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Military 'won't block' northeastern people from joining Sept 19 anti-govt rally

By THE NATION

 

Maj-General Rachan Prachantasen

 

There will be no military roadblocks to stop protesters from the Northeast travelling to join an anti-government demonstration scheduled for Saturday (September 19) at Thammasat University's Tha Phrachan campus in Bangkok, 2nd Army spokesman Maj-General Rachan Prachantasen said on Monday (September 14).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182583-military-wont-block-northeastern-people-from-joining-sept-19-anti-govt-rally/

 

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Thailand Mulls Path Linking Indian and Pacific Oceans

By Randy Thanthong-Knight

 

Photographer: Taylor Weidman/Bloomberg

 

For decades, Thailand had an ambitious plan of dredging a canal through the country’s narrowest point to link the Indian and the Pacific Oceans, bypassing the Strait of Malacca — one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes — and potentially cutting travel time by five days.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182584-thailand-mulls-path-linking-indian-and-pacific-oceans/

 

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New RTP chief "Big Pat" reminds immigration about their duties

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

Thailand's incoming new police chief General Suwat Chaengyodsuk has reminded top brass at the Immigration Bureau about their responsibilities in keeping Thailand safe from foreign law breakers, reported Naew Na.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182586-new-rtp-chief-big-pat-reminds-immigration-about-their-duties/

 

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Management at condo threatens to take the mortar away from persistent Som Tam pounders!

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

A major drama is brewing at a condo tower in Muang Thong Thani north of Bangkok. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182587-management-at-condo-threatens-to-take-the-mortar-away-from-persistent-som-tam-pounders/

 

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Let that be a lesson! Schoolkids invited to steamrollering of exhausts in south

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

Around thirty schoolchildren from a local school were invited to the Phatthalung Police station in southern Thailand to witness a steam roller destroying more than 300 motorcycle exhausts. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182588-let-that-be-a-lesson-schoolkids-invited-to-steamrollering-of-exhausts-in-south/

 

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Phetchabun governor moots transfer of encroached forest land to Treasury Department

By THE NATION

 

A mountain view of Khao Kho National Park

 

Phetchabun Governor Seubsak Iamwijarn said on Monday (September 14) that he was planning to meet with Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan and Deputy Finance Minister Santi Promphat this week to discuss the encroachment on national forest lands by hotel operators in Khao Kho, Phuhin Rongkla and Nam Nao national parks.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182591-phetchabun-governor-moots-transfer-of-encroached-forest-land-to-treasury-department/

 

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Tourists flock back to spectacular Korat peak

By THE NATION

 

 

Pha Sam Kleur viewpoint in Nakhon Ratchasima is welcoming back tourists with its stunning views of Thap Lan National Park’s emerald mountains and turquoise Lam Sae reservoir.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182597-tourists-flock-back-to-spectacular-korat-peak/

 

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More public holidays eyed in bid to boost economy

By The Nation

 

Wissanu Krea-ngam

 

The Tourism and Sports Ministry is looking into the option of creating new public holidays in a bid to stimulate the economy, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said on Tuesday (September 15).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182605-more-public-holidays-eyed-in-bid-to-boost-economy/

 

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'No delay in govt staff salaries, social welfare card payments'

By The Nation

 

Lavaron Sangsnit

 

The Ministry of Finance has assured that salary payments to civil servants and social welfare cardholders would not be delayed by the Budget Procedures Act, BE 2564 (2021).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182608-no-delay-in-govt-staff-salaries-social-welfare-card-payments/

 

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Police make quick work of mobile phone thief

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Surachet Saengmanee, 24, was arrested only about an hour after he stole the two mobile phones. Photo: Chalong Police

 

PHUKET: A 24-year-old man was arrested only about 90 minutes after he stole two mobile phones from a woman’s motorbike parked in front of a restaurant on Wiset Rd, Rawai, last night (Sept 14).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182612-police-make-quick-work-of-mobile-phone-thief/

 

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Two foreigners, three Thais found positive in quarantine

By The Nation

 

 

