THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Sunday 12 Nov 2017

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Shopping stimulus scheme kicks off today

 

 

The tax break shopping scheme or “Shop Chuay Chart” started today (Nov 11) as shoppers flocked to various supermarkets and department stores to buy and get receipts for deduction on their annual personal income tax.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010900-shopping-stimulus-scheme-kicks-off-today/

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The week that was in Thailand news: Doing your bit for Thailand

 

 

Wherever expatriates live in Thailand they are likely to promote that part of the country as the best place to be. It is the nature of the beast…

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010841-the-week-that-was-in-thailand-news-doing-your-bit-for-thailand/

 

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Prayut wants people to have their say on country’s future

By THE SUNDAY NATION

 

File Photo

 

PM SAYS PATRIOTIC POLITICIANS WILL WANT ANSWERS TO SIX QUESTIONS

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010911-prayut-wants-people-to-have-their-say-on-country’s-future/

 

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NLA questions ministry on Yingluck’s passports

By THE SUNDAY NATION

 

TWO REVOKED Thai passports of ex-premier Yingluck Shinawatra, one of which was a diplomatic passport, were found to have been issued in early 2015, almost a year after she left political office following the military coup, according to the National Legislative Assembly’s foreign affairs committee.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010912-nla-questions-ministry-on-yingluck’s-passports/

 

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Reform panel aims to bring positive change to the troubled forestry sector

By PIYAPORN WONGRUANG 
THE SUNDAY NATION

 

The reform panel at the DNP.

 

AS A former member of the National Reform Steering Assembly working to turn the reform blueprint by its predecessor, the National Reform Council, into action, Assistant Professor Kwanchai Duangsathaporn well realises that reform needs to materialise and to be seen as a tangible success.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010913-reform-panel-aims-to-bring-positive-change-to-the-troubled-forestry-sector/

 

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Governors instructed to take people’s answers to PM’s six questions

 

 

Interior Minister Chatchai Phromlert has sent an urgent message to all provincial governors, telling them to order the Damrongtham centres to invite people in their areas of responsibility to reply to the six questions raised by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010914-governors-instructed-to-take-people’s-answers-to-pm’s-six-questions/

 

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‘Jo Boyscout should have been given CPR first’

By The Nation

 

 

Singer“Jo Boyscout”, who died on Friday night, should have been given cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) within four minutes after he collapsed, the secretary-general of the Emergency Medicine Institute said on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010915-‘jo-boyscout-should-have-been-given-cpr-first’/

 

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Over 2,000 tourists a day visit Doi Inthanon

By The Nation

 

The number of tourists visiting the Doi Inthanon mountaintop in Chiang Mai has risen above 2,000 a day, the park chief said on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010916-over-2000-tourists-a-day-visit-doi-inthanon/

 

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Psychologists says bullied kids may suffer from depression

By The Nation

 

The chief of the Mental Health Department said on Saturday that children who are bullied in school can develop depression and become paranoid.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010917-psychologists-says-bullied-kids-may-suffer-from-depression/

 

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Most people believe cabinet reshuffle will lead to betterment: Bangkok Poll

 

 

Most of the people believe if there is a cabinet reshuffle there will changes to betterment in social, economic and political fields, according to the result of an opinion survey by Bangkok University’s research centre, or Bangkok Poll.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010918-most-people-believe-cabinet-reshuffle-will-lead-to-betterment-bangkok-poll/

 

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Fortify Rights calls for probe of Rohinya girl’s death

 

Fortify Rights visited Rohingya survivors of human trafficking detained at Sadao Police Department in September 2014. (Photo: Fortify Rights)

 

A Swiss-based rights advocacy, Fortify Rights, has called on the Thai government to investigate the recent death of 16-year-old Rohingya girl at a hospital in Hat Yai.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010919-fortify-rights-calls-for-probe-of-rohinya-girl’s-death/

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One poacher killed, one arrested in clash with forest rangers

 

 

A suspected poacher was killed and one arrested after a clash with a forest ranger unit in the western part of the Thung Yai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary in Kanchanaburi’s Thong Pha Phum district on Saturday (Nov 11).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010920-one-poacher-killed-one-arrested-in-clash-with-forest-rangers/

 

