The superintendent of Phya Thai police station was ordered transferred to the operations centre of Metropolitan Police Bureau for 30 days under suspicion that he might have abetted the operations of zero-dollar tour companies in the district.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000104-phya-thai-police-chief-axed-under-suspicion-of-abetting-zero-dollar-tour-agencies/

 

[webfact]

UPDATE:

 

GLO may take legal action against a prankster who faked First Prize lottery tickets for fun

By Thai PBS Reporters

 

 

The Government Lottery Office has warned that anyone who changed the digit numbers on lottery tickets even for fun and the have the falsified tickets posted on the social media may face charges of falsifying official documents and violation of Computer Crime Act.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000019-grandma’s-joy-over-lottery-‘win’-short-lived/?do=findComment&comment=12238112

 

[webfact]

PM praises research on Mahachanok mango

By Thai PBS Reporters

 

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha has praised a researcher at Naresuan University for his outstanding research work on Mahachanok mango which was found to have substances resistant to cancer and reduce risk of heart diseases and vision problems.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000105-pm-prayut-praises-research-on-mahachanok-mango/

 

[webfact]

Thai Law: Secrets To Surviving The New Inheritance Tax

By Wirot Poonsuwan, Attorney at Law

 

  

BANGKOK: -- There are enormous tax breaks provided by the government. The problem is most people are completely unaware of them.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000106-thai-law-secrets-to-surviving-the-new-inheritance-tax/

 

[webfact]

OPINION

Bracing for a new lifestyle with huge implications

By The Nation

 

Online shopping poised to become the rule, not the exception

Online shopping is swiftly transforming life in Thailand and the new lifestyle requires major adjustments, as a new generation lays down the terms for how the future economy will look. For everybody’s sake, the great leap forward should happen sooner rather than later.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000107-bracing-for-a-new-lifestyle-with-huge-implications/

 

[webfact]

BMA promotes canal tourism

 

BANGKOK, 4 September 2017 (NNT) - The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is promoting canal tourism with the cooperation of communities that take part in developing new canal tourist sites. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000108-bma-promotes-canal-tourism/

 

[webfact]

North Korea conducts hydrogen bomb test; U.S. pledges 'massive' response if threatened

By Jack Kim, Soyoung Kim and Steve Holland

 

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un provides guidance on a nuclear weapons program in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang September 3, 2017. KCNA via REUTERS

 

SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea on Sunday conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test, which it said was of an advanced hydrogen bomb for a long-range missile, prompting the threat of a "massive" military response from the United States if it or its allies were threatened.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000109-north-korea-conducts-hydrogen-bomb-test-us-pledges-massive-response-if-threatened/

 

[webfact]

In shift, Merkel backs end to EU-Turkey membership talks

 

Journalists watch a TV debate between German Chancellor Angela Merkel of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and her challenger Germany's Social Democratic Party SPD candidate for chancellor Martin Schulz in Berlin, Germany, September 3, 2017. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday she would seek an end to Turkey's membership talks with the European Union in an apparent shift of her position during a televised debate weeks before a German election.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000110-in-shift-merkel-backs-end-to-eu-turkey-membership-talks/

 

[webfact]

Xi, Putin agree to "appropriately deal" with North Korea nuclear test -Xinhua

 

Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during the opening ceremony of the BRICS Business Forum at the Xiamen International Conference and Exhibition Center in Xiamen, China September 3, 2017. REUTERS/Mark Schiefelbein/Pool

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed Sunday to "appropriately deal with" the latest nuclear test by North Korea, state news agency Xinhua said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000112-xi-putin-agree-to-appropriately-deal-with-north-korea-nuclear-test-xinhua/

 

[webfact]

Israel set for $28 billion infrastructure spending boost

 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, September 3, 2017. REUTERS/Abir Sultan/Pool

 

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday his office would soon publish a multi-year infrastructure spending plan worth more than 100 billion shekel ($28 billion).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000113-israel-set-for-28-billion-infrastructure-spending-boost/

 

[webfact]

'The right is back,' says frontrunner to lead French conservatives

By Ingrid Melander

 

Laurent Wauquiez, head of the Les Republicains political party, waits before the political council of Les Republicains political party at their headquarters in Paris, France, November 29, 2016. REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen

 

