THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Wednesday 24 June 2020

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Thai Immigration announce changes to TM30 reporting 

 

 

Thailand’s Immigration Bureau have announced an update to the requirement for TM30 reporting. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169664-thai-immigration-announce-changes-to-tm30-reporting/

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Provincial Police confirm online travel registration no longer required to enter, leave Phuket

By Khunanya Wanchanwet

 

An officer stops and questions a driver passing through the Phuket Check Point leading off the island. Photo: Phuket Provincial Police

 

PHUKET:-- Phuket Provincial Police Deputy Commander Col Sermpan Sirikong has today confirmed that people entering or leaving Phuket no longer need to register their travel details on the gophuget.com online form as the process has been suspended, for now.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169716-provincial-police-confirm-online-travel-registration-no-longer-required-to-enter-leave-phuket/

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Bangla nightlife president blasts bar reopening rules

By The Phuket News

 

Patong Entertainment Business Association (PEBA) President Weerawit Kreuasombat takes a stand on Bangla Rd today (June 23). Photo: Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

PHUKET:-- The President of the Patong Entertainment Business Association (PEBA) has blasted the list of rules released yesterday (June 22) for bars and other nightlife entertainment venues to follow if the reopening of such venues is allowed next week.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169717-bangla-nightlife-president-blasts-bar-reopening-rules/

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Victim of Nonthaburi ‘water-bottle poisoner’ warns fellow runners

By The Nation

 

 

A Nonthaburi runner has warned fellow exercisers to beware of an assailant who he believes injected poison into his water bottle, putting him in hospital.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169673-victim-of-nonthaburi-‘water-bottle-poisoner’-warns-fellow-runners/

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Draft law on tackling forced disappearances, torture gets green light

By THE NATION

 

Deputy government spokesperson Rachada Thanadirek

 

The Cabinet on Tuesday (June 23) gave the go-ahead to a draft law on the prevention and suppression of torture and forced disappearances, deputy government spokesperson Rachada Thanadirek said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169741-draft-law-on-tackling-forced-disappearances-torture-gets-green-light/

 

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Thailand pledges Bt3.3m for UN Covid-19 fund

By The Nation

 

Deputy government spokesperson Ratchada Thanadirek

 

The Cabinet on Tuesday (June 23) agreed to sign a pact on donating funds to the United Nations Covid-19 Response and Recovery Multi-Partner Trust Fund to help countries affected by the pandemic.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169742-thailand-pledges-bt33m-for-un-covid-19-fund/

 

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Huge cache of military weapons seized near Myanmar border

 

 

Police have seized a large cache of war weapons, including 33 M16 and AK47 assault rifles, M79 grenade launchers and PK general-purpose machineguns, as well as a large amount of ammunition of different calibers, from a house in the Mae Sot district of Thailand’s western province of Tak, bordering Myanmar.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169743-huge-cache-of-military-weapons-seized-near-myanmar-border/

 

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Official Lampang poll result postponed pending probe into alleged vote buying

 

 

Thailand’s Election Commission (EC) has postponed the declaration of the official result of Sunday’s by-election, in the northern province of Lampang, until next week, due to allegations of vote buying.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169744-official-lampang-poll-result-postponed-pending-probe-into-alleged-vote-buying/

 

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Thai durians trigger evacuation of post office in German town

 

Photo by Tom Fisk from Pexels

 

Thai durians caused pandemonium at a post office in a German town in Bavaria, sending six postal workers to hospital and causing the complete evacuation of the facility, according to a CNN report.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169745-thai-durians-trigger-evacuation-of-post-office-in-german-town/

 

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Pattaya salons tidy up as customers return

By Warapun Jaikusol

 

  

Benjawan Jantamart, owner of BV Salon, revealed that after the government announced the 4th phase of business easing, the shop is now open for customer service as usual. She found that more than 60 percent of her customers have returned.

 

Even during a pandemic, people need their hair cut and Pattaya salons are starting to see their customers return.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169746-pattaya-salons-tidy-up-as-customers-return/

 

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Rayong woman drowns after fainting

By Pattaya Mail

 

  

Boonruen hugs his dogs after his wife Sangwan drowned in a pond.

