THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Tuesday 30 July 2019

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Khon Kaen: Mum blames heavy school bag for daughter's spinal problem

 

Heavy bag caused spinal twisting

 

A mother of a secondary school student in Khon Kaen has blamed her daughter's heavy school bag for twisting her spine.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114730-khon-kaen-mum-blames-heavy-school-bag-for-daughters-spinal-problem/

 

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Should Alan Turing be awarded a posthumous knighthood?

It would be unprecedented, but that doesn’t mean it shouldn’t happen

David Buckley

 

 

When the artwork for the £50 note with London-born mathematician Alan Turing on it was revealed recently it got us thinking … why isn’t it showing Sir Alan Turing?

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114734-should-alan-turing-be-awarded-a-posthumous-knighthood/

 

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Foreign couple robbed after taking midnight dip in Pattaya

 

 

A foreign couple contacted the Pattaya police after they emerged from the sea to find their possessions missing early this morning.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114735-foreign-couple-robbed-after-taking-midnight-dip-in-pattaya/

 

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Child in lucky escape as metal rod pierces windscreen and front seat

 

Picture: Phai Siam news

 

A child sleeping in the back of a pick-up had a lucky escape when a metal rod came loose from a container truck and entered the passenger compartment. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114736-child-in-lucky-escape-as-metal-rod-pierces-windscreen-and-front-seat/

 

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Mystery fire completely destroys bus in Pathum Thani

 

Thai caption: Mystery fire

 

Sanook reported that a six wheel bus burst into flames in the middle of the night in Soi Sam San in the  Klong 1 area of Pathum Thani in the early hours of this morning. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114741-mystery-fire-completely-destroys-bus-in-pathum-thani/

 

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Cabinet to appoint council of economic ministers

By The Nation

 

 

The Cabinet will today appoint the council of economic ministers to screen economic issues for the Cabinet every week.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114742-cabinet-to-appoint-council-of-economic-ministers/

 

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Paradise lost: Tourists disappearing from Thai island as jet ski gangs move in

 

Thai caption: Jetski "gangs" on the rampage

 

Tourists are quitting an idyllic and quiet island beach in southern Thailand after gangs of jet skis moved in. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114744-paradise-lost-tourists-disappearing-from-thai-island-as-jet-ski-gangs-move-in/

 

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Deputy education minister cancels appointment order for fear of charter violation

By The Nation

 

 

Deputy Education Minister Kalaya Sophonpanich has cancelled her order to appoint 35 advisers for fear of the appointment would violate the constitution, a source from the Democrat Party said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114747-deputy-education-minister-cancels-appointment-order-for-fear-of-charter-violation/

 

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Former senator Ruangkrai to ask EC to disqualify senators for alleged charter violations

By The Nation

 

 

Political activist Ruangkrai Leekijvatana will today (Tuesday) ask the Election Commission to disqualify several senators for holding posts in government agencies, which could be deemed charter violations.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114748-former-senator-ruangkrai-to-ask-ec-to-disqualify-senators-for-alleged-charter-violations/

 

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Private universities to get ear of new undergraduate education minister

By The Nation

 

 

Undergraduate Education, Research, Science and Innovation Minister Suvit Maesincee will hold a meeting with the management of private universities later this week to learn of their concerns and to try to provide help accordingly.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114749-private-universities-to-get-ear-of-new-undergraduate-education-minister/

 

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Prayut enters Defence Ministry as minister

By The Nation

 

 

Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha entered the Defence Ministry for the first time as the defence minister Tuesday morning.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114750-prayut-enters-defence-ministry-as-minister/

 

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NACC to brief Cabinet members on assets declaration requirement

By The Nation

 

Worawit Sukbun

 

The secretary general of the Office of the National Anti-Corruption Commission will today brief Cabinet members about the requirement for them to declare their assets to the anti-graft agency within 60 days of being sworn in.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114751-nacc-to-brief-cabinet-members-on-assets-declaration-requirement/

 

 

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Actor DiCaprio praises Thailand for success in increasing tiger population

 

Leonardo DiCaprio

 

 

Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio has praised Thailand for its successful effort to increase the population of wild tigers in the Huai Kha Kheng wildlife sanctuary in Thailand’s western forests.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114755-leonardo-dicaprio-praises-thailand-for-success-in-increasing-tiger-population/

 

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Thai tourist held in Japan over highway accident

By The Nation

 

 

A 31-year-old Thai tourist is facing a charge of reckless driving causing injuries to others after he allegedly caused a four-vehicle pile-up on a highway in Hokkaido, Japan, resulting in four injuries including a critically wounded 24-year-old woman.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114757-thai-tourist-held-in-japan-over-highway-accident/

 

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Prayut to supervise police, citing concerns over Prawit’s health

By The Nation

 

 

Citing concern for the health of General Prawit, Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha has announced that he will supervise the Royal Thai Police and chair the Police Commission himself.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114764-prayut-to-supervise-police-citing-concerns-over-prawit’s-health/

 

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Woman, 19, dead, two others injured as motorbike slams into parked pickup van

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Police at the scene early this morning. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: A 19-year-old woman was killed and two of her friends seriously injured when the motorbike they were riding slammed into the back of a parked pickup truck on Wiset Rd in Rawai this morning (July 30).

 

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/woman-19-dead-two-others-injured-as-motorbike-slams-into-parked-pickup-van-72313.php#z2fGM87iEDAYHlR2.97

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DiCaprio praises Thai wildlife sanctuary for tiger numbers ‘roaring back’

By The Nation

 

 

Famous Hollywood actor and film producer Leonardo DiCaprio has thanked officials at the Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary for their forest protection efforts which contributed to a more than 60-per -cent increase in tiger numbers in the sanctuary.