PARIS (Reuters) - Laurent Wauquiez, a leading right-winger in France's divided The Republicans (LR), said on Sunday it was time the conservative party recovered from electoral defeats and unite to make their voice heard against centrist President Emmanuel Macron.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000114-the-right-is-back-says-frontrunner-to-lead-french-conservatives/

 

[webfact]

Young American jumps to his death at Phuket hotel

 

Picture: Daily New

 

PHUKET: -- A 26 year old US national suffering from depression jumped to his death from the third floor of a Phuket hotel on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000122-young-american-jumps-to-his-death-at-phuket-hotel/

 

[webfact]

Sleight of hand nets gold thief tourist 60,000 baht necklace

 

Picture: We Love Pattaya

 

PATTAYA: -- A tricky tourist was caught on CCTV stealing a three baht weight gold necklace on Saturday evening.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000123-sleight-of-hand-nets-gold-thief-tourist-60000-baht-necklace/

 

[webfact]

Russia: U.S. closure of diplomatic sites a 'blatantly hostile act'

By Andrey Ostroukh

 

The Russian flag waves in the wind on the rooftop of the Consulate General of Russia in San Francisco, California, U.S., September 2, 2017. REUTERS/Stephen Lam

 

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow denounced the American decision to close three Russian diplomatic facilities in the United States as a "blatantly hostile act" that violated international law and demanded Washington reverse the order on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000124-russia-us-closure-of-diplomatic-sites-a-blatantly-hostile-act/

 

[webfact]

Man draws gun over ten baht rubber ring dispute - but there may be more to the story

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

A man drew a gun on Bang Saen beach after a disagreement over charges for renting a rubber tire.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000125-man-draws-gun-over-ten-baht-rubber-ring-dispute-but-there-may-be more-to-the-story/

 

[webfact]

UK PM May pushes for new sanctions on North Korea after nuclear test

 

British Prime Minister Theresa May speaks during a joint press conference with her Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe at the state guest house in Tokyo, Japan August 31, 2017. REUTERS/Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May on Sunday said the United Nations Security Council should urgently look at imposing new sanctions on North Korea and speed up implementation of existing ones.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000126-uk-pm-may-pushes-for-new-sanctions-on-north-korea-after-nuclear-test/

 

[webfact]

Dolphins spotted between Koh Racha and Phuket

By Nattha Thepbamrung

 

 

They started to see a group of 7-8 grey dolphins at about 4 nautical miles from Chalong Pier.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000127-dolphins-spotted-between-koh-racha-and-phuket/

 

[webfact]

Huawei unveils faster phone chip it says can beat Apple, Samsung

BY REUTERS

 

REUTERS/Eric Gaillard/File Photo

 

BERLIN (Reuters) – Huawei aims to use artificial intelligence-powered features such as instant image recognition to take on rivals Samsung and Apple when it launches its new flagship phone next month, a top executive said on Saturday.

 

Full story:  http://tech.thaivisa.com/huawei-unveils-faster-phone-chip-says-can-beat-apple-samsung/24030/

[webfact]

A man, his smartphone, and his penchant for wild animal selfies

BY THE NATION

By ASINA PORNWASIN
THE NATION

 

 

TECHNOLOGY meets wildlife when Allan Dixon pulls out his iPhone in his travels around the world to capture animal “selfies”.

 

Full story:  http://tech.thaivisa.com/man-smartphone-penchant-wild-animal-selfies/24026/

[webfact]

Line Finance taps the lure of gold for savings

BY THE NATION

 

 

AFTER successfully launching Line Finance with over 4.3 million users, Line is partnering with Hua Seng Heng, the leading gold trader in Thailand, to unveil a new service called “Gold Saving” under Line Finance.

 

Full story:  http://tech.thaivisa.com/line-finance-taps-lure-gold-savings/24023/

[webfact]

Merkel's rivals narrow gap slightly ahead of TV debate

 

FILE PHOTO: German Chancellor Angela Merkel gives a speech during an election rally in Ludwigshafen, Germany, August 30, 2017. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/File Photo

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) slightly narrowed the gap with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives in a poll published on Sunday, only hours before the centre-right leader will face her challenger Martin Schulz in a television debate.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000129-merkels-rivals-narrow-gap-slightly-ahead-of-tv-debate/