THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Friday 3 Nov 2017

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Illegal Africans in Thailand: "The more we get rid of them the more they come," say police

 

 

Channel 7 ran a video feature on the continuing problem of illegal immigrants coming into Thailand from Africa.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1009558-illegal-africans-in-thailand-the-more-we-get-rid-of-them-the-more-they-come-say-police/

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Video: Well done Thai police! Innovative thinking saves a life

 

 

The Thai public online were praising the Thai police after some quick and imaginative thinking saved a woman at a police station.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1009559-video-well-done-thai-police-innovative-thinking-saves-a-life/

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Public health raid beauty clinic "that is a danger to the public"

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Police and public health officials raided a Chiang Mai clinic yesterday and found a nurse doing a doctors job.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1009572-public-health-raid-beauty-clinic-that-is-a-danger-to-the-public/

 

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PM considers more civilians as part of Cabinet shake-up

By THE NATION

 

Prayut Chan-o-cha

 

Prayut shrugs off resignation of labour minister Sirichai; politicians seek major changes to solve economic problems

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1009573-pm-considers-more-civilians-as-part-of-cabinet-shake-up/

 

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Anti-graft bill sails through NLA in its first reading

By THE NATION

 

 

THE NATIONAL Legislative Assembly (NLA) voted 200 to zero, with four abstentions, to accept in principle the new anti-corruption bill in its first reading.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1009574-anti-graft-bill-sails-through-nla-in-its-first-reading/

 

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Amnesty chides govt as charges dropped against activists of South torture report

By The Nation

 

 

THE PATTANI provincial prosecutor has formally ended a criminal defamation case against Amnesty International Thailand chairperson, Pornpen Khongkachonkiet, and two other human rights activists, Somchai Homla-or and Anchana Heemmina.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1009575-amnesty-chides-govt-as-charges-dropped-against-activists-of-south-torture-report/

 

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Flood victims slam officials after 4 months

By The Nation

 

 

Lack of warning blamed as central and northeast residents continue to suffer from lack of housing and shortages

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1009576-flood-victims-slam-thai-officials-after-4-months/

 

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Central joint venture with JD.com hailed as game changer for country

By KWANCHAI RUNGFAPAISARN 
THE NATION

 

Tos Chirathivat, left, CEO of Central Group, celebrates the deal with Richard Liu, JD.com's chairman and CEO, at a press conference yesterday in Bangkok where more details of the joint venture were given.

 

A Bt17.5 BILLION joint venture between Central Group and JD.com, China’s largest retailer, not only marks a significant advance for the giant Thai retail group while aiding the country’s digital transformation, it will also bolster trade ties between the countries, Central Group CEO Tos Chirathivat said yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1009577-central-joint-venture-with-jdcom-hailed-as-game-changer-for-country/

 

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Lazada starts countdown to festival with live event

By The Nation

 

 

For the first time in Thailand, the countdown to Lazada’s Online Festival will begin with an exclusive live event, “11.11 Online Festival” which will be televised live on Channel 3 and Lazada TV (www.lazada.co.th/tv), starting at 11pm on November 10 until 12.30am on November 11th.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1009578-lazada-starts-countdown-to-festival-with-live-event/

 

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Easier doing business, but a hard road ahead

By The Nation

 

Thailand shot up the World Bank rankings this year, but we can’t be deterred from fixing the problems that remain

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1009579-easier-doing-business-but-a-hard-road-ahead/

 

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Immigration police asked to investigate job placement firms for suspected human-trafficking

By Thai PBS

 

 

The Immigration Police Bureau has been asked by a lawyer to investigate if a group of job placement companies had been involved in human-trafficking after about 130 job seekers they sent to Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, did not get the promised jobs.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1009581-immigration-police-asked-to-investigate-job-placement-firms-for-suspected-human-trafficking/

 

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Suspect in fatal knife attack of 16-year-old student nabbed

By Thai PBS

 

 

Police have arrested a 20-year old man under suspicion that he stabbed to death a 16-year old student on the pedestrian overpass on Charunsanitwong road in Bangkok’s Taling Chan area on the night of Oct 31.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1009582-suspect-in-fatal-knife-attack-of-16-year-old-student-nabbed-in-bangkok/

 

