THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Thursday 13 Aug 2020

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Three Thai returnees test positive for Covid-19 in state quarantine

By The Nation

 

 

The country witnessed three new confirmed Covid-19 cases, all Thais, in state quarantine over a 24-hour period, the government’s Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration reported today (August 13), the 80th day without any domestic case since May.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1177538-three-thai-returnees-test-positive-for-covid-19-in-state-quarantine/

 

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Chiang Mai: All local authorities to report on illegal hotels, accommodation in their districts

 

Picture: Chiang Mai News

 

The authorities in Chiang Mai have been told to speed up surveys of illegal hotels and other accommodation in their jurisdictions. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1177540-chiang-mai-all-local-authorities-to-report-on-illegal-hotels-accommodation-in-their-districts/

 

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Case of infected Thai man in Japan yet to be confirmed

By The Nation

 

 

The Public Health Ministry has not yet confirmed whether it's true that a Thai man in Japan contracted Covid-19 while in Thailand, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1177543-case-of-infected-thai-man-in-japan-yet-to-be-confirmed/

 

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'Prayut 2/2' Cabinet gather for group photo, meeting

By The Nation

 

Photo Credit: Nation Photo by Tanachai Pramarnpanich

 

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha and his 63rd Cabinet called “Prayut 2/2” came together for a group photo before holding a meeting at Government House today (August 13).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1177544-prayut-22-cabinet-gather-for-group-photo-meeting/

 

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Chiang Mai: Airport expansion plans continue despite pandemic

 

Picture: Chiang Mai News

 

A senior official at Chiang Mai international airport reported to City Hall on the latest developments in the redevelopment and refurbishment of the airport. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1177545-chiang-mai-airport-expansion-plans-continue-despite-pandemic/

 

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Patong hotels, beach chair operators move to change Phuket’s reputation as expensive

By The Phuket News

 

Preechawut ‘Prab’ Keesin explained the joint move by local hotels and beach chair operators during a mass cleanup of Patong Beach yesterday (Aug 12). Photo: Prab Keesin / Facebook

 

PHUKET: Hotels in Patong and local beach chair operators have banded together to create deals to offer free inclusive tours and heavily discounted rates to tourists in the hope of creating a new image of Phuket as an inexpensive holiday destination.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1177550-patong-hotels-beach-chair-operators-move-to-change-phuket’s-reputation-as-expensive/

 

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Songkran compensation days off set for September

By The Nation

 

 

At its meeting on Thursday (August 13), the Cabinet unanimously voted to mark Friday September 4 and Monday September 7 as public holidays to compensate for this year’s Songkran holidays that were cancelled due to the Covid-19 outbreak. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1177560-songkran-compensation-days-off-set-for-september/

 

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Police insist key witness in ‘Boss’ case died in an accident

By The Nation

 

 

Police announced on Thursday (August 13) that autopsy results show Jaruchat Madthong – a key witness in Vorayuth “Boss” Yoovidhya’s hit-and-run case, had 218 milligrams of alcohol in his blood and this was the cause of the accident that killed him. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1177561-police-insist-key-witness-in-‘boss’-case-died-in-an-accident/

 

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House committee offers Bt100,000 award for footage of extortion

By The Nation

 

Sira Jenjaka

 

The public was shocked when the chief of Department of Groundwater Resources (DGR) claimed that an MP who is part of a sub-panel scrutinising the 2021 expenditure budget demanded a Bt5 million bribe from him.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1177562-house-committee-offers-bt100000-award-for-footage-of-extortion/

 

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Schools ready for new normal education in case of second Covid-19 wave, says minister

By THE NATION

 

 

Education Minister Natthapol Teepsuwan said on Thursday (August 13) that schools across the country are capable of practising the “new normal” in case there is a second wave of Covid-19 infections.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1177565-schools-ready-for-new-normal-education-in-case-of-second-covid-19-wave-says-minister/

 

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Abbot locks himself in dog cage in protest

By The Nation

 

 

The abbot of Wat Kho Suppharat temple in Angthong province locked himself in a cage at 10am on Thursday (August 13) after officials from the Supreme Sangha showed up to punish him for allegedly disturbing locals with his loud sermons.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1177567-abbot-locks-himself-in-dog-cage-in-protest/

 

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Man in black robs nearly Bt5,000 from Lampang 7-11

By THE NATION

 

 

A man, aged between 20 and 30, allegedly held 7-11 staff at “gunpoint” and made off with nearly Bt5,000 early on Thursday (August 13) in Lampang’s Muang district.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1177569-man-in-black-robs-nearly-bt5000-from-lampang-7-eleven/

 

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Two killed in deep South blasts

By The Nation

 

 

A soldier and an officer who were providing security to teachers in the deep South were killed in two separate bomb blasts this morning (August 13).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1177570-two-killed-in-deep-south-blasts/

 

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Thai investor mood dips for first time in four months, politics weigh

By Satawasin Staporncharnchai and Orathai Sriring

 

FILE PHOTO: Thai baht notes are seen at a Kasikornbank in Bangkok, Thailand, May 12, 2016. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Investor confidence in Thailand's capital markets over the next three months dropped for the first time in four months, unsettled by recent anti-government protests, a capital market association said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1177572-thai-investor-mood-dips-for-first-time-in-four-months-politics-weigh/

