THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Wednesday 10 July 2019

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Video: Shots fired as ice truck chased across NE Thailand - "high" driver captured

 

Caption: Ice van changes gear and flees!

 

Police chasing an ice delivery van across several districts in the north east of Thailand fired shots to make the driver stop. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1110903-video-shots-fired-as-ice-truck-chased-across-ne-thailand-high-driver-captured/

 

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Police say posh private plane is not just for Prawit

By The Thaiger

 

 

Critics are alleging that a new 1.1 billion baht 10 seat luxury private jet is being used solely to transport the current deputy PM Prawit Wongsuwan around the country.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1110904-police-say-posh-private-plane-is-not-just-for-prawit/

 

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Video: Tour bus company gives a mat for a passenger to sit on

 

Caption: A mat was provided for extra passengers

 

A passenger on a full tour bus heading for the north east of Thailand was given a mat to sit on. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1110906-video-tour-bus-company-gives-a-mat-for-a-passenger-to-sit-on/

 

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Two legends, different worlds

By The Nation

 

 

Luxury five-star hotel Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok is joining with classic premium camera brand Leica in launching a special Picture Perfect project with Leica room package from now until December 15.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1110908-mandarin-oriental-bangkok-two-legends-different-worlds/

 

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Police to seek new arrest warrants in fatal brawl on Udomsuk road

By The Nation

 

Photo credit: Thairath

 

Police will seek arrest warrants against seven more taxi motorcyclists for having taken part in a brawl between members of two taxi stands on Soi Udomsuk last month, which resulted in two deaths.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1110910-police-to-seek-new-arrest-warrants-in-fatal-brawl-on-udomsuk-road/

 

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North, Northeast warned of drought

By The Nation

 

Photo credit: The Telegraph

 

The Office of National Water Resources (ONWR) has warned of water shortages in 160 districts in the North and Northeast due to the low level of water in dams and reservoirs and an anticipated lack of rain in July and August.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1110911-north-northeast-warned-of-drought/

 

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Surin Beach lifeguards coming next week, says MaAnn

By The Phuket News

 

A family regain their breath at the water’s edge while strong waves pound the shore. Photos: The Phuket News / file

 

PHUKET: Trained, qualified lifeguards will be on patrol at Surin Beach by next week, MaAnn Samran, Chief of the Cherng Talay Tambon Administration Organisation (OrBorTor), has told The Phuket News.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1110912-surin-beach-lifeguards-coming-next-week-says-maann/

 

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Zebra Crossings to be made safe in Thailand, says Royal Thai Police

 

Quote: "All police jurisdictions must work justly with all concerned parties to ensure safety on the roads and to limit damage that might occur" Pol Gen Chakthip Chaijinda, chief of the Royal Thai Police.

 

It is often said in Thailand that one of the most foolish things anyone can do on the streets is to assume that Zebra Crossings are safe.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1110916-zebra-crossings-to-be-made-safe-in-thailand-says-royal-thai-police/

 

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SPS Mini League Set for Hua Hin on Sunday 14 June

 

 

On Sunday morning (14 June) a 5 a side Under 15 tournament will take place at the Midfield Soccer pitch in Hua Hin. Five local academy sides will play in the second SPS Mini League.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1110918-sps-mini-league-set-for-hua-hin-on-sunday/

 

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Thai health authorities probe Aussies’ claim of “two years in hell” after eating Pad Thai in Thailand in 2017

 

 

Thailand’s Disease Control Department is investigation a claim by an Australian couple that they went through “two years of hell” after eating a plate of Pad Thai, a popular Thai-style fried noodle, while vacationing in Thailand in 2017.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1110921-thai-health-authorities-probe-aussies’-claim-of-“two-years-in-hell”-after-eating-pad-thai-in-thailand-in-2017/

 

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Slowly withdraw from alcohol habit in lead-up to Buddhist Lent to avoid side effects: health chief

By The Nation

 

 

