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Leicester team in Bangkok for Vichai’s funeral (photo gallery)

By THE NATION 

 

 

LEICESTER footballers yesterday attended the funeral in Bangkok of their chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha who died in a fiery helicopter crash at their home King Power Stadium last Saturday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066664-leicester-team-in-bangkok-for-vichai’s-funeral-photo-gallery/

 

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Experts express scepticism over free and fair election

By KORNRAWEE PANYASUPPAKUN 
THE NATION

 

 

AS THE COUNTRY counts down towards the next general election, speakers at a panel discussion yesterday widely held the opinion that a free and fair national vote without the influence of the ruling junta seems unlikely.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066666-experts-express-scepticism-over-free-and-fair-election/

 

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Rap song reflects Thai society: poll

By THE NATION

 

 

MOST PEOPLE surveyed recently view a controversial rap song criticising Thailand as a reflection of society although they suspect it has been used for political attacks, separate opinion polls found.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066667-rap-song-reflects-thai-society-poll/

 

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Road project in Kaeng Krachan park halted as environmentalists attack plan

By The Nation

 

 

THE NATIONAL Parks Department has ordered suspension of the road surface improvement project planned for the damaged 18km asphalt route running to the famed Phanoen Thung mountain top in the heart of Kaeng Krachan National Park in Phetchaburi province.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066668-road-project-in-kaeng-krachan-park-halted-as-environmentalists-attack-plan/

 

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Thumbs down for shorter teacher training

By Kornrawee Panyasuppakun 
The Nation

 

 

Some calls for longer, not shorter, course

 

THE IMMINENT move to cut the duration of teacher-training programmes by a year has upset teachers and students alike.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066669-thumbs-down-for-shorter-teacher-training/

 

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Move to set up educational institutes that can develop manpower for EEC

By Chularat Saengpassa 
The Nation

 

 

THAILAND’S higher-education sector is shifting gears towards the future – setting sights on new engines of growth as well as the much-vaunted Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066670-move-to-set-up-educational-institutes-that-can-develop-manpower-for-eec/

 

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Cash rewards offered to save sea turtles

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION 

 

 

NATIONAL PARKS on the Andaman coast are offering cash rewards to those who discover sea turtle nests and notify park officers in an attempt to protect the endangered species from extinction.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066672-cash-rewards-offered-to-save-sea-turtles/

 

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Adapt or fail, varsities warned

By CHULARAT SAENGPASSA 
THE NATION 

 

 

UNIVERSITIES TOLD TO BRACE FOR TECH DISRUPTION AND FOCUS ON CORE INDUSTRIES

 

DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES are going to bring down Thai universities’ rankings – no matter how well regarded they are now – unless they adjust quickly and efficiently, Deputy Education Minister Udom Kachintorn has warned. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066674-adapt-or-fail-varsities-warned/

 

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Concerns over facial recognition AI

By AN AREA OF DEBATE 
WICHIT CHAITRONG 
THE NATION

 

Scott Ong

 

THE ARRIVAL of artificial intelligence facial recognition technology across Asean countries, including Thailand, has raised concerns among businesses and consumers over individual privacy.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066675-concerns-over-facial-recognition-ai/

 

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Court says Pattani schoolgirls can wear hijab

By The Nation

 

 

The Songkhla Provincial Administrative Court has ordered that female Muslim students be allowed to wear a hijab at Anuban Pattani School in predominantly Muslim Pattani province.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066676-court-says-pattani-schoolgirls-can-wear-hijab/

 

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Bangkok raid nets illegal workers, Bt12m in contraband

By The Nation

 

 

More than 50 policemen and customs officials raided Sua Pa Plaza in Bangkok’s Pom Prab district early Sunday in response to a tip-off that illegal immigrants were working there amid possible violations of laws protecting intellectual property rights.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066677-bangkok-raid-nets-illegal-workers-bt12m-in-contraband/

 

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Motorcyclists protest ban on use of underpass and overpass

By Suriya Patathayo 
The Nation

 

 

Hundreds of motorcyclists are protesting for the right to use traffic underpass and overpass routes in Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066678-motorcyclists-protest-ban-on-use-of-underpass-and-overpass-routes-in-bangkok/