 

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Trade department to push for RCEP signing in October

By The Nation

 

The department’s director-general Auramon Supthaweethum

 

The Department of Trade Negotiations will urge the Cabinet in October to consider signing the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) pact, the department’s director general Auramon Supthaweethum said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1177575-trade-department-to-push-for-rcep-signing-in-october/

 

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Probe finds deep flaws in ‘Boss’ investigation; police chief urges drugs, speeding charges

By The Nation

 

 

A police panel tasked probing the investigation of the 2012 hit-and-run case against Vorayuth “Boss” Yoovidhya today (August 13) said the case was riddled with flaws from the beginning, while the national police chief ordered Vorayuth should be charged with drug use and speeding.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1177588-probe-finds-deep-flaws-in-‘boss’-investigation-police-chief-urges-drugs-speeding-charges/

 

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Explainer: Pandemic behaviour - Why some people don't play by the rules

By Kate Kelland and Megan Revell

 

FILE PHOTO: People wear face masks as they use the beach boardwalk during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Huntington Beach, California, U.S., July 1, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Lockdowns and social distancing measures introduced around the world to try and curb the COVID-19 pandemic are reshaping lives, legislating activities that were once everyday freedoms and creating new social norms.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1177589-explainer-pandemic-behaviour-why-some-people-dont-play-by-the-rules/

 

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Explainer: What we know about possible COVID-19 transmission from freight and packages

 

FILE PHOTO: The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), which was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China, is seen in an illustration released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. January 29, 2020. Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM/CDC/Handout via REUTERS.

 

WELLINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) - China reported several cases of frozen food packaging contaminated with the novel coronavirus this week, while New Zealand said it is investigating the possibility that its latest COVID-19 cases could be traced to imported freight.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1177590-explainer-what-we-know-about-possible-covid-19-transmission-from-freight-and-packages/

 

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Belarus says police detained about 700 protesters overnight

 

A man sits on a stair outside a detention centre as paramedics arrive to deliver medical support to his son, who was detained during recent protests against the presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus August 13, 2020. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko

 

MINSK (Reuters) - Belarusian police detained about 700 people on a fourth night of protests following President Alexander Lukasheko's contested election victory, the former Soviet republic's interior ministry said on Thursday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1177591-belarus-says-police-detained-about-700-protesters-overnight/

 

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Majority of Scots support independence from UK - YouGov poll

 

The flag of Scotland flies outside a house at Garelochhead, Scotland, Britain, July 22, 2020. Picture taken July 22, 2020. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne

 

LONDON (Reuters) - A majority of Scots support independence from the United Kingdom, a YouGov poll found on Wednesday, with support for nationalists bolstered by a much more positive view of how they have responded to COVID-19 compared with London.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1177593-majority-of-scots-support-independence-from-uk-yougov-poll/

 

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Vietnam PM says next 10 days 'critical' in virus fight

By Phuong Nguyen

 

A medical specialist wearing a protective suit collects a swab sample from a traveller who has returned from Da Nang, at a testing center for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Hanoi, Vietnam August 10, 2020. REUTERS/Kham

 

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's Prime Minister said on Wednesday that the next 10 days would be critical in the Southeast Asian country's fight against a new coronavirus outbreak, which resurfaced late last month after three months of no domestic cases.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1177594-vietnam-pm-says-next-10-days-critical-in-virus-fight/

 

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Philippines reports 4,002 more coronavirus infections, 23 deaths

 

FILE PHOTO: An armed police officer patrols at a public market where wearing face masks and face shields is mandatory, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Taytay, Rizal province, Philippines, August 11, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez

 

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' health ministry on Thursday reported 4,002 more novel coronavirus infections and 23 additional deaths in the country.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1177595-philippines-reports-4002-more-coronavirus-infections-23-deaths/

 

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Three men charged with threatening, intimidating or attempting to silence R Kelly accusers

By Clémence Michallon

 

R. Kelly leaves a court hearing on 26 June 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. ( Scott Olson/Getty Images )

 

Three men have been arrested and charged with threatening, intimidating, or attempting to silence R Kelly’s alleged victims.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1177597-three-men-charged-with-threatening-intimidating-or-attempting-to-silence-r-kelly-accusers/

 

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Netflix to stream Diana musical before Broadway debut

 

Jeanna de Waal stars as Diana and Roe Hartrampf as Prince Charles / GETTY IMAGES

 

Diana the musical will be streamed on Netflix next year before it makes its official Broadway debut.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1177598-netflix-to-stream-diana-musical-before-broadway-debut/

 

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'It's a mega year!': book trade braces for autumn onslaught of major new titles

By Alison Flood

 

Jamie Oliver, who has been the writer of the No 1 Christmas book five times, at a signing at Waterstones in 2009. Photograph: Mike Marsland/WireImage

 

From Richard Osman’s first crime novel to Caitlin Moran’s new memoir, almost 600 hardbacks are due to be published on 3 September in a “massive bun fight” of new titles, as books delayed over the summer due to Covid-19 finally make it on to shelves.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1177600-its-a-mega-year-book-trade-braces-for-autumn-onslaught-of-major-new-titles/

 

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