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Doubles expert into singles final

By Lerpong Amsa-ngiam 
The Nation

 

Hsieh Su-wei of Taiwan

 

Former Grand Slam doubles champion Hsieh Su-wei of Taiwan reached her first WTA final in five years after she used her double-fisted groundstrokes to beat Swiss Viktorija Golubic 6-3 7-6 (7-4) in the US$125,000 EA Hua Hin Championship yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010923-doubles-expert-into-singles-final/

 

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Memories of a great monarch

By Khetsirin Pholdhampalit 
The Sunday Nation

 

Preecha Thaothong poses next to his painting “Platinum Jubilee Reigning in Suvarnabhumi”.

 

Artist Preecha Thaothong remembers His Majesty the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej in a crowd-funded exhibition at Queen’s Gallery

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010924-memories-of-a-great-monarch/

 

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Asia-Pacific leaders say to fight 'unfair trade' in nod to Trump

By A. Ananthalakshmi and Matthew Tostevin

 

Leaders pose for a group photo at the APEC economic leaders meeting in Danang, Vietnam, November 11, 2017. (L-R): Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull; Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah; Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam; Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau; Peru's President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski; Chile's President Michelle Bachelet; Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte; China's President Xi Jinping; Russian President Vladimir Putin; Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang; U.S. President Donald Trump; Indonesian President Joko Widodo; Thailand Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha; Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe; Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong; South Korean President Moon Jae-in; New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern; Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak; Taiwan's representative James Soong; Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto. REUTERS/Hau Dinh/Pool

 

DANANG, Vietnam (Reuters) - Asia-Pacific leaders agreed on Saturday to address "unfair trade practices" and "market distorting subsidies" in a statement that bore the imprint of U.S. President Donald Trump's efforts to reshape the global trade landscape.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010925-asia-pacific-leaders-say-to-fight-unfair-trade-in-nod-to-trump/

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Lebanese president calls on Saudi to explain why Hariri has not returned

By Ellen Francis

 

A billboard depicting Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri, who has resigned from his post, is seen in Beirut, Lebanon, November 11, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

 

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's president called on Saudi Arabia on Saturday to clarify why Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri could not leave the kingdom and return home.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010926-lebanese-president-calls-on-saudi-to-explain-why-hariri-has-not-returned/

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Trump says he trusts Putin's denials of election meddling

By Steve Holland and Denis Pinchuk

 

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin talk during the family photo session at the APEC Summit in Danang, Vietnam November 11, 2017. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

 

DANANG, Vietnam (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said he believed President Vladimir Putin when he denied accusations Russia meddled in last year's U.S. election despite U.S. intelligence agencies' conclusion of Russian interference.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010927-trump-says-he-trusts-putins-denials-of-election-meddling/

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Protesters flood Barcelona demanding release of separatist leaders

By Sam Edwards

 

Protesters take part in a demonstration called by pro-independence asociations asking for the release of jailed Catalan activists and leaders, in Barcelona, Spain, November 11, 2017. REUTERS/Javier Barbancho

 

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Catalan independence supporters clogged one of Barcelona's main avenues on Saturday to demand the release of separatist leaders held in prison for their roles in the region's banned independence drive.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010928-protesters-flood-barcelona-demanding-release-of-separatist-leaders/

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North Korea says Trump begged for a war during his Asia trip

 

U.S. President Donald Trump arrives on Marine One at Osan Air Base, South Korea, as he prepares to depart for Beijing, November 8, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Saturday that U.S. President Donald Trump's first trip to Asia showed he was a "destroyer" and he had begged for war on the Korean peninsula.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010929-north-korea-says-trump-begged-for-a-war-during-his-asia-trip/

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Brazil GP security tightened after armed robbery

 

Formula One F1 - Brazilian Grand Prix 2017 - Sao Paulo, Brazil - November 10, 2017. Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton of Britain walks after second practice. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

 

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian Grand Prix organisers have tightened security around Sunday's race after armed robbers held up members of Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes team as they left the circuit.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010930-brazil-gp-security-tightened-after-armed-robbery/

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Putin, Trump agree political solution needed for Syria, Kremlin says

By Denis Pinchuk and Steve Holland

 

