THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Thursday 8 Aug 2019

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Thirsty Thursday at Craft Sukhumvit 23 – 8th August

 

 

This August, Craft Sukhumvit 23 will introduce the much-anticipated ‘Thirsty Thursday’ series,offering special discounts every Thursday on selected beers from rotating beer breweries!

 

More info: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116209-thirsty-thursday-at-craft-sukhumvit-23-–-8th-august/

 

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Public invited to witness 800kg marijuana, 300kg kratom burnoff

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The public display was held to assure people the drugs were disposed of properly. Photo: PR Dept
 

PHUKET:-- A total of 500kg of marijuana and along 300kg of kratom were incinerated in Phuket today (Aug 7) in a public display of the government’s efforts in the fight against drugs.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116527-public-invited-to-witness-800kg-marijuana-300kg-kratom-burnoff/

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Anutin distributes first batch of cannabis oil

By The Nation

 

Nation/Pramote Putthaisong Public Health Minister Anutin Chanvirakul holds up a bottle of cannabis oil during a press conference at the ministry’s head office in Nonthaburi province on Wednesday.

 

After receiving the first batch of legally produced cannabis oil on Wednesday, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul revealed an ambitious plan to make up to a million bottles of the extract available for medical use in Thailand within the next five to six months.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116521-anutin-distributes-first-batch-of-cannabis-oil/

 

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Analysts worry about competitive easing as BOT cuts policy rate

By Wichit Chaitrong
The Nation

 

 

The Bank of Thailand’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on Wednesday (August 7) made a surprise decision to cut the policy interest rate amid an economic slowdown and the heightened trade war between the US and China.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116522-analysts-worry-about-competitive-easing-as-bot-cuts-policy-rate/

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Mekong rises two metres in a day, workers scramble to get out of the way

By Khamthorn Kongsombat
The Nation

 

 

The Mekong River level in the northeastern province of Nong Khai on Wednesday continued its rapid rise – up two metres in a single day – prompting sand-digging operators and workers on both Thailand and Laos riverbanks to move their machines and sand to higher ground to evade the torrential water.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116518-mekong-rises-two-metres-in-a-day-workers-scramble-to-get-out-of-the-way/

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PM says kratom can be legalised ‘if proved useful’

By The Nation

 

Photo by The Nation

 

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Wednesday (August 7) that kratom leaves could be legalised in the future if they were proved to be useful.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116537-pm-says-kratom-can-be-legalised-‘if-proved-useful’/

 

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Pattaya: Thai police arrest eighty year old Brit on sexual assault charges

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Officers from the Department of Special Investigation and Thai immigration arrested an 80 year old British man yesterday on charges of sexual assault against minors. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116538-pattaya-thai-police-arrest-eighty-year-old-brit-on-sexual-assault-charges/

 

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Can Prayut avert the approaching perfect storm as chief of economic team?

By Wichit Chaitrong
The Nation

 

 

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha has decided to chair the Council of Economic Ministers, but will he be able to make any difference to the country’s economy with a looming currency war, ongoing trade wars and the current domestic economic woes?

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116539-can-prayut-avert-the-approaching-perfect-storm-as-chief-of-economic-team/

 

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Video: Taxi driver threatens motorist with gun on the highway

 

 

A helmet cam video from a following motorcyclist showed a taxi driver wind down the window and threaten another motorist with a gun. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116540-video-taxi-driver-threatens-motorist-with-gun-on-the-highway/

 

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Thai astronomer quells fears over asteroid hitting earth

By The Nation

 

Photo by: NARIT

 

A specialist with the National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand has sought to calm fears that Asteroid 2006 QQ23, which is double the height of Baiyoke II Tower in Bangkok, would hit Planet Earth on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116546-thai-astronomer-quells-fears-over-asteroid-hitting-earth/

 

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Palm oil talks finalise price guarantee of Bt4 per kilogram

By Somluck Srimalee
The Nation

 

Jurin Laksanawisit, centre, Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister, meets with representatives of the Commerce Ministry, the Federation of Palm Planters of Thailand and the Palm Oil Committee of the National Farmers Council on Wednesday.

