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Land dispute: Thai man, 70, surrenders to police after shooting at couple in Ratchaburi - pregnant woman is dead

 

Picture: Daily News

 

A seventy year old man is now in the custody of the Ratchaburi police after he gave himself up on Saturday following the shooting of a couple in Pak Thor district on Friday. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169485-land-dispute-thai-man-70-surrenders-to-police-after-shooting-at-couple-in-ratchaburi-pregnant-woman-is-dead/

 

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International Motor Show gears up for July 15 opening

By THE NATION

 

 

Grand Prix International, the organiser of the Bangkok International Motor Show, has announced that this year’s event will be held from July 15-26 at Impact Arena in Muang Thong Thani, Nonthaburi.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169486-international-motor-show-gears-up-for-july-15-opening/

 

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Pattaya official tells media of beach booze ban mission

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

Thai media 77kaoded reported that Pattaya's municipal officers were out on the beach in the North Pattaya area on Sunday night at 10.30 pm. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169489-pattaya-official-tells-media-of-beach-booze-ban-mission/

 

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Pattaya: Tourists flouting the alcohol and distancing rules - police chief cracking down

 

 

Pattaya's police chief said he was cracking down on Thai and foreign tourists brazenly breaking the Covid-19 rules in Soi Bua Khao. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169491-pattaya-tourists-flouting-the-alcohol-and-distancing-rules-police-chief-cracking-down/

 

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U-Tapao stays on course to becoming aviation hub in future

By The Nation

 

 

The development of U-Tapao Airport and Eastern Aviation City is set to take off after U-Tapao International Aviation Co Ltd (BBS Group) signed a joint investment agreement with Eastern Economic Corridor Office of Thailand (EECO) on June 19, with the goal of making U-Tapao an aviation hub.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169494-u-tapao-stays-on-course-to-becoming-aviation-hub-in-future/

 

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AOT to cut costs at Suvarnabhumi after THAI downsizing

By The Nation

 

 

Suvarnabhumi Airport plans to reduce the number of check-in counters and hangar space to cut cost following the downsizing by national flag carrier Thai Airways (THAI).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169495-aot-to-cut-costs-at-suvarnabhumi-after-thai-downsizing/

 

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Anti-Corruption Organisation disagrees with Justice Ministry appointment of adviser who served jail term

By The Nation

 

Supoj Saplom

 

The Anti-Corruption Organisation of Thailand expressed disagreement over the appointment of former transport permanent secretary Supoj Saplom as an adviser to the Justice Ministry after he was jailed by a court and released from prison last year.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169497-anti-corruption-organisation-disagrees-with-justice-ministry-appointment-of-adviser-who-served-jail-term/

 

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‘Psychiatric patient’ under Hat Yai Hospital watch after he claims to have Covid-19

By THE NATION

 

 

Hat Yai Hospital conducted detailed tests on a middle-age “psychiatric patient” and is keeping him under close observation after he claimed he had Covid-19.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169499-‘psychiatric-patient’-under-hat-yai-hospital-watch-after-he-claims-to-have-covid-19/

 

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Prachuap: Finance woman admits stealing 33 million baht of public funds to finance online gambling

 

Picture: naew Na

 

Officials acting on behalf of the governor of Prachuap Khiri Khan province served a court order on a 28 year old woman in the technical finance section of the local council on Saturday. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169502-prachuap-finance-woman-admits-stealing-33-million-baht-of-public-funds-to-finance-online-gambling/

 

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Pattaya beer bars stampede to get restaurant licenses so they can sell booze

By Jetsada Homklin

 

Workers tear down the Dog’s Bollocks Bar sign to replace it with the establishment’s new name, Number One June.

