THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Thursday 1 Oct 2020

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Trump says 'Proud Boys' group should let law enforcement do its work

By Jeff Mason

 

U.S. President Donald Trump approaches reporters as he departs on campaign travel to Minnesota from the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 30, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the "Proud Boys," an organization identified as a hate group, should "stand down" and let law enforcement take the lead, following comments he made in the first presidential debate that were viewed as emboldening the group.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1185313-trump-says-proud-boys-group-should-let-law-enforcement-do-its-work/

 

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Thailand now open to long-stay tourists

By The Nation

 

 

The Government Gazette website announced that long-stay tourists would now be allowed to enter Thailand, after the Cabinet approved the measure on September 15.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1185314-thailand-now-open-to-long-stay-tourists/

 

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Three killed, 2 critically injured in head-on collision in Si Sa Ket

By THE NATION

 

 

Two pickup trucks smashed into each other on Si Sa Ket-Ubon Ratchathani Road, killing three passengers including an 11-month-old baby. The two drivers sustained major injuries.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1185321-three-killed-2-critically-injured-in-head-on-collision-in-si-sa-ket/

 

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Chiang Mai: 200 hotel employees left unpaid for 6 months appeal to governor

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Sanook reported that more than 200 employees of a well-known hotel in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai were planning to appeal to the governor after they were left high and dry.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1185326-chiang-mai-200-hotel-employees-left-unpaid-for-6-months-appeal-to-governor/

 

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Thailand Road Carnage: Mother holding 11 month old daughter both dead in double pick-up smash

 

Picture: Sanook

 

A gruesome accident was reported by Sanook on the Sisaket to Ubon Ratchathani Road in Thailand's north east yesterday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1185321-three-killed-2-critically-injured-in-head-on-collision-in-si-sa-ket/?do=findComment&comment=15871479

 

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World Tourism Day: Airbnb Reveals Most Hospitable Destinations in Thailand

Destinations near Bangkok, in Thailand’s North and South dominate list of most hospital destinations

Most hospitable destinations are those with the highest percentage of listings with 5-star reviews

 

 

Bangkok, Thailand, 30 September 2020 - The UNWTO has designated 2020 as the “Year of Tourism and Rural Development” and is shining a light on the economic importance of rural travel this World Tourism Day. Airbnb has seen firsthand how travel and tourism are helping rural communities across the globe begin to recover from the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, as the platform sees trends shift away from urban destinations, towards more rural areas and smaller communities.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1185327-world-tourism-day-airbnb-reveals-most-hospitable-destinations-in-thailand/

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Yikes! Cobra sets up home in nonagenarian's toilet!

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Snake catchers were called to the home of a 93 year old man called Phoon in Bueng Kan province after his daughter saw a cobra in his room. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1185331-yikes-cobra-sets-up-home-in-nonagenarians toilet/

 

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Four foreigners, one returnee found positive in quarantine

By The Nation

 

 

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration on Thursday reported five new cases in state quarantine.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1185333-four-foreigners-one-returnee-found-positive-in-quarantine/

 

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Triam Udom Suksa School students, teachers protest against controversial teacher transfers

By The Nation

 

Photos By Tanachai Pramarnpanich

 

Students and teachers of Triam Udom Suksa School on Thursday protested against the transfer of seven teachers, which they deemed unjustified.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1185335-triam-udom-suksa-school-students-teachers-protest-against-controversial-teacher-transfers/

 

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Kalasin man dies after cigarette he was smoking ignites gas canister

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Police and rescue services in the Bua Khao sub-district of Kalasin in Thailand's north east were called after an explosion in a storeroom behind a grocer's.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1185336-kalasin-man-dies-after-cigarette-he-was-smoking-ignites-gas-canister/

 

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"Domino effect" sees Phuket's tourism downturn affect all areas of the economy

 

 

Thai PBS reported from Phuket where they saw the devastating effect of the pandemic on the tourism industry destroy other businesses in its wake.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1185340-domino-effect-sees-phukets-tourism-downturn-affect-all-areas-of-the-economy/

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Helmet sporting deviant lies in wait outside girls’ school to ‘show off’

By The Nation

 

 

A masked exhibitionist is reportedly terrorising female students in Samut Prakan by masturbating as they leave school every evening.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1185341-helmet-sporting-deviant-lies-in-wait-outside-girls’-school-to-‘show-off’/

 

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Prayut promises to do his best to protect Thailand’s natural resources at UN Summit on Biodiversity

By The Nation

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha

 

At the United Nations Summit on Biodiversity on Thursday morning (8pm on Wednesday New York time), Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said his government will do its best to solve the problem of biodiversity losses in the country.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1185351-prayut-promises-to-do-his-best-to-protect-thailand’s-natural-resources-at-un-summit-on-biodiversity/

 

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Prayut takes delivery of bogeys for new MRT lines

By THE NATION

 

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha took delivery of the bogeys for the new MRT Yellow and Pink lines in a ceremony at Chonburi’s Laem Chabang port on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1185354-prayut-takes-delivery-of-bogeys-for-new-mrt-lines/

 

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Korat residents launch hunt for lurking crocodile

By The Nation

 

 

Many Nakhon Ratchasima locals have joined the hunt for a 1.5-metre-long crocodile that escaped from a crocodile farm after the first attempt to catch it on Wednesday failed.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1185356-korat-residents-launch-hunt-for-lurking-crocodile/

 

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Red Planet to make itself visible in Thai skies on October 6 and 14

By THE NATION

 

 

The National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (NARIT) announced on Tuesday that Mars will be close to the Earth on October 6 and 14 and visible to the naked eye if the skies are clear.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1185357-red-planet-to-make-itself-visible-in-thai-skies-on-october-6-and-14/

