THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Wednesday 23 May 2018

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Death by alcohol. How does Thailand rate?

At the top of the list is a cache of South American and eastern European countries.

By The Thaiger

 

  

Amongst all the things that might kill you, alcohol remains near the top of the list in many countries. Excess consumption of alcohol can lead to all manner of long-term disease as well as domestic disruption and then, out on the roads driving with other people, deaths related to drink driving.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039503-death-by-alcohol-how-does-thailand-rate/

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HRW to junta: release peaceful pro-election protesters

By The Nation

 

 

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called for Thai authorities to immediately drop all charges and unconditionally release 14 pro-democracy activists who peacefully expressed their opposition to military rule.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039506-hrw-to-junta-release-peaceful-pro-election-protesters/

 

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North Korea allows South Korea reporters to visit nuclear site, official says

By Hyonhee Shin

 

FILE PHOTO: A North Korean flag flies on a mast at the Permanent Mission of North Korea in Geneva October 2, 2014. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has accepted a list of South Korean reporters to visit their nuclear testing site after a days-long tug of war with Seoul, South Korea's unification ministry said on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039508-north-korea-allows-south-korea-reporters-to-visit-nuclear-site-official-says/

 

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Trump lawyer Cohen's business partner cooperating with prosecutors - NY Times

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen exits a hotel in New York City, U.S., April 13, 2018. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - A business partner of U.S. President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen has agreed to cooperate with prosecutors in investigations, the New York Times reported on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039509-trump-lawyer-cohens-business-partner-cooperating-with-prosecutors-ny-times/

 

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Changes afoot at Germany's migration agency over asylum scandal - minister

By Andrea Shalal

 

FILE PHOTO: Horst Seehofer at the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party headquarters in Berlin, Germany, January 26, 2018. REUTERS/Christian Mang/File Photo

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - Concern that more than 1,000 people were wrongly granted asylum by Germany's migration agency may lead to personnel changes at the agency, the interior minister signalled on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039512-changes-afoot-at germanys-migration-agency-over-asylum-scandal-minister/

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100 billion baht approved for use in Thai Niyom Yang Yuen scheme

 

FILE PHOTO

 

BANGKOK, 23rd May 2018 (NNT) – The ministers of the three ministries spear-heading the Thai Niyom Yang Yuen project have announced the dissemination of 100 billion baht to local areas and say that 210,000 farmers are to be provided with training starting next week. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039518-100-billion-baht-approved-for-use-in-thai-niyom-yang-yuen-scheme/

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Thailand to use fuel subsidy to help consumers as global oil price rises

Reuters Staff

 

FILE PHOTO: Thailand's largest oil refinery, Thai Oil, lights up in the evening in Sri Racha August 17, 2004. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang/File Photo

 

BANGKOK, (Reuters) - Thailand will use a state oil fund to support domestic retail fuel prices to help consumers cope with rising global oil prices, the energy minister said on Tuesday.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039519-thailand-to-use-fuel-subsidy-to-help-consumers-as-global-oil-price-rises/

 

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Lost in translation

By The Nation

 

 

Younger generations are most regretful about missed travel opportunities, survey reveals.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039521-four-in-five-thai-travellers-have-regrets-over-missed-travel-opportunities/

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Crypto course launch comes with tax plea

By   WICHIT CHAITRONG 
THE NATION 

 

 

THE Thai Fintech Association has joined with a company, ICORA, to offer a course to demystify what they call the crypto-asset revolution with the aim of encouraging investment in the rapidly advancing asset class.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039522-crypto-course-launch comes-with-tax-plea/

 

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Boats banned from passing under Phuket bridges as water mains installed

Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

The water mains will extend about one kilometre across the channel. Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET: All boats have been banned from passing under the bridges joining Phuket to the mainland while workers install a water mains pipe from Phang Nga to the small community of Baan Tha Chatchai on the shores of the northernmost tip of the island.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039524-boats-banned-from-passing-under-phuket-bridges-as-water-mains-installed/

 

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UN agency adds to calls for release of pro-election protesters

By The Nation

 

 

The UN Human Rights Office has called for the immediate release of pro-election activists who were arrested and charged on Tuesday after their rally demanding that an election be held this year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039506-hrw-to-junta-release-peaceful-pro-election-protesters/?do=findComment&comment=13011484

 

 

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Police Urge School, Utility To File Petty Charges After Protest

By Jintamas Saksornchai, Staff Reporter

 

Protest leaders Monday force Thammasat University’s gate open to supporters.

 

BANGKOK — Thammasat University refused to comment Wednesday on police instructions it press charges against protesters for minor property damage.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039525-police-urge-school-utility-to-file-petty-charges-after-protest/

 

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Diesel cost to be limited to no more than 30 baht per liter

 

 

BANGKOK, 23rd May 2018 (NNT) – The Ministry of Energy has decided to limit the price of diesel fuel to no more than 30 baht per liter while revealing Biodiesel B20 will be introduced at 3 baht less than normal diesel in July. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039519-thailand-to-use-fuel-subsidy-to-help-consumers-as-global-oil-price-rises/?do=findComment&comment=13011518

 

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Australian archbishop steps aside after conviction for concealing child sex abuse

 

Archbishop Philip Wilson arrives at Newcastle Local Court in Newcastle, Australia, May 22, 2018. AAP/Peter Lorimer/via REUTERS

 

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australian Catholic Archbishop Philip Wilson said on Wednesday he would stand aside from his duties, a day after a court found him guilty of concealing child sex abuse by a priest.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039527-australian-archbishop-steps-aside-after-conviction-for-concealing-child-sex-abuse/

 

