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Thaivisa interview with British Ambassador to Thailand

 

 

Thaivisa recently spoke to His Excellency Brian Davidson, the British Ambassador to Thailand.

 

Watch the interview here: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138032-thaivisa-interview-with-british-ambassador-to-thailand/

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With few green spaces, Bangkok plants Asia's biggest rooftop farm

By Rina Chandran

 

 

BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Bangkok’s Thammasat University, one of the oldest in Thailand, has a new claim to fame: Asia’s largest urban rooftop farm.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138059-with-few-green-spaces-bangkok-plants-asias-biggest-rooftop-farm/

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Central caves in to Phuket taxi drivers’ demands

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The protest lasted just 10 minutes before shopping mall management arrived to discuss the issue. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET:-- Central Phuket has agreed to no longer operate its free shuttle service to bring tourists to the island’s main shopping mall following a protest by some 50 taxi drivers yesterday afternoon (Dec 9).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138060-central-caves-in-to-phuket-taxi-drivers’-demands/

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Russian tourist bitten by a monkey on To Sae Hill, Phuket town

By The Thaiger

 

Phuket Hotnews

 

On December 10, a report emerged that a tourist had been bitten by a monkey on the popular To Sae Hill viewpoint in Phuket Town. The video shared on social media shows that the man was bleeding a lot from his arm before another man helped attend to the wound to stop the blood.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138069-russian-tourist-bitten-by-a-monkey-on-to-sae-hill-phuket-town/

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Analysts differ on baht movement as BOT sees decline 

By The Nation

 

As of December 4, foreign and Thai analysts saw opposing directions of the baht movement. 

 

Foreign analysts predicted that the baht would depreciate next year, contrary to the views of their Thai counterparts.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138118-analysts-differ-on-baht-movement-as-bot-sees-decline /

 

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EC’s Office claims it has not yet made its ruling on Thanathorn’s loan controversy

 

 

The Office of the Election Commission (EC) has dismissed a claim, by the Future Forward spokesperson Pannika Wanich based on a leaked document, that the commission had already made a decision to rule against party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit for the 191 million baht loan he extended to the party before the March 24th general election.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138119-ec’s-office-claims-it-has-not-yet-made-its-ruling-on-thanathorn’s-loan-controversy/

 

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Academics call for “Dream Constitution” that truly reflects people’s aspirations

 

 

Speaking at a panel discussion on Constitution Day today, Mrs. Sunee Chairos, a former member of the National Human Rights Commission, and director of the Centre for the Promotion of Equality and Justice, said that a people’s constitution, which truly reflects the will of the people, would ease conflicts between them and the state because people will have free expression and the right to participate in decision making, from inception, of all state projects.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138120-academics-call-for-“dream-constitution”-that-truly-reflects-people’s-aspirations/

 

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Army chief confirms Thanathorn registered for conscription but was not enlisted

 

 

Army Commander-in-Chief General Apirat Kongsompong has confirmed that Future Forward party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit went through conscription process, but was not enlisted because there were already sufficient volunteers to fill the conscription quota.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138122-army-chief-confirms-thanathorn-registered-for-conscription-but-was-not-enlisted/

 

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KBank turns cautious in lending to SMEs amid rising bad loans 

By The Nation

 

Wirawat Panthawangkun, Kbank's senior executive vice president was concerned that NPL level of SMEs might rise from the current 5 per cent to 6 per cent of its portfolio.

 

Kasikornbank is taking a cautious approach on loans to small and medium-sized enterprises in fear of rising bad debts, said senior executive vice president Wirawat Panthawangkun. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138123-kbank-turns-cautious-in-lending-to-smes-amid-rising-bad-loans/

 

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Swedish Roxette singer Marie Fredriksson dies at 61

 

FILE PHOTO: Marie Fredriksson of pop band Roxette sings during a concert at Fredriksskans in Kalmar, Sweden July 18, 2015. Suvad Mrkonjic/TT News Agency/via REUTERS

 

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Singer Marie Fredriksson of Swedish pop duo Roxette died on Monday at the age of 61 after having spent years battling cancer and the lingering effects of its treatment, her manager said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138124-swedish roxette singer-marie-fredriksson-dies-at-61/

 

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Johnson on track for 24-seat majority - Focaldata

 

