THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Saturday 22 June 2019

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Pheu Thai calls for probe into senators' selection

By The Nation

 

 

The opposition Pheu Thai Party on Friday pushed for a parliamentary investigation into the selection of senators, which they alleged to be unconstitutional.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1107635-pheu-thai-calls-for-probe-into-senators-selection/

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Airlines avoid parts of Iran-controlled airspace after U.S. regulator's order

By Jamie Freed and David Shepardson

 

FILE PHOTO: A vehicle of the airport rescue and firefighting services stands in front as a Boeing 767-400ER aircraft of United Airlines takes off from Zurich airport, April 9, 2019. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

 

(Reuters) - Some global airlines are re-routing flights to avoid Iran-controlled airspace over the Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman, they said on Friday, after the U.S. aviation regulator barred its carriers from the area until further notice.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1107663-airlines-avoid-parts-of-iran-controlled-airspace-after-us-regulators-order/

 

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UK junior minister suspended after grappling with eco-protester

By Costas Pitas

 

British Minister of State for Asia and the Pacific Mark Field speaks during a briefing in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, August 22, 2018. REUTERS/Samrang Pring/Files

 

LONDON (Reuters) - A junior foreign office minister has been suspended pending an investigation after grabbing a female demonstrator by the neck and pushing her when a climate-change protest interrupted a speech by Britain's finance minister.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1107664-uk-junior-minister-suspended-after-grappling-with-eco-protester/

 

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Spain's 'Wolf Pack' found guilty of rape in landmark ruling

By Sabela Ojea and Ingrid Melander

 

Angel Boza, a member of the group known as La Manada ("The Wolf Pack"), exits a courthouse in Seville, Spain, June 21, 2019. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo

 

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Supreme Court on Friday ruled that five men who attacked a teenager at a bull-running festival were guilty of rape not the lesser crime of sexual abuse, concluding a case that sparked mass protests across Spain over chauvinism and sexual abuse.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1107665-spains-wolf-pack-found-guilty-of-rape-in-landmark-ruling/

 

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Global money-laundering watchdog launches crackdown on cryptocurrencies

By John O'Donnell and Tom Wilson

 

FILE PHOTO: The exchange rates and logos of Bitcoin (BTH), Ether (ETH), Litecoin (LTC) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH) are seen on the display of a cryptocurrency ATM of blockchain payment service provider Vaerdex at the headquarters of Swiss Falcon Private Bank in Zurich, Switzerland May 29, 2019. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

 

FRANKFURT/LONDON (Reuters) - Cryptocurrency firms will be subjected to rules to prevent the abuse of digital coins such as bitcoin for money laundering, a global watchdog said on Friday, the first worldwide regulatory attempt to constrain the rapidly growing sector.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1107666-global-money-laundering-watchdog-launches-crackdown-on-cryptocurrencies/

 

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Philadelphia refinery blast puts new spotlight on toxic chemical

By Erwin Seba and Jessica Resnick-Ault

 

FILE PHOTO: The Philadelphia Energy Solutions oil refinery is seen at sunset in front of the Philadelphia skyline March 24, 2014. REUTERS/David M. Parrott

 

(Reuters) - Massive explosions that engulfed a Philadelphia refinery in flames on Friday have renewed concerns about the oil industry's use of a highly toxic chemical to make high-octane gasoline at plants in densely populated areas.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1107667-philadelphia-refinery-blast-puts-new-spotlight-on-toxic-chemical/

 

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Prosecutors won't drop charges against Navy SEAL despite medic's stunning admission

By Marty Graham

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Navy SEAL Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher arrives at court with his wife Andrea and brother Sean (C) for the start of his court-martial trial at Naval Base San Diego in San Diego, California, U.S., June 18, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Blake

 

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Prosecutors said on Friday they will not drop premeditated murder charges against a Navy SEAL charged with stabbing to death a teenaged Islamic State militant in Iraq in 2017 after another SEAL told a court martial he killed the prisoner.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1107668-prosecutors-wont-drop-charges-against-navy-seal-despite-medics-stunning-admission/

 

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FIFA ramps up pressure on Iran to grant women access to matches

By Michael Church

 

Soccer Football - FIFA President Gianni Infantino Media Briefing - Shangri-La Bosphorus Hotel, Istanbul, Turkey - February 15, 2019 FIFA President Gianni Infantino during a media briefing REUTERS/Murad Sezer

 

HONG KONG (Reuters) - FIFA president Gianni Infantino has ramped up the pressure on Iran to ensure local female football fans are allowed to attend men's World Cup qualifiers in the Islamic Republic later this year.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1107670-fifa-ramps-up-pressure-on-iran-to-grant-women-access-to-matches/

 

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Trump says he halted U.S. strike on Iran over possible casualties

