THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Sunday 8 Oct 2017

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28 workers injured in Saraburi bus accident

 

 

Twenty-eight workers were injured when a bus taking them to a factory in the Hemaraj Industrial Estate in Saraburi overturned in Nong Khae district, police said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005916-28-workers-injured-in-saraburi-bus-accident/

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The week that was in Thailand news: The power of the wai – if only you could bottle it!

 

 

As head of Thai Studies one question I was always asked by new teachers arriving from the West to my international school was how to wai. They anticipated that while it may not be something they would do every day it nevertheless might prove useful in their work and daily lives.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005891-the-week-that-was-in-thailand-news-the-power-of-the-wai-–-if-only-you-could-bottle-it/

 

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Political parties law takes effect

By KASAMAKORN CHANWANPEN 
THE SUNDAY NATION

 

 

THE ORGANIC law on political parties, which introduces the primary voting system, is in effect today after it was published in the Royal Gazette yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005896-organic-law-on-political-parties-is-now-in-force/

 

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Aviation to get a boost as ICAO removes red flag

By The Sunday Nation

 

 

WORLD AGENCY SATISFIED WITH MEASURES TAKEN TO ADDRESS SAFETY CONCERNS

 

THAILAND’S aviation sector is set to grow at a higher rate after the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) removed its red flag over safety issues, signifying the agency’s satisfaction with measures taken over the past three years to address concerns.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005914-caat-icao-may-have-removed-“red-flag”-from-thailand/

 

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Mixed outcomes as state farmland is given over to energy projects

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE SUNDAY NATION 
CHAIYAPHUM

 

Sa-ing Sodploy (right) talks to the representatives of Asia Development Bank and Climate Investment Funds about her better livelihood from the renewable energy investment on her ALRO land in Chaiyaphum.

 

DESPITE some good outcomes from renewable-energy investment on Agricultural Land Reform Office (ALRO) land, mining and oil drilling at ALRO sites is still depriving poor farmers of land, academics said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005929-mixed-outcomes-as-state-farmland-is-given-over-to-energy-projects/

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Experts object to ‘selective’ firing of some commissioners

By KASAMAKORN CHANWANPEN 
THE SUNDAY NATION 

 

 

ALL INDEPENDENT AGENCIES ‘SHOULD HAVE A FRESH START’

 

POLITICAL scientists and the outgoing commissioners of independent agencies who are to be dismissed under the new organic laws have agreed that the treatment was selective – but for different reasons.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005930-experts-object-to-‘selective’-firing-of-some-commissioners/

 

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Tears flow during rehearsal of Royal Cremation procession

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE SUNDAY NATION

 

The people, who attend the first rehearsal of the royal procession, raise the portrait of HM the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej over their heads with tear in their eyes, as the royal chariot is passing yesterday.

 

A HUGE CROWD of black-clad citizens yesterday watched the first rehearsal of His Majesty the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s Royal Cremation procession with heartbreak and tears.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005931-tears-flow-during-rehearsal-of-royal-cremation-procession/

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Man arrested for shooting, injuring officer during drugs arrest

By The Nation

 

A man was arrested for shooting and injuring a policeman while resisting arrest after he allegedly delivered a small amount of methamphetamine pills to an undercover policeman in Kamphaeng Phet’s Klong Kloong district on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005932-man-arrested-for-shooting-injuring-officer-during-drugs-arrest/

 

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Police seek to check DNA on disputed first-prize lottery tickets

By The Nation

 

Police have requested to borrow disputed lottery tickets from the Government Lottery Office (GLO) to analyse for DNA and fingerprints to discover whether a Buri Ram man’s first-prize tickets had been stolen.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005933-police-seek-to-check-dna-on-disputed-first-prize-lottery-tickets/

 

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Court detains six suspects in 197-million yen heist of jewellery company

By The Nation

 

The Criminal Court on Saturday approved the first 12-day detention period for six suspects in Monday’s theft of 197.96 million yen (Bt58.58 million) from employees of a Bangkok jewellery exporting company.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005934-court-detains-six-suspects-in-197-million-yen-heist-of-jewellery-company/

 

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Mountain runoff hits Lampang, affecting 400 houses

