THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Wednesday 28 Feb 2018

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Police launch major crackdown on foreigners on Soi Cowboy - scores of English teachers and visa overstayers arrested

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath reported that there was a nationwide crackdown on dark skinned criminals in Thailand yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027015-police-launch-major-crackdown-on-foreigners-on-soi-cowboy-scores-of-english-teachers-and-visa-overstayers-arrested/

 

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Six illegal immigrants paraded as Pattaya chief says "they took Thais jobs"

 

Picture: TNews

 

TNews reported that six illegal immigrants were paraded at Pattaya police station yesterday evening.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027016-six-illegal-immigrants-paraded-as-pattaya-chief-says-they-took-thais-jobs/

 

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Buddhist boss arrested for killing Muslim employee in Narathiwat

By The Nation

 

The owner of a rubber sheet shop in Narathiwat has been arrested after he was caught on camera crashing his pickup truck into his Muslim employee’s motorcycle before running over him.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027018-buddhist-boss-arrested-for-killing-muslim-employee-in-narathiwat/

 

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Pattaya police chief: "Don't attack tourists - it will damage the image of tourism in Pattaya"

 

Picture: TNews

 

TNews quoted Pattaya station chief Apichai Krobpetch as imploring Thais in Pattaya not to take the law into their own hands and attack tourists in the resort.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027019-pattaya-police-chief-dont-attack-tourists-it-will-damage-the-image-of-tourism-in-pattaya/

 

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Merkel ally promises Germany will stick to Schaueble's course

 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel talks to Peter Altmaier during a Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party congress in Berlin, Germany, February 26, 2018. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will stick to the stern fiscal orthodoxy it pursued under long-serving conservative finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble even if the key post is ceded to a Social Democrat in the next government, acting finance chief Peter Altmaier said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027022-merkel-ally-promises-germany-will-stick-to-schauebles-course/

 

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Exclusive: North Korean leaders used Brazilian passports to apply for Western visas - sources

By Guy Faulconbridge

 

A scan obtained by Reuters shows an authentic Brazilian passport issued to North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un. Handout via REUTERS

 

LONDON (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his late father Kim Jong Il used fraudulently obtained Brazilian passports to apply for visas to visit Western countries in the 1990s, five senior Western European security sources told Reuters.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027023-exclusive-north-korean-leaders-used-brazilian-passports-to-apply-for-western-visas-sources/

 

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Deported and blacklisted! Pictures show how Russian "sex instructors" taught their students!

 

Images: Sophon Cable

 

Pictures have emerged of the sex course run by a group of ten Russians in Pattaya that was busted earlier this week.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027024-deported-and-blacklisted-pictures-show-how-russian-sex-instructors-taught-their-students/

 

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Cyclist, 60, killed in road crash in Loei

By The Nation

 

A 60-year-old cyclist was killed by a car on a dark road in Loei’s Muang district on Tuesday night, police said.
 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027029-cyclist-60-killed-in-road-crash-in-loei/

 

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Backlash as top cop says pay your traffic fines or face further tax disc trouble

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

A highways department policeman has hit back at scurrilous online reports that motorists need not pay fines that result from roadside cameras.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027033-backlash-as-top-cop-says-pay-your-traffic-fines-or-face-further-tax-disc-trouble/

 

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British Tourists Attack Tuk-Tuk Driver When He Can’t Find ‘LadyBoy’ Prostitute in Cambodia

 

 

A pair of British tourists recently caused a commotion in Cambodia after failing to locate a certain “ladyboy” who they tried to find with the help of a tuk-tuk driver.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027028-british-tourists-attack-tuk-tuk-driver-when-he-can’t-find-‘ladyboy’-prostitute-in-cambodia/

 

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Burglar steals 20,000 baht in foreign currency from Chinese tourists at villa

 

Picture: TNews

 

Tnews reported that a burglar forced a door at a rental property in Plu Villa, Pattaya, and stole foreign currency from three Chinese tourists.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027037-burglar-steals-20000-baht-in-foreign-currency-from-chinese-tourists-at-villa/