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration reported five cases in state quarantine over a 24-hour period on Tuesday (September 15).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182613-two-foreigners-three-thais-found-positive-in-quarantine/

 

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Immigration Police sue Twitter user for making false claim

By THE NATION

 

Pol Lt-General Sompong Chingduang

 

Immigration Police is suing a Twitter user for falsely claiming that foreigners are allowed to enter Thailand via Suvarnabhumi Airport without having to undergo the mandatory 14-day quarantine.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182626-immigration-police-sue-twitter-user-for-making-false-claim/

 

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Hallucinating mother slits young daughter’s throat

By The Nation

 

 

A woman in Surat Thani, who allegedly became paranoid due to lack of sleep, cut her three-year-old daughter’s throat while the child was sleeping.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182628-hallucinating-mother-slits-young-daughter’s-throat/

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Man steps in to help homeless pitbull owner

By The Nation

 

 

A woman who owned six pitbull dogs but was evicted from her previous rented apartment due to complaints from neighbours about the dog menace, has found a benefactor who has allowed her to stay in his unoccupied flat in Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182629-man-steps-in-to-help-homeless-pitbull-owner/

 

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Thailand Post suspends shipments to Philippines due to Covid-19 situation

By The Nation

 

 

Thailand Post has suspended large courier and courier post services to the Philippines temporarily, due to the aggravating Covid-19 situation there.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182630-thailand-post-suspends-shipments-to-philippines-due-to-covid-19-situation/

 

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Thai conscript dies after just two weeks in military service

 

 

“An end to conscription” hashtag has become a hot trend on Twitter today, with more than 56,000 tweets, after a Facebook post about the death of a young man only ten days after he entered military service.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182631-thai-conscript-dies-after-just-two-weeks-in-military-service/

 

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Khao San Road and Ong Ang canal to get weekend walking streets

By The Nation

 

 

Bangkok will open walking streets on Khao San Road and the road along Ong Ang canal on weekends from October to stimulate tourism.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182633-khao-san-road-and-ong-ang-canal-to-get-weekend-walking-streets/

 

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Unleash the ducks! Thai drought worries threaten farming tradition

By Prapan Chankaew

 

FILE PHOTO: Ducks feed on a rice field outside Bangkok, Thailand, May 2, 2020. REUTERS/Matthew Tostevin

 

NAKHON PATHOM, Thailand (Reuters) - After harvesting the rice crop in this part of central Thailand, a flock of around 10,000 ducks is released from a pen and instinctively stream towards the flooded fields to devour pests such as snails hiding in the rice stubble.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182634-unleash-the-ducks-thai-drought-worries-threaten-farming-tradition/

 

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Conflict over trucks operating between Thailand and Myanmar

 

File photo

 

Thai and Myanmar officials are in conflict over the operation of cargo trucks travelling between Thailand’s Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai province and the Thachilek township in Myanmar.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182636-conflict-over-trucks-operating-between-thailand-and-myanmar/

 

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Panel set up to investigate school rape allegation

By The Nation

 

 

Kalasin Provincial Education Office has set up an investigation committee to uncover the truth behind allegations that three schoolboys raped a five-year-old girl in the school toilet.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182638-panel-set-up-to-investigate-school-rape-allegation/

 

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Young conscript found dead 10 days into military service

By The Nation

 

 

Thai netizens on Tuesday demanded an end to military conscription after a Facebook post announced the death of another young conscript in mysterious circumstances.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182631-thai-conscript-dies-after-just-two-weeks-in-military-service/?do=findComment&comment=15817561

 

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Govt promises to start paying elderly, disabled their monthly grants soon

By The Nation

 

Trisulee Trisoranakul

 

The government has confirmed that it will soon start paying the monthly grant to the elderly and disabled, and will also develop an e-payment system which allows them to receive the money directly.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182646-govt-promises-to-start-paying-elderly-disabled-their-monthly-grants-soon/

 

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Cabinet okays 9-month visas for foreigners

 

 

The Cabinet has approved a proposal of issuing long-stay visas for foreigners visiting Thailand.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182655-cabinet-okays-9-month-visas-for-foreigners/

