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Cabinet adjusts smart visa criteria in support of industrial development

 

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BANGKOK, 7th November 2018 (NNT) – The Cabinet has made changes to the criteria and benefits of the smart visa program in a bid to facilitate foreign academics who come to share their knowledge with Thai industrial personnel. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067046-thai-cabinet-adjusts-smart-visa-criteria-in-support-of-industrial-development/

 

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Army commander instructs security agencies to boost clampdown on illicit drugs

 

 

BANGKOK, 7th November 2018 (NNT) – The Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Army has instructed all security units to step up the present clampdown on illicit drugs. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067051-thai-army-commander-instructs-security-agencies-to-boost-clampdown-on-illicit-drugs/

 

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Bitcoin volatility sinks to lowest in nearly two years

Tom Wilson

 

A bitcoin logo is seen at a facility of the Youth and Sports Ministry in Caracas, Venezuela February 23, 2018. REUTERS/Marco Bello

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Bitcoin has experienced one of its worst annual price performances of its short 10-year-old life but also appears to have become more stable in the process.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067054-bitcoin-volatility-sinks-to-lowest-in-nearly-two-years/

 

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Australia's far-right One Nation recruits former Labor leader

 

FILE PHOTO: Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison stands before delivering the National Apology to survivors of child sexual abuse in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, October 22, 2018. AAP/Mick Tsikas/via REUTERS

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - A former leader of Australia's main opposition Labor party said on Wednesday he will join the country's most prominent far-right political party, One Nation, in a move that may re-energise nationalist politics.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067056-australias-far-right-one-nation-recruits-former-labor-leader/

 

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PM wants more underpasses, overpasses built to solve Bangkok traffic congestion

By The Nation

 

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Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha wants more tunnels and flyovers be built to ease traffic congestions in Bangkok, Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067057-pm-prayut-wants-more-underpasses-overpasses-built-to-solve-bangkok-traffic-congestion/

 

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Surat Thani carries out raids to root out drug dealers

 

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SURAT THANI, 7 November 2018 (NNT) – Raids have been carried out across Surat Thani as part of an effort to eradicate narcotics from the province. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067058-surat-thani-carries-out-raids-to-root-out-drug-dealers/

 

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Thai roads need central barriers to minimise impact of accidents: experts

By The Nation

 

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Thai roads need central barriers to minimise impacts from road accidents, experts have told a seminar.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067059-thai-roads-need-central-barriers-to-minimise-impact-of-accidents-experts/

 

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Fox News: Democrats projected to win control of U.S. House

 

A supporter is seen wearing a Donald Trump hat at Republican Governor Scott Walker's mid-term election night party in Pewaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. November 6, 2018. REUTERS/Nick Oxford

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fox News Channel projected on Tuesday that Democrats will win control of the U.S. House of Representatives.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067061-fox-news-democrats-projected-to-win-control-of-us-house/

 

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Driver surrenders after hitting and killing Myanmar cyclist in Samut Prakan

By The Nation

 

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An elderly Thai driver surrendered to police after his car allegedly hit and killed a Myanmar man on a Samut Prakan road and he then left the scene to return home.
 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067065-driver-surrenders-after-hitting-and-killing-myanmar-cyclist-in-samut-prakan/

 

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Top UK college opens A Levels programme in Bangkok

By The Nation

 

 

Brighton College Bangkok is opening an A Levels programme in August next year, seeking to replicate its success in the United Kingdom and Middle East.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067066-top-uk-college-opens-a-levels-programme-in-bangkok/

 

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Wednesday News From Thailand - 7th November 2018 fabulous TV Pattaya

 

 

VIDEO: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067071-wednesday-news-from-thailand-7th-november-2018-fabulous-tv-pattaya/

 

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Democrats capture U.S. House majority in rebuke to Trump

By John Whitesides

 

A poll official monitors a polling station as voters cast their ballots for the midterm elections in San Antonio, Texas, U.S., November 6, 2018. REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats rode a wave of dissatisfaction with President Donald Trump to win control of the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday, Fox News and NBC News projected, giving Democrats the opportunity to block Trump's agenda and open his administration to intense scrutiny.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067061-fox-news-democrats-projected-to-win-control-of-us-house/?do=findComment&comment=13538249

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Angela Ahrendts calls Thailand’s first Apple store ‘the fullest expression of everything that Apple’s doing’

Michael Steeber

 

Ahead of the grand opening of Apple’s first retail location in Thailand this Saturday, November 10th, a new interview has shed more light on Apple’s thinking and goals for the project. Following last week’s special event at The Brooklyn Academy of Music, Thai YouTuber Ceemeagain Chatpawee sat down with retail SVP Angela Ahrendts in Williamsburg to learn more about Apple Iconsiam.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067074-angela-ahrendts-calls-thailand’s-first-apple-store-‘the-fullest-expression-of-everything-that-apple’s-doing’/

 

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Driver killed, seven passengers injured in Ayutthaya van-pickup collision

By The Nation

 

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The driver was killed and seven passengers injured when a passenger van hit the rear of a pickup truck that was changing lanes to park on an Ayutthaya road on Wednesday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067075-driver-killed-seven-passengers-injured-in-ayutthaya-van-pickup-collision/

 

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Chumphon man booked for repeatedly raping daughter

By The Nation

 

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Police in Chumphon say a 43-year-old man there has confessed to repeatedly raping his daughter from the time she was attending Mathayom 1.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067076-chumphon-man-booked-for-repeatedly-raping-daughter/

 

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‘Shark in bag’ wasn’t found at Maya Bay

By The Thaiger

 

 

In reaction to the story circulating about the ‘dead blacktip reef shark found dead in a sack’, a Phi Phi diver has contacted us with the following information….

