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Six cows hit, killed by trailer truck in Suphan Buri

By The Nation

 

Picture: Komchadluek

 

A truck driver making a routine trip in Suphan Buri early on Wednesday met with a roadblock he was not expecting.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058908-six-cows-hit-killed-by-trailer-truck-in-suphan-buri/

 

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Seeing double! Teachers at Trang school have 20 sets of twins to deal with!

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Sanook reported that a popular primary school in Trang in Thailand's south has 20 sets of twins in its classes from kindergarten 2 to primary 6.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058910-seeing-double-teachers-at-trang-school-have-20-sets-of-twins-to-deal-with/

 

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GoAir flyer tries to open exit gate mid air mistaking it as toilet

Alert crew pulls aside passenger who was travelling on plane for the first time

Lata Rani, Correspondent

 

Patna: Dozens of passengers aboard an aircraft had a providential escape after a fellow passenger tried to open its exit door in mid-air mistaking it for a toilet door. The traveller told the police that he was travelling by plane for the first time and was not aware about the facilities of the aircraft.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058912-first-time-flyer-mistakes-aircraft-door-for-lavatory-gate-tries-to-open-it-mid-air/

 

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TAT plan to boost tourism to secondary locations, and Thai Airways’ bottomline

By The Thaiger

 

 

The TAT – Tourism Authority of Thailand – is coming to the rescue of the beleaguered national carrier, Thai Airways. They are going to promote 20 flight routes in 10 provinces for the rest of this year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058916-tat-plan-to-boost-tourism-to-secondary-locations-and-thai-airways’-bottomline/

 

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What price a little girl's life? One million say family, too much says dog owner

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

The mother of a four year old child savaged to death by a neighbor's three dogs has met with her female neighbor to discuss compensation. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058918-what-price-a-little-girls-life-one-million-say-family-too-much-says-dog-owner/

 

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A new look for Thaivisa

 

 

It has been some journey for Thaivisa from when it was first launched over 15 years ago now – and in all that time the logo and website has stayed the same.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058919-a-new-look-for-thaivisa/

 

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Bank employee killed after car plunges into Phatthalung canal

By The Nation

 

Picture: Channel 3

 

A bank employee was found dead on the bonnet of his car on Wednesday morning after it plunged into a canal beside a railway station in Phatthalung's Muang district.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058920-bank-employee-killed-after-car-plunges-into-phatthalung-canal/

 

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Treasure trove of counterfeit booty unearthed on Samui beach

By The Nation

 

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Over 10,000 counterfeit branded goods have been seized in just two hours during a raid by authorities on the tourist island of Koh Samui in Surat Thani.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058921-treasure-trove-of-counterfeit-booty-unearthed-on-samui-beach/

 

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Police seek public’s help to find Bangkok taxi driver after fatal hit-and-run

By The Nation

 

Picture: Komchadluek

 

Police on Wednesday called on anyone with information about a fatal hit and run incident involving a Bangkok taxi to come forward.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058924-police-seek-public’s-help-to-find-bangkok-taxi-driver-after-fatal-hit-and-run/

 

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EU has more pressing priorities than Brexit - French finance minister

 

French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire delivers a speech in Le Havre, France September 6, 2018. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo

 

PARIS (Reuters) - The European Union has more pressing priorities than Britain's future relationship with the bloc, starting with its own future, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058925-eu-has-more-pressing-priorities-than-brexit-french-finance-minister/

 

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China senior diplomat says Beijing, Washington must avoid Cold War mentality

 

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks during the opening of a new Chinese Embassy in the Dominican Republic, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, September 21, 2018. REUTERS/Ricardo Rojas/File Photo

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - China and the United States can compete but should not view each other with a Cold War mentality and should avoid falling into a zero-sum game trap, the Chinese government's top diplomat said, amid deteriorating ties between the superpowers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058927-china-senior-diplomat-says-beijing-washington-must-avoid-cold-war-mentality/

 

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Angry topless farangs go viral after telling Thais to keep the noise down

 

 

A video shared to the Pattaya News Facebook page showed two topless foreign men berating their Thai neighbours over the noise they were making from their workshop.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058929-angry-topless-farangs-go-viral-after-telling-thais-to-keep-the-noise-down/

 

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Bangkok Temple Bell Tower Collapses, Killing 1

By Jintamas Saksornchai, Staff Reporter

 

Rescue personnel lift an injured worker Tuesday from the debris of a collapsed temple bell tower in west Bangkok.

 

BANGKOK — A bell tower under renovation at an old Bangkok temple collapsed Tuesday, killing one and injuring 11.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058816-workers-hurt-as-historic-tower-falls-during-restoration-at-bangkok-temple/?page=2&tab=comments#comment-13401511

 

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Small Hotels Guild Launches Pact With Airbnb

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

 

BANGKOK — Global room rental platform Airbnb announced an alliance Wednesday with a small hotels consortium.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058937-small-hotels-guild-launches-pact-with-airbnb/

 

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Chiang Mai man arrested with backpack full of meth

By The Nation

 

 

A Chiang Mai man was arrested on Tuesday night allegedly trying to smuggle 100,000 methamphetamine pills to the city from the Myanmar border.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058942-chiang-mai-man-arrested-with-backpack-full-of-meth/

 

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Grab adds 2,000 drivers to GrabBike (Win) fleet

By The Nation

 

FILE photo

 

Grab Thailand added more than 2,000 more motorcycle-taxi drivers to its GrabBike (Win) fleet as driver-partners between May and August.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058943-grab-adds-2000-drivers-to-grabbike-win-fleet/

