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American fugitive Bart Allen Helmus dies after shooting himself moments before arrest by Thai police

 

 

An American fugitive who shot himself just moments before being apprehended by police in Sa Kaeo province has died.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132677-american-fugitive-bart-allen-helmus-dies-after-shooting-himself-moments-before-arrest-by-thai-police/

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Thai baht dips after central bank rate cut, others lower

By Ambar Warrick

 

FILE PHOTO: Thai baht notes are seen at a Kasikornbank in Bangkok, Thailand, May 12, 2016. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

(Reuters) - The Thai baht extended losses on Wednesday after an interest rate cut by the Thai central bank, while most other Asian currencies dipped as markets awaited concrete details on China-U.S. tariff concessions.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132678-thai-baht-dips-after-central-bank-rate-cut-others-lower/

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Phuket tourist arrivals jump for October no reason to celebrate

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

Source: TAT Intelligence Center

 

PHUKET:-- An 18% year-on-year jump in the number of international arrivals at Phuket International Airport for the month of October is no reason to celebrate just yet, says Phuket Tourist Association President Bhummikitti Ruktaengam.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132657-phuket-tourist-arrivals-jump-for-october-no-reason-to-celebrate/

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Extinction Rebellion wins court challenge to London police ban

 

FILE PHOTO: Protesters hold a banner as they block the road during an Extinction Rebellion demonstration at Bank, in the City of London, Britain October 14, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Extinction Rebellion climate-change activists won a legal challenge in London's High Court on Wednesday against a police-imposed blanket ban on protests during its "Autumn Uprising" in the British capital in October.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132712-extinction-rebellion-wins-court-challenge-to-london-police-ban/

 

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Central bank’s interest rate cut a case of ‘too little, too late’

By The Nation

 

Amornthep Chawala, head of research at CIMB Thai says central bank's rate cut is too small and too late.

 

The interest rate cut by the central bank on Wednesday is too little and too late, according to one analyst, while another analyst forecast that it will be the last cut for this year.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132715-central-bank’s-interest-rate-cut-a-case-of-‘too-little-too-late’/

 

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BOT relaxes rules to stimulate capital outflows

By The Nation

 

Bank of Thailand moves to rein in baht's appreciation.

 

The Bank of Thailand (BOT) relaxes rules to stimulate capital outflows and lessen pressure on the Thai baht.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132716-bot-relaxes-rules-to-stimulate-capital-outflows/

 

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Salary increase remains stable amid changing workforce landscape

By THE NATION

 

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Mercer released today (November 6) the results of its ‘2019 Thailand Total Remuneration Survey’, an annual study identifying key remuneration trends and making hiring and pay increase predictions for the following year.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132717-salary-increase-remains-stable-amid-changing-workforce-landscape/

 

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Teenage rising star Kim raring to go

By THE NATION

 

Joohyung Kim

 

Young talent Joohyung Kim of Korea will have a point to prove when he makes his second straight appearance at the prestigious Thailand Open which gets underway at the Thai Country Club on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132718-thailand-open-teenage-rising-star-kim-raring-to-go/

 

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Patong police arrest knife-point robber

By The Phuket News

 

Chanchai Chaona, 24, was arrested at a motorbike repair shop in Soi Phrabaramee 8, Patong, yesterday (Nov 5). Photo: Patong Police

 

PHUKET: Patong Police have arrested a man wanted for a theft and robbery, most notably for robbing a hotel staffer in Phuket Town at knife-point.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132720-patong-police-arrest-knife-point-robber/

 

 

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NHRC condemns insurgent attack on Yala defence volunteer outpost

 

 

The National Human Rights Commission today issued a statement condemning southern insurgents for their brutal attack on a village defence volunteer unit in Yala’s Muang district on Tuesday evening, resulting in the deaths of 15 innocent people.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132721-nhrc-condemns-insurgent-attack-on-yala-defence-volunteer-outpost/

 

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PM refuses ex-Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy entry into Thailand

 

(Photo) The prime minister at the Government House

 

Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has made clear that Cambodia’s former opposition leader Sam Rainsy will be refused entry to Thailand on his way to the Cambodian border town of Poipet to celebrate Cambodia’s Independence Day on November 9th.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132722-pm-prayut-refuses-ex-cambodian-opposition-leader-sam-rainsy-entry-into-thailand/

 

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Thailand falls to 74th place in EF English Proficiency Index 2019

 

 

Thailand’s English proficiency ranking among non-native English speaking countries has dropped for the third consecutive year to 74th out of a total of 100 countries.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132723-thailand-falls-to-74th-place-in-ef-english-proficiency-index-2019/

 

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IMF delegate meets PM

 

   

BANGKOK(NNT) - Thailand’s Prime Minister welcomed the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) upon her official visit to Thailand to attend the 35th ASEAN Summit. Both parties discussed various topics, including sustainable development and climate change.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132724-imf-delegate-meets-pm-prayut/

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GSB, KBank to share ATM services

 

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BANGKOK(NNT)-The Government Savings Bank (GSB) and Kasikornbank (KBank) have signed an agreement to share their automated teller machines (ATMs) to provide greater convenience to their customers.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132726-gsb-kbank-to-share-atm-services/

 

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Bangkok prepares Loy Krathong 2019 events

 

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BANGKOK(NNT) - The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration will this month hold an official Loy Krathong event at Rama VIII bridge, and open 30 parks until midnight for festivities on 11th November.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132727-bangkok-prepares-loy-krathong-2019-events/

 

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PM Prayut warns people against copyright protection scams

 

