THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Wednesday 11 Dec 2019

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Myanmar's Suu Kyi to lead genocide defence at World Court

 

Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi leaves after attending a hearing in a case filed by Gambia against Myanmar alleging genocide against the minority Muslim Rohingya population, at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands December 10, 2019. REUTERS/Yves Herman

 

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi will lead Myanmar's defence at the World Court on Wednesday, where her country faces accusations of genocide against its Rohingya Muslim minority.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138163-myanmars-suu-kyi-to-lead-genocide-defence-at-world-court/

 

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Thais making life easier for Chinese tourists: Multiple Visas and online help starting imminently

 

File photo

 

Tourism Minister Pipat Ratchakitprakarn has revealed to the Thai media that his ministry has proposed visa stimulus measures for consideration by the economic affairs committee. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138165-thais-making-life-easier-for-chinese-tourists-multiple-visas-and-online-help-starting-imminently/

 

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Video: Farangs upstage the buffaloes at Surin country show!

 

Thai caption: Farang....catch Pla Chon (snakehead fish)

 

A video posted on YouTube and reported on by Siam Rath showed a group of foreigners and their Thai wives competing for prizes by trying to catch fish in a pond set up at a country fair in Surin in Thailand's north east. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138168-video-farangs-upstage-the-buffaloes-at-surin-country-show/

 

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Air quality in Bangkok and suburbs deteriorates today

 

 

Air quality in Bangkok and its surrounding areas has worsened today, with excessive amounts of PM2.5 dust particles being detected in 43 areas.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138169-air-quality-in-bangkok-and-suburbs-deteriorates-today/

 

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Corporal and jailbird sidekick took 17 year old for 4,000 baht ransom to pay karaoke debt

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Police in Nonthaburi have taken two men for a reenactment at a shopping center after they abducted a 17 year old youth there last Friday. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138172-corporal-and-jailbird-sidekick-took-17-year-old-for-4000-baht-ransom-to-pay-karaoke-debt/

 

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Kidnapped infant returned to her parents as woman arrested

By The Nation

 

 

The police have arrested a woman who kidnapped a 2-day-old infant from Takuapa Hospital, Phang Nga province, apparently desperate to have her own child after suffering a miscarriage.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138173-kidnapped-infant-returned-to-her-parents-as-woman-arrested/

 

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Two new camping grounds open in Chiang Mai mountains

By The Nation

 

 

Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) under Natural Resources and Environment Ministry today (December 11) introduced two new tourist attractions in Chiang Mai: Sui Tang and Doi Lang camping grounds.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138190-two-new-camping-grounds-open-in-chiang-mai-mountains/

 

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PM promotes use of medicinal cannabis at Unesco event

By The Nation

 

Prayut Chan-o-cha (Right)

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha made a case for the use of medicinal cannabis while attending a roadshow event of the Unesco Creative Cities Network on Wednesday (December 11).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138194-pm-promotes-use-of-medicinal-cannabis-at-unesco-event/

 

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EC 'petitions charter court' to dissolve Future Forward over Thanathorn loan

By THE NATION

 

Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit

 

The Election Commission (EC) has petitioned the Constitutional Court to dissolve Future Forward Party (FFP) over its leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit's Bt191-million loan.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138198-ec-petitions-charter-court-to-dissolve-future-forward-over-thanathorn-loan/

 

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Russian tourist arrivals hit 1mn, overall arrivals reach 32.51mn

By Anton Makhrov

 

Russian are still heavyweights in Phuket's buoyant tourism industry. Photo: Miguel Discart / Flickr

 

PHUKET: Once again Russia became the first non-Asia tourist market to record 1mn visits to Thailand. Australia, the US and European countries are yet to make it.

