THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Friday 21 Dec 2018

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Drones, street vendors banned for Pattaya Countdown

PATTAYA:--Aerial photo drones, Wi-Fi cameras and street vendors will be banned from the Pattaya Countdown 2019 zone at Bali Hai Pier on New Year’s Eve.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074168-drones-street-vendors-banned-for-pattaya-countdown/

 

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Northern drug runner caught with 200,000 speed pills bound for Pattaya

PATTAYA:--A northern drug runner who spent 16 years in prison for trafficking methamphetamines is looking at an even longer stretch behind bars after being caught moving 200,000 ya ba pills in Pattaya.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074172-northern-drug-runner-caught-with-200000-speed-pills-bound-for-pattaya/

 

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Utility wires burn in South Pattaya fire

PATTAYA:--Electric and utility wires behind The Avenue galleria caught fire, but caused no injuries.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074169-utility-wires-burn-in-south-pattaya-fire/

 

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Beach vendors trained in CPR

PATTAYA:--Pattaya-area beach vendors learned the basics of first aid and CPR in a lesson taught by Bangkok Hospital Pattaya.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074170-beach-vendors-trained-in-cpr/

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All National Museums, Historical Parks Free 4 Days

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter

 

 

 

BANGKOK — No plans for the long holiday yet? Consider visiting national museums and historical parks since they will waive admission fees nationwide – for everyone.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074174-all-national-museums-historical-parks-free-4-days/

 

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Lucky policeman dodges Phuket drunk driver

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The drunk driver nearly mowed down the police officer. Image: CCTV screenshot / Poth Kantapong

 

PHUKET: A police officer manning a checkpoint in Cherng Talay narrowly escaped being mowed down by a drunk driver in the early hours of yesterday (Dec 20).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074175-lucky-policeman-dodges-phuket-drunk-driver/

 

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Kids or dogs? Who are more important?

 

 

Amarin TV went to a village in Saraburi where six children have been savaged for months by a group of vicious dogs.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074176-kids-or-dogs-who-are-more-important/

 

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Bangkok gagging on health-threatening smog

By The Nation

 

 

 

Weather conditions trapping air pollutants in the lower atmosphere created a health risk over a large swath of Bangkok and its vicinity on Friday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074177-bangkok-gagging-on-health-threatening-smog/

 

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WETV shutdown - company apologizes for "temporary interruption"

 

 

Cable TV customers of the WETV company in Chiang Mai have been informed that their service will be off air temporarily. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074179-wetv-shutdown-company-apologizes-for-temporary-interruption/

 

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Walking Street tourists scatter as two Russians attack each other

 

 

Rak Siam News reported that police were called to Walking Street in Pattaya after two Russian men started fighting at 1.30am this morning. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074180-walking-street-tourists-scatter-as-two-russians-attack-each-other/

 

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Police in lucky escape from death as pick-up plows through Phuket checkpoint

 

 

CCTV footage from Phuket showed a white pick-up plow through a police checkpoint.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074175-lucky-policeman-dodges-phuket-drunk-driver/?do=findComment&comment=13666763

 

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Syria, Mattis, Afghanistan, shutdown: Trump ends year in chaos

By Steve Holland

 

U.S. President Donald Trump listens to remarks at a roundtable discussion of the Federal Commission on School Safety Report at the White House in Washington, U.S., December 18, 2018. REUTERS/Jim Young

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Trump's presidency has lurched from crisis to crisis since he took office less than two years ago, but Thursday was a landmark day of chaos that appeared to test the resolve of even senior Republican backers in Washington.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074183-syria-mattis-afghanistan-shutdown-trump-ends-year-in-chaos/

 

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Pattaya spluttering!  Resort blanketed by potentially "dangerous dust"

 

Picture: Sophon Cable

 

Sophon reported that Pattaya was blanketed by a mysterious dust last night. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074185-pattaya-spluttering -resort-blanketed-by-potentially-dangerous-dust/

 

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Nissan's Ghosn re-arrested, chances of imminent bail dashed

By Kiyoshi Takenaka

 

FILE PHOTO - Carlos Ghosn, chairman and CEO of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance, attends the Tomorrow In Motion event on the eve of press day at the Paris Auto Show, in Paris, France, October 1, 2018. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/File Photo

 

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese prosecutors re-arrested Nissan Motor Co Ltd's <7201.T> ousted chairman Carlos Ghosn on Friday on fresh allegations of making Nissan shoulder $16.6 million in personal investment losses, dashing chances he would be released on bail imminently.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074188-nissans-ghosn-re-arrested-chances-of-imminent-bail-dashed/

 

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Acting U.S. attorney general disregards advice on Russia probe recusal

By Mark Hosenball

 

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein speaks during a news conference to announce efforts to reduce transnational crime, at the U.S. District Attorney's office, in Washington, U.S., October 15, 2018. REUTERS/Al Drago

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Acting U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker has decided not to recuse himself from overseeing the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, disregarding advice from his own ethics officials, a high-ranking Justice Department official said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074190-acting-us-attorney-general-disregards-advice-on-russia-probe-recusal/

 

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Democrat Party announce six key policies for election

By The Nation

 

FILE photo

 

The Democrat Party has announced six economic policies to support low income groups in the run-up to general election next year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074199-democrat-party-announce-six-key-policies-for-election/

 

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25 Political Parties Sign Clean Campaign Pledge

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer

 

Sudarat Keyuraphan campaigns for Pheu Thai Party on Dec. 8, 2018, in Bangkok's Bang Kapi district.

