Thailand launches campaign to attract more Asia-Pacific travelers

Source: Xinhua | Editor: yan

 

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BANGKOK, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- Thailand has launched a campaign to attract more travelers in the MICE (meetings, incentives, conferencing and exhibitions) category from the Asia-Pacific region throughout this year.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1137223-thailand-launches-campaign-to-attract-more-asia-pacific-travelers/

 

Commerce Ministry urges industries to increase their exports until early 2020

By THE NATION

 

 

Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit said on Wednesday (December 4) that his ministry has held discussions with the Thai Chamber of Commerce, the Federation of Thai Industries and representatives from the private sector, asking them to accelerate the export of products that fall under the MoUs with foreign trade partners signed by Thailand earlier this year during business matching trips.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1137232-commerce-ministry-urges-industries-to-increase-their-exports-until-early-2020/

 

Record dry November in Australia fuels deadly fires

By Colin Packham

 

FILE PHOTO: High-rise buildings are seen through smoke from bushfires during sunset in Sydney, Australia, November 11, 2019. REUTERS/Stephen Coates/File Photo

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia recorded its lowest level of rainfall for the month of November, the country's weather bureau said on Thursday, as an unrelenting drought fuels deadly bushfires.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1137236-record-dry-november-in-australia-fuels-deadly-fires/

 

 

U.S. Navy sailor kills two in shooting at Pearl Harbor base, takes own life

By Dan Whitcomb

 

(Reuters) - A U.S. Navy sailor shot and killed two people at the historic military base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on Wednesday, military officials said, before fatally shooting himself.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1137238-us-navy-sailor-kills-two-in-shooting-at-pearl-harbor-base-takes-own-life/

 

Thai students well below global average in reading, science and maths: study

 

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A new study shows that Thai students are consistently underperforming in the classroom.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1137252-thai-students-well-below-global-average-in-reading-science-and-maths-study/

 

Opposition threatens action against ten rebel MPs for alleged betrayal

 

 

The Opposition has threatened to take legal action against 10 of their MPs who were present in the House chamber last night, in defiance of the Opposition bloc’s decision to boycott the meeting. The meeting was to hold a fresh vote on a motion to set up an ad hoc panel to investigate the impacts of pre-election junta’s orders and executive orders issued under Section 44 of the interim constitution.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1137256-opposition-threatens-action-against-ten-rebel-mps-for-alleged-betrayal/

 

King Power Mahanakhon offers highest countdown to 2020

By THE NATION

 

 

King Power Mahanakhon will celebrate New Year's Eve with Bangkok's Highest Countdown to 2020, featuring famous DJs and performance by Burin and Season Five on the 78th floor rooftop of the iconic pixelated building.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1137273-king-power-mahanakhon-offers-highest-countdown-to-2020/

 

Public health ministry order to ensure flooded Narathiwas is well stocked with medications

By THE NATION

 

 

Dr. Sukhum Kanjanapimai, permanent secretary for the Public Health Ministry said this week that his Ministry has received an order from Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-Cha to have hospitals and medical centres in Narathiwas province stock up on drugs and medical supplies to provide aid to flood victims in the province.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1137275-public-health-ministry-order-to-ensure-flooded-narathiwas-is-well-stocked-with-medications/

 

Javid - chances of ending Brexit transition without EU trade deal are remote

 

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid gestures as he speaks at Bolton Lads & Girls club in Bolton, Britain, November 26, 2019. REUTERS/Phil Noble

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is unlikely to cut off ties to the European Union at the end of 2020 without having a free trade deal in place, finance minister Sajid Javid said on Thursday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1137299-javid-chances-of-ending-brexit-transition-without-eu-trade-deal-are-remote/

 

Gazing into the recession crystal ball

By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed, Megan Davies

 

FILE PHOTO: Shipping containers are loaded onto a ship at Yusen Terminals (YTI) on Terminal Island at the Port of Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 30, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Blake/

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The protracted trade war between China and the United States and a deteriorating global growth outlook have left investors nervous that the longest expansion in American history is at risk of ending.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1137300-gazing-into-the-recession-crystal-ball/

 

Exclusive: U.S. military completes pullback from northeast Syria, Esper says

By Phil Stewart

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper delivers remarks before ringing the closing NASDAQ bell for Veterans Day in New York, New York, November 11, 2019. DoD/Lisa Ferdinando/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has completed its military pullback in northeastern Syria, settling into a more stable posture of about 600 troops in the rest of the country after repositioning and reducing forces, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1137301-exclusive-us-military-completes-pullback-from-northeast-syria-esper-says/

 

Australia to probe foreign interference through social media platforms

By Colin Packham

 

FILE PHOTO: Facebook and Twitter logos are seen on a shop window in Malaga, Spain, June 4, 2018. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia on Thursday established an investigation into potential foreign political interference through social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and WeChat.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1137302-australia-to-probe-foreign-interference-through-social-media-platforms/

 

Weatherman predicts coldest period from December 7-9

 

 

Most parts of Thailand are forecast to experience cool weather this weekend, when temperatures in the North and Northeast are forecast to drop to between 6oC and 12oC and as low as 1oC on mountain tops due to an intense cold front now looming over Thailand.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1137303-weatherman-predicts-coldest-period-from-december-7-9/

 

Comedian Nish Kumar pelted with bread and booed off stage at charity event

 

 

Stand-up comedian Nish Kumar has been booed off stage, and even had a bread roll thrown at him, after making jokes about Brexit and politicians at a charity event.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1137304-comedian-nish-kumar-pelted-with-bread-and-booed-off-stage-at-charity-event/

 

Hugh Grant hits back at trolls by posting his own mugshot on Twitter

By BRONWEN WEATHERBY

 

Hugh Grant, speaking to a resident on the campaign trail in north London, has gone toe-to-toe with his trolls ( Getty Images )

 

Hugh Grant has faced-down his trolls by posting his own mugshot on Twitter.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1137305-hugh-grant-hits-back-at-trolls-by-posting-his-own-mugshot-on-twitter/

 

'I would sell a kidney for the Baby Yoda toy'

By Mary-Ann Russon

 

Jessica Allsop says she is willing to pay up to £200 for a Baby Yoda / JESSICA ALLSOP

 

"I want a Baby Yoda toy so badly that I'd consider selling a kidney," jokes Star Wars fan and Instagram influencer Jessica Allsop, 26.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1137307-i-would-sell-a-kidney-for-the-baby-yoda-toy/

 

Move on NCPO orders voted down

By The Nation

 

 

In a vote on Wednesday (December 4), the coalition government overturned the opposition's motion to set up an extraordinary committee to study impacts of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO)'s orders issued under Section 44 of the interim charter.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1137318-move-on-ncpo-orders-voted-down/

 

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