 

There’s a run on restaurant licenses in Pattaya as beer bars and pubs scramble to sell alcohol again.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169504-pattaya-beer-bars-stampede-to-get-restaurant-licenses-so-they-can-sell-booze/

 

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Koh Samui: Russian arrested for using fake credit cards to buy goods, withdraw cash

 

 

Surat Thani provincial police announced they had arrested a Russian national who had used lots of fake credit cards to purchase goods and make cash withdrawals all over Koh Samui.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169505-koh-samui-russian-arrested-for-using-fake-credit-cards-to-buy-goods-withdraw-cash/

 

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Seeing double! Tak locals wonder what's going on after signs appear twice

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Seeing double! Locals wonder what's going on after signs appear twice

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169506-seeing-double-tak-locals-wonder-whats-going-on-after-signs-appear-twice/

 

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Thailand reports no new domestic COVID-19 cases for 28 consecutive days

 

FILE PHOTO: A man walks on a street after the government eased some protective measures following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Bangkok, Thailand June 19, 2020. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand on Monday reported three new coronavirus cases, all imported, marking 28 days without local transmission, a senior official said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169507-thailand-reports-no-new-domestic-covid-19-cases-for-28-consecutive-days/

 

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Rescheduled Pattaya Music Festival, fireworks show eyed for year-end

By Pattaya Mail

 

Mayor Sonthaya Kunplome said Pattaya officials are hoping to revive the city’s tourism-driving event schedule.

 

With Thailand emerging from lockdown, Pattaya officials are hoping to revive the city’s tourism-driving event schedule.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169509-rescheduled-pattaya-music-festival-fireworks-show-eyed-for-year-end/

 

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Pattaya not an obvious winner from travel bubbles

By Barry Kenyon

 

Pining for the good old times, but they aren’t about to roll anytime soon.

 

Thailand’s tourist and health authorities are deep in consultation with other countries about corona corridors or travel bridges. The idea is a simple one. Two or more countries which have successfully curtailed Covid-19 agree to create a bubble: people who live inside it can then travel freely and without quarantine across their respective borders by land, sea or air.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169510-pattaya-not-an-obvious-winner-from-travel-bubbles/

 

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Politician’s son allegedly linked to daring escape plots to spring Banyin loose from jail

By The Nation

 

 

A politician’s son has been linked to the escape plan of former deputy commerce minister Banyin Tangpakorn, the Crime Suppression Division (CSD) said today (June 22).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169516-politician’s-son-allegedly-linked-to-daring-escape-plots-to-spring-banyin-loose-from-jail/

 

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Seven groups of foreigners expected to be allowed entry

By The Nation

 

 

The government plans to allow seven groups of foreigners to enter the country, Dr Taweesin Visanuyothin, the spokesman of the government’s Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, announced today (June 22). The committee has divided these into two main groups.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169525-seven-groups-of-foreigners-expected-to-be-allowed-entry/

 

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‘Back to Healthy School’ campaign unveils education new-normal

By THE NATION

 

 

The Education Ministry has launched a “Back to Healthy School” campaign to ensure students’ safety after schools nationwide are reopened next month.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169527-‘back-to-healthy-school’-campaign-unveils-education-new-normal/

 

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Seven small govt coalition parties endorse Mongkolkit for minister

By THE NATION

 

Mongkolkit Suksintharanon

 

Seven small parties within the government coalition have proposed that its candidate, Mongkolkit Suksintharanon, be considered for a ministerial position in case the government wants to reshuffle the Cabinet, Phichet Sathirachawan, partly list MP and leader of the Thai People Justice Party, said today (June 22).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169528-seven-small-govt-coalition-parties-endorse-mongkolkit-for-minister/

 

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TAT told to have tourism packages ready by July 1

By The Nation

 

 

The Fiscal Policy Office (FPO) will propose registration methods for the three domestic tourism stimulus packages – Kum Lang Jai (Encouragement), Rao Pai Tiew Gun (Let’s travel together), and Tiew Pan Suk (Trips to share happiness) – to the Cabinet on June 30.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169529-tat-told-to-have-tourism-packages-ready-by-july-1/

 

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Five Chinese nabbed in loan-shark investigation

