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Tourism and Sports Minister confirms safety of Thailand as tourist destination

 

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BANGKOK, 2 April 2018 (NNT) - The Tourism and Sports Minister, Weerasak Kowsurat, has assuted that Thailand is a safe tourist destination. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031731-tourism-and-sports-minister-confirms-safety-of-thailand-as-tourist-destination/

 

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Rohingya refugee boat restocks after storm in southernThailand

 

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Photo from: White news's Facebook fanpage

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A boat with Rohingya refugees restocked with essential supplies at an island in southernThailand on Sunday, authorities said, amid signs that overcrowding in Bangladeshi camps could prompt many others to make similarly perilous sea crossings.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031733-rohingya-refugee-boat-restocks-after-storm-in-southernthailand/

 

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Parties gather the faithful to reaffirm membership

By WASAMON AUDJARINT 
THE NATION 

 

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YESTERDAY marked a milestone for Thailand’s existing political parties, who were allowed to start reaffirming their membership lists, and their leaders began declaring their new policies, with an emphasis on the lingering military influence.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031735-parties-gather-the-faithful-to-reaffirm-membership/

 

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Political parties come back to life as four-year freeze on activities ends

By JINTANA PANYAARVUDH 
THE NATION 

 

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VETERAN politicians appear to be increasingly excited now that they are able to resume official contact with their supporters nationwide after almost four years of the so-called “political freeze”.

 

Source: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031736-political-parties-come-back-to-life-as-four-year-freeze-on-activities-ends/

 

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New book on legal philosophy offers lessons for Thai ethics

By WICHIT CHAITRONG 
THE NATION

 

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Worachet Pakeerat and his book

 

WHILE THE junta demands that citizens respect, obey and comply with the country’s laws, many people in the world see Thai law as abused and misused.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031737-new-book-on-legal-philosophy-offers-lessons-for-thai-ethics/

 

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Rohingya boat marks new exodus

By SUPALAK GANJANAKHUNDEE 
THE NATION

 

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56 refugees land in Thailand as crisis and crowded camps prompt risky journeys.
 

A BOAT carrying 56 Rohingya that landed in Thailand yesterday was the first batch of hundreds fleeing across Southeast Asia from conflicts in Myanmar’s Rakhine state as well difficulties now plaguing refugee camps in Bangladesh, sources said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031733-rohingya-refugee-boat-restocks-after-storm-in-southernthailand/?do=findComment&comment=12853153

 

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Labour Ministry threatens employers of migrants who failed to register in time

By THE NATION

 

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Authorities would take legal action against employers who failed to register migrant workers, as nearly 60,000 were left undocumented as the deadline expired at midnight on Saturday, Labour Minister Adul Saengsingkaew said yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031738-thai-labour-ministry-threatens-employers-of-migrants-who-failed-to-register-in-time/

 

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Stray dog on the mend after being shot with arrow in Udon Thani park

By The Nation

 

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A stray dog living in a public park in Udon Thani’s Muang district, which was seen with an arrow piercing its left eyebrow on Friday morning, was captured and sent for treatment at Bamrungraks Animal Hospital on Saturday evening, Facebook user Napassorn JowYing Hodges said on Sunday.


Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031627-stray-dog-in-udon-thani-park-shot-through-with-arrow/?do=findComment&comment=12853161

 

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Surin teen raped by ‘drunken youths’ as sexual assault scrutinised

By WICHIT CHUNHAKIJKHAJORN 
THE NATION

 

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THREE YOUTHS were in police custody on Sunday over the alleged gang rape of a 17-year-old girl in their village in Surin’s Sikhoraphum district last week, while another suspect remained on the run.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031739-surin-teen-raped-by-‘drunken-youths’-as-sexual-assault-scrutinised/

 

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Bodies of Myanmar migrant workers to be sent to Police General Hospital for identification checks

By Thai PBS

 

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Families of the 20 Myanmar migrant workers who were killed in a double-decker bus inferno earlier this week would receive 300,000 baht in compensation each from an insurance company whereas families of the injured would receive 80,000 baht if it could be proven that the fire was caused by negligence on the part of the driver, Tak governor Charoenrit Sa-nguansak said Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1013062-relatives-claim-bodies-of-myanmar-workers-killed-in-van-fire/?do=findComment&comment=12853169

 

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Buri Ram lottery vendors want GLO to directly sell lottery tickets in sets to the vendors

By Thai PBS

 

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Lottery vendors in Buri Ram are demanding that the Government Lottery Office sells lottery tickets in sets directly to the vendors instead of through the agents so that they can sell the tickets at 80 baht apiece.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031740-buri-ram-lottery-vendors-want-glo-to-directly-sell-lottery-tickets-in-sets-to-the-vendors/

 

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4th army region to sue a Phuket hotel’s management of defamation

By Thai PBS

 

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The Fourth Army Region has threatened to sue the management of a hotel on Phuket’s Patong beach and a person who posted a video clip in the social media purportedly implying that a group of army officers went to the hotel to extort money from the management.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031743-4th-army-region-to-sue-a-phuket-hotel’s-management-of-defamation/

 

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Childhood Bill set to outlaw exams for young children

By CHULARAT SAENGPASSA 
THE NATION

 

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Concern about psychological damage in early childhood linked to test pressure.
 

