THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Monday 18 Feb 2019

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Call in the elephants! Train breaks down blocking road to Pattaya gardens

 

 

The director of Nong Nooch Tropical Garden in Pattaya was about to call in the elephants when a train carrying crude oil blocked the road to the tourist attraction.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1084932-call-in-the-elephants-train-breaks-down-blocking-road-to-pattaya-gardens/

 

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REPORT: Pursuing holistic water management solutions

By Piyaporn Wongruang 
The Nation

 

Mae Wong at Khao Chon Kan site.

 

Deputy Prime Minister General Chatchai Salikulya would not say directly if the plan to build the controversial Mae Wong dam in order to prevent floods and save the drought-plagued Lower Sakae Krang basin would be scrapped, but he affirmed that concerned parties had at least reached a “resolution” – for now.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1084941-report-pursuing-holistic-water-management-solutions/

 

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TAT paints positive outlook for Songkran tourism in Chiang Mai - but hotel bookings static

 

Picture: Chiang Mai News

 

Chiang Mai News said that the Tourism Authority of Thailand were expecting more tourists in the north at Songkran but that hotel bookings have failed to reflect this yet.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1084942-tat-paints-positive-outlook-for-songkran-tourism-in-chiang-mai-but-hotel-bookings-static/

 

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Motorbike driver dies after colliding with sedan on Thepkasattri Road, Phuket

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

A motorbike driver has died after colliding with a sedan driven by a Russian driver who was allegedly making a “risky” U-turn on Thepkrasattri Road in Koh Kaew yesterday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1084944-motorbike-driver-dies-after-colliding-with-sedan-on-thepkasattri-road-phuket/

 

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Hot headed Thai woman takes revenge on a taxi with a baseball bat

 

 

A 33 year old Thai woman on a motorcycle chased a taxi that she said cut in front of her causing her and a pregnant friend to come off.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1084946-hot-headed-thai-woman-takes-revenge-on-a-taxi-with-a-baseball-bat/

 

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Fire hits Phitsanulok hotel

By The Nation

 

Picture: Phitsanulok HotNews

 

Fire broke out at an old hotel in Phitsanulok's Muang district on Sunday night but no one was injured, police said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1084948-fire-hits-phitsanulok-hotel/

 

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Drunk driver crashes into Songkhla furniture shop, causes fire

By The Nation

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

A drunk driver had a lucky escape in the early hours of Monday when he was pulled out of his car just before it was engulfed by flames from the furniture shop in Songkhla's Hat Yai district into which he had crashed. The store wasn’t so fortunate: it was completely destroyed in the blaze.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1084950-drunk-driver-crashes-into-songkhla-furniture-shop-causes-fire/

 

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Motorbike driver files official complaint after accident from fallen cables in Kata

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

A motorbike driver has filed a report with police against a cable company after he became tangled up in their cabling while driving to work in Kata.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1084953-motorbike-driver-files-official-complaint-after-accident-from-fallen-cables-in-kata/

 

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Thai economic growth strengthens in fourth-quarter but election could impact 2019 pace

By Orathai Sriring and Kitiphong Thaichareon

 

Cars pass a Skytrain (Bangkok Mass Transit System) construction site in Bangkok, Thailand May 13, 2018. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's economy grew at its best pace in six years in 2018, with fourth-quarter beatingexpectations on higher domestic demand and record tourism arrivals.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1084954-thai-economic-growth-strengthens-in-fourth-quarter-but-election-could-impact-2019-pace/

 

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UK plans to make plastic packaging producers pay for waste disposal

 

Plastic and other waste is seen floating on the Marine Lake at New Brighton beach near Liverpool, Britain, February 11, 2019. REUTERS/Phil Noble

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is to set out plans to overhaul its recycling system on Monday, including making plastic packaging producers pay the full cost of dealing with their waste and introducing a deposit return scheme for cans and bottles.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1084956-uk-plans-to-make-plastic-packaging-producers-pay-for-waste-disposal/

 

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Japan's PM nominated Trump for Nobel Peace Prize on U.S. request - Asahi

 

U.S. President Donald Trump laughs with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, U.S., September 26, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe nominated U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize last autumn after receiving a request from the U.S. government to do so, the Asahi newspaper reported on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1084957-japans-pm-nominated trump for-nobel-peace-prize-on-us-request-asahi/

