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Barring women from police academy 'does not discriminate,' police chief says

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

Matichon file photo.

 

BANGKOK — Police commissioner Chakthip Chaijinda on Wednesday defended plans to bar women from the police academy.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056033-barring-women-from-police-academy-does-not-discriminate-police-chief-says/

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THAI cancels Bangkok-Osaka flights

By The Nation

 

Passengers wait to leave Kansai International Airport in Izumisano, western Japan, by speedboat. EPA-EFE/JIJI PRESS

 

Thai Airways International on Wednesday announced the cancellation of all Osaka flights until Tuesday (September 11) following the closure of Osaka’s Kansai International Airport.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056032-thai-cancels-bangkok-osaka-flights/

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Bangkok hosts govt reception for cave rescuers

By The Nation

 

 

Thousands of people will today attend the government’s grand reception at the Royal Plaza to thank all those involved in the search and rescue operations of 12 Wild Boar soccer players and their football coach assistant from the flooded Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai from June 23 to July 11.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056035-bangkok-hosts-govt-reception-for-cave-rescuers/

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Two Thai students found dead in Seattle apartment

By The Nation

 

 

Two Thai female students were found dead in their apartment in Seattle, Washington, on Tuesday morning but police said they were not looking for any suspects.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056053-two-thai-students-found-dead-in-seattle-apartment/

 

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Boost for digital banking

By WICHIT CHAITRONG 
THE NATION

 

Photo from: www.bankinfosecurity.com

 

Banking club issues new guidelines to tackle increasing rush after last week’s breakdown.

 

THE BANKING IT Club yesterday issued guidelines to cope with the rapid growth of digital banking after digital highway congestion caused a major crash in the banking system last week.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056054-boost-for-digital-banking/

 

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Rights official worried over arrest of FB users over sharing rape claim

By KORNRAWEE PANYASUPPAKUN, 
KAS CHANWANPEN 
THE NATION

 

File photo: Koh Tao

 

A NATIONAL rights commissioner yesterday criticised the arrest of 10 Facebook users who shared content regarding a rape claim posted on a controversial FB page, saying the move would certainly intimidate people from expressing different views.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056055-rights-official-worried-over-arrest-of-fb-users-over-sharing-rape-claim/

 

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‘Add food security to Bangkok climate talks’

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION

 

Climate activists hold banners during a demonstration outside the United Nations (UN) Centre during the first day of the UN Climate Change Negotiating sessions in Bangkok, Thailand, 04 September 2018. // EPA-EFE PHOTO

 

THE CLIMATE JUSTICE group has called on international delegates to add food-security assurance to the agenda in climate-change negotiations, because they say it is not just extreme weather, but also improper climate-change solutions that are jeopardising global food stocks.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056056-add-food-security-to-bangkok-climate-talks/

 

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Parties will get 60 days to campaign – 'plenty of time', says Wissanu

By The Nation 

 

 

Parties will be permitted to campaign for the next general election from December, after the junta lifts restrictions on political activities, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056057-parties-will-get-60-days-to-campaign-–-plenty-of-time-says-wissanu/

 

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Group campaigns against death penalty

By THE NATION

 

File photo

 

10,000 signatures needed to take bill to national assembly.
 

ORGANISATIONS campaigning to abolish the death penalty in Thailand have now drawn up a bill that aims to replace the ultimate punishment with life imprisonment. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056058-group-campaigns-against-death-penalty-in-thailand/

 

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Protection for sensitive legal data gets boost

By THE NATION

 

Wisit Wisitsora-at

 

MOVES TO PREVENT cybersecurity threats to secret justice information received a boost recently after the Justice Ministry signed a pact with the Electronic Transactions Development Agency (ETDA) to take precautionary measures.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056059-protection-for-sensitive-legal-data-gets-boost/

 

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Border-crossing rules in Mekong subregion 'need to be standardised'

By PHUWIT LIMVIPHUWAT 
THE NATION

 

Supachai delivers the keynote speech at the 1st International Conference on GMS Logistics Thailand 2018

 

