Thailand Live Wednesday 2 Mar 2016

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More Chinese investors showing interest in Thai infrastructural projects



BANGKOK, 2 March 2016 (NNT)-Finance Minister Apisak Tantivorawong has revealed that more Chinese businessmen are showing interest to invest in Thailand.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/899450-more-chinese-investors-showing-interest-in-thai-infrastructural-projects/

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Inflation rate in February declining year on year due to cheaper oil prices



BANGKOK, 2 March 2016 (NNT)-The Ministry of Commerce has revealed that the inflation rate in February dropped year on year due to declining oil prices.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/899451-inflation-rate-in-february-declining-year-on-year-due-to-cheaper-oil-prices/

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Hillary Clinton wins the Democratic presidential primary in Massachusetts.

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Don Mueang’s Terminal 2 will have “Sleep Box” service when it opens March 8



BANGKOK: -- The Airports of Thailand (AOT) will officially open the second passenger terminal on March 8 where "sleep box" will be available for services to night flight passengers.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/899423-don-mueang-international-airport-can-now-handle-30-million-passengers/#entry10483531

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Cop Caught Red-Handed Filming Up Student's Skirt
By Sasiwan Mokkhasen
Staff Reporter


A scene from security camera footage from Tuesday shows police Sub. Lt. Nopparat Chaiwong placing his mobile phone to film up a female student’s skirt.

LAMPANG — A policeman in the north was gently fined for filming up a student’s skirt inside a convenience store yesterday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/899452-thai-cop-caught-red-handed-filming-up-students-skirt/

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Donald Trump wins the Republican presidential primary in Vermont.

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Advertisers begin pulling ads out of celebrity TV host’s popular programme



BANGKOK: -- Some advertisers have pulled their advertisements from Channel 3's news reporting programme hosted by well-known TV anchorman Sorayuth Suthasanajinda, according to the Media Agency Association of Thailand president Wanee Ratanaphol.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/899459-advertisers-begin-pulling-ads-out-of-celebrity-tv-hosts-popular-programme/

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2 spacemen back home after year aloft: 'We did it!'
By MARCIA DUNN

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronaut Scott Kelly returned to Earth on Wednesday after an unprecedented year in space for NASA, landing in barren Kazakhstan with a Russian cosmonaut who shared his whole space station journey.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/899470-2-spacemen-back-home-after-year-aloft-we-did-it/

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Klong 13 canal road subsided



BANGKOK: -- Klong 13 canal road linking Lamlooka and Rangsit Ongkharak roads in Bangkok's eastern suburb suffered second major subsidence when over 100 metres long section of this asphalt rural road sank up to five metres below normal surface.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/899477-klong-13-canal-road-subsides-in-eastern-bangkok/

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Security brought to highest standard at Government House



BANGKOK, 2 March 2016 (NNT) – Security measures at Government House have been elevated to bring its standard up to par with global practices.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/899488-security-brought-to-highest-standard-at-thai-government-house/

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Jatuporn gets six months for defaming Abhisit



BANGKOK: -- The Supreme Court today handed down six months prison term for redshirt leader Jatuporn Phrompan over a false statement he told redshirt supporters during the anti government rally in 2010.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/899511-jatuporn-gets-six-months-for-defaming-abhisit/

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Out in the cold: Refugees get no good news at Greek border
By COSTAS KANTOURIS and GEORGE JAHN

IDOMENI, Greece (AP) — Hassan Rasheed's papers have been cleared but the Iraqi refugee has spent days freezing in a tent with no tarp on the ground and flaps that don't close, one of 10,000 migrants stuck at a muddy camp on the border of Greece and Macedonia.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/899513-out-in-the-cold-refugees-get-no-good-news-at-greek-border/

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Europe’s leaders weigh in on best way to deal with migrant crisis
By Sarah Joanne Taylor | With REUTERS, UNHCR



NEW YORK: -- The build-up of thousands of migrants on Greece’s northern border has created further tensions among European countries.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/899514-europes-leaders-weigh-in-on-best-way-to-deal-with-migrant-crisis/

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FBI: Phone encryption a ‘vicious guard dog’ in crime probes
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS



WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director James Comey likened Apple’s built-in iPhone security to a “vicious guard dog” on Tuesday as the U.S. Congress heard arguments over who can unlock smartphones belonging to criminal suspects — a high-stakes conflict between privacy and national security that has divided federal courts.

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/fbi-phone-encryption-a-vicious-guard-dog-in-crime-probes/14153/

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Can the FBI force a company to break into its own products?
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS



SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Can the FBI force a company like Apple to extract data from a customer’s smartphone? In the fight over an iPhone used by an extremist killer in San Bernardino, some legal experts say Congress has never explicitly granted that power. And now a federal judge agrees in a similar case.

