Govt hopes foreign universities in Thailand to raise quality of Thai education

 

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BANGKOK, 25th June 2018 (NNT) – The Deputy Minister of Education stated that the government hopes the two foreign universities in Thailand will help upgrade the country's education standard. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044677-govt-hopes-foreign-universities-in-thailand-to-raise-quality-of-thai-education/

Kane fires England to record 6-1 win against Panama

Andrew Cawthorne

 

Soccer Football - World Cup - Group G - England vs Panama - Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia - June 24, 2018 England's Harry Kane celebrates scoring their second goal REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

NIZHNY NOVGOROD, Russia (Reuters) - Harry Kane struck a hat-trick as England’s young and free-flowing team banished the ghost of past failures with a record 6-1 thrashing of feeble Panama on Sunday that eased them into the last 16.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044680-kane-fires-england-to-record-6-1-win-against-panama/

 

Honda salvages 2-2 draw for Japan against Senegal with late strike

Shrivathsa Sridhar

 

Soccer Football - World Cup - Group H - Japan vs Senegal - Ekaterinburg Arena, Yekaterinburg, Russia - June 24, 2018 Japan's Keisuke Honda scores their second goal REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci

 

YEKATERINBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Midfielder Keisuke Honda came off the bench to salvage a 2-2 draw for Japan against Senegal, as both teams were locked at the top of Group H following an entertaining encounter on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044680-kane-fires-england-to-record-6-1-win-against-panama/

 

Honda salvages 2-2 draw for Japan against Senegal with late strike

Shrivathsa Sridhar

 

Soccer Football - World Cup - Group H - Japan vs Senegal - Ekaterinburg Arena, Yekaterinburg, Russia - June 24, 2018 Japan's Keisuke Honda scores their second goal REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci

 

YEKATERINBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Midfielder Keisuke Honda came off the bench to salvage a 2-2 draw for Japan against Senegal, as both teams were locked at the top of Group H following an entertaining encounter on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044681-honda-salvages-2-2-draw-for-japan-against-senegal-with-late-strike/

 

Clinical Colombia sends Poles packing with 3-0 win

Nick Mulvenney

 

Soccer Football - World Cup - Group H - Poland vs Colombia - Kazan Arena, Kazan, Russia - June 24, 2018 Colombia's Yerry Mina scores their first goal REUTERS/Jorge Silva

 

KAZAN, Russia (Reuters) - Colombia’s World Cup campaign roared back into life with a 3-0 win over Poland in Group H on a sweltering evening at the Kazan Arena which sent the Poles tumbling out of the tournament on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044682-clinical-colombia-sends-poles-packing-with-3-0-win/

 

PM under pressure in Paris

By SUPALAK GANJANAKHUNDEE 
THE NATION

 

As Prayut pushes economic ties, dissidents tell macron ‘he is not legitimate leader’
 

IN A MEETING with French President Emmanuel Macron today, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha would highlight economic relations, offering opportunities for entrepreneurs from France to use Thailand as their regional hub for trade and investment, but the junta chief was also ready to discuss democratisation, diplomatic sources said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044683-pm-under-pressure-in-paris/

 

MRO project in U-tapao seen as a key venture in promoting aviation in the EEC

By The Nation

 

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THAI AIRWAYS International and Airbus Commercial Aircraft of Europe are set to implement the multi-billion-baht maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) project for jetliners at the U-Tapao international airport following the signing of a joint venture agreement between the two organisations presided over by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044685-mro-project-in-u-tapao-seen-as-a-key-venture-in-promoting-aviation-in-the-eec/

 

Police identify dismembered woman, ex-boyfriend said to have admitted murder

By The Nation

 

 

The identity of a woman, whose mutilated body parts were found on a remote road in Bangkok’s Klong Samwa district late on Friday, has been confirmed as being 24-year-old Roi Et woman Lakkhana Kamlangkeng, who previously worked at a printing shop in the area.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044686-police-identify-dismembered-woman-ex-boyfriend-said-to-have-admitted-murder/

 

Renewable energy should be focus of new power plan: expert

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION

 

 

EXPERTS ARE urging Thai authorities to change their mindset about power development and to be more in step with global trends by prioritising renewable energy. Adopting a new approach would solve current problems, such as the current excessive electricity reserve margin and greenhouse gas emissions from the reliance on fossil-fuel energy.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044687-renewable-energy-should-be-focus-of-new-power-plan-expert/

 

Small-scale electricity comes to remote Lamphun

By RACHANON CHAROONSAK 
THE NATION

 

Dr Twarath Sutabutr flips the microgrid switch at Pha Dan community in Mae Tha district, Lamphun province.