Drinking alcohol in excess can harm your health – but so can an attempt to quit it “cold turkey”, a senior health official warned on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1110923-slowly-withdraw-from-alcohol-habit-in-lead-up-to-buddhist-lent-to-avoid-side-effects-health-chief/

 

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Para-rubber to be used to pave roads: Premier

The Nayion

 

 

Four hundred roads across the country are to be paved using 20,000 tonnes of para-rubber this year and in 2020, as part of the Cabinet-approved solution to tackle the falling rubber price, according to Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1110924-para-rubber-to-be-used-to-pave-roads-premier/

 

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U.S. wants North Korea freeze as beginning, not end, of denuclearisation

By David Brunnstrom

 

A person walks past a banner showing North Korean and U.S. flags ahead of the North Korea-U.S. summit in Hanoi, Vietnam, February 25, 2019. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States would hope to see a freeze in the North Korean nuclear programme as the start of a process of denuclearisation, the State Department said on Tuesday, ahead of fresh talks with Pyongyang supposed to take place this month.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1110926-us-wants-north-korea-freeze-as-beginning-not-end-of-denuclearisation/

 

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Australia promises national vote on recognition of indigenous people by 2022

By Colin Packham

 

Minister for Indigenous Australians Ken Wyatt speaks at the National Press Club in Canberra, Australia, July 10, 2019. AAP Image/Rohan Thomson/via REUTERS

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia will hold a national vote within three years on whether to include recognition of indigenous people in its constitution, the government said on Wednesday, an issue that has spurred decades of often heated debate.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1110928-australia-promises-national-vote-on-recognition-of-indigenous-people-by-2022/

 

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Thai junta can still detain people without charge

By The Nation

 

 

Politicians and the public have voiced dissatisfaction with the junta’s decision to hang on to its order authorising arbitrary military detention is being kept. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1110942-thai-junta-can-still-detain-people-without-charge/

 

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Jailed boxing champ Atchariya innocent: family

By The Nation

 

 

Relatives of WBC Asia super lightweight champion Atchariya Wirojanasunobol, who is in jail on charges of drug smuggling, presented evidence of his innocence to the Justice Deputy Permanent Secretary Tawatchai Thaikyo on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1110944-jailed-boxing-champ-atchariya-innocent-family/

 

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Supreme Court sentences ex-deputy education minister Chaowarin to two years

  

(Photo) Thai Parliament

 

Former deputy education minister Chaowarin Latthasaksiri, alias Kobori, was today sentenced to two years in prison, without suspension, by the Supreme Court after he was found guilty of defrauding B.C.P. Trading, a Cambodian company, out of about 11 million baht in a cement deal.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1110945-supreme-court-sentences-ex-deputy-education-minister-chaowarin-to-two-years/

 

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Thailand’s Fintech future

 

   

BANGKOK, 10 July 2019 (NNT) - The growth of Financial Technology in Thailand is said to be among the fastest in ASEAN. The World Bank meanwhile, has suggested the government reduce inequalities in access to capital to enable variations in Fintech development to emerge.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1110949-thailand’s-fintech-future/

 

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Soldier being hunted after Facebook posts of alleged leopard poaching and skinning

By The Nation

 

 

A military investigation has been launched into the alleged poaching and skinning of a leopard by a soldier serving in Chiang Mai province, after the man’s photo with the animal was posted on his Facebook account.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1110953-soldier-being-hunted-after-facebook-posts-of-alleged-leopard-poaching-and-skinning/

 

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Philips sees a medical future based on advances in data integration

By KWANCHAI RUNGFAPAISARN
THE NATION

 

 

As a leader in the Asia Pacific region, Thailand has enjoyed strong growth potential in the medical market and faces many challenges ahead, said Dr Felix Baader, the business leader for monitoring and analytics at Philips.

