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Thailand Live Friday 15 Dec 2017

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Men are three times more likely than women to make this stupid mistake when choosing a password

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With hacking and cybercrime featuring regularly in the news you think that people would understand the importance of using a secure password.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/26296-2/26296/

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U.S. regulators ditch net neutrality rules as legal battles loom

BY REUTERS

 

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted along party lines on Thursday to repeal landmark 2015 rules aimed at ensuring a free and open internet, setting up a court fight over a move that could recast the digital landscape.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/u-s-regulators-ditch-net-neutrality-rules-legal-battles-loom/26303/

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EU leaders clash over refugees

By Gabriela Baczynska and Robert Muller

 

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European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni, Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico, the Czech Republic's Prime Minister Andrej Babis, Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban and Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki attend the Visegrad Group meeting in Brussels, Belgium, December 14, 2017. REUTERS/Olivier Hoslet/Pool

 

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Two years after the Mediterranean migrant crisis blew a hole in the European Union, a tentative effort to patch up differences over what to do with refugees underlined continuing rifts among the bloc's leaders.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016004-eu-leaders-clash-over-refugees/

 

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China says war must not be allowed on Korean peninsula

By Ben Blanchard

 

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South Korean President Moon Jae-In and Chinese President Xi Jinping listen to the South Korean anthem during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China December 14, 2017. REUTERS/Nicolas Asfouri/Pool

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - The crisis over North Korea's weapons programs must be resolved through talks, not war, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Thursday, while U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned of the danger of "sleepwalking" into conflict.

 

Source: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016005-china-says-war-must-not-be-allowed-on-korean-peninsula/

 

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Doi Inthanon campers treated to over 200 ‘shooting stars’ hourly

By The Nation

 

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Sky gazers camping out Doi Inthanon mountaintop in Chiang Mai were treated to a spectacular show by the Geminid meteor shower overnight on Thursday-Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016007-doi-inthanon-campers-treated-to-over-200-‘shooting-stars’-hourly/

 

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Man jumps to death from Bangkok community building

By The Nation

 

A man said to be distressed over his inability to make a living jumped to his death from his room on the 16th floor of a Bangkok community building early on Friday, police said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016010-man-jumps-to-death-from-bangkok-community-building/

 

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Co Down man seriously injured in Thailand bike accident "overwhelmed" by support from well-wishers back home

 

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Sait Can Ozdemir, from Ballymartin in Co Down, lies in a hospital bed in Chiang Mai Ram hospital in Thailand

 

A CO Down man has only a "small chance" of walking again after a serious bike accident in Thailand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015493-£27k-raised-to-bring-northern-ireland-crash-victim-home-from-chiang-mai-thailand/?do=findComment&comment=12537936

 

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‘Epileptic’ driver on drugs during fatal crash, police say

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PATTAYA:--A motorists who blamed an epileptic fit for an accident that killed two people and injured 15 in South Pattaya was, in fact, on drugs at the time, police said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016014-‘epileptic’-driver-on-drugs-during-fatal-crash-police-say/

 

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US thanks Thailand for complying with UNSC resolutions on North Korea

By Thai PBS

 

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The United States Special Representative for North Korea thanked Thailand for its compliance with the relevant United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions on North Korea.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016022-us-thanks-thailand-for-complying-with-unsc-resolutions-on-north-korea/

 

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Man nearly loses hand in ice crusher

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

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Ice worker Manus Jaisong escaped serious injury after his hand was caught in the ice crusher. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: A man working at an ice factory in Chalong luckily escaped with his hand still attached after it was caught in an ice crusher last night (Dec 15).

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016025-man-in-chalong-nearly-loses-hand-in-ice-crusher/

 

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Gibraltar launches financial services license for blockchain

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FILE PHOTO: The Spanish city of La Linea de la Concepcion (rear), and the top of the Rock, a monolithic limestone promontory, are seen next to the construction (R) of Cape Vantage, in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar, south of Spain, August 16, 2013. REUTERS/Jon Nazca/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Gibraltar’s financial services watchdog will introduce the world’s first bespoke license for “fintech” firms using blockchain distributed ledger technology from next month in a bid to attract start-ups to the British overseas territory as it prepares for Brexit.

 

Source: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016026-gibraltar-launches-financial-services-license-for-blockchain/

 

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Malaysia issues draft regulations for crypto currency businesses

Reuters Staff

 

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FILE PHOTO: A token of the virtual currency Bitcoin is seen placed on a monitor that displays binary digits in this illustration picture, December 8, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

 

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia’s central bank on Thursday said it had issued draft regulations for digital currency businesses, but said that such currencies were still not legal tender in the country.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016027-malaysia-issues-draft-regulations-for-crypto-currency-businesses/

 

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Are Marias And Marios A Media Fetish Or New Face Of Thainess?

