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SURVEY: Tell us about your partner!

 

 

Thaivisa wants to understand a bit more about your relationships here in Thailand to ensure we can provide additional content on its site that you will find beneficial.

 

Survey here: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030184-survey-tell-us-about-your-partner/

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Video: Two teens arrested for Hua Hin shooting taken on reenactment

 

 

Police in Hua Hin have announced the arrest of two of the four teens responsible for the shooting of a chef's assistant on Monday night.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030255-video-two-teens-arrested-for-hua-hin-shooting-taken-on-reenactment/

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"It sounds hilarious -  but it wasn't funny for me!" says Thai man after huge king cobra shock

 

 

A Thai palm plantation owner recounted a snake tale he will doubtless tell for the rest of his life.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030251-it-sounds-hilarious- but-it-wasnt-funny-for-me-says-thai-man-after-huge-king-cobra-shock/

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VIDEO: Bangkok woman attacked from behind in broad daylight outside National Police HQ

 

 

CCTV footage showed a man with a stick attack a young woman from behind just yards from the National Police HQ in Pathumwan district of Bangkok.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030247-video-bangkok-woman-attacked-from-behind-in-broad-daylight-outside-national-police-hq/

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PM denies political campaign as junta proposed as ‘model of democracy’

By THE NATION

 

 

PRIME MINISTER General Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday insisted the junta government was not using the much-hyped Thai Niyom Yangyuen scheme to campaign ahead of the next general election.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030250-thai-niyom-not-a-junta-election-campaign-pm/?do=findComment&comment=12821997

 

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Prayut shifts responsibility for sacking Somchai to unnamed agency

By The Nation

 

Somchai Srisutthiyakorn

 

PRIME MINISTER General Prayut Chan-o-cha said yesterday he had dismissed former election commissioner Somchai Srisutthiyakorn from office at the request of a state agency.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030277-pm-denies-political-campaign-as-junta-proposed-as-‘model-of-democracy’/

 

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‘I’ve done nothing wrong’ says Prawit about his watches

By The Nation

 

Gen Prawit.

 

Deputy PM General Prawit Wongsuwan said on Thursday that he has not yet done anything wrong in regard to his possession of the luxury watches.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030278-‘i’ve-done-nothing-wrong’-says-prawit-about-his-watches/

 

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Ball in PM’s court on petitioning court: Abhisit

By Jakkawan Salaetoo 
The Nation

 

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has the power to petition the Constitutional Court for its interpretation on the controversial MP election bill and also ensure the election is held as specified in the road map, Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030279-ball-in-pm’s-court-on-petitioning-court-abhisit/

 

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Groundbreaking poaching civil lawsuit puts monetary value on slain leopard

By THE NATION

 

Premchai Karnasuta

 

A CIVIL suit against Premchai Karnasuta, president of Italian-Thai Development Plc, for damaging the ecology and environment at Thung Yai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary would be the first of its kind, if prosecutors decide to pursue the case.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030253-premchai-to-face-new-charge-of-causing-ecological-damage/?do=findComment&comment=12822012

 

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Urgent coach safety warning

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION

 

Officials from the Thailand Road Accident Research Centre gather evidence at the site of the double-decker bus crash in Nakhon Ratchasima on Wednesday, to determine the cause of the accident.

 

Double-decker bus accident that killed 18 people raises concerns

 

ALTHOUGH THERE are a limited number of double-decker coaches in Thailand, official regulations and monitoring of the vehicles needed to be improved, a road safety expert said after an accident killed 18 people at Nakhon Ratchasima on Wednesday night.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030280-urgent-coach-safety-warning/

 

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‘Public school’ approach risks widening education gap, professor warns

By Chularat Saengpassa 
The Nation

 

 

AN EDUCATION expert has warned the government against rushing to implement its “public school” policy, which is being advanced for the coming academic year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030281-‘public-school’-approach-risks-widening-education-gap-professor-warns/

 

