THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Wednesday 8 Jan 2020

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Terrifying moment cobra appears in Phuket toilet

 

Thai caption: How did that show up!

Picture: Daily News

 

Pictures posted on the Facebook page of Adisak Thanomsil showed a cobra emerging from a toilet. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142286-terrifying-moment-cobra-appears-in-phuket-toilet/

 

 

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Six year old whacked by municipal worker

 

Thai caption: Sorry - let's be friends

Picture: Sanook

 

Sanook reported on an argument between neighbors after a picture was posted on Facebook of a six year old boy who had been whacked around the face by a municipal council worker. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142287-six-year-old-whacked-by-municipal-worker/

 

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Video: Pick-up driver blocks ambulance - inside was injured foreigner after motorcycle smash

 

Thai caption: Blocking an emergency vehicle

Picture: 77kaoded

 

A rescue foundation worker had some choice words for a pick-up driver who was caught on video refusing to get out of the way of his ambulance. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142290-video-pick-up-driver-blocks-ambulance-inside-was-injured-foreigner-after-motorcycle-smash/

 

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High sea levels in January may impact water quality 

By The Nation

 

 

The water authority has said it would increase the amount of water drained from the Chao Phraya Dam when the sea level rises, expected twice in January.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142299-high-sea-levels-in-january-may-impact-water-quality/

 

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Salinity increase in water source ‘within safe limits’

By THE NATION

 

 

The increase in salinity in Chao Phraya River is within safe limits and hence it can be used to produce tap water, experts said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142303-salinity-increase-in-water-source-‘within-safe-limits’/

 

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19 Rohingya abscond from detention centre

By The Nation

 

 

Police were notified at 8 am on Wednesday (January 8 ) that a group of 19 male Rohingya had escaped from Songkhla Immigration detention centre, said Police Colonel Phongphan Saengsanga, director of Sadao Police Station.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142305-19-rohingya-abscond-from-detention-centre/

 

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Big Joke suspects shooting related to canceled biometric project

By THE NATION

 

 

Pol Lt-General Surachet Hakpal, the former nationally admired crime buster who’s now a special adviser at the Prime Minister’s Office, says the bullets fired at his car on Monday evening (January 6) were not part of a “setup” – just a calling card from one of his many enemies.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142252-big-joke-shooting-alleged-corruption-in-biometrics-and-smart-car-projects-take-center-stage/page/3/?tab=comments#comment-14936703

 

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Pangas catfish can now give birth to Mekong giant catfish

By The Nation

 

 

There’s fresh hope for the survival of the endangered Mekong giant catfish after a team at Suranaree University of Technology found a way to make it not so giant.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142325-pangas-catfish-can-now-give-birth-to-mekong-giant-catfish/

 

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PTT retail unit set to join Thai corporate giants vying for Tesco's Asia business - sources

By Kane Wu, Anshuman Daga

 

 

HONG KONG/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The retail unit of Thailand’s biggest energy company PTT plans to bid for Tesco Plc’s Asia businesses, competing with other Thai corporate heavyweights for the operations worth up to $9 billion, people familiar with the situation said.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142326-ptt-retail-unit-set-to-join-thai-corporate-giants-vying-for-tescos-asia-business-sources/

 

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Top Thai business groups see GDP growth of 2.5%-3% this year

 

A girl walks past a Skytrain (Bangkok Mass Transit System) construction site in Bangkok, Thailand May 13, 2018. Picture taken May 13, 2018. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Leading business associations in Thailand on Wednesday projected an economic growth of 2.5%-3.0% this year, as Southeast Asia's second-largest economy faces a global slowdown and volatile exchange rates amid heightened Iran-U.S. tensions.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142328-top-thai-business-groups-see-gdp-growth-of-25-3-this-year/

 

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Don't be put off by fires, Australia tells tourists

by Byron Kaye, Paulina Duran

 

A cordon tape with the word "Danger" is seen in front of a burnt down shop in the village of Mogo, Australia, January 8, 2020. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison urged foreign tourists not to be deterred by deadly wildfires that have razed large swathes and sent smoke as far as South America, even as authorities fretted about renewed dangers ahead.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142329-dont-be-put-off-by-fires-australia-tells-tourists/

