THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Saturday 31 Aug 2019

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VIDEO: Woman lucky to be alive after electricity pylon falls onto her car

 

 

Image: Sanook

 

A woman is lucky to be alive after an electricity pylon fell onto her car as she was driving in Krabi.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1120895-video-woman-lucky-to-be-alive-after-electricity-pylon-falls-onto-her-car/

 

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Why the Retired Expat Exodus to Vietnam seems very real

By Dan Cheeseman

 

 

Living in Thailand for many of us Expats is what dreams are made of. With a beautiful climate, food and wonderful Thai people, it is paradise. But everything has its tipping point yet we don’t really know what an expats tipping point was when it came to upping sticks and leaving.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1120899-why-the-retired-expat-exodus-to-vietnam-seems-very-real/

 

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Short film wins award for mental health

tewit kemtong

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - "Out of the Blue", a short film produced by Saha Phu Wiang Dern Film, has won an award in the ’depression’ category. The film will be promoted to help people of all ages understand and treat patients with depression correctly.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1120901-short-film-wins-award-for-mental-health/

 

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OCPB seizes e-cigarettes illegally sold online

Tanakorn Sangiam

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - A special task force of the Office of the Consumer Protection Board (OCPB) has announced the prosecution of an illegal online seller of e-cigarettes, and the seizing of millions of baht’s worth of property related to the case.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1120902-ocpb-seizes-e-cigarettes-illegally-sold-online/

 

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Culture Ministry includes 18 traditions in national cultural heritage list

supawadee wangsri

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Ministry of Culture has announced the inclusion of 18 traditions in the national cultural heritage list to stimulate community participation in preserving, restoring and protecting local and national cultural heritage.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1120903-culture-ministry-includes-18-traditions-in-national-cultural-heritage-list/

 

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Improvements made to TM30 online as business leaders call for review of controversial reporting requirement

 

 

Immigration officials have said new measures already put in place should help to reduce the waiting time for applicants to receive a username and password in order to file a TM30 report online.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1120905-improvements-made-to-tm30-online-as-business-leaders-call-for-review-of-controversial-reporting-requirement/

 

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19th ThaiTECT Annual Meeting urges Thailand to become medical hub

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BANGKOK (NNT) - The 19th ThaiTECT Annual Meeting has been held to exchange academic knowledge between the public and private sectors in order to make Thailand a medical hub. The research sector has expressed the hope that Thailand will be able to conduct research and develop new drugs that meet international standards to cure diseases that currently cannot be cured.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1120907-19th-thaitect-annual-meeting-urges-thailand-to-become-medical-hub/

 

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Interior Ministry asks provincial governors to find answers to people’s problems

supawadee wangsri

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Minister of the Interior has instructed provincial governors to cooperate with related agencies to accelerate the finding of solutions to people’s problems in accordance with the law. Meanwhile, those who are found to be involved with corruption will be prosecuted accordingly.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1120908-interior-ministry-asks-provincial-governors-to-find-answers-to-people’s-problems/

 

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Second group of Thai fishermen return from Somalia

Praphorn Praphornkul

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - A second batch of 14 Thai fishing crewmembers who had been employed on Vadani 2 fishing vessel, have returned from Somalia to Thailand. They follow the first group of 18 others who had been employed on the Vadani 1 fishing boat and were returned to Thailand earlier. The Thai fishermen who had been stranded at sea off Somalia returned home safely. Authorities are taking steps to help them with overdue wages and other benefits.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1120910-second-group-of-thai-fishermen-return-from-somalia/

 

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Right on time: Phuket Immigration explain TM30 and TM28 requirements for reporting foreigners 

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

An officer at Phuket Immigration stamps an approval on an extension to stay. Photo: Tanyaluk Sakoot
 

PHUKET: Phuket Immigration this week made it very clear that foreigners applying for any extension of stay will not be held liable for filing the TM30 form, made infamous in recent weeks by waves of confusion elsewhere in the country.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1120911-right-on-time-phuket-immigration-explain-tm30-and-tm28-requirements-for-reporting-foreigners/

 

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Trump Iran photo tweet raises worries about disclosure of U.S. surveillance secrets

By Steve Holland

 

A satellite image shows what U.S. officials say is the failed Iranian rocket launch at the Imam Khomeini Space Center in northern Iran August 29, 2019. Mandatory credit Satellite image ©2019 Maxar Technologies/Handout via REUTERS

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday posted on Twitter a photo of what appeared to be the site of a failed Iranian satellite launch, raising questions about whether he had disclosed U.S. surveillance secrets.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1120916-trump-iran-photo-tweet-raises-worries-about-disclosure-of-us-surveillance-secrets/

 

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Trump says decision on Florida evacuation will likely be made Sunday

 

