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Video: Social experiment - or a way to get shot? Zebra crossing prank sparks debate

 

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A video posted on YouTube showing some young men clambering on cars that have stopped on walkways is causing much comment from Thais.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031023-video-social-experiment-or-a-way-to-get-shot-zebra-crossing-prank-sparks-debate/

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Stepfather suspected of attack as two year old boy must wear double leg plaster for 3 months

 

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A heart wrenching post on the popular site of Mem Pho Dam showed a 2 year old boy admitted to hospital with a fracture of his left thigh bone.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031022-stepfather-suspected-of-attack-as-two-year-old-boy-must-wear-double-leg-plaster-for-3-months/

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Thailand approves $7.2 billion high-speed rail project to link airports

Kitiphong Thaichareon

 

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BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand’s cabinet approved on Tuesday a high-speed railway project expected to cost about 225 billion baht ($7.22 billion), that will link three airports, a government official said.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031018-thailand-approves-72-billion-high-speed-rail-project-to-link-airports/

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Prayut leaves door open over joining party prior to election

By The Nation

 

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Junta leader General Prayut Chan-o-cha on Tuesday did not rule out the possibility of him joining a political party in order to return to power after the next general election.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031043-prayut-leaves-door-open-over-joining-party-prior-to-election/

 

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Prayut claims election date is firm, despite concern over MP bill

By WASAMON AUDJARINT 
THE NATION

 

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WHILE THE POTENTIAL review of the MP election bill by the Constitution Court has caused concerns of a further election delay, Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha has vowed the process will not affect the road map.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031044-prayut-claims-election-date-is-firm-despite-concern-over-mp-bill/

 

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Future Forward founder defends party after lese majeste claim

By THE NATION

 

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PIYABUTR Saengkanokkul, a key co-founder of the Future Forward Party, yesterday attempted to distance the prominent new political party from his previous push for amendments to the lese majeste law.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031045-future-forward-founder-defends-party-after-lese-majeste-claim/

 

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PM rejects rescue of TV and telecoms companies

By The Nation

 

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Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha

 

Critics object to bailout of indebted firms, favour market forces.
 

IN A SURPRISE MOVE, Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha has put the brakes on a controversial proposal to help financially troubled broadcasting and telecoms firms following criticism from top academics.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031047-pm-prayut-rejects-rescue-of-tv-and-telecoms-companies/

 

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13 police officers transferred under new graft rules

By The Nation

 

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PRIME MINISTER General Prayut Chan-o-cha has transferred 13 police officers for alleged involvement in human trafficking under the government’s new anti-graft guidelines, which came into effect yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031048-13-police-officers-transferred-under-new-graft-rules/

 

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Doctor stands firm on bird-flu warning amid govt denials

By THE NATION

 

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Top officials reject concerns about H5N1 after dead animals found at zoo.
 

A RESPECTED doctor has stood by his claims that there were bird-flu infections in Thailand last year, even after several senior government officials issued denials on Monday. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031050-doctor-stands-firm-on-bird-flu-warning-amid-thai-govt-denials/

 

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Rights concerns for overseas Thai investors

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION

 

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Visit by UN group coincides with demands for new regulation of abuses in foreign nations.
 

THE GOVERNMENT has been urged to create a legal mechanism to assure human-rights protections associated with Thailand’s outbound investment on the occasion of the United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights official visit to the country.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031051-rights-concerns-for-overseas-thai-investors/

 

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Court defends its Doi Suthep construction despite residents’ objections

By Kesinee Taengkhiao, 
Jitraporn Senwong 
The Nation

 

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The disputed construction of the Appeals Court Region 5 building and court officials’ residences at the foot of Chiang Mai’s Doi Suthep, near Doi Suthep-Pui National Park, was legal, Court of Justice (COJ) secretary-general Sarawut Benjakul said yesterday.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1030998-court-says-housing-project-in-chiang-mai-to-finish-on-schedule-in-june/?do=findComment&comment=12836428

 

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Samui cycling trip for families

 

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A three-day ‘Pan Yok Khrua Tour Ko Samui Talui Ko Taen’ family cycling trip will be held during April 6-8, 2018, offering a chance for families to have healthy fun together amid the beautiful islands of the Gulf of Thailand.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031053-samui-cycling-trip-for-families/

 

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Wadah – back from the dead

By The Nation

 

Allied with Thaksin even in the wake of the Tak Bai horror, these southern politicians will struggle to regain trust

 

A long-standing clique of Muslim politicians commonly known as the Wadah faction, from the Malay-speaking far South, is poised to contest the general election currently scheduled for next February.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031054-editorial-wadah-faction-–-back-from-the-dead/

 

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OPINION

Would the hero of ‘Love Destiny’ last a single day in 2018?

By Tulsathit Taptim 
The Nation

 

At least our heroine has the benefit of history as she travels back through time. She knows beforehand what the toilets will be like, that electricity is out of the question, and how long it will take to journey between the kingdoms of Ayutthaya and France. Her struggles mainly have to do with manners, but even they almost cause her a breakdown.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031055-would-the-hero-of-‘love-destiny’-last-a-single-day-in-2018/

 

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Junta’s Offer To Pay For Soap Sequel Likely To Flop

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

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BANGKOK — The military government wants to jump on the bandwagon of a massively popular soap opera by funding its sequel, a move one media critic – and past experience – warns is likely to backfire.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031056-junta’s-offer-to-pay-for-soap-sequel-likely-to-flop/

 

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Songkran revelers can ride on the back of pickup trucks, but banned from splashing water on main roads

By Thai PBS

 