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BANGKOK(NNT) - The Prime Minister and Defense Minister, Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha, has warned people not to infringe copyright protection regulations, after a 15-year-old girl was recently fined 5,000 baht for making floating baskets, ordered by undercover copyright police, featuring copyrighted cartoon characters.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132728-pm-prayut-warns-people-against-copyright-protection-scams/

 

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'Straight up lied': Prosecutors say adviser Stone fibbed to protect Trump

By Sarah N. Lynch

 

Roger Stone, former campaign adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, arrives for his criminal trial on charges of lying to Congress, obstructing justice and witness tampering at U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., November 6, 2019. REUTERS/ Tom Brenner

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Prosecutors pulled back the curtain on Roger Stone's private dealings with President Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign on Wednesday, portraying the president's longtime adviser as a liar who misled Congress about his outreach efforts to the WikiLeaks website to protect Trump from looking bad.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132732-straight-up-lied-prosecutors-say-adviser-stone-fibbed-to-protect trump/

 

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Pattaya Court escape: Ten aided escapees, wife of dead American is 3 months pregnant

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Further details have emerged after the three suspects that escaped from a Pattaya court on Monday were captured. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132734-pattaya-court-escape-ten-aided-escapees-wife-of-dead-american-is-3-months-pregnant/

 

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Chiang Mai/Phetchaburi: Welcome to the hotel sir, now I will rob you!

 

Picture: INN

 

INN reported the arrest of a hotel front desk supervisor who stole tourists' credit card details and bought goods online worth nearly half a million baht. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132736-chiang-maiphetchaburi-welcome-to-the-hotel-sir-now-i-will-rob-you/

 

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US truck driver Pim becomes an Internet sensation

By THE NATION

 

 

Supavadee “Pim” Namcharee, a 25-year-old native of Roi Et province, has become an internet sensation after her pictures and story as a delivery truck driver in the United States were shared widely on social media. While her beauty has caught the eyes of netizens, it is her background that most impresses.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132739-us-truck-driver-pim-becomes-an-internet-sensation/

 

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Trump's personal lawyer Giuliani hires his own attorneys

By Karen Freifeld and Jan Wolfe

 

FILE PHOTO: Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks during a rally to support a leadership change in Iran outside the U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S., September 24, 2019. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

 

(Reuters) - Rudy Giuliani, a personal lawyer for U.S. President Donald Trump and a central figure in a congressional impeachment inquiry, has hired lawyers to represent him as prosecutors examine his interactions with two men arrested on campaign finance charges.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132740-trumps-personal-lawyer-giuliani-hires-his-own-attorneys/

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Nearly seventeen years on the run - but Thai police snare man for attempted murder

 

Thai caption: 17 years but didn't get away

 

Thai police have arrested a man nearly 17 years after he attempted to murder another man in an argument over a woman in a karaoke lounge in Surat Thani. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132741-nearly-seventeen-years-on-the-run-but-thai-police-snare-man-for-attempted-murder/

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Water crisis builds in Egypt as dam talks falter, temperatures rise

By Nadeen Ebrahim

 

A general view shows the River Nile with houses and farmland in Cairo, Egypt November 6, 2019. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

 

FAYOUM, Egypt (Reuters) - Ahmed Abd-Rabo used to get all the water he needed to feed his crops 50 km (30 miles) from Egypt's River Nile. Then supplies in the canal linking his seven acres to the river dwindled as other farmers drew more water, and he had to abandon half the plot.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132742-water-crisis-builds-in-egypt-as-dam-talks-falter-temperatures-rise/

 

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Thailand's tourism authority is reminding travellers about its smoking ban

ANDREA SMITH

Lonely Planet Writer

 

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The Tourism Authority of Thailand is reminding travellers about its smoking ban in public areas, which aims to promote a safe, clean and smoke-free environment for all.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132744-thailands-tourism-authority-is-reminding-travellers-about-its-smoking-ban/

 

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Bad guy foreigners fall foul of biometrics: Immigration announces another six arrests

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

Naew Na reported on another press conference at immigration HQ in Bangkok on Wednesday when biometrics was praised for bringing more law breaking foreigners to book. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132747-bad-guy-foreigners-fall-foul-of-biometrics-immigration-announces-another-six-arrests/

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"Attractive men in underpants" arrested - right under the noses of Immigration police

 

Picture: INN

 

Immigration police in Bangkok did not have to go far to bust a sex and drug den operating in the capital. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132758-attractive-men-in-underpants-arrested-right-under-the-noses-of-immigration-police/

 

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American escapee not yet dead as earlier reported

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

Thai media 77kaoded quoted the director of Somdet Phrayupharat Hospital in Sa Kaeo as saying that the American man who escaped from a Pattaya court was not yet dead. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132762-american-escapee-not-yet-dead-as-earlier-reported/

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More drug suspects escape from police custody

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Two suspected crystal meth dealers escaped from the cells of Nikhom Pattana police station in Rayong last night. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132766-more-drug-suspects-escape-from-police-custody/

 

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SRT unveils details of high-speed railways contract

By THE NATION

 

 

State Railway of Thailand (SRT)’s acting governor Worawut Mala revealed on Wednesday (Nov 6) the preliminary details of the high-speed railway project linking three international airports: Don Mueang Airport in Bangkok, Suvarnabhumi in Samut Prakan and U-tapao in Rayong.

 

Full story:https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132767-srt-unveils-details-of-high-speed-railways-contract/

 

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Cabinet okays Bt3.6 billion to speed up underground power line project

By THE NATION

 

 

The Cabinet on Wednesday (November 6) approved Bt3.6 billion in funding to help the Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) speed up the moving of power lines underground in areas along MRT lines, according to deputy government spokeswoman Traisulee Traisoranakul.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132769-cabinet-okays-bt36-billion-to-speed-up-underground-power-line-project/