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Find out more:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019624-exclusive-offer-for-thaivisa-readers-500b-discount-coupon-for-supersports/

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Pattaya bar fight: Key witness says Australian man beaten to death over “misunderstanding”

 

 

A key witness to a brutal bar fight in Pattaya has told police that the Australian victim died because of a misunderstanding.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025053-pattaya-bar-fight-key-witness-says-australian-man-beaten-to-death-over-“misunderstanding”/

 

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Foreigner database to be ready in six months

By The Nation

 

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The Immigration Bureau and the Interior Ministry were instructed on Wednesday to speed up the implementation of a single-platform online database of foreigners entering and leaving the kingdom.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025048-foreigner-database-to-be-ready-in-six-months/

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Ko Tee-linked weapons ‘of no use’: security source

By Chitraporn Senwong 
The Nation

 

 

Red-shirt linked weapons seized this week were from an old stockpile and would be of no use, a security source said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025112-ko-tee-linked-weapons-‘of-no-use’-security-source/

 

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Yingluck may hold press conference in Hong Kong

By THE NATION

 

 

FUGITIVE former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra is expected to hold a press conference in Hong Kong soon – her first since fleeing Thailand last August.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025113-yingluck-may-hold-press-conference-in-hong-kong/

 

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‘Phoney’ Teerakiat hit for U-turn in Prawit scandal

By THE NATION

 

 

EDUCATION MINISTER Teerakiat Jareonsettasin came under fire yesterday for making an embarrassing about-face after questioning the ethical integrity of a fellow Cabinet member.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025114-‘phoney’-teerakiat-hit-for-u-turn-in-prawit-scandal/

 

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HRW denounces ‘meaningless’ junta promises about human rights

By THE NATION

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha

 

THE MILITARY government’s human right agenda was meaningless as it had failed to fulfill repeated pledges to respect basic rights and restore democratic rule, New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025115-hrw-denounces-‘meaningless’-junta-promises-about-human-rights/

 

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Traffic blamed for air quality

 

 

Authorities plan to change fuel and launch the oddeven scheme BY 2029

 

THAI AUTHORITIES blamed heavy traffic for the severe air pollution, which has touched levels unsafe for people in the capital, while they vowed to kick off long-term measures to tackle the problem.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025116-traffic-blamed-for-air-quality-in-bangkok/

 

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Survey shows women wanting to have fewer children – with precipitous drop in birth rate expected soon

By THE NATION

 

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A SURVEY has revealed that on average Thai women want to have fewer children.

 

The recent Chulalongkorn University College of Population Studies research surveying women aged between 15 and 49 found the average number of children wanted was 1.69, down from 1.86 in a similar survey in 2001.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025117-survey-shows-thai-women-wanting-to-have-fewer-children-–-with-precipitous-drop-in-birth-rate-expected-soon/

 

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Valentine’s Day celebrated in many ways across the nation

By The Nation

 

 

AS THE modern tradition of Valentine’s Day celebrations took hold in Thailand yesterday, couples professed their love at romantically decorated tourist attractions and registered their marriages in front of joyous witnesses.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025118-valentine’s-day-celebrated-in-many-ways-across-thailand/

 

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Justice Ministry launches mobile legal education project

By The Nation

 

Justice Minister ACM Prajin Juntong

 

The Justice Ministry on Wednesday launched a project to dispatch mobile units to rural areas in five regions to help equip members of the public with knowledge about the law to boost their immunity against being taken advantage of or human right violations.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025119-thai-justice-ministry-launches-mobile-legal-education-project/

 

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Environment groups pressure ITD to sack president Premchai over hunting charges

By The Nation

 

 

THREE ENVIRONMENTAL groups, including Greenpeace, yesterday called for the Italian-Thai Development (ITD) to immediately sack its president, who has been slapped with nine poaching-related charges, warning that his alleged criminal behaviour would severely tarnish the firm’s reputation.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025120-environment-groups-pressure-itd-to-sack-president-premchai-over-hunting-charges/

 

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Prayut joins fun of Royal winter festival

By The Nation

 

Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan yesterday wears a traditional outfit along with other Cabinet members to join the royally initiated winter festival Oon Ai Rak Klay Kwam Nao, at the Royal Plaza and Sanam Suea Pa.

