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Pattaya inundated by rains from tropical storm Trami

 

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Pattaya was in chaos Sunday as rains associated with tropical storm Trami inundated the resort. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058625-pattaya-inundated-by-rains-from-tropical-storm-trami/

 

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New U.S., China tariffs set to take effect, no compromise in sight

 

FILE PHOTO: Flags of U.S. and China are placed for a meeting at the Ministry of Agriculture in Beijing, China, June 30, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States and China are set to impose new tit-for-tat tariffs against each other's goods on Monday, the latest escalation in a heated trade war between the world's two largest economies.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058626-new-us-china-tariffs-set-to-take-effect-no-compromise-in-sight/

 

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Woman dies after pick-up pins her in Chachoengsao ditch

By The Nation

 

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A woman drowned after being pinned down in a ditch by her own pickup truck in Chachoengsao's Ban Pho district Sunday evening.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058627-woman-dies-after-pick-up-pins-her-in-chachoengsao-ditch/

 

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SRT to develop digital ticketing system

By The Nation

 

Picture The Bangkok Insight

 

The State Railway of Thailand has announced that it will seek Bt300 million to develop a digital ticketing system to provide greater convenience to passengers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058628-srt-to-develop-digital-ticketing-system/

 

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"Polite Robber" took his shoes off before stealing at 7/11

 

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CCTV footage showed a robber armed with a knife remove his shoes before stealing money from a 7/11.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058630-polite-robber-took-his-shoes-off-before-stealing-at-711/

 

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Britain's Labour to vote on keeping second Brexit referendum on table

 

Anti-Brexit supporters demonstrate in the centre of the city, as it hosts the annual Labour Party Conference, in Liverpool, Britain, September 23, 2018. REUTERS/Phil Noble

 

LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Labour Party will vote this week to keep a second Brexit referendum on the table if Prime Minister Theresa May fails to pass her plan to leave the European Union through parliament, media reported.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058631-britains-labour-to-vote-on-keeping-second-brexit-referendum-on-table/

 

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"No, you gave me a 100 baht" says 7/11 staffer after being handed 1,000 baht

 

Picture: Sanook

 

CCTV footage posted to Facebook showed a female 7/11 staffer try to con an elderly woman at one of their stores. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058632-no-you-gave-me-a-100-baht-says-711-staffer-after-being-handed-1000-baht/

 

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Two nurses, ambulance driver killed in Lampang crash

By The Nation

 

 

An ambulance returning to Phayao after taking a patient to Phitsanulok hit a tree in Lampang Monday morning, killing two nurses and the driver, police said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058635-two-nurses-ambulance-driver-killed-in-lampang-crash/

 

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American tourist rescued from sea at Patong Beach

By The Phuket News

 

The American tourist is brought back to shore by lifeguards and volunteers. Photo: Patong Development Foundation

 

PHUKET: An American tourist who was reported missing after entering the sea at Patong Beach on Saturday night was found safe two hours later.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058622-phuket-foreign-man-rescued-after-drifting-out-to-sea/?do=findComment&comment=13394462

 

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Japanese tourist, 62, drowns at Karon Beach

By The Phuket News

 

The man was pulled from the sea at Karon Beach at around 4:45pm on Saturday (Sept 22). Photo: The Phuket News / File

 

PHUKET: It has been confirmed that a 62-year-old Japanese tourist drowned at Karon Beach on Saturday (Sept 22).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058636-japanese-tourist-62-drowns-at-karon-beach/

 

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Hong Kong pro-independence party formally outlawed in first such move since handover

 

Andy Chan, founder of the Hong Kong National Party, speaks during a luncheon at the Foreign Correspondents' Club (FCC) in Hong Kong, China, August 14, 2018. Paul Yeung/Pool via REUTERS

 

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong authorities formally banned on Monday a group promoting independence from China - the first outlawing of a political organisation since Britain handed its former colony back to Chinese rule in 1997.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058640-hong-kong-pro-independence-party-formally-outlawed-in-first-such-move-since-handover/

 

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For First Time, Prayuth Confirms ‘Interest’ In Politics

By  Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

Junta chairman Prayuth Chan-ocha speaks to reporters Monday

 

BANGKOK — Ditching the evasive non-answers he’s given for months, junta chairman Prayuth Chan-ocha on Monday for the first time confirmed he’s interested in a political career.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058642-for-first-time-prayuth-confirms-‘interest’-in-politics/

 

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"So sorry about that" says "drunk" British woman after claiming she was raped on Koh Phangan

 

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A 25 year old British woman has accepted that she was not raped on Koh Phangan as she had claimed.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058644-so-sorry-about-that-says-drunk-british-woman-after-claiming-she-was-raped-on-koh-phangan/

 

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To get ahead in upcoming election, first try to understand its mathematics

 

 

The majority of Thais may hate mathematics, but they will be forced to be constantly engaged with it in the upcoming months. If they are to follow the crunch time of  with great fun and understanding, that is.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058645-to-get-ahead-in-upcoming-election-first-try-to-understand-its-mathematics/

 

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Tourist appeal blossoms in chilly Chiang Rai

By The Nation

 

The temperature is falling in the Thai North, which means mountain-climbing season has arrived.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058647-tourist-appeal-blossoms-in-chilly-chiang-rai/

 

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Twenty eight years on - Thailand remembers unforgettable gas tanker explosion

 

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It was one of the most unbelievable accidents in modern Thai history. It was September 24th 1990 at about 10pm when a gas tanker overturned on Petchaburi Road in Bangkok. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058651-twenty-eight-years-on-thailand-remembers-unforgettable-gas-tanker-explosion/

 

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If PM Prayut can extend his stay - why not take pity on the minivans?