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks at a general election campaign event at the Globus Group warehouse in Manchester, Britain, December 10, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party is on track for a 24-seat majority after Thursday's general election, polling company Focaldata forecast on Tuesday, down sharply from its forecast last month of an 82-seat majority.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138125-johnson-on-track-for-24-seat-majority-focaldata/

 

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Father's energy legacy haunts Canada's Trudeau as he seeks to heal rift with angry Alberta

By David Ljunggren

 

FILE PHOTO: Liberal leader Justin Trudeau looks at a poster of his late father, former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, during a campaign stop at a coffee shop in Sainte-Therese, Quebec, October 15, 2015. REUTERS/Chris Wattie/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has an unusual challenge as he seeks to charm angry westerners who fear he will destroy the region's oil and gas industry - the legacy of his father, who was reviled in much of the west for his energy policies.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138126-fathers-energy-legacy-haunts-canadas-trudeau-as-he-seeks-to-heal-rift-with-angry-alberta/

 

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English managerial stalwart Jim Smith dies at 79

 

File photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Jim Smith, a familiar and popular figure in English football as a manager with nine different clubs in a coaching career spanning nearly 40 years, has died at the age of 79, it was announced on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138127-english-managerial-stalwart-jim-smith-dies-at-79/

 

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Trump is fourth U.S. president to face impeachment as Democrats unveil charges

By Richard Cowan and Susan Cornwell

 

House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) speaks to reporters with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA); House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY); House Financial Services Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-CA); House Foreign Affairs Chairman Eliot Engel (D-NY); House Oversight and Reform Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY); and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) during a news conference to announce artiicles of impeachment against U.S. President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 10, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives announced impeachment charges against President Donald Trump on Tuesday, making him the fourth president in U.S. history to face a formal effort to remove him from office.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138128-trump-is-fourth-us-president-to-face-impeachment-as-democrats-unveil-charges/

 

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'Grease' jacket regifted to Olivia Newton-John after auction

 

FILE PHOTO: Cast member Olivia Newton-John attends a 40th anniversary screening of "Grease" at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., August 15, 2018. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - The buyer of Olivia Newton-John's famous leather "Grease" jacket has returned it to the singer and donated the $243,000 he spent to her cancer treatment center in Australia.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138129-grease-jacket-regifted-to-olivia-newton-john-after-auction/

 

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Bosnia moves migrants from freezing forest camp

By Antonio Bronic

 

A migrant enters the camp in Usivak, near Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, December 10, 2019. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

 

VUCJAK, Bosnia (Reuters) - Bosnian authorities, bowing to international pressure, begun moving migrants on Tuesday from a freezing makeshift camp in a forest to more appropriate shelter.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138130-bosnia-moves-migrants-from-freezing-forest-camp/

 

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Trump assails FBI Director Wray after report finds no evidence of political bias

By Susan Heavey

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks, while calling former Vice President Joe Biden “sleepy Joe” during a campaign rally in Cincinnati, Ohio. U.S., August 1, 2019. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump berated FBI Director Christopher Wray on Tuesday after a U.S. government investigation found no evidence of political bias when the FBI began investigating contacts between Trump's presidential campaign and Russia in 2016.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138131-trump-assails-fbi-director-wray-after-report-finds-no-evidence-of-political-bias/

 

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Argentina's Peronist left returns as Fernandez is sworn in

By Nicolás Misculin and Cassandra Garrison

 

Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez and Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner on stage outside the Casa Rosada Presidential Palace after inauguration, in Buenos Aires, Argentina December 10, 2019. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes

 

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's Peronist leader, Alberto Fernandez, was sworn in as president on Tuesday, marking a shift to the left for Latin America's No. 3 economy as the country fights rampant inflation, credit default fears and rising poverty.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138133-argentinas-peronist-left-returns-as-fernandez-is-sworn-in/

 

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Six dead, including a cop and 2 suspects, in New Jersey shooting

By Maria Caspani

 

Police officers use vehicles for protection during a shootout in Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S. December 10, 2019 in this still image obtained from a social media video. @GABRIELANGELVALLE /via REUTERS

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Six people, including a police officer and two suspected gunmen, were killed in an hours-long shootout that unfolded on Tuesday afternoon near a cemetery and a kosher grocery store in Jersey City, New Jersey, police said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138138-six-dead-including-a-cop-and-2-suspects-in-new-jersey-shooting/

