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webfact · October 25, 2017

Thailand kicks off sumptuous funeral of King Bhumibol Adulyadej

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand on Wednesday marked the start of a lavish, five-day funeral for King Bhumibol Adulyadej with a Buddhist religious ceremony attended by senior members of its royal family.

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1008476-thailand-kicks-off-sumptuous-funeral-of-king-bhumibol-adulyadej/

webfact · October 25, 2017

Malls replace shopping with service

By BUSINESS REPORTERS
THE NATION

People walk below a giant TV screen at Siam Square. Most shopping centres in Bangkok and the provinces have set up large TV screens to receive live broadcast of the Royal Cremation of the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej today.

OPERATORS of major malls in Bangkok and other main cities are providing free car parking and transport services today for mourners wishing to offer flowers in memory of His Majesty the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1008493-royal-cremation-of-the-late-king-bhumibol-adulyadej-malls-replace-shopping-with-service/

webfact · October 25, 2017

Thailand could do with a few of these machines!

Picture: Workpoint News

National TV reported on a Youtube post that showed a Thai woman living in Denmark using a machine that turned old plastic bottles into cash.

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1008488-thailand-could-do-with-a-few-of-these-machines/

webfact · October 25, 2017

Workers flee for their lives as chemical leak hits Chonburi factory

Picture: Workpoint News

Some 130 workers at a Muang district factory in Chonburi ran for their lives after a chemical leak on Wednesday morning.

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1008490-workers-flee-for-their-lives-as-chemical-leak-hits-chonburi-factory/

webfact · October 25, 2017

Spurned husband shoots wife and parents dead then himself - but little girl aged 3 survives

Picture: Sanook

A husband trying to get back together with his wife went armed to find her at her parents' house.

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1008491-spurned-husband-shoots-wife-and-parents-dead-then-himself-but-little-girl-aged-3-survives/

webfact · October 25, 2017

Fats Domino, rock 'n' roll pioneer, dead at 89

By Bill Trott

New Orleans rhythm and blues legend Fats Domino performs at the 30th Annual New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 25, 1999. REUTERS/Lee Celano/Files

(Reuters) - Fats Domino, who brought rolling New Orleans boogie-woogie piano to early rock 'n' roll in chart-topping hits such as "Blueberry Hill" and "Ain't That a Shame," has died at the age of 89, officials said on Wednesday.

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1008492-fats-domino-rock-n-roll-pioneer-dead-at-89/

webfact · October 25, 2017

Thai goalkeeper who celebrated prematurely and let ball bounce back into goal speaks out

By Prae Sakaowan

Photo: Courtesy of Akkaradet Jangporn

We probably would have been celebrating, too.

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1008474-thai-goalkeeper-who-celebrated-prematurely-and-let-ball-bounce-back-into-goal-speaks-out/

webfact · October 25, 2017

Hundreds of people seek first aid

By The Nation

THE PUBLIC Health Ministry dispatched medical teams to cover areas in 20-metre radiuses to take care of mourners attending the Royal Cremation ceremonies at Bangkok’s Sanam Luang area and warned people, especially the elderly and small children, about flu, diarrhoea and fainting amid the hot weather alternating with rain, according to Public Health Minister Dr Piyasakol Sakolsatayadorn.

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1008494-royal-cremation-ceremonies-hundreds-of-people-seek-first-aid/

webfact · October 25, 2017

Social media records historic event

By ASINA PORNWASIN
THE NATION

Thai public members in mourning attire sit and wait in long lines in the hot sun yesterday on Bangkok’s Bamrung Muang Road near the Defence Ministry, preparing to pass through the first screening point to enter the Sanam Luang ceremonial ground.

‘People must be able sleep at a 6-star hotel and sleep on the street side. Good night Thai people, see you at 5am’

THAILAND’S social-media users have begun recording events around the Royal Crematorium with photographs and Facebook Live videos, because they want to share the atmosphere of the place where an historic ceremony will be held today.

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1008495-royal-crematorium-social-media-records-historic-event/

webfact · October 25, 2017

Foreign guests arrive for Royal Cremation

By The Nation

Their Majesties King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck of Bhutan, along with their son, are welcomed by Privy Councillor General Surayud Chulanont at Suvarnabhumi International Airport.

THEIR MAJESTIES King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck of Bhutan as well as many representatives of royal families and governments of foreign countries arrived in the Kingdom yesterday to attend the Royal Funeral of His Majesty the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1008496-foreign-guests-arrive-in-thailand-for-royal-cremation/

webfact · October 25, 2017

Mourners undeterred by hardships and foul weather

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM
THE NATION

Mourners in black attire walk across Pinklao Bridge to attend the Royal Cremation ceremonies at Sanam Luang yesterday.

WAVES of mourners have come from all corners of the country to attend the Royal Cremation ceremonies for HM the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej at Sanam Luang, with people undeterred in their determination to take part in the historic event.

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1008497-mourners-undeterred-by-hardships-and-foul-weather/

webfact · October 25, 2017

King makes merit to begin Royal Cremation

By The Nation

HM KING Maha Vajiralongkorn yesterday presided over the royal merit-making ritual that marked the start of the Royal Cremation Ceremony for his late father.