By Khaosod English

 

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Maria Poonlertlarp, who previously went by Maria Lynn Ehren, at left and Mario Maurer, at right. Photos: @Marialynnehren, @Mario_mm38

 

By Sattrawut Bunruecha

 

BANGKOK — Maria Poonlertlarp Ehren may have fallen short last month on the Las Vegas stage but her reign is likely just beginning in Thailand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016029-are-marias-and-marios-a-media-fetish-or-new-face-of-thainess/

 

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Phuket readies for Christmas, New Year road safety onslaught

The Phuket News

 

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Phuket Governor Norraphat Plodthong

 

PHUKET: Top Phuket officials joined a live video conference with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Prawit Wongsuwon broadcast from the Ministry of Defense yesterday (Dec 14) to go over road safety during the upcoming long holidays for Christmas and New Year Festival.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016030-phuket-readies-for-christmas-new-year-road-safety-onslaught/

 

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Australian abuse report calls for end to sanctity of confession

By Byron Kaye and Elouise Fowler

 

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Commissioner Justice Peter McClellan and the Governor-General of Australia Peter Cosgrove at the signing ceremony and the release of the final report of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Canberra, Australia, December 15, 2017. Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse/Handout via REUTERS

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia should introduce a law forcing religious leaders to report child abuse, including Catholic priests told of abuse in the confessional, said a report on Friday which detailed institutional abuse, particularly in the Catholic Church.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016031-australian-abuse-report-calls-for-end-to-sanctity-of-confession/

 

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Hunt is on for alleged CCTV firm embezzler

By The Nation

 

The owner of a Bangkok firm that sells CCTV cameras who was allegedly cheated out of Bt4.7 million by an employee plans to sue his bank to failing to notice the forged signature on the cheques used in the fraud.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016032-hunt-is-on-for-alleged-cctv-firm-embezzler/

 

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RTAF’s probe panel: No physical assaults on cadet Pakapong

By Thai PBS

 

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The Royal Thai Armed Forces’ probe panel on the suspicious death of Pakapong Tanyakan, the Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School student, found no physical assaults on the cadet and confirmed that he died from sudden heart failure.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016033-rtaf’s-probe-panel-no-physical-assaults-on-cadet-pakapong/

 

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Admin Of Toddler Line Sex Group Arrested

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

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Police arrest Pathumporn “Ae” Mongkornchaiya Thursday in Ratchaburi.

 

RATCHABURI — Police have arrested the admin of a Line group who allegedly paid parents to sexually abuse their toddlers and were looking Friday for the woman’s supposed employer.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015881-police-still-looking-for-‘toddler-rape’-line-group-admin/

 

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Customs police sniff for criminal links to Bt98 million

By The Nation

 

Police in northeastern Nong Khai are now trying to determine whether the Bt98 million in undeclared Thai banknotes halted at the Lao border on Tuesday was linked to drug trafficking or other criminal operations in Thailand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016037-nong-khai-customs-police-sniff-for-criminal-links-to-bt98-million/

 

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Cambodian migrants killed in police chase

By The Nation

 

A pickup truck carrying 21 undocumented Cambodian migrants being chased by police ploughed into a roadside canal in Chachoengsao early Friday and flipped over, killing four of the occupants.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016039-cambodian-migrants-killed-in-chachoengsao-police-chase/

 

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Benefits of EU's decision to resume political contact with Thailand

 

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BANGKOK, 15th December 2017. (NNT) During a recent “Thailand Today” program on NBT World TV, Director-General of Department of Information and Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand, Ms. Busadee Santipitaks, discussed the benefits of the EU's decision to resume political contact with Thailand. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016040-benefits-of-eus-decision-to-resume-political-contact-with-thailand/

 

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Cambodia's Hun Sen challenges EU and U.S. to freeze assets

By Prak Chan Thul

 

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Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen arrives for a meeting with garment workers on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, November 8, 2017. REUTERS/Samrang Pring

 

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen encouraged the United States and European Union on Friday to freeze the assets of Cambodian leaders abroad in response to his government's crackdown on the opposition and civil society.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016041-cambodias-hun-sen-challenges-eu-and-us-to-freeze-assets/

 

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Facebook to use its News Feed to push more videos to users

BY REUTERS

 

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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc said on Thursday it would begin to promote videos more prominently inside its News Feed, leveraging the social network’s centerpiece product to build interest in episodic shows and compete more directly with YouTube.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/facebook-use-news-feed-push-videos-users/26307/

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