 

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Vietnam jails four over migrant deaths in British truck

 

FILE PHOTO: Tran Thi Hien, mother of Anna Bui Thi Nhung, one of 39 Vietnamese people found dead in a truck near London last year, cries while following an ambulance carrying her daughter's coffin during the funeral ceremony at her village in Nghe An province, Vietnam November 30, 2019. REUTERS/Kham/File Photo

 

HANOI (Reuters) - A court in Vietnam on Monday sentenced four Vietnamese people to between 2-1/2 and 7-1/2 years in prison for their role in the deaths of 39 migrants whose bodies were discovered in the back of a truck near London in October last year.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182668-vietnam-jails-four-over-migrant-deaths-in-british-truck/

 

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Vietnam sentences brothers to death over bloody land clash

By Khanh Vu and James Pearson

 

Farmers of Dong Tam village stand between police during the verdict in their trial over the deaths of three police officers and a farmer during a land dispute in January 9, at a court in Hanoi, Vietnam September 14, 2020. Doan Tan/VNA via REUTERS

 

HANOI (Reuters) - A Vietnamese court sentenced two brothers to death and handed prison terms or probation to 27 others on Monday, for their roles in the high-profile killings of three policemen in a clash over land rights, the security ministry and a lawyer said.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182669-vietnam-sentences-brothers-to-death-over-bloody-land-clash/

 

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Johnson lashes out at EU as he clears first hurdle for Brexit treaty breach

By Elizabeth Piper and William James

 

EU's Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier arrives for a meeting with V4 + 4 ambassadors after last week's round of negotiations with Britain, in Brussels, Belgium September 14, 2020. REUTERS/Johanna Geron

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson lashed out at the European Union on Monday as he won initial approval for a plan to breach the Brexit treaty, saying the move was needed because the bloc had refused to take a "revolver off the table" in trade talks.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182671-johnson-lashes-out-at-eu-as-he-clears-first-hurdle-for-brexit-treaty-breach/

 

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Britain warns it citizens of risk of arbitrary detention in China

 

FILE PHOTO: A Union flag and a Chinese flag on a pole with security cameras in front of a portrait of late Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong at the Tiananmen gate, during a visit to China by the then British prime minister, Theresa May, in Beijing, January 31, 2018. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - Britain has issued new a travel advisory for China, warning that its nationals may be at risk of arbitrary detention, after several foreigners were held on various charges including cases involving state secrets and national security.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182672-britain-warns-it-citizens-of-risk-of-arbitrary-detention-in-china/

 

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Indonesia to beef-up patrols after China coastguard raises suspicion

By Agustinus Beo Da Costa

 

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: A China Coast Guard vessel patrols at the disputed Scarborough Shoal April 5, 2017. Picture taken April 5, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro/File Photo

 

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia will increase maritime security operations near some of its islands in the South China Sea after a Chinese coastguard vessel was spotted nearby, raising suspicions about its intentions, a senior security official said on Tuesday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182673-indonesia-to-beef-up-patrols-after-china-coastguard-raises-suspicion/

 

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Philippines to prioritise coronavirus vaccine supply from Russia or China

 

FILE PHOTO: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announces the disbandment of police operations against illegal drugs next to Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana at the Malacanang palace in Manila, Philippines January 29, 2017. Picture taken January 29, 2017. REUTERS/Ezra Acayan/File Photo

 

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte vowed on Monday to prioritise buying COVID-19 vaccine to be made available by Russia or China, while taking a swipe at pharmaceutical firms of western nations asking for advance payment for their offers.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182674-philippines-to-prioritise-coronavirus-vaccine-supply-from-russia-or-china/

 

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Philippines reports 3,544 novel coronavirus cases, 34 more deaths

 

FILE PHOTO: A government worker carries a signage reminding passengers waiting for a bus to maintain social distancing amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, September 7, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez

 

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' health ministry on Tuesday confirmed 3,544 additional novel coronavirus infections and 34 more deaths.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182676-philippines-reports-3544-novel-coronavirus-cases-34-more-deaths/