SETTING standards for the crossing of borders is an urgent requirement for logistics in the Mekong sub-region, the former chief of World Trade Organisation (WTO), Supachai Panitchpakdi, said yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056060-border-crossing-rules-in-mekong-subregion-need-to-be-standardised/

 

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Biggest beauty show of all

By THE NATION

 

Beyond Beauty Asean-Bangkok

 

The exposition Beyond Beauty Asean-Bangkok takes place in Halls 58 at the Impact Exhibition & Convention Centre from September 20 to 22.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056061-beyond-beauty-asean-bangkok-biggest-beauty-show-of-all/

 

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Police force takes blundering step backwards

By The Nation

 

 

Decision to make Cadet Academy a men-only institution will do serious damage to justice process 

 

The Royal Thai Police, an institution long dominated by men with outdated mindsets, is losing yet more ground as other government agencies forge ahead into the 21st century.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056062-thai-police-force-takes-blundering-step-backwards/

 

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‘I’M NO CHILD BRIDE’ 

Thai girlfriend, 40, of Vernon Unsworth dismisses Elon Musk’s ‘paedo’ claims as she slams rumours Brit cave drama hero has 12-year-old child bride

Woranan Ratrawiphukkun, who has been with the Brit for seven years, spoke out after the Tesla tycoon's latest outrageous claims

By Jon Lockett

 

Woranan Ratrawiphukkun - known as Tik - has been with Vernon Unsworth for seven years //FACEBOOK

 

THE girlfriend of the Brit cave rescue hero dubbed a "paedo" and "child rapist" by Elon Musk has branded the billionaire's outrageous allegations laughable.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056063-im-no-child-bride-thai-girlfriend-40-of-brit-cave-hero-vernon-unsworth-dismisses-elon-musk’s-‘paedo’-claims/

 

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Bangkok starts construction of utility tunnel at Phloen Chit

 

 

BANGKOK, 6th September 2018 (NNT) - The Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) has begun drilling a 3.6-meter-wide underground tunnel, which will service the largest power distribution system in Thailand. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056065-bangkok-starts-construction-of-utility-tunnel-at-phloen-chit/

 

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Eleven aboard Dubai flight hospitalised in New York after falling ill

By Gina Cherelus and Rodrigo Campos

 

Air cabin crew members and the emergency services are seen leaving the plane, after the passengers were taken ill on a flight from New York to Dubai, on JFK Airport, New York, U.S., September 05, 2018 in this still image obtained from from social media. Larry Coben/via REUTERS

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Eleven people aboard an Emirates airline flight from Dubai were taken to New York hospitals with a mystery ailment on Wednesday after scores of passengers and crew complained of feeling sick during the 14-hour overnight trip from the Middle East.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056066-eleven-aboard-dubai-flight-hospitalised-in-new-york-after-falling-ill/

 

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Senior Trump official describes resistance inside administration - NYT Op-Ed

 

U.S. President Donald Trump holds a meeting with Republican House and Senate leadership in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S. Sept. 5, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Many senior officials in the Trump administration have been working from within to frustrate parts of the president's agenda to protect the country from his worst inclinations, an anonymous Trump official wrote in a column published by the New York Times on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056067-senior-trump-official-describes-resistance-inside-administration-nyt-op-ed/

 

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'Don't touch me,' U.S. Senator Rubio tells conspiracy theorist Jones

 

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio and Alex Jones are seen in halls of Senate outside social media hearing in Washington, U.S., September 05, 2018 in this still image obtained from social media. Cassandra Fairbanks / The Gateway Pundit/via REUTERS

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Don't mess with U.S. Senator Marco Rubio.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056068-dont-touch-me-us-senator-rubio-tells-conspiracy-theorist-jones/

 

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Japanese homes engulfed in landslide after powerful quake hits Hokkaido

By William Mallard

 

A police officer is seen during blackout after a powerful earthquake hit the area at a cross-point in Sapporo, Japan in this photo taken by Kyodo September 6, 2018. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS 

 

TOKYO (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.7 on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido caused a landslide that engulfed houses early on Thursday, injuring and trapping a number of people and cutting power in several areas.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056069-japanese-homes-engulfed-in-landslide-after-powerful-quake-hits-hokkaido/

