THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Wednesday 26 Dec 2018

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Villa Market special offers 29 Nov - 26 Dec 2018

 

 

MORE OFFERS HERE > https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1071119-villa-market-special-offers-29-nov-26-dec-2018/

 

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Thailand approves medical marijuana in New Year's 'gift'

By Patpicha Tanakasempipat and Panarat Thepgumpanat

 

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand approved marijuana for medical use and research on Tuesday, the first legalisation of the drug in a region with some of the world's strictest drug laws.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074712-thailand-approves-medical-marijuana-in-new-years-gift/

 

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UPDATE:

 

Use of medical marijuana passes NLA

By THE NATION

 

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Strict limits set for its use in medicine, science and industry

 

A NEW LAW that legitimises the use of marijuana for medical purposes sailed through the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) yesterday with overwhelming support.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074712-thailand-approves-medical-marijuana-in-new-years-gift/?do=findComment&comment=13677987

 

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Bangkok second in Asia in destination sustainability rankings

By The Nation

 

 

Bangkok ranks second among Asian destinations in the latest Global Destination Sustainability (GDS) Index.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074717-bangkok-second-in-asia-in-destination-sustainability-rankings/

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Thai Tsunami Warning System Works Despite Damage: Minister

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer

 

 

BANGKOK — Thailand’s tsunami warning system is operational despite one of the two detection buoy lines on the Andaman sea having been recently damaged by a trawler, Interior Minister Gen. Anupong Paochinda said Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074723-thai-tsunami-warning-system-works-despite-damage-minister/

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Reforms will make it easier to file police complaints

By Jitraporn Senwong 
The Nation

 

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Interrogations to be captured on film; no parading of suspects before press
 

AS PART of police reform, people will soon be able to lodge a complaint with police via email. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074742-reforms-will-make-it-easier-to-file-police-complaints/

 

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UPDATE:

 

Missing two-year-old boy found dead near sugarcane plantation

By The Nation

 

 

The search for a two-year-old Myanmar boy who went missing nine days ago ended in tragedy on Tuesday after his body was found 5 kilometres from a sugarcane plantation in Suphan Buri province.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074722-2-year-old-boy’s-body-found-in-sugarcane-field/?do=findComment&comment=13677999

 

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Two Russian tourists from Phuket lost in Phang Nga forest, found safe

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

Officers were searching more than four hours for two Russian tourists who got lost in the Sa Nang Manora Forest Park in Phang Nga last night. But good news, they were both eventually found safe.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074743-two-russian-tourists-from-phuket-lost-in-phang-nga-forest-found-safe/

 

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Fire damaged an embroidery shop in Phuket Town, put radio station off air

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

A fire has damaged an embroidery shop in Phuket Town yesterday afternoon. The damage bill is estimated about many hundred thousand baht. The Thaiger 102.75 FM has its transmitter and tower on the same building. The radio station was off air until 11am this morning as the power had been cut as a precaution.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074744-fire-damaged-an-embroidery-shop-in-phuket-town-put-radio-station-off-air/

 

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Police again announce seizure of B4.6bn in assets, allege B7bn in tax fraud by Chinese tour operator

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The contingent of top-flight officers had flown to Phuket expressly to make the announcement at the Royal Gems Pavilion building beside the Phuket Heroines Monument. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Royal Thai Police Deputy Commander Gen Rungroj Saengkram and Immigration Chief Lt Gen Surachate Hakparn along with Region 8 Police Acting Commander Lt Gen Pongwut Pongsri yesterday (Dec 24) announced in Phuket that police had seized B4.6 billion in assets from the Phuket-based Chinese tour operator OA Transport Co Ltd.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074745-police-again-announce-seizure-of-b46bn-in-assets-allege-b7bn-in-tax-fraud-by-chinese-tour-operator/

 

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SIBLING BRIDAL-RY 

Six-year-old twins MARRIED in Buddhist ceremony as parents believe ‘they were lovers in past lives’

Kiwi and her brother Guitar were married at a lavish ceremony in Bangkok last Monday

By Aletha Adu

 

Six-year-old twins were married in a Buddhist ceremony for 'success'

VIRALPRESS

 

SIX-YEAR-OLD twins got married in a Buddhist ceremony because their parents thought they were "lovers in past lives".

