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US Embassy reminder: Income affidavits for visas to cease Jan 1

 

 

PHUKET: The US Embassy in Bangkok is reminding US citizens that the US Mission in Thailand will cease providing income affidavits and will not notarise previous versions of the income affidavit from Jan 1.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073018-us-embassy-reminder-income-affidavits-for-visas-to-cease-jan-1/

‘Extremely Drunk’ Monks Living In Bus Station Busted For Harassment

By Jintamas Saksornchai, Staff Reporter

 

Phra Wittaya Pholyano and Phra Supphachok Katadharmo on Thursday after being forced to leave the monkhood.

 

BANGKOK — Two heavily intoxicated monks were arrested Thursday after causing a disturbance at a major Bangkok bus terminal.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073041-‘extremely-drunk’-monks-living-in-bus-station-busted-for-harassment/

Prayut comes under blistering attack as political bans are lifted

By THE NATION

 

 

PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha and his government yesterday came under attack from politicians taking advantage of the junta’s lifting of political restrictions on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073074-prayut-comes-under-blistering-attack-as-political-bans-are-lifted/

 

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Islamic council bans marriage of children under 17

By KORNRAWEE PANYASUPPAKUN 
THE NATION

 

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THAILAND’S ISLAMIC council has – for the first time in history – issued a ban on child marriage nationwide. This followed public anger sparked by the marriage earlier this year of an 11-year-old child to a man four times her age.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1072932-thailand-islamic-leader-to-increase-age-for-muslims-to-marry/?do=findComment&comment=13646904

PTTEP and partner bag rights to two gas fields

By THE NATION

 

 

PTT EXPLORATION and Production plc (PTTEP) and its partner Mubadala Petroleum (Thailand) Ltd have won Cabinet approval for their multibillion-baht bids to develop and produce natural gas from two major offshore fields in the Gulf of Thailand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073075-pttep-and-partner-bag-rights-to-two-gas-fields/

 

Loei mining firm loses battle

By The Nation

 

Photo credit: NewEsaan's Facebook

 

THE LOEI PROVINCIAL Court yesterday ordered a gold-mining firm to rehabilitate the environment and compensate locals who were affected by its operations.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073076-loei-mining-firm-loses-battle/

 

Google launches Thai AI project to screen for diabetic eye disease

By Patpicha Tanakasempipat

 

FILE PHOTO: An illuminated Google logo is seen inside an office building in Zurich, Switzerland December 5, 2018. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Google said on Thursday it had launched an artificial intelligence programme in Thailand to screen for a diabetic eye disease which causes permanent blindness.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073077-google-launches-thai-ai-project-to-screen-for-diabetic-eye-disease/

 

Former NLA member declares yearly earnings of Bt6.6m

By THE NATION

 

 

FORMER AIR Force chief ACM Johm Rungswang declared assets worth Bt20.8 million and yearly earnings of Bt6.6 million before resigning as a National Legislative Assembly (NLA) member on October 1, the anti-graft agency revealed yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073078-former-nla-member-declares-yearly-earnings-of-bt66m/

 

HRW slams govt for extraditing labour activist

By KAS CHANWANPEN 
THE NATION

 

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THAILAND HAS totally ignored concerns raised by UN agencies and human-rights groups, Human Rights Watch (HRW)’s senior researcher Sunai Phasuk said yesterday, after the government deported a Cambodian asylum seeker, even though he is likely to face persecution and possible mistreatment.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073079-hrw-slams-govt-for-extraditing-labour-activist/

 

560m Bangkok underpass opens

By The Nation

 

 

A 560-metre-long underpass along Bangkok’s Krungthep Kreetha Road was officially opened to traffic on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073081-560m-bangkok-underpass-opens/

 

Tourist’s widow gets French assurance

By The Nation

 

French police officers patrol near candles and flowers placed where a person was killed during the Christmas Market shooting in Strasbourg, France, 13 December 2018. // EPA-EFE PHOTO

 

THE BODY of a Thai tourist who was shot dead by a lone attacker in Strasbourg will return home as soon as the proof of identification is completed, French police have told the victim’s wife.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073082-strasbourg-shootings-widow-of-thai-tourist-gets-french-assurance/

 

Govt closer to ratifying fishing convention despite protests

By CHULARAT SAENGPASSA 
THE NATION

 

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Labour minister promises new measures will be implemented in local context.

