THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Monday 31 Dec 2018

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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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Campaign launched to impeach NACC brass

By THE NATION

 

 

AN ANTI-CORRUPTION activist has started a campaign to seek the impeachment of five members of the national anti-graft agency who voted to clear Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan of any wrongdoing in the luxury wristwatch scandal.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075412-campaign-launched-to-impeach-nacc-brass/

 

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Extreme weather a wake-up call: experts

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION 

 

File photo : Abandoned vehicles sit at a car lot in Paradise, north of Sacramento, California on November 09, 2018/AFP

 

NEED TO BE MORE PREPARED AND ADAPT AFTER BILLION-DOLLAR DISASTERS OF 2018
 

THE WORLD needs to be prepared for more extreme weather events in future after disasters caused by climate change inflicted losses running into many billions of dollars in 2018, according to a study.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075416-extreme-weather-a-wake-up-call-experts/

 

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REPORT: Thailand paying the price for eco-sluggishness as controversial environmental issues rise

By PIYAPORN WONGRUANG 
THE NATION 

 

Crowded Maya before cleared.

 

The world is so interconnected, so changes imposed on the environment in Thailand – and the value Thais attach to ecology – cannot be viewed separately from what’s happening elsewhere.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075417-report-thailand-paying-the-price-for-eco-sluggishness-as-controversial-environmental-issues-rise/

 

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BEST WISHES FROM THE KING

 

Courtesy of Royal Household Bureau

 

His Majesty the King offers a New Year blessing in a greeting card that features a photo of him and his mother, Her Majesty the Queen, along with an image of King Rama IX.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075418-best-wishes-from-the-king/

 

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Groups want liquor sellers to be held accountable

By The Nation

 

FILE photo

 

CIVIL SOCIETY has demanded that bars and restaurants take responsibility for alcohol-related road accidents, emphasising that it is high time law-enforcers dust off a long-ignored law.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075419-groups-want-liquor-sellers-to-be-held-accountable-for-alcohol-related-road-accidents/

 

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Road deaths higher in first three days

By The Nation

 

FILE photo

 

ROAD ACCIDENTS claimed 182 lives during the first three of the so-called “seven dangerous days” associated with New Year celebrations.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075420-road-deaths-higher-in-first-three-of-“seven-dangerous-days”/

 

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Universities brace for the challenges posed by technology, demographics

By CHULARAT SAENGPASSA 
THE NATION 

 

Cr Dek-dee.com

 

THE COMING year will be challenging for Thai universities due to the falling birth rate, technological disruption and the fast-changing needs of students and employers, educators acknowledge.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075421-thai-universities-brace-for-the-challenges-posed-by-technology-demographics/

 

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Railway authorities up security after bomb attacks derail train services to the South

By The Nation

 

 

TRAIN SERVICES in Thailand’s deep South were suspended yesterday morning in the wake of bomb attacks that hit sleepers in a border province on Saturday night.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075422-railway-authorities-up-security-after-bomb-attacks-derail-train-services-to-the-south/

 

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Coach Rajevac has three games to save his Thailand job

By LERPONG AMSA-NGIAM 
THE NATION

 

Milovan Rajevac reacts to fans at the Suvarnabhumi Airport ahead of his departure for Middle East.

 

National coach Milovan Rajevac vows to lead Thailand to win as many matches as possible in the AFC Asian Cup which starts this Saturday at the United Arab Emirates.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075423-coach-rajevac-has-three-games-to-save-his-thailand-job/

 

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EC urged to probe suspected cheats in selection of senators

 

 

The Election Commission has been told to investigate suspected cheats in the selection of senators in Bangkok on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075424-ec-urged-to-probe-suspected-cheats-in-selection-of-senators/

 

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Phuket suffers first deaths of Seven Days campaign for New Year 2019

By The Phuket News

 

A rescue worker attends the scene of a heavy head-on collision of a passenger van and a pickup truck on Phra Phuket Rd in Kathu yesterday (Dec 29). Photo: Tourist Police

 

PHUKET: Phuket has marked its first two deaths of the Seven Days of Danger road-safety campaign for New Year 2019.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075425-phuket-suffers-first-deaths-of-seven-days-campaign-for-new-year-2019/

 

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One month old baby killed in Phuket road accident

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

PHOTOS: Thalang Police

 

A one month old baby girl has died in a road accident in Thalang.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075425-phuket-suffers-first-deaths-of-seven-days-campaign-for-new-year-2019/?do=findComment&comment=13690950

 

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UPDATE:

 

Russian woman arrested for ‘tagging’ Phuket roads

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The woman, 34-year-old Anastasyia Serebryanskaya, was recorded on video in the act of painting on the road, with the video posted online.

 

PHUKET: Police have arrested a Russian woman for spray painting graffiti on public roads in Nai Harn, at the southern end of Phuket.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075342-foreigner-woman-caught-on-video-spray-painting-road-in-rawai/?do=findComment&comment=13690952

 

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Malaysians citizens being warned about travelling to Thailand’s south

By The Thaiger

 

 

The Malaysian Foreign Ministry is advising Malaysians residing in Thailand or travelling to the Kingdom to “remain vigilant and exercise caution at all times”, in the wake of bomb explosions and shooting incidents in the country’s southern provinces.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075426-malaysians-citizens-being-warned-about-travelling-to-thailand’s-south/

 

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Pro-Prayuth Party Candidate Shot Dead Outside Home

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

A photo of Prao Babpan posted on his Facebook.