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138215-russian-tourist-arrivals-hit-1mn-overall-arrivals-reach-3251mn/

 

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Water-supply outage to affect key tourist beach towns

By The Phuket News

 

The water outage on Friday will affect key tourist areas on Phuket's west coast. Image: PWA
 

PHUKET:-- The Phuket Provincial Waterworks Authority (PWA) has announced that the mains water supply will be shut off in west parts of Phuket on Friday (Dec 13) due to a power outage set to affect the Nong Harn area in Karon.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138216-water-supply-outage-to-affect-key-tourist-beach-towns/

 

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Fire scare in Patong as restaurant catches alight

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

Grease around the cooker caught light, with the fire spreading up the fume extractor. photo: Patong Municipality Fire Dept
 

PHUKET: A fume extractor caked with grease caught fire in Soi Sansabai in the heart of Patong last night (Dec 10), sending plumes of smoke in the air and raising concerns that the fire would quickly spread to adjacent buildings.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138217-fire-scare-in-patong-as-restaurant-catches-alight/

 

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Siriraj to produce first mite allergen vaccine in Asean

By The Nation

 

 

The Siriraj Dust Mite Centre for Services and Research recently said it would produce dust mite on semi-industrial scale which will further be used as the initial substance in mite allergen vaccine, after more than 20 years of research.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138218-siriraj-to-produce-first-mite-allergen-vaccine-in-asean/

 

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Johnson says election could not be tighter

 

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks to the workers as he visits a JCB factory during his general election campaign in Uttoxeter, Britain, December 10, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s electoral contest could not be tighter, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday, a day before the vote.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138219-johnson-says-election-could-not-be-tighter/

 

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Hazardous Sydney smoke turns up heat in Australia's climate politics

By Colin Packham

 

Pedestrians are seen wearing masks as smoke haze from bushfires in New South Wales blankets the CBD in Sydney, Australia, December 10, 2019. AAP Image/Steven Saphore/via REUTERS

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Devastating bushfires that blanketed Australia’s largest city with hazardous smoke this week have heightened public anger and raised political pressure on the government to do more to battle climate change.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138220-hazardous-sydney-smoke-turns-up-heat-in-australias-climate-politics/

 

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New Zealand police say nine officially listed as missing after volcano eruption

 

A note of condolence is seen at a memorial at the harbour in Whakatane, following the White Island volcano eruption in New Zealand, December 11, 2019. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

 

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Nine people have been officially listed as missing after the eruption of a volcano on New Zealand’s White Island, police said on Wednesday, seven of them Australians and two New Zealanders.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138222-new-zealand-police-say-nine-officially-listed-as-missing-after-volcano-eruption/

 

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U.S. interior immigration arrests fell despite Trump push

By Ted Hesson

 

FILE PHOTO: Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) officers from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) look on after executing search warrants and making some arrests at an agricultural processing facility in Canton, Mississippi, U.S. in this August 7, 2019 handout photo. Immigration and Customs Enforcement/Handout via REUTERS

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Non-border immigration arrests in the United States fell by 10 percent in the year to September from a year earlier, the latest U.S. data shows, a drop the head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said was partly due to the diversion of the agency’s resources to the border.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138225-us-interior-immigration-arrests-fell-despite-trump-push/

 

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Exclusive: U.S. Army will fund rare earths plant for weapons development

By Ernest Scheyder

 

FILE PHOTO: A front-end loader is used to reinforce a safety berm inside the open pit at a rare earth facility in California June 29, 2015. REUTERS/David Becker/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - The U.S. Army plans to fund construction of rare earths processing facilities, part of an urgent push by Washington to secure domestic supply of the minerals used to make military weapons and electronics, according to a government document seen by Reuters.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138230-exclusive-us-army-will-fund-rare-earths-plant-for-weapons-development/

 

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BMA to consider lenient laws for reviving abandoned buildings

By The Nation

 

 

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) and the Department of Public Works and Town & Country Planning (DPT) plan to enable owners of abandoned buildings to continue construction, expecting it to generate revenue to boost the country’s economy by over Bt100 billion.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138231-bma-to-consider-lenient-laws-for-reviving-abandoned-buildings/

 

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King Power lone bidder for duty-free concession at Don Mueang International Airport