 

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Ex-congressman Weiner released from prison after sexting scandal

 

FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. Congressman Anthony Weiner departs U.S. Federal Court, following his sentencing after pleading guilty to one count of sending obscene messages to a minor, ending an investigation into a "sexting" scandal that played a role in last year's U.S. presidential election, in New York, U.S., September 25, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File photo

 

(Reuters) - Anthony Weiner, the disgraced former congressman who helped play a role in Hillary Clinton's defeat in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, has been released from federal prison after serving about 14 months for exchanging sexually explicit texts with a 15-year-old girl.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1084961-ex-congressman-weiner-released-from-prison-after-sexting-scandal/

 

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Anti-graft body calls for scrutiny of two major projects at Suvarnabhumi airport

 

 

The Anti-Corruption Organization of Thailand (ACT) has expressed concern over alleged lack of transparency in two major projects at Suvarnabhumi International Airport.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1084963-anti-graft-body-calls-for-scrutiny-of-two-major-projects-at-suvarnabhumi-airport/

 

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Decapitated head in river likely from suicide case

By Suriya Patathayo 
The Nation

 

 

Provincial Police Region 1 chief Pol Lt-General Ampol Buarapporn on Monday explained that a decomposed human head found floating in Chao Phraya River near the Petra ferry pier in Samut Prakan’s Phra Pradaeng district on February 6 was not related to a murder case.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1084982-decapitated-head-in-river-likely-from-suicide-case/

 

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April 12 not a bank holiday

By The Nation

 

FILE photo

 

The Bank of Thailand on Monday announced that banks will not be closed on April 12, despite it being an extra holiday for government officials for the long Songkran weekend.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1084985-songkran-april-12-not-a-bank-holiday/

 

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Army chief tells media to listen to “Nak Paendin” ultra-nationalist song

 

 

Thailand’s Army Commander-in-Chief General Apirat Kongsompong responded to a reporter’s question this morning about his view of the current political situation by suggesting the media listen to the old ultra-nationalist song “Nak Paendin” (Burden of the Land).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1084988-army-chief-tells-media-to-listen-to-“nak-paendin”-ultra-nationalist-song/

 

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Trump policies unite allies against him at European security forum

By Robin Emmott and John Irish

 

U.S. President Donald Trump heads back to the Oval Office after declaring a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border during remarks about border security in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., February 15, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

MUNICH (Reuters) - In 2009, then U.S. Vice President Joe Biden came to Munich to "press the reset button" with Russia. A decade later he came again to offer the world better relations, this time with his own country.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1084991-trump policies-unite-allies-against-him-at-european-security-forum/

 

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Residents of 10 Chaiyaphum villages run for their lives in violent storm

By Sutthipong Settharangsi 
The Nation

 

 

Local officials were dispatched on Monday morning to inspect about 200 homes in Chaiyaphum for damage caused by a summer storm on Sunday night.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1084994-residents-of-10-chaiyaphum-villages-run-for-their-lives-in-violent-storm/

 

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More than 2,000 snakes seized in border sting

By Niran Chaichutikan 
The Nation

 

 

Mukdahan Wild Animals Checkpoint officials were joined by personnel from other agencies in confiscating 182 baskets containing 2,730 rat snakes and cobras - worth Bt1 million in total - about to be smuggled to Laos.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1084996-more-than-2000-snakes-seized-in-border-sting/

 

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Spanish warship ordered ships to leave British waters near Gibraltar

 

FILE PHOTO: A cloud partially covers the tip of the Rock of the British territory of Gibraltar at sunrise from La Atunara port in southern Spain August 18, 2013. REUTERS/Jon Nazca/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - A Spanish warship tried to order commercial shipping to leave anchorages in British waters near Gibraltar but was challenged by the British navy and sailed away, Gibraltar said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1084997-spanish-warship-ordered-ships-to-leave-british-waters-near-gibraltar/

 

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Saudi crown prince begins Asia tour with $20 billion Pakistan investment pledge

By Drazen Jorgic and Asif Shahzad

 

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan (R) greets Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on his arrival at Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Nur Khan Base in Rawalpindi, Pakistan February 17, 2019. Press Information Department (PID)/Handout via REUTERS

 

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Sunday said Saudi Arabia has signed investment agreements worth $20 billion (£15.5 billion) during his high-profile visit to Pakistan, where tensions were flaring up with nuclear-armed rival India.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1084998-saudi-crown-prince-begins-asia-tour-with-20-billion-pakistan-investment-pledge/

 

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Asean IP offices' meeting in Bangkok focuses on advance regional trademark system

By The Nation

 

Delegates from all ten Asean nations discuss a regional trademark system at the ARISE IPR meeting in Bangkok on Monday.