 

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NCPO to allow new political parties to start activities ahead of registration

 

BANGKOK, 28th February 2018 (NNT) – The National Council for Peace and Order plans to allow new political parties to begin some activities in preparation for their registration next month. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027038-ncpo-to-allow-new-political-parties-to-start-activities-ahead-of-registration/

 

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CPR volunteer who straddled victim on stretcher receives award

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Nong Jaen - the Ruam Katanyu volunteer who tried to save a man's life as she gave CPR on a moving stretcher - has been honored by the government.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027039-cpr-volunteer-who-straddled-victim-on-stretcher-receives-award/

 

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Drug abuser arrested trying to smuggle 11,800 meth pills

By The Nation

 

Nong Khai police arrested an Udon Thani man late on Tuesday night at a road checkpoint while he was allegedly trying to smuggle 11,800 methamphetamine pills.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027040-drug-abuser-arrested-trying-to-smuggle-11800-meth-pills/

 

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Phuket’s Governor visits Tritrang Beach to inspect action over effluent

The Governor said they are actively looking for the source of the  wastewater which they believe comes from the nearby Pak Bang Canal.

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

  

A team of Phuket authorities headed up by the Phuket Governor, Norapat Plodthong, have visited Tritrang Beach again following up another report of wastewater being released into the seas off Patong Beach.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027042-phuket’s-governor-visits-tritrang-beach-to-inspect-action-over-effluent/

 

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EC confirms readiness to organize general election

 

BANGKOK, 28th February 2018 (NNT) - The Election Commission has confirmed its readiness to organize a general poll despite the legislature’s recent rejection of the finalists applying to join the commission. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027043-ec-confirms-readiness-to-organize-general-election/

 

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U.S.-Russian crew returns from space station - NASA TV

 

Ground personnel help astronaut Joe Acaba of the U.S. to get out of the Soyuz MS-06 space capsule after landing in a remote area outside the town of Dzhezkazgan (Zhezkazgan), Kazakhstan, on February 28, 2018. REUTERS/Alexander Nemenov/Pool

 

(Reuters) - A capsule carrying two U.S. astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut from the International Space Station landed in snowy Kazakhstan on Wednesday after a five-and-a-half month mission, a NASA TV live broadcast showed.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027046-us-russian-crew-returns-from-space-station-nasa-tv/

 

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There’s a new social network that is now more popular than Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

In the space of a week, a new social media app called Vero has gone from being almost unheard of to the top of the app charts, overtaking the likes of Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat.

 

Full story:   https://tech.thaivisa.com/theres-new-social-network-now-popular-facebook-instagram-twitter-snapchat/27488/

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Arrest warrants issued for teacher, vendor in lottery row

By The Nation 

 

 

Arrest warrants were approved on Wednesday morning for a schoolteacher and a ticket vendor involved in the Bt30-million lottery controversy in Kanchanaburi.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027048-arrest-warrants-issued-for-teacher-vendor-in-lottery-row/

 

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Jasmine rice shortage is hitting home, while price rising

By Thai PBS

 

 

Thailand is now running shortage of jasmine rice as latest survey in 23 rice cultivation provinces in the North and Northeast showed rice production is over two million tons below target.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027049-jasmine-rice-shortage-is-hitting-home-while-price-rising/

 

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VIDEO: Watch Stratolaunch – the world’s largest airplane prepare to take off

BY STAFF WRITER

 

Stratolaunch

 

Stratolaunch, the world’s largest airplane, with a wingspan larger than a football field, has just passed another major milestone.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/video-watch-stratolaunch-worlds-largest-airplane-prepare-take-off/27491/

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Hup-one-two! Army brass gets physical

Photo and story by Vorawit Pumpuang 
The Nation

 

 

Army chief General Chalermchai Sitthisart was among senior military officials undergoing a rigorous fitness test at Royal Thai Army headquarters in Bangkok on Wednesday.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027052-hup-one-two-army-brass-gets-physical/

