THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Thursday 25 June 2020

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Justice minister: 450 million baht in drugs/ drugs' assets seized in last two months

 

Picture: INN

 

Thailand's justice minister reported that 450 million baht in drugs and drugs related assets were seized by the authorities in May and June. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169954-justice-minister-450-million-baht-in-drugs-drugs-assets-seized-in-last-two-months/

 

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Ex-convict arrested for allegedly firing a gun at radio station, stealing pickup

By THE NATION

 

 

A man was arrested early on Thursday (June 25) for allegedly firing a gun at a Saraburi radio station and stealing a truck in which he fled.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169956-ex-convict-arrested-for-allegedly-firing-a-gun-at-radio-station-stealing-pickup/

 

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More state buses to ply 22 northern routes from Bangkok

By THE NATION

 

 

The state-run Transport Company will open more routes and add more buses in the northern region in the fourth phase of the easing of lockdown measures.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169959-more-state-buses-to-ply-22-northern-routes-from-bangkok/

 

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Thai police praised after helping to reunite sick old man with his son

 

Picture: Sanook

 

The Thai police came in for praise from Thai media Sanook after they helped trace a sick old man's son. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169962-thai-police-praised-after-helping-to-reunite-sick-old-man-with-his-son/

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Thailand reports no new domestic COVID-19 cases for 31 consecutive days

 

FILE PHOTO: An airport staff member wears a protective mask due to the coronavirus outbreak as she sanitises rows of luggage carts at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand on Thursday reported one new coronavirus case detected in a Thai national returning from abroad, taking the country to 31 days without a local transmission.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169966-thailand-reports-no-new-domestic-covid-19-cases-for-31-consecutive-days/

 

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Krabi Airport to get 5G facility through Huawei in pilot project

By THE NATION

 

NBTC secretary-general Takorn Tanthasit

 

The National Broadcasting and Telecommunication Commission (NBTC) and Department of Airports (DOA) will provide 5G telecommunication services in collaboration with Chinese telecom giant Huawei at Krabi Airport as a pilot project before expanding to 28 airports nationwide.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169967-krabi-airport-to-get-5g-facility-through-huawei-in-pilot-project/

 

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Thailand extends application period for new central bank chief to July 10

 

FILE PHOTO: Thailand's central bank is seen at the Bank of Thailand in Bangkok, Thailand April 26, 2016. REUTERS/Jorge Silva/File Photo/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand has extended the application period for the next central bank governor to July 10 to seek a wider range of candidates for a job to steer the economy through the coronavirus crisis, the selection committee said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169973-thailand extends-application-period-for-new-central-bank-chief-to-july-10/

 

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Virus-free Vietnam not ready to open doors to foreign tourists yet - PM

 

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: A man wears protective mask as he walks past a propaganda banner promoting prevention against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Hanoi, Vietnam April 3, 2020. REUTERS/Kham/File Photo

 

HANOI (Reuters) - Despite successfully containing its COVID-19 outbreak, Vietnam has no plans to open up to international tourists yet over fears that doing so could lead to a second wave of infections, the Southeast Asian country's prime minister said on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169983-virus-free-vietnam-not-ready-to-open-doors-to-foreign-tourists-yet-pm/

 

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Udon Thani calls up special Covid measures as schools prepare to reopen

By THE NATION

 

 

Authorities in Udon Thani have turned old street furniture into anti-virus weapons as part of “new normal” measures to tackle Covid-19 when schools restart next week.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169985-udon-thani-calls-up-special-covid-measures-as-schools-prepare-to-reopen/

 

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Golf coach with heart of gold driving help for Phuket’s emergency services

By The Phuket News

 

From left to right, Song Ya EMS, Thalang Hospital nurses, Jeff Craig, Kusoldhsarm Muang Mai EMT’s. Photo: Jeff Craig

 

PHUKET: One long-term Phuket resident is intent on driving positive change across the island – but it has nothing to do with the popular American’s renowned golf prowess.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169986-golf-coach-with-heart-of-gold-driving-help-for-phuket’s-emergency-services/