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Survivor shattered by tragic ending to leisure outing

By YUTTHANA |KIATDAMNOEN-NGAM, 
JAKKAPONG RAWIWAN, 
PRASIT TANGPRASERT 
THE NATION

 

 

A SURVIVOR shuddered at the thought of her close brush with death amid the mourning for victims of the tragic double-decker bus crash on Wednesday night in Nakhon Ratchasima province.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030282-korat-bus-crash-survivor-shattered-by-tragic-ending-to-leisure-outing/

 

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‘Misappropriation at Chiang Mai centre’

By CHONTICHA RODKANCHAI 
THE NATION

 

 

AN ONGOING probe into the allocation of the Bt67.9-million budget of the Chiang Mai Highland People Development Centre in the last fiscal year points to possible corruption, according to reports.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030283-‘misappropriation-at-chiang-mai-centre’/

 

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E-payments may be used to disburse state aid to the poor

By CHULARAT SAENGPASSA, 
PIYANUCH THAMNUKASETCHAI 
THE NATION

 

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Prompt pay being considered as authorities mull measures to prevent corruption
 

AUTHORITIES ARE considering providing financial assistance from the state to poor people only via e-payments, so as to be able track them for transparency. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030284-e-payments-may-be-used-to-disburse-state-aid-to-the-poor/

 

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Migrant workers’ iris scanning process set to meet deadline

By The Nation

 

 

AN IRIS scanning identity process for the legalisation of migrant workers will be complete by the March 31 deadline, Labour Minister Pol General Adul Saengsingkaew said yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030285-migrant-workers’-iris-scanning-process-set-to-meet-deadline/

 

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EDITORIAL

Generous bail-out for the private sector

By The Nation

 

The government is squandering taxpayers’ money to assist telecom firms and digital TV operators

 

The Prayut government has unduly but magnanimously rewarded the private sector by approving multibillion-baht debt moratoriums and generous payment terms for costly licence fees currently owed by digital TV broadcasting and telecom companies.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030286-editorial-generous-bail-out-for-the-private-sector/

 

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Land Transport Department to stop registering new double-decker buses

By Thai PBS

 

 

The Land Transport Department will stop accepting new registration of double-decker buses because they are more vulnerable to road accidents than ordinary buses, Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith said Thursday (March 22).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030280-urgent-coach-safety-warning/?do=findComment&comment=12822046

 

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A court official claims no order to suspend construction of judges’ housing project

By Thai PBS

 

 

Construction of the housing project for judges at the foot of Doi Suthep in Mae Rim district of Chiang Mai is going on as usual despite an order from Army Commander-in-Chief General Chalermchai Sitthisart to put the project on hold pending further examination of the project.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030287-a-court-official-claims-no-order-to-suspend-construction-of-judges’-housing-project/

 

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Police chief extends condolences to families of bus accident victims

 

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BANGKOK, 23 March 2018 (NNT) - The Commissioner General of the Royal Thai Police, Pol. Gen. Chakthip Chaijinda, has extended condolences to families of those killed and injured in a bus accident in Nakhon Ratchasima province. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030288-police-chief-extends-condolences-to-families-of-korat-bus-accident-victims/

 

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Trump ousts McMaster, taps super-hawk Bolton as national security adviser

 

FILE PHOTO: National security adviser Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster waits to be introduced at the FDD National Security Summit in Washington, DC, U.S., October 19, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday picked as his new national security adviser John Bolton, a hawk who has advocated using military force against Iran and North Korea and has taken a hard line against Russia.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030289-trump-ousts-mcmaster-taps-super-hawk-bolton-as-national-security-adviser/

 

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U.S. approves proposed sale of TOW anti-tank missiles to Saudi Arabia

By Lesley Wroughton

 

