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Wild tiger population in Thailand increase: DNP

 

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BANGKOK, 5th March 2018 (NNT) – The Director General of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plants Conservation (DNP) said Thailand has been successful in its effort to increase wild tiger population, especially in Huay Kha Khang wildlife sanctuary. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027626-wild-tiger-population-in-thailand-increase-dnp/

 

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Suthep ‘wavers’ over whether to break vow and lead PDRC-inspired political party

By THE NATION

 

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THE “whistle-blowing” protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban is wavering about whether to break his pledge of not becoming involved in politics again and may lead a party based on his “great mass of people” movement, according to a source near the former politician.movement, according to a source near the former politician.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027630-suthep-‘wavers’-over-whether-to-break-vow-and-lead-pdrc-inspired-political-party/

 

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Ankle bracelets being tested for non-serious crimes in 23-court study

By The Nation

 

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Bangkok’s Min Buri Court is pioneering a programme using ankle bracelets to electronically monitor legal offenders temporarily released on bail, said Sarawut Benjakul, secretary-general of the Office of the Judiciary.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027631-ankle-bracelets-being-tested-for-non-serious-crimes-in-23-court-study/

 

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City workers clean five markets in ‘furious aunties’ neighbourhood

By The Nation

 

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Bangkok’s Prawet district chief Thanasit Metphanmuang has city workers cleaning five markets near the house of “furious aunties” and urges vendors to wait for the Central Administrative Court's ruling whether the markets were banned in the area.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027632-city-workers-clean-five-markets-in-‘furious-aunties’-neighbourhood/

 

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‘Men of discipline?’ Police banned from wearing sunglasses following haircut order as force gets an image makeover

By JESSADA CHANTHARAK 
THE NATION

 

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POLICE OFFICERS have been banned from wearing sunglasses while performing their duties because such accessories are deemed inappropriate, according to Pol Maj-General Panurat Lakboon, deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Bureau (MPB).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027633-‘men-of-discipline’-police-banned-from-wearing-sunglasses-following-haircut-order-as-force-gets-an-image-makeover/

 

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How a radical new approach to teaching is bearing fruit

By CHULARAT SAENGPASSA 
THE NATION

 

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“AS THE WORLD is propelled forward by dreams, I want to make school a place to teach pupils to become quality humans rather than walking textbooks.”

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027634-how-a-radical-new-approach-to-teaching-is-bearing-fruit/

 

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Thailand’s refusal to recognise Rohingya |as refugees leaves them in illegal limbo

By SUPALAK GANJANAKHUNDEE 
THE NATION 

 

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Rohingya refugees who were stranded walk near the no man's land area between Bangladesh and Myanmar in the Palongkhali area next to Ukhia. Oct.19, 2017//AFP PHOTO

 

ROHINGYA in Myanmar, Bangladesh, Malaysia and Indonesia often experience their own problems, but in Thailand, members of the ethnic minority face extra difficulties because they are not recognised and categorised incorrectly.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027635-thailand’s-refusal-to-recognise-rohingya-as-refugees-leaves-them-in-illegal-limbo/

 

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Soft landings in the North

By Phatarawadee Phataranawik 
The Nation 

 

 

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Portuguese Ambassador Francisco De Assis Morais E Cunha Vaz Patto leads fellow diplomats around Aen, an ethnic Shan village.

 

With hands across multiple borders, the Culture Ministry takes 40 ambassadors on a tour

 

WITH military-ruled Thailand feeling isolated from the international community, it’s been relying more on “soft power” to make and maintain friendships with other nations. Last weekend the Culture Ministry treated the ambassadors of 20 countries to a feel-good tour of the far North, hoping to strengthen bonds in more than just culture.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027636-soft-landings-in-the-north/

 

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Banks race for digital technology

By WICHIT CHAITRONG 
THE NATION

 

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Mobile and Internet banking is increasingly popular in Asean.

