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Snakes let loose in Phuket 'kiss and release'

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

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Rescue workers enjoyed their farewell with the King Cobra before setting the snakes free in the hills of Chalong yesterday (April 5). Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Rescue workers from the Ruamjai Kupai Foundation let loose six snakes in an isolated area in the hills of Chalong yesterday afternoon (April 5), including a five-metre long King Cobra.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1032488-snakes-let-loose-in-phuket-kiss-and-release/

 

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Culture Min eyes using Thainess to enhance national image, income

 

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BANGKOK, 6 April 2018 (NNT) – Thailand's Ministry of Culture has announced it is devising a strategy to boost the popularity of Thai culture, aiming to improve global perceptions of the country and generate more revenue. 

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1032491-culture-min-eyes-using-thainess-to-enhance-national-image-income/

 

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Historical costumes and assault rifles - Happy "Sensible Songkran"

 

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Pictures: Daily News

 

Tourism Minister Weerasak Kowsurat dressed up in a costume from Thai history while Thai commandos with very modern assault rifles paraded at Asiatique Waterfront in Bangkok yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1032496-historical-costumes-and-assault-rifles-happy-sensible-songkran/

 

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Tha Yang district in Phetchaburi declared rabies control zone

By The Nation

 

After dead deer on a local farm tested positive to the rabies virus, the Livestock Development Office of Phetchaburi’s Tha Yang district declared three tambon in the district rabies control zones and began vaccinating pets within a three mile radius of the farm.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1032503-tha-yang-district-in-phetchaburi-declared-rabies-control-zone/

 

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Bus hostess killed, 11 bus passengers injured in Lampang accident

By The Nation

 

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A bus hostess was killed and 11 passengers were injured when a Bangkok-Chiang Rai bus ran off the road and hit trees early on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1032505-bus-hostess-killed-11-bus-passengers-injured-in-lampang-accident/

 

 

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Survey shows more than half of women being sexually harassed during Songkran

By Thai PBS

 

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A random survey on sexual harassment against women during Songkran festival last year shows that 59.3 percent of the 1,650 female respondents admitted that they used to be sexually harassed by male revelers in different ways.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1032506-survey-shows-more-than-half-of-women-being-sexually-harassed-during-songkran/

 

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Spain hopes for Brexit deal on Gibraltar before October - foreign minister

By Sonya Dowsett

 

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MADRID (Reuters) - Spain hopes to sign off on a bilateral agreement with Britain over Gibraltar before October so as not to hinder a Brexit transition deal, Spanish Foreign Minister Alfonso Dastis told Reuters on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1032507-spain-hopes-for brexit deal-on-gibraltar-before-october-foreign-minister/

 

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Wednesday ‘beach cleaning day’ dirtiest of week

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PATTAYA:--One reason Pattaya’s administrators banished chairs and umbrellas from beaches every Wednesday was to use the day to get the shoreline clean again. As it turns out, it’s dirtier that day than any other.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1032513-wednesday-‘beach-cleaning-day’-dirtiest-of-week/

 

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Eight teens held after savage attack on Bangkok security guards over broken beer bottle

 

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Police in Huay Kwang have announced the arrest on a warrant of four ringleaders of a vicious knife attack on a father and son pair of security guards at a Ratchada condo complex on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1032515-eight-teens-held-after-savage-attack-on-bangkok-security-guards-over-broken-beer-bottle/

 

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Truck driver led by GPS into narrow soi breaks power cable, house fence

By The Nation

 

A 10-wheel truck broke a power cable in a narrow soi in Nong Khai and hit a house’s fence overnight after the driver relied on his onboard GPS system to find a shortcut.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1032516-truck-driver-led-by-gps-into-narrow-soi-breaks-power-cable-house-fence-in-nong-khai/

 

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Ad hoc panel to be set up for research and development of marijuana for medical use

By Thai PBS

 

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The Ministry of Public Health will set up an ad hoc committee tasked with conducting research and development of marijuana for medical purpose, Public Health Minister Dr Piyasakol Sakolsatayadorn said on Wednesday (April 5).