 

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Raid nets firearms, 600kg of kratom

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The raid netted more than 600kg of kratom. Photo: Phuket Provincial Police

 

PHUKET: A police raid at a car repair shop on Wichit Songkham Rd in Kathu saw officers arrest four suspects who were later found to be possession of two handguns and 603.5kg of kratom leaves, much of which was already packed into bundles for sale.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169989-raid-nets-firearms-600kg-of-kratom/

 

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Schools in Chiang Mai, deep South can reopen on July 1

By THE NATION

 

Kittanes Srisawat

 

Education authorities in both Chiang Mai and the southern border provinces say that their schools and colleges will reopen on July 1, in line with the rest of the country.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169994-schools-in-chiang-mai-deep-south-can-reopen-on-july-1/

 

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Family complains after house seized and sold for Bt2mn over Bt17,000 student debt

By The Nation

 

 

A Phrae family is pleading for help after their home was seized and sold for Bt2 million to pay off a Bt17,000 student debt.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169998-family-complains-after-house-seized-and-sold-for-bt2mn-over-bt17000-student-debt/

 

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Bangkok Airways to resume additional flights to Phuket from July 1

By THE NATION

 

 

Bangkok Airways will resume two domestic flights to Phuket starting July 1.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1170000-bangkok-airways-to-resume-additional-flights-to-phuket-from-july-1/

 

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Thai vaccine could be ready by ‘early next year’, says Anutin

By THE NATION

 

 

Thailand may start manufacturing a Covid-19 vaccine by early 2021, said the Public Health Ministry today.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1170004-thai-vaccine-could-be-ready-by-‘early-next-year’-says-anutin/

 

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Masks and bleach: Europe's cities gear up for post-lockdown tourism

By Thin Lei Win and Sophie Davies

 

Tourists from Germany take a selfie outside the Colosseum, after Italy reopened its borders to European countries allowing free movement after the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown, in Rome, Italy June 16, 2020. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane - RC2DAH9LVVKP

 

ROME/BARCELONA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Anyone visiting the Eiffel Tower in Paris when it reopens on Thursday will have to take the stairs - all 674 of them - because France's iconic monument is keeping the lifts shut.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1170011-masks-and-bleach-europes-cities-gear-up-for-post-lockdown-tourism/

 

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Pakistan flag carrier to ground a third of pilots over 'dubious' licences

By Syed Raza Hassan and Asif Shahzad

 

FILE PHOTO: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) passenger plane prepares to take off from the Benazir International airport in Islamabad, Pakistan, February 9, 2016. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood

 

KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) will ground a third of its 434 pilots on suspicion they hold "dubious" licences and flying certificates, a company spokesman said on Thursday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1170015-pakistan-flag-carrier-to-ground-a-third-of-pilots-over-dubious-licences/

 

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Eiffel Tower reopens after a three-month coronavirus break

 

FILE PHOTO: A general view shows the Eiffel Tower as she gets ready to re-open to the public following the coronavirus outbreak, in Paris, France, June 17, 2020. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File photo

 

PARIS (Reuters) - The Eiffel Tower on Thursday welcomed back visitors after the coronavirus outbreak forced the Paris landmark into its longest period out of action since World War Two.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1170016-eiffel-tower-reopens-after-a-three-month-coronavirus-break/

 

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Tourism businesses urged to register for national health certification

By The Phuket News

 

Dr Panpimol Wipulakorn, Director-General of the Department of Health. Photo: MoPH

 

PHUKET: The Director-General of the Department of Health, Dr Panpimol Wipulakorn, has repeated the call for not just hotels, but all major tourism-related businesses to be accredited through the government’s Safety & Health Administration (SHA) certification.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1170019-tourism-businesses-urged-to-register-for-national-health-certification/

 

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Storms batter four provinces

By THE NATION

 

 