 

U.S. President Donald Trump attends a campaign rally in Orlando, Florida, U.S., June 18, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/Files

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he called off a planned military strike against Iran because it would have been a disproportionate response to Tehran's downing of an unmanned U.S. surveillance drone, adding that more sanctions have been imposed.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1107671-trump-says-he-halted-us-strike-on-iran-over-possible-casualties/

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Asean’s message to the world takes musical flight

By Phatarawadee Phataranawik 
The Nation Weekend

 

Photo courtesy of Culture Ministry

 

Songs composed for Saturday’s summitcapping banquet are meant to evoke unity and add tourist appeal

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1107673-asean’s-message-to-the-world-takes-musical-flight/

 

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Snapshots from the reception line

By The Nation Weekend

 

Aung San Suu Kyi is greeted by Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan. Photo courtesy of Foreign Ministry

 

Leaders of other Southeast Asian countries are arriving in Bangkok one after another to attend the 34th Asean Summit this weekend. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1107674-snapshots-from-the-reception-line/

 

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Overview of ASEAN Summit 2019 in Bangkok

supawadee wangsri

 

 

BANGKOK, 21 June 2019 (NNT) - The ASEAN Summit which is hosted by Thailand got underway today at an official level before the leaders’ meeting takes place on the weekend. Thailand’s Minister of Foreign Affairs has emphasized that he will establish equality and promote women entrepreneurs in the ASEAN region to become more widely known.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1107675-overview-of-asean-summit-2019-in-bangkok/

 

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Dugong Mariam stranded again after ebb tide

supawadee wangsri

 

 

BANGKOK, 21 June 2019 (NNT) - The authorities accelerated installation of buoys in front of Duyong Bay to mark the area where all types of vessels are prohibited from entering because they may be dangerous to the dugong while the baby dugong Mariam are still stranded after the ebb tide.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1107676-dugong-mariam-stranded-again-after-ebb-tide/

 

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Thai Prime minister opens ASEAN Business Summit

Praphorn Praphornkul

 

 

BANGKOK, 21 June 2019 (NNT) - Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha delivered a speech, entitled ’the Future of Thailand and ASEAN’, during the fifth Bloomberg ASEAN Business Summit. The premier confirmed that Thailand, as chair of ASEAN this year, has had the potential and is prepared in all aspects to make progress alongside the ASEAN community.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1107677-thai-prime-minister-opens-asean-business-summit/

 

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Get ready for disruptive technology, region warned

By Phuwit Limviphuwat 
The Nation Weekend 

 

Studies show that by 2028, up to 28 million jobs in Asean will be lost to machines. Photo/AFP

 

The private sector is calling on Asean economic ministers to ramp up efforts to up-skill and re-skill the regional workforce as markets continue getting rocked by technological disruption.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1107678-get-ready-for-disruptive-technology-region-warned/

 

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American investors eye energy sector under Asia Edge initiative

By Phuwit Limviphuwat 
The Nation Weekend

 

Francis Fannon, assistant secretary for the US Bureau of Energy Resources

 

The United States is eyeing investments in the region’s energy sector through its Asia Edge initiative, introduced as an alternative to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and as part of a wider Indo-Pacific strategy.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1107680-american-investors-eye-energy-sector-under-asia-edge-initiative/

 

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REPORT: Plight of citizens PUSHED ASIDE by progress

By PIYAPORN WONGRUANG 
THE NATION WEEKEND

 

The collapse of the Xe Pian-Xe Namnoy dam in Laos left thousands homeless and the environment devastated. Photos courtesy of Roengrit Kongmuang.

 

ADVOCATES OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CALL ON ASEAN COUNTRIES TO LOOK DEEPLY INTO PROBLEMS THAT MEGA-PROJECTS CAUSE FOR PEOPLE

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1107682-report-plight-of-citizens-pushed-aside-by-progress/

 

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South China Sea issues go beyond China’s claims, say experts

By Yiamyut Sutthichaya 
Special to The Nation Weekend 

 

Indonesian authorities sink an impounded Vietnamese fishing boat in West Kalimantan on May 4. Photo/AFP

 

The contentious South China Sea is not only under the threat of militarisation but also to its environment, with the potential to affect a hundred million regional fish-dependent folks, according to academics.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1107684-south-china-sea-issues-go-beyond-china’s-claims-say-experts/

 

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Chanthaburi on the table

By Khetsirin Pholdhampalit 
The Nation Weekend 
Chanthaburi 

 

Sivaporn Iamjitkusol, far right, leads visitors to learn about her organic farming based on integrated and sustainable agricultural system in Klong Plu subdistrict of Chanthaburi.

