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TAT to focus on enticing Thais to holiday in the Kingdom

By The Nation

 

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Based on the Tourism Authority of Thailand’s finding that reservations from Thai International Travel Fairs show over 12 million Thai people will travel outside the country from the New Year to the Songkran festival next year, the agency is accelerating two tourism support strategies to entice people to explore their own Kingdom.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1127609-tat-to-focus-on-enticing-thais-to-holiday-in-the-kingdom/

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Police refute inaction over Phuket road rage viral video

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

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The video showing the man attacking the woman in broad daylight went viral after being posted online earlier today (Oct 8). Screengrab: Tang Tang Krai Prab / Facebook
 

PHUKET: Phuket City Police Chief Col Sompong Thiparpakul has defended his officers’ actions in investigating a road rage attack on the east side of Phuket Town yesterday that saw a man kick over a motorbike carrying a woman and her daughter the proceeding to attack the woman with a chair.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1127624-police-refute-inaction-over-phuket-road-rage-viral-video/

 

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New IoT devices considered to prevent crime, make roads safer

By The Nation

 

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The Royal Thai Police is cooperating with the Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation Ministry to create an IoT (internet of things) GPS tracker and smart checkpoint to efficiently deliver public services and prevent crime.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1127639-new-iot-devices-considered-to-prevent-crime-make-roads-safer/

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All eyes on Army chief as he prepares speech on South situation

By Chitraporn Senvong
The Nation

 

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General Apirat Kongsompong

 

Army chief General Apirat Kongsompong is scheduled to deliver a speech at a special seminar on Thursday (October 11) being held at the Army headquarters to explain the armed forces’ role in providing security under current circumstances.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1127653-all-eyes-on-army-chief-as-he-prepares-speech-on-south-situation/

 

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Thai zoo solves mystery of celebrity panda's death

By Panarat Thepgumpanat

 

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FILE PHOTO: Chuang Chuang, a giant panda on loan to Thailand from China, eats bamboo at the Chiang Mai Zoo in Chiang Mai province, north of Bangkok, September 3, 2005. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - When a celebrity giant panda died suddenly last month while on loan to Thailand's Chiang Mai Zoo, millions of social media users in China demanded to know "What killed Chuang Chuang?"

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1127654-thai-zoo-solves-mystery-of-celebrity-pandas-death/

 

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Transport Ministry seeks to revise Bt122-bn Orange line project

By The Nation

 

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Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anuthin Charnvirakul said the Transport Ministry has proposed a revision of the Bt122-billion Orange mass transit line project - running from Thailand Cultural Centre to Bang Khun Non in Thonburi, west of Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1127655-transport-ministry-seeks-to-revise-bt122-bn-orange-line-project/

 

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CP Foods’ compartment model shields spread of “avian influenza” -The World Organisation of Animal Health

By The Nation

 

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The World Organisation of Animal Health will hail Thailand and CP Foods as a model in preventing the spread of bird flu virus in the region, according to a company statement today (October 8). 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1127656-cp-foods’-compartment-model-shields-spread-of-“avian-influenza”-the-world-organisation-of-animal-health/

 

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Community power plants considered as means to fight air pollution

By The Nation

 

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Sontirat Sontijirawong

 

Energy Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong said as part of measures to reduce air pollution, the Department of Energy Development and Promotion will hold a public hearing on Wednesday (October 9) on community-based power projects.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1127658-community-power-plants-considered-as-means-to-fight-air-pollution/

 

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Weatherman forecasts cold weather in December and January

 

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Dust off your winter clothing in preparation for the arrival of the cold season at the end of this year, as the mercury in thermometers across the country, is predicted to fall substantially, including in Bangkok where temperatures may drop to 15-17 degrees Celsius in December and January.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1127662-weatherman-forecasts-cold-weather-in-december-and-january/

 

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Regional chief judges are legally empowered to screen verdicts of junior judges

 

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The spokesman of the court of justice has reiterated that regional chief judges are legally empowered to screen the decisions of the lower courts and to write advisory reviews if they disagree with the verdicts. The judges of the lower courts, however, are independent and have the final say.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1127663-regional-chief-judges-are-legally-empowered-to-screen-verdicts-of-junior-judges/

 

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White House says it will refuse to cooperate with impeachment inquiry

