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Thousands flee to Thailand after Myanmar army's air strikes on villages - activist group, media

 

Ethnic Karen villagers displaced from Myanmar's Day Pu Noh village are seen in an unknown location in Karen state, after fleeing Burmese army air strikes, Myanmar March 27, 2021 in this picture obtained from social media. Free Burma Rangers/via REUTERS

 

(Reuters) - About 3,000 villagers from Myanmar's southeastern Karen state fled to Thailand on Sunday following air attacks by the army on an area held by an ethnic armed group, an activist group and local media said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1211733-thousands-flee-to thailand after-myanmar-armys-air-strikes-on-villages-activist-group-media/

 

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The rewards (and risks) of Thailand’s big bet on cryptocurrency

By Thai PBS World’s Business Desk

 

The photo, taken in January 2020, shows a physical imitation of a Bitcoin in Dortmund, western Germany. (Photo by INA FASSBENDER / AFP)

 

As more people and businesses invest in digital currencies, the Bank of Thailand (BOT) faces the delicate task of trying to balance financial stability and investor protection on the one hand while promoting innovation in financial services on the other.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1211735-the-rewards-and-risks-of-thailand’s-big-bet-on-cryptocurrency/

 

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Thai anti-establishment protester Parit still refusing food, being fed intravenously

 

 

Ratsadon group leader Parit “Penguin” Chiwarak, currently being held on remand and in detention for contempt of court, has been on hunger strike for over two weeks. He allowed doctors to conduct a blood test for the first time on Saturday night, after suffering from fatigue, increased dizziness and dehydration.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1211736-thai-anti-establishment-protester-parit-still-refusing-food-being-fed-intravenously/

 

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Disease Control Dept. insists Thai seafood vendor had COVID-19 before inoculation

 

 

Thailand’s Disease Control Department said today (Sunday) that the vendor, who was thought to have become infected with COVID-19 after she was vaccinated was, in fact, infected prior to inoculation.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1211737-disease-control-dept-insists-thai-seafood-vendor-had-covid-19-before-inoculation/

 

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Thai police evict protesters from Baan Thaloo Fah village in surprise dawn raid

 

 

Seventy protesters, who had been camping at “Baan Thaloo Fah village”, which was set up in front of the Government House on March 13th, were rounded up by the police at dawn on Sunday and bussed to the Region 1 Border Patrol Police (BPP) Command in Pathum Thani province for questioning.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1211738-thai-police-evict-protesters-from-baan-thaloo-fah-village-in-surprise-dawn-raid/

 

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Phuket Opinion: Giving July 1 a reality check

By The Phuket News

 

Staff from 5 Star Marine make another ‘bag drop’ of 2,000 Life Bags last weekend as part of the ongoing efforts to provide food relief coordinated by the One Phuket campaign. Photo: One Phuket

 

PHUKET: The Centre for Economic Situation Administration (CESA) approving the ‘Phuket Tourism Sandbox’ model for reopening the island to international tourists has been greeted with a collective sigh of relief. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1211739-phuket-opinion-giving-july-1-a-reality-check/

 

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SSO Takes Action against Fraud under Subsidy Scheme

By Subhabhong Rarueysong

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Social Security Office (SSO) has pursued legal action against individuals who might have violated the conditions of the government’s latest subsidy scheme by offering cash without exchange of goods or service.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1211740-sso-takes-action-against-fraud-under-subsidy-scheme/

 

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Government Expects Bt250 Billion Circulation from Stimulus Packages

Subhabhong Rarueysong

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The government has estimated that the three key economic stimulus packages -- the co-payment scheme, the We Win financial aid program and the Section 33 We Love Each Other program -- could pump at least 250 billion baht in monetary circulation as of March 25 this year.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1211741-government-expects-bt250-billion-circulation-from-stimulus-packages/

 

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Government Targets 30 Million Vaccinations by August

By Subhabhong Rarueysong

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Public Health Ministry has planned to progressively roll out almost 30 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine across all 77 provinces by August.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1211742-government-targets-30-million-vaccinations-by-august/

 

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Health Ministry Warns against Fake Claims on Covid-19 Vaccine

By Subhabhong Rarueysong

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Ministry of Public Health has warned people not to participate in any Line group claiming that it could reserve and provide Covid-19 vaccine in addition to the ministry’s official group “Mor Phrom” (doctors ready).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1211743-health-ministry-warns-against-fake-claims-on-covid-19-vaccine/

 

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Is Thailand's Full Moon Party over for good?