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1032390-thai-public-health-ministry-to-discuss-medical-marijuana-with-related-agencies/?do=findComment&comment=12867865

 

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Nang Loeng Racecourse To Close After 102 Years

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter

 

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BANGKOK — All bets will be off when a horse racing venue closes its doors later this year after more than a century.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1032518-bangkoks-nang-loeng-racecourse-to-close-after-102-years/

 

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Ukraine issues first e-visas to citizens of Thailand, Malaysia

 

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The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has announced that first electronic visas were issued to citizens of Thailand and Malaysia who are planning to visit Ukraine.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1032519-ukraine-issues-first-e-visas-to-citizens-of-thailand-malaysia/

 

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Was there a cover up? Weird story of the "penis-cam" at Isaan medical school

 

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Mystery surrounds the story of several cameras that were set up in male toilets to film the private parts of men at urinals.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1032520-was-there-a-cover-up-weird-story-of-the-penis-cam-at-isaan-medical-school/

 

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Sony aims high with pricey, premium phones

By JIRAPAN BOONNOON
THE NATION

 

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SONY expects to achieve a market share of 10 per cent for premium smartphones priced from Bt20,000 by the end of this year. The company also announced a new flagship model for the Thai market, the Sony Xperia XZ2.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/sony-aims-high-pricey-premium-phones/28157/

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Child feared abducted at Chonburi fish market - police hunt on

 

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Picture: Pattaya News

 

Saen Suk police rushed to the Ang Sila fish market in Muang district on Wednesday evening after reports that a five year old boy had been abducted and driven away in a car.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1032525-child-feared-abducted-at-chonburi-fish-market-police-hunt-on/

 

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Khon Kaen hospital seeks blood donations ahead of Songkran

By The Nation

 

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Khon Kaen Provincial Hospital on Friday appealed for donors to top up its blood bank ahead of the Songkran holidays, when travellers are frequently involved in accidents.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1032528-khon-kaen-hospital-seeks-blood-donations-ahead-of-songkran/

 

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Pattaya’s Belarusian sex coach charged with prostitution

"There was no enough evidence for authorities to pursue charges against Vashukevich for allegedly soliciting payments for sexual services."

By The Thaiger & The Nation

 

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Anastasia Vashukevich, (AKA Nastya Rybka) the Belarusian ‘sex expert’ who claims to have insider dirt on Russian attempts to meddle in the US election, has been charged with prostitution.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1032421-thai-authorities-mute-on-sex-class-trump-whistleblowers/?do=findComment&comment=12868151

 

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Tragedy as lighting kills woman out collecting shellfish down Pattaya way

 

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Tragedy struck in the form of a lightning bolt yesterday evening when an unidentified woman aged about 50 was killed while collecting shellfish off the coast.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1032530-tragedy-as-lighting-kills-woman-out-collecting-shellfish-down-pattaya-way/

 

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Thai media praises beach operators and City Hall for sticking to the rules

 

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Pictures: Sophon Cable

 

Following photographs taken by tourists that showed no parking regulations being flouted all has now been resolved.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1032532-thai-media-praises-beach-operators-and-city-hall-for-sticking-to-the-rules/

 

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Illegal log shipment tracked cross-country

By The Nation 

 

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A taskforce of forestry officials and crime-suppression police intercepted a truck carrying illegally felled logs in Samut Prakan on Friday morning after tracking it overnight all the way from northern Nan province.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1032541-illegal-log-shipment-tracked-cross-country/

 

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BOT seeks help from American Chamber of Commerce on Trump’s trade policy

By Thai PBS

 

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The Board of Trade of Thailand (BOT) has sent a note to the US Chamber of Commerce voicing concern that the US-China tit-for-tat action may eventually harm Thai exports

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1032543-bot-seeks-help-from american-chamber-of-commerce-on-trump’s-trade-policy/

 

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