THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Monday 14 May 2018

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Trang man wounded in desperate standoff with police

By The Nation

 

FILE photo//Goggle maps

 

Police in Trang on Sunday night shot and wounded a 20-year-old man accused of attempting to kill his mother. An officer was also wounded.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038151-trang-man-wounded-in-desperate-standoff-with-police/

 

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Gen Prayut drops plan to visit Sa Kaeo

 

 

BANGKOK, 14th May 2018 (NNT) - The government's spokesman has cleared up any doubts about Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-ocha's decision to suspend his plan to visit the eastern province of Sa Kaeo, saying it has nothing to do with politics. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038155-gen-prayut-drops-plan-to-visit-sa-kaeo/

 

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Licences for only 160 drinking water dispensing machines in Bangkok

By The Nation

 

Only 160 out of almost 4,000 drinking water dispensing machines in the capital have been registered and have proper licences, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s Health Department has announced on its website.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038156-licences-for-only-160-drinking-water-dispensing-machines-in-bangkok/

 

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Thailand enacts tough cryptocurrency law, including fines and jail terms

Jitsiree Thongnoi

Thailand Correspondent

 

BANGKOK - Thailand put a new law in place on Monday (May 14) to control and regulate cryptocurrency transactions and Initial Coins Offerings (ICOs).

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038157-thailand-enacts-tough-cryptocurrency-law-including-fines-and-jail-terms/

 

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Thai printing industry enjoys continuous growth

 

 

BANGKOK, 14th May 2018 (NNT) - The Department of Industrial Promotion and Thai printing entrepreneurs have collaborated to advance the industry’s competitiveness at regional and global levels to build on its continuous growth. 

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038158-thai-printing-industry-enjoys-continuous-growth/

 

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Rhetoric over U.S. exit from Iran deal rises amid threat of sanctions

By Valerie Volcovici and Richard Cowan

 

National Security Advisor John Bolton arrives before a joint news conference of U.S. President Donald Trump and Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., April 27, 2018. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States threatened on Sunday to impose sanctions on European companies that do business with Iran, as the remaining participants in the Iran nuclear accord stiffened their resolve to keep that agreement operational.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038160-rhetoric-over-us-exit-from-iran-deal-rises-amid-threat-of-sanctions/

 

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Israeli gunfire wounds at least 28 Palestinians as Gaza border protests build

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Maayan Lubell

 

A female Palestinian demonstrator gestures during a protest against U.S. embassy move to Jerusalem and ahead of the 70th anniversary of Nakba, at the Israel-Gaza border, east of Gaza City May 14, 2018. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

 

GAZA BORDER (Reuters) - Israeli gunfire wounded at least 28 Palestinians along the Gaza border on Monday, medics said, and protesters streamed to the frontier for the climax of a six-week demonstration as the United States prepared to open its embassy in Jerusalem.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038163-israeli-gunfire-wounds-at-least-28-palestinians-as-gaza-border-protests-build/

 

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Woman plunges to death from boyfriend’s Bangkok condo

By The Nation

 

An online clothes vendor fell to her death from her boyfriend’s room on the 15th floor of a Bangkok condominium late Sunday night.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038166-woman-plunges-to-death-from-boyfriend’s-bangkok-condo/

 

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Phuket Tourism chief calls for better support for lifeguards as international warning imminent

The Phuket News

 

Phuket Governor Norraphat Plodthong (right) during his beach inspection of lifeguards on Saturday (May 12). Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET: The chief of the Phuket Provincial Office of Tourism and Sports, Sirawee Waloh, has called for better support for Phuket’s lifeguards, especially in the provision of essential lifesaving equipment.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038127-phuket’s-governor-inspects-lifeguards-at-the-northern-beaches/?do=findComment&comment=12983974

 

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Lane-changing offences nearing 100,000 after four days of camera work

By Jessada Chantharak 
The Nation

 

Image: TNA

 

Just four days after a strict ban on the practice was implemented, Bangkok traffic police had issued nearly 100,000 tickets to motorists at 18 flyovers and underpasses for illegally changing lanes to pass other vehicles.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038173-lane-changing-offences-nearing-100000-after-four-days-of-camera-work/

 

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Lion Air Makes Emergency Landing in CNX

 

 

CityNews – A Thai Lion Air flight was forced to make an emergency landing at Chiang Mai International Airport after an engine malfunction.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038188-lion-air-makes-emergency-landing-in-cnx/

 

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City-wide Thief Finally Arrested

by CityNews

 

 

CityNews – A thief who has been committing crimes across Chiang Mai was finally arrested by police after a series of his robberies were caught on camera.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038189-city-wide-thief-finally-arrested/

 

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Hit and Run Victim in Coma, Driver Turns Herself In

by CityNews

 

 

CityNews – A woman has turned herself in after a hit and run incident in Chiang Mai left a 54 year old woman in a coma.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038190-hit-and-run-victim-in-coma-driver-turns-herself-in/

