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Yingluck in UK on entrepreneur visa: Pheu Thai

By THE NATION

 

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FUGITIVE FORMER prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra is living in the United Kingdom on an entrepreneur visa, and has not received political asylum, according to media reports citing sources familiar with the matter.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019695-yingluck-in-uk-on-entrepreneur-visa-pheu-thai/

 

Children’s Day plea for boy who lives in a tuk tuk

By Santiparb Ramasutra 
The Nation

 

 

For other children, National Children’s Day this Saturday will be a time for celebration. But for Kampanart “Parn” Tipparat, 10, of Songkhla province, it will be just another day for him and his father, who lived in a tuktuk because they can’t even afford to rent a room.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019663-children’s-day-plea-for-boy-who-lives-in-a-tuk-tuk/

 

Korean surgery show gives Thai girl ‘Barbie’ transformation

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

Photo: Let Me In Thailand/ Facebook

 

The latest transformation of a contestant on “Let Me In Thailand,” the Thai edition of a popular Korean plastic surgery show, has not received the best feedback — the internet has jumped to criticize the “Barbie” transformation given to one woman in the latest season.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019646-photos-korean-surgery-show-gives-thai-girl-‘barbie’-transformation/

Decision on minimum daily wage postponed

By THE NATION

 

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After intense debate, committee fails to reach consensus on the extent of hikes.

 

A COMMITTEE tasked with setting the country’s minimum wages has postponed its decision to January 17 after failing to reach agreement on the proposed hike. 

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019696-decision-on-minimum-daily-wage-postponed/

 

Downpour sparks traffic chaos

By THE NATION

 

 

MANY BANGKOK residents woke up yesterday to face widespread floodwaters and a traffic nightmare.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019697-downpour-sparks-traffic-chaos-in-bangkok-photos/

 

Woman threatens to sue banks over fraud case linked to ‘stolen ID’ that landed her in jail

By KAMPANART LA-ONG, 
SURIYA PATATHAYO, 
MONGKOLCHAOWARAT THANGMANGMEE 
THE NATION

 

 

NICHA KIATTHANAPAIBOON, a 24-year-old woman whose stolen Thai ID card was allegedly used by fraudsters, said yesterday that she was prepared to sue seven Thai banks that allowed an elusive female suspect, who wore a medical face mask, to open nine bank accounts under her name.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019698-woman-threatens-to-sue-banks-over-fraud-case-linked-to-‘stolen-id’-that-landed-her-in-jail/

 

Forum accuses media of violating human rights in order to woo bigger audiences

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
KANITHA THEPJORN 
THE NATION

 

 

VIOLATIONS OF human rights by the media have worsened as media organisations try to attract bigger audiences by selling violent content, a forum in Bangkok was told yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019699-forum-accuses-media-of-violating-human-rights-in-order-to-woo-bigger-audiences/

 

Health warning over online ‘fashion-themed’ dental services

By THE NATION

 

 

THE DENTAL Council has warned people against shopping for online orthodontic services or products, as these could be harmful to their health.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019700-health-warning-over-online-‘fashion-themed’-dental-services/

 

Vow for digital economy to be a reality this year

By WICHIT CHAITRONG 
THE NATION

 

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GOVERNMENT ministers have vowed to make the digital economy become a reality in Thailand this year by accelerating changes to the legal and regulatory framework and the roll out of high-speed Internet services to all parts of the country.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019701-vow-for-digital-economy-to-be-a-reality-this-year/

 

Kawin first Thai keeper to land Europe move

By Lerpong Amsangiam 
The Nation

 

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National goalkeeper Kawin Thamsatchanan will join OH Leuven as the team’s highest-paid player, chairman of the second-tier Belgian club, Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprapha, said yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019702-kawin-first-thai-keeper-to-land-europe-move/

 

Red flags on Cha-am beach

By Thai PBS

 

 

Tiny red flags have been planted along the Cha-am beach to warn tourists of the danger of swimming in the sea due to rough sea and strong wind.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019704-red-flags-on-cha-am-beach/

 

Phuket governor orders a second land measurement of hotel’s land plot

By Thai PBS

 

 

Phuket governor Mr Norapat Plodthong has ordered the provincial land official to conduct a second land measurement of Dusit Thani Laguna hotel’s land plot to determine whether its claimed beachfront area is private or public land.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019705-phuket-governor-orders-a-second-land-measurement-of-hotel’s-land-plot/

 

UPDATE:

 

Food prices at Don Mueang airport 30-50% higher than on streets : Thai PBS survey

By Thai PBS

 

 

Food at Don Mueang airport are about 30-50 percent higher than food sold outside the airport, according to a random survey of food prices conducted by Thai PBS reporters.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019608-pm-orders-check-of-high-food-and-drink-prices-at-suvarnabhumi-and-don-mueang-airports/?do=findComment&comment=12609709

 

National parks' entrance fees totaled 2.4 billion baht in 2017

 

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BANGKOK, 11th January 2018 (NNT) - The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation reported that the collected fees from national parks nationwide in 2017 totaled 2.41 billion baht. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019707-national-parks-entrance-fees-totaled-24-billion-baht-in-2017/

 

Education Ministry steps up measures to crack down on drugs at schools

 

 

BANGKOK, 11 January 2017 (NNT) – Education Minister Teerakiat Jaroensettasin has ordered all schools to step up measures to combat drugs and other vices which might possibly harm students. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019708-thai-education-ministry-steps-up-measures-to-crack-down-on-drugs-at-schools/

 

Public Transportation linking airports and tourist attractions planned to boost tourism

 

 