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1008498-king-makes-merit-to-begin-royal-cremation/

webfact · October 25, 2017

Divine Departure

By URISARA KOWITDAMRONG,
JAKRAWAN SALAYTOO
THE NATION

Millions of Thais at home and abroad pay final respects to revered monarch in historic event.

TODAY IS a momentous and emotional day for millions of Thais as the country prepares for the divine departure of HM the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej (King Rama IX).

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1008499-millions-of-thais-at-home-and-abroad-pay-final-respects-to-revered-monarch-in-historic-event/

webfact · October 25, 2017

Requiem for a most extraordinarily benevolent monarch

By Pornpimol Kanchanalak
Special to The Nation

There is a place in outback Australia where New Year’s Eve occurs thrice every year due to the intersection of three time zones. It sounds too outlandish to be true, but it is. In fact in Australia alone, there are three such places.

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1008500-requiem-for-a-most-extraordinarily-benevolent-monarch/

webfact · October 25, 2017

EDITORIAL

The duty we owe our father

By The Nation

With the final farewell to His Majesty King Bhumibol, his children across the land must recognise their responsibility

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1008502-the-duty-we-owe-our-father/

webfact · October 25, 2017

A huge water mass is poised to flow downstream into Pathum Thani and Nonthaburi

By Thai PBS

The Royal Irrigation Department is confident that it is capable of managing a huge amount of water mass, estimated at 1,300 million cubic metres, currently retained in 12 water retention areas or “monkey cheeks” in Ayutthaya and Suphan Buri provinces.

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1008503-a-huge-water-mass-is-poised-to-flow-downstream-into-pathum-thani-and-nonthaburi/

webfact · October 25, 2017

Patong entertainment venues to close for late King’s Royal Cremation ceremony

Tanyaluk Sakoot

All Patong entertainment venues will be closed for the Royal Cremation ceremony. Photo: Tanyaluk Sakoot

PHUKET: Bars, nightclubs and other entertainment venues in Patong will close entirely today, Oct 26 as a mark of respect for the Royal Cremation ceremony of the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1008504-patong-entertainment-venues-to-close-for-late-king’s-royal-cremation-ceremony/

webfact · October 25, 2017

Trump declines to say if he will visit Korean DMZ on Asia trip

U.S. President Donald Trump talks with reporters as he departs the Oval Office of the White House for Dallas, in Washington D.C., U.S. October 25, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump declined to say on Wednesday whether he will visit the Korean Peninsula's demilitarized zone during an upcoming Asia tour.

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1008505-trump-declines-to-say-if-he-will-visit-korean-dmz-on-asia-trip/

webfact · October 26, 2017

German parties brace for tough coalition talks on migration

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses a news conference during a European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium, October 20, 2017. REUTERS/Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt

BERLIN (Reuters) - The three parties exploring a possible coalition in Germany face an early test of their willingness to compromise on Thursday when they try to hammer out a common stance on deeply divisive immigration and asylum policy.

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1008507-german-parties-brace-for-tough-coalition-talks-on-migration/

webfact · October 26, 2017

EU works on post-Brexit trade ties with Britain, eye on talks' possible collapse

By Gabriela Baczynska and Jan Strupczewski

A Union Jack flag flutters next to European Union flags ahead of a visit of Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May and Britain's Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union David Davis at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium October 16, 2017. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir - UP1EDAG1BSC0F

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union nations except Britain on Wednesday began mapping out their trade ties with London after Brexit but also decided to prepare for a failure in the negotiations come December, sources in Brussels said.

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1008508-eu-works-on-post-brexit-trade-ties-with-britain-eye-on-talks-possible-collapse/

webfact · October 26, 2017

North Korea diplomat says take atmospheric nuclear test threat 'literally'

REFILE - ADDITIONAL INFORMATION North Korean leader Kim Jong Un provides guidance with Ri Hong Sop (2nd L) and Hong Sung Mu (R) 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

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The recent warning from North Korea's foreign minister of a possible atmospheric nuclear test over the Pacific Ocean should be taken literally, a senior North Korean official told CNN in an interview aired on Wednesday.

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1008510-north-korea-diplomat-says-take-atmospheric-nuclear-test-threat-literally/

webfact · October 26, 2017

Bodyguard killed, MP and two others wounded in Kiev blast

By Natalia Zinets and Alessandra Prentice

Investigators work at the site of a car explosion in central Kiev, Ukraine October 25, 2017. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

KIEV (Reuters) - An explosion in Kiev on Wednesday killed a bodyguard and wounded three people including Ukrainian lawmaker Ihor Mosiychuk, Ukrainian officials said, describing the incident as a deliberate attack.

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1008511-bodyguard-killed-mp-and-two-others-wounded-in-kiev-blast/

Jonathan Fairfield · October 26, 2017

Sea of black as thousands gather in Thailand for late king's funeral

By Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Panu Wongcha-um

Mourners react as the Royal Urn of late King Bhumibol Adulyadej is carried by the Great Victory Chariot during a royal cremation procession at the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand, October 26, 2017. REUTERS/Damir Sagol

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Amid beating drums, the whistle of an ancient flute and an artillery salute, Thailand began a lavish and elaborate ceremony on Thursday steeped in ancient rites for the funeral and cremation of revered late King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1008547-sea-of-black-as-thousands-gather-in-thailand-for-late-kings-funeral/