Labour Government’s Bold Claim to “honesty with voters” Has Unraveled Quickly

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Thailand and the Vietnam War

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/657693-thailand-and-the-vietnam-war/

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1970'S - 1990'S

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/386199-1970s-1990s/

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Warehouse filled with rotten rice in Nakhon Si Thammarat

BANGKOK: -- Rice inspectors were shocked when they found out that the rice stored at a warehouse in Thung Song district of Nakhon Si Thammarat was almost completely damaged during an inspection on Tuesday.

The inspection team led by Mrs Orawan Khumsap, inspector-general of the Prime Minister’s Office, inspected the warehouse belonging to Sin Thong Dee Parawood Company which was contracted to store 60,068 sacks of pledged rice each weighs 100 kilogrammes.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/741080-warehouse-filled-with-rotten-rice-in-nakhon-si-thammarat/

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Alcohol sale and drink will be banned on all trains



BANGKOK: -- The State Railway of Thailand will impose a ban on alcohol sale and drink on all trains in the aftermath of the rape and killing of a 13-year old girl on board a night sleeper train by a railway employee who took drug and drank on board.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/741167-alcohol-sale-and-drink-will-be-banned-on-all-trains-in-thailand/

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Teaching In Thailand - What You Need To Know

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/620210-teaching-in-thailand-what-you-need-to-know/

Teachers Forum.

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South Thailand border crossings reports problems to enter with 60-days tourist visas "TR60"

File photo: example of tourist visa

HAT YAI:-- [thaivisa.com] - Thaivisa.com has been made aware of a number of instances in southern Thailand of foreign nationals being refused entry into the Kingdom after trying to re-enter using a 60 day tourist visa, whilst also having a history of multiple previous visa exemptions (border runs) in their passports.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/741503-south-thailand-border-crossings-reports-problems-to-enter-with-60-days-tourist-visas-tr60/

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Offshore Workers, you can find current discussions in your forum here:

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/forum/172-offshore-workers-forum/

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Why do young people with better opportunities relocate to Thailand?

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/741470-why-do-young-people-with-better-opportunities-relocate-to-thailand/#entry8078720

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What Was Thailand Like Years Ago ?

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/56390-what-was-thailand-like-years-ago/

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BREAKING

Tourist visa holders denied entry to Thailand and left stranded in Malaysia

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Thaivisa strives to bring its members and the wider expat community in Thailand the best possible information it can on the latest situation with regards to visas and entry into the Kingdom. This weekend, one of our reporters visited a number of border checkpoints in southern Thailand to see at firsthand what the current situation is for foreign nationals trying to extend their stay in Thailand.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/742573-tourist-visa-holders-denied-entry-to-thailand-and-left-stranded-in-malaysia/

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Within 20 years, NASA expects to confirm ‘we are not alone’ and find the first traces of alien life

WASHINGTON: -- 100 MILLION worlds may hold alien life in our galaxy. Now NASA has detailed exactly how it expects to find the first inhabited planet other than our own within our lifetimes.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/742857-well-find-life-in-20-years-nasa/

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IMMIGRATION
No more visa runs
Mayuree Sukyingcharoenwong,
Somchai Samart
The Nation

Source: File photo

Immigration authorities will not let visa runners return after August 12

BANGKOK: -- FOREIGNERS WHO do regular visa runs in order to extend their stay in Thailand have less than a month before a crackdown by the authorities to enforce immigration laws more strictly.

From August 13, people will not be able to re-enter the country, regardless of their choice of transport.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/742834-no-more-thai-visa-runs-immigration-will-not-let-visa-runners-return-after-aug-12/?utm_source=newsletter-20140715-0749&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=news

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Reincarnation - have you changed your mind?

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/742439-reincarnation-have-you-changed-your-mind/

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Typhoon Rammasun: Flash flood warning issued for 35 Thai provinces during July 17-21

DDPM issues flash flood warning for 35 provinces during July 17-21

BANGKOK, 16 July 2014 (NNT) – The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) has cautioned 35 provinces of possible flash floods and mudslides from July 17 to 21 due to the influence of Typhoon Rammasun.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/743227-typhoon-rammasun-flash-flood-warning-issued-for-35-thai-provinces-during-july-17-21/

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Visa crackdown: Is this the end of the road for unqualified ESL teachers in Thailand?

Image above: file photo via Shutterstock

BANGKOK:-- Following the news that the Out/In border run is now officially dead, staying in Thailand long term has become decidedly more difficult.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/743467-visa-crackdown-is-this-the-end-of-the-road-for-unqualified-esl-teachers-in-thailand/

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BREAKING
MH17: Malaysia Airlines Plane Reportedly Shot Down Near Ukraine Border

Interfax news agency reports that a Malaysian jet has crashed in eastern Ukraine, near the Russian border. The Malaysian Airlines passenger plane had 295 people on board and was on its way from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur.

