UPDATE:

 

Crematorium replicas near completion nationwide

By The Nation

 

(File photo as of October 1): The Royal Crematorium replica being built at Songkhla's Laem Samila area is slated to complete on October 10./Photo by Nation/Santiprap Ramasut

 

Construction work around the country on replicas of the Royal Crematorium is more than 80 per cent complete.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980183-royal-cremation-of-the-late-king-bhumibol-adulyadej-is-set-on-october-26/?do=findComment&comment=12326335

 

Thai baht to remain volatile pending US monetary policies

 

BANGKOK, 3 October 2017 (NNT) - Volatility in the Thai baht is expected to continue, pending monetary policies of the United States. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005229-thai-baht-to-remain-volatile-pending-us-monetary-policies/

 

Govt to allow foreign temps in fishing industry to address current shortage

 

BANGKOK, 3 October 2017 (NNT) - The Office of the Prime Minister has issued an announcement allowing for foreign workers to temporarily remain in Thailand to work in the fishing industry, provided they have the appropriate documentation. The announcement was published in the Royal Government Gazette on September 28th to address the sector's labor shortage. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005231-thai-govt-to-allow-foreign-temps-in-fishing-industry-to-address-current-shortage/

 

Number of mourners at palace tops 12 million

By The Nation 

 

 

With two days remaining for citizens to pay their last respects to His Majesty the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej at the Grand Palace in Bangkok, the number of people who have viewed the Royal Urn has topped 12 million.

 

Ful story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005232-number-of-mourners-at-palace-tops-12-million/

 

Phuket Town hill road closed for landslide prevention wall

The Phuket News

 

The road will remain closed until July 27, 2018. Photo: Phuket City Police

 

PHUKET: Phuket City Police today (Oct 3) issued a notice warning motorists that a section of Khaw Sim Bee Rd leading from Mae Luan Rd to the top of Rang Hill in Phuket Town has been closed so that workers can continue working on installing a retaining wall to prevent land slides.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005235-phuket-town-hill-road-closed-for-landslide-prevention-wall/

 

Prayut tells Trump, but Prawit won’t confirm election date

By The Nation

 

File photo; Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan.

 

Deputy Prime Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan on Tuesday refused to confirm the election date despite the fact that Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha has informed US President Donald Trump that it will take place next year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005237-prayut-tells-trump-but-prawit-won’t-confirm-election-date/

 

Myanmar citizens arrested for taking fees at Samut Prakan labour office

By The Nation

 

Three Myanmar men and a Myanmar woman were arrested at the Samut Prakan migrant worker registration office on Tuesday morning for unlawfully taking fees from employers or workers seeking to register in the Kingdom.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005242-myanmar-citizens-arrested-for-taking-fees-at-samut-prakan-labour-office/

 

Yingluck ‘has left Dubai for London’

By The Nation

 

File photo: Yingluck Shinawatra

 

Deputy police chief Pol General Srivara Rangsipramanakul said on Tuesday that the United Arab Emirates had notified Thai authorities that fugitive former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra had left Dubai for London.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005244-yingluck-‘has-left-dubai-for-london’/

 

Warning of torrential downpours, flash floods for most of country this week

By The Nation

 

 

Thai Meteorological Department has warned people in most parts of Thailand of outbreaks of abundant rain and possible flash floods from Tuesday until Friday this week.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005246-warning-of-torrential-downpours-flash-floods-for-most-of-country-this-week/

 

PM May says Britain to take tougher line on extremist content

 

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves the Midland Hotel on the third day of the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, Britain, October 3, 2017. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

 

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday Britain needed to take a tougher line against those people who post and view extremist content on the internet following a number of attacks this year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005247-pm-may-says-britain-to-take-tougher-line-on-extremist-content/

 

UPDATE:

 

Prayuth: Elections Date To Be Announced Next Year

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer

 

  

Prime Minister Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha shakes US President Donald Trump's hand

 

WASHINGTON — The date for the country’s next general elections will be announced next year, Prime Minister Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha said Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005237-prayut-tells-trump-but-prawit-won’t-confirm-election-date/?do=findComment&comment=12326709

 

Emergency Landing of Jetstar Pacific in Chiang Mai

by CityNews

 

 

CityNews – Jetstar Pacific made an emergency landing at Chiang Mai International Airport on October 2nd after smoke was found in the luggage compartment.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005260-emergency-landing-of-jetstar-pacific-in-chiang-mai/

 

Four Branches of Oasis Spa Received Award for Excellence in Day Spa

by CityNews

 

 

CityNews – Oasis Spa (Thailand) is celebrating the Thailand Tourism Awards presented to four of its branches. This much sought-after award is only given to day-spas whose superior services contribute to the advancement of tourism in Thailand.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005261-four-branches-of-oasis-spa-received-award-for-excellence-in-day-spa/

 

 

Watch Waterspout Wave Across Koh Samet

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

A waterspout spins 10am Tuesday in Koh Samet waters.