 

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Outgunned, Iran invests in means to indirectly confront superpower enemy

By Babak Dehghanpisheh

 

FILE PHOTO: A display featuring missiles and a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is seen at Baharestan Square in Tehran, Iran September 27, 2017. Nazanin Tabatabaee Yazdi/TIMA via REUTERS

 

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran’s launching of more than a dozen missiles at American-led forces in Iraq on Wednesday came after years of preparing for a confrontation with its superpower foe, whose forces are vastly larger and more advanced.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142330-outgunned-iran-invests-in-means-to-indirectly-confront-superpower-enemy/

 

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Joaquin Phoenix vows to wear the same Stella McCartney suit throughout award season to help 'Reduce Waste'

By Sarah Young

 

 

Joaquin Phoenix has vowed to wear the same suit to every awards show this year to help reduce waste.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142331-joaquin-phoenix-vows-to-wear-the-same-stella-mccartney-suit-throughout-award-season-to-help-reduce-waste/

 

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Should all screen stars stop flying for work?

By Paul Glynn

 

Orange is the New Black star Yael Stone has vowed to stop travelling to the US from Australia because of climate change. / GETTY IMAGES

 

Before stepping up to collect their Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, Hollywood's great and good were warned by host Ricky Gervais to reassess their relationship with "the real world".

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142332-should-all-screen-stars-stop-flying-for-work/

 

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Masculinity is back! The lesbian comics rediscovering their butch side

By Ella Braidwood

 

 ‘I was made to feel it was negative to be too strong’ … comedian Sarah Keyworth

 

Sarah Keyworth has, she says, a “weird kind of relationship with masculinity”.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142333-masculinity-is-back-the-lesbian-comics-rediscovering-their-butch-side/

 

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Health guidelines in place as Bangkok chokes

By THE NATION

 

Chawin Sirinak

 

The Bangkok Health Department is coaching gasping residents on protecting themselves from the PM2.5 pollutants again draping the city and has medical staff on the streets to give aid where needed.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142335-health-guidelines-in-place-as-bangkok-chokes/

 

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Call for new export markets amid US-Iran conflict

By THE NATION

 

 

The Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking has urged the government to explore new export markets in replacement of the Middle East amid escalating tensions between US and Iran.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142336-call-for-new-export-markets-amid-us-iran-conflict/

 

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Thailand, Bangladesh want Bt60 billion in trading by 2021

By The Nation

 

 

The value of Thai-Bangladesh trade has been targeted to reach US$2 billion (Bt60 billion) by 2021 following a meeting in Bangkok on Wednesday (January 8).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142337-thailand-bangladesh-want-bt60-billion-in-trading-by-2021/

 

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PM’s world-politics adviser warns of ‘worrying future’

By THE NATION

 

Kobsak Pootrakool

 

Thailand will have to closely monitor the US-Iran conflict and the Cabinet will consider additional stimulus measures for the struggling economy at the end of this month, Kobsak Pootrakool, deputy secretary-general to the prime minister for political affairs, said on Wednesday (January 8).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142339-pm’s-world-politics-adviser-warns-of-‘worrying-future’/

 

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After Britain appeals for weirdos, spoon bender Uri Geller applies

By Elizabeth Howcroft

 

FILE PHOTO: Uri Geller gestures during an interview at the Uri Geller Museum in Jaffa, near Tel Aviv, Israel August 14, 2018. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Spoon-bending celebrity psychic Uri Geller, 73, has applied for a job in the British government in response to an advert for “misfits” and “weirdos”, saying no other candidate would possess his powers.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142340-after-britain-appeals-for-weirdos-spoon-bender-uri-geller-applies/

 

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NBTC launches free apps to improve mobile-phone security

By THE NATION

 

 

The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has invited people to use its applications tailored to improve mobile security.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142349-nbtc-launches-free-apps-to-improve-mobile-phone-security/

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Complaint filed over receding water level in canal

By The Nation

 

 

Villagers in Bang Bo district of Samut Prakan Province on Wednesday (January 8 ) submitted a complaint to the Provincial Waterworks Authority (PWA) over the depletion of water in the Klongniyomyattra canal.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142350-complaint-filed-over-receding-water-level-in-canal/

 

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