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SAMUT PRAKARN: -- Two people died in a predawn fire which broke out at a four-storey commercial building in Samrong Nua district of Samut Prakarn province.

One victim died when she jumped out from the balcony of the building which houses Saha Mongkol Insurance Co’s branch office in the Thippawal housing estate.

Another man died from suffocation when he was trapped inside a room of the building which was engulfed when the fire started at 4 am Friday.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/119910

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Culture Ministry establishes 'Center of Thai Inspiration'

BANGKOK, 24 July 2015 (NNT) - The Ministry of Culture has established the Center of Thai Inspiration or ‘Ban Dan Thai Center’ in the compound of Ratchadamnoen Contemporary Art Center in Bangkok.


According to Permanent Secretary for Culture Apinan Poshyananda, the new center's objectives include giving advice on developing souvenirs highlighting creative cultural concepts for industrial production and managing cultural attractions for the businesses.

He said it is the new agency's policy to deploy Thailand's leading designers to inspire business operators across the nation, to create value added products featuring the uniqueness of Thai culture.

According to the official, starting from this coming August 7th, the Ratchadamnoen Contemporary Art Center will organize presentations about designing souvenirs with Thai uniqueness.

The event will showcase prototype signature souvenirs from the 77 provinces of Thailand. In addition, the exhibition will host a seminar on designing Thai souvenirs by the nation's leading artists and designers.

Interested individuals can attend the event free of charge.

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The Charades of Donald Trump and Alexis Tsipras
The GOP candidate and Greek leader have undermined global debates about economics and immigration.
MOISÉS NAÍM

NEW YORK: -- Donald Trump and Alexis Tsipras couldn’t be more different. The sexagenarian Trump is an unabashed capitalist while the 40-year-old Greek prime minister joined the Communist Party as a teenager and since 2009 has led the radical-left Syriza party. The ostentatious American parades his multiple mansions and his fortune, which Forbes had the temerity to value at a meager $4 billion despite Trump’s claims that it “is in excess of TEN BILLION DOLLARS.”

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/842904-the-charades-of-donald-trump-and-alexis-tsipras/

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Trat holds a workshop on mushroom growing during rainy season

TRAT, 24 July 2015 (NNT) – The Agriculture and Cooperatives Office in Trat Province is holding a workshop educating farmers about growing various types of mushroom. The move is expected to generate a decent amount of supplementary income during the rainy season.


The workshop is being held at the OTOP Center in Nam Chiew Sub-district, Laem Ngob District. A large number of local agriculturalists are participating in the workshop. Thailand has a total of 647 strains of edible mushrooms. As the plants are rich in protein and iron, some mushrooms are also used as medicine or extracted as color dye.

Mushrooms are also natural digestive agents, helping other crops to grow. They act as indicators of environment quality. Famous mushrooms being featured at the course are hard mushroom, white mushroom and black mushroom. At the workshop, officials demonstrated how mushrooms are grown on a log which is fit for household consumption. Growers can use multiple logs to mass produce mushrooms for commercial purpose.

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No price limits on property ownership in Indonesia by foreigners

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INDONESIA: -- The Jakarta Globe reported that the Indonesian government will not set a minimum value on homes that foreigners will be allowed to purchase, citing Ferry Mursyidan Baldan, the minister of land and spatial planning as saying on Wednesday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/842907-no-price-limits-on-property-ownership-in-indonesia-by-foreigners/

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National police chief comforts former Pheu Thai MP over tycoon's car crash death

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BANGKOK: -- Royal Thai Police commissioner Pol Gen Somyot Pumpanmuang today comforted former Pheu Thai party's Nakhon Sawan MP not to worry much about the investigation into the suspicious death of the construction tycoon by his advisor with promise to look into the case with justice.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/842915-national-police-chief-comforts-former-pheu-thai-mp-over-tycoons-car-crash-death/

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Defence gets access to evidence for DNA tests in Koh Tao murder trial - lawyer


BANGKOK:— A Thai court has given defence lawyers access to evidence for DNA testing in the trial of two Myanmar workers accused of murdering two British tourists in Thailand, a defence lawyer said on Friday.



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Customs Department to provide customs charge paying service through credit and debit cards

BANGKOK, 24 July 2015, (NNT) - The Customs Department will start offering customs charge paying service through credit and debit cards at the customs office in Suvarnabhumi International Airport from September 1st, 2015 onward.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/842919-suvarnabhumi-customs-to-provide-duty-charge-paying-service-through-credit-or-debit-cards/

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Unusual car crash closes to conclusion

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BANGKOK: -- Bangkok Metropolitan Police Bureau commissioner Pol Lt Gen Sriwara Rangsitpramakul today summoned a meeting with police investigators handling the car crash incident which killed the multi billionaire construction tycoon in order to piece together all their findings to determine if the car crash was an accident or was intentionally staged to make it appear a normal crash to cover up murder.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/842920-thai-tycoons-death-unusual-car-crash-closes-to-conclusion/

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Monsoon trough leaves Thailand, rainfall continues in upper regions

BANGKOK, 24 July 2015 (NNT) - The Meteorological Department has revealed that the North and Northeast of Thailand will continue to have more rainfall than other regions of the country.


According to the department, the monsoon trough, which has already left Thailand and is now moving across Vietnam and Myanmar, will continue to bring rain to the upper part of Thailand.

Only 30% of the Central Plains will experience rainfall today and tomorrow, while around 20% of Bangkok and its vicinity are forecast to have wet weather conditions. The amount of rain will be less so in the East Coast.

The southern provinces will certainly experience lower rainfall, although scattered thundershowers could be seen mostly in the upper part of the South.

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Imitation Phuket monk faces fraud, encroachment charges
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PHUKET: -- A man who has been pretending to be a monk is likely to face charges of fraud and encroachment after he was found to have tried to fraudulently obtain money from the government and also set up make-shift monastery on a beach in Koh Sirey.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/842976-imitation-phuket-monk-faces-fraud-encroachment-charges/

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Thailand indicts 72 human trafficking suspects ahead of U.S. report
BANGKOK | BY AMY SAWITTA LEFEVRE

BANGKOK: -- Thailand on Friday indicted 72 people suspected of involvement in human trafficking, just days before the United States issues its latest assessment of the country's anti-trafficking efforts next week.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/842998-thailand-indicts-72-human-trafficking-suspects-ahead-of-us-tip-report/

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Pheu Thai’s ex-spokesman and another MP to serve one-year jail term

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BANGKOK: -- Former Pheu Thai party spokesman Prompong Nopparit and former Pheu Thai MP f Udon Thani Kiat-udom Menasawat are to spend one year in prison after the Supreme Court upheld the Appeals Court’s guilty verdict for defaming Mr Wasant Soipisut, former president of the Constitutional Court.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/843003-pheu-thai-ex-spokesman-prompong-another-mp-to-serve-one-year-jail-term/

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Jealousy possible motive behind Phuket man smashing car windscreen
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PHUKET: Police are currently looking for a man who was caught on CCTV smashing a windscreen of a parked Toyota Yaris with a rock in Pa Khlok last night (July 23). Police believe it could have been due to a fit of jealousy.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/843006-jealousy-possible-motive-behind-phuket-man-smashing-car-windscreen/

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More than 100 suspects face Thai human trafficking charges
THANYARAT DOKSONE, Associated Press

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand's state prosecutors recommended charges against more than 100 people, including a Thai army general, in a multinational human trafficking scandal that came to light after dozens of bodies were discovered in the country's south earlier this year, a spokesman said Friday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/842998-thailand-indicts-72-human-trafficking-suspects-ahead-of-us-tip-report/#entry9656496

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