 

Full statistic: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1110956-philips-sees-a-medical-future-based-on-advances-in-data-integration/

 

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Man caught with 100,000 meth pills in Phang Nga

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Kitisak Chuanchom, 28, was caught with more than 100,000 meth pills at his house in Phang Nga. Photo: Muang Phang Nga Police

 

Phang Nga: Police in Phang Nga have arrested a man in possession of more than 100,000 methamphetamine pills (ya bah) following a tip-off.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1110958-man-caught-with-100000-meth-pills-in-phang-nga/

 

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Tesco to open 750 more stores in Thailand

By THE NATION

 

Dave Lewis, the chief executive of Tesco, sees plenty of potential for further growth in the Thai supermarket sector.

 

Tesco plans to add 750 stores to its retail network in Thailand over the next three years, providing more than 10,000 jobs, a UK report said. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1110964-tesco-to-open-750-more-stores-in-thailand/

 

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Supreme Court upholds jail for former minister Chaovarin

By The Nation

 

 

The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the appeals court’s two-year jail term against former education minister Chaovarin Lathasaksiri for deceiving a Cambodian firm of Bt11.4 million.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1110945-supreme-court-sentences-ex-deputy-education-minister-chaowarin-to-two-years/?do=findComment&comment=14332126

 

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Fake followers of F1 favourites

Hamilton has more than five-and-a-half million followers on Twitter, but about a third seem bogus

David Buckley

 

Hamilton wins in China. Picture: F1 website

 

It’s the F1 British Grand Prix at Silverstone this weekend which means many from London and the south-east will be headed up the M1, M40, A5 or taking a “quick route only we know” over the coming days to take in the spectacle in Northamptonshire.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1110970-fake-followers-of-f1-favourites/

 

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Manhunt launched for killers of Pattani mute couple

By The Nation

 

 

Police have identified one of four suspects who allegedly shot dead a mute couple as they rode their motorcycle home from a Pattani hospital on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1110971-manhunt-launched-for-killers-of-pattani-mute-couple/

 

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Health chief comes to Phad Thai’s defence

By The Nation

 

 

Ingredients stir-fried at temperatures of as low as 80 degrees Celsius should make pad thai safe to eat, says the country’s health chief, in comments aimed at reassuring fans of the traditional dish in the wake of tourist complaints of food poisoning aired on social media.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1110921-thai-health-authorities-probe-aussies’-claim-of-“two-years-in-hell”-after-eating-pad-thai-in-thailand-in-2017/?do=findComment&comment=14332728

 

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No House meetings after Cabinet oath-taking until policies are announced

By The Nation

 

House Speaker Chuan Leekpai

 

The House of Representatives will have to stop convening for a while until the day the incoming government announces its policies to Parliament, House Speaker Chuan Leekpai said on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1110992-no-house-meetings-after-cabinet-oath-taking-until-policies-are-announced/

 

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Exports tipped to shrink 1% this year

By PHUWIT LIMVIPHUWAT

THE NATION

 

Presenting the revised forecasts are, from left, Kalin Sarasin, chairman of the Thai Chamber of Commerce and the Board of Trade of Thailand; Preedee Daochai, chairman of the Thai Bankers' Association, and Supant Mongkolsuthree, chairman of the Federation of Thai Industries.

 

The Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking (JSCCIB) on Wednesday forecast that exports this year will contract 1 per cent from the previous year.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1110995-exports-tipped-to-shrink-1-this-year/

 

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Concrete pieces from Ari BTS station in Bangkok fall on road below

By The Thaiger

 

PHOTO: Isara Ariyachaipanich

 

Concrete panelling has fallen from the Ari skytrain station. Luckily there was no one injured.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1110998-concrete-pieces-from-ari-bts-station-in-bangkok-fall-on-road-below/

 

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Indonesia's Go-Jek to announce tie-up with Thai lender

 

FILE PHOTO: A Go-Jek logo is pictured in their office in Singapore November 29, 2018. REUTERS/Anshuman Daga

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Indonesian ride-hailing app Go-Jek and Thailand’s largest lender, Siam Commercial Bank Pcl (SCB), are set to announce a strategic partnership on Thursday, the companies said.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111001-indonesias-go-jek-to-announce-tie-up-with-thai-lender/