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Swiss/Thai murdered girlfriend in Hua Hin before laying on the railway tracks, say police

 

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Police in Hua Hin said that the 39 year old woman found brutally murdered and stuffed in a plastic box at a house in Hin Lek Fai sub-district was killed by a man of mixed Swiss/Thai parentage. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1062511-swissthai-murdered-girlfriend-in-hua-hin-before-laying-on-the-railway-tracks-say-police/

 

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Head of South Korea's ruling party says Pope wishes to visit North Korea - Yonhap

 

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Pope Francis waves as he leaves after leading a Mass for the canonisation of the Pope Paul VI and El Salvador's Archbishop Oscar Romero at the Vatican October 14, 2018. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - The head of South Korea's ruling Democratic Party of Korea Lee Hae-chan said he had heard that the Pope wishes to visit North Korea next spring, Yonhap news agency reported on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1062520-head-of-south-koreas-ruling-party-says-pope-wishes-to-visit-north-korea-yonhap/

 

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Meghan and Harry arrive in Australia for first overseas tour

 

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FILE PHOTO - The Duke and Duchess of Sussex take their seats ahead of the wedding of Princess Eugenie to Jack Brooksbank at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Britain, October 12, 2018. Danny Lawson/Pool via REUTERS

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Prince Harry and Meghan Markle landed in Australia on Monday a day before the official start of their first overseas tour as a married couple.

 

Source: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1062523-meghan-and-harry-arrive-in-australia-for-first-overseas-tour/

 

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Weak education holds back Thailand in worldwide human-capital index

By The Nation

 

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Thailand has performed better than the average for its income group in the new World Bank Human Capital Index.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1062529-weak-education-holds-back-thailand-in-worldwide-human-capital-index/

 

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Video: Hunt on for green shirted motorcyclist who fled scene of horror accident

 

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Dash cam footage from Route 9 in Bang Pa-In north of Bangkok showed a 25 year old motorcyclist tumble under the wheels of an 18 wheel truck after a collision with another motorcyclist. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1062530-video-hunt-on-for-green-shirted-motorcyclist-who-fled-scene-of-horror-accident/

 

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Trump says he is 'comfortable' as president despite political battles

By David Morgan

 

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U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a Make America Great Again rally in Richmond, Kentucky, U.S., October 13, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said in an interview broadcast on Sunday that he was "comfortable" in the White House after almost two years in office, despite political storms over immigration, tariffs and his nomination of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1062533-trump-says-he-is-comfortable-as-president-despite-political-battles/

 

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Malaysians complain about slow border crossing as immigration comes under "Big Joke" pressure

 

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Thai Rath reported that Malaysians crossing into Thailand for the Vegetarian festivals in Hat Yai and Phuket faced long delays at the weekend. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1062535-malaysians-complain-about-slow-border-crossing-as-immigration-comes-under-big-joke-pressure/

 

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Opinion poll shows some voters warming to Australia's new prime minister

 

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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks during a news conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, September 19, 2018. AAP/Lukas Coch/via REUTERS/Files

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's new prime minister extended his party's nascent recovery, one widely watched opinion poll showed on Monday, six days before a crucial by-election, but the main Labor opposition still holds a landslide-sized lead before elections due by May.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1062536-opinion-poll-shows-some-voters-warming-to-australias-new-prime-minister/

 

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Nicole Kidman radically transforms for drama 'Destroyer'

 

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Cast member Nicole Kidman arrives at the world premiere of "Destroyer" during the London Film Festival, in London, Britain October 14, 2018. REUTERS/Simon Dawson

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Hollywood star Nicole Kidman undergoes a dramatic makeover for new drama "Destroyer", playing a tired-looking and worn out police detective with a painful history.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1062539-nicole-kidman-radically-transforms-for-drama-destroyer/

 

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Stand up to EU bullies, UK's ex-foreign minister Johnson says

 

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Conservative MP Boris Johnson walks through his garden at his home near Oxford, Britain, October 3, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville/Files

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain must stand up to bullies in the European Union and press for a "super Canada" free trade deal, former foreign minister Boris Johnson said, increasing pressure on his former boss, Prime Minister Theresa May, over Brexit.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1062543-stand-up-to-eu-bullies-uks-ex-foreign-minister-johnson-says/ 

 

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Thalang PEA announce electricity shut-off for Oct 19

By The Phuket News

 

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The electricity supply will be temporarily shut off in parts of Thalang next Friday (Oct 19) as works are carried out on installing new high-voltage power cables. Photo: The Phuket News / File

 

PHUKET: The Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) Thalang Office announced today that the electricity supply will be temporarily shut off in parts of Thalang next Friday (Oct 19) as works are carried out on installing new high-voltage power cables.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1062544-thalang-pea-announce-electricity-shut-off-for-oct-19/

