THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Thursday 5 Jul 2018

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UPDATE:

 

Water continues to be drained out of cave

By Thai PBS

 

 

Water in Tham Luang cave continues to recede as irrigation experts and volunteers work around the clock to drain flood waters out as the operation to rescue the 12 young footballers and their coach enters its 12th day today.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046401-rescuers-ponder-how-to-extract-boys-from-flooded-thai-cave-as-more-rain-due/?do=findComment&comment=13141359

 

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BTSC announces compensation for passengers affected by Skytrain delays

By The Nation

 

 

Keeree Kanjanapas, chairman of Bangkok Mass Transit System Public Company Limited (BTSC), chief executive Surapong Laoha-Unya, and management committee chair Dr Anat Abhabhirama, have announced a mitigation measure for passengers affected by delays on the Skytrain service.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046415-btsc-announces-compensation-for-passengers-affected-by-skytrain-delays/

 

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National Archives to record historical events of “Tham Luang 13”

By Thai PBS

 

 

The National Archives of Thailand, an agency under the Fine Arts Department of the Culture Ministry, has been instructed to collect and preserve records on the history-making search and rescue of the 12 young footballers and their coach trapped in Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai district.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046416-national-archives-to-record-historical-events-of-“tham-luang-13”/

 

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Sing Buri woman uses visit to mother in Chai Nat to hang herself

By The Nation

 

FILE photo//Google maps

 

A Sing Buri vendor committed suicide by hanging at her mother’s house in Chai Nat. Her body was discovered early on Thursday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046417-sing-buri-woman-uses-visit-to-mother-in-chai-nat-to-hang-herself/

 

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Phuket emergency services ordered ready amid storm warning

The Phuket News

 

The order for all emergency services to be at the ready was issued yesterday (July 4). Image: DDPM-Phuket

 

PHUKET: After the heavy scattered thundershowers across the island last night, the Phuket office of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM-Phuket) has issued a warning for all local authorities to be ready render assistance if needed.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046418-phuket-emergency-services-ordered-ready-amid-storm-warning/

 

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Storm’s Coming To Complicate Risky Cave Rescue

By Khaosod English

 

Kruba Boonchum, a prominent mystic from Myanmar, arrives at Luang Cave on Wednesday evening to perform a ritual of opening.

 

By Jintamas Saksornchai, Chayanit Itthipongmaetee and Todd Ruiz

 

CHIANG RAI — The weather has been kind to the cave rescue effort over the past week, but the storm is finally coming with no timeline yet for rescuing those trapped inside.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046420-storm’s-coming-to-complicate-risky-cave-rescue/

 

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Chiang Rai Governor: Weather is key to extracting stranded boys and coach

 

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CHIANG RAI, 5th July 2018 (NNT) - The Meteorological Department is keeping a close watch on the weather which Chiang Rai Governor Narongsak Osottanakorn said must be taken into consideration as to when the 12 local boys and their football coach trapped inside Tham Luang Cave can be safely extracted. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046422-chiang-rai-governor-weather-is-key-to-extracting-stranded-boys-and-coach/

 

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Fried Chicken-Filled Stomachs Make Rescue Possible

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

Fried chicken Thursday morning at the Tham Luang Nang Non camp.

 

CHIANG RAI — An army marches on its stomach – and Navy SEALs are no different. That’s why Parita Suwannawong, 53, started cooking since 3am on Thursday to make 300 servings of fried chicken and sticky rice to send into the cave.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046423-chiang-rai-fried-chicken-filled-stomachs-make-rescue-possible/

 

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British ‘Real Hero’ Diver Gets Official Escort To Airport

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer

 

 

BANGKOK — One of the British caving experts who helped discover the 13 missing in a Chiang Rai cave quietly left Thailand Wednesday night with the tourism minister personally thanking him at the airport.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046424-british-‘real-hero’-diver-gets-official-escort-to-suvarnabhumi-airport/

 

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Trang airport passenger terminal expansion to be finished next year

By The Nation

 

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The expansion of the passenger terminal at Trang International Airport to cope with rising numbers of travellers will be completed mid-2019, the director general of the Airports Department said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046427-trang-airport-passenger-terminal-expansion-to-be-finished-next-year/

 

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Amid cave drama, no one goes hungry

By Supira Sangharanont 
The Nation

 

Everyone involved in the Chiang Rai cave rescue operation is enjoying free meals of noodles after vendors at the Doi Wao Market in Mae Sai district pooled Bt30,000 to finance the scheme.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046423-chiang-rai-fried-chicken-filled-stomachs-make-rescue-possible/?do=findComment&comment=13141689

 

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Governor frets over likelihood of more rain

By The Nation

 

Along with the threat posed by the weather, keeping in touch with the Navy SEALs inside Tham Luang Cave is a major challenge in the mission to extract the trapped football team, Chiang Rai Governor Narongsak Osotthanakorn said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046422-chiang-rai-governor-weather-is-key-to-extracting-stranded-boys-and-coach/?do=findComment&comment=13141732

 

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Warm farewell for British caver hero

By Suthinan Kongsin 
The Nation

 

Tourism and Sports Minister Weerasak Kowsurat presented a certificate of honour to Briton Robert Charles Harper at Suvarnabhumi International Airport on Wednesday night as the cave expert who played a crucial role in finding the 13 footballers departed for home.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046424-british-‘real-hero’-diver-gets-official-escort-to-suvarnabhumi-airport/?do=findComment&comment=13141739

 

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Phuket kids invited to receive free beach safety training

