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Government produces special Royal Cremation pins

 

 

BANGKOK, 23 October 2017 (NNT) - The government has produced special commemorative pins for the royal funeral of HM the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej. 

As the royal cremation of HM the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej approaches, the government has prepared the special pins for the public to keep, in addition to banknotes, coins and photos with images or photographs of the dearly-beloved monarch and the royal family. 

The government’s special pins are intended as memorabilia that anyone can wear to remember the passing of the beloved king that has continued to sadden millions of people. 

The design of the special pins is a hexagon, with one side displaying the initial of HM the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej and the other side showing an engraved Thai phrase that can be literally translated as the royal cremation ceremony along with the Thai numerals “2560” which is the Buddhist year equivalent to this year. 

Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Prime Minister’s Office Sompas Nilapund said today that the first batch of 40,000 special pins is being released today at a unit price of 300 baht and with the condition that one person is allowed to buy up to two pieces only.

 

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‘Heartbroken’ vets report ‘Chompu’ the elephant’s death

 

 

A team of veterinarians yesterday apologised that they could not save the life of a male elephant that had been found stuck in a canal in Phitsanulok province and transferred to Lampang for treatment.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007997-wild-elephant-died-three-days-after-being-rescued-from-stream/?do=findComment&comment=12384185

 

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Tears for late King as final rehearsals end

By The Nation

 

 

ROYALS ATTENDS TRIALS OF PROCESSIONS THAT WILL FOLLOW THE MONARCH’S CREMATION

 

THE FINAL full-dress rehearsal for the grand royal procession that will bring HM the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s cremains to the Grand Palace took place yesterday amid tears from onlookers. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1008080-tears-for-late-king-as-final-rehearsals-end/

 

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Late King’s granddaughter at final dress rehearsal

 

Nation Photo/Voravit Pumpuang

HRH Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana, granddaughter of the late King and daughter of King Rama X, on Sunday evening led the 77-horse cavalry in the sixth procession at the final dress rehearsal for enshrining the Royal Ashes in two temples.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1008080-tears-for-late-king-as-final-rehearsals-end/?do=findComment&comment=12384194

 

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Free rides to venues associated with the Royal Cremation Ceremonies for HM the late King

By The Nation

 

 

Free bus rides will cover 46 bus routes (October 23 – 31):

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007731-the-royal-funeral-of-hm-the-late-king-bhumibol-adulyadej/?do=findComment&comment=12384200

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Teen makes badminton history

By Lerpong Amsa-ngiam 
The Nation

 

Kunlavut Vitidsarn with the trophy and a picture of HM the late King Bhumibol.

 

Sixteen-year-old Kunlavut Vitidsarn became the first Thai in history to win BWF World Junior Championships boys’ singles title, coming from behind to beat Jun Hao Leong of Malaysia 17-21 21-15 21-10 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1008082-thai-teen-makes-badminton-history/

 

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Illegal loggers open fire at park officials

By Prasit Tangprasert 
The Nation 
Nakhon Ratchasima

 

 

Illegal loggers opened fire at officials and made a narrow escape as three of their accomplices were arrested on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1008083-illegal-loggers-open-fire-at-park-officials/

 

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Crisis conditions as families marooned by floodwaters

By The Nation

 

Bueng Narang district's Phichit

 

More than 200 families in Nakhon Sawan’s Chumsaeng district have been marooned by floodwaters for several weeks.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1008084-crisis-conditions-as-families-marooned-by-floodwaters/

 

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Gem auction cancelled as bidders avoid unpolished stones

By The Nation

 

 

The Legal Execution Department has cancelled an upcoming auction of jade and other gems in bulk after the confiscated assets failed to attract any bids in the previous seven attempts to auction them.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1008085-gem-auction-cancelled-as-bidders-avoid-unpolished-stones/

 

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EDITORIAL

Pheu Thai’s search for a leader

By The Nation

 

Quest for a party chief stumbles amid Sudarat uproar, and is tied to de facto patriarch

The biggest question involving Pheu Thai and the next general election may not be who will lead the biggest, yet trouble-plagued, party next, but how much support it will get from Thaksin Shinawatra

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1008087-pheu-thai’s-search-for-a-leader/

 

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PTT sees its oil business seriously threatened in next decade by EVs

By Wichit Chaitrong  
The Nation 

 

PTT's demonstration gas station at its Oil Business Academy in Wang Noi district of Ayutthaya province.