By Richard Cowan and David Morgan

 

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FILE PHOTO: U.S. Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland poses ahead of a meeting with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and White House senior adviser Jared Kushner (unseen) at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, June 4, 2019. Picture taken June 4, 2019. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Tuesday it would refuse to cooperate with a "baseless, unconstitutional" congressional impeachment inquiry, setting Republican President Donald Trump on a collision course with the Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1127666-white-house-says-it-will-refuse-to-cooperate-with-impeachment-inquiry/

 

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U.S. visa move against China casts pall over talks to end trade war

By Andrea Shalal and Eric Beech

 

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FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump poses for a photo with China's President Xi Jinping before their bilateral meeting during the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday imposed visa restrictions on Chinese officials for the detention or abuse of Muslim minorities, angering Beijing, but a U.S. official said high-level trade talks would still take place on Thursday and Friday as planned.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1127670-us-visa-move-against-china-casts-pall-over-talks-to-end-trade-war/

 

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Police, dogs search notorious Mexican prison for clandestine graves

By Daniel Becerril

 

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Mexican soldiers take part in a search for mass graves inside the ex-prison of Topo Chico in Monterrey, Mexico October 8, 2019. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril

 

MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - In the courtyard of a jail that was shuttered last week, a man wearing a surgical mask and gloves used an underground scanner to search the earth for hidden graves in what was for decades one of Mexico's most violent prisons.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1127671-police-dogs-search-notorious-mexican-prison-for-clandestine-graves/

 

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Chinese state media slam U.S. basketball's NBA in free speech row

 

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People enter a flagship NBA store at the Wangfujing shopping street in Beijing, China October 8, 2019. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang

 

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese state media on Wednesday accused the U.S. National Basketball Association (NBA) of endorsing violence and peddling a "secessionist pipe dream" as a row escalates over comments by a leading team official in support of protests in Hong Kong.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1127673-chinese-state-media-slam-us-basketballs-nba-in-free-speech-row/

 

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EU tells PM Johnson to stop playing 'stupid' Brexit blame game

By Guy Faulconbridge, Elizabeth Piper and John Chalmers

 

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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson meets with European Parliament President David Sassoli (not pictured), at Downing Street, in London, Britain October 8, 2019. Aaron Chown/Pool via REUTERS

 

LONDON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union accused Britain of playing a "stupid blame game" over Brexit on Tuesday after a Downing Street source said a deal was essentially impossible because German Chancellor Angela Merkel had made unacceptable demands.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1127678-eu-tells-pm-johnson-to-stop-playing-stupid-brexit-blame-game/

 

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EJF praises Thailand as first country in region to defeat IUU Fishing

 

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BANGKOK(NNT) - The Environmental Justice Foundation’s Executive Director has met with the Deputy Prime Minister, praising Thailand as the first country in the region to have successfully overcome illegal, unregulated, unreported (IUU) fishing.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1127680-ejf-praises-thailand-as-first-country-in-region-to-defeat-iuu-fishing/

 

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Hong Kong leader Lam does not rule out Beijing help, as economy suffers

By Clare Jim and Noah Sin

 

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Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam speaks during a news conference in Hong Kong, China, October 8, 2019. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

 

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's embattled leader Carrie Lam on Tuesday did not rule out asking Beijing for help, as the Asian financial hub struggles to deal with months of often violent anti-government protests that are damaging its economy.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1127682-hong-kong-leader-lam-does-not-rule-out-beijing-help-as-economy-suffers/

 

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AOT to clarify public doubts on Terminal 2 project

By THE NATION

 

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Nitinai

 

Nitinai Sirismatthakarn, President of Airports of Thailand Public Company Limited (AOT) said on Tuesday (October 8 ) that AOT had reported the progress of Suvarnabhumi Airport’s Concourse A Annex project (formally known as Passenger Terminal 2 project) at a recent meeting with Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1127686-aot-to-clarify-public-doubts-on-suvarnabhumi-terminal-2-project/

 

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EGAT to establish subsidiary for electricity, LNG trading

 

By THE NATION

 

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Sotirat

 

The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) has invited interested parties to register as LNG importers on a spot basis for140,000 tonnes, Energy Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong announced Tuesday (October 8).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1127689-egat-to-establish-subsidiary-for-electricity-lng-trading/

 

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