 

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Massage parlour faces scrutiny after death of customer

By The Nation

 

Relevant authorities are investigating a massage parlour where a client died while receiving its services.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066556-dead-from-a-thai-massage-no-blame-attached-to-parlor-says-wife/?do=findComment&comment=13530408

 

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Rights groups press for rehabilitation of Karen in national park

By The Nation

 

 

Several human rights organisations have demanded that the government allow ethnic Karen to return to their old community site inside the Kaeng Krachan National Park.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066679-rights-groups-press-for-rehabilitation-of-karen-in-national-park/

 

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Backpacker reveals how she escaped terrifying kidnap attempt in Thailand

 

Rachel Turner made a last minute stop off in Thailand after spending a year abroad. Image: Supplied

 

A young university student backpacking her way through Thailand has revealed how a terrifying taxi ride during a drunken night out left her bloodied on the side of the road pretending to be dead.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066680-backpacker-reveals-how-she-escaped-terrifying-kidnap-attempt-in-thailand/

 

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Two Chinese nabbed for stealing bags at Suvarnabhumi airport

 

Picture: BEC Tero

 

BANGKOK, 5th November 2018 (NNT) – Two Chinese tourists have been arrested at Suvarnabhumi international airport as they were leaving Thailand with luggage stolen from other passengers. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066683-two-chinese-nabbed-for-stealing-bags-at-suvarnabhumi-airport/

 

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New Caledonia votes against independence from France

By Richard Lough and Sophie Louet

 

 

Queues form at polling stations across New Caledonia as the French archipelago in the South Pacific votes whether to become the world's newest state. 

 

PARIS (Reuters) - The South Pacific archipelago of New Caledonia voted against independence from France on Sunday in a long-awaited referendum that capped a 30-year long decolonisation process.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066685-new caledonia votes-against-independence-from-france/

 

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Bahrain court overturns acquittal of opposition leaders

 

FILE PHOTO: Sheikh Ali Salman, head of Bahrain's largest Shi'ite opposition group Wefaq, speaks to gathering of tens of thousands in the village of Diraz, West of Manama, Bahrain, July 1, 2011. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed/File Photo

 

DUBAI (Reuters) - A Bahraini court on Sunday ordered life sentences for three senior opposition members, overturning a previous acquittal on charges of spying for Qatar in what an international rights group called a "travesty of justice".

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066687-bahrain court-overturns-acquittal-of-opposition-leaders/

 

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Saudi king to make week-long domestic tour amid Khashoggi crisis

 

FILE PHOTO: Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman receive the Khashoggi family in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia October 23, 2018. Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/Handout via REUTERS

 

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's King Salman will embark on a week-long domestic tour on Tuesday, a senior government official told Reuters, as the absolute monarchy faces its worst political crisis in a generation over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066691-saudi-king-to-make-week-long-domestic-tour-amid-khashoggi-crisis/

 

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Italian storms wipe out two families in Sicily as death toll rises

 

A fireman walks on a mud covered path in the aftermath of a flood in Casteldaccia, near Palermo, Italy, November 4, 2018. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane

 

MILAN (Reuters) - Two families were killed in the same house in Sicily when the torrential rains and high winds lashing Italy caused a river to burst its banks, drowning the nine people inside.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066692-italian-storms-wipe-out-two-families-in-sicily-as-death-toll-rises/

 

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U.S., South Korea resume low-key military drills ahead of talks with North Korea

By Josh Smith and Joyce Lee

 

FILE PHOTO: A man stands near binoculars as he tries to see North Korea's propaganda village of Gijungdong at the Dora observatory near the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, South Korea, April 24, 2018. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - The United States and South Korea will begin small-scale military drills on Monday just days ahead of U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meeting with a North Korea official to discuss denuclearisation and plans for a second summit between the two countries.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066694-us-south-korea-resume-low-key-military-drills-ahead-of-talks-with-north-korea/

 

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Jordan says Israel wants to discuss border land deals

 

A Jordanian soldier pulls a Jordanian national flag in an outpost at the border area between Israel and Jordan at Naharayim, as seen from the Israeli side October 22, 2018. REUTERS/ Ronen Zvulun