BANGKOK, 11th January 2018 (NNT) - The Department of Land Transport (DLT) is joining forces with Bangkok Airways to offer public transportation linking airports and various tourist attractions in several provinces, as part of the government’s move to boost tourism. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019709-public-transportation-linking-airports-and-tourist-attractions-planned-to-boost-tourism/

 

Dusit Zoo continues work to transfer animals to new site

 

 

BANGKOK, 11th Jan 2018 (NNT) – The head of the Zoological Park Organization (ZPO) says that the process of transferring animals out of Dusit Zoo is still in the study phase and that the rationale for the new facility is modernity. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019710-dusit-zoo-continues-work-to-transfer-animals-to-new-site/

 

Thailand to export 9.5 mln tons of rice in 2018

Source: Xinhua| Editor: Jiaxin

 

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BANGKOK, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Thailand is expected to have some 9.5 million tons of rice for export this year, a senior government official said on Wednesday.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019711-thailand-to-export-95-mln-tons-of-rice-in-2018/

 

China, Thailand eye closer cooperation

Source: Xinhua | Editor: Mu Xuequan

 

PHNOM PENH, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang met with his Thai counterpart Prayut Chan-o-cha here on Wednesday, and both sides vowed to further promote bilateral cooperation.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019712-china-thailand-eye-closer-cooperation/

 

Armed robbers steal millions from Ritz Paris hotel

 

FILE PHOTO: View of the logo of the luxury Ritz Paris hotel at the Place Vendome, central Paris, France, June 13, 2016. REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen

 

PARIS (Reuters) - Axe-wielding robbers stole jewellery on Wednesday possibly worth more than $5 million from a store in the famed Ritz Paris hotel, police said.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019714-armed-robbers-steal-millions-from-ritz-paris-hotel/

 

Trump blasts immigration ruling, calls U.S. court system 'broken and unfair'

By Richard Cowan and Mica Rosenberg

 

FILE PHOTO: Students gather in support of DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) at the University of California Irvine Student Center in Irvine, California, U.S., October 11, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday blasted the federal court system as "broken and unfair" after a judge blocked his administration's move to end a programme protecting young immigrants brought to the United States illegally by their parents.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019715-trump-blasts-immigration-ruling-calls-us-court-system-broken-and-unfair/

 

Assange appears in Ecuador database, spurring citizenship speculation

 

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is seen on the balcony of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, Britain, May 19, 2017. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

 

QUITO (Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's name has appeared in an Ecuadorean government database of citizen identification numbers, fuelling speculation that he may have received citizenship from the Andean country.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019716-assange-appears-in-ecuador-database-spurring-citizenship-speculation/

 

Rescuers seek survivors after California mudslides kill 15

By Rollo Ross and Alan Devall

 

An aerial view from a Ventura County Sheriff helicopter shows a site damaged by mudslide in Montecito, California, U.S. January 9, 2018. Ventura County Sheriff's Office/via REUTERS

 

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (Reuters) - Rescue crews with dogs and scanners dug through waist-deep mud in an affluent stretch of Southern California's coast on Wednesday, hunting for some two dozen people missing after mudslides swept through, killing at least 15.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019717-rescuers-seek-survivors-after-california-mudslides-kill-15/

 

Some Article 44 orders to become permanent laws

By WASAMON AUDJARINT 
THE NATION

 

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WISSANU SAYS ONLY NEW CABINET RESOLUTIONS CAN CHANGE THEIR STATUS

 

PLANS RELATED to the future of the junta’s sweeping Article 44 orders were in place, with each order being classified on a case-by-case basis, including plans to upgrade some into permanent laws and revoking others, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019724-some-article-44-orders-to-become-permanent-laws/

 

UPDATE:

 

Pheu Thai to challenge in court PM’s order on political parties

By THE NATION

 

File photo : Phumtham

 

PHEU THAI PARTY plans to submit a petition to the Constitutional Court next Monday, asking it to nullify Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha’s order, in his capacity as junta chief, to amend the political party law, party secretary-general Phumtham Wechayachai said yesterday.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019631-pheu-thai-set-to-challenge-junta-order-on-parties/?do=findComment&comment=12609950

 

What price a life? 5,000 baht each for families in death crash - big bike was not insured for tourist

 

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The "Big Bike" being driven by the Russian that resulted in the death of three people earlier this week was not insured.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019727-what-price-a-life-5000-baht-each-for-families-in-death-crash-big-bike-was-not-insured-for-tourist/

 

Invisible "smart line" just another way for police to extract money, say angry Thais online

 

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Thais online condemned a device apparently being used by the police to stop lane changing.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019728-invisible-smart-line-just-another-way-for-police-to-extract-money-say-angry-thais-online/

 

Trump, on possibility of North Korea talks, says: 'Who knows where it leads?'

By Steve Holland and Christine Kim

 

FILE PHOTO - Jan 8, 2018; Atlanta, GA, USA; President Donald Trump walks onto the field before the 2018 CFP national championship college football game between the Georgia Bulldogs and the Alabama Crimson Tide at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jason Getz-USA TODAY Sports

 

WASHINGTON/SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday after the first intra-Korean talks in over two years that the United States was willing to speak to North Korea "under the right circumstances," although it was far from clear whether this would pay dividends.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019730-trump-on-possibility-of-north-korea-talks-says-who-knows-where-it-leads/

 

Lithuania liquor ad ban creates headache over foreign magazines

By Andrius Sytas

 

Alcohol ads in a magazine are seen covered with stickers, in Vilnius, Lithuania January 10, 2018. REUTERS/Andrius Sytas

 

VILNIUS (Reuters) - Print distributors in Lithuania are being forced to tear pages out from magazines such as Vogue and National Geographic after the country introduced an alcohol advertising ban on Jan. 1.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019732-lithuania-liquor-ad-ban-creates-headache-over-foreign-magazines/