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City officers being trained as traffic police assistants

 

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BANGKOK, 25 June 2019 (NNT) - Traffic congestion has long been a major issue in the capital. The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has now trained city law enforcement officers to serve as traffic police assistants to help resolve incidents more effectively.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108394-city-officers-being-trained-as-traffic-police-assistants/

 

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Hotel in South Korea blacklisted me and called me a prostitute, says Thai woman

 

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A furious Thai woman went on Twitter to vent her rage at being called a "low life", "poor" and a "prostitute" by staff at a hotel in Incheon, South Korea. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108398-hotel-in-south-korea-blacklisted-me-and-called-me-a-prostitute-says-thai-woman/

 

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Honest Thai cabbie saves the day for Bangladeshi lecturer and his sick son

 

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The Thai Tourist Police produced evidence of yet more honesty of Thai taxi drivers after a shoulder bag containing 200,000 baht in foreign currency was handed in. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108408-honest-thai-cabbie saves-the-day-for-bangladeshi-lecturer-and-his-sick-son/

 

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Elderly Korat woman seeks help finding US-resident daughter after 20 years apart

By Prasit Tungprasert 
The Nation

 

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An 80-year-old woman in Nakhon Ratchasima’s Bua Yai district on Wednesday sent out a public plea for help to locate her daughter, who left home to work in the United States 20 years ago and has not been in contact since.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108409-elderly-korat-woman-seeks-help-finding-us-resident-daughter-after-20-years-apart/

 

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Cloud looms over 41 Thai MPs in media-shares fiasco

 

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PHOTO: Future Forward’s Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit

 

The Constitutional Court is sitting today to consider whether they’ll accept petitions against 41 newly elected MPs accused by the Future Forward party of breaching media shareholding rules.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108417-cloud-looms-over-41-thai-mps-in-media-shares-fiasco/

 

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Sa Kaew town launches war on mosquitos amid dengue outbreak

 

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A tambon in Sa Kaew’s Aranyaprathet district was doused in pesticide spray on Wednesday after more than 400 people in the province contracted dengue fever this month, one with fatal results.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108421-sa-kaew-town-launches-war-on-mosquitos-amid-dengue-outbreak/

 

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Teen prodigy puts country before cash
By Lerpong Amsa-ngiam 
The Nation

 

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Thai teen prodigy Atthaya Thitikul is in no hurry to turn professional despite earning widespread praise for her stunning second victory at the Ladies European Thailand (LET) Championship on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108455-thai-teen-golf-prodigy-puts-country-before-cash/

 

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Big Joke latest: Meeting happening NOW to discuss former poster boy's future

 

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The story of Lt Gen Surachate Hakparn continued to dominate the Thai media today. 

 

Mono29 TV devoted their entire afternoon program to the latest news that Surachate - known universally as Big Joke - had been named on a sub-committee for police rules and procedures. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108379-the-mother-of-all-u-turns-prawit-names-big-joke-on-police-rules-committee/page/3/?tab=comments#comment-14283817

 

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Bangkok climbs rankings in most expensive cities survey

By The Nation

 

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Eight of the world’s top 10 most expensive cities are located in Asia as a result of the region’s high costs for consumer goods and a dynamic housing market, with Bangkok (40) jumping 12 places, according to Mercer’s 25th annual 2019 Cost of Living Survey, which was released on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108480-bangkok-climbs-rankings-in-most-expensive-cities-survey/

 

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Seri Ruam Thai boss disowns drug-bust candidate

By The Nation

 

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File photo : Seri Ruamthai party leader Sereepisut talks to reporters.

 

The leader of the Seri Ruam Thai party on Wednesday said the drug-related arrest of a party-list candidate will not affect the party, saying it was a personal matter.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108484-seri-ruam-thai-boss-disowns-drug-bust-candidate/

 

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Rescue team delivers baby girl in tuk-tuk stuck in Phuket traffic jam

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

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The baby girl was delivered by the side of the road amid a traffic jam on the outskirts of Phuket Town. Photo: Rawai Rescue Team

 

PHUKET:-- Rawai rescue workers stuck in a traffic jam in Phuket Town this morning (June 26) had an unexpected call to provide assistance when a tuk-tuk driver jumped in front of their ambulance, asking them to help a woman give birth in the back of his tuk-tuk.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108486-rescue-team-delivers-baby-girl-in-tuk-tuk-stuck-in-phuket-traffic-jam/