 

ELECTRICITY is making its way to remote and small communities that have long struggled without the very basic public utility.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044688-small-scale-electricity-comes-to-remote-lamphun/

 

SPECIAL REPORT: The bitter truth behind the sugarcane boom

By CHULARAT SAENGPASSA 
THE NATION

 

Paddy fields mix with sugarcane plantations, which are more often sprayed with herbicides, in Si Boon Ruang District of Nongbua Lamphu province where a|relatively high number of flesheating disease cases have been detected.

 

As more and more rice farmers switch to sugarcane, health issues and conflict arise over exposure to excessive chemicals
 

IN THE PAST few years, the country has seen a big rise in sugarcane plantations, as the government has seriously nudged rice farmers into considering alternative crops in the face of plunging rice prices. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044689-special-report-the-bitter-truth-behind-the-sugarcane-boom/

 

Siemens sees big opportunity in EEC

By SOMLUCK SRIMALEE 
THE NATION 
GRAZ, AUSTRIA

 

Tomasz Mazur, senior vice president and country division lead of Siemens Ltd Mobility Division, shows the latest model of the Skytrain after the company last week delivered the first train to the Bangkok Mass Transit System Plc.

 

SIEMENS LTD Mobility Division will pitch its expertise to provide smart solutions including power grid, infrastructure, and innovation to support the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), the company’s senior vice president and country division leader Tomasz Mazur told The Nation recently.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044690-siemens-sees-big-opportunity-in-eec/

 

Search continues for 13 missing youth

By THE NATION

 

 

A RECREATIONAL visit to a Chiang Rai attraction by a group of 13 youths turned into a nightmare this weekend with all of them still missing.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044691-chiang-rai-search-continues-for-13-missing-youth/

 

Forces of nature threaten Krabi’s fossils on Andaman coast, battle being lost

By Sitthichai Sikhawat 
The Nation

 

 

Known as “The 75 million-year-old shell cemetery”, the mollusk fossil-filled beach at the Andaman coastal province of Krabi is now facing erosion after being damaged by strong currents over the past two years, a senior official at the Hat Noppharat Thara–Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park said on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044692-forces-of-nature-threaten-krabi’s-fossils-on-andaman-coast-battle-being-lost/

 

Electrical fault responsible for construction site blaze

By Pannawich Yoodee 
The Nation

 

 

Electrical fault responsible for construction site blaze.

 

A short-circuit was yesterday being blamed for a fire that engulfed a tin-sheet house where five construction workers were temporarily staying in Phayao’s Muang district, causing Bt10,000 of damage. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044693-phayao-electrical-fault-responsible-for-construction-site-blaze/

 

Dozens of logs recovered in Korat raid, culprits nowhere to be seen

By Prasit Tangprasert 
The Nation

 

 

A 30-strong patrol team at the Phu Luang Wildlife Sanctuary in Nakhon Ratchasima’s Pak Thong Chai district discovered a scene of illegal logging of Siamese Rosewood trees in the middle of the forest early on Sunday but all those involved had fled before they arrived.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044694-dozens-of-logs-recovered-in-korat-raid-culprits-nowhere-to-be-seen/

 

Korat governor helps as vast quantity of fruit sells out at famous attraction

By The Nation

 

 

Chaiyaphum pineapple farmers, who suffered as the price of the fruit plunged to just Bt1 per kilogram at canning factories, were overjoyed on Sunday as the 17 tonnes of produce they had taken to sell at Nakhon Ratchasima's Thao Suranaree Monument Plaza sold out within an hour.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044696-korat-governor-helps-as-vast-quantity-of-fruit-sells-out-at-famous-attraction/

 

Thai Law: Case Closed On Airbnb. Here’s Why It Won’t Matter.

By Wirot Poonsuwan, Attorney-at-Law

 

 

After panic erupted among thousands of Airbnb providers worried the days of sweet, tax-free income were over, the company told them Saturday that yes, they are breaking the law.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044698-thai-law-case-closed-on-airbnb-here’s-why-it-won’t-matter/

 

Thailand ranked 4th lowest in unemployment

 

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BANGKOK, 25th June 2018 (NNT) – Online websites have ranked Thailand one of the countries with the least unemployment, the Labour Ministry reports. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044699-thailand-ranked-4th-lowest-in-unemployment/

 

Thailand halts imports of electronic, plastic waste

 