 

THAILAND IS now well on its path to becoming the first Asian nation to ratify C188 – Work in Fishing Convention, and despite protests from many fishing operators, the government is confident the ratification will “benefit all”. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073085-thai-govt-closer-to-ratifying-fishing-convention-despite-protests/

 

Kodaline to headline festival

By THE NATION

 

 

Irish rock band Kodaline, formerly known as 21 Demands, will headline the Mangosteen Music Festival: Detour at Bitec Bangna on February 22 as part of their Asia tour.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073088-irish-rock-band-kodaline-to-headline-mangosteen-music-festival/

 

Thailand steps away from coal

By The Nation

 

 

Natural gas gets a bigger role in the draft 2018 Power Development Plan, but it remains to be seen which fuel is better for producing electricity

 

The Electricity Generating Authority Thailand (EGAT) has turned its back on coal-fired power plants for now after years of fruitless attempts to build them in southern Thailand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073089-thailand-steps-away-from-coal/

 

PM warned to not engage in political campaigning

 

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has been warned not to engage in election campaigning even if he is nominated as a candidate for prime minister because in his capacity as a government official he is legally bound to maintain political impartiality.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073090-pm-prayut-warned-to-not-engage-in-political-campaigning/

 

NLA passes labour bill aimed to increase severance pay and maternity leave

 

 

The National Legislative Assembly on Thursday passed amendments to the Labour Protection Act which will essentially increase severance pay for employees who have been working for their employers for 20 years upward.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073092-nla-passes-labour-bill-aimed-to-increase-severance-pay-and-maternity-leave/

 

Backpacker, 24, who broke her neck in pool diving accident in Thailand stranded there unless she finds £60,000 to fly home

Sophie Wilson may never walk again – and now she needs £100,000 for medical bills and a flight after her insurers refuse to pay out

by Claudia Tanner

 

 

- Sophie Wilson was injured a week into her dream six-month Asia trip

- Fellow traveller pulled her from pool and prevented her from drowning

- Insurance firm deemed her injuries were a result of 'a reckless act'

 

A young backpacker who broke her neck in an accident is stuck in a hospital in Thailand unless she raises £60,000 to fly back to the UK.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073094-diving-accident-british-backpacker-is-stuck-in-a-hospital-in-thailand-unless-she-raises-£60000-to-fly-home/

 

Fishermen seek an end to their legal woes over national park

By THE NATION

 

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LOCAL FISHERMEN are demanding measures to ease their woes over the legal problems they face when they accidentally drift too close to Tarutao National Park.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073095-fishermen-seek-an-end-to-their-legal-woes-over-national-park/

 

Main suspect in Strasbourg attack killed in gun battle with police - officials

By Christian Hartmann, John Irish and Emmanuel Jarry

 

French police posted December 12, 2018 on their Police Nationale Twitter account, a call for witnesses for Strasbourg-born Cherif Chekatt, 29, the day after a gun attack on a Christmas market in Strasbourg, France. French Police Nationale/via Reuters

 

STRASBOURG/PARIS (Reuters) - The suspected gunman who killed three people at a Christmas market in the French city of Strasbourg was shot dead on Thursday in a brief gun battle with police after being on the run for 48 hours, police sources said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073096-main-suspect-in strasbourg attack-killed-in-gun-battle-with-police-officials/

 

'Trust me', Britain's May tells EU leaders she can get Brexit deal passed

By Elizabeth Piper

 

British Prime Minister Theresa May arrives at a European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium December 13, 2018. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw

 