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump attends a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron (not seen) at the end of the G7 summit in Biarritz, France, August 26, 2019. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday the decision whether to order some residents of Florida to evacuate likely would be made on Sunday as the state braces for Hurricane Dorian.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1120918-trump-says-decision-on-florida-evacuation-will-likely-be-made-sunday/

 

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Actress Valerie Harper of 'Mary Tyler Moore show' dies at 80

By Bill Trott

 

FILE PHOTO: Actress Valerie Harper takes part in the 82nd Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade in Los Angeles, California, December 1, 2013. REUTERS/Gus Ruelas

 

(Reuters) - Actress Valerie Harper, who won four Emmy awards playing budding feminist Rhoda Morgenstern on the classic 1970s TV series "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and her own spinoff sitcom, died on Friday at the age of 80.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1120919-actress-valerie-harper-of-mary-tyler-moore-show-dies-at-80/

 

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Convicted RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan stabbed in California prison: reports

By Alex Dobuzinskis

 

FILE PHOTO: Sirhan Sirhan is shown in this handout photo taken February 9, 2016, and provided by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Sirhan, the assassin of Democratic presidential candidate Robert Kennedy in 1968, faces a California parole board for the 15th time on Wednesday. REUTERS/California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation/Handout via Reuters/Files

 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Sirhan Sirhan, the Palestinian refugee found guilty of shooting U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy to death in 1968, was wounded in a stabbing at a California prison on Friday, according to media reports.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1120921-convicted-rfk-assassin-sirhan-sirhan-stabbed-in-california-prison-reports/

 

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Iran goes further in breaching nuclear deal, IAEA report shows

By Francois Murphy

 

The Iranian flag flutters in front the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria July 10, 2019. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner

 

VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran has gone further in breaching its nuclear deal with world powers, increasing its stock of enriched uranium and refining it to a greater purity than allowed, the U.N. atomic agency report said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1120925-iran-goes-further-in-breaching-nuclear-deal-iaea-report-shows/

 

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Brexit: PM Johnson faces mounting legal, political, diplomatic challenges

Guy Faulconbridge, Gabriela Baczynska

 

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson meets with Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe on day three of the G7 Summit in Biarritz, France, August 26, 2019. Andrew Parsons/Pool via REUTERS

 

LONDON/HELSINKI (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit plan was facing mounting legal, political and diplomatic challenges on Friday as Ireland accused Britain of being unreasonable and former British leader John Major sought to stop the suspension of parliament.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1120927-brexit-pm-johnson-faces-mounting-legal-political-diplomatic-challenges/

 

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Man, 18, reports attempted armed abduction at roadside sala

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Theerapop Suwanthada, 18, said he was struck on the head with a gun while resisting an abduction attempt by a group of men at a roadside sala in Thalang early yesterday morning (Aug 30). Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub
 

PHUKET: An 18-year-old man has reported to police a failed abduction attempt in which he was allegedly pistol-whipped on the head with a revolver at a roadside sala in Thalang early yesterday morning (Aug 30).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1120982-man-18-reports-attempted-armed-abduction-at-roadside-sala/

 

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Patong Beach re-opens with ‘safe zones’, dangerous surf warning remains

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

Safe swim zones marked with yellow-red flags have been posted at some areas along Patong Beach, but swimmers are still urged to obey the flags and lifeguard’s warnings. Photo: Patong Surf Life Saving
 

PHUKET: Safe zones marked with yellow-red flags returned to Patong Beach this morning to indicate where it is safe to enter the water, Patong Surf Life Saving Chief Somprasong Sangchart confirmed to The Phuket News today (Aug 31).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1120984-patong-beach-re-opens-with-‘safe-zones’-dangerous-surf-warning-remains/

 

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India leaves nearly two million people off citizens' list, fate uncertain

By Zeba Siddiqui and Zarir Hussain

 

Indian security personnel patrol on a road ahead of the publication of the final draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) at Kachari Para village, in Hojai district, northeastern state of Assam, India August 30, 2019. REUTERS/Anuwar Hazarika

 

NAGAON/GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) - Nearly 2 million people have been left off a list of citizens released on Saturday in India's northeastern state of Assam, after a mammoth years-long exercise to check illegal immigration from neighbouring Muslim-majority Bangladesh.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1120987-india-leaves-nearly-two-million-people-off-citizens-list-fate-uncertain/

 

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Sudan's ex-president Bashir charged with corruption, holding illicit foreign currency

By Khalid Abdelaziz

 

FILE PHOTO: Sudan's former president Omar Hassan al-Bashir stands guarded inside a cage at the courthouse where he is facing corruption charges, in Khartoum, Sudan August 19, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah

 

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - A Sudanese judge formally indicted former president Omar al-Bashir on charges of possessing illicit foreign currency and corruption on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1120989-sudans-ex-president-bashir-charged-with-corruption-holding-illicit-foreign-currency/

 

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