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074746-bangkok-six-year-old-twins-married-in-buddhist-ceremony-as-parents-believe-‘they-were-lovers-in-past-lives’/

 

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Bangkok Bus Runs Over, Kills Passenger

By Jintamas Saksornchai, Staff Reporter

 

A bus No.44 at the scene of a Monday incident in which a 77-year-old woman was killed on Lat Phrao road, Bangkok. Photo: Ruamkatanyu Foundation

 

BANGKOK — Police on Tuesday were looking for the driver of a bus that ran over and killed an elderly female passenger last night in the capital.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074747-bangkok-bus-runs-over-kills-passenger/

 

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Case Against Academics Who Defied Assembly Ban Dropped

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer

 

Pakawadee Veerapaspong, left, and two others hold placards in 2017.

 

CHIANG MAI — A district court in the north of Thailand said Tuesday it had dismissed a case against five academics and students charged with violating the junta’s ban on political gatherings of more than four people.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074748-chiang-mai-case-against-academics-who-defied-assembly-ban-dropped/

 

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Cabinet members urged to maintain neutrality in the countdown to poll

By KAS CHANWANPEN 
THE NATION

 

 

THE JUNTA government yesterday told Cabinet ministers who are members of the new Phalang Pracharat Party to remain politically impartial and desist from taking part in the election campaign following a series of controversies surrounding the party.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074749-thai-cabinet-members-urged-to-maintain-neutrality-in-the-countdown-to-poll/

 

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Govt urged to focus on boosting vocational education

By The Nation

 

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UPGRADING VOCATIONAL education will be the key to boosting the country’s competitiveness and helping it step out of the middle-income trap, the Future Innovative Thailand Institute (FIT) has advised.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074750-thai-govt-urged-to-focus-on-boosting-vocational-education/

 

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The disabled need sex-ed as they have feelings too

By THE NATION

 

 

MOST PEOPLE with disabilities drop out after primary school, without learning enough about safe sex.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074751-the-disabled-need-sex-ed-as-they-have-feelings-too/

 

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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/

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Prayut not qualified to helm Asean

By The Nation

 

 

Parties must offer a strong vision for regional leadership as Thailand heads into year of reckoning

 

As Thailand prepares take the helm of Asean for 2019, you would expect political parties to be promoting their platforms for regional leadership ahead of the upcoming election.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074752-prayut-not-qualified-to-helm-asean-editorial/

 

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What we can learn from 2018

By Tulsathit Taptim 
The Nation

 

 

On the political front, there’s a lot to absorb from a year when the same-old and not-necessarily-pleasant excitement got set to make its return. Environmentally, we have learned that some people  never learn that they should not mess with nature.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074753-what-we-can-learn-from-2018-opinion/

 

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People power is way forward for Thailand: Mahathir  

Opinion

By The Nation

 

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Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad talks to The Nation’s managing editor Supalak Ganjanakhundee in an exclusive interview covering issues including Thailand’s coming election and the Kingdom chairing Asean for 2019

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074755-people-power-is-way-forward-for-thailand-mahathir/

 

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Trump says U.S. government shutdown to last until agreement on border wall

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with reporters after holding a video call with U.S. military service members in the Oval Office on Christmas morning in Washington, Dec. 25, 2018. REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the partial shutdown of the federal government was going to last until his demand for funds to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border is met.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074756-trump-says-us-government-shutdown-to-last-until-agreement-on-border-wall/

 

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Syria state media says Israeli planes attack targets near Damascus

 

Smoke rises past a mountain as seen from Damascus countryside, Syria December 25, 2018. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki

 