The Phuket News

 

The activity, to be held from 8:30-1pm on Saturday (July 7) at Dolphin Court on Patong Beach, is a collaboration between Patong Municipality, Surf Life Saving Australia, Phuket Lifeguard Club and supporters. Photo: Supplied

 

PHUKET: Phuket children aged between 8-15 years old are invited to receive free beach safety training at an activity to be held in Patong on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046432-phuket-kids-invited-to-receive-free-beach-safety-training/

 

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Here’s where Thailand ranked in a survey on the world’s best countries

 

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For the second year running Switzerland has been ranked as the world’s best country, according to the Best Countries Ranking by the U.S News and World Report.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046435-here’s-where-thailand-ranked-in-a-survey-on-the-world’s-best-countries/

 

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The BTS is so broken even its Twitter page no longer works

 

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After being besieged by technical problems that have caused major disruptions to its train services, the Twitter page for the Bangkok Mass Transit System has now also stopped working.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046436-the-bts-is-so-broken-even-its-twitter-page-no-longer-works/

 

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Police, SWAT Team Surround Bangkok Home After Fatal Shooting

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter

 

Former cop believed to have fatally shot woman

 

BANGKOK — Police officers and a SWAT team were still surrounding a house in Bang Yi Khan district after a former cop reportedly shot a woman to death and barricaded himself inside the residence.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046443-police-swat-team-surround-bangkok-home-after-fatal-shooting/

 

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Thailand to cash in as Tham Luang cave set to become major tourist attraction

 

Soldiers and rescue workers work in Tham Luang cave complex, as an ongoing search for members of an under-16 soccer team and their coach continues, in the northern province of Chiang Rai, Thailand, July 1, 2018. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

The Tham Luang cave which is at the centre of an international rescue mission to free 12 boys and their football coach who are trapped inside, is likely to become Thailand’s next major tourist attraction.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046446-thailand-to-cash-in-as-tham-luang-cave-set-to-become-major-tourist-attraction/

 

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Polar bear killed Canadian man protecting his children

 

A father died protecting his children in a rare polar bear attack in Canada's northernmost territory of Nunavut.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046447-polar-bear-killed-canadian-man-protecting-his-children/

 

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Expel school director without pension for alleged student relationship, says panel

By Prasit Tangprasert 
The Nation

 

 

A panel has recommended that a former school director in Nakhon Ratchasima province be expelled without a pension from the civil service for having an inappropriate romantic relationship with a 14-year-old schoolgirl.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046448-expel-korat-school-director-without-pension-for-alleged-student-relationship-says-panel/

 

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Thais love trips, but not too long, says Visa

By The Nation

 

 

Thais travel more on average than any other nationality, according to Visa’s Global Travel Intentions Study.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046450-thais-love-trips-but-not-too-long-says-visa/

 

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3 Chinese tourists rescued after being caught by rip current off Koh Chang

By Thai PBS

 

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Three Chinese tourists were plucked from the sea off Ko Chang Island by rescue workers after they were caught by rip current while swimming in the sea off Sai Khao beach on Wednesday afternoon in defiance of a no-swimming sign.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046451-3-chinese-tourists-rescued-after-being-caught-by-rip-current-off koh-chang/

 

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Elderly disabled woman rescued from Chon Buri bus shelter

By The Nation

 

 

A 78-year-old woman confined to a wheelchair was found to be living in a roadside bus shelter in Chon Buri with her grandson on Thursday and taken to a welfare centre.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046454-elderly-disabled-woman-rescued-from-chon-buri-bus-shelter/

 

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10 million baht to develop Phuket OTOP villages

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

Phuket is developing its OTOP Villages with a 10 million baht budget to support local tourism.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046455-10-million-baht-to-develop-phuket-otop-villages/

 

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Warehouse Fire in Hang Dong Shocks Locals

by CityNews

 

 

CityNews – A big fire in Hang Dong caused concern among locals as a wood warehouse burned to the ground.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046463-warehouse-fire-in-hang-dong-shocks-locals/

 

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Cashless rail tickets launched

By The Nation

 

 

The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) and Kasikornbank (KBank) have launched a QR code train ticket payment service.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046465-cashless-rail-tickets-launched/

 

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Hot to get BTS compensation for delays

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

Passengers pack BTS Siam on June 26, a day which saw the skytrain break down six times. Photo: @Amf_patcharapol / Twitter

 

BANGKOK — BTS Skytrain officials said Thursday they will refund commuters for delays they faced while queuing for the train last week.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046415-btsc-announces-compensation-for-passengers-affected-by-skytrain-delays/?do=findComment&comment=13142718

 

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Ford begins pickup production in Rayong

By The Nation

 

 

Ford has officially started production of the Ranger Raptor truck at its Ford Thailand Manufacturing factory in Rayong.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046471-ford-begins-pickup-production-in-rayong/

 

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Phuket signs clean-energy deal

By The Nation

 

 

Banpu Infinergy Company Limited, a provider of solar energy solutions with advanced technologies and a subsidiary of Banpu Plc, an integrated energy company in Asia-Pacific, and Phuket City Development, a social enterprise established by entrepreneurs, have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly implement the “Renewable Energy Development under the Phuket Smart City Plan”.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046472-phuket-signs-clean-energy-deal/

 

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King praises rescue efforts

 

 

His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn has issued his appreciation and thanks to all parties involved in finding the 12 young footballers and their coach who have been trapped inside Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai district since June 23.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046473-king-praises-rescue-efforts/