Duncan Forgan, CNN. Top image by George Henton/EPA/Shutterstock

 

 

Koh Phangan, Thailand (CNN) — It's approaching sundown on a full moon Saturday, but revelry is in short supply in Haad Rin, home of Koh Phangan's legendary Full Moon Party.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1211744-is-thailands-full-moon-party-over-for-good/

 

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Hauliers face new COVID rules in England as Heathrow seeks holiday easing

By Costas Pitas

 

FILE PHOTO: A military officer checks documents as a lorry driver waits to enter the Port of Dover in preparation for crossing the channel to France, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Dover, Britain December 31, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Certain lorry drivers arriving in England will need to take COVID-19 tests in a bid to tackle the spread of any future variants, the government said on Sunday as Heathrow Airport lobbied for the easing of an overseas holiday ban from mid-May.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1211747-hauliers-face-new-covid-rules-in-england-as-heathrow-seeks-holiday-easing/

 

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Diggers and dredgers struggle to free ship blocking Suez Canal

By Yusri Mohamed and Aidan Lewis

 

A view shows the stranded container ship Ever Given, one of the world's largest container ships, after it ran aground, in Suez Canal, Egypt March 28, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

 

ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) - Suez Canal salvage teams intensified excavation and dredging on Sunday around a massive container ship blocking the busy waterway ahead of attempts to refloat it, with two sources saying work had been complicated by rock under the ship's bow.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1211748-diggers-and-dredgers-struggle-to-free-ship-blocking-suez-canal/

 

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Birx says COVID death toll in U.S. would have been mitigated with earlier action

By Jeff Mason

 

FILE PHOTO: White House coronavirus task force members, including Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health, White House coronavirus coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx, Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Director Robert Redfield and U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams listen to President Donald Trump during the daily coronavirus disease (COVID-19) briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 22, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dr. Deborah Birx, who coordinated the White House coronavirus task force under President Donald Trump, believes the COVID-19 death toll in the United States would have been substantially lower if the government had responded more effectively.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1211751-birx-says-covid-death-toll-in-us-would-have-been-mitigated-with-earlier-action/

 

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April 1st is D-Day for DUI in Bangkok - "transparent" checkpoints make comeback in capital

 

Picture: Amarin TV

 

Thai media Amarin TV said that DUI checkpoints were making a comeback in the Thai capital Bangkok from this Thursday, April 1st.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1211755-april-1st-is-d-day-for-dui-in-bangkok-transparent-checkpoints-make-comeback-in-capital/

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Thailand road carnage: Horror in south as three dead, seven injured after motorcycle pulls out

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Three people were killed - including an eight year old child - after a Ford pick-up overturned on a scenic route in Nakhon Sri Thammarat in the south of Thailand.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1211756-thailand-road-carnage-horror-in-south-as-three-dead-seven-injured-after-motorcycle-pulls-out/

 

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Pattaya: Drugs sting leads to arrest of Nigerian and Thai girlfriend dealing in cocaine

 

Picture: AEC News

 

Drugs suppression police led by Pol Col Dunyaphat Techapornchayasin conducted a sting at a tourist site in Takhian Tia, Bang Lamung on Saturday at 1 pm. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1211763-pattaya-drugs-sting-leads-to-arrest-of-nigerian-and-thai-girlfriend-dealing-in-cocaine/

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Pattaya: Eleven year old shoots five year old dead with rifle he found at house

 

Picture: Sophon Cable TV

 

Police were called to a one story house on a quarter rai of land in Soi Anamai Nong Ta-Un, Pong, Bang Lamung after a five year old child was shot with a Thai made .22 rifle.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1211765-pattaya-eleven-year-old-shoots-five-year-old-dead-with-rifle-he-found-at-house/

 

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It's official: Big Joke is back in the RTP by Royal Consent

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Controversial Thai policeman Lt-Gen Surachate Hakpan - known by his nickname of Big Joke - is now back in the RTP fold.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1211768-its-official-big-joke-is-back-in-the-rtp-by-royal-consent/

