THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Wednesday 17 Apr 2019

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Do not miss TOM GREEN with special guest STEPHEN K AMOS at the Lancaster Hotel on Saturday, 20th April. Act fast!  VIP tickets are already sold out, but standard tickets (1500 THB) are still available for purchase at: https://www.ticketflap.com/tomgreen-bkk19 

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Briton injured by knife-wielding Thai wife in Pattaya
By The Nation

 

 

A Thai woman severely injured her British husband with a knife following a quarrel at their rented room in Pattaya early on Tuesday, police said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1095434-briton-injured-by-knife-wielding-thai-wife-in-pattaya/

 

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Brit, 58, found dead in Patong hotel room

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The British man’s body was discovered in his rented room in Patong this morning. Photo: Phuket Tourist Police

 

PHUKET:-- Police at this stage do not suspect foul play in the death of a 58-year-old British man whose body found in a Patong hotel room this morning (Apr 16).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1095446-brit-58-found-dead-in-patong-hotel-room/

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Six hurt as drunk Songkran revellers clash in Prachuap Khiri Khan hospital

By The Nation

 

 

Two groups of drunk Songkran revellers engaged in brawls inside a district hospital in Prachuap Khiri Khan late on Monday night after they continued fights begun at a Songkran celebration venue and followed each other to the hospital.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1095447-six-hurt-as-drunk-songkran-revellers-clash-in-prachuap-khiri-khan-hospital/

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Death toll nears 300 after five of the ‘Seven Dangerous Days’ of Songkran

By THE NATION

 

 

ROAD accidents during the first five days of the Songkran festival have left 297 people dead and 2,807 injured with drunken driving again singled out as the main cause of the accidents, according to the Road Safety Operations Centre (RSOC) on Tuesday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1095460-death-toll-nears-300-after-five-of-the-‘seven-dangerous-days’-of-songkran/

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Tighter control on transnational food industry required to solve haze problem: expert

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION

 

Photo courtesy of Greenpeace

 

A STRONGER political will is required to take action against monoculture corn cultivation both inside Thailand and in neighbouring countries, or the transboundary haze problem will never be solved, environmental experts said, as Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai district continues to choke under hazardous smog.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1095491-tighter-control-on-transnational-food-industry-required-to-solve-haze-problem-expert/

 

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REPORT: Chiang Mai tries ‘clean rooms’ to protect vulnerable from toxic air

By CHULARAT SAENGPASSA 
THE NATION 
CHIANG MAI

 

Residents get free health checks in Yangmoen, Chiang Mai, as part of the Clean Room initiative launched by Chiang Mai University (CMU), Suan Dok Hospital Foundation and the Clean Air for All group to build safe refuges from smog in the province.

 

SINCE THE air in entire villages or towns cannot be purified in the face of the raging smog crisis in the North, safety zones have been proposed as a way of protecting the most vulnerable people.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1095492-report-chiang-mai-tries-‘clean-rooms’-to-protect-vulnerable-from-toxic-air/

 

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Over 1,000 rai burned to ash in Chiang Rai

By THE NATION

 

 

THE BATTLE AGAINST A wildfire in Chiang Rai’s Mae Chan district dragged on yesterday as officials, military personnel and volunteers worked tirelessly to prevent the blaze from engulfing towns nearby.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1095493-over-1000-rai-burned-to-ash-in-chiang-rai/

 

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Country returning to  undemocratic rule, warns senior Pheu Thai figure

By THE NATION

 

File photo

 

WITH REPORTS predicting the setting up of a national unity government to tackle the political deadlock, veteran politician Phumtham Wechayachai said yesterday that the Constitution and the legal framework had indeed been designed to cause complications and difficulties that would draw the nation down the path to undemocratic rule.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1095494-country-returning-to -undemocratic-rule-warns-senior-pheu-thai-figure/

 

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Heritage site or home? Indigenous Thais fight for right to forest

By Rina Chandran

 

A protester is seen outside the UNESCO office in Bangkok July 27, 2010. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang

 

BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Hundreds of indigenous Karen people in Thailand face evictions from a national park that authorities wish to turn into a World Heritage Site, joining millions in a similarly precarious situation as authorities worldwide push tough conservation laws.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1095496-heritage-site-or-home-indigenous-thais-fight-for-right-to-forest/

 

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Delta charges US family thousands to let son elevate injured leg during flight

Anders Hagstrom | Justice Reporter

 

 

Delta Airlines charged a U.S. family whose son was in need of urgent medical care more than $6,000 to fly to the U.S. after their vacation in Thailand was cut short when a motorcycle struck the young boy Saturday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1095497-delta-charges-us-family-thousands-to-let-son-elevate-injured-leg-during-flight/

 

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Defence volunteer killed in drive-by shooting in Pattani

By The Nation

 

 

A defence volunteer was killed in a drive-by shooting in Pattani povince’s Kapho district on Tuesday morning while riding his motorcycle to work, police said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1095498-defence-volunteer-killed-in-drive-by-shooting-in-pattani/

 

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Burglar drowns Pomeranian before stealing computer, cash in Udon Thani

By The Nation

 

 

A university student in Udon Thani returned from celebrating Songkran late on Monday night to find her four-month-old Pomeranian drowned in a water bin and her boyfriend’s notebook computer and cash stolen.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1095499-burglar-drowns-pomeranian-before-stealing-computer-cash-in-udon-thani/

 

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Nitithorn hopeful of revival at PGM ADT Penang

By Agencies

 

Nitithorn Thippong

 

Penang - Thailand’s Nitithorn Thippong will seek a repeat of his past success when he defends his title at the PGM ADT Penang Championship on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1095500-nitithorn-hopeful-of-revival-at-pgm-adt-penang/

 

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Three countries join forces to limit rubber exports to 240,000 tons

 

   

BANGKOK, 17 April 2019 (NNT) - To solve the problem of low rubber prices, the three major rubber exporting countries are ready to continue measures to limit rubber exports to 240,000 tons.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1095501-three-countries-join-forces-to-limit-rubber-exports-to-240000-tons/

 

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‘National unity government’ dangerous and undemocratic  

By The Nation

 

 

Moves to engineer a pseudo-deadlock to justify ‘neutral’ rule ignore the will of voters

 

A so-called national unity government has always been a favourite gambit for Thai politicians who lose elections. By utilising this benign-sounding concept they can sweep aside the voters’ verdict and prevent opposing factions from taking power.    

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1095503-‘national-unity-government’-dangerous-and-undemocratic- /

 

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Democracy vs Corruption: the Thanathorn debate

By Tulsathit Taptim 
The Nation

 

 

 

As expected, the fight between angelic Democracy and demonic Corruption in the aftermath of the Thai election has intensified in terms of ferociousness, irony and paradox.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1095504-democracy-vs-corruption-the-thanathorn-debate/

 

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French President Macron hopes to rebuild Notre-Dame in five years

By Richard Lough and Elizabeth Pineau

 

A view shows Notre-Dame Cathedral after a massive fire devastated large parts of the gothic gem in Paris, France, April 16, 2019. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

 

PARIS (Reuters) - President Emmanuel Macron pledged on Tuesday that France would rebuild the fire-devastated Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, saying he hoped the work would be done in five years and the French people would pull together to repair their national symbol.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1095505-french-president-macron-hopes-to-rebuild-notre-dame-in-five-years/

 

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Insurers expect France to bear Notre-Dame rebuilding cost

By Noor Zainab Hussain and Paul Arnold

 

Firefighters spray water on Notre-Dame Cathedral after a massive fire devastated large parts of the gothic gem in Paris, France April 16, 2019. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

 

(Reuters) - Major European insurers expect France to bear the bulk of the cost of rebuilding the Notre-Dame Cathedral after a fire tore through the eight-centuries-old Paris landmark on Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1095506-insurers-expect-france-to-bear-notre-dame-rebuilding-cost/

 

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Late night shelling in Tripoli as Europe, Gulf divided over Haftar's push

By Ulf Laessing and Ahmed Elumami

 

Members of Libyan National Army (LNA) commanded by Khalifa Haftar, get ready before heading out of Benghazi to reinforce the troops advancing to Tripoli, in Benghazi, Libya April 13, 2019. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori

 

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Shelling could be heard late on Tuesday in several parts of the Libyan capital Tripoli as Europe and the Gulf were divided over a push by eastern forces commander Khalifa Haftar to seize the city.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1095507-late-night-shelling-in-tripoli-as-europe-gulf-divided-over-haftars-push/

 

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London climate-change street protest arrests reach 290 on second day

 

Performers demonstrate at Waterloo Bridge during the Extinction Rebellion protest in London, Britain April 16, 2019. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Police have arrested 290 people in two days of protests after climate-change activists blocked some of London's most important junctions including Oxford Circus and Marble Arch, causing traffic chaos.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1095509-london climate-change-street-protest-arrests-reach-290-on-second-day/ 

 

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Songkran: Probation department handles 8,000+ DUI cases in 5 days - 389 tagged - Isaan worst

 

Picture: Daily News

 

The chief of the Probation Department told Daily News that his department processed more than 8,000 cases of drunk and drug driving in the Songkran period of 11th to 15th April.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1095512-songkran-probation-department-handles-8000-dui-cases-in-5-days-389-tagged-isaan-worst/

 

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Thais hold merit making ceremony for rape/murder victim on Koh Si Chang

 

Pictures (4): Daily News

 

Officials and locals held a merit making ceremony for the German tourists raped and murdered on Koh Si Chang.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1095514-thais-hold-merit-making-ceremony-for-rapemurder-victim-on-koh-si-chang/

 

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Trump vetoes congressional resolution to end U.S. involvement in Yemen war

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump waves prior to departing on a trip to Wisconsin from the White House in Washington, U.S., October 24, 2018. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump has vetoed a congressional resolution that sought to end U.S. involvement in the Saudi-led war in Yemen, the White House said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1095516-trump-vetoes-congressional-resolution-to-end-us-involvement-in-yemen-war/
 

 

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In major shift, Trump to allow lawsuits against foreign firms in Cuba

By Matt Spetalnick and Sarah Marsh

 

FILE PHOTO: A view of the U.S. and Cuban flags prior to the signing of agreements between the Port of Cleveland and the Cuban Maritime authorities in Havana, Cuba, October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON/HAVANA (Reuters) - The Trump administration will allow lawsuits in U.S. courts for the first time against foreign companies that use properties confiscated by Communist-ruled Cuba since Fidel Castro's revolution six decades ago, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1095517-in-major-shift-trump-to-allow-lawsuits-against-foreign-firms-in-cuba/

 

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Video: Lucky escapes after drunk driver slams into metal works and shop

 

Picture: Manager

 

Further details have emerged of the accident that saw a Mitsubishi pick-up slam into the front of a property in Ubon Ratchathani on Saturday. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1095518-video-lucky-escapes-after-drunk-driver-slams-into-metal-works-and-shop/

 

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Online plea as 14 year old Thai boy goes missing from Tokyo hotel

 

Caption: Thai boy missing in Tokyo

 

Facebook user Yuwajitra Watchara-arpa appealed for help after a 14 year old boy went missing from a downtown Tokyo hotel on Monday night. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1095519-online-plea-as-14-year-old-thai-boy-goes-missing-from-tokyo-hotel/

 

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Songkran video: Gangs fined after violence in Phu Wiang

 

Caption: Fines for one and all

 

Police in Phu Wiang, Khon Kaen have fined everyone involved in Songkran violence in the north eastern Thai town on Tuesday. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1095521-songkran-video-gangs-fined-after-violence-in-phu-wiang/

 

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Foreign tourists told: Stop messing up our beautiful nature trail

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Park officials in Krabi in southern Thailand have implored foreign tourists to stop daubing a scenic nature trail in graffiti. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1095523-foreign-tourists-told-stop-messing-up-our-beautiful-nature-trail/

 

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Video: Thai tourists treated to a dolphin show at Similan Islands

 

Caption: What a wonderful sight

 

A video posted online showed a large pod of dolphins putting on an impromptu show for tourists.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1095524-video-thai-tourists-treated-to-a-dolphin-show-at-similan-islands/