By The Nation

 

Mountain runoff and flash floods hit three tambon in Lampang’s Thoen district on Saturday morning following overnight rains.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005935-mountain-runoff-hits-lampang-affecting-400-houses/

 

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Teenage girl drowns in Prachin Buri canal

By The Nation

 

A teenage girl drowned while swimming with friends in a canal in Prachin Buri’s Kabin Buri district on Friday evening, police said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005936-teenage-girl-drown-in-prachin-buri-canal/

 

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Thong Fah shops in all tambons to have EDC machines

 

 

The Comptroller General’s Department will send the list of Thong Fah (Blue Flag) shops to Krungthai Bank so that the bank can speed up installing electronic data capture (EDC) machines for all of them, said department director-general Suttirat Rattanachot.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005937-thong-fah-shops-in-all-tambons-to-have-edc-machines/

 

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Veerasak Khobkhet, the announcer who read the official announcement of HM the King’s passing

 

 

A year ago on October 13 at 7 pm, Thai people throughout the country were glued to the television sets – many of them with tears rolling down their cheeks – as they awaited in silence and sadness the long-awaited announcement from the Bureau of the Royal Household.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005938-veerasak-khobkhet-the-announcer-who-read-the-official-announcement-of-hm-the-king’s-passing/

 

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Growth of Thai cricket  knows no boundaries

By Special to The Nation

 

Chiang Mai Schools Cricket Association members and local school children after their training session at the Gymkhana Club.

 

Interest in cricket has reached new heights in Thailand since the women’s team won the gold medal at the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in the 20-over format and the men took bronze in the longer, 50-over version.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005939-growth-of-thai-cricket-knows-no-boundaries/

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Long overdue win for Thai tennis

By Lerpong Amsa-ngiam 
The Nation

 

Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul poses with his maiden ITF trophy.

 

Third time lucky For battler Wishaya 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005940-long-overdue-win-for-thai-tennis/

 

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Eleven injured in car crash near London museum, terrorism ruled out

By Michael Holden

 

A forensics officer walks near the Natural History Museum, after a car mounted the pavement, in London, Britain October 7, 2017. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Eleven people were injured on Saturday when a car collided with pedestrians near London's Natural History Museum, in one of the capital's busiest tourist areas, but police doused fears it was a terrorist attack, saying it was a road traffic incident.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005941-eleven-injured-in-car-crash-near-london-museum-terrorism-ruled-out/

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Spaniards take to streets as Catalonia independence tensions rise

By Raquel Castillo and Sam Edwards

 

People attend a demonstration in favour of dialogue in a square in Barcelona, Spain, October 7, 2017 REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

 

MADRID/BARCELONA (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people gathered in Madrid and Barcelona on Saturday morning as Catalonia prepared to declare independence, many dressed in white and calling for talks to defuse Spain's worst political crisis for decades.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005944-spaniards-take-to-streets-as-catalonia-independence-tensions-rise/

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On Putin's birthday, opposition activists protest, call for him to quit

By Vladimir Soldatkin and Jack Stubbs

 

Supporters of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny attend a rally in Moscow, Russia October 7, 2017. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin

 

MOSCOW/ST PETERSBURG (Reuters) - Police detained more than 200 opposition activists on Saturday for taking part in a wave of anti-Kremlin protests across Russia in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, ahead of a presidential election in March, a monitoring group reported.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005945-on-putins-birthday-opposition-activists-protest-call-for-him-to-quit/

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Danish divers find missing body parts of Swedish journalist

By Teis Jensen

 

A photo of Swedish journalist Kim Wall who was aboard a submarine "UC3 Nautilus" before it sank. TT NEWS AGENCY/ Tom Wall Handout via REUTERS

 

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Danish police said on Saturday divers had found the head and the legs of Swedish journalist Kim Wall, who died in mysterious circumstances on an inventor's homemade submarine.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005946-danish-divers-find-missing-body-parts-of-swedish-journalist/

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Trump says 'only one thing will work' with North Korea

By Jeff Mason

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump enters the East Room to host an event to commemorate Hispanic Heritage Month at the White House in Washington, U.S., October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said "only one thing will work" in dealing with North Korea after previous administrations had talked to Pyongyang without results.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005947-trump-says-only-one-thing-will-work-with-north-korea/