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Thailand defends plan to transfer money from idle accounts to treasury

Reuters Staff

 

File photo

 

BANGKOK, (Reuters) - A planned Thai law allowing the transfer of money from bank accounts left inactive for more than 10 years to the treasury “will be in the public interest”, the finance minister said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1009583-thailand-defends-plan-to-transfer-money-from-idle-accounts-to-treasury/

 

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Public warned against three risks during Loy Krathong

 

BANGKOK, 3 November 2017 (NNT) - The Department of Disease Control (DDC) has warned the public of risks of drowning, road accidents, and being injured from igniting fireworks and firecrackers during the Loy Krathong festival, which falls on Friday (November 3rd) this year. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1009584-public-warned-against-three-risks-during-loy-krathong/

 

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BAAC approves loans worth over 1.2 trillion baht to spur economy

 

BANGKOK, 3 November 2017 (NNT) - The Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) has announced its six-month performance, saying it had already approved loans worth over 1.29 trillion baht to stimulate the Thai economy this year. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1009586-baac-approves-loans-worth-over-12-trillion-baht-to-spur-economy/

 

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Jan-Oct tourism revenue grows 9% yoy

 

 

BANGKOK, 3 November 2017 (NNT) - Thailand’s tourism industry is on course for expansion, as indicated by its considerable growth rate during the first 10 months of the year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1009587-thailands-jan-oct-tourism-revenue-grows-9-yoy/

 

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World 'running out of time' on North Korea, Trump to tell Asia: White House

By Steve Holland

 

U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a tax reform industry meeting at the White House in Washington, U.S., October 31, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will tell leaders on a five-nation Asia tour that the world is "running out of time" on North Korea's nuclear crisis and that he will give his strategy to isolate Pyongyang a few months before making adjustments, a top Trump aide said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1009590-world-running-out-of-time-on-north-korea-trump-to-tell-asia-white-house/

 

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Libya considering UK extradition request for Manchester bomber's brother

By Ahmed Elumami and Aidan Lewis

 

Hashem Abedi, the brother of Manchester attack bomber, is seen in this handout photo provided by Libyan Special Deterrence Force on May 25, 2017. Special Deterrence Force/Libyan Interior Ministry/Handout via REUTERS

 

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyan authorities are processing a request from Britain to extradite the brother of the bomber who killed 22 people in Manchester in May, but no decision has been taken yet, a government spokesman said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1009591-libya-considering-uk-extradition-request-for-manchester-bombers-brother/

 

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U.S. energy chief says fossil fuels could help prevent sexual assaults in Africa

 

U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry attends the opening of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference at their headquarters in Vienna, Austria September 18, 2017. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry suggested on Thursday that the expansion of fossil fuel use in Africa would help protect people there from sexual assault, a comment that drew a swift rebuke from environmental activists.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1009592-us-energy-chief-says-fossil-fuels-could-help-prevent-sexual-assaults-in-africa/

 

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TAT launches Amazing Thailand Tourism Year 2018 calendar of events

 

Photo: Tourism Authority of Thailand

 

MotoGP, Air Race head up an action-packed schedule of local experiences and events for the coming year

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is launching an ambitious calendar of events in support of the ‘Amazing Thailand Tourism Year 2018‘, featuring an action-packed schedule of unique Thai local experiences and a marquee of international events.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1009593-tat-launches-amazing-thailand-tourism-year-2018-calendar-of-events/

 

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Syrian army takes full control of Deir al-Zor from Islamic State - observatory

 

Smoke rises as Syrian army soldiers stand near a checkpoint in Deir al-Zor, Syria September 21, 2017. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki

 

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Syrian army and its allies have taken full control of Deir al-Zor city from Islamic State, the largest and most important city in eastern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1009594-syrian-army-takes-full-control-of-deir-al-zor-from-islamic-state-observatory/

 

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Bank of England takes slow lane after first rate hike since 2007

By David Milliken and William Schomberg

 

Newspaper headlines herald the Bank of England's decision to raise in interest in central London, Britain, November 2, 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville

 

LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England raised interest rates for the first time in more than 10 years on Thursday but said it expected only "very gradual" further increases as Britain prepares to leave the European Union, sending sterling down sharply.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1009595-bank-of england takes-slow-lane-after-first-rate-hike-since-2007/

