Thailand Live Wednesday 5 Nov 2014

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Van Gogh floral still life sold for $61.8m (£38.7m)

(BBC) A floral masterpiece by Vincent van Gogh, painted in the closing stages of his life, has sold in New York for $61.8m (£38.7m).

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/774184-van-gogh-floral-still-life-sold-for-us618m-l387m/

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2,000 police deployed in Bangkok during Loy Krathong festival
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BANGKOK, Nov 5 -- More than 2,000 police and investigative teams have been deployed to all Loy Kratong venues across Bangkok ahead of the festival to ensure safety, while the southern tourist district of Hat Yai is seeing little growth in hotel bookings this year.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/774187-2000-police-deployed-in-bangkok-during-loy-krathong-festival/

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Black Mountain Golf Club to host returning European and Asian Tour to Thailand in 2015

HUA HIN: -- Owned by, and under Swedish management, Hua Hin’s flagship golf course Black Mountain Golf Club has landed an agreement to host the inaugural Thailand Classic, come February 2015.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/774189-black-mountain-golf-club-to-host-returning-european-and-asian-tour-to-thailand-in-2015/

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Airport Rail Link to ban fireworks, drunk passengers

BANGKOK: -- The Airport Rail Link will not allow passengers to enter the stations with fireworks from Wednesday to Sunday for safety of other passengers, Pakorn Tangjetsakao, acting president of the SRT Electrified Train Co, said Wednesday.

He said passengers who appear drunk will not be allowed to enter the stations either.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/Airport-Rail-Link-to-ban-fireworks-drunk-passenger-30247044.html


-- The Nation 2014-11-05

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Khon Kaen Airport's runway open for flights
The Nation



KHON KAEN: -- Khon Kaen Airport's runway has begun normal operations since early yesterday morning after a Thai Airways aircraft, whose wheels were stuck in the ground, was removed Wednesday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/774162-tg-aircraft-recovered-from-khon-kaen-runway/#entry8631971

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Khon Kaen Airport resumes service
By Digital Content

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/774162-tg-aircraft-recovered-from-khon-kaen-runway/#entry8631981

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Thailand sends arrest warrants for key drug suspects to Myanmar
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BANGKOK, Nov 5 -- Thailand has officially informed Myanmar of 10 key drug suspects wanted by the Thai authorities and are seeking the neighboring country's help to arrest them.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/774191-thailand-sends-arrest-warrants-for-key-drug-suspects-to-myanmar/

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A new year gift to Phuket: the Central underpass
Saran Mitrarat



PHUKET: -- Officials now expect to have a New Year gift for the motorists of Phuket: the completion of the long-awaited Darasamut underpass – better known as known as the Central Festival underpass.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/774193-a-new-year-gift-to-phuket-the-central-underpass/

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Thai policy rate unchanged
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- The Bank of Thailand's Monetary Policy Committee resolved to maintain the policy rate at 2 per cent per annum at its meeting today.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/774195-thai-policy-rate-unchanged/

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Burma asks Thailand to reopen investigation into Britons’ murder
Two Burmese suspects in murder of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller say they were tortured into confessing

Matthew Weaver

LONDON: -- Burma has formally asked Thailand to reopen the investigation into the murder of two British tourists over claims that the Burmese suspects confessed to the crime under torture.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/774200-myanmar-asks-thailand-to-reopen-koh-tao-investigation-into-britons-murder/

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Trat confirms no Ebola on Australian man

TRAT, 5 November 2014 (NNT) – Trat Provincial Public Health Office held a press conference to announce that the Australian man who returned to Thailand on October 17 from the Democratic Republic of Congo, was not infected with the Ebola deadly virus.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/774205-trat-confirms-no-ebola-on-australian-man/

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Petrol and gasohol to cost less, while diesel, natural gas, LPG to cost more under pricing proposal of Energy Ministry. /The Nation

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Bangkok enacts Regulation prohibiting lantern floating on Loy Krathong Day

BANGKOK, 5 November 2014 (NNT) – M.R. Sukhumbhand Paribatra, Bangkok Governor, has signed a Bangkok regulation which prohibits sale and floating of krathong lanterns in Bangkok on Loy Krathong Day, November 6, during 6 p.m. to 5 a.m. next morning in order to prevent public hazard caused by the fired lantern. Those who do not abide by the regulation will be imprisoned up to three months or fined not exceeding 6,000 baht or both.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/774232-bangkok-enacts-regulation-prohibiting-lantern-floating-on-loy-krathong-day/

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Office of Transport & Traffic Planning to seek approval to build 10 new bridges across Chao Phraya River to ease traffic in Bangkok, surrounding provinces. /The Nation

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UPDATE:

Swedish co-founder of Pirate Bay whisked to Thai capital
Anusak KONGLANG
Agence France-Presse


Swedish co-founder of the Pirate Bay website Fredrik Neij ©, 36, is taken by Thai immigration police officers at Don Mueng airport, to an immigration detention centre in Bangkok Wednesday.//AFP PHOTO/ Nicolas ASFOURI

BANGKOK: -- The Swedish co-founder of The Pirate Bay website was hauled to Bangkok Wednesday following his arrest in northeast Thailand, with police from Stockholm waiting to press for his deportation to serve a jail term for copyright infringement.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/774155-swedish-police-await-pirate-bay-co-founder-in-thai-capital-bangkok/#entry8632447

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Phuket airport immigration deny ‘B100 fast track through Ebola line’
Nattha Thepbamrung

Phuket Airport is massively overcrowded and Immigration lines both ways are long. Photo Denverkid

PHUKET: Immigration police have strenuously denied asking for bribes from airline passengers for letting them through the newly created lane specifically for people arriving from countries where the deadly Ebola disease is rampant.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/774250-phuket-airport-immigration-deny-b100-fast-track-through-ebola-line/

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Thailand Live Thursday 6 Nov 2014

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/774303-thailand-live-thursday-6-nov-2014/