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UK's Johnson urges caution as some lockdown measures ease

 

People socially distance while walking across London Bridge as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown restrictions begin to ease, allowing groups of 6 to meet up outside starting from Monday March 29, in London, Britain, March 28, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged Britons to be cautious as a stay-at-home order and some other lockdown measures are lifted in England, citing rising cases in other parts of Europe and the threat posed by new variants of the virus.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1211769-uks-johnson-urges-caution-as-some-lockdown-measures-ease/

 

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Latest poll: Thais worried about refugees and COVID-19

 

Picture: Suan Dusit Poll

 

The latest poll conducted in Thailand by Suan Dusit University showed that Thais clearly blame refugees for bringing in Covid-19 and taking their jobs. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1211772-latest-poll-thais-worried-about-refugees-and-covid-19/

 

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Songkran exodus: Thais told not to lower their guard against COVID-19

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Chief of the health department of the Ministry of Public Health Dr Suwannachai Wattanayingcharoenchai has urged his compatriots to not let down their guard when they go home and travel as tourists at Songkran. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1211774-songkran-exodus-thais-told-not-to-lower-their-guard-against-covid-19/

 

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Man dies after motorbike crashes on wet Kathu-Koh Kaew Rd

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: A 39-year-old Myanmar man died after the motorbike he was riding crashed into a concrete roadside drain and struck a power pole along the Kathu-Koh Kaew Rd yesterday evening (Mar 28).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1211776-man-dies-after-motorbike-crashes-on-wet-kathu-koh-kaew-rd/

 

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 Expats in Thailand and Asia Survey

 

 

In this ever changing Expat landscape it is important Thaivisa.com continues to best serve its Expat readers. This includes the type of content we share and find for you.

 

Survey: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1211779-expats-in-thailand-and-asia-survey/

 

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UPDATE:

 

Stranded Suez Canal ship re-floated: Inchcape

 

Stranded ship Ever Given, one of the world's largest container ships, is seen after it ran aground, in Suez Canal, Egypt March 28, 2021. Suez Canal Authority/Handout via REUTERS

 

CAIRO (Reuters) - The stranded container ship blocking the Suez Canal for almost a week was re-floated on Monday and is currently being secured, Inchcape Shipping Services said, raising expectations the vital waterway will soon be reopened.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1211748-diggers-and-dredgers-struggle-to-free-ship-blocking-suez-canal/?do=findComment&comment=16352227

 

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Thai tourism industry to focus on safety, cleanliness, sustainability and not taking advantage of tourists

 

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Thailand's Minister for Tourism and Sports Pipat Ratchakitprakan has outlined a four point plan to improve tourism in the kingdom. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1211786-thai-tourism-industry-to-focus-on-safety-cleanliness-sustainability-and-not-taking-advantage-of-tourists/

 

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VIDEO: Thai man gets a shock from python lurking in his toilet

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Firemen from the Bang Chalong station in Samut Prakan were called after a houseowner reported seeing a python in the bowl of his toilet on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1211789-video-thai-man-gets-a-shock-from-python-lurking-in-his-toilet/

 

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Pattaya: Cable burying work to be finished within 2021 "for sure"

 

Picture: Manager

 

Phuwadech Chutinanthakul of the electrical authorities said that cable burying work in Pattaya was on schedule, reported Manager.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1211790-pattaya-cable-burying-work-to-be-finished-within-2021-for-sure/

 

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Thailand reports 39 new COVID-19 cases

 

REUTERS file photo for reference only

 

Thailand reported just 39 new COVID-19 infections on Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1211792-thailand-reports-39-new-covid-19-cases/

 

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Deputy PM told average income in Phuket now B1,900

By The Phuket News

 

Deputy Prime Minister Jurin Laksanawisit at the meeting at Phuket Provincial Hall on Saturday (Mar 27). Photo: PR Phuket

 

PHUKET: Deputy Prime Minister Jurin Laksanawisit, who also serves as the Minister of Commerce Meeting, was told at a meeting held at Phuket Provincial Hall on Saturday (Mar 27) that the average income in Phuket had plunged to B1,900.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1211798-deputy-pm-told-average-income-in-phuket-now-b1900/