 

A palm oil price guarantee of Bt4 per kilogram of 18 per cent of palm oil unit was finalised at a meeting between farmers’ groups and government officials, Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit said on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116547-palm-oil-talks-finalise-price-guarantee-of-bt4-per-kilogram/

 

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Wild elephant in Rayong injured by snare

By The Nation

 

Photo by Nation TV

 

Wildlife officials are looking for a way to access and treat a young wild elephant whose front left leg has become infected after being caught in a snare. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116548-wild-elephant-in-rayong-injured-by-snare/

 

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Future Forward’s Pannika and Palang Pracharat’s Pareena in legal tussle

 

(Photo) Twitter @Pannika_FWP

 

The simmering war of words between two female MPs, Future Forward spokeswoman Pannika Wanich and Palang Pracharat MP Pareena Kraikupt, has erupted into a legal battle, with both filing defamation charges against each other.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116549-future-forward’s-pannika-and-palang-pracharat’s-pareena-in-legal-tussle/

 

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Seniority to determine promotions in police force

 

 

Seniority will be the key criterion in determining the promotions of police officers under the regulations of the Police Commission, which have come into force after their publication in the Royal Gazette on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116551-seniority-to-determine-promotions-in-police-force/

 

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Taxi fares to rise 10% and airport surcharge up to 70 baht from September

 

 

The new minister for Transport has announced increased charges for taxis following a meeting on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116552-taxi-fares-to-rise-10-and-airport-surcharge-up-to-70-baht-from-september/

 

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Pakistan expels Indian ambassador as Kashmir dispute escalates

By Asif Shahzad and Devjyot Ghoshal

 

Indian security forces personnel stand guard next to concertina wire laid across a road during restrictions after the government scrapped special status for Kashmir, in Srinagar August 7, 2019. REUTERS/Danish Ismail

 

ISLAMABAD/SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - Pakistan said on Wednesday it would expel India's ambassador and suspend bilateral trade with its arch-rival after New Delhi stripped its portion of the contested Kashmir region of special status.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116555-pakistan expels-indian-ambassador-as-kashmir-dispute-escalates/

 

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Canada police find two bodies believed to be teen fugitives

By Moira Warburton

 

FILE PHOTO: Kam McLeod, 19 and Bryer Schmegelsky, 18, suspects in the murder of an Australian tourist and his American girlfriend in northern British Columbia, and charged with the second-degree murder of Leonard Dyck, are seen in a combination of still images from undated CCTV taken in Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan and released by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) July 26, 2019. Manitoba RCMP/Handout/File Photo via REUTERS.

 

(Reuters) - Canadian police said on Wednesday they found two bodies that they believe are of the fugitive teenage boys charged with killing a university lecturer and suspected in the murders of two tourists in British Columbia.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116556-canada police-find-two-bodies-believed-to-be-teen-fugitives/

 

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Biden says Trump fans 'flames of white supremacy' as Democrats attack racism

By Tim Reid and Harriet McLeod

 

2020 Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign stop in Burlington, Iowa, U.S., August 7, 2019. REUTERS/Scott Morgan

 

LOS ANGELES/CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden on Wednesday accused Republican President Donald Trump of fuelling the white supremacy beliefs blamed for several U.S. mass shootings, as Trump visited two cities where 31 people were killed in rampages last weekend.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116557-biden-says-trump-fans-flames-of-white-supremacy-as-democrats-attack-racism/

 

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Hong Kong facing worst crisis since handover - senior China official

By Farah Master and James Pomfret

 

Lawyers and workers in Hong Kong's legal sector gather outside the Department of Justice during a protest in Hong Kong, China August 7, 2019. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

 

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong is facing its worst crisis since it returned to China from British rule in 1997, the head of China's Hong Kong and Macau Affairs office said on Wednesday amid more anti-government protests in the Asian financial hub.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116560-hong-kong-facing-worst-crisis-since-handover-senior-china-official/

 

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Trump dismisses fears of long-lasting trade war; China sees severe global impact

By Susan Heavey, Yawen Chen and David Stanway

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Dollar and China Yuan notes are seen in this picture illustration June 2, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas White/Illustration