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Pulitzer-winning author Philip Roth dies at 85: media reports

 

Author Philip Roth poses in New York September 15, 2010. REUTERS/Eric Thayer/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - Author Philip Roth, who was both hailed and derided for laying bare the neuroses and obsessions that haunted the modern Jewish-American experience, died on Tuesday at the age of 85, his agent said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039529-pulitzer-winning-author-philip-roth-dies-at-85-media-reports/

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Trump says he will propose new tax cuts prior to November

 

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Susan B. Anthony List 11th Annual Campaign for Life Gala at the National Building Museum in Washington, U.S., May 22, 2018. REUTERS/Al Drago

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will propose new tax cuts sometime prior to November, when Republicans look to retain their control of the U.S. Congress in midterm elections.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039530-trump-says-he-will-propose-new-tax-cuts-prior-to-november/

 

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Protests urged over change in state hospital funding rules

By The Nation

 

 

Groups including the Rural Doctors Society are calling for state hospitals to erect signs and have their staff wear black to protest a Finance Ministry ban on pay hikes and temporary hiring outside official budgets.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039531-protests-urged-over-change-in-state-hospital-funding-rules/

 

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Line Today bets on hub role – boasts 32 million users in Thailand

By ASINA PORNWASIN
THE NATION

 

 

LINE Thailand has set out its ambitions for the Line Today platform as a hub for publishers to post news and other content from their own platforms and reach a projected 42 million users in the future.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/line-today-bets-hub-role-boasts-32-million-users-thailand/28863/

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Instagram now lets you mute annoying friends

BY STAFF WRITER 

 

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

 

Instagram is adding a new feature that will let you mute annoying friends without unfollowing and offending them.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/instagram-now-lets-mute-annoying-friends/28866/

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In Phitsanulok, groans over yet another rise in cost of cooking gas

By Mongkolchaowarat Thangmangmee 
The Nation

 

 

Cooking gas retailers in Phitsanulok are dismayed over the seventh gas price hike in two months – as are food vendors, although they’re vowing not to increase food prices for now.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039535-in-phitsanulok-groans-over-yet-another-rise-in-cost-of-cooking-gas/

 

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Hundreds of Indians just wanted to stay in Thailand - and bent officials connived to let them

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Sanook reported that three corrupt officials at the Wang Muang district offices in Saraburi have been sacked over presenting false documents to allow hundred of Indians to "marry" Thai people.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039546-hundreds-of-indians-just-wanted-to-stay-in-thailand-and-bent-officials-connived-to-let-them/

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Father wants 30 million baht after pregnant daughter fell on the train tracks

 

 

Picture: Daily News

 

A grieving Thai father has petitioned the court in Bangkok after his 32 year old pregnant daughter fell on the train tracks on the Airport Rail Link and was killed by a train.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039551-father-wants-30-million-baht-after-pregnant-daughter-fell-on-the-train-tracks/

 

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Electric shock! Prices expected to rise after fuel price hikes

 

Picture: Sanook

 

The electrical generating authority have warned that prices for electricity in Thailand are likely to rise.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039552-electric-shock-prices-expected-to-rise-after-fuel-price-hikes/

 

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Phuket officials urged to push ahead with ‘Smart Beach’ project

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

  

Pracha Asawateera, manager of the Digital Economy Promotion Agency (DEPA) Southern Branch says, “Phuket is now in the process of upgrading beach safety by using technology called the ‘Smart Beach’ project. CCTV cameras will be used as part of the safety efforts. More people are enjoying Phuket’s beaches but we don’t have enough lifeguards to look after them all the time.”

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039554-phuket-officials-urged-to-push-ahead-with-‘smart-beach’-project/

 

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Kidnapped On Arrival: 12 Arrested For Abducting Woman At BKK

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

 

BANGKOK — Twelve people have been arrested in connection with the kidnapping of a Chinese tourist at an international airport in Bangkok earlier this month, police said Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039555-kidnapped-on-arrival-12-arrested-for-abducting-woman-at-bkk/

 

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Suphan Buri teens killed in ‘daredevil’ road race

By The Nation

 

 

Two motorcyclists, ages 15 and 16, were killed “daredevil racing” in Suphan Buri just after midnight on Wednesday. Police were called to the scene on Ban Thai Nam-Saphan Bueng Chawak Road in Moo 8, Doem Bang Nang Buat district, at 12.30am.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039556-suphan-buri-teens-killed-in-‘daredevil’-road-race/

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Pickup driver rescued from crash fire

By The Nation

 

FILE photo//Google maps

 

A driver was saved in time from a fire that broke out after his pickup truck crashed into a roadside drainage pipe and overturned in Roi Et province on Wednesday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039558-pickup-driver-rescued-from-crash-fire/

 

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Thai-Canadian woman caught trying smuggle ketamine in her bra

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Police on Wednesday announced the arrest of a Thai-Canadian woman who was found to be in possession of ketamine.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039560-thai-canadian-woman-caught-trying-smuggle-ketamine-in-her-bra/

 

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VIDEO: Saudi Arabian man arrested after drunken rampage at Suvarnabhumi

 

 

Police on Tuesday arrested a Saudi Arabian man who was drunk and acting aggressively at Suvarnabhumi airport.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039561-video-saudi-arabian-man-arrested-after-drunken-rampage-at-suvarnabhumi/

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Mae Kha Canal Dredging Begins

by CityNews

 

 

 

CityNews – The Mae Kha Canal was visited by the Chiang Mai Municipality along with Tassanai Buranupakorn as a new dredging project began in anticipation of the upcoming rainy season.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039566-mae-kha-canal-dredging-begins/