THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Sunday 18 Feb 2018

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The week that was in Thailand news: Down memory lane in the Borough of Love

 

 

In 1990 I decided enough was enough. I had already made well over a dozen trips to the Thai consulate in Penang or the border at Padang Besar to renew or utilize a second part of a double entry visa.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025522-the-week-that-was-in-thailand-news-down-memory-lane-in-the-borough-of-love/

 

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U-tapao Airport to see a big jump in visitors

By WICHIT CHAITRONG 
THE NATION 

 

 

U-TAPAO International Airport passenger numbers are expected to double this year and new investment of Bt200 billion to expand the airport’s capacity under the Eastern Economic Corridor Initiative (EEC) is expected to start next year, government authorities say.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025559-u-tapao-airport-to-see-a-big-jump-in-visitors/

 

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Yingluck gets ready to make her move

By SOMROUTAI SAPSOMBOON 
THE SUNDAY NATION 

 

 

FUGITIVE EX-PREMIER MAY SOON HOLD PRESS

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025560-yingluck-gets-ready-to-make-her-move/

 

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Protests planned to demand poll in 2018

By The Sunday Nation

 

 

ACTIVISTS DECLARE ‘ROAD MAP’ OF ANTI-JUNTA PROTESTS TO RESTORE DEMOCRACY

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025562-protests-planned-to-demand-poll-in-2018/

 

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Policemen ‘took angpao from alleged gambling den owner’

By The Nation

 

 

Sixty policemen from four police stations in Bangkok are facing a disciplinary probe for having allegedly received angpao – or Chinese New Year gift money – from an alleged gambling den owner.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025563-policemen-‘took-angpao-from-alleged-gambling-den-owner’/

 

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Go-ahead for project aimed at tackling economic inequality

By NOPHAKHUN LIMSAMARNPHUN 
THE SUNDAY NATION 

 

THE PRAYUT government will next week kick off its “Thai Niyom Yung Yuen” programme, which features innovative methods to tackle economic inequality in a more sustainable way, among other objectives.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025564-go-ahead-for-project-aimed-at-tackling-economic-inequality/

 

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Ex-industry minister Charnchai dies at 65

By The Nation

 

Charnchai Chairungruang, the former industry minister and veteran politician from Mahasarakham province, succumbed to cancer on Saturday morning. He was 65 years old.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025565-ex-industry-minister-charnchai-dies-at-65/

 

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Thailand mourns ‘Father of Thai Orchids’

By Kupluthai Pungkanon 
The Sunday Nation

 

 

VENERABLE PROFESSOR Rapee Sagarik, a remarkable scholar and the nation’s most esteemed horticulturist, known as the “Father of Thai Orchids”, passed away peacefully at 7am yesterday in Vibhavadi Hospital at the age of 95.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025566-thailand-mourns-‘father-of-thai-orchids’/

 

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What’s cooking? UK foreign secretary tries hand at Som Tam

By The Nation

 

 

During his recent visit to Thailand, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson not only savoured Thai food but also made his own “Som Tam” for the first time.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025567-what’s-cooking-uk-foreign-secretary-tries-hand-at-som-tam/

 

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CSD ready to report on Bt30 million lottery case

By The Nation

 

File photo: Retired policeman Charoon Wimul

 

A Crime Suppression Division (CSD) team is wrapping up the case surrounding the disputed Bt30 million lottery on Saturday and is expected to submit its report to the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) chief for endorsement on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025568-csd-ready-to-report-on-bt30-million-lottery-case/

 

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Help make this the best event in Thai history, says Minister

By Lerpong Amsa-ngiam 
The Nation

 

Spain's Marc Marquez of Repsol Honda poses for The Nation photographer during practice at the Buri Ram International Circuit yesterday.

 

The Minister of Tourism and Sports, Weerasak Kowsurat, has asked people all over Thailand to work together to make a success of the inaugural PTT Thailand Grand Prix, which he vowed would be the biggest sporting event in Thai history.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025569-help-make-this-the-best-event-in-thai-history-says-minister/

 

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No double standard in Premchai case, court insists

By PIYAPORN WONGRUANG 
THE SUNDAY NATION

 

 

On Friday, police filed their second 12-day detention request against the president of Italian-Thai Development Plc, Premchai Karnasuta, as the first detention round for interrogation was due to end today.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025572-no-double-standard-in-premchai-case-court-insists/

 

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Phuket’s Grand Marina cleared of suspected encroachment on mangrove forest

 

 

The Grand Marina in Phuket in which Italian-Thai Development Plc boss Premchai Karnasuta has majority stake does not encroach on mangrove forest, but a part of the marina juts stretch into the sea, said Jatuporn Buruspat, director-general of Marine and Coastal Resources Department, on Saturday (Feb 17).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025573-phuket’s-grand-marina-cleared-of-suspected-encroachment-on-mangrove-forest/

 

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Arrest warrants issued for six hardcore red-shirt activists for the 2014 bomb attack