 

PTT HAS predicted that clean energy will adversely affect the oil industry over the next decade. The country’s largest energy firm is moving fast to remodel the oil retail business, including helping the small business owners who run gas stations to survive the coming threat from electric vehicles. 

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1008088-ptt-sees-its-oil-business-seriously-threatened-in-next-decade-by-evs/

 

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EVS Entertainment ends home entertainment services after 35 years of operations

 

 

EVS Entertainment company, producer and distributor of home entertainment products and services for the past 35 years, has announced the closure of the business, citing massive patent violations.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1008089-evs-entertainment-ends-home-entertainment-services-after-35-years-of-operations/

 

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Officer praised for saving a boy trapped in rushing water of a klong in Khao Khor

By Thai PBS

 

 

A police officer of Khao Khor district in Petchabun province has been showered with praises by netizens after images posted on the social media showing him rescuing a boy trapped in the rushing water of a klong.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1008090-officer-praised-for-saving-a-boy-trapped-in-rushing-water-of-a-klong-in-khao-khor/

 

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RID: Critical water situation in Chao Phraya river is over

By Thai PBS

 

 

The critical situation of water in the Chao Phraya river is over as water level in the river section in Nakhon Sawan province dropped 30cm Sunday (Oct 22), according to the Royal Irrigation Department (RID).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1008091-rid-critical-water-situation-in-chao-phraya-river-is-over/

 

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Pran Buri sea infested with jellyfish

By Thai PBS

 

 

No-swimming signs have been put up on the beaches in Pran Buri district, Prachuab Khiri Khan, due to the presence of huge number of jellyfish – some of them poisonous – in the sea with some of the tourists being attacked by poisonous jellyfish.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1008092-pran-buri-sea-infested-with-jellyfish/

 

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Abe to push reform of Japan's pacifist constitution after election win

By Leika Kihara and Linda Sieg

 

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), looks on as he puts a rosette on the name of a candidate who is expected to win the lower house election, at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, October 22, 2017. EUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

 

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling bloc was headed for a big win in Sunday's election, bolstering his chance of becoming the nation's longest-serving premier and re-energising his push to revise the pacifist constitution.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1008094-abe-to-push-reform-of-japans-pacifist-constitution-after-election-win/

 

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Mugabe removed as WHO goodwill envoy after outrage

By Stephanie Nebehay and Kate Kelland

 

FILE PHOTO Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe attends the 2nd Session of the South Africa-Zimbabwe Bi-National Commission in Pretoria, South Africa October 3, 2017. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/Files

 

GENEVA/LONDON (Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has been removed as a goodwill ambassador, the World Health Organization said on Sunday, following outrage among Western donors and rights groups at his appointment.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1008095-mugabe-removed-as-who-goodwill-envoy-after-outrage/

 

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Now talk nice - EU script to help May settle Brexit bill

By Alastair Macdonald

 

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May and European Council President Donald Tusk pose before a bilateral meeting at a European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium October 20, 2017. REUTERS/Geert Vanden Wijngaert/Pool

 

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Diplomatic theatrics at last week's Brussels summit revealed how European Union leaders will coax Theresa May over the next two months into parting with tens of billions of euros in return for a post-Brexit trade deal.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1008096-now-talk-nice-eu-script-to-help-may-settle-brexit-bill/

 

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Russia accuses U.S.-led coalition of 'barbaric' bombing of Syria's Raqqa

 

FILE PHOTO: A fighter of Syrian Democratic Forces stands amidst the ruins of buildings near the Clock Square in Raqqa, Syria October 18, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro

 

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia accused the U.S.-led coalition in Syria on Sunday of wiping the city of Raqqa "off the face of the earth" with carpet bombing in the same way the United States and Britain had bombed Germany's Dresden in 1945.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1008097-russia-accuses-us-led-coalition-of-barbaric-bombing-of-syrias-raqqa/

 

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Top U.S. Senate Republican, White House, aim for tax bill by year-end

By Doina Chiacu and Pete Schroeder

 

White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Mick Mulvaney (L-R), U.S. National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster, White House Homeland Security Advisor Tom Bossert, and Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Air Force General Paul Selva participate in the first meeting of National Space Council at the National Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Centerin Chantilly, Virginia, U.S., October 5, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. Senate Republican and the White House budget director said on Sunday they hoped for action on a Republican tax reform package by the end of the year, while keeping their options open on how to pay for sweeping tax cuts.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1008099-top-us-senate-republican-white-house-aim-for-tax-bill-by-year-end/