 

BANGKOK — Twenty-five political parties including Pheu Thai, Democrat, Future Forward and Chart Thai pledged Friday to compete fairly in the general election now slated for February.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074201-25-political-parties-sign-clean-campaign-pledge/

 

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Fitness of officers put to the test

By The Nation

 

 

Army Chief General Apirat Kongsompong on Friday inspected a physical fitness test of 345 Battalion Commander-level officers at Bangkok's Command and General Staff College.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074205-fitness-of-officers-put-to-the-test/

 

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195K meth pills seized inside wheels on a truck at Phuket Checkpoint

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

Officers have arrested a Thai man trying to smuggle 195,810 methamphetamine pills hidden inside a pickup truck’s wheels on vehicle transport truck at the Phuket Checkpoint.

 

Source: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074207-195k-meth-pills-seized-inside-wheels-on-a-truck-at-phuket-checkpoint/

 

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TAT denies spending Bt9m at Phalang Pracharat fundraiser

By The Nation

 

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) on Friday rejected a report that it spent Bt9 million on banquet tables at a fundraising dinner for pro-junta party Phalang Pracharat.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074208-tat-denies-spending-bt9m-at-phalang-pracharat-fundraiser/

 

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Mae Mali settles into new home at Khao Kheow Zoo

By The Nation

 

File Photo: Mae Mali shows off her teeth at visitors who went to Bangkok's Dusit Zoo before the zoo was closed on September 30.

 

Mae Mali, the celebrated 52-year-old hippo, has settled into a new home in the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chon Buri, the zoo director said on Friday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074222-mae-mali-settles-into-new-home-at-khao-kheow-zoo/

 

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700th KFC branch opens in Thailand

By The Nation

 

KFC serves approximately 800,000 pieces of fried chicken to Thai customers per day.

 

KFC has opened its 700th branch in Thailand at PTT petrol station on Suanluang-Bhudhasakorn Road in Kratumban District, Samut Sakhon, the company said in a press release on Friday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074223-700th-kfc-branch-opens-in-thailand/

 

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Royal NUDITY: How Princess Diana bought William and Harry X-RATED magazines

By MATTHEW KIRKHAM

 

Diana wanted her growing boys to get a better view of the opposite sex (Image: Getty)

 

PRINCESS Diana sent her former butler on an errand to teach her two son's about women, a tell-all documentary has explosively claimed.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074224-royal-nudity-how-princess-diana-bought-william-and-harry-x-rated-magazines/

 

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Philadelphia at 25: How Tom Hanks fought homophobia and transformed his career

 

Denzel Washington and Tom Hanks in the 1993 film Philadelphia Rex ( Rex )

 

Tom Hanks occupies a uniquely rarefied position in Hollywood.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074225-philadelphia-at-25-how-tom-hanks-fought-homophobia-and-transformed-his-career/

 

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Watch the first trailer for ‘Men In Black International’ starring Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson

by Elizabeth Aubrey

 

Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson Credit: Getty Images

 

A new trailer has been released for the upcoming Men In Black International film, a spin-off from the original Men In Black trilogy of the nineties.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074226-watch-the-first-trailer-for-‘men-in-black-international’-starring-chris-hemsworth-and-tessa-thompson/

 

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Indian tourists heading to Phuket airport in van slammed by BMW

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Two Indian tourists travelling in the van escaped serious injury. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET:-- Two Indian tourists have boarded their flight to return home today (Dec 21) after the van they were travelling in was slammed in the side by a BMW in Phang Nga just north of Phuket.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074233-indian-tourists-heading-to-phuket-airport-in-van-slammed-by-bmw/

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Protesting woman brought down from Thammasat water tank

By Jintamas Saksornchai, Staff Reporter

 

 

A rescue worker grapples with a woman who threatened to jump from a water tower Friday on Thammasat University’s Tha Prachan campus.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074234-protesting-woman-brought-down-from-thammasat-water-tank/

 

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BMA urges measures to curb air pollution

By The Nation

 

Photo from: www.facebook.com/aswinkwanmuang

 

All 50 district offices across the capital were told on Friday to spray water and clean roads in traffic-congested areas and under skytrain stations to help curb air pollution.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074236-bma-urges-measures-to-curb-air-pollution/

 

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More rights for same-sex couples in partnership bill

By Kornrawee Panyasuppakun 
The Nation

 

File photo// AFP PHOTO

 

The Life Partnership Bill has been updated to recognise more rights for same-sex couples before it heads to the Cabinet for approval on Thursday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074244-more-rights-for-same-sex-couples-in-partnership-bill/

 

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