THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Tuesday 13 Oct 2020

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The Great Expat Explore Hotel Stay Prize Draw Giveaway

 

Early this year Thaivisa.com launched Expat Explore designed to help domestic travel in Thailand through Expat travel. Thaivisa went to the industry and negotiated hard to get the best possible travel rates for its Expat members in exchange for free advertising.

 

 

 

The market responded and Expats not surprisingly redeemed these wonderful offers and started to travel more throughout Thailand, a win-win in every sense.

 

To celebrate this and further push Expat Explore Thaivisa have again teamed up with hoteliers throughout Thailand to offer 10 lucky winners free hotel accommodation ranging from 1 to 2 nights. We also have over 10 other runner prizes of vouchers for hotel stay at 40% - 50% off.

 

More information: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1184027-the-great-expat-explore-hotel-stay-prize-draw-giveaway/

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Thailand to make, supply AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine

 

FILE PHOTO: A test tube labeled with the vaccine is seen in front of AstraZeneca logo in this illustration taken, September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

 

(Reuters) - Thailand has agreed to manufacture and supply AstraZeneca Plc's experimental COVID-19 vaccine in the southeast Asian country and other nations in the region, the British and Thai governments said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187126-thailand-to-make-supply-astrazenecas-covid-19-vaccine/

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Transport Minister orders signals and barriers installed at all railway crossings

 

 

Thailand’s Transport Minister, Saksayam Chidchob, has ordered the State Railway of Thailand and the Department of Rail Transport to install signal systems and barriers at all railway crossings throughout the country, to prevent a repeat of the train-bus collision in Chachoengsao province on Saturday, which resulted in multiple fatalities and over 30 injured.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187077-thai-transport-minister-orders-signals-and-barriers-installed-at-all-railway-crossings/

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Thais overwhelmed by rising prices of food, necessities, poll shows

By THE NATION

 

 

Results of a Suan Dusit Poll released on Monday show that the biggest problem Thais are suffering now is the rising price of food and necessities.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187098-thais-overwhelmed-by-rising-prices-of-food-necessities-poll-shows/

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High-speed railway project set to take off, EIA on rail tracks in Ayutthaya okayed

By The Nation

 

Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob

 

Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob announced on Monday that the Thailand-China high-speed railway project, aiming to link the mainland with Laos and Thailand, is ready to kick off.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187146-high-speed-railway-project-set-to-take-off-eia-on-rail-tracks-in-ayutthaya-okayed/

 

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1,500 tested in Mae Sot after infected drivers spark fears of contagion from Myanmar

By The Nation

 

Dr Sopon Iamsirithaworn, director of the DDC’s Bureau of General Communicable Diseases

 

The Department of Disease Control (DDC) has revealed progress in testing people who may have come into contact with three Myanmar drivers who tested positive for Covid-19 in the border district of Mae Sot, Tak province.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187148-1500-tested-in-mae-sot-after-infected-drivers-spark-fears-of-contagion-from-myanmar/

 

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Thailand’s big banks sinking billions into digital transformation

By THE NATION

 

 

Four of Thailand's biggest commercial banks are hastening moves to stay ahead of the wave of digital disruption now sweeping the country.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187149-thailand’s-big-banks-sinking-billions-into-digital-transformation/

 

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Thai chicken exports to China rise 75%

By The Nation

 

 

The value of Thai chicken exports to China has risen 75 per cent this year, powered by no less than 23 Thai poultry factories now operating in the People’s Republic.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187150-thai-chicken-exports-to-china-rise-75/

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Thai Monthong faces Malaysia's ‘King’ in battle for China’s Bt50bn durian market

By The Nation

 

 

A fruit war has broken out in China, where Malaysia’s Musang King is battling with Thailand’s Monthong to conquer the increasingly lucrative durian market.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187151-thai-monthong-faces-malaysias-‘king’-in-battle-for-china’s-bt50bn-durian-market/

 

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Cabinet okays 6 new projects to boost production, distribution of tap water

By The Nation

 

 

The Cabinet on Monday gave the green light to six new projects from the Provincial Waterworks Authority worth Bt11.45 billion, in addition to the nine projects it endorsed in April.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187153-cabinet-okays-6-new-projects-to-boost-production-distribution-of-tap-water/

 

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Libong islanders blame Harbour Department for killing seagrass

 

 