 

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Phuket City Police now offering free haircuts, close shaves

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

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Phuket Provincial Police Commander Maj Gen Wisan Panmanee the first to get his haircut at the new salon. Photo: Phuket City Police
 

PHUKET:-- Phuket City Police opened their own barber shop at Phuket City Police Station in Phuket Town yesterday (June 25) to provide free haircuts to the public, with Phuket Provincial Police Commander Maj Gen Wisan Panmanee the first to get his haircut at the new salon.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108488-phuket-city-police-now-offering-free-haircuts-close-shaves/

 

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Bitcoin vaults to 18-month highs on growing popularity

 

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FILE PHOTO: A Bitcoin logo is seen on a cryptocurrency ATM in Santa Monica, California, U.S., January 4, 2018. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Bitcoin jumped to its highest in eighteen months on Wednesday on safe-haven investment flows and growing expectations that Facebook’s Libra could turn cryptocurrency investments mainstream.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108492-bitcoin-vaults-to-18-month-highs-on-growing-popularity/

 

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U.S. pushes Middle East economic plan in face of Palestinian disdain and doubts

by Matt Spetalnick

 

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A Palestinian demonstrator gestures as he chants slogans during a protest against Bahrain's workshop for U.S. Middle East peace plan, in Gaza City, June 26, 2019. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

 

MANAMA (Reuters) - The Trump administration sought on Wednesday to win support for an economic plan it says will be a foundation for Israeli-Palestinian peace but which Palestinians and many other Arabs dismiss as pointless without a political solution to the decades-old conflict.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108493-us-pushes-middle-east-economic-plan-in-face-of-palestinian-disdain-and-doubts/

 

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U.S., North Korea in behind-the-scenes talks over third summit, Moon says

by Hyonhee Shin

 

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FILE PHOTO: North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump talk in the garden of the Metropole hotel during the second North Korea-U.S. summit in Hanoi, Vietnam February 28, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - The United States is in behind-the-scenes talks with North Korea over a possible third summit and has proposed working-level negotiations that have been stalled since the second such meeting in February, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108494-us-north-korea-in-behind-the-scenes-talks-over-third-summit-moon-says/

 

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U.S. Treasury Secretary says U.S.-China trade deal is 90% done: CNBC

 

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FILE PHOTO: Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin answers question from reporters about the United States new sanctions on Iran at the White House in Washington D.C., U.S., June 24, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

(Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Wednesday that the trade deal between the United States and China is “about 90%” complete, CNBC reported.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108495-us-treasury-secretary-says-us-china-trade-deal-is-90-done-cnbc/

 

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Johnson warns EU against any 'Napoleonic' tariffs in no-deal Brexit

by bGuy Faulconbridge, Elizabeth Piper

 

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Boris Johnson, a leadership candidate for Britain's Conservative Party, stands outside one of the buildings at Wisley Garden Centre in Surrey, Britain, June 25, 2019. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Boris Johnson, the favourite to become British prime minister, said he was prepared to lead Britain out of the European Union without a deal on Oct. 31 and said any EU attempt to impose trade tariffs would be akin to a Napoleonic-era blockade.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108496-johnson-warns-eu-against-any-napoleonic-tariffs-in-no-deal-brexit/

 

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Cambodia jails translator over 'fake news' sex trafficking film

by Prak Chan Thul

 

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Labor activist Rath Rott Mony arrives to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court for verdict over his role in making a documentary about sex-trafficking that the government said contained fake news, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia June 26, 2019. REUTERS/Samrang Pring

 

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - A Cambodian court jailed a fixer and translator for two years on Wednesday for his role in making a documentary about sex trafficking in the Southeast Asian country which the government said contained “fake news”.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108499-cambodia-jails-translator-over-fake-news-sex-trafficking-film/

 

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Sheryl Crow: All my original music tapes destroyed in 'apocalyptic' Universal Studios fire

 

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Sheryl Crow says 'all her masters' were wiped out in the 2008 fire

 

Sheryl Crow has confirmed the master tapes of her hit albums Tuesday Night Music Club and The Globe Sessions were among those destroyed in a fire 11 years ago.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1108504-sheryl-crow-all-my-original-music-tapes-destroyed-in-apocalyptic-universal-studios-fire/

 

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