THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Monday 19 Mar 2018

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Bangkok To Hold Its First Transgender Job Fair

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter

 

 

BANGKOK — To mark International Transgender Day of Visibility, the capital’s communities will break through discriminatory barriers by holding a job fair for LGBT job seekers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1029775-bangkok-to-hold-its-first-transgender-job-fair/

 

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Thammasat University reinstates transgender lecturer

By Pratch Rujivanarom 
The Nation

 

Thammasat University has complied with an Administrative Court verdict and agreed to rehire transgender lecturer Kathawut “Kath” Khangpiboon within 60 days.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1029776-thammasat-university-reinstates-transgender-lecturer/

 

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Disposal unit called in after practice bombs found at Bangkok construction site

By The Nation

 

 

A total of 103 non-explosive BDU-33 dumb – or practice – bombs were found at a construction site near Vajira Hospital in Bangkok on Monday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1029778-disposal-unit-called-in-after-practice-bombs-found-at-bangkok-construction-site/

 

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Phuket Gov announce plans to turn Historical Park into floating market

The Phuket News

 

Phuket Governor Norraphat Phlodthong looks at designs for the new floating market with other government officials. Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET: It has been announced that the Phuket Historical Park will be develop to become a cultural floating market creating a new landmark for Phuket.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1029779-phuket-gov-announce-plans-to-turn-historical-park-into-floating-market/

 

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Hero charity boss who reunited snatched girl with her mum is banged up in Thai jail

Fears growing for Sean Felton, who founded the Abducted Angels charity to help parents

By Mike Lockley

 

Sean Felton with his son Jobe at home in Staffordshire

 

A charity boss who played a key role in the fight to return an abducted schoolgirl to her mother in Birmingham is languishing in a Thai prison.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1029783-hero-charity-boss-who-reunited-snatched-girl-with-her-mum-is-banged-up-in-thai-jail/

 

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Pub Busts

by CityNews

 

 

CityNews – On March 16th, it was reported that Saranyu Meetongkam, district chief officer of Chiang Mai’s Muang District, assigned a team to inspect pubs according to the policy of social management.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1029794-pub-busts/

 

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Researchers Turn Corn Husk into Animal Feed in a Bid to Solve the Pollution Problem

by CityNews

 

 

CityNews – Chiang Mai University’s (CMU) Faculty of Agriculture has introduced animal feed from made from fermented corn husks to combat agricultural waste.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1029795-researchers-turn-corn-husk-into-animal-feed-in-a-bid-to-solve-the-pollution-problem/

 

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A senior public health official says dog’s tax is just an idea

 

 

Public health permanent secretary Dr Jedsada Chokdamrongsuk clarified today (Monday) that the Public Health Ministry has no authority to oversee pet dogs and cats and that his talk about imposing tax on the raising of dogs and cats was just an idea.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1029798-a-senior-public-health-official-says-dog’s-tax-is-just-an-idea/

 

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Premchai’s wife may face arrest over elephant tusks

 

 

The natural resources and environment police chief on Monday said he would seek an arrest warrant for the wife of embattled Italian-Thai Development president Premchai Karnasuta if she fails to meet police on Tuesday concerning her alleged possession of elephant tusks without a permit.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1029800-premchai’s-wife-may-face-arrest-over-elephant-tusks/

 

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Three arrested over Bt10-m marijuana haul in Chumpon

By Prasit Leehakhunakorn 
The Nation

 

 

Authorities intercepted 275 kilograms of dry marijuana, worth Bt10 million, being transported in a sedan through Chumphon’s Pathiu district on Sunday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1029802-three-arrested-over-bt10-m-marijuana-haul-in-chumpon/

 

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Banks launch ‘Thailand Blockchain Community Initiative’

By The Nation

 

 

Fourteen banks have jointly launched the “Thailand Blockchain Community Initiative”, under which the country’s first project for blockchain-based letters of guarantee (LGs) will initially be implemented, aimed at reducing costs and increasing productivity for both banks and their clients.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1029803-banks-launch-‘thailand-blockchain-community-initiative’/

 

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Bangkok to get Uniqlo’s first roadside store in Southeast Asia

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

Photo: Uniqlo Thailand

 

Uniqlo, Japan’s casual wear store, is opening a roadside shop in Bangkok’s suburbs on Friday — the first of its kind in Southeast Asia.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1029804-bangkok-to-get-uniqlo’s-first-roadside-store-in-southeast-asia/

 

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How to check all the apps that have access to your Facebook data

BY STAFF WRITER

 

REUTERS/Thomas White

 

You, like many other people probably log in to other online services or apps using your Facebook account.

 

Full Story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/check-apps-access-facebook-data/27822/

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Sega release teaser for new Sonic racing game and announce Sonic Mania Plus

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

Sumo Digital a development house within the Japanese gaming giant Sega has recently released a teaser trailer seen below that suggests a new Sonic-themed racing game may be on the horizon, with the assumption that it could be the third entry in the Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing series.

 

Full Story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/sega-release-teaser-new-sonic-racing-game-announce-sonic-mania-plus/27828/

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Commoner Party Seeks To Put The Poor In Parliament

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer

 

A photo of Kittichai Ngamchaipisit on Monday in Bangkok.

 

BANGKOK — Seeking an interview Kittichai Ngamchaipisit, electrician, university dropout and co-founder of the Commoner Party was a very low-profile affair.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1029814-commoner-party-seeks-to-put-the-poor-in-parliament/

 

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Samut Songkhram governor reveals anti-rabies measure

By Khajorn Phonimthai, 
Surachai Piraksa 
The Nation

 

File photo

 

As a rabies outbreak hits parts of Thailand, Samut Songkhram governor Khanchat Tansathien on Monday revealed a plan to clear streets in the province of 3,000 stray dogs by next year by having local administrative bodies round up strays to be kept at shelters.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1029815-samut-songkhram-governor-reveals-anti-rabies-measure/

 

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