Residents of Thailand’s Libong Island, off the southern province of Trang, are crying foul after the Harbor Department allegedly dumped muddy sediment into the sea, resulting in the death of a large area of seagrass.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187154-libong-islanders-blame-harbour-department-for-killing-seagrass/

 

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West Ham sign Watford defender Dawson on loan

 

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Premier League - Watford v Southampton - Vicarage Road, Watford, Britain - June 28, 2020 Watford's Craig Dawson, as play resumes behind closed doors following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Richard Heathcote/Pool via REUTERS

 

(Reuters) - West Ham United have signed Watford centre back Craig Dawson on a season-long loan, the Premier League club said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187155-west-ham-sign-watford-defender-dawson-on-loan/

 

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Germany's Werner fully fit, trio doubtful against Swiss - Loew

 

Soccer Football - UEFA Nations League - Germany Training - RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany - October 12, 2020 Germany players during training REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay

 

COLOGNE, Germany (Reuters) - Germany striker Timo Werner is fully fit for their Nations League game against Switzerland on Tuesday but there are still doubts about Julian Draxler, Lukas Klostermann and Marcel Halstenberg, coach Joachim Loew said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187156-germanys-werner-fully-fit-trio-doubtful-against-swiss-loew/

 

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Premier League clubs and FA head into meetings amid reform plan row

By Simon Evans

 

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Premier League - Chelsea v Liverpool - Stamford Bridge, London, Britain - September 20, 2020 General view of the Premier League trophy before the match Pool via REUTERS/Michael Regan

 

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Premier League clubs will break their silence over the much criticised proposals for major changes to the structure of England's top flight, when they meet this week amidst talk of a 'civil war' within the game.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187157-premier-league-clubs-and-fa-head-into-meetings-amid-reform-plan-row/

 

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EU travellers could avoid quarantine under plans for COVID-19 testing regime: The Telegraph

 

FILE PHOTO: Passengers wearing protective face masks walk at Fiumicino Airport on the day EU governments agreed a "safe list" of 14 countries for which they will allow non-essential travel starting from July, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Rome, Italy, June 30, 2020. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane

 

(Reuters) - Travellers across Europe could avoid quarantine under plans to introduce a comprehensive COVID-19 testing regime, The Telegraph reported on Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187158-eu-travellers-could-avoid-quarantine-under-plans-for-covid-19-testing-regime-the-telegraph/

 

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Trump to resume campaign as new polls show Biden lead growing in key states

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump takes off his face mask as he comes out on a White House balcony to speak to supporters gathered on the South Lawn for a campaign rally that the White House is calling a "peaceful protest" in Washington, U.S., October 10, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

 

TOLEDO, Ohio (Reuters) - President Donald Trump is seeking to put his bout with COVID-19 behind him with a return to the campaign trail in Florida on Monday, as new polls show him losing more ground to Democratic rival Joe Biden in two battleground states that could decide the Nov. 3 election.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187159-trump-to-resume-campaign-as-new-polls-show-biden-lead-growing-in-key-states/

 

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Navy begins defusing biggest World War Two bomb ever found in Poland

 

Navy divers from the 12th Minesweeper Squadron of the 8th Coastal Defense Flotilla take part in a five-day operation to defuse the largest unexploded World War Two Tallboy bomb ever found in Poland in Swinoujscie, Poland, October 12, 2020. Agencja Gazeta/Cezary Aszkielowicz via REUTERS

 

WARSAW (Reuters) - Navy divers on Monday began a five-day operation to defuse the largest unexploded World War Two bomb ever found in Poland, forcing more than 750 people to evacuate their homes.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187160-navy-begins-defusing-biggest-world-war-two-bomb-ever-found-in-poland/

 

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UK's Johnson shuts pubs in parts of England with new COVID-19 curbs

By Paul Sandle and William James

 

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street, in London, Britain, September 22, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo

 

LIVERPOOL/LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson imposed a tiered system of further restrictions on parts of England on Monday, including shutting pubs, to curb an acceleration in COVID-19 cases, though anger was rising at the cost of the curtailment of freedoms.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187161-uks-johnson-shuts-pubs-in-parts-of-england-with-new-covid-19-curbs/

 

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Irish capital has not turned a corner in COVID-19 fight: health chief

 

FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective face mask walks along a street as the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) announced recommendations that the government implement the highest level of COVID-19 restrictions to Level 5, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in the City centre of Galway, Ireland, October 5, 2020. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne

