THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Thursday 21 Nov 2019

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Video: So much better than your bog standard BBQ rat! New rodent menu wows customers

 

 

A roadside rat seller in the north east of Thailand said she and her husband were selling 3,000 baht's worth of rodents a day after they hit on a new cooking technique. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135067-video-so-much-better-than-your-bog-standard-bbq-rat-new-rodent-menu-wows-customers/

 

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Pope Francis meeting Thai king, Buddhist patriarch in visit

 

Pope Francis is welcomed by Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha as he arrives at Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, November 21, 2019. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Pope Francis was set to meet Thailand's supreme Buddhist patriarch, prime minister and king at the start of an official visit on Thursday, before celebrating a mass with tens of thousands of Thai Catholics.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135068-pope-francis-meeting-thai-king-buddhist-patriarch-in-visit/

 

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Asean lawmakers decry court ruling in Thanathorn case

By The Nation

 

FILE photo

 

Regional lawmakers have expressed disappointment at the ruling passed down by the Constitutional Court ruling disqualifying opposition leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit from his Member of Parliament (MP) status, and have called for an end to the judicial harassment of opposition members and human rights defenders in Thailand.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135071-asean-lawmakers-decry-court-ruling-in-thanathorn-case/

 

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Pattaya reinvented: Tourism group aims to transform image of Thailand's 'Sin City'

 

Picture: Bangkok Biz News

 

An international group promoting sustainable and responsible tourism and educating about nature are set to change Pattaya's image - possibly for ever!

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135074-pattaya-reinvented-tourism-group-aims-to-transform-image-of-thailands-sin-city/

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More DNA testing carried out in Tomoko Kawashita murder

By The Nation

 

Somsak Thepsutin, Justice Minister (Left)

 

DNA collected from the sisters and son of the suspect in the murder of 25-year-old Japanese tourist Tomoko Kawashita who was found dead in the Sukhothai Historical Park area on May 25, 2007, indicates that the suspect, who remains unnamed and has since died, was guilty, Justice Minister, Somsak Thepsutin announced on Wednesday (November 20).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135078-more-dna-testing-carried-out-in-tomoko-kawashita-murder/

 

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Two strong earthquakes hit Laos and Thailand Thursday morning

 

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Two earthquakes, about 3 hours apart, shook the Laos PDR this morning, damaging buildings at the Thai-owned Hong Sa power plant

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135022-earthquake-of-magnitude-61-strikes-thailand-usgs/?do=findComment&comment=14786543

 

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500-year old ubosot in Nan province damaged by quake

 

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Several buildings in several districts of Thailand’s northern province of Nan, including a 500-year old ubosot, or ordination hall, were damaged by a strong earthquake centred in the Laos PDR this morning.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135101-500-year-old-ubosot-in-nan-province-damaged-by-quake/

 

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Chinese man, daughter safe after boat adrift with engine failure at Koh Lanta

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

Mr Xia Wai and his daughter were safely brought ashore at Kantiang Bay, on Koh Lanta’s southwest coast, on Tuesday night (Nov 19). Photo: Royal Thai Navy

 

KRABI: Navy personnel and national park officers in Krabi safely recovered a Chinese man and his daughter from the yacht they were on Tuesday night (Nov 19) after a mooring line tied to a buoy broke in strong winds, leaving the pair adrift on a yacht with an engine that would not start.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135102-chinese-man-daughter-safe-after-boat-adrift-with-engine-failure-at-koh-lanta/

 

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Meth mule caught smuggling 18,000 pills into Phuket

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

Phuket native Wanchalerm ‘Jay’ Buaboon, 32, after 18,190 ya bah pills were found hidden inside his Toyota Vios. Photo: Tha Chatchai Police

 

PHUKET: A man wanted for speeding through the main police checkpoint onto the island and escaping capture by police last month has been arrested while trying to smuggle more than 18,000 methamphetamine (ya bah) pills hidden inside his car into Phuket.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135103-meth-mule-caught-smuggling-18000-pills-into-phuket/

 

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Six believed crushed in Phuket building collapse

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Rescue workers scramble to recover the construction workers from under the large concrete slab today (Nov21). Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Rescue workers are scrambling to recover construction labourers crushed under a slab of concrete in a building collapse on Thepkrasattri Rd near Home Pro, Thalang, early this afternoon.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135105-six-believed-crushed-in-phuket-building-collapse/

 

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Pattaya fisherman gets a scare as 'whale' nabs bait

By The Nation

 

 

A “false killer whale” – a large oceanic dolphin and no relation to the killer whale – became beached in Pattaya on Wednesday (November 20), but not before yanking the fishing rod out of a local angler’s chosen spot.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135109-pattaya-fisherman-gets-a-scare-as-whale-nabs-bait/

 

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Not a drill: Earthquake empties Khon Kaen hospital

By The Nation

 

 