 

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Thai Rath's columnist "Mae Look Jan" turned his attention to the plight of Bangkokians - and minivan drivers - after orders that will see 1,800 vans taken off the capitals streets at the end of the month.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058656-if-pm-prayut-can-extend-his-stay-why-not-take-pity-on-the-minivans/

 

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Four Israeli tourists taken to hospital after Fortuner smashes into tree in Chiang Mai

 

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Chiang Mai News reported that four Israeli tourists were taken to hospital after a Fortuner driven by a Thai guide smashed into a tree on the Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai Road.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058658-four-israeli-tourists-taken-to-hospital-after-fortuner-smashes-into-tree-in-chiang-mai/

 

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71 Killed As Dengue Deaths Spike

By Jintamas Saksornchai, Staff Reporter

 

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BANGKOK — Dengue deaths among Thais are up over 30 percent from last year, the health ministry said Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058659-71-killed-as-dengue-deaths-spike/

 

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Wife and gunman arrested after husband killed in Krabi

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

Krabi police have arrested a woman who hired a gunman for 200,000 baht to shoot her husband last week.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058660-wife-and-gunman-arrested-after-husband-killed-in-krabi/

 

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Commoner Party Vows To 'Disarm' Junta

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer

 

Photo: Matichon Weekly

 

LOEI — Environmental and Civil Rights activist Lertsak Kamkongsak has been elected leader of Commoner Party.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058661-commoner-party-vows-to-disarm-junta/

 

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Construction begins for new buildings at Khon Kaen airport

 

 

KHON KAEN, 24 September 2018 (NNT) - The construction of a new passenger terminal and a parking building at Khon Kaen airport has begun. The cabinet approved a two-billion-baht budget for the three-year project on October 10th last year. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058670-construction-begins-for-new-buildings-at-khon-kaen-airport/

 

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Poll takers disapprove of politicians who break campaign promises

 

 

BANGKOK, 24th September 2018 (NNT) - According to the latest Suan Dusit Poll, people disapprove of politicians who break campaign promises. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058671-poll-takers-disapprove-of-politicians-who-break-campaign-promises/

 

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PM urges people to cope with rain

By The Nation

 

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Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Monday expressed concern for the people struggling under recent heavy rain and floods.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058674-pm-prayut-urges-people-to-cope-with-rain/

 

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For Thais of friends of Thais? Pheu Thai protests 'copycat' party

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

 

BANGKOK — Less than a week since Pheu Thai Party saw its founder’s slogan stolen by an army unit, its logo and name also appear up for grabs.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058692-for-thais-of-friends-of-thais-pheu-thai-protests-copycat-party/

 

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Meth haul seen arriving from Laos but smugglers vanish

By The Nation

 

 

Navy personnel found 30,000 methamphetamine pills on the side of the Mekong River in Nakhon Phanom on Sunday night, but the drug runners got away.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058693-meth-haul-seen-arriving-from-laos-but-smugglers-vanish/

 

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Korat villagers need treatment after dining on rabid cow

By The Nation

 

 

Officials on Monday urged about 50 residents of a Nakhon Ratchasima village to get rabies shots quickly after the beef they ate turned out to have come from a rabid cow.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058694-korat-villagers-need-treatment-after-dining-on-rabid-cow/

 

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Student killed in Chatuchak house fire

By The Nation

 

 

A second-year university student was killed in a fire that swept through four rented houses in Bangkok’s Chatuchak district on Monday morning.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058695-student-killed-in-chatuchak-house-fire/

 

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Phuket group calls for action over ‘crucial’ oil, gas concessions

By The Phuket News

 

The ' Power for the People of Phuket’ community action group believes that the concessions for the Bongkot and Erawan oil and gas fields are currently in breach of Section 164 of the Constitution of Thailand. Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET:-- Governor Norraphat Plodthong today (Sept 24) received a petition from a local action group calling for the Prime Minister to intervene in the concessions being offered to two “crucial” oil and gas fields in the Gulf of Thailand, and accusing officials of breaching ethics requirements mandated in the Constitution of Thailand.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058696-phuket-group-calls-for-action-over-‘crucial’-oil-gas-concessions/

 

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Chiang Rai four-year-old drowns after falling into river

By The Nation

 

 

Rescuers found the body of a four-year-old boy in the Lao River in Chiang Rai’s Mae Saruay district on Monday, after he had fallen into the water the previous evening.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058698-chiang-rai-four-year-old-drowns-after-falling-into-river/