 

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Agree Brexit deal for security, British foreign minister says to EU

 

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Britain's Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt leaves Downing Steet, London, Britain, October 9, 2018. REUTERS/Simon Dawson/Files

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British foreign minister Jeremy Hunt will urge the European Union on Monday to agree a Brexit deal to ensure the region can tackle global threats such as cyber attacks, migration and terrorism.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1062546-agree-brexit-deal-for-security-british-foreign-minister-says-to-eu/

 

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Malaysia's Mahathir says Uighurs released because they did nothing wrong

 

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Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad speaks during a news conference with China's Premier Li Keqiang (not pictured) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, August, 20, 2018. How Hwee Young/Pool via REUTERS

 

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia freed 11 ethnic Uighur Muslims who fled to the Southeast Asian nation after a Thai jailbreak last year because they did nothing wrong there, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1062548-malaysias-mahathir-says-uighurs-released-because-they-did-nothing-wrong/

 

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Anwar sworn in as MP after winning by-election

 

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Anwar Ibrahim taking oath in Parliament Monday morning. – Photo from Malaysiakini

 

Malaysian veteran politician Anwar Ibrahim was sworn in as a member of Parliament this morning, two days after he swept to victory in a by-election.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1062550-anwar-sworn-in-as-mp-after-winning-by-election/

 

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PM urges understanding of National Strategy

 

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BANGKOK, 15th October 2018 (NNT) – The Prime Minister has asked that citizens read and understand the 20 Year National Strategy, promulgated in the Royal Gazette this past weekend, saying it is important for sustainable development and assuring citizens it is not a mechanism for his government to retain power. 

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1062553-pm-prayut-urges-understanding-of-national-strategy/ 

 

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Chiang Mai Busker Arrested For Showing Penis To Tourists

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

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Photos of Anusorn Peraket released by Chiang Mai police. Some details have been censored.

 

CHIANG MAI — Police arrested a street musician accused of exposing himself to multiple foreign tourists in Chiang Mai town center, an investigator said Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1062554-chiang-mai-busker-arrested-for-showing-penis-to-tourists/ 

 

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Legal tourists and expats will feel the benefit under "Big Joke" - he's the real deal

 

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Thai Rath's crime team published a feature on the appointment of the darling of the media "Big Joke" to the top position at Thai Immigration.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1062556-legal-tourists-and-expats-will-feel-the-benefit-under-big-joke-hes-the-real-deal/

 

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Phang-nga tour operators boycott visits to Similan-Surin islands to protest against new restrictions

 

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About 50 tour operators in the southern province of Phang-nga have agreed to suspend boat trips to Similan-Surin islands in the Andaman sea for Monday and Tuesday to protest against the decision of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plants Conservation to limit the number of visitors to 3,850 a day, including 525 scuba divers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1062557-phang-nga-tour-operators-boycott-visits-to-similan-surin-islands-to-protest-against-new-restrictions/

 

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Mu Pa Academy have not signed movie deal, says government spokesman

 

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Thai government spokesman Lt Gen Weerachon Sukhondhapatipak has dismissed rumors that the boys and coach rescued from the Chiang Rai cave have signed a movie deal. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1062559-mu-pa-academy-have-not-signed-movie-deal-says-government-spokesman/

 

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EC opens registration for organizations to nominate senators

 

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BANGKOK, 15 October 2018, (NNT) - Following cabinet approval of the draft act on the selection of senators, the Election Commission (EC) has opened registration for eligible organizations to nominate candidates for members of the upper house. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1062604-ec-opens-registration-for-organizations-to-nominate-senators/

 

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Prayuth Now Officially On Facebook, Twitter, Instagram

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

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Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha’s official Facebook cover page.

 

BANGKOK — Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha is now officially on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, a junta deputy secretary said Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1062613-prayuth-now-officially-on-facebook-twitter-instagram/

 

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The case of the Chon Buri ‘cat burglar’

By Pakorn Akanant 
The Nation

 

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An elderly Chon Buri couple expecting to find a cat noisily rummaging above their ceiling on Sunday night were instead astonished to find a burglar staring back at them from the dark.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1062637-the-case-of-the-chon-buri-‘cat-burglar’/

 

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Man sought in Chiang Mai after granny dies from injuries

By Tossapol Boonpat 
The Nation

 

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A Mae Hong Son man is being sought and may be charged with murder following an alleged attack on his 71-year-old grandmother to obtain money so he could travel to visit his girlfriend in Chiang Mai.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1062639-man-sought-in-chiang-mai-after-granny-dies-from-injuries/

 

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