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114755-leonardo-dicaprio-praises-thailand-for-success-in-increasing-tiger-population/?do=findComment&comment=14407682

 

 

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Wet week ahead for 15 provinces

By The Nation

 

 

Fifteen provinces across the country will get a soaking in the coming week as the southwest monsoon unleashes downpours, posing the risk of flash floods.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114783-wet-week-ahead-for-15-provinces/

 

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Bangkok Bank, British Embassy ink MoU granting visa privileges for cardholders

By The Nation

 

 

Bangkok Bank and the British Embassy have signed an MoU that will see Bangkok Bank Visa Infinite cardholders access privileged service when applying for a UK visa.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114786-bangkok-bank-british-embassy-ink-mou-granting-visa-privileges-for-cardholders/

 

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DPM Anutin says commercialization of cannabis will come if medical use is a success

 

 

Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said today that commercialization of cannabis for economic benefit would come after the use of medical cannabis has proven to be successful and controllable.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114788-dpm-anutin-says-commercialization-of-cannabis-will-come-if-medical-use-is-a-success/

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Three Vietnamese robbed by hooded men

By THE NATION

 

 

Two hooded men today robbed three Vietnamese nationals of their money at their apartment in Samut Sakhon province southwest of Bangkok.

 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114789-three-vietnamese-robbed-by-hooded-men/

 

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39 Wa troops, civilians rushed across border to hospital in Mae Hong Son

By The Nation

 

 

Thirty soldiers and civilians from the Myanmar border area under control of the United Wa State Army were rushed across the border on Monday night to receive treatment at Pang Ma Pha district hospital in Mae Hong Son province after drinking water contaminated by pesticide, Thai authorities said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114791-39-wa-troops-civilians-rushed-across-border-to-hospital-in-mae-hong-son/

 

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Khao Yai elephants up against great wall of bamboo

By The Nation

 

 

A 400-kilometre wall of naturally barbed bamboo is being planted in Khao Yai National Park to keep wild elephants from roaming out.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114795-khao-yai-elephants-up-against-great-wall-of-bamboo/

 

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Medical use of Marijuana in Thailand complies with International Principles

 

   

BANGKOK, 30 July 2019 (NNT) - Justice Minister Somsak Thepsuthin has confirmed that the guidelines for the use of marijuana in Thailand comply with the Single Convention on Narcotics, 1961, amended by the 1972 Protocol and the Convention on Psychotropic Substances 1971, which requires that the medical and scientific uses of marijuana must be subject to the government’s regulations and take into account health, safety and prevention of marijuana entering the black market, while ensuring that the country’s marijuana supply does not exceed medical and scientific demand.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114800-medical-use-of-marijuana-in-thailand-complies-with-international-principles/

 

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Chachoengsao woman badly burned in self-immolation

By The Nation

 

 

A Chachoengsao woman, possibly suicidal, was burned across 60 per cent of her body on Tuesday morning after dousing herself in petrol and lighting the fuel.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114806-chachoengsao-woman-badly-burned-in-self-immolation/

 

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Thailand’s Biggest Ballroom Dancesport Championship ‘Royal Siam Cup’ Held at the Royal Cliff

 

Photo Caption: Young dancers compete gracefully during the “9^th Royal Siam Cup 2019 – Dancing Championship and International Dance Camp” at the Royal Summit Chamber of the Royal Cliff Beach Hotel.

 

Pattaya, Thailand – The award-winning Royal Cliff Hotels Group was the chosen venue for the “9^th Royal Siam Cup 2019 – Dancing Championship and International Dance Camp”, Thailand’s annual biggest and longest-running Dancesport Championship organized by the World Dance Council (WDC) in Bangkok and the Thailand Association of Teachers of Dancing (TATD).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114810-thailand’s-biggest-ballroom-dancesport-championship-‘royal-siam-cup’-held-at-the-royal-cliff/

 

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DLT calls on IT to raise driving schools standards

By The Nation

 

 

The Department of Land Transport is aiming to improve standards in the country’s driving schools by introducing modern technology such as fingerprint scanners, e-classrooms and CCTV.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114829-dlt-calls-on-it-to-raise-driving-schools-standards/

 

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Hunt on for wild elephant injured on Rayong road

By The Nation

 

 

Khao Wong National Park officials are searching for a wild elephant struck and injured by a pickup truck early Tuesday while crossing a road in Rayong’s Khao Chamao district.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114832-hunt-on-for-wild-elephant-injured-on-rayong-road/

 

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Lahu villagers seek governor’s help over killing

By Thanakorn Wongnang
The Nation

 

 

Fifty Lahu hill-tribe villagers of Ban Huay Krai Mai in Chiang Mai’s Wiang Haeng district went to the provincial city hall on Tuesday to seek help from Governor Supachai Iamsuwan over a July 23 incident in which police killed a villager.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114833-lahu-villagers-seek-governor’s-help-over-killing/

 

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Johnson's no-deal Brexit gamble hammers sterling

By Guy Faulconbridge, Olga Cotaga

 

Britain's new Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, delivers a speech outside Downing Street, in London, Britain July 24, 2019. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

 

LONDON (Reuters) - The British pound tumbled on Tuesday as investors bet Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit brinkmanship with the European Union could trigger a messy divorce that would sow chaos through the world economy and financial markets.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114688-sterling-slumps-on-no-deal-brexit-worries-stocks-dip/?do=findComment&comment=14408809