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Israeli war planes attacked with missiles unspecified targets near Damascus, the Syrian capital, on Tuesday and injured three Syrian soldiers, Syrian state media quoted a military source as saying.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074757-syria-state-media-says-israeli-planes-attack-targets-near-damascus/

 

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Trump praises Treasury Secretary Mnuchin but hits Fed again on rate rises

By Makini Brice

 

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with reporters after holding a video call with U.S. military service members in the Oval Office on Christmas morning in Washington, U.S., December 25, 2018. REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday expressed confidence in Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin amid worries over a weakening economy and a stock market slump, but repeated his criticism of the U.S. Federal Reserve, saying it has raised interest rates too quickly.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074758-trump-praises-treasury-secretary-mnuchin-but-hits-fed-again-on-rate-rises/

 

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Still believe in Santa at your age? Trump ignites Twitter storm

By Makini Brice and Peter Szekely

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump participate in NORAD Santa tracker phone calls from the White House in Washington, Dec. 24, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump set off a Christmas social media storm when he asked whether a 7-year-old was too old to believe in Santa Claus, capping a week of plunging stocks, a government shutdown and the U.S. defense chief's unceremonious departure.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074759-still-believe-in-santa-at-your-age-trump-ignites-twitter-storm/

 

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See differences as asset, not danger, pope says in Christmas message

By Philip Pullella

 

Pope Francis waves as he arrives to deliver the "Urbi et Orbi" message from the main balcony of Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, December 25, 2018. REUTERS/Max Rossi

 

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis, in his Christmas message to the world, urged people on Tuesday to see differences as a source of richness instead of danger and called for reconciliation in places torn apart by conflict.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074761-see-differences-as-asset-not-danger-pope-says-in-christmas-message/

 

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Schools on Andaman coast on alert with regular drills

By KORNRAWEE PANYASUPPAKUN 
THE NATION 
PHANG NGA

 

Students walk to a safe area during a tsunami emergency drill organised by their school, along with the UN Development Programme and their other partners. // UNDP PHOTO

 

INDONESIA was again hit by a tsunami on Saturday, bringing back memories of Thailand’s trauma 14 years ago, and raising questions about how prepared our schools are for a future disaster.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074763-schools-on-andaman-coast-on-alert-with-regular-drills/

 

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Guatemalan boy becomes second child to die in U.S. custody in December

By Yeganeh Torbati

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials in San Diego County, U.S., are seen through a hole on the metallic border wall between United States and Mexico, photographed through the border wall in Tijuana, Mexico, Dec. 17, 2018. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An 8-year-old Guatemalan migrant boy died shortly after midnight on Tuesday after being detained by U.S. border agents, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said, making him the second migrant child this month to die in U.S. detention.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074764-guatemalan-boy-becomes-second-child-to-die-in-us-custody-in-december/

 

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Several dead in suicide attack on Libyan foreign ministry

By Ahmed Elumami

 

Burned cars are seen at the site of the headquarters of Libya's Foreign Ministry after suicide attackers hit in Tripoli, Libya December 25, 2018. REUTERS/Hani Amara

 

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Three suicide bombers attacked Libya's foreign ministry in Tripoli on Tuesday, killing at least two other people as well as themselves, authorities said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074767-several-dead-in-suicide-attack-on-libyan-foreign-ministry/

 

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China plans more nuanced anti-pollution measures in 2019 - ministry

 

FILE PHOTO - A man wearing a mask walks in the central business district on a polluted day after a yellow alert was issued for smog, in Beijing, China November 14, 2018. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - China will adopt more efficient and targeted measures during its campaign against pollution next year, but will not relax the targets or ease the crackdown on violators, the environment ministry said in a statement on Monday night.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074768-china-plans-more-nuanced-anti-pollution-measures-in-2019-ministry/

 

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Cabinet passes same-sex marriage bill

By The Thaiger

 

 

If you’re at least 20 years old, and one of you has Thai nationality, then, as a same-sex couple, you will soon be able to marry in Thailand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1074770-thai-cabinet-passes-same-sex-marriage-bill/