 

KOH SAMET — Tourists and onlookers on Tuesday morning enjoyed the unusual sight of a cylinder of air racing off the coast of the Rayong island.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005263-watch-waterspout-wave-across-koh-samet/

 

Authorities still refuse to issue teaching licences in Khon Kaen

By The Nation

 

 

The Teachers Council of Thailand has stood by a decision to not automatically issue teaching licences to graduates from an uncertified centre at a northeastern university.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005266-authorities-still-refuse-to-issue-teaching-licences-in-khon-kaen/

 

Report on MH370 finds 'initially similar' route on pilot's flight simulator

By Tom Westbrook and Jamie Freed

 

 

SYDNEY/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The captain of the Malaysian Airlines aircraft that vanished somewhere in the southern Indian Ocean with 239 people on board had flown a route on his home flight simulator six weeks earlier that was "initially similar" to the one actually taken, Australian authorities said on Tuesday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005273-report-on-mh370-finds-initially-similar-route-on-pilots-flight-simulator/

 

'Rat-a-tat' of Las Vegas gunfire points to automatic or modified weapons

By Joseph Ax and Stephen Nellis

 

A handbag is seen on the street next to the site of the Route 91 music festival mass shooting outside the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. October 2, 2017. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

 

(Reuters) - The gunman who fired on Las Vegas concertgoers from more than 1,000 feet away on Sunday may have used fully automatic weapons - or guns legally modified to act like them - that allowed him to spray bullets into the crowd of 22,000 people.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005274-rat-a-tat-of-las-vegas-gunfire-points-to-automatic-or-modified-weapons/

 

U.S. to expel nearly two-thirds of Cuban embassy staff - U.S. sources

By Patricia Zengerle and Matt Spetalnick

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration will order nearly two-thirds of Cuba's diplomatic personnel to leave the United States after months of mysterious "attacks" that have damaged the health of American embassy staff in Havana, according to a congressional source and a person familiar with the plan.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005275-us-to-expel-nearly-two-thirds-of-cuban-embassy-staff-us-sources/

 

Oxford team to test universal flu vaccine in world first

By Ben Hirschler

 

LONDON (Reuters) - A seasonal flu vaccine that would be the first in the world to fight all types of the virus is to be tested in a two-year clinical trial involving more than 2,000 patients by researchers in Oxford.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005277-oxford-team-to-test-universal-flu-vaccine-in-world-first/

 

Rohingya refugees scoff at Myanmar's assurances on going home

By Rahul Bhatia

 

 

COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) - Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh were sceptical on Tuesday about their chances of ever going home to Myanmar, even though the government there has given an assurance it would accept people verified as refugees.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005278-rohingya-refugees-scoff-at-myanmars-assurances-on-going-home/

 

Robbers seize nearly 200m yen in Bangkok hours after cash brought from Japan

By KORNKAMON AKSORNDECH 
THE NATION

 

 

A GROUP OF five hooded armed men robbed Bt197.96 million yen (about Bt60 million) in cash and a brand-new Ford pickup truck from a diamond merchant’s employees at a Bangkok condominium parking lot on Monday night.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005279-robbers-seize-nearly-200m-yen-in-bangkok-hours-after-cash-brought-from-japan/

 

HTC Vive VR system coming to Thailand

BY THE NATION

 

 

HTC, creator of HTC VIVE, the most advanced virtual reality system on the market, announced on Tuesday that HTC Vive would be available in Thailand from 10 October.

 

Full Story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/htc-vive-vr-system-coming-thailand/24714/

Google readies Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL to rival iPhone X

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

Google’s Pixel 2 is due to be unveiled on October 4 but some photos of the new device have already been leaked by well-known leaker Evan Blass via his Twitter account.

 

Full Story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/google-readies-pixel-2-pixel-2-xl-rival-iphone-x/24717/

Skimmer Scanner: New smartphone app can detect card skimmers on ATMs

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

The makers of a new smartphone app claim it can help detect if a card skimmer has been placed on an ATM or card machine.

 

Full Story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/new-smartphone-app-can-detect-card-skimmers-atms/24720/

Brit Rock Trio Alt-J To Bring Awesome Wave To Bangkok

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter

 

Photo: Alt-J

 

BANGKOK — Another hip international act will add to the city’s buzzing indie music scene next month.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005280-brit-rock-trio-alt-j-to-bring-awesome-wave-to-bangkok/

 

Panthongtae’s lawyer makes another objection to DSI case

By The Nation

 

 

A lawyer representing Panthongtae Shinawatra, son of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, has urged the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) to terminate plans to question Panthongtae in connection with a money-laundering charge, due to the lack of evidence cited in a previous investigation.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005281-panthongtae’s-lawyer-makes-another-objection-to-dsi-case/

 

No Sept 27 verdict leaks at the court’s end, justice official insists

By The Nation

 

Sarawut.

 

Nothing was leaked ahead of the September 27 verdict in the negligence case against former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, as court security was tight, Office of the Judiciary secretary-general Sarawut Benjakul insisted on Tuesday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005282-no-sept-27-verdict-leaks-at-the-court’s-end-justice-official-insists/

 

Cabinet extends helping hand for pregnant students

By The Nation

 

File photo

 

The government is planning to require educational institutions to be flexible with female students who become pregnant while in school.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005283-cabinet-extends-helping-hand-for-pregnant-students/

 

Charges still pending in Phuket zero-baht tour ‘fake product’ raids

The Phuket News

 

 

PHUKET: Police have yet to press any charges for raids carried out two weeks ago the saw B10 million of goods seized from shops targeting tourists.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005284-charges-still-pending-in-phuket-zero-baht-tour-‘fake-product’-raids/