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Thailand Live Thursday 22 Nov 2018

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Phuket airport taxi driver charges for deadly wipeout stall

By Tavee Adam

 

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A tourist was in the taxi when the accident happened at 8am, Oct 30, but escaped unharmed, and immediately returned to the airport to leave. Photo: Seang Prachachon Kon Phuket / Facebook

 

PHUKET:-- Police today confirmed that no progress has been made in bringing to court a charge of reckless driving causing death against the airport taxi driver that wiped out six vehicles and killed a motorbike driver during morning rush hour traffic on Thepkrasattri Rd last month.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1069754-phuket-airport-taxi-driver-charges-for-deadly-wipeout-stall/

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Fast-entry online visa system for 20 nations launched at Thai airports

By The Nation

 

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Immigration Bureau acting commissioner Pol Maj-General Surachate Hakpal on Wednesday officially launched the e-Via on Arrival (E-VOA) system that is expected to cut visa processing time to as little as one minute.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1069728-fast-entry-online-visa-system-for-20-nations-launched-at-thai-airports/

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Parties hit out at junta govt’s populist handouts

By THE NATION

 

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ABHISIT SAYS MEASURE IS NO DIFFERENT FROM SIMILAR POLICIES OF THE PAST; MEASURE SEEN |AS ‘SHORT-TERM’ REMEDY AND UNSUSTAINABLE
 

POLITICIANS FROM major parties yesterday slammed the junta over its populist package for the poor, saying the handouts were politically motivated.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1069786-parties-hit-out-at-junta-govt’s-populist-handouts/

 

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New committee to help resolve issues over marijuana patents, says Prajin

By KORNKAMOL AKSORNDEJ, 
KORNRAWEE PANYASUPPAKUN 
THE NATION 

 

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THE GOVERNMENT expects the controversy over cannabis-related patents to end within two weeks, with discussions for a solution focusing on national interests and the benefits to Thai people.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1069788-new-committee-to-help-resolve-issues-over-marijuana-patents-says-prajin/

 

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New forest monitoring system to help fight climate change

By Piyaporn Wongruang 
The Nation

 

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Thailand is developing forest monitoring systems to measure its success at reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and carbon stocks preservation (REDD+).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1069792-new-forest-monitoring-system-to-help-fight-climate-change/

 

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Belgian Embassy holds seminar on road safety

 

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BANGKOK, 22nd November 2018 (NNT) - The Embassy of Belgium in Thailand has hosted a seminar on road accidents as part of its celebration of 150 years of Thailand-Belgium relations, hoping to extend its successes against drunken driving to the Kingdom. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1069793-belgian-embassy-holds-seminar-on-road-safety/

 

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Chao Phraya promenade project transparent: governor

By The Nation

 

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BANGKOK GOVERNOR Aswin Kwanmuang insisted yesterday that the Chao Phraya promenade project, whose construction should “hopefully start during his term”, was transparent and can be checked at every step.
 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1069794-chao-phraya-promenade-project-transparent-governor/

 

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Brutal student slaying was tit-for-tat, say police

By JESSADA CHANTHARAK, 
KHANATHIT SRIHIRUNDAJ 
THE NATION

 

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ONE OF THREE technical-school students accused of shooting dead a young man from a rival school on October 12 has allegedly told police they did it out of retaliation for the killing of a pupil from their own school.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1069795-brutal-student-slaying-was-tit-for-tat-say-police/

 

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Luksika raises her career goals after stunning end to year

By Lerpong Amsa-ngiam 
The Nation

 

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Luksika Kumkhum with her trophy in Taiwan.

 

Red-hot Luksika Kumkhum will focus on intensifying her physical fitness in a bid to play more on the WTA tour next year after capturing two WTA 125K Series titles in a fortnight.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1069796-luksika-raises-her-career-goals-after-stunning-end-to-year/

 

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Prince Mahidol awards honour breakthroughs

By The Nation

 

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RESEARCHERS’ DISCOVERIES MAY CUT DEATHS FROM LEUKAEMIA, BREAST CANCER, CHOLERA

 

FOUR INTERNATIONAL researchers whose discoveries would help reduce mortality rates from CML leukaemia, breast cancer and cholera worldwide have been honoured with the 2018 Prince Mahidol Awards.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1069797-prince-mahidol-awards-honour-breakthroughs/

 

 

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Why the official plan to impound Bangkok street dogs won’t work

By The Soi Dog Foundation 

 

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The scheme to control stray dogs recently announced in Bangkok is inappropriate and unlikely to be effective, the Soi Dog Foundation (SDF) believes.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1069798-why-the-official-plan-to-impound-bangkok-street-dogs-won’t-work-opinion/

 

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Malaysian fugitive arrested in Phuket for B17mn real estate fraud

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

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Malaysian national Lee Chong Giap, 60, was wanted for real estate fraud amounting to the equivalent of B17 million, Gen Surachate explained. Photo: Immigration Bureau

 