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067078-‘shark-in-bag’-wasn’t-found-at-maya-bay/

 

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Phuket’s beach-touring croc still waiting for a new home

By Tavee Adam

 

The crocodile is in good health, but remains in a pen in marine wildlife research centre in northern Phuket. Photo: Phuket Fisheries Dept

 

PHUKET: The female crocodile caught offshore from Layan Beach, on Phuket’s west coast, in July remains held at the marine life research centre in Thalang, now more than a month after experts confirmed that the reptile is a saltwater species.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067079-phuket’s-beach-touring-croc-still-waiting-for-a-new-home/

 

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Analysis: Loss of U.S. House leaves Republicans more tied to Trump than ever

By James Oliphant

 

A sign directs voters towards a polling place near the state capitol in Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. November 6, 2018. REUTERS/Nick Oxford

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans' loss of control of the U.S. House of Representatives will leave the party with a more conservative congressional caucus that is even more bound to President Donald Trump and more united around his provocative rhetoric and hardline agenda.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067083-analysis-loss-of-us-house-leaves-republicans-more-tied-to-trump-than-ever/

 

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Police hero saves infant girls after family pickup plunges into canal

By The Nation

 

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A fast-thinking highway police officer used resuscitation techniques to bring two young girls back to life in Phitsanulok early Wednesday after their family’s pickup truck struck a low concrete shoulder guard and plunged into a canal.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067087-police-hero-saves-infant-girls-after-family-pickup-plunges-into-canal/

 

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Enjoy Free Shows When Iconsiam River Mall Opens

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

Photo: @Bankpiwat / Twitter

 

A Chinese boy band concert, Thai dance performances, magicians and more will entertain shoppers when riverside megamall Iconsiam opens this weekend.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067090-enjoy-free-shows-when-iconsiam-river-mall-opens/

 

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Army guilty of abusing rights, says NHRC

By The Nation

 

 

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Saying the beating of military draftees is a violation of their rights, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has called on the Army to set guidelines for appropriate ways to punish infractions.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067092-army-guilty-of-abusing-rights-says-nhrc/

 

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‘Maldives of Chanthaburi’ resort shut down over sea encroachment

By The Nation

 

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Officials on Wednesday morning raided and shut down a popular island resort that was advertised as “the Maldives of Chanthaburi”, saying it encroached on the sea.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067096-‘maldives-of-chanthaburi’-resort-shut-down-over-sea-encroachment/

 

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‘Popcorn Gunman’ Jailed After Supreme Court Overturns Acquittal

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

Vivat Yodprasit, at front, shows police how he allegedly fired an assault rifle at pro-government protests in a crime re-enactment staged in March 2014.

 

BANGKOK — A man accused of mortally wounding an elderly vendor during a protest in 2014 was convicted and sentenced to nearly 40 years in jail Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067097-‘popcorn-gunman’-jailed-after-supreme-court-overturns-acquittal/

 

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Tourist police top brass checks up on Walking Street

 

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Acting chief of the tourist police Maj Gen Theeraphon Khupatanon dropped into Walking Street, Pattaya, on Tuesday night.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067099-tourist-police-top-brass-checks-up-on-walking-street/

 

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Election Rules Bent Against The Poor: Grassroots Parties

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer

 

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BANGKOK — The viability of two new political parties seeking to represent historically disenfranchised voters was in doubt Wednesday, with representatives saying the new election rules are biased against the poor.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067100-election-rules-bent-against-the-poor-grassroots-parties/

 

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Big Joke arrests Korean on 13 year "overstay"

 

 

Immigration chief Maj Gen Surachet "Big Joke" Hakparn announced the arrest of two South Koreans on his Facebook site.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067101-big-joke-arrests-korean-on-13-year-overstay/ 

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Big Joke announces arrest of illegal workers and Thai man who helped them

 

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Maj Gen Surachate Hakparn, the new chief of immigration, announced the arrest of 29 workers from Myanmar and Laos who were in the kingdom on fake work visas. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067105-big-joke-announces-arrest-of-illegal-workers-and-thai-man-who-helped-them/

 

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Old man not to blame for death of teacher the kids called "angel", say locals

 

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Locals and people connected to a Chiang Mai kindergarten have strong suspicions that an old man is not responsible for the death of a teacher who her pupils called an angel. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067112-old-man-not-to-blame-for-death-of-teacher-the-kids-called-angel-say-locals/

 

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Video: Acid attack on dog, owner says his pet is innocent

 

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A video showed a man passing a house throw acid on a pet dog walking behind a gate within its property.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067113-video-acid-attack-on-dog-owner-says-his-pet-is-innocent/

 

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Grab and illegal tuk-tuks driving Chiang Mai businessman to bankruptcy

 

 

Chiang Mai News reported that a long time owner of a business renting tuk-tuks to drivers is being forced out of business. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067118-grab-and-illegal-tuk-tuks-driving-chiang-mai-businessman-to-bankruptcy/