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Russian national arrested at Phuket Airport, at US Govt request

By The Phuket News

 

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Russian national Anton Bogdanov, 33, was arrested at Phuket International Airport at the request of the US Government. No reason for the arrest has been made public. Photo: Supplied

 

PHUKET:-- A Russian man was arrested while waiting to board a flight at Phuket International Airport yesterday (Nov 29) following a request from the US Government.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1070901-russian-national-arrested-at-phuket-airport-at-us-govt-request/

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Phuket tourism dodges ‘Chinese hit’, Vice Governor told

By The Phuket News

 

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Chinese tourists remained the largest group of of tourists by number in Phuket throughout October, despite some hotels reporting that about 5-10% of bookings by Chinese tourists for the month were cancelled. photo: Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

PHUKET: Phuket Vice Governor Prakob Wongmaneerung was told by representatives from the local hotel and tourism industry yesterday (Nov 28) that the tourism situation on the island amid the “plunge” in the Chinese arrivals – in the wake of the Phoenix tour boat disaster that killed 47 Chinese tourists – was not as bad as previously predicted.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1070865-phuket-tourism-dodges-‘chinese-hit’-vice-governor-told/

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Parties accuse EC of bias in constituency mapping

By Kas Chanwanpen 
The Nation

 

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Gerrymandering is aimed at benefiting a particular party, they charge
 

POLITICIANS FROM major political parties yesterday cried foul at the constituency mapping done by the Election Commission (EC), claiming that a particular party was favoured through alleged gerrymandering.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1070924-parties-accuse-ec-of-bias-in-constituency-mapping/

 

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New partnership bill ‘does not give everybody equal rights’

By Pratch Rujivanarom 
The Nation

 

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PARTY forrights An LGBTQI group yesterday marks the 10th anniversary of LGBT Day at Chamchuri Square in the capital to promote gender rights and equality in Thailand. Photo Prasert Thepsri

 

LGBTQI activists call on govt to recognise every citizen’s right to create a family
 

BOTH THE Civil Code’s marriage law and the new Life Partnership Bill are in violation of the Constitution’s gender-equality principle, gender-diversity campaigners asserted as they pressed for full marriage equality rather than a two-tier approach that continues to stigmatise minorities.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1070927-new-partnership-bill-‘does-not-give-everybody-equal-rights’/

 

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DSI calls for dissolution of Dhammakaya-related foundation

By The Nation

 

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THE DEPARTMENT of Special Investigation (DSI) is calling on public prosecutors to get the court to dissolve the Khun Yay Maha Ratana Upasika Chandra Khonnokyoong Foundation – which was implicated in the Klongchan Credit Union Cooperative (KCUC) embezzlement case – and prosecute members of the foundation’s committee for money laundering.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1070928-dsi-calls-for-dissolution-of-dhammakaya-related-foundation/

 

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Thai travellers happy to ‘go solo’ when travelling abroad: study

By The Nation 

 

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Over a quarter of Thais (28 per cent) have traveled overseas “solo” in the past two years, ahead of the global (24 per cent) and Asia-Pacific (23 per cent) averages, according to Visa’s Global Travel Intentions Study.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1070930-thai-travellers-happy-to-‘go-solo’-when-travelling-abroad-study/

 

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More state university board directors quit to avoid declaring assets

 

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It started with a trickle – at first in the Ministry of Education.  Eventually, the trickle looks likely to transform into a gush that threatens to burst the floodgate and sends board members of universities and institutes of other ministries taking panicky flight to evade the legal requirement to have their wealth declared – not just to the National Anti-Corruption Commission, but also to the public.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1070932-more-state-university-board-directors-quit-to-avoid-declaring-assets/

 

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In the South, four more WASTED YEARS

By The Nation

 

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The military has always set the pace in the border provinces, so it’s no surprise that peace remains elusive under a military govt

 

The junta is mulling the legacy it will leave behind regarding its four years of control over the troubled southern border provinces.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1070933-in-the-south-four-more-wasted-years-editorial/

 

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Lego to open first certified store in Thailand

By Kwanchai Rungfapaisarn 
The Nation

 

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Atsushi Hasegawa, right, general manager for emerging Asia, Lego Singapore, and Arden Feschuk, director of commercial development of DKSH (Thailand) Ltd, at a press briefing held to announce Thailand’s first certified Lego shop in Siam Paragon.

 

Lego Group, a Danish manufacturer of plastic building toys, announced yesterday that it was opening its first certified shop in Thailand as part of a strategy to speed up growth in Asia. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1070937-lego-to-open-first-certified-store-in-thailand/

 

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Trump ex-lawyer pleads guilty to lying about Moscow tower project

By Brendan Pierson and Jeff Mason

 

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Lawyer Michael Cohen enters Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., December 16, 2016. Picture taken December 16, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

 

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former longtime personal lawyer, pleaded guilty on Thursday to lying to Congress about a proposed Trump Organisation skyscraper in Moscow, prompting the president to lash out at Cohen as a liar and "weak person."