Anton Gerashenko, an adviser to Ukraine's Interior Minister, wrote on Facebook that the plane was hit by a missile fired from a Buk launcher over the country's east, the Associated Press reports.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/743739-mh17-malaysia-airlines-plane-shot-down-near-ukraine-border/

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Gov’t House Renovation Briefly Stalled By 'Ghosts'

By Khaosod Eng.

BANGKOK — Government House officials were forced to perform a religious ceremony yesterday after construction staff allegedly encountered paranormal activity during their effort to renovate the building.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/744453-govt-house-renovation-briefly-stalled-by-ghosts/

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A kindergarten kid dies in a locked school van

BANGKOK: -- A four-year old boy was left to die of suffocation in a locked school van parked under the sun in the compound of Cha-uad district police station in Nakhon Si Thammarat on Monday.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/744890-four-year-old-thai-boy-dies-in-a-locked-school-van/

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BANGKOK: The website of the Immigration Bureau in Bangkok has today (22nd July 2014) posted a new announcement regarding its rules for overstay.

Today’s announcement is further confirmation on the proposed crackdown on foreigners overstaying in Thailand, which Thaivisa.com published earlier this month.

The announcement which is written in both English and Thai details the penalties for overstay as follows:

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/744965-thailand-immigration-confirms-new-overstay-rules-are-now-official/

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What Was Thailand Like Years Ago

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/56390-what-was-thailand-like-years-ago/

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GOOD NEWS FROM IMMIGRATION BUREAU

Still time to clear your overstay without blacklisting

BANGKOK: -- The Immigration Bureau has informed Thaivisa.com and updated its website to further clarify the recent news for overstaying in Thailand.

The normal overstay penalty is 500 Baht per day up to a maximum of 20,000 Baht. That has not changed.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/745684-still-time-to-clear-your-overstay-without-blacklisting/

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‘No cause for alarm’ after man killed by flesh-eating bug
Tanyaluk Sakoot

Pla Taptim: Cook it well. Photo Allen Timothy Chang

BANGKOK: -- People who enjoy a nice piece of fish have been warned to be careful how they handle it in a market, and to clean any wounds as soon as possible, following reports that a Thai man died after pricking his hand on a fish bone.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/746135-no-cause-for-alarm-after-man-killed-by-flesh-eating-bug/

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Do you Believe in Ghosts?

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/744712-do-you-believe-in-ghosts/

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THAI bans shark fin cargo

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/747426-thai-bans-shark-fin-cargo/

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IMMIGRATION
Heavy new penalties await visa overstays
PANTIPA JITRAWUTTHIPORN
THE NATION


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BANGKOK: -- AUTHORITIES will bar visitors who overstay their visas from returning to Thailand for between one year and a whole decade. The longer the overstay period, the longer will be the re-entry ban.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/747534-august-29-heavy-new-penalties-await-visa-overstays-thai-immigration/

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No need to worry says Bangkok Immigration Commander

Deputy Commander and Police Colonel

Voravat Amornvivat file photo

BANGKOK:-- [thaivisa.com] After the confusion surrounding the news that all foreigners in Thailand are required to carry their passport with them at all times, Thaivisa.com has today obtained official clarification on this matter.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/747736-no-need-to-worry-says-bangkok-immigration-commander/?utm_source=newsletter-20140731-1627&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=breaking

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Holiday in Thailand could end for expats

Steve Finch

A warning issued to foreigners who have overstayed by more than 90 days states they would be banned from Thailand for between one and ten years [steve Finch/Al Jazeera]

BANGKOK: -- The new military government has issued warnings that it will soon start to clampdown on immigration offenders.

Thailand - For decades, hundreds of thousands of home-weary expats have lived in Bangkok or in the palm-lined beach resorts dotted along the Gulf of Thailand.

http://www.thaivisa....end-for-expats/

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The use of crash helmets will be discouraged in Deep South

BANGKOK: -- The forward command of the Internal Security Operations Command is to ask motorcyclists and pillion riders in the restive three southernmost provinces not to wear crash helmets as part of a preventive security measure, said Colonel Banpote Poonpien, spokesman of the ISOC, on Friday.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/748159-the-use-of-crash-helmets-will-be-discouraged-in-deep-south/

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IMMIGRATION

Coming to the end of the visa run -

local language schools may suffer most

http://www.thaivisa....m_campaign=news

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Twelve provinces warned of flash floods



BANGKOK: -- The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation today warned 12 provinces in the East and the South against possible flash floods as more heavy rains are expected from today.

Warned to get ready for flash floods are four provinces in the East, namely Chonburi, Rayong, Trat, and Chanthaburi, and eight in the South, namely Chumphon, Ranong, Krabi, Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Phuket, Phang Nga, and Trang.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/748696-twelve-thai-provinces-warned-of-flash-floods/