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All Thai holidays and no alcohol days included.

 

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Thousands join Thai anti-government run, while rival camp pushes back

By Panu Wongcha-um and Panarat Thepgumpanat

 

Runners warm up as they attend a "Run Against Dictatorship" event at a public park in Bangkok, Thailand, January 12, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thousands of Thais joined a run in the capital on Sunday in what appeared to be the biggest show of dissent against the government of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, although he also drew a big show of support at a rival event.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142938-thousands-join-thai-anti-government-run-while-rival-camp-pushes-back/

 

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Thousands take part in ‘Walking for Prayut’

By The Nation

 

 

The number of participants in the “Walking for Prayut” campaign has reached 13,000, exceeding the expectation of 1,000, the organisers of the event said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142938-thousands-join-thai-anti-government-run-while-rival-camp-pushes-back/?do=findComment&comment=14949619

 

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Thanathorn predicts more street protests against Prayut

 

 

Leader of Future Forward Party Thanathorn Jungroongruangkit joins the “Run Against Loong” at Vachirabenjathas Park Sunday morning.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142938-thousands-join-thai-anti-government-run-while-rival-camp-pushes-back/?do=findComment&comment=14949624

 

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Thousands join ‘Run Against Dictatorship’

By The Nation

 

 

Thousands of people turned out at Suan Rot Fai (Railway Park) in Bangkok early on Sunday (January 12) for the so-called Run Against Dictatorship event. Police sought cooperation from people at checkpoints to not bring boards with political messages to the rally. Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, leader of Future Forward Party, was among those who took part.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142938-thousands-join-thai-anti-government-run-while-rival-camp-pushes-back/?do=findComment&comment=14949640

 

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Minimise outdoor activities, say authorities, as air quality continues to be unsafe in many areas

By The Nation

 

 

The authority has suggested that people avoid outdoor activities and closely monitor the dust situation, as the air quality in many areas of Thailand are still below acceptable standards.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142946-minimise-outdoor-activities-say-authorities-as-air-quality-continues-to-be-unsafe-in-many-areas/

 

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[Photo Gallery] Supporters run for opposing political causes

By The Nation

 

 

Thousands joined the “Run against dictatorship” anti-government event early on Sunday with many influencers, pro-democracy activists and politicians gathering at Suan Rot Fai (Railway Park). The run started at around 7am.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142938-thousands-join-thai-anti-government-run-while-rival-camp-pushes-back/?do=findComment&comment=14949657

 

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Severe drought to push agricultural product prices up

By The Nation

 

 

The Department of Internal Trade (DIT) has assessed that the drought situation in 2020 could hurt agricultural production, resulting in continued price increases.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142948-severe-drought-to-push-agricultural-product-prices-up/

 

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Hundreds in Chiang Mai join ‘Run Against Dictatorship’

By The Nation

 

 

About 500 supporters of the pro-democracy campaign gathered at 6am at Tha Pae Gate in Muang district in Chiang Mai province on Sunday for the “Run Against Dictatorship” to express their symbolic opposition to the current government amid close police supervision.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142950-hundreds-in-chiang-mai-join-‘run-against-dictatorship’/

 

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Giant wave drags four children into sea, one still missing

By The Nation

 

 

Four children visiting Narathat Beach in Narathiwat province on Saturday (January 11) to celebrate Children’s Day were dragged from the beach into the sea by a huge wave. Three of them were rescued while another is still missing.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142951-giant-wave-drags-four-children-into-sea-one-still-missing/

 

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Thai hopes in AFC championship rest on Iraq game after defeat to Australia

By The Nation

 

 

Thailand still have the chance to reach the knockout stage of the AFC Under-23 Championship despite losing to Australia 1-2 in their second Group A game at the Rajamangala National Stadium on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142952-thai-hopes-in-afc-championship-rest-on-iraq-game-after-defeat-to-australia/

 

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Insurgent killed in clash with security forces in Narathiwat

 

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A southern insurgent was shot dead and two defence volunteers were wounded in related clashes in Sukhirin district of Thailand’s southern border province of Narathiwat Sunday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142954-insurgent-killed-in-clash-with-security-forces-in-narathiwat/

 

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AOT launches fresh round of bidding for Don Mueang concession

By THE NATION

 

 

Airports of Thailand (AOT) will sell again bid documents for the concession to run a duty-free pick-up counter service at Don Mueang International Airport, AOT president Nitinai Sirismatthakarn said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142955-aot-launches-fresh-round-of-bidding-for-don-mueang-concession/

 

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Ministry vows to help tap domestic and overseas markets for Thai fruit

By The Nation

 

File Photo: Thai fruits; durian, mangosteen, longkong, mango and rambutan.