 

Thailand’s eastern province takes travellers’ tummies on a culinary journey through its culture

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1107689-chanthaburi-on-the-table/

 

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In history reside the lessons

By Paul Dorsey 
The Nation Weekend

 

 

Perhaps now more than ever, the weary Thai spirit needs to revisit the story of a man who always tried to steer the country towards a better outcome

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1107690-in-history-reside-the-lessons/

 

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Thailand urges speed on RCEP

By Supalak Ganjanakhundee 
The Nation weekend

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha delivers a speech at aASean business forum on Friday in Bangkok ahead of the ASean Summit. Photo/Government House

 

Optimism wavers over likelihood of inaugurating world’s biggest trading bloc anytime soon

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1107691-thailand-urges-speed-on-rcep/

 

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Smoking at home may be against the law

 

 

BANGKOK, 21 June 2019 (NNT) - Those who smoke at home and affect the health of others may be considered to have broken the law as suspected perpetrator domestic abuse.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1107582-new-laws-target-people-in-thailand-who-smoke-at-home/page/9/?tab=comments#comment-14268800

 

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HK protesters disperse after blockading police headquarters

 

Protesters protest outside police headquarters, demanding Hong Kong’s leaders to step down and withdraw the extradition bill, in Hong Kong, China June 21, 2019. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

 

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters who had blockaded police headquarters in Asia's leading financial centre had mostly dispersed by Saturday morning with some roads reopened for traffic as normal but it remained unclear whether further mass protests would take place.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1107696-hk-protesters-disperse-after-blockading-police-headquarters/

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Philippines' Duterte accepts China's proposal to jointly investigate collision

 

FILE PHOTO: Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte arrives to greet the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at Colonel Jesus Villamor Air Base in Manila, Philippines, Thursday, February 28, 2019. Andrew Harnik/Pool via REUTERS

 

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has accepted China's proposal to jointly investigate allegations that a Chinese fishing vessel abandoned 22 Filipinos after it sank their boat in the South China Sea, his spokesman said on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1107697-philippines-duterte-accepts-chinas-proposal-to-jointly-investigate-collision/

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U.S. cities brace for immigration raids, say they will not participate

 

FILE PHOTO: Migrants from Central America form a human chain to cross the Rio Bravo river to enter illegally into the United States to turn themselves in to request for asylum in El Paso, Texas, U.S., as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico June 11, 2019. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. cities expecting to be hit by a wave of immigration raids intended to deport recently arrived families who are in the United States illegally said on Friday they would not cooperate with federal authorities.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1107699-us-cities-brace-for-immigration-raids-say-they-will-not-participate/

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Georgia and Russia trade blame over unrest as crisis brews

By Margarita Antidze and Andrew Osborn

 

Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili attends a meeting with her Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk, Belarus, June 21, 2019. Nikolay Petrov/BELTA via REUTERS

 

TBILISI/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Georgia and Russia traded blame on Friday for an outbreak of unrest in Tbilisi sparked by the visit of a Russian lawmaker with the Kremlin announcing it would suspend passenger flights between the two countries to protect its citizens.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1107701-georgia-and-russia-trade-blame-over-unrest-as-crisis-brews/

 

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Ireland warns British PM contenders against 'dumbing down' border issue

 

FILE PHOTO: Ireland's Tanaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney during a press conference in London Britain May 8, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

 

DUBLIN (Reuters) - The contenders to become Britain's prime minister should not "dumb down" the issues Brexit presents for the Irish border by suggesting simplistic solutions, Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1107703-ireland-warns-british-pm-contenders-against-dumbing-down-border-issue/

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Police called to disturbance at UK PM candidate Johnson's home

 

PM hopeful Boris Johnson leaves his home in London, Britain June 21, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British police were called on Friday to investigate concerns for the welfare of a woman after a neighbour of Boris Johnson, the favourite to be the next Prime Minister, heard a loud altercation.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1107705-police-called-to-disturbance-at-uk-pm-candidate-johnsons-home/

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Former Cyprus president Christofias dies at 72

 

Cyprus' President Demetris Christofias addresses a news conference after a European Union leaders summit in Brussels December 14, 2012. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir/Files

 

ATHENS (Reuters) - Former Cypriot president Demetris Christofias, the island's first Communist head of state, died on Friday, authorities said. He was 72.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1107706-former-cyprus-president-christofias-dies-at-72/

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Myth: Strong baht deterring western tourists to Thailand

By The Thaiger

 

 

The rise and rise of the Thai Baht, and it’s pushing through the 31.05 to the US Dollar barrier on Wednesday, tops off a turbulent decade of current movement against some of the western currencies. The decade’s currency rise has also been matched by a meteoric explosion in tourism pushing Thailand into the top ten list of popular tourist locations in the world.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1107707-myth-strong-baht-deterring-western-tourists-to-thailand/