 

 

The Minburi Provincial Court has issued warrants for the arrest of six former red-shirt activists, including Wutthipong Kotchathammakhun, alias “Ko Tee”, for the bomb attack at the home of a leader of the yellow-shirt People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) in January 2014.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025574-arrest-warrants-issued-for-six-hardcore-red-shirt-activists-for-the-2014-bomb-attack/

 

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Mexico helicopter crash kills 13 on ground in wake of earthquake

By Jose Cortes

 

A soldier stands guard next to a military helicopter, carrying Mexico's interior minister and the governor of the southern state of Oaxaca, crashed on top of two vans in an open field while trying to land in Santiago Jamiltepec, Mexico February 17, 2018. REUTERS/Jorge Luis Plata

 

SANTIAGO JAMILTEPEC, Mexico (Reuters) - At least 13 people on the ground, including three children, were killed when a Mexican military helicopter carrying top officials surveying damage from an earthquake crashed in a small town in the southern state of Oaxaca, authorities said on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025575-mexico-helicopter-crash-kills-13-on-ground-in-wake-of-earthquake/

 

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Pope renews commission on sexual abuse, Vatican promises victims more say

By Philip Pullella

 

Pope Francis leads the Angelus prayer in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican February 4, 2018. REUTERS/Max Rossi

 

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis renewed a commission on clergy sexual abuse on Saturday, confirming a U.S. cardinal as its head, as the Vatican promised to give victims a greater say in its work.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025576-pope-renews-commission-on-sexual-abuse-vatican-promises-victims-more-say/

 

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Russia's Lavrov says reports on U.S. election interference 'just blather'

 

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov talks at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, February 17, 2018. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski

 

MUNICH (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov declined to comment on Saturday on U.S. indictments of 13 Russians and three Russian companies in what Washington sees as a criminal and espionage conspiracy to tamper with the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025577-russias-lavrov-says-reports-on-us-election-interference-just-blather/

 

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Britain's anti-EU party UKIP votes to sack leader Bolton

By Alistair Smout

 

FILE PHOTO: Britain's UKIP leader Henry Bolton joins protesters from 'Justice for Northern Ireland Veterans' as they demonstrate in Horse Guards Parade in Westminster in London, Britain, February 3, 2018. REUTERS/Simon Dawson/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British eurosceptic party UKIP was thrown into turmoil again on Saturday when its members removed leader Henry Bolton after less than five months in charge following criticism of his leadership and a scandal about racist comments made by his lover.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025578-britains-anti-eu-party-ukip-votes-to-sack-leader-bolton/

 

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Oxfam sex abuse criticism disproportionate, chief executive says

By Alistair Smout

 

An Oxfam sign is seen on a kiosk that was used to distribute water in Corail, a camp for displaced people of the 2010 earthquake, on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, February 13, 2018. REUTERS/Andres Martinez Casares

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Oxfam's chief executive said criticism of the charity following a sex abuse scandal had been disproportionate, according to comments published on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025579-oxfam-sex-abuse-criticism-disproportionate-chief-executive-says/

 

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May wins backing for EU security pact, timing unclear

By Thomas Escritt and Robin Emmott

 

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May talks at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, February 17, 2018. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski

 

MUNICH (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May made her case on Saturday for a new security treaty with the EU from next year, winning support from EU and U.S. officials who agreed the issue was too important to risk getting subsumed in broader Brexit negotiations.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025580-may-wins-backing-for-eu-security-pact-timing-unclear/

 

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Lukaku double sends Man United into FA Cup quarter-finals

By Neil Robinson

 

Soccer Football - FA Cup Fifth Round - Huddersfield Town vs Manchester United - John Smith’s Stadium, Huddersfield, Britain - February 17, 2018 Manchester United's Romelu Lukaku scores their first goal REUTERS/Andrew Yates

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Romelu Lukaku extended his impressive FA Cup scoring record by netting twice in Manchester United's 2-0 win at Huddersfield Town to earn Jose Mourinho's side a quarter-final tie at home to Brighton & Hove Albion.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025581-lukaku-double-sends-man-united-into-fa-cup-quarter-finals/

 

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U.S. calls for action to halt Iran's growing 'network of proxies'

By Andrea Shalal and Sabine Siebold

 

U.S. National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster talks at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, February 17, 2018. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski

 

MUNICH (Reuters) - U.S. National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster called on Saturday for more forceful action to halt Iran's development of what he said was an increasingly powerful network of proxy armies in Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and Iraq.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025582-us-calls-for-action-to-halt-irans-growing-network-of-proxies/

 

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Small earthquake hits Britain, strongest for 10 years

Reuters

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain was hit by its biggest earthquake in a decade on Saturday, the British Geological Survey (BGS) said on Saturday, with tremors felt across parts of Wales and southwest England but no notable damage reported.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025584-small-earthquake-hits-britain-strongest-for-10-years/

 

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