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Trump expects second Kim meeting in 'not-too-distant future'

By Jeff Mason and David Brunnstrom

 

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FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un shake hands after signing documents during a summit at the Capella Hotel on the resort island of Sentosa, Singapore June 12, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had received a "great" letter from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and would probably meet him again in the not-too-distant future as part of efforts to persuade him to give up his nuclear weapons.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1076135-trump-expects-second-kim-meeting-in-not-too-distant-future/

 

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No rest for the dead: Singapore digs up graves for highways

By Rina Chandran

 

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Graves in Bukit Brown cemetery, one of the oldest remaining cemeteries Singapore, which is scheduled to be cleared for housing by 2030. Nov 11, 2018. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Rina Chandran

 

SINGAPORE (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Singapore's government said it would exhume about 4,000 graves in the defunct Bukit Brown cemetery for an eight-lane highway, an unusually vocal campaign grew quickly to save one of the last remaining artefacts of the past in the modern city.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1076136-no-rest-for-the-dead-singapore-digs-up-graves-for-highways/

 

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China says detained Canadians 'without a doubt' violated the law

 

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FILE PHOTO: Canadian businessman Michael Spavor arrives next to the former NBA basketball player Dennis Rodman (not pictured) after a trip to North Korea, at Beijing Capital International Airport, Beijing, China January 13, 2014. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - China’s top prosecutor said on Thursday that two Canadians detained after Canada arrested a Chinese technology company executive had “without a doubt” violated the law.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1076137-china-says-detained-canadians-without-a-doubt-violated-the-law/

 

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50,000 tourists flee Thai islands, others left stranded ahead of Tropical Storm Pabuk

 

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Up to 50,000 thousands tourists have fled some Thailand’s most popular islands as the country’s southern provinces prepare to be pounded by Tropical Storm Pabuk.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1076140-50000-tourists-flee-thai-islands-others-left-stranded-ahead-of-tropical-storm-pabuk/

 

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Bodies collected after Chiang Mai crash

By Thanakorn Wongnang 
The Nation

 

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Relatives and friends of 28-year-old TV host and stylist Jatupat "Centimetre" Khemnak and 30-year-old "Next to Normal" store manager Supakit Kerdsam collected their bodies from Maharat Nakhon Chiang Mai Hospital's morgue on Thursday for religious rites.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1076141-bodies-collected-after-chiang-mai-crash/

 

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Pattaya-Hua Hin ferry suspended ahead of Pabuk storm

By The Nation

 

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Ferry services between Pattaya and Hua Hin have been suspended ahead of the arrival of Tropical Storm Pabuk that is expected to hit southern Thailand tomorrow.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1076143-pattaya-hua-hin-ferry-suspended-ahead-of-pabuk-storm/

 

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Phi Phi tourists stranded until blanket safety ban on boats leaving port during ‘Pabuk’ weather is lifted

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

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Krabi Tourist Police explain to tourists that all boats to the islands, including Phi Phi Island, are banned from leaving port due to safety concerns amid fears of wild weather from tropical storm ‘Pabuk’. Photo: Krabit Tourist Police

 

PHUKET:-- Tourists who did not manage to board a ferry departing Phi Phi Island earlier today (Jan 3) will have to remain on the island until a ban on all boats leaving port is lifted.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1076144-phi-phi-tourists-stranded-until-blanket-safety-ban-on-boats-leaving-port-during-‘pabuk’-weather-is-lifted/

 

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Pabuk closes Nakhon Si Thammarat airport

 

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File photo: Nakhon Si Thammarat airport

 

Nakhon Si Thammarat airport will be closed to all flights on Friday due to Tropical Storm Pabuk, said airport director Suksawas Sukwanno on Thursday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1076146-pabuk-closes-nakhon-si-thammarat-airport/

 

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People stock up on food and basic supplies

By The Nation

 

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Eggs and other food products are selling like hotcakes at in Surat Thani’s Koh Samui district on Thursday as people stock up in preparation for the storm.

 

PEOPLE IN the South have been stocking up on food and other necessities as they prepare for heavy downpours and widespread flooding brought by Pabuk tropical storm.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1076156-people-stock-up-on-food-and-basic-supplies/

 

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