Phuket teen swerves to avoid car making u-turn, dies in crash
Phuket Gazette

PHUKET: -- A 16-year-old speeding south on Thepkrasattri Road last night died after he swerved to avoid a car and hit a metal pole instead.

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MPC
Policy rate maintained at 2.50%
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- The Bank of Thailand's Monetary Policy Committee voted 6 to 1 to maintain the policy rate at 2.50 per cent per annum.

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VIDEO REPORT: Police set reward for Democrat Party Phuket office thief
Phuket Gazette


CCTV footage clearly shows the thief's face. Image: Supplied

PHUKET: -- A reward of 5,000 baht was offered this morning for any information leading to the arrest of a thief who is believed to have broken into the Democrat Party Phuket office not once, but twice this month.

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THAI-MALAYSIAN RELATIONS
Malaysia's deputy PM to visit Thailand


File photo : Muhyiddin Yassin ®//EPA

BANGKOK: -- Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin will make a two-day official visit to Thailand beginning Thursday, Bernama news agency reported Wednrsday.

He will be accompanied by his wife, Puan Sri Noorainee Abdul Rahman, two chief ministers and three members of parliament as well as senior government officials.

This will be Muhyiddin’s first official visit to Thailand since assuming the post of deputy prime minister on April 9, 2009.

Muhyiddin, who is also education minister, is scheduled to hold discussions with his Thai counterpart Kittirat Na Ranong and Education Minister Jaturon Chaisaeng.

He will also pay a courtesy call on Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, the statement said.

The visit would provide an excellent opportunity for Muhyiddin and his counterpart to renew their friendship and exchange views on bilateral issues of mutual interest such as trade and investment, the halal industry and agriculture cooperation as well as other regional and international issues of mutual concern.

The discussions are aimed at further enhancing existing bilateral relations and cooperation between Malaysia and Thailand, it added.


-- The Nation 2013-08-21

Why Do Foreigners Live in Thailand?
Posted By Editor

WHY DO FOREIGNERS LIVE IN THAILAND? – At meebal.com we like a bit of controversy; in fact most people do and when it comes to living in Thailand the expatriate community seem to take controversy to a whole new level.

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Chalerm: All workers coming back from Egypt will have jobs

BANGKOK, 21 August 2013 (NNT) – Labor Minister Chalerm Yubamrung has affirmed that all workers who came back from Egypt will have a job, while assigning the Social Security Office to help them with what they need.

According to Minister Chalerm, all Thais working and studying in Egypt have now returned home in light of Egypt's political crisis, which seems to worsen day by day, adding that all of the workers will have a job here in Thailand.

The minister further revealed that he has assigned the Social Security Office (SSO) to help them with what they need and lack. In addition, he has contacted the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security to make sure that all of the workers will be taken care of.

Lastly, Minister Chalerm said that since he took office, the country’s labor industry has improved and that he would look after all Thai workers no matter where they work--at home or abroad.


-- NNT 2013-08-21

Police to tag young street racers with electronic bracelets in November
By Coconuts Bangkok

BANGKOK: -- Police will start attaching electronic monitoring tags to caught street racers, many of whom are teenage 'dek waens,' in November.

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Bt1.48bn counterfeited goods destroyed


A Thai officer on Wednesday drives a bulldozer to crush counterfeit goods. EPA/NARONG SANGNAK

Thai authorities destroyed about 1,630,000 confiscated counterfeit goods such as bags, sport wears, watches, mobile phone, fashion items, music compact discs, DVDs and other items worth more than Bt1.48 billion, the officer of Thailand’s Department of intellectual Property said.

-- The Nation 2013-08-21

Over 650 people confirmed dead in chemical weapons attacks near Damascus, the main Syrian opposition group says /BBC

Thai police seize 16 'illegal' elephants from tourist areas

BANGKOK, August 21, 2013 (AFP) - Thai police said Wednesday they had seized 16 elephants from tourist destinations as part of a nationwide swoop on operators suspected of using smuggled wild pachyderms for entertainment.

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RT@AP: BREAKING:Judge sentences Bradley Manning to 35 years in prison for giving US secrets to WikiLeaks.

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