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Demolished! Encroaching building torn down at Pattaya tourist site

 

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Chonburi authorities have been successful in demanding that a popular Pattaya tourist site pull down a building encroaching on public land.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026299-demolished-encroaching-building-torn-down-at-pattaya-tourist-site/

 

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Used car explodes during transshipment in Tak

By The Nation

 

A used car exploded inside a container on a trailer truck in Tak on Thursday as it was being transported to Myanmar, police said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026301-used-car-explodes-during-transshipment-in-tak/

 

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Steve Jobs’ pre-Apple job application could fetch $50,000 at auction

BY REUTERS 

 

REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco

 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A job application filled out by Steve Jobs more than four decades ago that reflects the Apple founder’s aspirations to work in technology and design will go up for auction next month.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/steve-jobs-pre-apple-job-application-fetch-50000-auction/27357/

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Uber will aggressively invest in Southeast Asia, won’t let SoftBank rule it – CEO

BY REUTERS 

 

REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

 

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc’s chief executive pledged to continue investing aggressively in Southeast Asia even though the U.S. ride hailing firm expects to lose money in the fast growing market due to costly battles with rivals such as Grab.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/uber-will-aggressively-invest-southeast-asia-wont-let-softbank-rule-ceo/27355/

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Krabi Social Insurance Office provides support for King Poseidon captain

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

  

The Chief of Krabi Social Insurance Office, Pornthep Sripaiboon, together with officials from the Krabi Labour Office, visited Kiengsak Boonsri, the captain of King Poseidon speedboat, which exploded in front of the Viking cave off Koh Phi Phi Ley two months ago. He has been in hospital ever since.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026303-krabi-social-insurance-office-provides-support-for-king-poseidon-captain/

 

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Two Burmese crew die on fishing boat after eating puffer fish eggs

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Police were called to the port in Khanom, Nakorn Sri Thammarat as a fishing trawler docked.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026304-two-burmese-crew-die-on-fishing-boat-after-eating-puffer-fish-eggs/

 

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Third Edition of the Thailand Yacht Show gets underway

The Phuket News

 

The Thailand Yacht Show is being held at Ao Po Grand Marina through until Sunday (Feb 25).

 

PHUKET: The third edition of the Thailand Yacht Show got underway yesterday (Feb 22), and from now until Sunday (Feb 25), some of the world’s most prestigious marine lifestyle brands will be present at Ao Po Grand Marina.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026305-third-edition-of-the-thailand-yacht-show-gets-underway/

 

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Video: Tragic sight as elephant with two broken legs staggers back into the jungle after pick-up collision

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

A video from the Khao Ang Rue Nai wildlife sanctuary in Chacherngsao showed the aftermath of a collision between a pick-up and a wild elephant.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026307-video-tragic-sight-as-elephant-with-two-broken-legs-staggers-back-into-the-jungle-after-pick-up-collision/

 

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Ten injured in two-pickup collision in Ubon Ratchathani

By The Nation

 

Ten people were injured when a family pickup truck was hit in the rear by another pickup carrying workers on an Ubon Ratchathani road on Thursday night.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026311-ten-injured-in-two-pickup-collision-in-ubon-ratchathani/

 

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EU leaders to clash over post-Brexit budget

By Jan Strupczewski

 

Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel sits between French President Emmanuel Macron and Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel during a dinner with European Union leaders at Val Duchesse castle in Brussels, Belgium, February 22, 2018. Chancellerie du Premier ministre/Belgian Prime Minister Office/Handout via REUTERS

 

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders will lay down the first markers on Friday on the size and aims of the bloc's next long-term budget, as a large hole in its finances begins to take shape with next year's departure of one of its main net contributors.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026312-eu-leaders-to-clash-over-post-brexit-budget/

 

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Current EC members can oversee elections, no delay needed, says commissioner

By The Nation

 

Election commissioner Somchai Srisutthiyakorn

 

The current Election Commissioners (EC) have full authority to manage the next general election, as well as local elections, despite the rejection of the entire seven proposed new EC candidates by the legislators, election commissioner Somchai Srisutthiyakorn said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026314-current-ec-members-can-oversee-elections-no-delay-needed-says-commissioner/

 

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Chinese paper says U.S. should learn from China, restrict guns, protect rights

 

A note is seen on the fence of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School following a mass shooting, in Parkland, Florida, U.S., February 21, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Files

 

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The United States should learn from China and "genuinely" protect human rights by restricting gun ownership, an editorial in a widely read state-run Chinese newspaper said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026315-chinese-paper-says-us-should-learn-from-china-restrict-guns-protect-rights/

 

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Pattaya’s ban on tour bus vendors a failure

 

 

PATTAYA:--Pattaya officials like to claim they have chased street peddlers and hawkers away from tour buses, but it turns out they’re alive, well and busy on Pattaya Beach.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026317-pattaya’s-ban-on-tour-bus-vendors-a-failure/

 

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Trash crisis, sewage top Pattaya residents’ concerns

 

PATTAYA:--Pattaya’s environmental woes topped the list of grievances as residents got their first chance to comment on the city’s draft four-year development plan.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026318-trash-crisis-sewage-top-pattaya-residents’-concerns/

 

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Cobra Gold ramp-up reflects growing tensions with China’s military