 

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North and Northeast remain cold, Bangkok gets a little warmer

By THE NATION

 

 

The high-pressure system over the upper part of the country will continue to bring cold weather to the North and Northeast with minimum temperatures ranging from 7-14 degrees Celsius.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138137-north-and-northeast-remain-cold-bangkok-gets-a-little-warmer/

 

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Tourism downturn: Bridge between Koh Samui and mainland could bring in more tourists

 

Picture: thebangkokinsight

 

During the recent visit of tourism and sports minister Pipat Ratchakitprakarn to Koh Samui a plan to connect the holiday island by bridge to the mainland was mooted. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138140-tourism-downturn-bridge-between-koh-samui-and-mainland-could-bring-in-more-tourists/

 

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Recycle your waste and get free eggs!

By THE NATION

 

 

Chaiyut Thipsuwanporn, senior vice president at Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF), announced this week that the company’s food retail franchise CP Fresh Mart is joining the government’s campaign to reduce waste and will stop giving plastic bags to customers starting from January 1.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138142-recycle-your-waste-and-get-free-eggs/

 

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Follow the Japanese model: Visa free entry for Chinese best "medicine" to stimulate tourism, Thai media

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

Manager published an opinion piece about the best ways to stimulate the flagging tourism sector. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138144-follow-the-japanese-model-visa-free-entry-for-chinese-best-medicine-to-stimulate-tourism-thai-media/

 

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Kitchener-Waterloo

Canadian man to come home from Thailand for emergency brain surgery

A doctor found a large tumour in Alex Witmer's brain while he and his wife were in Thailand

Julianne Hazlewood · CBC News

 

Alex and Jennifer Witmer were taking a six-week trip to Thailand when Alex was diagnosed with a brain tumour. (Source: Facebook)

 

A Canadian couple travelling in Thailand has won a fight with their travel insurance company to return home for emergency surgery by air ambulance.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138145-canadian-man-to-come-home-from-thailand-for-emergency-brain-surgery/

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Police face tough inquiry after discovery of sales woman in car submerged for 3 years

 

Thai caption: Shedding light on murder of woman three years submerged under water

 

Human remains have been found in a submerged Nissan car in the Chainat - Pasak Nai canal in Saraburi in central Thailand. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138146-police-face-tough-inquiry-after-discovery-of-sales-woman-in-car-submerged-for-3-years/

 

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Canada parliament votes for committee to probe China relations in defeat for Trudeau

 

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends a candle lighting ceremony in celebration of Hanukkah in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada December 9, 2019. REUTERS/Blair Gable/File Photo

 

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian legislators on Tuesday delivered Prime Minister Justin Trudeau his first parliamentary defeat since his re-election by approving the creation of a special committee to examine relations with China, which is locked in a dispute with Ottawa.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138148-canada-parliament-votes-for-committee-to-probe-china-relations-in-defeat-for-trudeau/

 

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"I'm giving up raw foods" says Thai man who removed HUGE tapeworm from himself

 

Picture: Sanook

 

A Bangkok man who moved with his family to the north east of Thailand said he is giving up eating raw foods after passing tapeworms. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138150-im-giving-up-raw-foods-says-thai-man-who-removed-huge-tapeworm-from-himself/

 

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Kasetsart University opens Asia’s first ‘Bee Learning Center’

By THE NATION

 

 

Life is all a-buzz over at Kasetsart University’s Faculty of Agriculture these days following the official opening of Asia’s first Bee Learning Centre on December 2.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138155-kasetsart-university-opens-asia’s-first-‘bee-learning-center’/

 

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Twins killed in southern Thailand

 

Thai caption: Mystery murder of twins

 

Sanook reported on the death of 31 year old twins found in two separate locations 600 meters apart in the province of Phatthalung. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138160-twins-killed-in-southern-thailand/

 

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Thai female scams Thai men: They were looking for a pick-up but paid for pick-ups instead!

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Police in Chonburi are investigating after an attractive and busty Thai woman conned many Thai men into putting down payments on pick-ups. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138161-thai-female-scams-thai-men-they-were-looking-for-a-pick-up-but-paid-for-pick-ups-instead/