 

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Long-time felon from Citrus Co who called himself "The Devil" captured in Bangkok Thailand

Stephen Hall was arrested for passport fraud

By: WFTS Webteam

 

CITRUS CO, FL - A long-time felon from Citrus County who worshipped the devil and often referred to himself as El Diablo (the devil) has been arrested in Bangkok Thailand. Stephen Bishop Hall was put on the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office Top 10 Most Wanted list back in 2007. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1008100-wanted-american-drug-trafficker-who-called-himself-the-devil-captured-in-bangkok/

 

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British man found dead in Buriram

 

 

A British man was found dead inside his rented dorm room in the Nang Rong district of Buriram on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1008101-british-man-found-dead-in-buriram/

 

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UK police end armed hostage-taking at English leisure complex - BBC

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British police ended an armed hostage siege on Sunday, the BBC reported, saying there were no casualties after a gunman took two staff members hostage at a bowling alley in a leisure complex in central England.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1008104-uk-police-end-armed-hostage-taking-at-english-leisure-complex-bbc/

 

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Briton jailed for touching man at Dubai bar - newspapers

 

DUBAI (Reuters) - A Briton accused of touching another man at a bar in the United Arab Emirates was sentenced to three months in jail by a Dubai court on Sunday, local newspapers reported.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1008105-briton-jailed-for-touching-man-at-dubai-bar-newspapers/

 

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14 Arrested In More Raids Targeting ‘Black People’

By Sasiwan Mokkhasen, Staff Reporter

 

Head of 191 emergency response unit Surachet Hakpan, in uniform, talks to foreigners arrested Saturday evening in a raid targeting black foreigners in Bangkok.

 

BANGKOK — Fourteen people were arrested Saturday evening as raids targeting a specific racial group continued across Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1008113-14-arrested-in-more-raids-targeting-‘black-people’-in-bangkok/

 

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Italian regions vote in favour of autonomy in shadow of Catalonia crisis

By Francesca Landini

 

A poster with instructions about Lombardy's autonomy referendum is seen at a polling station in Lozza near Varese, northern Italy, October 22, 2017. REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo

 

MILAN (Reuters) - Two wealthy regions of northern Italy voted overwhelmingly on Sunday for greater autonomy in referendums that could fan regional tensions in Europe at a time when Spain is striving to prevent Catalonia from breaking away.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1008114-italian-regions-vote-in-favour-of-autonomy-in-shadow-of-catalonia-crisis/

 

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Go home, Tillerson tells Iranian-backed militias in Iraq

By Stephen Kalin and Jonathan Landay

 

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Saudi King Salman speak before their meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, October 22, 2017. REUTERS/Alex Brandon/Pool

 

RIYADH/DOHA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Sunday it was time for Iranian-backed militias and their Iranian advisers who helped Iraq defeat Islamic State to "go home", after a rare joint meeting with the leaders of Iraq and Saudi Arabia.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1008115-go-home-tillerson-tells-iranian-backed-militias-in-iraq/

 

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Video: Are Thai police "fit" for purpose - national chief finds out!

 

Picture: Workpoint News

 

National police chief Jakthip Chaijinda was on a tour of duty on Sunday when he noticed a rather rotund man walking in the area of the police station he was inspecting.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1008116-video-are-thai-police-fit-for-purpose-national-chief-finds-out/

 

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Video: Are these cops kicking a man off his motorbike?

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Comment was rife online at the weekend after video was posted that appeared to show motorcycle police in Hat Yai chasing a man on another bike.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1008117-video-are-these-cops-kicking-a-man-off-his-motorbike/

 

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Typhoon kills at least two in Japan, prompts call for thousands to evacuate

By Elaine Lies and Makiko Yamazaki

 

High waves caused by Typhoon Lan break on the shores of Senjojiki, Shirahama town, Wakayama prefecture, Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo October 22, 2017. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS

 

TOKYO (Reuters) - A typhoon roared towards Japan's main island on election day on Sunday, killing at least two people, prompting a warning for tens of thousands to evacuate and the cancellation of hundreds of flights.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1008121-typhoon-kills-at-least-two-in-japan-prompts-call-for-thousands-to-evacuate/