 

The Commerce Ministry is getting ready for this year's fruit harvest and has pledged to help Thai farmers sell their farm products both in the domestic and export markets.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142956-ministry-vows-to-help-tap-domestic-and-overseas-markets-for-thai-fruit/

 

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Phuket taxi drivers charged with attempted murder over Freedom Beach hit-and-run, alleged attempted shooting

By The Phuket News

 

A screenshot from a video of the incident shows taxi driver Suwan Chaowadee, 47, being run down by the black Fortuner near the entracne to Freedom Beach last Sunday (Jan 5). Image: Supplied

 

PHUKET: Father and son taxi drivers operating at the entrance to Freedom Beach, south of Patong, have been charged with attempted murder – and released on bail – after running down a competing taxi driver with car after they allegedly attempted to shoot the man dead. The gun apparently failed to fire.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142957-phuket-taxi-drivers-charged-with-attempted-murder-over-freedom-beach-hit-and-run-alleged-attempted-shooting/

 

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Swiss woman, 82, dies at Phuket beach

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Bang Tao Beach. Photo: Teerakit Vijitanankul

 

PHUKET: An 82-year-old Swiss woman has died after being pulled from the water unconscious and unresponsive at Bang Tao Beach yesterday afternoon (Jan 11).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142958-swiss-woman-82-dies-at-phuket-beach/

 

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Two motorbike thieves nabbed in Phuket

ByThe Thaiger

 

 

Two men have been arrested in Phuket last night. They’ve been charged with stealing motorcycles and then reselling them.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142960-two-motorbike-thieves-nabbed-in-phuket/

 

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Govt calls on farmers to stop growing rice in off-season

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The government has called on farmers to stop growing rice in the off-season to save water for personal consumption. Three million rai of land in the Chao Phraya River basin has already been used to grow rice in the extra season, but is yet to be provided with water.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142961-thai-govt-calls-on-farmers-to-stop-growing-rice-in-off-season/

 

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DLT: Polluting trucks, public transport face fines

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Department of Land Transport (DLT) has stepped up measures to control trucks and public transport with exhaust emissions that exceed safe limits. The measures are designed to alleviate pollution problems.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142962-dlt-polluting-trucks-public-transport-face-fines/

 

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Mahidol University sends scientists to Antarctica

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - Mahidol University has sent scientists to install cosmic ray measuring equipment in Antarctica in order to study the climate that affects all humans.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142963-mahidol-university-sends-scientists-to-antarctica/

 

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Hezbollah: It's time for Iran's allies to start working to avenge Soleimani

 

FILE PHOTO: Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah addresses his supporters via a screen during a funeral ceremony rally to mourn Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, who was killed in an air strike at Baghdad airport, in Beirut's suburbs, Lebanon, January 5, 2020. REUTERS/Aziz Taher/File Photo

 

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Hezbollah said on Sunday it was time for Iran's allies to begin working to retaliate for the killing of Major General Qassem Soleimani though it would be a "long path" to the goal of ejecting U.S. forces from the region.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142967-hezbollah-its-time-for-irans-allies-to-start-working-to-avenge-soleimani/

 

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'Our enemy is here': Iran protesters demand leaders quit after plane downed

By Parisa Hafezi

 

People and families of the victims of the crash of the Boeing 737-800 plane, flight PS 752, light candles as they gather to show their sympathy in Tehran, Iran January 11, 2020. Nazanin Tabatabaee/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

 

DUBAI (Reuters) - Protests erupted across Iran for a second day on Sunday, increasing pressure on the Islamic Republic's leadership after it admitted its military shot down a Ukrainian airliner by accident, despite days of denials that Iranian forces were to blame.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142968-our-enemy-is-here-iran-protesters-demand-leaders-quit-after-plane-downed/