IF THE Early Childhood Bill sails through the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) this year, young children will be able to say goodbye to exams. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031745-childhood-bill-set-to-outlaw-exams-for-young-children/

 

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Prawit says election timeline unaltered by hiccup in promulgation of MPs bill

 

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BANGKOK, 2 April 2018 (NNT) – Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan is confident the election roadmap won't change because of the decision of 27 members of the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) to seek a court interpretation of the controversial bill governing the election of Members of Parliament. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031746-prawit-says-election-timeline-unaltered-by-hiccup-in-promulgation-of-mps-bill/

 

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Trump says DACA deal for young immigrants is off

By Valerie Volcovici and Delphine Schrank

 

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FILE PHOTO - U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at Palm Beach International Airport, Florida, U.S. for the Easter weekend at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach March 29, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

 

WASHINGTON/IXTEPEC, Mexico (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Sunday that there will be no deal to legalize the status of young adult immigrants called Dreamers and he said the U.S.-Mexico border is becoming more dangerous.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031750-trump-says-daca-deal-for-young-immigrants-is-off/

 

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Erdogan calls Netanyahu 'terrorist' as insults fly after Gaza deaths

 

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ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu a "terrorist" on Sunday, escalating an exchange of insults that started after he criticised Israel's lethal military response to a demonstration on the Gazan border.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031751-erdogan-calls-netanyahu-terrorist-as-insults-fly-after-gaza-deaths/

 

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North Korea's Kim Jong Un, wife, watch South Korean K-pop stars perform in Pyongyang

By Christine Kim and Heekyong Yang

 

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FILE PHOTO - Members of South Korean art troupe led by Culture Minister Do Jong-hwan pose for photographs before leaving for Pyongyang, at the Gimpo International airport in Seoul, South Korea, March 31, 2018. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his wife, Ri Sol Ju, were among the hundreds in Pyongyang on Sunday watching South Korean K-pop singers perform in the North for the first time in more than a decade as tensions between the two countries thaw.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031752-north-koreas-kim-jong-un-wife-watch-south-korean-k-pop-stars-perform-in-pyongyang/

 

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Ex-Guatemalan dictator Rios Montt dies, leaves bitter legacy

By Sofia Menchu

 

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GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Former Guatemalan military dictator Efrain Rios Montt died at the age of 91 on Sunday, a bitterly divisive figure in the country's long civil war who escaped a 2013 genocide conviction only to face renewed charges last year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031753-ex-guatemalan-dictator-rios-montt-dies-leaves-bitter-legacy/

 

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UK's Queen Elizabeth attends Easter service at Windsor

 

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth and Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, leave the annual Easter Sunday service at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in Windsor, Britain, April 1, 2018. REUTERS/Simon Dawson

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth attended the traditional Easter service at Windsor Castle on Sunday, joining other members of the Royal family at St George's Chapel, where her grandson Prince Harry is due to marry Meghan Markle next month.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031754-queen-elizabeth-attends-easter-service-at-windsor/

 

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Rising tension at protests over killing of black man in California

By Bob Strong

 

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Tensions mounted over the fatal police shooting of an unarmed Sacramento, California, black man when a protester sustained minor injuries when struck by a sheriff's patrol car that was under attack by demonstrators, authorities said on Sunday.


Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031755-rising-tension-at-protests-over-killing-of-black-man-in-california/

 

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Roads jammed as 30,000 people line up for free herbal cancer ‘cure’

By The Nation

 

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An estimated 30,000 cancer patients and accompanying relatives showed up early Sunday morning outside the house of the well-known inventor of a so-called herbal “cure” for cancer Saengchai Haelerttrakul, in Prachin Buri's Muang district in hopes of getting free capsules.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031756-roads-jammed-as-30000-people-line-up-for-free-herbal-cancer-‘cure’/

 

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China says space station burns up over South Pacific

 

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FILE PHOTO: A model of the Tiangong-1 space lab module (L), the Shenzhou-9 manned spacecraft (R) and three Chinese astronauts is displayed during a news conference at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, in Gansu province, China June 15, 2012. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo

 

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's Tiangong-1 space station re-entered the earth's atmosphere and burnt up over the middle of the South Pacific on Monday, the Chinese space authority said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031760-china-says-space-station-burns-up-over-south-pacific/

 

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Polls show about half of Japanese voters don't support PM Abe's Cabinet

 

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TOKYO (Reuters) - About half of Japanese voters don't support Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's administration amid suspected cronyism and cover-up, opinion polls by Japanese media showed.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031763-polls-show-about-half-of-japanese-voters-dont-support-pm-abes-cabinet/

 

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Facebook: It’s time to make our privacy tools easier to find

BY THE NATION

 

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Last week showed how much more work we need to do to enforce our policies, and to help people understand how Facebook works and the choices they have over their data. We’ve heard loud and clear that privacy settings and other important tools are too hard to find, and that we must do more to keep people informed.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/facebook-time-make-privacy-tools-easier-find/28074/

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Connect Two! And this one is true love - not an April Fool's!

 

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Thai social media was abuzz after a romantic professor made a surprise proposal to his long time girlfriend on the campus of Rachamongkhon Rattanakosin University of Technology in Hua Hin yesterday, April 1st.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031773-connect-two-and-this-one-is-true-love-not-an-april-fools/

 

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