 

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Supreme Leader Khamenei says U.S. is Iran's 'number one enemy'

By Parisa Hafezi

 

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves as he arrives to deliver a speech in Tehran, Iran, November 2, 2017. Leader.ir/Handout via REUTERS

 

ANKARA (Reuters) - The United States is Iran's "number one enemy" and Tehran will never succumb to Washington's pressure over a multinational nuclear deal, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a televised speech on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1009596-supreme-leader-khamenei-says-us-is-irans-number-one-enemy/

 

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Spanish judge orders custody for Catalan leaders pending trial

By Raquel Castillo and Rodrigo De Miguel

 

Dismissed Catalan cabinet members arrive at Spain's High Court after being summoned to testify on charges of rebellion, sedition and misuse of public funds for defying the central government by holding a referendum on secession and proclaiming independence, in Madrid, Spain, November 2, 2017. REUTERS/Javier Barbancho

 

MADRID (Reuters) - A Spanish judge ordered nine Catalan secessionist leaders to be held in custody on Thursday pending a potential trial over the region's independence push.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1009598-spanish-judge-orders-custody-for-catalan-leaders-pending-trial/

 

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Serbian foreign minister rejects U.S. call to choose between Russia and the West

By Aleksandar Vasovic

 

FILE PHOTO - Serbia's Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic meets the press after the OSCE informal high level meeting in Helsinki, Finland on July 10, 2015. REUTERS/Aleksi Tuomola/Lehtikuva

 

BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia wants to maintain its delicate balancing act between Russia and the West, its foreign minister said on Thursday, dismissing U.S. calls for it to pick a side.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1009599-serbian-foreign-minister-rejects-us-call-to-choose-between-russia-and-the-west/

 

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U.S. Republicans debut tax bill, Trump seeks first win

By David Morgan and Amanda Becker

 

U.S. President Donald Trump predicts the GOP tax overhaul bill will be passed by the end of the year calling it a 'great Christmas present' for the American people. 

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives unveiled a tax bill on Thursday that would cost $1.51 trillion and deliver deep tax cuts as promised by President Donald Trump, setting off a race in Congress to give him his first major legislative win.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1009602-us-republicans-debut-tax-bill-trump-seeks-first-win/

 

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North Korea says U.S. bombers staged 'surprise' strike drill on Thursday: KCNA

 

A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer assigned to the 37th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, takes-off to fly a bilateral mission with Japanese and South Korea Air Force jets in the vicinity of the Sea of Japan, from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, October 10, 2017. Staff Sgt. Joshua Smoot/U.S. Air Force/Handout via REUTERS

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said U.S. B-1B bombers flew over the Korean Peninsula on Thursday

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1009603-north-korea-says-us-bombers-staged-surprise-strike-drill-on-thursday-kcna/

 

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World's 3 million stateless deserve nationality - UNHCR

By Stephanie Nebehay

 

Rohingya refugees continue their way after crossing from Myanmar into Palong Khali, near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, November 2, 2017. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

 

GENEVA (Reuters) - At least three million people worldwide are stateless, most of them minorities, a status that deprives them of an identity, rights, and often jobs, the United Nations refugee agency said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1009606-worlds-3-million-stateless-deserve-nationality-unhcr/

 

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Pope, at U.S. military cemetery, makes emotional anti-war address

By Philip Pullella

 

Pope Francis leaves a white rose on a grave before a Mass at the U.S. World War II cemetery, on the day Christians around the world commemorate their dead, in Nettuno, near Rome, Italy, November 2, 2017. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini

 

ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis made one of his most emotional anti-war addresses on Thursday, saying during a visit to a U.S. military cemetery that the world seemed to be headed into war perhaps bigger than any before.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1009609-pope-at-us-military-cemetery-makes-emotional-anti-war-address/

 

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Floods cut rice yield in NE by 400,000-500,000 tonnes

By Thai PBS

 

 

Over one million rai of rice farm land in the Northeast have been damaged by flooding and this will bring down rice yield for the 2017-18 main crops by 5-6 percent or between 400,000-500,000 tonnes, according to the Thai Rice Exporters.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1009616-floods-cut-rice-yield-in-isaan-by-400000-500000-tonnes/