Social media users are marvelling at a video taken by a relative of a patient at Ratchaphruek Hospital in Khon Kaen showing staff evacuating more than a hundred patients from the building as it rattled with earthquake tremors on Thursday morning (November 21).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135111-not-a-drill-earthquake-empties-khon-kaen-hospital/

 

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Ready for change? Labour unveils 'radical' manifesto

 

FILE PHOTO: Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks on new digital infrastructure policy as part of his general election campaign in Lancaster, Britain November 15, 2019. REUTERS/Andrew Yates

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will unveil his opposition party's election manifesto on Thursday, setting out how in government he plans to transform Britain with "the most radical and ambitious plan" in decades.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135114-ready-for-change-labour-unveils-radical-manifesto/

 

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Construction site collapse, kills 7, injures at least 2 in Phuket

By The Thaiger

 

 

PHOTOS: Newshawk Phuket

 

Seven people are now dead and at least 2 injured following the collapse of a petrol station construction site near the Home Pro building in Thepkasattri Road in Thalang, northern Phuket. The latest source of deaths and injuries comes from Thai Rath.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135105-six-believed-crushed-in-phuket-building-collapse/?do=findComment&comment=14787248

 

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Chinese ‘tourists’ arrested in Phuket for illegally operating foreign exchange online

 

Phuket Immigration Chief Col Kathathorn Kumthieng presenting news of the arrests in Bangkok today (Nov 21). Photo: Immigration Bureau

 

PHUKET: Five Chinese nationals have been arrested for illegally operating an online foreign-exchange (“FOREX”) brokerage from a residential housing estate in Phuket.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135124-chinese-‘tourists’-arrested-in-phuket-for-illegally-operating-foreign-exchange-online/

 

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Malaysians arrest 680 suspected members of Chinese online fraud gang

 

 

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian authorities have arrested 680 Chinese nationals suspected of operating an extensive online fraud operation cheating people in their homeland, officials said on Thursday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135134-malaysians-arrest-680-suspected-members-of-chinese-online-fraud-gang/

 

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Quake close to Ratch power plant, but no damage

By THE NATION

 

 

Ratch Group has assured the Stock Exchange of Thailand that the earthquake in Laos on Thursday (November 21) caused no serious damage to the Hongsa Thermal Power Plant it co-owns close to the quake’s epicentre.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135135-quake-close-to-ratch-power-plant-but-no-damage/

 

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Excise Department eyes jet fuel tax discount to help domestic airlines

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Many low cost domestic carriers have reported losses this year, one of the factors being the increase in jet fuel tax of 0.2 baht to 4.73 baht per liter in 2017. The losses have led to some airlines cancelling certain domestic routes. The Excise Department has held talks with airline representatives and fuel suppliers on the feasibility of reducing the jet fuel tax as a remedial measure.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135136-excise-department-eyes-jet-fuel-tax-discount-to-help-domestic-airlines/

 

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FTA with EU will raise Thai GDP by 1.63%: study

By THE NATION

 

 

A free trade agreement between Thailand and European Union (EU), if achieved, could boost the country's gross domestic product (GDP) by 1.63 per cent, according to a joint study by the Department of Trade Negotiations and Institute of Future Studies for Development.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135137-fta-with-eu-will-raise-thai-gdp-by-163-study/

 

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KBank, Line forge joint venture for financial services

By The Nation

 

Kasikorn Line chief executive officer Tana Pothikamjorn introduces 'Line BK' to reporters on Thursday (November 21).

 

Kasikornbank (KBank) and Line Corporation will jointly launch financial services next year via Line App.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135139-kbank-line-forge-joint-venture-for-financial-services/

 

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Joker sequel 'in the works' after film made a billion dollars

By CHRISTINE RENDON

 

Put on a happy face: A sequel to the wildly successful Joker film is in the works after the film made a billion dollars at the box office

 

A sequel to the wildly successful Joker film is in the works after the movie made a billion dollars at the box office.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135141-joker-sequel-in-the-works-after-film-made-a-billion-dollars/

 

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Charlie’s Angels London premiere: Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott and Ella Balinska hit the red carpet

by  Margaret Abrams, Vicky Lee

 

 

On Wednesday night, Charlie’s Angels stars Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott, Ella Balinska and Elizabeth Banks hit the red carpet at The Curzon Mayfair in London in celebration of their feminist film’s release. 

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135142-charlie’s-angels-london-premiere-kristen-stewart-naomi-scott-and-ella-balinska-hit-the-red-carpet/

 

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Coldplay to pause touring until concerts are 'environmentally beneficial'

 

Chris Martin: "Everyone will catch up if you prove that it's easy to do it the right way"

 

Coldplay have put plans to tour their new album on hold, due to concerns over the environmental impact of concerts.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135143-coldplay-to-pause-touring-until-concerts-are-environmentally-beneficial/

 

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Thailand Live Friday 22 Nov 2019
https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135175-thailand-live-friday-22-nov-2019/