Summer storms hit the provinces of Phayao, Lampang, Lamphun and Chachoengsao for three days, with seven districts sustaining severe damages, though no injuries or deaths have been reported so far.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1170021-storms-batter-four-provinces/

 

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Thai businesses urged to tap China’s growing online market

By The Nation

 

 

The government is urging Thai businesses to increase exports by finding Chinese online channels to sell their products. The Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP) has ordered directors of Thai Trade Centres in China to monitor development of local online platforms, and also find new ways to promote Thai products in China to increase exports.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1170022-thai-businesses-urged-to-tap-china’s-growing-online-market/

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Phuket Town launches mobile history museum

By The Phuket News

 

Phuket Town Mayor Somjai at the mobile museum launch yesterday (June 24). Photo: Phuket City Municipality

 

PHUKET:-- Phuket City Municipality together with Museum Siam, the popular discovery museum located at Sanam Chai in Bangkok, have launched a mobile museum to promote the basic history of Phuket.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1170024-phuket-town-launches-mobile-history-museum/

 

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New Google default wipes users' location, web history after 18 months

By Paresh Dave

 

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Google is seen in Davos, Switzerland Januar 20, 2020. Picture taken January 20, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo

 

OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google said on Wednesday it will automatically delete some location history after 18 months for new users and make it easier for everyone to access its search, Maps and YouTube apps without being tracked.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1170026-new-google-default-wipes-users-location-web-history-after-18-months/

 

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Bangkok’s new landmark, Chao Phraya Sky Park, opens to the public

 

 

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has formally opened a new landmark, the Chao Phraya Sky Park, which straddles the Chao Phraya River, linking Bangkok with its sister city, Thonburi.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1170027-bangkok’s-new-landmark-chao-phraya-sky-park-opens-to-the-public/

 

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State of emergency set to be extended through July

By The Nation

 

 

The committee on lockdown easing will ask the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) to extend the state of emergency until the end of July, National Security Council secretary-general Gen Somsak Rungsita said today.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1170028-state-of-emergency-set-to-be-extended-through-july/

 

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Supreme Court’s verdict on 5 UDD core members expected Friday

 

 

Unless there is another postponement, tomorrow (Friday) the Criminal Court is due to read the Supreme Court’s verdict in the cases of five core members of the red-shirt movement, officially known as the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), for their alleged roles in the violent siege in 2007 of the Ban Sisao Thewet government guesthouse, which is the former residence of late Privy Council President General Prem Tinsulanonda.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1170029-supreme-court’s-verdict-on-5-udd-core-members-expected-friday/

 

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Game of Thrones: George RR Martin 'spending long hours' writing new book in isolated cabin

By Emily Mee

 

Game Of Thrones author George RR Martin

 

Games of Thrones author George RR Martin has revealed he is spending lockdown writing the next book in the fantasy series while holed up in a "cabin in the mountains".

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1170031-game-of-thrones-george-rr-martin-spending-long-hours-writing-new-book-in-isolated-cabin/

 

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Watch Pearl Jam’s virtual, remote performance of ‘Dance Of The Clairvoyants’

By Jasper Bruce

 

Credit: Danny Clinch

 

Pearl Jam performed at virtual benefit concert All in WA last night (June 24). It was the band’s first public live performance in two years.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1170032-watch-pearl-jam’s-virtual-remote-performance-of-‘dance-of-the-clairvoyants’/

 

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Lord Of The Rings TV Show Is Looking For 'Funky' And 'Unusual' Looking People To Be Extras

By STEWART PERRIE

 

 

If you've ever wanted to be a part of a massive TV show, then your chance might be just around the corner.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1170033-lord-of-the-rings-tv-show-is-looking-for-funky-and-unusual-looking-people-to-be-extras/

 

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Olympus reassures Thai fans over sale of camera business

By THE NATION

 

 

Olympus Thailand today assured its army of loyal customers that business would continue as usual after its imaging division is sold to Japan Industrial Partners (JIP) later this year.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1170034-olympus-reassures-thai-fans-over-sale-of-camera-business/