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin take part in a family photo at the APEC summit in Danang, Vietnam November 10, 2017. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS

 

DANANG, Vietnam (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed a joint statement on Syria on Saturday that said they saw no military solution to the conflict and a political one was needed, the Kremlin said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010932-putin-trump-agree-political-solution-needed-for-syria-kremlin-says/

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Bottas grabs pole while Hamilton crashes out

 

Formula One F1 - Brazilian Grand Prix 2017 - Sao Paulo, Brazil - November 11, 2017 Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas celebrates getting pole position with Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel after qualifying REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

 

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Valtteri Bottas took pole position for Mercedes at the Brazilian Formula One Grand Prix on Saturday while team mate and newly-crowned four-times world champion Lewis Hamilton will start at the back after crashing out.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010933-bottas-grabs-pole-while-hamilton-crashes-out/

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Randolph frustrates Denmark as Ireland grab goalless draw

By Philip O'Connor

 

Soccer Football - 2018 World Cup Qualifications - Europe - Denmark v Ireland - Telia Parken, Copenhagen, Denmark - November 11, 2017 Ireland's Callum O'Dowda in action with Denmark's Thomas Delaney. Scanpix Denmark/Lars Moeller via REUTERS

 

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Goalkeeper Darren Randolph pulled off a string of fine first-half saves as Ireland held Denmark to a scoreless draw in the first leg of their World Cup playoff on Saturday, with the two sides due to meet again in Dublin on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010935-randolph-frustrates-denmark-as-ireland-grab-goalless-draw/

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Goalless draw enough to secure Tunisia World Cup berth

 

Soccer Football - 2018 World Cup Qualifications - Africa - Tunisia v Libya - Rades Olympic Stadium, Rades, Tunisia - November 11, 2017 - Tunisia's fans. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi

 

TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia booked their place in next year's World Cup finals after securing a point from a goalless draw at home against neighbours Libya on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010936-goalless-draw-enough-to-secure-tunisia-world-cup-berth/

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U.S. soccer star Hope Solo says ex-FIFA president 'grabbed' her

 

FILE PHOTO - Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter leaves the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after being heard in the arbitration procedure involving him and FIFA in Lausanne, Switzerland, August 25, 2016. REUTERS/Pierre Albouy Picture Supplied by Action Images

 

(This story contains strong language)

 

(Reuters) - U.S. soccer star Hope Solo accused ex-FIFA President Sepp Blatter of grabbing her buttocks during an awards ceremony five years ago, an allegation that the former head of international football's governing body denied.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010938-us-soccer-star-hope-solo-says-ex-fifa-president-grabbed-her/

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Defenders book Morocco's place at World Cup

 

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Goals from defenders Nabil Dirar and Medhi Benatia handed Morocco a 2-0 away win over the Ivory Coast on Saturday in their last World Cup qualifier and booked a return to the finals for the first time in two decades.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010939-defenders-book-moroccos-place-at-world-cup/

 

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First Thai to run for a seat in Queensland

By CHONGCHIT BUCHANAN 
SPECIAL TO THE SUNDAY NATION 
BRISBANE 

 

 

WUTTIPONG Sangjitphun is the first Thai endorsed by the Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) to run in the state’s upcoming election this month.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010945-first-thai-to-run-for-a-seat-in-queensland/

 

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Lopburi train on Pa Sak Dam tour

Vipaporn Pooritanasarn

 

 

Bangkok, 11th November 2017 (NNT) – Lopburi province is cooperating with the State Railway of Thailand to provide a train service tour of Pa Sak Cholasit Dam from November to January next year. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010947-lopburi-train-on-pa-sak-dam-tour/

 

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Thai PM meets Hong Kong Chief Executive

Thammarat Thadaphrom

 

 

DANANG, Nov, 11th 2017. Prime Minister of Thailand Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has had a bilateral discussion with Hong Kong's Carrie Lam on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010949-thai-pm-meets-hong-kong-chief-executive/

 

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Top ten but Thais miss out on Scrabble World Championship final

 

the final top 20 leader board after qualifying

 

Both Thais finished in the top ten at the Scrabble world championships in Nairobi, Kenya - but they missed out on the final.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010953-top-ten-but-thais-miss-out-on-scrabble-world-championship-final/