 

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Junta Appointees Concede 'National Reforms' Have Little To Show

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer

 

Before a backdrop featuring the word 'Reform,' regime legal adviser Wissanu Krea-ngam speaks about the process in September 2017. Photo: Matichon

 

BANGKOK — Four years after the junta seized power and promised to transform the nation through comprehensive reforms, that process has made either no or slow process – and that’s according to the people responsible for it.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038192-junta-appointees-concede-national-reforms-have-little-to-show/

 

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Coup-makers ‘should be prosecuted’ after general election: Watana

By The Nation

 

 

Watana Muangsook, a key Pheu Thai Party politician, on Monday called for the prosecution of coup-makers after the next election.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038193-coup-makers-‘should-be-prosecuted’-after-general-election-watana/

 

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Ex-minister Pimpa dies aged 65

By Sarasit Sinprasert

The Nation

 

Former minister and Nonthaburi MP Pimpa Chanprasong passed away yesterday morning at the age of 65 after suffering acute kidney failure.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038194-ex-minister-pimpa-dies-aged-65/

 

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Vets Treat Surviving Dogs As 'Mass Grave" Rumored

By Jintamas Saksornchai, Staff Reporter

 

 

NAKHON PHANOM — Veterinarians from a dog rescue foundation were inside a Nakhon Phanom animal quarantine facility Monday where thousands of dogs are believed to have died.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038196-vets-treat-surviving-dogs-as-mass-grave-rumored/

 

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City Hall Signals Retreat On BACC Takeover Plan

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

The Bangkok Arts and Culture Centre interior on Sunday.

 

BANGKOK — Under withering criticism, Bangkok’s governor may be retreating from plans to take over Bangkok’s largest central arts venue.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038198-city-hall-signals-retreat-on-bacc-takeover-plan/

 

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Disgraced Cop's Market 'Plaza' Meets Wrecking Ball

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

Plaza Rimnam as of Monday. Inset: Lt. Col. Santhana Prayoonrat being arrested Saturday.

 

BANGKOK — A commercial building owned by a disgraced police official that hovered over a canal in northern Bangkok was being demolished Monday for trespassing on public property.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038199-disgraced-cops-market-plaza-meets-wrecking-ball/

 

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Tom Hardy sees double as he bumps into his Al Capone doppelgänger on set of Fonzo

By Sam Moore

 

Lookin’ familiar (Picture: MEGA)

 

It’s not every day that you meet your doppelgänger.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038200-tom-hardy-sees-double-as-he-bumps-into-his-al-capone-doppelgänger-on-set-of-fonzo/

 

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Nintendo Labo review: folding has rarely been so much fun

BY MIKE DIVER

 

 

Nintendo turned heads when they revealed Labo back in January 2018.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038201-nintendo-labo-review-folding-has-rarely-been-so-much-fun/

 

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Crypto-tax ‘will hit economy’

By Wichit chaitrong, 
Asina pornwasin 
The Nation

 

Taxation threatens to hamper startups, sec is told, as it seeks to regulate digital assets

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038205-crypto-tax-‘will-hit-economy’/

 

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Ex-MPs and senators in North, Northeast ‘considering joining’ pro-junta party

By The Nation

 

 

A huge crowd gathers at a Buri Ram stadium to welcome Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha during his recent visit to the northeastern province.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038206-ex-mps-and-senators-in-north-northeast-‘considering-joining’-pro-junta-party/

 

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Locals accuse authorities of negligence, pro-mining firm bias as deadline imposed for ending potash protest

By Pratch Rujivanarom

The Nation

 

 

As an official deadline was imposed on their ongoing protest against potash exploration in Sakon Nakhon, local demonstrators publicly criticised the authorities for abandoning human-rights protection and working solely in favour of a Chinese mining company.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038207-locals-accuse-authorities-of-negligence-pro-mining-firm-bias-as-deadline-imposed-for-ending-potash-protest/

 

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Beaches in crisis: Bang Saray - a black, stinking mess; all marine life dead.

 

 

If you are thinking of taking a trip to Bang Saray beach in Sattahip we have some advice - DON'T!

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038208-beaches-in-crisis-bang-saray-a-black-stinking-mess-all-marine-life-dead/

 

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Bloodbath in Surat Thani: Estranged husband shoots former mother in law dead, ex wife serious

 

 

A Thai husband went to his estranged wife's house to sort out personal matters.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038209-bloodbath-in-surat-thani-estranged-husband-shoots-former-mother-in-law-dead-ex-wife-serious/

 

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Video: Bangkok bus drivers fight in the street as passengers watch

 

 

Two Bangkok bus drivers on the same Route 8 had a vicious fight as passengers on both buses looked on.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1038210-video-bangkok-bus-drivers-fight-in-the-street-as-passengers-watch/

 

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