 

A Rayong woman drowned after apparently fainting and falling into a pond on her farm.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169748-rayong-woman-drowns-after-fainting/

 

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Cabinet approves Bt2 billion loan to boost housing authority's liquidity

By The Nation

 

Deputy government spokesperson Ratchada Thanadirek

 

The Cabinet has given the okay to the National Housing Authority (NHA) to take a Bt2 billion loan to mitigate its liquidity shortage or use as capital under the public-debt management plan for the 2020 fiscal year.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169749-cabinet-approves-bt2-billion-loan-to-boost-housing-authoritys-liquidity/

 

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Thai kids rehearse school return with sanitizers, screens and face shields

By Artorn Pookasook

 

Kindergarten students from the Wichuthit school eat their lunch during a rehearsal social distancing and measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) ahead of nationwide schools reopening in Bangkok, Thailand, June 23, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai schools are holding rehearsals to prepare students for classes in the coronavirus era, giving lessons in hygiene and social distancing to children as young as three ahead of next week's return.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169750-thai-kids-rehearse-school-return-with-sanitizers-screens-and-face-shields/

 

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Singapore PM calls July 10 election as virus lockdown lifts

By John Geddie and Aradhana Aravindan

 

FILE PHOTO: Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong speaks at the Istana in Singapore, May 17, 2019. REUTERS/Feline Lim

 

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore will head to the polls on July 10 after its prime minister said he was satisfied a ballot could be held safely despite criticism that such a move might endanger voters during the coronavirus pandemic.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169751-singapore pm-calls-july-10-election-as-virus-lockdown-lifts/

 

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Cabinet Acknowledges Development of Coronavirus Vaccine

 

 

BANGKOK, June 23 (TNA) - The Thai Cabinet has assessed the pandemic situation including the progress of COVID-19 vaccine trials in the country.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169753-thai-cabinet-acknowledges-development-of-coronavirus-vaccine/

 

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Hoteliers push back at Thailand’s shift to target high-end tourists

By Anne Somanas

 

Thailand plans to turn away from mass tourism and target high-spending travellers; tourists walking in Wat Arun temple in Bangkok, Thailand pictured

 

Thai hotel industry professionals are concerned that the government’s plan to shift its focus away from mass tourism and backpackers to high-spending travellers could mean that small businesses will be overlooked.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169754-hoteliers-push-back-at-thailand’s-shift-to-target-high-end-tourists/

 

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Major quake shakes southern Mexico, at least four killed

By Julia Love

 

The wall of a house damaged during a quake is seen in Oaxaca, Mexico June 23, 2020. REUTERS/Jorge Luis Plata

 

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.4 struck southern Mexico's Pacific coast on Tuesday, killing at least four people and cutting off isolated villages, and causing tremors hundreds of miles away in Mexico City.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169757-major-quake-shakes-southern-mexico-at-least-four-killed/

 

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Twitter again slaps warning on Trump tweet threatening force against protesters

By Elizabeth Culliford and Katie Paul

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump taps the screen on a mobile phone at the approximate time a tweet was released from his Twitter account, during a roundtable discussion on the reopening of small businesses in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 18, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis

 

(Reuters) - Twitter Inc on Tuesday placed a warning notice on a tweet by President Donald Trump threatening "serious force" against protesters in the U.S. capital, the second time it has used the label since it began challenging Trump's tweets in May.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169758-twitter-again-slaps-warning-on-trump-tweet-threatening-force-against-protesters/

 

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North Korea suspends military action plans against South Korea - KCNA

By Josh Smith

FILE PHOTO: South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shake hands at the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, South Korea, April 27, 2018. Korea Summit Press Pool/Pool via Reuters

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has presided over a meeting of the ruling party's Central Military Commission and decided to suspend military action plans against South Korea, the official KCNA news agency reported on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169759-north-korea-suspends-military-action-plans-against-south-korea-kcna/

 

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Adult film star Ron Jeremy charged with rape and sexual assault

 

Adult film star Ron Jeremy, who has been charged with raping three women and sexually assaulting a fourth in incidents in West Hollywood from 2014 to 2019, makes his first appearance in Los Angeles County Superior Court, California, U.S. June 23, 2020. Attorney Stuart Goldfarb is at right. Robert Gauthier/Pool via REUTERS