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Trump says open to temporary healthcare reform deal with Democrats

By Valerie Volcovici

 

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks before signing the National Manufacturing Day Proclamation at the White House in Washington, U.S., October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would be open to cutting a one-year or two-year deal with Democratic rivals as a way to kick-start reform of the nation's healthcare system, a key campaign pledge made by Trump and the Republican Party.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005948-trump-says-open-to-temporary-healthcare-reform-deal-with-democrats/

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New Orleans and Gulf Coast hunker down as Hurricane Nate nears

By Rod Nickel and Jessica Resnick-Ault

 

Members of the New Orleans Fire Department fill sandbags in preparation for Tropical Storm Nate in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S., October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman

 

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - The U.S. Gulf Coast braced for Hurricane Nate to make landfall east of New Orleans as a Category 2 storm on Saturday evening, threatening parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama with torrential rain, flooding and winds of 100 miles per hour (160 km per hour).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005949-new-orleans-and-gulf-coast-hunker-down-as-hurricane-nate-nears/

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Dominant Hamilton seizes Suzuka pole with record lap

By Abhishek Takle

 

Formula One F1 - Japanese Grand Prix 2017 - Suzuka Circuit, Japan - October 7, 2017. Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton of Britain celebrates after getting pole position in qualifying. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

 

SUZUKA, Japan (Reuters) - Formula One leader Lewis Hamilton smashed the Suzuka track record to seize a dominant Japanese Grand Prix pole position on Saturday with Ferrari rival Sebastian Vettel lining up alongside on the front row.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005950-dominant-hamilton-seizes-suzuka-pole-with-record-lap/

 

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Perfect Grand Final farewell for Rhinos' McGuire

 

Leeds Rhinos' Rob Burrow, Danny McGuire and teammates celebrate after the game with the trophy Action Images/Ed Sykes

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Danny McGuire brought the curtain down on his distinguished career at Leeds Rhinos, scoring two tries and two drop goals to inspire his side to another Super League Grand Final triumph as they beat Castleford Tigers 24-6 on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005951-perfect-grand-final-farewell-for-rhinos-mcguire/

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Substitute Ronaldo rescues Portugal to set up Swiss showdown

 

Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo in action REUTERS/Vincent West

 

ANDORRA LA VELLA (Reuters) - Cristiano Ronaldo came off the bench and scored an opportunist goal which set Portugal on the way to a 2-0 win in Andorra on Saturday that maintained their chances of qualifying directly for the World Cup.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005952-substitute-ronaldo-rescues-portugal-to-set-up-swiss-showdown/

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Matuidi puts France in control of their World Cup destiny

 

France's Blaise Matuidi celebrates scoring their first goal REUTERS/Stringer

 

SOFIA (Reuters) - Blaise Matuidi's early goal was enough to take France to the brink of the World Cup finals as they secured a 1-0 away win against Bulgaria on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005953-matuidi-puts-france-in-control-of-their-world-cup-destiny/

 

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Indonesia police detain 51 men in Jakarta "gay spa" raid

By Agustinus Beo Da Costa

 

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian police detained 51 men including several foreigners in a raid on what authorities described as a "gay spa" in Jakarta late on Friday, and some could face up to six years in prison under pornography and prostitution laws.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005955-indonesia-police-detain-51-men-in-jakarta-gay-spa-raid/

 

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Dutch keep slender World Cup hopes alive after Belarus win

 

FILE PHOTO: The Netherlands' players attend a training session ahead of their match against Belarus. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko

 

BORISOV, Belarus (Reuters) – - Arjen Robben scored one goal and set up another as the Netherlands kept alive their slender hopes of reaching the 2018 World Cup with a 3-1 victory over Belarus on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005956-dutch-keep-slender-world-cup-hopes-alive-after-belarus-win/

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Watch the terrifying moment a hacker takes over a woman’s web cam

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

A Dutch lady was understandably shaken when her webcam was hijacked by a hacker who then began talking to her.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/watch-terrifying-moment-hacker-takes-womans-web-cam/24848/