 

Dressed in period outfits, Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday led his Cabinet members and their spouses to attend the royally initiated winter festival, Oon Ai Rak Klay Kwam Nao, at the Royal Plaza and Sanam Suea Pa.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025121-prayut-joins-fun-of-royal-winter-festival/

 

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EDITORIAL

What Teerakiat’s moment in the sun tells us

By The Nation

 

The education minister showed integrity and then backed away from it, allowing Prayut to crow about Cabinet unity

 

Education Minister Teerakiat Jareonsettasin caused waves this with his surprise condemnation over the government’s handling of the wristwatch scandal that’s ensnared one of his senior Cabinet colleagues, Deputy Premier and Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwan.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025122-what-teerakiat’s-moment-in-the-sun-tells-us/

 

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A new form of medical certificates to be introduced March 1 for driving license applications

By Thai PBS

 

 

Starting March 1, applicants for a driving license will be required to produce a new form of medical certificate from qualified doctor certifying that he/she is free from five diseases namely elephantiasis, tuberculosis, alcoholism, leprosy and drugs addiction.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025123-a-new-form-of-medical-certificates-to-be-introduced-march-1-for-driving-license-applications/

 

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Black panther’s leg bones found in stream

By Thai PBS

 

 

Forest rangers have found the leg bones of the ill-fated black panther in the stream next to the camp of Premchai Karnasuta’s hunting party in the western zone of Thung Yai Naresuan world heritage site.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025124-black-panther’s-leg-bones-found-in-stream/

 

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Young mother kills own baby out of rage

By Thai PBS

 

 

A young mother was arrested by police in Kabin Buri district of Prachuap Khiri Khan on charges of assault causing death to her baby boy, domestic violence and drug abuse after she beat her own child to death.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025125-prachuap-khiri-khan-young-mother-kills-own-baby-out-of-rage/

 

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Demonstration in Chiang Mai for early election

By Thai PBS

 

 

About 100 students, academics and members of the public rallied in front of Chiang Mai University today (Wednesday) calling for an early election.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025127-demonstration-in-chiang-mai-for-early-election/

 

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18 kindergarten students injured when pickup truck slams into a roadside tree

By Thai PBS

 

 

Eighteen kindergarten students were injured, five of them in serious condition, after a modified pickup truck in which they were travelling crashed into a roadside tree in Tha Sala district of Nakhon Si Thammarat Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025128-18-kindergarten-students-injured-when-pickup-truck-slams-into-a-roadside-tree/

 

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Boris Johnson jokes about British sex tourism in Thailand during major Brexit speech

'As I have just discovered we have more than a million who go to Thailand every year, where according to our superb consular services they get up to the most eye-popping things' 

Chris Baynes 

 

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Boris Johnson appeared to joke about sex tourism in Thailand during a major speech about Brexit.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025129-boris-johnson-jokes-about-british-sex-tourism-in-thailand-during-major-brexit-speech/

 

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BREAKING

'Numerous fatalities' at Florida high school after ex-student opens fire

By Bernie Woodall

 

Rescue workers prepare to transport a victim on a stretcher near Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School following a shooting incident in Parkland, Florida, U.S. February 14, 2018 in this still image taken from a video. WSVN.com via REUTERS

 

PARKLAND, Fla. (Reuters) - A former student at a Florida high school opened fire in the school on Wednesday, causing "numerous fatalities" and wounding at least 14 people before he was arrested by police, authorities said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025130-numerous-fatalities-at-florida-high-school-after-ex-student-opens-fire/

 

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Zuma quits as President of South Africa

