THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Sunday 24 September 2017

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Early bird choices to Phuket, Chiang Mai

By The Nation

 

 

AirAsia gets geared up for the high season by adding early morning flights from Don Mueang International Airport to Phuket and Chiang Mai with fares starting at just Bt390 per trip.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003913-early-bird-choices-to-phuket-chiang-mai/

 

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Gaysorn rises to a vertical village

By Khetsirin Pholdhampalit 
The Sunday Nation

 

A 20-foot-tall, cocoon-like bridge connecting Gaysorn Tower with the long-established mall is complemented with an art installation of fluttering butterflies.

 

Gaysorn Tower completes the venerable mall’s metamorphosis into an urban magnet

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003920-gaysorn-rises-to-a-vertical-village/

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Secret new feature lets you WhatsApp directly from the Facebook app

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

Facebook looks to be testing a new feature that will allow users to launch WhatsApp directly from the main Facebook app.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/secret-new-feature-lets-whatsapp-directly-facebook-app/24492/

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Five die as truck crashes into electricity workers

By The Nation

 

A truck crashed into a vehicle carrying four on-duty electricity authority employees who were changing high-voltage transmission lines in Saraburi province at 11.40am on Sunday, causing five deaths.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003939-five-die-as-truck-crashes-into-electricity-workers/

 

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Heavy rain, strong and high waves predicted for southern region

 

 

The Meteorological Department on Sunday (Sept 24) issued a warning to people living in Chumporn and eight other southern provinces downward to brace for heavy rain, strong wind as well as flash flood until Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003941-heavy-rain-strong-and-high-waves-predicted-for-southern-region/

 

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Mother and son swept away in flood

By The Nation

 

 

Flash floods hit a hilltribe village in Mae Hong Son’s Mae La Noi district Saturday night, sweeping away two residents. Authorities said the two victims were a mother and her son.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003942-mother-and-son-swept-away-in-flood/

 

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Three Vietnamese arrested with 15 million baht worth of rhino horns

 

 

Three Vietnamese were arrested at Suvarnabhumi international airport early Sunday morning (Sept 24) after Customs officials found 15 rhino horns worth about 15 million baht hidden in their three luggage.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003943-three-vietnamese-arrested-with-15-million-baht-worth-of-rhino-horns/

 

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Trump clashes with sports world over player protests, invitation

By Barbara Goldberg and Joel Schectman

 

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally for Senator Luther Strange in Huntsville, Alabama, U.S. September 22, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump and the sports world engaged in an intensifying spat on Saturday after he called for National Football League owners to fire players who protest during the U.S. national anthem and disinvited a National Basketball Association star from a White House visit.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003944-trump-clashes-with-sports-world-over-player-protests-invitation/

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Thai junta leader, backers fuel suspicions of plans to stay in power

By Panarat Thepgumpanat, Patpicha Tanakasempipat and Panu Wongcha-um

 

Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha poses for photo with local government officers at a farmer school in Suphan Buri province, Thailand September 18, 2017. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - In his dark suit, Thai junta leader Prayuth Chan-ocha cut an incongruous figure guiding a rice tractor across a muddy paddy field in front of cameras and watching villagers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1003946-thai-junta-leader-backers-fuel-suspicions-of-plans-to-stay-in-power/

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