 

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Khon Kaen hospital denies surgical gauze left in abdomen caused death

By The Nation

 

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The director of Chum Phae Hospital in Khon Kaen has admitted that a surgeon there left a gauze bandage inside a patient’s abdomen during an operation but denied it contributed to the patient’s death.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058944-khon-kaen-hospital-denies-surgical-gauze-left-in-abdomen-caused-death/

 

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Video: All quiet on the south eastern front, namely Pattaya City Hall

 

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We Love Pattaya reported that things were quieter than normal at Pattaya City Hall today following the abrupt sacking of the mayor. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058945-video-all-quiet-on-the-south-eastern-front-namely-pattaya-city-hall/

 

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Samui man arrested with flask full of meth pills, 'ice'

By The Nation

 

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A man has been arrested on Koh Samui after collecting a parcel containing 4,000 methamphetamine pills and 500 grams crystal meth from a private post office.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058949-samui-man-arrested-with-flask-full-of-meth-pills-ice/

 

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Mule escapes as 12m meth pills, half-tonne of ‘ice’ seized in Chiang Rai

By The Nation

 

Picture: Channel 3

 

Chiang Rai police intercepted an attempt to smuggle 12 million methamphetamine pills and 521 kilograms of crystal meth or “ice” early on Wednesday but the drug mule got away.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058952-mule-escapes-as-12m-meth-pills-half-tonne-of-‘ice’-seized-in-chiang-rai/

 

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Royal Plaza Hotel collapse: Thai media remembers event 25 years on

 

 

It is slightly over twenty five years since a watershed moment in Thai construction history and the life of Thailand, reported Thai Rath this week. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058953-royal-plaza-hotel-collapse-thai-media-remembers-event-25-years-on/

 

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Koh Tao alleged rape case: Big Joke admits to concerns as female officer set to go to England

 

 

INN reported on developments in the selection process of a female investigator who will join two others in interviewing the 20 year old woman in London who says she was raped on Koh Tao in June. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058959-koh-tao-alleged-rape-case-big-joke-admits-to-concerns-as-female-officer-set-to-go-to-england/

 

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300kg of ice seized in Nakhon Si Thammarat

By The Nation

 

 

Around 300kg of crystal meth was sent back at the Malaysian border and seized in Nakhon Si Thammarat on Wednesday, police said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058964-300kg-of-ice-seized-in-nakhon-si-thammarat/

 

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Garage owner fights back at topless farangs: You're trespassing on my property

 

 

A garage owner who was ordered by two belligerent westerners to shut up his garage because of noise has said he fears for the safety of his wife and child on his property.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058966-garage-owner-fights-back-at-topless-farangs-youre-trespassing-on-my-property/

 

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Thanathorn blasts Thai military for creating “vicious circle” at New York forum

 

 

Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit has used the 2018 Concordia Annual Summit in New York as a forum to lambast the Thai military for creating what he described as a vicious circle in Thailand’s politics.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058968-thanathorn-blasts-thai-military-for-creating-“vicious-circle”-at-new-york-forum/

 

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Campaign launched after dozens of dead, injured turtles wash ashore Phuket beaches

 

A turtle rescued at Kamala Beach in Phuket with a debilitating gash caused by a fishing net. Photo: Kamala OrBorTor

 

PHUKET: The Phuket offices of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) and the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMRC) will launch a joint campaign in the hope of greatly reducing the number of turtles being washed up on Phuket’s beaches either dead or seriously injured.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058970-campaign-launched-after-dozens-of-dead-injured-turtles-wash-ashore-phuket-beaches/

 

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Jail birds - Thailand considers prison for feeding pigeons

 

Government officers catch pigeons on a street side in Bangkok, Thailand September 26, 2018. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - The Thai capital is considering jailing people who feed pigeons in public to try to eliminate the risk of bird flu and other diseases, officials said on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058987-jail-birds-thailand-considers-prison-for-feeding-pigeons/

 

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Health ministry joins efforts to promote birth-control awareness

By The Nation

 

 

A network of Thai organisations, led by the Public Health Ministry’s Department of Health and pharmaceutical giant Bayer Thai, joined an international campaign marking World Contraception Day on Wednesday, to promote awareness of effective birth control in order to cut down on unplanned and teen pregnancies.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058989-health-ministry-joins-efforts-to-promote-birth-control-awareness/

 

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Breaking News: British cave divers also rescued four trapped Thai rescuers in Tham Luang Cave

by Tony Brocklebank

 

Photo courtesy of Chris Jewell

 

When Rick Stanton and John Volanthen surfaced in Chamber 3 of Tham Luang Cave on day 6 of the rescue to find four people waiting for them they first thought they’d somehow found the boys of the trapped Wild Boar team. In fact they’d discovered four lost Thai rescuers who had been trapped by the rising floodwaters. In the chaos of the early days of the rescue the absence of the men had been unreported and so had not been noticed by the Thai authorities and or the outside world. What followed was a dramatic and unparalleled “snatch” rescue mission perfectly conceived and executed as they dived the four men through three sumps to safety.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058991-breaking-news-british-cave-divers-also-rescued-four-trapped-thai-rescuers-in-tham-luang-cave/

 

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Thai entrepreneur convicted in bogus bomb detector scam

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

Soldiers in Pathani province display the GT200 in 2010.

 

BANGKOK — A court on Wednesday sentenced a businessman to nine years in prison for selling phony bomb detectors to a royal guard unit.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058993-thai-entrepreneur-convicted-in-bogus-bomb-detector-scam/