FILE PHOTO: Saudi Arabia's Deputy Crown Prince and Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman welcomes U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia April 19, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said on Thursday it had approved the possible sale to Saudi Arabia of TOW anti-tank missiles, part of a bigger $1 billion package that also includes helicopter maintenance and spare parts for military vehicles.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030290-us-approves-proposed-sale-of-tow-anti-tank-missiles-to-saudi-arabia/

 

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EU backs Britain in blaming Russia for spy attack

By Gabriela Baczynska and Elizabeth Piper

 

British Prime Minister Theresa May talks with Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa as they attend a European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium, March 22, 2018. REUTERS/Eric Vidal/Pool

 

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders backed Britain on Thursday in blaming Moscow over a nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy in England, raising the possibility of additional retaliatory steps by European countries.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030291-eu-backs-britain-in-blaming-russia-for-spy-attack/

 

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Trump's lead lawyer in Russia probe resigns

By Karen Freifeld

 

FILE PHOTO: Lawyer John Dowd (R) is met with reporters as he exits Manhattan Federal Court in New York, NY, U.S., May 11, 2011. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's lead lawyer in the special counsel investigation into Russia's role in the 2016 presidential election, John Dowd, resigned on Thursday, the same week Trump added another Washington lawyer to his team.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030292-trumps-lead-lawyer-in-russia-probe-resigns/

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Children at risk of rabies– despite vaccinations – after savage attack by dog

By THE NATION

 

 

THREE CHILDREN are at risk of rabies infections, despite being vaccinated, after a rabid dog attacked them in Samut Prakan province on Tuesday night.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030293-children-at-risk-of-rabies–-despite-vaccinations-–-after-savage-attack-by-dog/

 

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Trump moves towards China tariffs in warning shot on technology transfer

By Lesley Wroughton and Roberta Rampton

 

U.S. President Donald Trump holds his signed memorandum on intellectual property tariffs on high-tech goods from China, at the White House in Washington, U.S. March 22, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump lit a slow-burning fuse on Thursday to launch long-promised anti-China tariffs, but his actions appeared to be more of a warning shot than the start of a full-blown trade war with Beijing.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030294-trump-moves-towards-china-tariffs-in-warning-shot-on-technology-transfer/

 

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Government funding bill hits snag in U.S. Senate

By Richard Cowan

 

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, accompanied by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, speaks at a news conference about the omnibus spending bill moving through Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 22, 2018. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Legislation to fund the government beyond Friday, which was on a fast track towards passage by the U.S. Congress, hit a bump on Thursday as Republican Senator Rand Paul employed procedural delays while he hunkered down to read the 2,232-page tome.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030295-government-funding-bill-hits-snag-in-us-senate/

 

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Rabies epidemic: Livestock Department says it won't cull Thailand's soi dogs

 

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Livestock Dept promises “No Set Zero”

 

The Department of Livestock Development (DLD) gave assurances yesterday to Soi Dog Foundation that the department will not follow a policy of “Set Zero” – wiping out all stray dogs in Thailand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030296-rabies-epidemic-livestock-department-says-it-wont-cull-thailands-soi-dogs/

 

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Investors, lawmakers, advertisers pressure Facebook over data

BY REUTERS

 

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

 

WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) – Facebook Inc came under further pressure from lawmakers, investors, advertisers and users on Thursday, the day after Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg admitted the social media network made mistakes in letting 50 million users’ data get into the hands of political consultancy Cambridge Analytica.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/investors-lawmakers-advertisers-pressure-facebook-data/27889/

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Google could be about to release its own games console – here’s what you need to know

BY STAFF WRITER

 

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

 

The gaming world is rife with rumours about a Google games console and cloud gaming platform that may be on the horizon, here’s what we know.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/google-release-games-console-heres-need-know/27893/

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Crackdown on "Non-Ed" visas - don't turn up for class more than three times and face expulsion

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Crime buster Big Joke has turned his attention to foreigners abusing study or "non-ed" visas.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030297-crackdown-on-non-ed-visas-dont-turn-up-for-class-more-than-three-times-and-face-expulsion/