THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Thursday 11 Feb 2021

[webfact]

Pattaya: Beautiful Chinese lanterns brighten up the area and chase away the demons

 

Picture: Pattaya Update News

 

Pattaya Update News reported that Thais of Chinese descent were welcoming in the New Year that started today, February 11th.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205652-pattaya-beautiful-chinese-lanterns-brighten-up-the-area-and-chase-away-the-demons/

 

[webfact]

Thai fiscal and monetary policies must work in step - finance minister

By Orathai Sriring and Kitiphong Thaichareon

 

FILE PHOTO: Thai finance minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith reacts during an interview with Reuters in Bangkok, Thailand January 21, 2021. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's fiscal and monetary policies must work in step as the government tries to revive the tourism-reliant economy after a recent wave of coronavirus infections, the finance minister said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205656-thai-fiscal-and-monetary-policies-must-work-in-step-finance-minister/

 

 

[webfact]

Seven year old victim of gruesome child abuse - domestic violence in Thailand a "frequent" problem admits official

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

Thai media 77kaoded reported on the case of a seven year old boy who claims that his mother and step father beat him up.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205659-seven-year-old-victim-of-gruesome-child-abuse-domestic-violence-in-thailand-a-frequent-problem-admits-official/

 

[webfact]

Thailand reports slight increase in new COVID-19 infections

 

REUTERS FILE PHOTO for reference only

 

Thailand reported 201 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, an increase of 44 from Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205664-thailand-reports-slight-increase-in-new-covid-19-infections/

 

[webfact]

Hua Hin: Housing estate set up to help those displaced by the twin track railway

 

Picture: Ban Muang

 

Deputy governor of Prachuap Khiri Khan Phromphiriya Kijanuson led the way in celebrating the opening of a new estate to help people displaced by the new railway that will go from Nakhon Pathom to Hua Hin. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205665-hua-hin-housing-estate-set-up-to-help-those-displaced-by-the-twin-track-railway/

 

[webfact]

Survey highlights problems surrounding the taboo subject of sex in Thai society 

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News said that a major survey marking Valentine's Day on Sunday showed a lot of sexual related problems in Thai society.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205668-survey-highlights-problems-surrounding-the-taboo-subject-of-sex-in-thai-society/

 

[webfact]

Foreigners at work? "Google translate" giveaway sounded alarm bells for some in "Shopping Mall" fraud

 

 

A further 100 victims of an online fraud becoming known as the "Shopping Mall" con have gone to press the Department of Special Investigation for action.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205670-foreigners-at-work-google-translate-giveaway-sounded-alarm-bells-for-some-in-shopping-mall-fraud/

 

[webfact]

DSI seizes haul of child pornography from a model agency in Pathum Thani

 

 

Thailand’s Department of Special Investigation (DSI) raided a child modelling agency in the central province of Pathum Thani today (Thursday) and seized about half a million pornographic pictures and videos of children.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205671-dsi-seizes-haul-of-child-pornography-from-a-model-agency-in-pathum-thani/

 

[webfact]

VIDEO: Road rage driver says: I had to rush home as the girlfriend had prepared dinner

 

Video screenshot

 

Dash cam footage from an expensive Mercedes Benz showed the moment the driver of minivan cut in front and stopped.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205673-video-road-rage-driver-says-i-had-to-rush-home-as-the-girlfriend-had-prepared-dinner/

 

[webfact]

Alleged gambling den boss arrested in Rayong province

 

 

The fugitive tycoon, who allegedly operated a major illegal gambling den, thought to be the source of a large cluster of COVID-19 infections in Thailand’s Rayong province, was arrested by police Thursday morning in Muang district of the province.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205688-alleged-gambling-den-boss-arrested-in-rayong-province/

 

[webfact]

Cupid’s arrow but no COVID-19 jab for Thais this Valentine’s Day

By Thai PBS World’s General Desk

 