 

AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan said on Sunday Israel had asked for consultations on a special land deal agreed in their peace treaty that the Jordanian government wants to end.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066695-jordan-says-israel-wants-to-discuss-border-land-deals/

 

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Ready for a fight: Voter enthusiasm surges among U.S. Hispanics

By Chris Kahn and Daniel Trotta

 

Volunteer Bea Nevarez knocks on the door of a potential voter during door-to-door canvassing in Tucson, Arizona, U.S., October 31, 2018. Picture taken October 31, 2018. REUTERS/Caitlin O'Hara

 

(Reuters) - Hispanics are more interested in voting this year than in the last U.S. congressional midterm elections in 2014 and their enthusiasm outpaces that of all U.S. adults, according to a Reuters/Ipsos national tracking poll released on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066696-ready-for-a-fight-voter-enthusiasm-surges-among-us-hispanics/

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Sterling hits two-week peak on smooth Brexit hopes; Asian shares seen jittery

By Swati Pandey

 

FILE PHOTO: British five pound banknotes.November 14, 2017. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - The British pound jumped to a two-week high on Monday on hopes Britain was inching closer to a smooth Brexit, while Asian stocks will likely have a nervous start amid worries about shaky Sino-U.S. trade relations.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066698-sterling-hits-two-week-peak-on-smooth-brexit-hopes-asian-shares-seen-jittery/

 

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French far-right overtakes Macron in EU parliament election poll

By Geert De Clercq

 

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a media conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, October 29, 2018. Michel Euler/Pool via REUTERS

 

PARIS (Reuters) - France's far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party jumped ahead of President Emmanuel Macron's LREM for the first time in a poll of voting intentions for May 2019 European Parliament elections.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066699-french-far-right-overtakes macron in-eu-parliament-election-poll/

 

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Trump, Obama tout clashing visions of U.S. as elections near

By John Whitesides

 

FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Barack Obama walks onstage as he campaigned for Democrats including U.S. Senator Bill Nelson and and gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum in Miami, Florida, U.S. November 2, 2018. REUTERS/Joe Skipper/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Barack Obama made duelling election appearances on Sunday, offering sharply different views on the country's problems but agreeing on the high stakes for voters in the final 48 hours of a tight campaign.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066702-trump-obama-tout-clashing-visions-of-us-as-elections-near/

 

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Iranian marchers chant 'Death to America' on eve of U.S. oil sanctions

By Parisa Hafezi

 

Iranian people gather to mark the anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. Embassy, in Tehran, Iran, November 4, 2018. Tasnim News Agency /Handout via REUTERS

 

DUBAI (Reuters) - Thousands of Iranians chanting "Death to America" rallied on Sunday to mark the anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. Embassy during the 1979 Islamic Revolution and the imminent reimposition of U.S. sanctions on Iran's oil sector.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066704-iranian-marchers-chant-death-to-america-on-eve-of-us-oil-sanctions/

 

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PM due to officiate opening of Ratchayothin road tunnel

 

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is scheduled to officiate the opening of the road tunnel at the busy Ratchayothin intersection this morning (Monday).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066705-pm-prayut-due-to-officiate-opening-of-ratchayothin-road-tunnel/

 

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Sons of slain Saudi journalist Khashoggi appeal for return of his body

 

Placards can be seen outside the embassy as people protest against the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey outside the Saudi Arabian Embassy in London, Britain, October 26 2018. REUTERS/Simon Dawson

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The sons of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi on Sunday issued an appeal for the return of their father's body and said they wanted to return to Saudi Arabia to bury him.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066709-sons-of-slain-saudi-journalist-khashoggi-appeal-for-return-of-his-body/

 

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Britain pushes for U.N. Security Council action on Yemen crisis

 

Britain's Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt arrives in Downing Street, London, September 4, 2018. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British foreign minister Jeremy Hunt said on Monday he would push for new action at the United Nations Security Council to try to end hostilities in Yemen and find a political solution to the war there.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066713-britain-pushes-for-un-security-council-action-on-yemen-crisis/