By THE NATION

 

 

Police said five Chinese nationals have been arrested for running the “True Cash Pro” mobile app, which provided unlicensed personal loans at higher interest than the rate specified by the Bank of Thailand.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169530-five-chinese-nabbed-in-loan-shark-investigation/

 

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Tak highways official explains why the locals were "seeing double"

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Sanook followed up on the "Amazing Thailand" story about  perfectly good road signs being replaced with new ones in the Phop Phra district of Tak in northwest Thailand.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169506-seeing-double-tak-locals-wonder-whats-going-on-after-signs-appear-twice/?do=findComment&comment=15544050

 

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Phuket Town’s Lard Yai Walking Street market to return

By The Phuket News

 

A vendor gives the ‘thumbs-up’ at the reopening of the Lard Korjan market in Phuket Town last Friday (June 19). Photo: Phuket City Municipality

 

PHUKET: The popular Lard Yai Walking Street market that before the COVID-19 outbreak was held on Thalang Rd in Phuket Town every Sunday will return on July 5.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169531-phuket-town’s-lard-yai-walking-street-market-to-return/

 

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Immune response to candidate coronavirus vaccine in monkeys satisfactory 

 

 

Thailand’s coronavirus vaccine trial is making progress after macaque monkeys, which were given the first doses of the candidate vaccine, have shown a satisfactory immune response, according to Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovations Minister Suvit Mesinsee on Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169533-immune-response-to-candidate-coronavirus-vaccine-in-monkeys-satisfactory/

 

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Exclsuive: U.S., Brazil protest Thailand's pesticide ban over impact on wheat, soy exports - documents

By Patpicha Tanakasempipat

 

FILE PHOTO: Workers spray insecticide at a maize field destroyed by Fall Army Worm at Pak Chong district, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand June 12, 2019. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - The United States and Brazil lodged separate protests with Thailand over its ban on two farm chemicals earlier this month, documents reviewed by Reuters show, saying the "restrictive" and "serious" move could hurt key agricultural exports.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169534-exclsuive-us-brazil-protest thailands-pesticide-ban-over-impact-on-wheat-soy-exports-documents/

 

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Taiwanese man rescued from drowning at Patong Beach

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The Taiwanese man after being brought back to shore alive at Patong Beach this morning (June 22). Photo: Patong Surf Life Saving Club

 

PHUKET: Lifeguards at Patong Beach rescued a 25-year-old Taiwanese man this morning (June 22) after scouring the waters offshore for some 30 minutes.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169535-taiwanese-man-rescued-from-drowning-at-patong-beach/

 

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TAT plans campaigns to woo premium foreign tourists

By THE NATION

 

 

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) plans to launch two campaigns targeting premium foreign tourists, said TAT Governor Yuthasak Supasorn.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169241-thailand-aims-to-turn-away-from-mass-tourism-and-target-the-wealthy/?do=findComment&comment=15544501

 

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mRNA vaccine against Covid-19 shows initial success on monkeys

By The Nation

 

 

Thailand seems to be moving closer to finding a Covid-19 vaccine after the first trial on monkeys proved to be successful, leaving them strong and immune to the virus. Scientists were scheduled to launch a second round of testing the mRNA vaccine on the animals on Monday (June 22).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169542-mrna-vaccine-against-covid-19-shows-initial-success-on-monkeys/

 

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Minister plans to turn convicts into a formidable workforce to send abroad

By The Nation

 

Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin

 

In a move to help convicts start a new life after prison, Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin is planning to launch a campaign to boost their professional and language skills so they can find work overseas.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169543-minister-plans-to-turn-convicts-into-a-formidable-workforce-to-send-abroad/

 

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Policeman charged with wife’s murder

By The Nation

 

Pakkapong Pongpetra

 

A police officer, whose wife was found dead under suspicious circumstances, was charged with murder and decommissioned on Monday (June 22).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169544-policeman-charged-with-wife’s-murder/