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - "Trust me," Prime Minister Theresa May told other European Union leaders on Thursday, saying that with their help, she could win the British parliament's backing for her Brexit deal and prevent a chaotic departure.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073097-trust-me-britains-may-tells-eu-leaders-she-can-get-brexit-deal-passed/

 

Yemen's warring parties agree to ceasefire in Hodeidah and U.N. role

By Aziz El Yaakoubi and Johan Sennero

 

Head of Houthi delegation Mohammed Abdul-Salam (R) and Yemeni Foreign Minister Khaled al-Yaman (2 L) shake hands next to United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres and Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom (L), during the Yemen peace talks closing press conference at the Johannesberg castle in Rimbo, near Stockholm December 13, 2018. TT News Agency/Pontus Lundahl via REUTERS

 

RIMBO, Sweden (Reuters) - Yemen's warring parties agreed on Thursday to cease fighting for the Houthi-held port city of Hodeidah and withdraw their troops, the first significant breakthrough for U.N.-led peace efforts in five years of conflict.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073098-yemens-warring-parties-agree-to-ceasefire-in-hodeidah-and-un-role/

 

Butina admits being Russian agent, pleads guilty in U.S. to conspiracy

By Sarah N. Lynch

 

FILE PHOTO: Maria Butina appears in a police booking photograph released by the Alexandria Sheriff's Office in Alexandria, Virginia, U.S. August 18, 2018. Alexandria Sheriff's Office/Handout via REUTERS

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Russian woman pleaded guilty in a U.S. court on Thursday to a single conspiracy charge in a deal with prosecutors and admitted to working with a top Russian official to infiltrate a powerful gun rights group and make inroads with American conservative activists and the Republican Party as an agent for Moscow.

 

ull story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073099-butina-admits-being-russian-agent-pleads-guilty-in-us-to-conspiracy/

 

Missing Danish man found washed up on Chumphon beach

 

Picture: Daily News

 

A Danish man who had been missing for eleven days has been found washed up on a beach in Lamae district of Chumphon.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073103-missing-danish-man-found-washed-up-on-chumphon-beach/

 

Jetski guy held after hitting Dutch tourist on Jomtien beach

 

Picture: Sanook

 

A jetski rider is in custody after an accident that left a Dutch tourist in hospital yesterday. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073104-jetski-guy-held-after-hitting-dutch-tourist-on-jomtien-beach/

 

A Gala Dinner with Frank Bruno in Hua Hin

 

A Gala Dinner with Frank Bruno Ex-Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World. Bruno fought some of the best fighters from the modern era which included twice with Mike Tyson. 

 

Info: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068236-a-gala-dinner-with-frank-bruno-in-hua-hin/

‘Starving’ Poor Need Govt Help, Says Minister/Politician

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer

 

A welfare card holder shows a 500-baht note Wednesday in front of Krung Thai ATMs in Prachin Buri province.

 

BANGKOK — Defending the military government’s handing out of 500-baht cash stipends to welfare card recipients, one of its ministers – who also helps lead a pro-junta political party – said Thursday that Thailand’s poorest are in dire need of help.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073105-‘starving’-poor-need-govt-help-says-ministerpolitician/

 

Video: Vietnamese man who assaulted Thai clerk arrested on train

 

 

Police served an arrest warrant on a Vietnamese man after a female clerk at Bang Yai City condominium in Bangkok filed a charge of assault.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073106-video-vietnamese-man-who-assaulted-thai-clerk-arrested-on-train/

 

"Thailand is safe" - police tell tourists after cop guns down Frenchman in cold blood

 

 

An RTP spokesman has attempted to reassure tourists that Thailand is safe and visitors to the kingdom can have confidence in the force.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073111-thailand-is-safe-police-tell-tourists-after-cop-guns-down-frenchman-in-cold-blood/

 

Thai man, 70, escapes serious injury as BMW overturns in Lampang

 

 

Our picture today shows what happened when a 70 year old dozed off behind the wheel of his BMW.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073113-thai-man-70-escapes-serious-injury-as-bmw-overturns-in-lampang/