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Death coach driver was high on Ya Ba and speeding, say cops

 

Picture: Sanook

 

The driver of the tour bus that crashed on Wednesday night killing 18 was high on Ya Ba or amphetamines.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030298-death-coach-driver-was-high-on-ya-ba-and-speeding-say-cops/

 

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Record number of U.S. Marines to train in Australia in symbolic challenge to China

By Colin Packham

 

FILE PHOTO - U.S. Marines aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard amphibious assault ship stand in formation during a ceremony marking the start of Talisman Saber 2017, a biennial joint military exercise between the United States and Australia aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard amphibious assault ship on the the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Sydney, Australia, June 29, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Reed/File Photo

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - The United States will deploy a record number of Marines to train in Australia, the Australian defence minister said on Friday, as Washington seeks to counter what it describes as Chinese aggression in the region.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030300-record-number-of-us-marines-to-train-in-australia-in-symbolic-challenge-to-china/

 

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Stock market principles needed in crypto world: SEC official

John McCrank

 

FILE PHOTO: Jay Clayton testifies at a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on his nomination of to be chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, U.S. on March 23, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The cryptocurrency trading marketplace could be improved by applying some of the principles from the stock market such as best execution and surveillance, a senior U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission official said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030304-stock-market-principles-needed-in-crypto-world-sec-official/

 

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Japan to warn Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange Binance: source

 

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s financial watchdog plans to issue a warning against Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange Binance for operating in Japan without being registered, a person with the direct knowledge of the matter said on Thursday.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030306-japan-to-warn-hong-kong-based-cryptocurrency-exchange-binance-source/

 

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Cryptocurrency issuers clean up, shun U.S. investors as SEC gets tough

Anna Irrera, Michelle Price

 

FILE PHOTO: Jay Clayton, Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, testifies at a Senate Banking hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. September 26, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tech start-ups that issue digital tokens to raise funds are falling in line with U.S. securities laws or seeking legal ways to skirt them after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said it planned to regulate the market.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030307-cryptocurrency-issuers-clean-up-shun-us-investors-as-sec-gets-tough/

 

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Video: Two million have ringside seat as Thai road-ragers go for it in Chaiyaphum

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

Almost two million "viewers" tuned into Facebook for the latest fight between a group of ten wheel truck drivers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030308-video-two-million-have-ringside-seat-as-thai-road-ragers-go-for-it-in-chaiyaphum/

 

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More drug crackdowns in Krabi

Police contend that Wirote was the main supplier who sold drugs to retail drug dealers in the local area.

By Tim Newton

 

 

Krabi Police held a press conference yesterday (March 22) to announce that two alleged drug mafia gang leaders had been arrested in Krabi with almost 20,000 amphetamine pills and 2 million Baht worth of assets.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030310-more-drug-crackdowns-in-krabi/

 

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Phuket to be a foam-free city

"Styrene is a carcinogen that causes three types of cancer, including prostate cancer, breast cancer and liver cancer."

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

  

Phuket Vice Governor, Thavorn Kongkaew, chaired the signing of Memorandums of Understanding between the government sector, the private sector and local associations. The MOUs are aiming to stop the use of foam material containers in Phuket. There were 13 companies granted a certificate of honour for being foam-free.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030311-phuket-to-be-a-foam-free-city/

 

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Soi Dog group calls for probe into temple dog poisoning

By The Nation

 

FILE photo

 

A Phuket-based foundation caring for stray dogs and cats has called for a full investigation into the poisoning of dogs and puppies in front of children at a school and on temple grounds in Nakhon Sri Thammarat province.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030313-soi-dog-group-calls-for-probe-into-temple-dog-poisoning-in-nakhon-sri-thammarat/

 

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Disgusting! Thais making a profit from rabies as people die in agony

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

Thai media Manager has claimed that middlemen are making money out of the rabies crisis by hoarding stocks and waiting for the price to rise.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030316-disgusting-thais-making-a-profit-from-rabies-as-people-die-in-agony/

 

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Thai NLA member’s son arrested in London for making upskirt videos

 

Photo : Topshop's website

 

Son of a National Legislative Assembly member was caught filming up women's skirts in Topshop's flagship store on Oxford Street in London.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030234-underskirt-at-topshop-thai-senator’s-son-arrested-in-london-for-making-upskirt-videos/?do=findComment&comment=12822683

 

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Video: Driver less motorcycle? No! Rider fainted with her hand on the throttle

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

CCTV footage from Loei in the north east of Thailand appeared to show a motorcycle moving along at an intersection all by itself.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030317-video-driver-less-motorcycle-no-rider-fainted-with-her-hand-on-the-throttle/

 

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Thanathorn faces 'death threats' over election run

By The Nation

 

 

Future Forward Party founder Thanathorn Juangroonruangkit said at a forum on politics on Thursday that he has received death threats from several people.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030318-thanathorn-faces-death-threats-over-election-run/

 

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Trump defends congratulatory phone call to Russia's Putin

By Steve Holland

 

U.S. President Donald Trump listens during a round table meeting with members of law enforcement about sanctuary cities in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 20, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump defended his congratulations to Vladimir Putin on the Russian president's disputed re-election victory on Wednesday, saying he wants Putin's help in solving crises from North Korea to Syria and beyond.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030319-trump-defends-congratulatory-phone-call-to-russias-putin/

 

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Can Theresa May crack Europe on Brexit trade? Not yet

By Alastair Macdonald

 

(L to R) Britain's Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union David Davis, Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and European Union's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier meet at the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium, December 8, 2017. REUTERS/Eric Vidal

 

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Signs of cracking in the European Union's common front on Brexit may encourage hopes in London that Prime Minister Theresa May can exploit continental divisions to secure British advantage.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030322-can-theresa-may-crack-europe-on-brexit-trade-not-yet/

 

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Samui police urged to clamp down on ‘migrant’ children hounding tourists

By The Nation

 

File photo //Google maps

 

Police were urged on Friday to take action against a group of children who are said to be hounding foreign tourists, begging them to buy plastic garlands at inflated prices at a popular beach on Koh Samui.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030324-samui-police-urged-to-clamp-down-on-‘migrant’-children-hounding-tourists/

 

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Video: American desperate to be Thai - so why would "buffalo" Thais want to be Americans?!

