THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Tuesday 18 Sep 2018

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Man killed by drunk driver after crossing the road from 7/11

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Police were called after a 53 year old man was killed after crossing the road from a Bang Khae 7/11 and opening his car door. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057763-man-killed-by-drunk-driver-after-crossing-the-road-from-711/

 

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Two Koreas hold high-stakes summit with nuclear talks in jeopardy

By Hyonhee Shin and Joyce Lee

 

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his wife Ri Sol Ju along with South Korean President Moon Jae-in and First Lady Kim Jung-sook review honour guards at Pyongyang Sunan International Airport, North Korea ahead of the third summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in this still frame taken from video September 18, 2018. KBS/via REUTERS TV

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's President Moon Jae-in departed on Tuesday for his third summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, seeking to cement a breakthrough in faltering nuclear talks between Pyongyang and Washington.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057764-two-koreas-hold-high-stakes-summit-with-nuclear-talks-in-jeopardy/

 

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Video: "Can't be bothered" taxi driver fined 3,000 baht and given politeness training

 

 

A Bangkok cabby who refused to take some women on a journey and was caught arguing on a phone video has been fined and ordered to undergo politeness training. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057766-video-cant-be-bothered-taxi-driver-fined-3000-baht-and-given-politeness-training/

 

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Shark net finally coming to Hua Hin beach: D-Day is Thursday

 

Picture: Talk News

 

Talk News said that the authorities in Hua Hin have finally decided who is responsible for installing a shark net at Sai Noi beach where a Norweigan tourist was bitten five months back in mid-April. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057771-shark-net-finally-coming-to-hua-hin-beach-d-day-is-thursday/

 

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SpaceX's first private passenger is Japanese fashion magnate Maezawa

By Eric M. Johnson

 

FILE PHOTO: Yusaku Maezawa, the chief executive of Zozo, which operates Japan's popular fashion shopping site Zozotown and is officially called Start Today Co, speaks at an event launching the debut of its formal apparel items, in Tokyo, Japan, July 3, 2018. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo

 

HAWTHORNE, Calif. (Reuters) - SpaceX, Elon Musk's space transportation company, on Monday named its first private passenger as Japanese businessman Yusaku Maezawa, the founder and chief executive of online fashion retailer Zozo.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057752-elon-musks-spacex-to-name-first-passenger-for-moon-voyage/?do=findComment&comment=13375209

 

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Video: Another seven illegal hotels raided in Pattaya - now 100 in all

 

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Pattaya Online News posted a video on Facebook of a joint police and Bang Lamung authority raid on seven hotels in the Pattaya area. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057773-video-another-seven-illegal-hotels-raided-in-pattaya-now-100-in-all/

 

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Phuket man, 29, shot dead while fleeing police

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Chitnupong Kherjan from Karon, was shot dead in his vehicle near the Tonhorm Restaurant on Srisoonthon Rd in Thalang just after midnight. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: A 29-year old man has been shot dead in Thalang this morning (Sept 18) while fleeing from police in Phuket Town.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057774-phuket-man-29-shot-dead-while-fleeing-police/

 

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Video: New Zealander collides with Thai motorcyclist going the wrong way on bridge in Rayong

 

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A dash cam video from the car of a New Zealander driving in Rayong showed the moment he collided with a Thai motorcyclist going the wrong way in the right lane on a bridge.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057778-video-new-zealander-collides-with-thai-motorcyclist-going-the-wrong-way-on-bridge-in-rayong/

 

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Taxi driver with a gun sparks online debate

 

Picture: MThai

 

A passenger posted pictures of a Thai taxi driver with a gun attached to the dash.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057779-taxi-driver-with-a-gun-sparks-online-debate/

 

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Phuket weather warning remains in force

The Phuket News

 

Another bleak, wet day in Phuket Town, but no floods or landslides just yet. Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET: The weather warning issued for Phuket and the Andaman coast remains in effect today (Sept 18), with the Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) urging people to beware flash floods and landslides.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057781-phuket-weather-warning-remains-in-force/

 

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Ratchaburi recycler found crushed in abandoned house

By The Nation

 

Picture: Mcot

 

Ratchaburi villagers who went seeking the source of a putrefying stench stumbled on a grisly scene at an abandoned house in Photharam district yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057783-ratchaburi-recycler-found-crushed-in-abandoned-house/

 

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Schoolgirl drowns after motorbike caught in Chachoengsao flash flood

By The Nation

 

Picture: Mcot

 

A schoolgirl drowned after her motorcycle was swept off a road in Chachoensao's Phanom Sarakham by a flash flood on Monday evening.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057784-schoolgirl-drowns-after-motorbike-caught-in-chachoengsao-flash-flood/

 

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Israeli tourist injured after attack by Krabi teenager

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

An Israeli tourist has sustained head injuries after being hit with a glass bottle by a teenager last week, allegedly over an issue of ‘jealousy’ in Krabi.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057785-israeli-tourist-injured-after-attack-by-krabi-teenager/

 

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Bikers cough up Bt1.6 million in fines over first two months of pavement ban

By The Nation

 

FILE photo

 

Banning motorbikes from Bangkok pavements has given City Hall coffers a much-needed boost, though pedestrians are advised to stay light on their feet for now.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057786-bikers-cough-up-bt16-million-in-fines-over-first-two-months-of-pavement-ban/

 

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Truck knocks down three power poles on Bangkok soi, causing traffic snarls

By The Nation

 

Picture: INN

 

Traffic locked up on Soi Pridi Banomyong 2 under the Chalong Rat expressway after a truck brought down three power poles in a chain reaction Tuesday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057787-truck-knocks-down-three-power-poles-on-bangkok-soi-causing-traffic-snarls/