By THE NATION

 

 

King Power Duty Free of King Power Group was the only company submitting a bidding price for duty-free concession at Don Mueang International Airport, a senior official of Airports of Thailand said today (December 11).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138233-king-power-lone-bidder-for-duty-free-concession-at-don-mueang-international-airport/

 

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Activist Thunberg denounces "creative PR" in climate fight

By Isla Binnie

 

Climate change activist Greta Thunberg attends the High-Level event on Climate Emergency during the U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP25) in Madrid, Spain December 11, 2019. REUTERS/Susana Vera

 

MADRID (Reuters) - Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg accused political and business leaders of polishing their images rather than taking aggressive action in the fight against climate change at a United Nations summit on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138234-activist-thunberg-denounces-creative-pr-in-climate-fight/

 

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At top U.N. court, Suu Kyi rejects charge of Rohingya genocide as "misleading"

By Shoon Lei Win Naing, Toby Sterling

 

Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi speaks on the second day of hearings in a case filed by Gambia against Myanmar alleging genocide against the minority Muslim Rohingya population, at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands December 11, 2019. REUTERS/Yves Herman

 

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday rejected accusations of genocide committed against her country’s Muslim Rohingya minority as “incomplete and misleading”, and said the case should not be heard by the U.N.’s highest court.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138235-at-top-un-court-suu-kyi-rejects-charge-of-rohingya-genocide-as-misleading/

 

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Google: The most searched for questions and phrases of 2019 revealed

 

ITV / GETTY / IMAGES

 

Game of Thrones, Caitlyn Jenner, the Rugby World Cup, what is Area 51, how to eat a pineapple and what is a dead ting?

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138236-google-the-most-searched-for-questions-and-phrases-of-2019-revealed/

 

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How Super Mario Bros doomed video-game movies for a generation

 

John Leguizamo and Bob Hoskins in ‘Super Mario Bros’ ( Snap/Rex )

 

Asked if he had any regrets in his career, Bob Hoskins didn’t hesitate.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138237-how-super-mario-bros-doomed-video-game-movies-for-a-generation/

 

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79 weeks at No 1: Ed Sheeran named UK artist of the decade

By Ben Beaumont-Thomas

 

Ed Sheeran. Photograph: Official Charts Company

 

The Official Charts Company (OCC), which compiles the UK pop charts, has named Ed Sheeran as its artist of the decade.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138238-79-weeks-at-no-1-ed-sheeran-named-uk-artist-of-the-decade/

 

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Tourists flock to old Nakhon Ratchasima railway station

By THE NATION

 

 

The old Nakhon Ratchasima railway station, which started operations in 1900 as the terminus for the first-ever Nakhon Ratchasima Line from Bangkok, has once again become popular with young tourists. Hundreds of them visit the station and take selfies in the old wrecked train after news reports that the station will be completely demolished and become a part of the double-track railways project soon.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138239-tourists-flock-to-old-nakhon-ratchasima-railway-station/

 

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Kratom leaves to be left out of new narcotics list

By THE NATION

 

 

 

Justice Minister, Somsak Thapsutin said on Wednesday (December 11) that his ministry would propose new laws related to narcotics in terms of type and legal penalty, and aimed to exclude kratom leaves from the drug lists.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138245-kratom-leaves-to-be-left-out-of-new-narcotics-list/

 

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Two road routes exempted from fees for New Year period

By The Nation

 

 

The Cabinet decided on Wednesday (December 11) that during the New Year period, no fee will be charged for Motorway No 7 and No 9, Deputy Government Spokesperson Traisulee Traisoranakul said.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138246-two-road-routes-exempted-from-fees-for-new-year-period/

 

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Australian man and former Nana nightclub owner acquitted of human trafficking

 

 

A Sudanese-Australian man who used to manage a nightclub in the Nana area of Bangkok has been acquitted of human trafficking and procuring women for prostitution

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1138252-australian-man-and-former-nana-nightclub-owner-acquitted-of-human-trafficking/

 

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