By Ed Cropley and James Macharia

 

Jacob Zuma arrives to speak at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa, February 14, 2018. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

 

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Jacob Zuma resigned as President of South Africa on Wednesday, heeding orders by the ruling African National Congress (ANC) to bring an end to his nine scandal-plagued years in power.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025131-zuma-quits-as-president-of-south-africa/

 

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Trump lawyer says he paid porn star $130,000 with his own money

 

FILE PHOTO - U.S. President Donald Trump holds a meeting on trade with members of Congress at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 13, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A private lawyer for President Donald Trump says he paid $130,000 (£92,825) of his own money to adult film star Stormy Daniels who once claimed she had an affair with Trump more than a decade ago.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025133-trump-lawyer-says-he-paid-porn-star-130000-with-his-own-money/

 

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Longest-serving Dutch PM, Ruud Lubbers, dies aged 78

 

FILE PHOTO: Former Dutch premier Ruud Lubbers is seen in Geneva, Switzerland, February 20, 2005. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

 

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Netherlands' longest-serving prime minister, Ruud Lubbers, who pulled his country out of recession while struggling to reform the Dutch welfare state, died on Wednesday aged 78.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025134-longest-serving-dutch-pm-ruud-lubbers-dies-aged-78/

 

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Juncker jabs at Macron as EU jobs race heats up

By Alastair Macdonald and Robert-Jan Bartunek

 

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker addresses a news conference at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium February 14, 2018. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

 

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker chided French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday for failing to form clear Europe-wide party political alliances, as manoeuvring warms up over next year's EU parliament elections.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025135-juncker-jabs-at-macron-as-eu-jobs-race-heats-up/

 

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Canada to create legal framework to guarantee indigenous rights

By Andrea Hopkins

 

FILE PHOTO: Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, May 3, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Wattie/File Photo

 

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada will create a legal framework to guarantee the rights of indigenous people in all government decisions, doing away with policies built to serve colonial interests, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025136-canada-to-create-legal-framework-to-guarantee-indigenous-rights/

 

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UPDATE:

 

Ex-student kills 17 in shooting spree at Florida high school

By Bernie Woodall

 

A man placed in handcuffs is led by police near Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School following a shooting incident in Parkland, Florida, U.S. February 14, 2018 in a still image taken from a video. WSVN.com via REUTERS.

 

PARKLAND, Fla. (Reuters) - A 19-year-old gunman returned to a Florida high school where he had once been expelled for disciplinary reasons and opened fire with an assault-style rifle on Wednesday, killing 17 people before he was arrested by police, authorities said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025130-numerous-fatalities-at-florida-high-school-after-ex-student-opens-fire/?do=findComment&comment=12713360

 

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Serbia must accept Kosovo independence to join EU - German foreign minister

By Fatos Bytyci

 

FILE PHOTO - German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel speaks during the 11th Annual International Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) Conference in Tel Aviv, Israel January 31, 2018. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

 

PRISTINA (Reuters) - Serbia will need to accept the independence of Kosovo, its former province, in order to join the European Union, German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said in Pristina late on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025142-serbia-must-accept-kosovo-independence-to-join-eu-german-foreign-minister/

 

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Trump's military parade could cost up to $30 million-budget chief

By Katanga Johnson

 

U.S. President Donald Trump holds a meeting at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 13, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The military parade that President Donald Trump wants to stage, likely in Washington, would cost U.S. taxpayers up to $30 million, the White House budget chief said on Wednesday in remarks on the administration's fiscal 2019 spending plan.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025143-trumps-military-parade-could-cost-up-to-30-million-budget-chief/

 

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U.S. judge weighs challenge to federal marijuana prohibition

By Brendan Pierson

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday urged a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to overturn the United States' longstanding prohibition of marijuana, the latest court battle over federal policy under President Donald Trump's administration.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025144-us-judge-weighs-challenge-to-federal-marijuana-prohibition/