 

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'Mrs. Maisel,' 'Game of Thrones' win top Emmy honors

By Lisa Richwine

 

70th Primetime Emmy Awards - Show - Los Angeles, California, U.S., 17/09/2018 - Peter Dinklage for Game of Thrones wins the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama series. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Game of Thrones" and "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" won the top prizes at the Emmy awards on Monday on a night of upsets for the highest honors in television.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057788-mrs-maisel-game-of-thrones-win-top-emmy-honors/

 

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Headwinds before takeoff for new Thai Airways team

By Chayut Setboonsarng and Panu Wongcha-um

 

FILE PHOTO: Thai Airways aircraft are parked on the tarmac at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International Airport March 27, 2015. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Struggling national carrier Thai Airways International PCL is pinning hopes of a revival to its 1990s heyday on a new leadership team, jet purchases and improving its brand as tourism booms in the region.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057793-headwinds-before-takeoff-for-new-thai-airways-team/

 

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Russia says a military aircraft vanishes near Syria during Israeli, French strikes

By Christian Lowe and Phil Stewart

 

MOSCOW/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russia's defence ministry said early on Tuesday that one if its military aircraft with 14 people on board disappeared from radar screens over Syria at the same time that Israeli and French forces were mounting aerial attacks on targets in Syria.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057794-russia-says-a-military-aircraft-vanishes-near syria during-israeli-french-strikes/

 

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Junta critics taken off Voice TV 

By THE NATION

 

 

JUNTA CRITICS Sirote Klampaiboon and Virot Ali were removed from a Voice TV news show yesterday for allegedly being sarcastic and biased against the military-led government. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057697-voice-tv-suspends-2-commentators-says-nbtc-forced-it/?do=findComment&comment=13375738

 

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Krabi beaches raise red flags, waterfalls off limits after heavy rain

By The Nation

 

Krabi on Tuesday barred visitors from waterfalls and from swimming in the sea after the province was hit by heavy downpours.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057795-krabi-beaches-raise-red-flags-waterfalls-off-limits-after-heavy-rain/

 

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Student actor slams into fellow motorcyclist, both killed

By The Nation

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Two teenage motorcyclists, one of them a film actor, were killed early Tuesday morning when they collided head-on on Bangkok’s Memorial Bridge.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057799-student-actor-slams-into-fellow-motorcyclist-both-killed/

 

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Man dies after breaking through checkpoint and threatening to shoot police

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

A Phuket man, who broke a Phuket City Police checkpoint, has died after attempting to open fire on police in Cherng Talay very early this morning (September 18).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057774-phuket-man-29-shot-dead-while-fleeing-police/?do=findComment&comment=13375889

 

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JJ Green Vendors Given Ultimatum To Leave Market

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter

 

 

BANGKOK — Vendors who failed to remove their goods from the former JJ Green Market property have been given a new deadline of midnight Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057801-jj-green-vendors-given-ultimatum-to-leave-market/

 

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Simitivej Hospital awarded most improved hospital in Thailand

 

 

BANGKOK, 18th September 2018 (NNT) - Simitivej Hospital has been awarded ‘The Most Improved Hospital in Thailand’ at the Asian Hospital Management (AHM) Awards 2018. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057802-simitivej-hospital-awarded-most-improved-hospital-in-thailand/

 

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Thai court dismisses graft case against Airports of Thailand, King Power

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A Thai court on Tuesday dismissed a 14 billion baht ($430 million) graft case against Airports of Thailand and duty-free retailer King Power, owner of the English Premier League club Leicester City.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057805-thai-court-dismisses-graft-case-against-airports-of thailand-king-power/

 

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This just in: 12 plus 8 equals 4

By The Nation

 

 

If Joy picked 12 mangoes and Joe picked eight more mangoes more than she did, how many mangoes did Joe pick?

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057806-this-just-in-12-plus-8-equals-4/

 

 

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Race for Democrat leadership will be a contest between “brothers”  

 

 

The race for the Democrat party leadership between former Phitsanuloke MP Warong Dejkitvigrom and incumbent leader Abhisit Vejjajiva will be a competition between “brothers”  without subsequent hard feelings no matter what the result, said Democrat secretary-general Chuti Krairiksh on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057812-race-for-democrat-leadership-will-be-a-contest-between-“brothers”/

 

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Net widens in Loei police fraud case

By The Nation

 

 

National police chief Pol General Chakthip Chaijinda has ordered three policemen temporarily discharged from the civil service after they were accused of involvement in a massive fraud and embezzlement case in Loei.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057821-net-widens-in-loei-police-fraud-case/

 

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Tourists stranded as Phuket weather, Typhoon Mangkhut affects flights

 

Ministry of Tourism & Sports (MoTS) Permanent Secretary Pongpanu Svetarundra (centre) has ordered daily updates on flights delayed out of Phuket. Photo: MoTS

 

PHUKET: Ministry of Tourism & Sports (MoTs) Permanent Secretary Pongpanu Svetarundra has ordered the Tourist Assistance Centre in Phuket to provide him with daily updates on the flight situation at Phuket International Airport after 19 flights were cancelled on Sunday (Sept 16).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057823-tourists-stranded-as-phuket-weather-typhoon-mangkhut-affects-flights/

 

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50 monkeys back home at Khao To Sae after steralisation

By The Thaiger

 

 

70 monkeys have been released back at Khao To Sae. Five days ago they were captured on the popular tourist hill overlooking Phuket Town and taken for sterilisation. This is Stage Two in a program by Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation officials to reduce the number of Macaques living in areas around Phuket frequented by tourists.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057824-50-monkeys-back-home-at-khao-to-sae-after-steralisation/