A medical worker shows a vial of Sinovac Biotech vaccine against the COVID-19 coronavirus at a healthcare centre in Yantai, in eastern China’s Shandong province on January 5, 2021. (Photo by STR / AFP)

 

Amid all the confusion about Thailand’s COVID-19 vaccination plans, two things are very clear: People will not start getting inoculated from Valentine’s Day no matter what top government figures said earlier, and the first vaccine to arrive will be China’s CoronaVac.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205689-cupid’s-arrow-but-no-covid-19-jab-for-thais-this-valentine’s-day/

 

[webfact]

Two 11th century Khmer lintels to return to Thailand from the US in March

 

 

Two ancient Khmer ornate stone lintels, on display at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, which were smuggled out of Thailand about five decades ago, are expected to be returned to Thailand in March.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205691-two-11th-century-khmer-lintels-to-return-to-thailand-from-the-us-in-march/

 

[webfact]

Thai Listed Companies Prove Their World’s Best Sustainability

 

 

BANGKOK, Feb 11 (TNA) – Eleven Thai companies were internationally recognized for their roles in promoting sustainability and formed the highest number of companies with the excellence from a single country, according to the Stock Exchange of Thailand.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205697-thai-listed-companies-prove-their-world’s-best-sustainability/

 

[snoop1130]

Phuket business leaders appeal ban on independent sourcing of COVID vaccine

By The Phuket News

 

Phuket Chamber of Commerce President Thanusak Phungdet speaks to the press after submitting the formal request yesterday (Feb 10). Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET:-- Key leaders of Phuket business associations have filed a joint request addressed to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to reconsider the ban on local administrations and private businesses from buying Thai-government-approved vaccinations for COVID-19.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205707-phuket-business-leaders-appeal-ban-on-independent-sourcing-of-covid-vaccine/

[snoop1130]

Trump impeachment gives Thais a lot to ponder

 

 

Two most difficult periods to bring a politician to justice are during the peak of his (or her) power and the time after he has just lost it. Thailand has been taught the lesson time and again and the pain is being experienced in America.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205708-trump-impeachment-gives-thais-a-lot-to-ponder/

 

[snoop1130]

Thai Q4 contraction seen slowing to 5.4% year-on-year, recovery slow: Reuters poll

By Orathai Sriring

 

FILE PHOTO: Workers work at a construction site in central Bangkok, Thailand, December 12, 2016. Picture taken December 12, 2016. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's economy likely shrank at a slower annual pace in the final quarter of 2020 than in the previous three months, but it remained set for the deepest full-year slump in more than two decades due to the coronavirus pandemic, a Reuters poll showed.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205709-thai-q4-contraction-seen-slowing-to-54-year-on-year-recovery-slow-reuters-poll/

 

[snoop1130]

Malaysia offers COVID-19 vaccinations to foreign residents, undocumented migrants

 

FILE PHOTO: Foreign workers wait in line to be tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outside a clinic in Kajang, Malaysia October 26, 2020. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng/File Photo

 

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia will extend its free COVID-19 vaccination programme to all foreigners residing in the country, including students, refugees and undocumented migrants, the government said on Thursday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205710-malaysia-offers-covid-19-vaccinations-to-foreign-residents-undocumented-migrants/

 

[snoop1130]

Malaysia's economy posts biggest annual decline since 1998 crisis

By Joseph Sipalan

 

FILE PHOTO - Malaysia's flag is seen at the landmark Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur March 5, 2008. REUTERS/Beawiharta

 

(Reuters) - Malaysia's economy fell at a faster than expected clip in the fourth quarter, as stricter coronavirus curbs crimped consumption and slowed the pace of recovery.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205711-malaysias-economy-posts-biggest-annual-decline-since-1998-crisis/

 

[snoop1130]

Facebook to temporarily reduce political content for some users in few countries

 