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1070940-trump-ex-lawyer-pleads-guilty-to-lying-about-moscow-tower-project/

 

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In abrupt switch, Trump cancels Putin meeting, cites Ukraine crisis

By Roberta Rampton

 

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U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin react at the end of the joint news conference after their meeting in Helsinki, Finland, July 16, 2018. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

 

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday abruptly cancelled a planned meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Argentina, registering his disapproval of Russia's treatment of Ukraine and casting new uncertainty over U.S.-Russian ties.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1070940-trump-ex-lawyer-pleads-guilty-to-lying-about-moscow-tower-project/

 

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Israeli minister says he's invited to 2019 conference in Bahrain

 

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Israel's Economy Minister Eli Cohen poses for a picture at his office in the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem November 22, 2017. Picture taken November 22, 2017. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

 

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli cabinet minister said he had been invited to attend a conference next year in Bahrain, in what he described as part of Israel's emerging relations with Arab and Muslim countries that do not formally recognise it.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1070942-israeli-minister-says-hes-invited-to-2019-conference-in-bahrain/

 

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G20 members struggle for agreements ahead of Argentina summit

By Ross Colvin

 

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An Argentine policeman stands guard at the G20 Summit's International Media Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina November 29, 2018. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci

 

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - G20 member nations were still struggling to reach agreement on major issues including trade, migration and climate change as world leaders began arriving in the Argentine capital ahead of a summit starting on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1070946-g20-members-struggle-for-agreements-ahead-of-argentina-summit/

 

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Scottish parties unite against May's Conservatives on Brexit deal

 

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Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 in Downing Street in London, Britain, November 28, 2018. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

 

EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Scottish political parties will unite against the Conservatives, the party of British Prime Minister Theresa May, in a rare joint front to show their anger at her plan to leave the European Union.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1070948-scottish-parties-unite-against-mays-conservatives-on-brexit deal/

 

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Germany's Merkel to miss G20 opening after aircraft woes

 

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FILE PHOTO - German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during the German-Ukrainian Business Forum conference in Berlin, Germany November 29, 2018. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

 

COLOGNE, Germany (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel will miss the opening of the G20 summit in Argentina after technical issues forced her government plane to make an unscheduled but safe landing, German delegation sources said late on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1070951-germanys merkel to-miss-g20-opening-after-aircraft-woes/

 

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Airports of Thailand full-year profit up 22 percent but tourism wanes

 

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BANGKOK (Reuters) - Airports of Thailand Pcl (AOT) <AOT.BK> reported a 21.7 percent jump in full-year net profit on higher revenue from flights and services across its six airports, although falling numbers of tourists could weigh on future earnings.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1070952-airports-of thailand full-year-profit-up-22-percent-but-tourism-wanes/

 

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China state paper says trade deal possible at G20 if U.S. 'fair minded'

By Adam Jourdan

 

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FILE PHOTO - U.S. President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping shake hands after making joint statements at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, November 9, 2017. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj/File Photo

 

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China and the United States can reach a trade agreement at the G20 meeting in Argentina this week, the state-run China Daily newspaper said in an editorial on Friday, but Washington must be "fair minded" if it wants to defuse spiraling tensions.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1070956-china-state-paper-says-trade-deal-possible-at-g20-if-us-fair-minded/

 

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Pentagon looks to exoskeletons to build 'super-soldiers'

By Phil Stewart

 

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Keith Maxwell, Senior Product Manager of Exoskeleton Technologies at Lockheed Martin, demonstrates an Exoskeleton during a Exoskeleton demonstration and discussion, in Washington, U.S., November 29, 2018. REUTERS/Al Drago

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army is investing millions of dollars in experimental exoskeleton technology to make soldiers stronger and more resilient, in what experts say is part of a broader push into advanced gear to equip a new generation of "super-soldiers."

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1070960-pentagon-looks-to-exoskeletons-to-build-super-soldiers/

 

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PM May says plans to speak to Saudi crown prince on Khashoggi, Yemen

 

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Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves after the extraordinary EU leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium November 25, 2018. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo

 

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May plans to raise the killing of Jamal Khashoggi and the situation in Yemen with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the G20 summit in Argentina, she said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1070963-pm-may-says-plans-to-speak-to-saudi-crown-prince-on-khashoggi-yemen/

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Big Joke takes credit for "SMS notification" scheme - but was it really his bright idea?

 

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The Thai Immigration Bureau website is praising their new chief to the skies for coming up with the "innovation" to notify people about the imminent expiry of their visas. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1070967-big-joke-takes-credit-for-sms-notification-scheme-but-was-it-really-his-bright-idea/

 

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