 

BANKS IN VIETNAM and Thailand are racing to adopt digital banking technology in order to enhance their services in the age of the smartphone.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027637-banks-race-for-digital-technology/

 

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Police suspected of bias towards Premchai

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION

 

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INVESTIGATORS IN the controversial black leopard hunting case are facing serious distrust expressed by members of the public, as the head of the investigation team, Pol General Srivara Ransibrahmanakul, is seen as too close to the suspect, Italian-Thai Development president Premchai Karnasuta.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027638-police-suspected-of-bias-towards-premchai/

 

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Five top police transferred after pub raid charges in their jurisdiction

By Jessada Chantharak 
The Nation

 

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The top five police officers have been immediately transferred from Bangkok’s Somdet Chaophraya Police Station, after their jurisdiction was the scene of a drug-partying pub raid by officers from the Narcotic Suppression Bureau and the Patrol and Special Operation Division early on Saturday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027639-five-top-police-transferred-after-pub-raid-charges-in-their-jurisdiction/

 

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Wild animal carcasses found at Nong Khai market

By The Nation

 

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Nong Khai Wildlife Checkpoint officials intercepted scores of carcasses of wild animals, including squirrels, civets, mouse deers and a barking deer, in sacks at a Ban Peng Chan border market on Sunday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027640-wild-animal-carcasses-found-at-nong-khai-market/

 

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Shooting victim ‘mistaken for a bird’ in jungle hunt

By Mongkolchaowarat Thangmangmee 
The Nation

 

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A 40-year-old hunter was arrested early on Sunday morning for shooting dead his 35-year-old relative, whom he said he mistook for a jungle fowl while hunting wildlife in a forest in Phitsanulok’s Chat Trakan district on Saturday night.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027641-shooting-victim-‘mistaken-for-a-bird’-in-phitsanulok-jungle-hunt/

 

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30 police officers in ‘ang pao’ scandal put on probation for ‘minor misconduct’

By The Nation

 

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Thirty Bangkok policemen who queued to collect ang pao, the traditional distribution of money in red envelopes during Chinese New Year, from another officer were reprimanded and placed on probation pending further punishment for “minor misconduct”, a senior police officer said on Sunday.

 

Source: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027642-30-police-officers-in-‘ang-pao’-scandal-put-on-probation-for-‘minor-misconduct’/

 

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Mercedes driver kills motorcycle passenger, drags body and bike 150 metres

By The Nation

 

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A 28-year-old Thai woman was killed and her two children aged 8 and 10 were injured when their motorcycle collided with a Mercedes-Benz driven by a Middle-Eastern man at an intersection in Chon Buri’s Bang Lamung district at 10pm on Saturday night.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027643-mercedes-driver-kills-motorcycle-passenger-drags-body-and-bike-150-metres/

 

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Nonthaburi temple adds cashless payments to donation options

By The Nation

 

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To join the bandwagon of projects motivated by the government’s “Thailand 4.0” policy, a Nonthaburi Buddhist temple has pioneered the use of QR code and Prompt Pay to raise donations for its Ubosot restoration.


Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027644-nonthaburi-temple-adds-cashless-payments-to-donation-options/

 

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Search launched after woman’s body found off Phuket

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

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One the local search boat heads out to find the body, believed to be that of missing 27-year-old Chinese tourist Yang Juan. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: The search continues today for the body of a woman found floating some 10 kilometres offshore from Patong by a group of men on a fishing trip yesterday afternoon (Mar 3).

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027645-search-launched-after-woman’s-body-found-off-phuket/

 

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Return belongings of backpacker murdered in Thailand to British police, MP says 

By Hayley Dixon 

 

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Kirsty Jones was raped and murdered in a Thai hostel in 2000 

 

The belongings of a backpacker murdered in Thailand 18 years ago must be returned so British police can hunt for clues before time runs out to get justice, an MP has said. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027646-return-belongings-of-backpacker-murdered-in-thailand-to-british-police-mp-says /

 

 

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Dutchman nabbed with three underaged boys and sex videos in Pattaya

By Thai PBS

 

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A 69-year old Dutchman and a 19-year old Thai man were arrested at a hotel in Pattaya on charges of procuring underaged boys for prostitution on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027647-dutchman-nabbed-with-three-underaged-boys-and-sex-videos-in-pattaya/

 

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Over 70 percent agree with next February as the right timing for election: Nida Poll

By Thai PBS

 

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More than 70 percent of the respondents to an opinion poll said next February would be the right timing for an election against 20.40 percent who disagreed, according to Nida Poll of the National Institute of Development Administration.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027649-over-70-percent-agree-with-next-february-as-the-right-timing-for-election-nida-poll/

 

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Italy elections deliver hung parliament, gridlock - exit polls

By Crispian Balmer and Gavin Jones

 