 

MUKDAHAN — Police said Sunday they’re investigating the apparent murder of a politician slated to run in the upcoming election for a pro-establishment party.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075427-pro-prayuth-party-candidate-shot-dead-outside-home/

 

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Chinese Tourist Loses Arm In Sobering Reminder Of Thai Road Safety

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

Photos: 单翼的花精灵 / Weibo

 

BANGKOK — Like many others, one Chinese tourist was looking to ring in the new year with a tropical respite. But as happens too often in these final weeks, her plans came to an abrupt end in a road accident that cost her an arm.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075428-chinese-tourist-loses-arm-in-sobering-reminder-of-thai-road-safety/

 

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Chao Phraya And Saen Saep Canal To Get Air-Con Boat Taxis

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer

 

Photo: Mark Fischer / Flickr

 

BANGKOK — The operators of tourist boats on the Chao Phraya River announced they will launch air-conditioned commuter boats there and on the Khlong Saen Saep by early 2020.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075429-chao-phraya-and-saen-saep-canal-to-get-air-con-boat-taxis/

 

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Light airplane crashlands in eastern Thailand, pilot killed

 

 

A private, light airplane crashlanded in eastern Thailand on Sunday, killing the pilot, police said, Xinhua reports.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075430-light-airplane-crashlands-in-chonburi-south-african-pilot-killed/

 

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Merkel urges divided Germans to pull together in 2019

 

FILE PHOTO: German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Berlin, Germany, December 19, 2018. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - Acknowledging that her government disappointed many Germans in 2018, Chancellor Angela Merkel sought to pull the country together for 2019 with a call for solidarity and cooperation to overcome deep political divisions.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075433-merkel-urges-divided-germans-to-pull-together-in-2019/

 

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Senior U.S. senator says he will ask Trump to rethink Syria pullout

By Jonathan Landay

 

A Coalition convoy of U.S. led international coalition against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) stops to test fire their M2 machine guns and MK19 grenade launcher in the Middle Euphrates River Valley in the Deir ez-Zor province, Syria, November 22, 2018. Picture taken November 22, 2018. Courtesy Matthew Crane/U.S. Army/Handout via REUTERS

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior Republican senator said he would try to persuade U.S. President Donald Trump at a White House lunch on Sunday to reconsider his order for a total U.S. military pullout from Syria and leave some U.S. troops there.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075434-senior-us-senator-says-he-will-ask-trump-to-rethink-syria-pullout/

 

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U.S. CBP chief defends agents in child border deaths

By Doina Chiacu

 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan addresses a news conference on the Trump administration's plan to deploy U.S. military forces to the Southwest border at U.S. Customs & Border Protection headquarters in Washington, U.S., October 29, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Sunday defended his agents' handling of two sick children who died in their custody, saying they did everything they could to get medical help for them in difficult circumstances.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075435-us-cbp-chief-defends-agents-in-child border deaths/

 

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'Scouser Lee' who vandalised historic fortress is back home after family pay £2,400 fine

EXCLUSIVE: Lee Furlong was caught on CCTV vandalising the Tha Phae Gate in northern Thailand

 

Lee Furlong who has been arrested and charged over the spray paint incident (Image: ViralPress)

 

A backpacker who daubed “Scousse Lee” on a historic fortress in Thailand will celebrate the New Year back at home in Britain after friends and family paid his £2,400 fine.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075437-scouser-lee-who-vandalised-historic-fortress-is-back-home-after-family-pay-£2400-fine/

 

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Video: Last moments of "round the world handicapped pilot" who crashed in Thailand

 

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A video on the Pattaya News site showed the last moments of a light aircraft that crashed in Sri Racha, Chonburi on Sunday. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075430-light-airplane-crashlands-in-chonburi-south-african-pilot-killed/?do=findComment&comment=13691205

 

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"Brutal revenge killing of foreigner" as corpse is fished out of Mekong River

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Police suspect a brutal revenge style murder after finding a corpse weighed down by a concrete post in the Mekong River at Nakhon Phanom.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075438-brutal-revenge-killing-of-foreigner-as-corpse-is-fished-out-of-mekong-river/

 

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Three year old gets her hand caught in pipe at "newly built" housing estate pool

 

Picture: Daily News

 

A family suffered an agonizing two hours after a three year old girl got her hand caught in a suction pipe at a new swimming pool.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075440-three-year-old-gets-her-hand-caught-in-pipe-at-newly-built-housing-estate-pool/

 

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Video: Out with the old in with the old: Soldier in New Year gun road rage

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Dash cam footage from Chiang Mai showed a soldier advance on a family of three and threaten to shoot them with a gun. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075442-video-out-with-the-old-in-with-the-old-soldier-in-new-year-gun-road-rage/

 

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Poll shows people happy with government’s performance, in favour of Prayut’s return as PM

 

 

Thirty-nine percent of more than 2,000 respondents in the latest opinion poll are satisfied with the performance of the Prayut government and the National Council for Peace and Order in peace restoration and in dealing with dark influence and human trafficking.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075444-poll-shows-people-happy-with-government’s-performance-in-favour-of-prayut’s-return-as-pm/

 

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Happy New Year from Big Joke! Cardboard image greets the tourists at Bangkok airport

 

Picture: TNA

 

Thai immigration chief Lt Gen Surachate Hakparn ordered his minions to roll out the red carpet and greet tourists for New Year at Suvarnabhumi airport at the weekend. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075445-happy-new-year-from-big-joke-cardboard-image-greets-the-tourists-at-bangkok-airport/

 

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North Korea's Kim sent message to Trump on nuclear talks: Chosun Ilbo

By Hyonhee Shin

 

U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un walk after lunch at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore June 12, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Files

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has sent a "conciliatory message" to U.S. President Donald Trump amid stalled nuclear negotiations, South Korea's Chosun Ilbo newspaper reported on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1075446-north-koreas-kim-sent-message-to-trump-on-nuclear-talks-chosun-ilbo/