By Wasamon Audjarint 
The Nation

 

ADM Harry Harris meets PM Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha on Thursday

 

Against the background of China’s increasing power and assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific, the United States is seeking to intensify Cobra Gold, the largest regional joint military exercise, that is annually hosted by Thailand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026321-cobra-gold-ramp-up-reflects-growing-tensions-with-china’s-military/

 

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Sukhumvit Road drainage canal dredged

 

PATTAYA:--Sanitation workers scraped out a Sukhumvit Road drainage canal, which had been blocked by hyacinth and garbage.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026319-sukhumvit-road-drainage-canal-dredged/

 

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Soi 6 bargirl says she & Aussie only playing before deadly attack

 

 

PATTAYA:--An American man charged with the deadly assault of an Australian was expected to re-enact the fight in a Soi 6 bar and make his first appearance in court this week.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026323-soi-6-bargirl-says-she-aussie-only-playing-before-deadly-attack/

 

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Smoking ban PR effort moves to Pattaya Beach

 

 

PATTAYA:--Pattaya officials will kick off their Pattaya Beach anti-smoking campaign today with a parade down Beach Road.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026325-smoking-ban-pr-effort-moves-to-pattaya-beach/

 

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Russian hit-and-run suspect deported

 

 

PATTAYA:--A Russian man wanted for killing a compatriot in a hit-and-run accident back home was captured in Pattaya.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026327-russian-hit-and-run-suspect-deported/

 

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Another accident at slow-moving Boutique Hotel demolition site

 

 

PATTAYA:--The seemingly never-ending demolition of the derelict Boutique Hotel caused yet another accident, with debris smashing a worker’s pickup truck, but injuring no one.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026330-another-accident-at-slow-moving-boutique-hotel-demolition-site/

 

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Condo owners learn how to enforce rules

 

 

PATTAYA:--Chonburi lawyers offered condominium owners advice on how to legally enforce their rules during a seminar in Pattaya.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026322-condo-owners-learn-how-to-enforce-rules/

 

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Nongprue to rip up Pattanakarn Road in July

 

 

PATTAYA:--Although still bruised from the Soi Siam Country Club Road debacle, Nongprue officials are now preparing to rip up Pattanakarn Road to put in new sidewalks.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026332-nongprue-to-rip-up-pattanakarn-road-in-july/

 

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Department of Land Transport in partnership with British Embassy Bangkok: improving driving licence procedures for foreign nationals

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

 

 

In collaboration with the British Embassy Bangkok, the Thai Department of Land Transport is working to improve the process of obtaining a driving licence for foreign nationals across Thailand.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026335-dept-of-land-transport-in-partnership-with-british-embassy-bangkok-improving-driving-licence-procedures-for-foreign-nationals/

 

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Govt Says 1 Million Joined ‘Thai Niyom’ On 1st Day

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

  

Junta chairman Prayuth Chan-ocha throws fish food Wednesday at a pond in Nakhon Pathom province. Image: Government House

 

BANGKOK — About a million people joined the “Thai Niyom” program launched by junta chairman Prayuth Chan-ocha on its first day, according to a government official.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026336-govt-says-1-million-joined-‘thai-niyom’-on-1st-day/

 

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Two Argentines arrested in Russian embassy cocaine probe

 

The cocaine that has been found in the Russian embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina, appears in this undated handout photo provided on February 22, 2018. Argentine Ministry of Security/Handout via REUTERS

 

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Six suspected drug traffickers were arrested after 389 kg (858 pounds) of cocaine were found in the Russian embassy in Buenos Aires, a discovery that triggered a joint police operation lasting more than a year, Argentina's government said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026338-two-argentines-arrested-in-russian-embassy-cocaine-probe/

 

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Lift at Maxx Hotel falls after electrical short-circuit

By Thai PBS

 

 

A lift of a three-star Bangkok hotel on Rama 9 fell off from the 24th floor early Friday morning (Feb 23) after a brief fire at an elevator control room.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026341-lift-at-maxx-hotel-falls-after-electrical-short-circuit/

 

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Japanese Begpackers: The virus is spreading as Asians get in on the act

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

Photos from police Facebook post.

 

Yesterday, in a rural part of Isaan, something strange was spotted by by local police.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026346-japanese-begpackers-the-virus-is-spreading-as-asians-get-in-on-the-act/

 

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Czech tourist plunges to death at Samui waterfall

By Thai PBS

 

 

A 32-year-old Czech tourist was killed after he fell 30 metres down  waterfall in Koh Samui, off Surat Thani province while posing for photo near the edge of the cliff on Thursday (Feb 22).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026347-czech-tourist-plunges-to-death-at-samui-waterfall/

 

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Prawit says government had nothing to do with NLA decision

By The Nation

 

Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan

 

Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan said the National Legislative Assembly’s decision yesterday to reject proposed Election Commissioners was entirely its own and the military junta had nothing to do with it.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026348-prawit-says-government-had-nothing-to-do-with-nla-decision/

 

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Storm leaves temple, 200 homes damaged in Phitsanulok

By Mongkolchaowarat Thangmangmee 
The Nation

 

 

A violent storm on Thursday evening damaged about 200 homes in two districts of Phitsanulok.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026349-storm-leaves-temple-200-homes-damaged-in-phitsanulok/