 

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Pentagon chief says no specific evidence Iran was plotting to attack four U.S. embassies

By Valerie Volcovici

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper speaks about airstrikes by the U.S. military in Iraq and Syria, at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., December 29, 2019. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Sunday said he did not see specific evidence from intelligence officials that Iran was planning to attack four U.S. embassies, an assertion made by President Donald Trump in justifying the killing of Iran's top general.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142969-pentagon-chief-says-no-specific-evidence-iran-was-plotting-to-attack-four-us-embassies/

 

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Former Pope Benedict breaks silence on celibacy debate after synod

By Philip Pullella

 

FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis visits his predecessor, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, at the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in Vatican, December 21, 2018. Picture taken December 21, 2018. Vatican Media/Handout via REUTERS

 

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Former Pope Benedict, in a new book written with a conservative cardinal, defends priestly celibacy in the Catholic Church in what appears to be a strategically timed appeal to Pope Francis to not change the rules.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142970-former-pope-benedict-breaks-silence-on-celibacy-debate-after-synod/

 

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Australian prime minister's approval rating slumps as bushfires rage

By Sonali Paul

 

FILE PHOTO: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks during a press conference on the governments' bushfire response at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, January 5, 2020. AAP Image/Lukas Coch via REUTERS

 

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison's approval rating has declined sharply in the face of horrendous bushfires that have killed 28 people and destroyed 2,000 homes, a closely watched poll showed on Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142971-australian-prime-ministers-approval-rating-slumps-as-bushfires-rage/

 

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Warren, Sanders campaigns spar in rare show of discord between progressive Democratic contenders

By Simon Lewis and Joseph Ax

 

FILE PHOTO: Democratic U.S. presidential candidates Senator Elizabeth Warren, former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders stand onstage before the start of the sixth Democratic presidential candidates campaign debate at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California, U.S., December 19, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

 

DAVENPORT, Iowa/MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (Reuters) - A rare sign of discord emerged on Sunday between progressive Democratic presidential contenders Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders over a report that Sanders' campaign volunteers had called her a candidate of the elite in conversations with voters.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142976-warren-sanders-campaigns-spar-in-rare-show-of-discord-between-progressive-democratic-contenders/

 

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White House says U.S. has asked North Korea to resume talks - Axios

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, South Korea, June 30, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House national security adviser Robert O'Brien said the United States had reached out to North Korea seeking to resume talks, according to an interview published on Sunday by Axios.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142977-white-house-says-us-has-asked-north-korea-to-resume-talks-axios/

 

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'I'm spending all my money to get rid of Trump': Michael Bloomberg

By Jason Lange

 

Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg waits to speak at an organizing event in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. January 10, 2020. REUTERS/ Chris Aluka Berry

 

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - U.S. presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg told Reuters he is ready to spend much of his vast fortune to oust Republican President Donald Trump from the White House in 2020, rejecting criticism from rivals for the Democratic nomination that the billionaire is trying to buy the U.S. election.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142980-im-spending-all-my-money-to-get-rid-of-trump-michael-bloomberg/

 

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Small but dangerous: volcano spews ash over Philippine capital

By Enrico Dela Cruz and Karen Lema

 

A view of the Taal volcano eruption seen from Tagaytay, Philippines January 12, 2020 in this still image taken from social media video. Jon Patrick Laurence Yen via REUTERS

 

MANILA (Reuters) - A volcano near Manila spewed a massive cloud of ash that drifted across the Philippine capital on Sunday, forcing the cancellation of flights and closure of schools and government offices as authorities warned of a possible "explosive eruption".

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142983-small-but-dangerous-volcano-spews-ash-over-philippine-capital/

 

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Small, coastal Canadian community abuzz over possible move there by Harry and Meghan

By Chad Hipolito

 

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, leave Canada House in London, Britain January 7, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville

 

NORTH SAANICH, British Columbia (Reuters) - Towns on the southern end of Vancouver Island on Canada's west coast are abuzz with interest over the possibility that Britain's Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, will become semi-permanent residents there.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142985-small-coastal-canadian-community-abuzz-over-possible-move-there-by-harry-and-meghan/