 

WASHINGTON/BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump dismissed fears of a protracted trade war with China on Tuesday despite a warning from Beijing that labeling it a currency manipulator would have severe consequences for the global financial order.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116562-trump dismisses-fears-of-long-lasting-trade-war-china-sees-severe-global-impact/

 

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Unexploded firebomb discovered in Thai capital

 

Members of Police Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team inspect a site of a small explosion at the Prathunam market in central Bangkok, Thailand, August 7, 2019. REUTERS/Panumas Sanguanwong

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai authorities recovered an unexploded firebomb at a market in central Bangkok on Wednesday in what they said was a device left over from coordinated attacks last week that wounded four people.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116563-unexploded-firebomb-discovered-in-thai-capital/

 

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Pattaya: Thai woman robbed of 50,000 baht of goods as she sat by the road in Jomtien

 

Picture: Rak Siam N ews

 

Rak Siam News reported that Pattaya police were called after a Thai woman reported she had been robbed at knife point on beach road Jomtien.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116565-pattaya-thai-woman-robbed-of-50000-baht-of-goods-as-she-sat-by-the-road-in-jomtien/

 

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Hold the front page! Thai woman's "krapao" dinner was a "cruel" rip off!

 

 

The Thai national news featured a complaint from a woman in Korat that she was ripped off when buying her dinner to go. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116571-hold-the-front-page-thai-womans-krapao-dinner-was-a-cruel-rip-off/

 

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43 private hospitals miss deadline for reporting drug prices

By The Nation

 

 

 

The Internal Trade Department will summon 43 private hospital to testify after they failed to meet a deadline to report their drug price lists to the department.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116573-43-private-hospitals-miss-deadline-for-reporting-drug-prices/

 

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"Mr Drunk" nabbed after knife point theft from US Thai - does pajama reenactment

 

 

The Pattaya Police site on Facebook reported a quick arrest of the suspect in the case of a woman robbed at knife point on Jomtien beach road yesterday evening. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116565-pattaya-thai-woman-robbed-of-50000-baht-of-goods-as-she-sat-by-the-road-in-jomtien/?do=findComment&comment=14439591

 

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Transport minister gives green light for taxi fare increase

By The Nation

 

 

Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob Wednesday gave the green light to a package of fare increase for taxis, including distance rates, airport surcharges and the rate while not moving in traffic.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116552-taxi-fares-to-rise-10-and-airport-surcharge-up-to-70-baht-from-september/?do=findComment&comment=14439620

 

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Tourism Minister promises more support for Phuket’s lifeguards

By The Phuket News

 

The news follows Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn’s visit to Patong Beach last weekend. Photo: MoTS

 

PHUKET: Following his inspection tour of Phuket last weekend, new Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn has voiced support for an increase in the number of lifeguards taking care of tourists at Phuket beaches, reports state news agency NNT.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116578-tourism-minister-promises-more-support-for-phuket’s-lifeguards/

 

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Man claiming Bt12m first-prize lottery win arrested on trafficking charge

By The Nation

 

 

A man claiming to have won a first-prize lottery for Bt12 million was arrested, and a small bag of methamphetamine pills were seized from his new house in Samut Sakhon’s Ban Praew district, after he was suspected of laundering drug money.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116579-man-claiming-bt12m-first-prize-lottery-win-arrested-on-trafficking-charge/

 

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Bt170-bn stimulus to focus on tourism boost as economy slows

By The Nation

 

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The Bt170 billion government stimulus package will be submitted for Cabinet approval on August 19, say top Finance Ministry officials.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116583-bt170-bn-stimulus-to-focus-on-tourism-boost-as-economy-slows/

 

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Speeding up “political cases” is double-edged sword

 

(Photo) Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha laid foundation stone for a new building in the National Broadcasting Services of Thailand (NBT) Station, August 7, 2019

 

If the Prayut government was a man with a weak heart, legal cases involving opponents of the administration were strong pills, which aren’t necessarily good for someone not in perfect conditions. The dilemma, therefore, is obvious: The medication can help, but it also can be very risky.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116584-speeding-up-“political-cases”-is-double-edged-sword/