Facebook logo displayed on a mobile phone is seen through a magnifying glass in this picture illustration taken February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso

 

(Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it would temporarily reduce political content appearing on New Feeds for some users in Canada, Brazil and Indonesia this week and in the United States within the coming weeks.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205712-facebook-to-temporarily-reduce-political-content-for-some-users-in-few-countries/

 

[snoop1130]

UK doing everything to ensure people can have summer vacations: minister

 

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Health Secretary Matt Hancock gives an update on the COVID-19 pandemic at a virtual news conference at 10 Downing Street in London, Britain February 8, 2021. Tolga Akmen/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - The British government is doing “everything we can” to ensure the public can get a summer vacation this year but could not provide certainty on whether or not people should book breaks now, health minister Matt Hancock said on Thursday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205713-uk-doing-everything-to-ensure-people-can-have-summer-vacations-minister/

 

[snoop1130]

Britain's coronavirus variant a concern, 'likely to sweep the world', says scientist

By Guy Faulconbridge

 

 

LONDON (Reuters) - The coronavirus variant first found in the British region of Kent is a concern because it could undermine the protection given by vaccines against developing COVID-19, the head of the UK’s genetic surveillance programme said.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205715-britains-coronavirus-variant-a-concern-likely-to-sweep-the-world-says-scientist/

 

[snoop1130]

Myanmar junta's proposed cyber bill alarms Internet giants

 

FILE PHOTO: People rally against the military coup and to demand the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in Yangon, Myanmar, February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer/File photo

 

(Reuters) - A group of the world's biggest internet companies joined Myanmar civil society on Thursday in raising alarm over cyber laws floated by the new junta, saying they would contravene fundamental rights and hurt the economy.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205716-myanmar-juntas-proposed-cyber-bill-alarms-internet-giants/

 

[snoop1130]

Thailand discovers naturally carbonated water fountain in Kanchanaburi

 

Photo from Department of Groundwater Resources

 

Thailand’s Department of Groundwater Resources has discovered an underground, highly carbonated and drinkable water source in Kanchanaburi province.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205723-thailand-discovers-naturally-carbonated-water-fountain-in-kanchanaburi/

 

[snoop1130]

More than 40% of Britons in poor health or struggling financially amid pandemic, says UK regulator

By Huw Jones

 

FILE PHOTO: People shop at a market stalls, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in east London, Britain, January 23, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/Files

 

LONDON (Reuters) - More than 40 percent of Britons are struggling financially or suffering poor health, a sharp increase from last year driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, Britain's Financial Conduct Authority said on Thursday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205725-more-than-40-of-britons-in-poor-health-or-struggling-financially-amid-pandemic-says-uk-regulator/

 

[snoop1130]

Gorilla Glue woman arrives in LA and has first treatment to remove adhesive

By Faima Bakar

 

Tessica has arrived in LA and had her first treatment (Picture: Backgrid; @im_d_ollady)

 

We are totally invested in Tessica Brown – the unsuspecting woman who applied super strong Gorilla Glue to her hair.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205731-gorilla-glue-woman-arrives-in-la-and-has-first-treatment-to-remove-adhesive/

 

[snoop1130]

Iron Maiden, Foo Fighters and 14 more nominated for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

By Scott Colothan

 

© Getty / Iron Maiden

 

Iron Maiden have finally been nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 16 years after they first became eligible.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205733-iron-maiden-foo-fighters-and-14-more-nominated-for-rock-roll-hall-of-fame/

 

[snoop1130]

Rihanna’s Fenty fashion label has been shut down

By Nick Reilly

 

Credit: Getty

 

Rihanna‘s Fenty fashion label has been shut down by luxury goods group LVMH after less than two years, it has been confirmed.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205734-rihanna’s-fenty-fashion-label-has-been-shut-down/

 

[webfact]

to continue:

Thailand Live Friday 12 Feb 2021 
https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205748-thailand-live-friday-12-feb-2021/