 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Adult film star Ron Jeremy was charged with raping three women and sexually assaulting a fourth in incidents in West Hollywood from 2014 to 2019, the Los Angeles County District Attorney said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169761-adult-film-star-ron-jeremy-charged-with-rape-and-sexual-assault/

 

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Trump takes hard line on U.S. monuments, threatens force against protesters

By Jeff Mason and Lisa Lambert

 

FILE PHOTO: Protestors attach a chain to the statue of U.S. President Andrew Jackson in the middle of Lafayette Park in front of the White House in an attempt to pull it down as someone throws a roll of toilet paper at the statue during racial inequality protests in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 22, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday pledged to take a hard line on anyone destroying or vandalizing U.S. historical monuments and threatened to use force on some protesters, as political activism against racial injustice sweeps the country and threatens his re-election chances.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169763-trump-takes-hard-line-on-us-monuments-threatens-force-against-protesters/

 

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E. Pattaya cleans up after flood leaves behind garbage

By Warapun Jaikusol

 

  

Raging floodwaters from a heavy overnight storm Sunday deposited a wave of trash along Soi Khao Noi in East Pattaya.

 

Raging floodwaters from a heavy overnight storm Sunday deposited a wave of trash along Soi Khao Noi in East Pattaya.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169768-e-pattaya-cleans-up-after-flood-leaves-behind-garbage/

 

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Pattaya-area police smash huge Chinese online loan shark scam

By Theerarak Suthathiwong

 

  

Police arrested Chinese nationals Lang Z. and Song Song Z. for loan sharking.

 

Regional police arrested two Chinese nationals in a raid on an illegal online loan shark with more than 100 million baht in cash flow.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169769-pattaya-area-police-smash-huge-chinese-online-loan-shark-scam/

 

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Motosai turns chicken griller to survive Pattaya’s nightlife shutdown

By Jetsada Homklin

 

  

Somprasong Kamolrat, who worked at a taxi stand on Soi Khopai, lowers his mask for the photo.

 

Bars are turning into restaurants, bargirls into waitresses and now, motorcycle taxi drivers into grilled-chicken vendors in Pattaya.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169770-motosai-turns-chicken-griller-to-survive-pattaya’s-nightlife-shutdown/

 

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More Thais stranded in Japan return home

By THE NATION

 

 

Thais stranded in Japan due to the Covid-19 crisis returned home on Tuesday (June 23), the Royal Thai Embassy in Tokyo said on its official Facebook page.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169771-more-thais-stranded-in-japan-return-home/

 

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Pattaya: Desperate to stay in Thailand! Foreigner on work permit violation flees police at the red light

 

 

A foreigner on his way to being deported from Thailand for working illegally fled from the custody of the Bang Lamung police at an intersection in Pattaya.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169774-pattaya-desperate-to-stay-in-thailand-foreigner-on-work-permit-violation-flees-police-at-the-red-light/

 

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BOT may focus on rising bad debts and leave key policy rate untouched

By The Nation

 

 

The Bank of Thailand (BOT) is likely to leave the key policy rate unchanged during the Monetary Policy Meeting (MPC) today (June 24), analysts say, but warn about rising bad debts.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169777-bot-may-focus-on-rising-bad-debts-and-leave-key-policy-rate-untouched/

 

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Hua Hin: DSI investigate Brit using Thai nominee in alleged 240 million baht property crime

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

The Department of Special Investigation is probing the activities of a British man after complaints were received by 18 people who signed contracts for properties at 5 projects in the Hua Hin area. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169779-hua-hin-dsi-investigate-brit-using-thai-nominee-in-alleged-240-million-baht-property-crime/

 

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Cabinet gives nod for Asean agreement on agri-products standards

By THE NATION

 

Rachada Thanadirek

 

The Cabinet has approved the framework on standards and conformity that aims to facilitate trading in agri-products among Asean countries.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169781-cabinet-gives-nod-for-asean-agreement-on-agri-products-standards/

 

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Curtain comes down on famous Thai movie theatre next month

 

 

Perhaps the most famous old movie theatre left in Bangkok will bow out on the weekend of July4th/5th. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167199-scala-to-bring-the-curtain-down-after-50-years-showing-movies/?do=findComment&comment=15549751