 

A regional trademark registration system was top on the agenda of a two-day meeting of Asean’s national intellectual property (IP) offices held in Bangkok, according to a press release.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1084999-asean-ip-offices-meeting-in-bangkok-focuses-on-advance-regional-trademark-system/

 

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Burberry's new show brings rave culture back to life

by Jess Cartner-Morley

 

A model at the Burberry show at London Fashion Week. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian

 

A Burberry show is about acting out what Britishness looks like, on the stage of London fashion week.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1085023-burberrys-new-show-brings-rave-culture-back-to-life/

 

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Serena Williams Throws Daughter Olympia a Party Just for Fun

by CORINNE HELLER

 

Instagram; Getty Images

 

Serena Williams and Alexis Ohanian may not have celebrated their daughter Olympia's first birthday last summer, but they did throw her a party on Saturday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1085026-serena-williams-throws-daughter-olympia-a-party-just-for-fun/

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The 50 greatest movies of all time, according to… everyone

BY ROSIE FLETCHER

 

GETTYIMAGES/DIGITALSPY

 

Best movies lists come and go – but which is truly right? What literally is the BEST FILM EVER? We decided to work it out using statistics.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1085027-the-50-greatest-movies-of-all-time-according-to…-everyone/

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Lampang monk arrested, defrocked after getting aide to buy meth pills

By The Nation

 

 

A Buddhist monk in Lampang was arrested and defrocked on Monday morning after allegedly sending his layman aide to buy 400 methamphetamine pills, supposedly for his own use.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1085032-lampang-monk-arrested-defrocked-after-getting-aide-to-buy-meth-pills/

 

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Britain's Labour Party splits over Brexit and anti-Semitism

 

Britain's Labour Party MP Chuka Umunna arrives at a news conference in London, Britain, February 18, 2019. REUTERS/Simon Dawson

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Seven lawmakers split from Britain’s opposition Labour Party on Monday, saying that the party leadership’s failures over Brexit, anti-Semitism and a culture of bullying in the party had left them no choice.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1085034-britains-labour-party-splits-over-brexit-and-anti-semitism/

 

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At least 23 MP hopefuls petition court over EC decision not to approve their candidacy 

By The Nation

 

File photo : Court of Justice spokesman Suriyan Hongwilai

 

Twenty-three parliamentary hopefuls, whose candidacy the Election Commission (EC) refused to register, filed petitions with the Supreme Court during the weekend seeking a reversal of the decision, a Court of Justice spokesman said on Monday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1085036-at-least-23-mp-hopefuls-petition-court-over-ec-decision-not-to-approve-their-candidacy/

 

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Sereepisut petitions for Palang Pracharat dissolution over PM candidate nomination

By The Nation

 

File photo : Sereepisut Temeyavej, leader of Seree Ruam Thai Party

 

A political party leader on Monday asked the Election Commission (EC) to dissolve the Palang Pracharat Party, which he claimed had nominated candidate that acts against the democratic system” as its prime ministerial candidate.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1085037-sereepisut-petitions-for-palang-pracharat-dissolution-over-pm-candidate-nomination/

 

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Police oppose bail after man’s ‘stray’ bullet kills 14-year-old girl in Buri Ram

By Surachai Piraksa 
The Nation

 

 

Police on Monday objected to the release on bail of a 30-year-old Thai man who had allegedly opened fire twice at a group of youngsters, reportedly merely to threaten them, but whose stray bullet fatally struck a Mathayom 2 schoolgirl instead in Buri Ram’s Lam Plai Mat district on Saturday afternoon.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1085039-police-oppose-bail-after-man’s-‘stray’-bullet-kills-14-year-old-girl-in-buri-ram/