PHUKET: A man wanted on an Interpol Red Notice for B17 million in real estate fraud in Malaysia has been arrested in Phuket and will be deported to his homeland south of Thailand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1069800-malaysian-fugitive-arrested-in-phuket-for-b17mn-real-estate-fraud/

 

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American missionary killed by tribe on remote Indian island

By Sanjib Kumar Roy

 

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FILE PHOTO: A Sentinel tribal man aims with his bow and arrow at an Indian Coast Guard helicopter as it flies over the island for a survey of the damage caused by the tsunami in India's Andaman and Nicobar archipelago, December 28, 2004. REUTERS/Indian Coast Guard/Handout/File Photo

 

PORT BLAIR, India (Reuters) - An American self-styled adventurer and Christian missionary has been killed and buried by a tribe of hunter-gatherers on a remote island in the Indian Ocean where he had gone to proselytize, local law enforcement officials said on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1069801-american-missionary-killed-by-tribe-on-remote-indian-island/

 

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Iran says U.S. bases and aircraft carriers within missile range

 

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FILE PHOTO: A display featuring missiles and a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is seen at Baharestan Square in Tehran, Iran September 27, 2017. Nazanin Tabatabaee Yazdi/TIMA via REUTERS.

 

LONDON (Reuters) - An Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander said on Wednesday that U.S. bases in Afghanistan, the UAE and Qatar, and U.S. aircraft carriers in the Gulf were within range of Iranian missiles, as tensions rise between Tehran and Washington.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1069802-iran-says-us-bases-and-aircraft-carriers-within-missile-range/

 

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Australian 'Bali Nine' drug mule released from prison after 13 years

By Yuddy Cahya Budiman

 

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Australian Renae Lawrence (C), a member of the notorious Bali Nine drug smuggling ring, is released from prison in Bangli Regency, Bali, Indonesia November 21, 2018. REUTERS/Johannes P. Christo

 

BANGLI, Indonesia (Reuters) - Australian heroin courier Renae Lawrence was released from an Indonesian prison on Wednesday, the first of the so-called Bali Nine drug smuggling ring to gain freedom after the execution of the two ring leaders strained ties between the countries.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1069804-australian-bali nine-drug-mule-released-from-prison-after-13-years/

 

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Harvesting in a trade war: U.S. crops rot as storage costs soar

By Mark Weinraub and P.J. Huffstutter

 

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FILE PHOTO: Eric Honselman opens a shed which holds 75,000 bushels of corn he was forced to store after his regular bins were filled to capacity with corn and soybeans on the family farm in Casey, Illinois, U.S., October 25, 2018. REUTERS/Mark Weinraub

 

(Reuters) - U.S. farmers finishing their harvests are facing a big problem - where to put the mountain of grain they cannot sell to Chinese buyers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1069805-harvesting-in-a-trade-war-us-crops-rot-as-storage-costs-soar/

 

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May says to return to Brussels on Saturday in bid to seal Brexit deal

By Gabriela Baczynska and Elizabeth Piper

 

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Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street in London, Britain, November 21, 2018. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

 

BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May said she would be returning to Brussels on Saturday to hammer out an outline of Britain's future ties with the European Union after her meeting with the head of the bloc's executive on Wednesday failed to bridge the gaps.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1069806-may-says-to-return-to-brussels-on-saturday-in-bid-to-seal-brexit-deal/

 

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Canada's murder rate hits near 10-year high in 2017 on gun deaths

 

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FILE PHOTO: A police officer guards the scene of a mass shooting in Toronto, Canada, July 22, 2018. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo

 

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's murder rate in 2017 jumped by 7 percent to a near 10-year high and gun-related deaths were the highest in 25 years, Statistics Canada said on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1069810-canadas-murder-rate-hits-near-10-year-high-in-2017-on-gun-deaths/

 

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Amazon stops blocking Australians from its U.S. website after backlash

 

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FILE PHOTO: Amazon boxes are seen stacked for delivery in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., January 29, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc <AMZN.O> said on Thursday it would stop blocking Australians from shopping on its much larger U.S. site after a customer backlash, dumping an unpopular policy the retail giant had said was necessary to comply with Australian tax law.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1069811-amazon-stops-blocking-australians-from-its-us-website-after-backlash/

 

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Happy Loy Krathong. Here are your krathong launching locations in Phuket.

By Tim Newton

 

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Happy Loy Krathong. But this year authorities are saying ‘only floating Krathongs thanks’, and preferably no polystyrene or steel pins.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1069819-happy-loy-krathong-here-are-your-krathong-launching-locations-in-phuket/

 

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"Don't lend money to anyone" - man conned by pretty woman from dating app learns the hard way

 

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Thai Rath reported on the case of a Thai man who learned the hard way that not every Thai woman on dating apps is a beautiful bombshell who can't wait to get to know you.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1069820-dont-lend-money-to-anyone-man-conned-by-pretty-woman-from-dating-app-learns-the-hard-way/

 

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