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BANGKOK, 25th June 2018 (NNT) – The Department of Industrial Works (DIW) has issued an order prohibiting imports of electronic and plastic waste. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044700-thailand-halts-imports-of-electronic-plastic-waste/

 

Justice Fund spends about 14mn baht monthly on bails for poor people

 

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BANGKOK, 25th June 2018 (NNT) – The Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Justice disclosed that Justice Fund spends an average amount of 14 million baht monthly on bail. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044701-justice-fund-spends-about-14mn-baht-monthly-on-bails-for-poor-people/

 

Beware of crocodiles in Soi Palai, Chalong municipality warns

The Phuket News

 

A sign saying “Beware of baby crocodiles – If you see one call 076-374105” was intalled yearlier this year. Photo: Supplied

 

PHUKET: A sign saying “Beware of baby crocodiles – If you see one call 076-374105” installed in Soi Palai earlier this year remains there for a reason, Chalong Municipality explained to The Phuket News yesterday (June 23).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044702-beware-of-crocodiles-in-soi-palai-chalong-municipality-warns/

 

Abhisit urges NCPO to lift ban on political activities

By Thai PBS

 

 

Democrat party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva urged the National Council for Peace and Order to lift the ban on political activities, noting that the junta needs not to be worried that national security may be compromised because of the lifting of the ban as it has all the powers to deal effectively with any parties whose activities are deemed a security threat.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044703-abhisit-urges-ncpo-to-lift-ban-on-political-activities/

 

Protest against Doi Suthep housing project scheduled on June 30

By Thai PBS

 

Photo: www.facebook.com/DoiSuthepMountain

 

Civil society groups in Chiang Mai province have called for a demonstration beside the office of Region 5 Appeals Court on June 30 to demand the eviction of court officials from Doi Suthep foothill housing estate in Mae Rim district.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044704-protest-against-doi-suthep-housing-project-scheduled-on-june-30/

 

EC told to investigate Thaksin’s speech whether it defies political party law

By Thai PBS

 

 

The Election Commission has been urged to investigate a speech to Pheu Thai members in Thailand made by fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra via smartphone’s VDO call from London to determine whether he has defied the political party law that bans an outsider from interfering with, dominating or leading a political party.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044705-ec-told-to-investigate-thaksin’s-speech-whether-it-defies-political-party-law/

 

Over 8,500 pigs impounded after being tested for enhancing meat color substances 

By Thai PBS

 

 

The Livestock Development Department has impounded 8,540 pigs from four pig farms in Ratchaburi province after initial strip tests at the farms show positive results of the use of meat coloring enhancement chemicals in the animals.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044706-ratchaburi-over-8500-pigs-impounded-after-being-tested-for-enhancing-meat-color-substances/

 

Traders report to Tapan Hin municipal for questioning on school lunch scandal

By Thai PBS

 

 

Several traders who supplied raw materials to Tapan Hin Witthayakarn municipal school in Tapan Hin district of Phichit province reported themselves to the municipal office on Sunday for questioning regarding school lunch corruption which is the subject of an investigation as ordered by the provincial governor.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044707-traders-report-to-tapan-hin-municipal-for-questioning-on-school-lunch-scandal/

 

Turkey's Erdogan claims election victory, opposition wary

By Ece Toksabay and Tuvan Gumrukcu

 

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses his supporters in Istanbul, Turkey June 24, 2018. Kayhan Ozer/Presidential Palace/Handout via REUTERS

 

ANKARA (Reuters) - Tayyip Erdogan and his ruling AK Party claimed victory in Turkey's presidential and parliamentary polls on Sunday, overcoming the biggest electoral challenge to their rule in a decade and a half.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044708-turkeys-erdogan-claims-election-victory-opposition-wary/

 

Trump says illegal immigrants should be deported with 'no judges or court cases'

By Doina Chiacu and Sarah N. Lynch

 

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Nevada Republican Party Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., June 23, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Sunday that people who enter the United States illegally should be sent back immediately to where they came from without any judicial process, likening them to invaders who are trying to "break into" the country.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044709-trump-says-illegal-immigrants-should-be-deported-with-no-judges-or-court-cases/

 

Saudi women take victory lap as driving ban ends

By Stephen Kalin and Sarah Dadouch

 

A Saudi woman celebrates as she drives her car in her neighborhood, in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia, June 24, 2018. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

 

RIYADH (Reuters) - Women in Saudi Arabia hit the roads on Sunday, ushering in the end of the world's last ban on female drivers, long seen as an emblem of women's repression in the deeply conservative Muslim kingdom.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044710-saudi-women-take-victory-lap-as-driving-ban-ends/