 

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Khaosod English Exclusive: Russians In Thai Jail Offer Secrets On Trump Election For US Asylum

By Todd Ruiz, Editor

 

  

TOP: Anastasia Vashukevich, at center, and two unidentified Russian women in custody Tuesday in Pattaya. Photo: Nastya_rybka.ru / Instagram

 

By Todd Ruiz and Teeranai Charuvastra

 

PATTAYA — A Russian woman in Thai custody says she will trade dirt on Russian interference in the 2016 US election if the Americans can prevent her from being deported to Russia.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027061-khaosod-english-exclusive-russians-in-thai-jail-offer-secrets-on-trump-election-for-us-asylum/

 

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South Korea keeps investors guessing on cryptocurrency regulation

Dahee Kim, Ju-min Park

 

FILE PHOTO: An electric board showing exchange rate between South Korean Won and Bitcoin at a cryptocurrencies exchange in Seoul, South Korea, December 13, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea has yet to decide how to regulate crypotocurrency trading, a senior government official said, highlighting Seoul’s struggles to supervise a market that critics say remains opaque and vulnerable to risks such as money laundering.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027062-south-korea-keeps-investors-guessing-on-cryptocurrency-regulation/

 

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EU says stands ready to regulate crypto-currencies

Huw Jones

 

FILE PHOTO: European Commission Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis speaks about the future of the Banking Union in Brussels, Belgium, May 19, 2017. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

 

LONDON (Reuters) - The European Union stands ready to regulate crypto-currencies if risks from the sector are not tackled at the global level, the bloc’s financial services chief said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027064-eu-says-stands-ready-to-regulate-crypto-currencies/

 

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Policeman Files Complaint Against Activist For Using Anecdote To Promote Book

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

  

Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal hands deputy police commissioner Srivara Ransibrahmanakul two of his books: Messages to Our Century: Three Essays of Isaiah Berlin and A Book for the Future of Thai Education. Photo: Netiwit Ntw / Facebook

 

BANGKOK — A police commissioner on Tuesday filed a complaint against a famous student activist for allegedly using a false anecdote about him to promote the sale of a book he translated.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027065-policeman-files-complaint-against-activist-for-using-anecdote-to-promote-book/

 

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Russia, Thailand agree to step up fight against terrorism financing

 

FILE photo: Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolay Patrushev

 

Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolay Patrushev has held negotiations with Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Prawit Wongsuwan

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027067-russia-thailand-agree-to-step-up-fight-against-terrorism-financing/

 

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Teacher Preecha taken into police custody over Bt30-million lottery controversy

 

Preecha Kraikruan (L)

 

Crime suppression police on Wednesday arrested a school teacher and a lottery vendor involved in the Bt30-million lottery scandal in Kanchanaburi province.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027074-teacher-preecha-taken-into-police-custody-over-bt30-million-lottery-controversy/

 

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Srivara files complaint against Netiwit over book promotion

By The Nation

 

Student activist Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal signs his co-translated book for Deputy Police Commissioner Pol Gen Srivara Ransibrahmanakul (courtesy of Facebook page Netiwit Ntw)

 

Deputy Police Commissioner Pol General Srivara Ransibrahmanakul on Wednesday filed a complaint against pro-democracy student activist Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal, accusing him of using Srivara’s name to promote a book he helped to translate.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027065-policeman-files-complaint-against-activist-for-using-anecdote-to-promote-book/?do=findComment&comment=12754644

 

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Supreme Court appears to back ex-cop in Bt30m lottery dispute as teacher arrested

By The Nation

 

 

The national police chief on Wednesday declined to reveal the real owner of lottery tickets worth Bt30 million at the centre of a dispute between a schoolteacher and retired police officer, saying he could not violate court jurisdiction.
 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027074-teacher-preecha-taken-into-police-custody-over-bt30-million-lottery-controversy/?do=findComment&comment=12754660