 

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's chief medical officer said he has not seen anywhere near enough evidence to suggest COVID-19 cases have stabilised sufficiently in Dublin, a bellwether in deciding if nationwide restrictions are strong enough.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187164-irish-capital-has-not-turned-a-corner-in-covid-19-fight-health-chief/

 

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EU to sanction Russians over Navalny poisoning, diplomats say

 

FILE PHOTO: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny delivers a speech during a rally to demand the release of jailed protesters, who were detained during opposition demonstrations for fair elections, in Moscow, Russia September 29, 2019/File Photo

 

LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - European Union foreign ministers backed a Franco-German plan on Monday to impose sanctions on Russians suspected of poisoning Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny with a nerve agent, diplomats said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187165-eu-to-sanction-russians-over-navalny-poisoning-diplomats-say/

 

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Provincial organisation elections to be held nationwide on Dec 20

By THE NATION

 

 

Election of chief executives and members of the Provincial Administrative Organisation (PAO) nationwide would be held on Sunday December 20, the Election Commission (EC) announced on Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187173-provincial-organisation-elections-to-be-held-nationwide-on-dec-20/

 

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Analysis: 'I have failed': Kim Jong Un shows tearful side in confronting North Korea's hardships

By Josh Smith

 

North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un reacts during a speech at a military parade marking 75th founding anniversary of Workers' Party of Korea (Wpk), in this still image taken from video on October 12, 2020. KRT TV/ via REUTERS

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appeared to shed tears at the weekend as he thanked citizens for their sacrifices, in the most striking demonstration yet of how he is relying on his "man of the people" persona to tackle his country's deepening crisis.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187177-analysis-i-have-failed-kim-jong-un-shows-tearful-side-in-confronting-north-koreas-hardships/

 

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STV gloves off!: Confusion reigns as gung-ho tourism minister and foreign ministry contradict each other

 

 

Thai media has offered differing views about the prospects of the country opening up to foreign tourism this month. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187182-stv-gloves-off-confusion-reigns-as-gung-ho-tourism-minister-and-foreign-ministry contradict-each-other/

 

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Man wanted for rape of girl, 14, six years ago arrested in Bangkok

By THE NATION

 

 

A wanted man has been arrested in Bangkok for allegedly raping a minor girl in Khon Kaen province six years ago.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187184-man-wanted-for-rape-of-girl-14-six-years-ago-arrested-in-bangkok/

 

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Visit Thailand but conditions apply: Tracking devices, set routes away from Thais and "Covid minders" mooted

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Thailand's health authorities are proposing yet another way of opening up the country to foreign tourists. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187187-visit thailand-but-conditions-apply-tracking-devices-set-routes-away-from-thais-and-covid-minders-mooted/

 

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Cabinet okays law to control sale and use of kratom

By THE NATION

 

 

The draft Narcotics Act proposed by the Ministry of Justice to control the use of kratom (mitragyna speciosa) was approved by the Cabinet meeting on Monday, Government deputy spokeswoman Ratchada Thanadirek said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187189-thai-cabinet-okays-law-to-control-sale-and-use-of-kratom/

 

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Foreigners offered new ‘smart visa’ if they buy a condo in Thailand, Elite Card holders offered work permits

 

Image: Thansettakij

 

Thailand's government are coming up with yet more ways to try and woo foreign visitors and investors back to the kingdom. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187191-foreigners-offered-new-‘smart-visa’-if-they-buy-a-condo-in-thailand-elite-card-holders-offered-work-permits/

 

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Floods, political tide undermine Bangkok governor

 

 

Once hailed as the “white knight” who crushed high-profile criminals, Pol Gen Aswin Kwanmuang is now feeling the pressure of growing political protest coupled with public anger over severe flooding in the capital.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187192-floods-political-tide-undermine-bangkok-governor/

 

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Police set up 21 checkpoints to deal with Oct 14 political rally

By The Nation

 

 

The Metropolitan Police Bureau has set up 21 checkpoints throughout Bangkok to deal with the political rally and other crimes from 8am on October 13 to midnight of October 16.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187194-police-set-up-21-checkpoints-to-deal-with-oct-14-political-rally/

 

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Two Thais test positive for Covid-19 in state quarantine facilities

By The Nation

 

 

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration reported two new cases in state quarantine over a 24-hour period on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187195-two-thais-test-positive-for-covid-19-in-state-quarantine-facilities/