 

video screenshot

 

The American man featured complaining about someone stealing his ants has been featured on national Thai TV.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030325-video-american-desperate-to-be-thai-so-why-would-buffalo-thais-want-to-be-americans/

 

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Public transport drivers given free lung X-ray to mark World TB Day

By Thai PBS

 

 

To mark the World TB Day on Saturday (March 24), the Disease Control Department and the Suvarnabhumi International Airport on Wednesday jointly launched a campaign to create public awareness of the prevalence of the disease and to prove TB screening to public transport drivers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030326-public-transport-drivers-given-free-lung-x-ray-to-mark-world-tb-day/

 

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Phuket police continue investigation into man who killed phone robber

Shela Riva

 

The gun carried by the robber, Wirat Sakkaew, 28, was recovered at the scene. Photo: Thalang Police

 

PHUKET: Thalang Police have confirmed that the 33-year-old man who stabbed to death a robber armed with a knife and a gun who was trying to steal his mobile phone on Mar 6 has not been charged for the killing, although the investigation is ongoing.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030327-phuket-police-continue-investigation-into-man-who-killed-phone-robber/

 

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Ex-Playboy model tells CNN she 'was in love' with Trump

 

FILE PHOTO: Newly-named Playboy Playmate of the Year Karen McDougal poses with Playboy magazine founder and editor in chief Hugh Hefner May 28 at ceremonies held at the Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills, Ca.The Indiana native will be featured in the July issue of the magazine. SSM/RC

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Playboy model Karen McDougal, who claims to have had a 10-month affair with U.S. President Donald Trump starting in 2006, told CNN’S Anderson Cooper 360 in an interview broadcast on Thursday night that she was in love with Trump.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030329-ex-playboy-model-tells-cnn-she-was-in-love-with-trump/

 

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PEA to monitor Walking Street following transformer fire

 

Provincial Electrify Authority employees will be stationed around Walking Street on weekends to monitor power use following a massive fire that destroyed two bars and injured two people.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030328-pea-to-monitor-walking-street-following-transformer-fire/

 

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Long-stalled Pattaya Canal facelift set for April

 

PATTAYA:--Long-delayed redevelopment of the South Pattaya Canal zone will begin in April now that years of property encroachment issues are almost resolved.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030330-long-stalled-pattaya-canal-facelift-set-for-april/

 

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Chonburi governor tells Pattaya to stop stalling on Koh Larn trash cleanup

 

PATTAYA:--As Pattaya’s consultant continues to contemplate Koh Larn’s garbage crisis, Chonburi’s governor ordered the city and its contractor to do something, and quickly.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030331-chonburi-governor-tells-pattaya-to-stop-stalling-on-koh-larn-trash-cleanup/

 

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7 dengue cases hit Central Pattaya neighborhood

 

PATTAYA:--Seven residents of a central Pattaya neighborhood were diagnosed with dengue fever, sparking worries of an outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030334-7-dengue-cases-hit-central-pattaya-neighborhood/

 

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Tests confirm Raiwanasin canal contaminated

 

PATTAYA:--Nongprue officials confirmed that smelly, black water flowing in a canal by the Raiwanasin Market is contaminated.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030335-tests-confirm-raiwanasin-canal-contaminated/

 

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Immigration shares foreign-resident database with tourism agency

 

PATTAYA:--Banglamung District Chief Naris Niramaiwong opened a March 13 seminar on the joint project at the Jomtien Palm Beach Resort. The two agencies signed an agreement to collaborate on a database containing information on foreign residents and their accommodations.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030336-immigration-shares-foreign-resident-database-with-tourism-agency/

 

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Hoard of documents found in car of welfare fund official

By The Nation

 

 

The Bangkok home of Education Ministry official Rojana Sinthee was searched on Friday morning as part of an investigation into the alleged embezzlement of millions of baht from the Sema Pattana Chevit scholarship fund for underprivileged children.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030343-hoard-of-documents-found-in-car-of-welfare-fund-official/

 

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Signs to be erected at ignored Pattaya bus stops

 

PATTAYA:--Pattaya will add more signage to bus stops on Second and Beach roads following complaints they weren’t being used.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030337-signs-to-be-erected-at-ignored-pattaya-bus-stops/

 

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Video : Malaysia's Mahathir gatecrashes 'too old to be PM' forum

 

Setting the record straight: Dr Mahathir, accompanied by Dr Siti Hasmah, speaking at the forum in Shah Alam.

 

Petaling Jaya - Panellists at a forum discussing whether Pakatan Harapan chairman Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad was too old to become Prime Minister had a huge surprise when the man himself turned up at the event.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030352-video-malaysias-mahathir-gatecrashes-too-old-to-be-pm-forum/

 

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Mark Zuckerberg once called Facebook users “dumb f***s” for handing over data

BY STAFF WRITER 

 

REUTERS/Stephen Lam/File Photo

 

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg purportedly called people who willingly handed over their private data to him as “dumb f***s” in a message chat with friends.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/mark-zuckerberg-called-facebook-users-dumb-fs-handing-data/27895/