 

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Trump's Supreme Court pick touts independence, dodges questions

By Lawrence Hurley and Ginger Gibson

 

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies during the second day of his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 5, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, embraced the importance of judicial independence on Wednesday during his U.S. Senate confirmation hearing but sidestepped questions from Democrats about whether a president possesses the power to pardon himself or fire a prosecutor investigating him.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056071-trumps-supreme-court-pick-touts-independence-dodges-questions/

 

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Murderer of "Nong Nurse" puts conditions on giving himself up - police say no

 

Picture: Sanook

 

The well-connected Thai man charged with murdering attractive Noppathorn "Nong Nurse", 23, has sent a politician friend to try and negotiate a deal with Nakorn Pathom police.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056074-murderer-of-nong-nurse-puts-conditions-on-giving-himself-up-police-say-no/

 

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Exclusive - British Navy warship sails near Beijing-claimed South China Sea islands: sources

By Tim Kelly

 

FILE PHOTO: Military vehicles are seen in the loading dock of the HMS Albion, the British Royal Navy flagship amphibious assault ship, after the ship's arrival at Harumi Pier in Tokyo, Japan August 3, 2018. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - A British Royal Navy warship sailed close to islands claimed by China in the South China Sea as it headed towards Vietnam, asserting "freedom of navigation" rights and challenging Beijing's "excessive claims" in the region, two sources said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056075-exclusive-british-navy-warship-sails-near-beijing-claimed-south-china-sea-islands-sources/

 

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Big Joke arrests 11 Chinese working illegally via computers at Bang Plee house

Pictures: Thai Tourist Police Bureau

 

 

The Tourist Police Bureau reported that 11 Chinese men and women were arrested for running a business from a house in the Bang Plee area of Samut Prakarn.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056076-big-joke-arrests-11-chinese-working-illegally-via-computers-at-bang-plee-house/

 

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Rayong: Engineer dad has great idea to make his little boy's robot dream come true! 

 

Picture: Daily News

 

A little boy in Rayong wanted to be just like the robots he saw on YouTube - the costumes looked amazing.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056077-rayong-engineer-dad-has-great-idea-to-make-his-little-boys-robot-dream-come-true/

 

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Thai uni student tells media how "sex for grades professor" was arrested

 

Picture: Sanook

 

A Thai university student - identified only as Neung - has told the media how she took part in a sting operation at a short time hotel to expose a professor.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056080-thai-uni-student-tells-media-how-sex-for-grades-professor-was-arrested/

 

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North Korea's Kim Jong Un says two Koreas should further efforts for denuclearisation: KCNA

 

Chief of the national security office at Seoul's presidential Blue House Chung Eui-yong meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang, North Korea September 5, 2018. The Presidential Blue House/Handout via REUTERS

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the two Koreas should further their efforts to realise the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula, as he met with South Korean special envoys on Wednesday, state media KCNA said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056081-north-koreas-kim-jong-un-says-two-koreas-should-further-efforts-for-denuclearisation-kcna/

 

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Five year old twins "marry" in Ang Thong

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Five year old twins have gone through a marriage ceremony in Ang Thong in central Thailand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056083-five-year-old-twins-marry-in-ang-thong/

 

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Elder brother, 66, stabs his sibling to death after being called a "burden"

 

Picture; Sanook

 

Tragedy struck at a house in Chiang Mai province when two brothers started fighting after getting drunk.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056012-brothers’-bad-blood-lead-to-homicide/?do=findComment&comment=13338992

 

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Video: Bike rider doing taxi driver a favor ends up being sworn at

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

A video is doing the rounds of Thai social media that shows a kind motorcyclist close the boot of a taxi that has been left open in traffic.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056090-video-bike-rider-doing-taxi-driver-a-favor-ends-up-being-sworn-at/

 

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"Sinner" poisons nine soi dogs who only "barked at night"

 

Picture: Manager online

 

A person who left out chicken bones laced with poison to kill a pack of soi dogs has been labeled cruel and a sinner.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056093-sinner-poisons-nine-soi-dogs-who-only-barked-at-night/