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5-Star Movement founder Beppe Grillo (L) speaks next leader Luigi Di Maio during the finally rally ahead of the March 4 elections in downtown Rome, Italy, March 2, 2018. REUTERS/Tony Gentile

 

ROME (Reuters) - Italy's national election produced no outright winner on Sunday, according to exit polls that pointed to possible political gridlock, with voters backing anti-establishment and far-right parties in record numbers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027650-italy-elections-deliver-hung-parliament-gridlock-exit-polls/

 

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Social Democrats sign up to new Merkel-led German government

By Thomas Escritt and Michelle Martin

 

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Members of Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) voted in favor of a coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives on Sunday, opening the way to a new government for Europe's largest economy. 

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) decisively backed another coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives on Sunday, clearing the way for a new government in Europe's largest economy after months of political uncertainty.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027653-social-democrats-sign-up-to-new-merkel-led-german-government/

 

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Assad vows to press Ghouta assault, as civilians flee government advances

By Tom Perry and Stephanie Nebehay

 

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BEIRUT/GENEVA (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad vowed to continue an offensive in eastern Ghouta near Damascus on Sunday as his forces advanced into the last major rebel enclave near the capital.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027655-assad-vows-to-press-ghouta-assault-as-civilians-flee-government-advances/

 

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Florida Senate rejects ban on assault weapons, votes to arm teachers

 

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Members of the Florida Senate watch as photos of the victims of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting are projected on the screen in their darkened chamber at the Capitol in Tallahassee, Florida, U.S., February 21, 2018. REUTERS/Colin Hackley

 

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Reuters) - The Florida Senate rejected a proposal to ban assault weapons, and voted for a measure to arm some teachers, weeks after 17 people were killed in the deadliest high school shooting in U.S. history.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027656-florida-senate-rejects-ban-on-assault-weapons-votes-to-arm-teachers/

 

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At joke-filled dinner, Trump suggests U.S. will meet with North Korea

By Makini Brice

 

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In the midst of a joke-filled monologue at a dinner with journalists, President Donald Trump suggested on Saturday that the United States will be meeting with North Korea but has told Pyongyang it must first "denuke."

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027657-at-joke-filled-dinner-trump-suggests-us-will-meet-with-north-korea/

 

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Go Russian Into Pattaya In Debut Of Khaosod English The Show

By Khaosod English

 

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Follow editor Todd Ruiz and reporter Teeranai Charuvastra into the mean streets of Pattaya, Thailand, as they search for Russians arrested for conducting “advanced sex training” in the city.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027661-go-russian-into-pattaya-in-debut-of-khaosod-english-the-show/

 

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Guatemala, in nod to Trump, moving embassy in Israel to Jerusalem

 

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FILE PHOTO - Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales speaks as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley looks on after a meeting at National Palace in Guatemala City, Guatemala, February 28, 2018. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Guatemala will move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv in May, two days after the U.S. embassy makes the same move, Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales said on Sunday at a conference in Washington.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027664-guatemala-in-nod-to-trump-moving-embassy-in-israel-to-jerusalem/

 

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South Korea delegation to depart for Pyongyang on Monday

 

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FILE PHOTO: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves to people attending a military parade marking the 105th birth anniversary of country's founding father, Kim Il Sung in Pyongyang, April 15, 2017. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj/File Photo

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean delegation led by senior security officials will leave for North Korea on Monday afternoon, a presidential official said, as they aim to bring Pyongyang and Washington to the table for dialogue.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027665-south-korea-delegation-to-depart-for-pyongyang-on-monday/

 

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GrabRent offers chauffeur service

BY THE NATION 

 

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Passengers can enjoy a daily car rental with chauffeur service with GrabRent, a new ride-hailing service from Grab. Passengers booking with GrabRent will be able to travel to multiple destinations all in one trip, thus optimising plans for a multi-tasking day as well as a one-day inter-city trips, the company said.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/grabrent-offers-chauffeur-service/27566/

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Porsche could build flying taxis, says sales chief

BY REUTERS 

 

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FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Volkswagen’s sports car maker Porsche could develop a flying passenger vehicle to compete with rivals in a possible market for urban air taxis and ride-sharing services, Porsche sales chief Detlev von Platen told a German magazine.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/porsche-build-flying-taxis-says-sales-chief/27570/

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