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Songkran revelers will be allowed to ride on the back of a pickup truck, but will not be allowed to splash water from the truck on main roads as part of the Royal Thai Police’s safety measure guideline to be applied nationwide during Songkran festival.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031059-songkran-revelers-can-ride-on-the-back-of-pickup-trucks-but-banned-from-splashing-water-on-main-roads/

 

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City health office clarifies no human rabies case in Bangkok this year

By Thai PBS

 

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The health office of the City Administration clarified today (Tuesday) that there has not been a single case of rabies attack on humans in Bangkok this year, but six dogs were found to be infected with rabies during the same period.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031060-city-health-office-clarifies-no-human-rabies-case-in-bangkok-this-year/

 

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PM orders Commerce Ministry to look into Big C mobile grocery stores

By Thai PBS

 

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Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has instructed the Ministry of Commerce to take a close look at Big C mobile grocery stores whether the practice is legal or not.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031061-pm-prayut-orders-commerce-ministry-to-look-into-big-c-mobile-grocery-stores/

 

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A slimming food supplement found to be laced with psychoactive substance

By Thai PBS

 

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For the first time in Thailand, the Department of Medical Science has found Desoxy-D2PM, a stimulant psychoactive substance, in a brand of slimming or diet food supplement.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031062-a-slimming-food-supplement-found-to-be-laced-with-psychoactive-substance/

 

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Phuket Airport has a lot to fix – Transport Commission

Adm Boonyarit Kerdsuk, the Deputy Chairperson of the Transport Commission, gives Phuket Airport a scathing review.

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

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The Transport Commission of the National Assembly of Thailand (NAT) visited Phuket International Airport to follow up on the current renovation and services at the terminal following numerous complaints from passengers, tour companies, media and other government departments.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031063-phuket-airport-has-a-lot-to-fix-–-transport-commission/

 

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Cabinet allows foreign migrant workers to return homes to celebrate Songkran festival during April 5-30

By Thai PBS

 

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Migrant workers from Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia who are legally working in Thailand and hold “pink cards” will be able to return to their home countries to celebrate the Songkran festival during April 5-30 without being charged exit fees on the condition that they must return to Thailand within April 30.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031064-cabinet-allows-foreign-migrant-workers-to-return-homes-to-celebrate-songkran-festival-during-april-5-30/

 

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NATO expels seven Russian diplomats, limits size of mission

By Robin Emmott

 

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO has expelled seven diplomats from Russia's mission to the alliance and blocked the appointment of three others over the nerve agent attack in Britain this month, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031065-nato expels-seven-russian-diplomats-limits-size-of-mission/

 

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Britain plans deposit return scheme to curb plastic waste

 

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FILE PHOTO: A pedestrian throws a discarded item into a bag containing paper cups alongside other rubbish on the Southbank, in London, Britain January 6, 2018. REUTERS/Simon Dawson

 

(Reuters) - Britain plans this year to introduce a deposit return scheme for single-use drink containers to increase recycling rates and slash the amount of waste littering the land and sea, the government said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031066-britain-plans-deposit-return-scheme-to-curb-plastic-waste/

 

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Alabama settles with inmate after botched execution attempt

By Jon Herskovitz

 

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FILE PHOTO: Death row inmate Doyle Hamm appears in a booking photo provided by the Alabama Department of Corrections, February 23, 2018. Alabama Department of Corrections/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - Alabama has reached a settlement with an inmate suffering from terminal cancer and severely compromised veins who survived an execution attempt last month when a lethal injection had to be aborted, according to court documents.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031068-alabama-settles-with-inmate-after-botched-execution-attempt/

 

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Amid mounting anger at scene of mall fire, Putin pledges action

By Polina Ivanova and Andrew Osborn

 

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Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with locals and relatives of persons missing in a fire in a shopping mall in the Siberian city of Kemerovo, Russia March 27, 2018. Sputnik/Alexei Druzhinin/Kremlin via REUTERS

 

KEMEROVO/MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin flew to the scene of a shopping mall fire in Siberia that killed 64 people and promised angry residents on Tuesday that those responsible for what he called criminal negligence would be punished.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031069-amid-mounting-anger-at-scene-of-mall-fire-putin-pledges-action/

 

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Analysis: How does Kim tell North Korea he's giving up nuclear weapons?

By Josh Smith and Soyoung Kim

 

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FILE PHOTO: North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un smokes a cigarette at the General Satellite Control and Command Center after the launch of the Unha-3 (Milky Way 3) rocket carrying the second version of Kwangmyongsong-3 satellite at West Sea Satellite Launch Site in Cholsan county, North Pyongan province December 12, 2012, in this picture released by the North's KCNA news agency in Pyongyang December 13, 2012. KCNA/via REUTERS/File Picture

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - State media calls North Korea's nuclear weapons a "treasured sword of justice".

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031070-analysis-how-does-kim-tell-north-korea-hes-giving-up-nuclear-weapons/

 

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States vow to fight U.S. plan to ask citizenship question on census

By Daniel Trotta

 

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York, California and other states vowed on Tuesday to stop the U.S. government from asking in the 2020 census whether people are citizens, arguing the question could stop immigrants from participating and skew the makeup of Congress.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031071-states-vow-to-fight-us-plan-to-ask-citizenship-question-on-census/

 

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China confirms North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited Beijing

 

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The first vehicle of a motorcade believed to be carrying a North Korean delegation makes its way along Beijing's main east-west thoroughfare, Changan Avenue, in Beijing, China March 27, 2018. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

 

SHANGHAI/SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited China from Sunday to Wednesday on an unofficial visit, China's state news agency Xinhua reported on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031073-china-confirms-north-korean-leader-kim-jong-un-visited-beijing/

 

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