 

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Military convoy ambushed by suspected insurgents in Songkhla

By The Nation

 

 

Four soldiers were injured when suspected insurgents ambushed a convoy of 15th Infantry Division vehicles in Songkhla province on Thursday morning.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1185359-military-convoy-ambushed-by-suspected-insurgents-in-songkhla/

 

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Thai restaurant in Japan blamed for cluster of at least 15 COVID-19 infections

 

Image Credit: Manager Online

 

A Thai restaurant in Japan’s Chiba prefecture has been blamed for a cluster of as many as 15 COVID-19 cases.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1185360-thai-restaurant-in-japan-blamed-for-cluster-of-at-least-15-covid-19-infections/

 

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Don’t panic: TV blackout due to improving Phuket signal, says NBTC

By The Phuket News

 

The announcement by the NBTC.

 

PHUKET: The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) Phuket office today (Oct 1) urged Phuket people not to be worried about digital TV services going off-air today as officers are working on upgrading the TV signal coverage across Phuket today and tomorrow (Oct 1-2).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1185362-don’t-panic-tv-blackout-due-to-improving-phuket-signal-says-nbtc/

 

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Meteorological Dept’s former chief gets jail for being far too lenient with fines

By THE NATION

 

 

The Meteorological Department’s former director-general was handed a sentence of three years and four months in jail on Wednesday for causing the department losses of over Bt300 million.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1185381-meteorological-dept’s-former-chief-gets-jail-for-being-far-too-lenient-with-fines/

 

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Sompong re-elected Pheu Thai chief in leadership reshuffle

By THE NATION

 

Sompong Amornwiwat

 

Sompong Amornwiwat was re-elected as leader of the main opposition Pheu Thai Party on Thursday, less than a week after he resigned the post on Saturday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1185382-sompong-re-elected-pheu-thai-chief-in-leadership-reshuffle/

 

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Bangkok Airways to resume flights to Trat from Friday

By The Nation

 

 

Bangkok Airways announced on Thursday that it was resuming its Bangkok-Trat flights from Friday onwards.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1185383-bangkok-airways-to-resume-flights-to-trat-from-friday/

 

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Man arrested in Kathu for rape of wife’s granddaughter

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The man, named by police only as ‘Mr Sombat’, was arrested at a house in Kathu on Tuesday (Sept 29). Photo: CSD

 

PHUKET:-- A 49-year-old man has been arrested for the alleged rape of his wife’s granddaughter in Kathu. The girl is reportedly now pregnant with his child.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1185384-man-arrested-in-kathu-for-rape-of-wife’s-granddaughter/

 

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EU launches legal case against UK over Internal Market Bill

 

 

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union on Thursday launched legal action against Britain’s new Internal Market Bill on the grounds that it undercuts London’s earlier legal commitments under its Brexit divorce treaty, the head of the bloc’s executive said.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1185386-eu-launches-legal-case-against-uk-over-internal-market-bill/

 

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UK seeks to avoid national lockdown to stop unemployment in millions, minister says

 

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government is seeking to avoid a full national lockdown to prevent unemployment soaring into the millions, Environment Secretary George Eustice said on Thursday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1185387-uk-seeks-to-avoid-national-lockdown-to-stop-unemployment-in-millions-minister-says/

 

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No clear link between school opening and COVID surge, study finds

By Kate Kelland

 

Girls wearing masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are seen in a classroom of a school in Bangkok, Thailand September 15, 2020. Picture taken September 15, 2020. REUTERS/Jorge Silva/Files

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Widespread reopening of schools after lockdowns and vacations is generally not linked to rising COVID-19 rates, a study of 191 countries has found, but lockdown closures will leave a 2020 "pandemic learning debt" of 300 billion missed school days.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1185390-no-clear-link-between-school-opening-and-covid-surge-study-finds/

 

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Neanderthal genes linked to severe COVID-19; Mosquitoes cannot transmit the coronavirus

By Nancy Lapid

 

A man wearing a protective face mask walks past an illustration of a virus outside a regional science centre, as the city and surrounding areas face local restrictions in an effort to avoid a local lockdown being forced upon the region, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Oldham, Britain August 3, 2020. REUTERS/Phil Noble/Files

 

(Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1185392-neanderthal-genes-linked-to-severe-covid-19-mosquitoes-cannot-transmit-the-coronavirus/

 

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Registration for Subsidized Shopping Campaign Starts for Vendors

 

 

BANGKOK, Oct 1 (TNA) –  Registration for the government’s new campaign to provide a half-price subsidy to consumers for their purchases at eligible stores started on Thursday for small entrepreneurs and vendors.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1185393-registration-for-subsidized-shopping-campaign-starts-for-vendors/

 

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Uncertainty on 2nd COVID Wave

 

 

NONTHABURI, Oct 1 (TNA) – It is difficult to predict if Thailand will suffer its second wave of the coronavirus disease 2019 but if it happens, the number of patients can be limited, according to the Department of Disease Control.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1185394-uncertainty-on-2nd-covid-wave/

 

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Jackass at 20: disgusting, childish, dangerous and ... heartwarming?

By Hannah Woodhead

 

Johnny Knoxville in Jackass: Number Two. Photograph: c. Paramount/Everett / Rex Features

 

The very first episode of MTV’s Jackass, airing on 1 October 2000, bore the striking title Poo Cocktail – referring to a stunt in which Johnny Knoxville is strapped into an excrement-filled porta potty, which is then upended by a forklift truck.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1185396-jackass-at-20-disgusting-childish-dangerous-and-heartwarming/