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/can-the-fbi-force-a-company-to-break-into-its-own-products/14156/

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WARNING! A dangerous robber (aggressor) attacks lonely women on Koh Samui



Reports on local Facebook sights are warning of a dangerous robber operating in Koh Samui.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/899516-warning-a-dangerous-robber-aggressor-attacks-lonely-women-on-koh-samui/?p=10484187

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Justice Ministry looks to upgrade ASEAN rehabilitation for narcotics offenders



BANGKOK, 2 March 2016 (NNT) – The Department of Probation has joined with the Thailand Institute of Justice and the United Nations Asia and Far East Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders (UNAFEI), Japan to develop standards for rehabilitating narcotics offenders in the ASEAN region.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/899521-justice-ministry-looks-to-upgrade-asean-rehabilitation-for-narcotics-offenders/

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New traffic order at and around the Government House



BANGKOK: -- A new traffic arrangement has been placed in order at and around the Government House in what was believed to be a beef-up of security for the cabinet, senior officials and visitors.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/899488-security-brought-to-highest-standard-at-thai-government-house/#entry10484457

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Bangkok to Say Goodbye to Telephone Booths
By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee
Staff Reporter


Photo: Nist6dh / Flickr

BANGKOK — For generations they stood ready to help passers-by reach out to the world. But now Bangkok's telephone booths, from a time when filaments of copper were needed to connect people, are unsightly reminders of the pre-cellular age.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/899528-bangkok-to-say-goodbye-to-telephone-booths/

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Student loan recipients will have their monthly pay cheques deducted to repay their loans



BANGKOK: -- Students who took government’s educational loans will find it almost impossible to skip their loan repayments after graduation because they will have the repayment instalments deducted from their pay cheques by their employers.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/899529-student-loan-recipients-will-have-their-monthly-pay-cheques-deducted-to-repay-their-loans/

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Business Group Calls for 5-Year Professional Visas for Expats
By Sasiwan Mokkhasen
Staff Reporter


Numerous expats work at a cafe at the Thailand Creative & Design Center in Bangkok.

BANGKOK — An umbrella trade group wants Thailand to offer a new type of visa for highly skilled professionals in order to attract talented foreigners.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/899536-business-group-calls-for-5-year-professional-visas-for-expats/

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Koh Tao: Murder in Paradise, Channel News Asia documentary

With exclusive images, never-before-seen evidence and interviews with key figures on the island, Murder in Paradise sheds new light on a global news story, putting Thailand under the spotlight and asking whether this is still the travel destination from heaven, or hell?

Watch the documentary here: http://thai.vi/1oOBIcH

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Migrant worker stabbed to death in Ratchaburi
Kwaang Siripoom

RATCHABURI:-- Police are investigating the murder of a man from Myanmar after his body was found dumped in bushes beside a coconut factory in the Pak Tho district or Ratchaburi.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/899551-migrant-worker-stabbed-to-death-in-ratchaburi/

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Cute Thai police woman impresses Chiang Mai tourists
Kwaang Siripoom

CHIANG MAI:-- In what could be considered a slow news day, Thai media is reporting how a Chiang Mai tourist police officer has become a hit with local and foreign tourists.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/899554-cute-thai-police-woman-impresses-chiang-mai-tourists/

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Phuket flyover project racks up huge fines, opens this month
Sukawin Tanthavanich

PHUKET: -- After suffering months of daily 200,000-baht fines, the construction company of the highly anticipated Klong Koh Pee Flyover will have the project ready to present to the public for the grand opening on April 6.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/899556-phuket-flyover-project-racks-up-huge-fines-opens-this-month/

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Airport-to-Patong speedboat shuttle service passes EIA
Chutharat Plerin

PHUKET: -- The proposed project to offer a speedboat shuttle service from Phuket International Airport to Patong has passed the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), confirmed the governor today.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/899558-airport-to-patong-speedboat-shuttle-service-passes-eia/

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Governor turns up the heat on drug-pushers in Kathu
Sukawin Tanthavanich

PHUKET: Drug dealers and users in Kathu are feeling the heat with the latest crackdown ordered by the Phuket governor, who is on a mission to clean up the district.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/899569-governor-turns-up-the-heat-on-drug-pushers-in-kathu/

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Powerful quake hits off Indonesia, tsunami warning issued

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A powerful, shallow earthquake hit off the southwestern coast of Sumatra in Indonesia on Wednesday and could trigger a tsunami, officials said. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/899578-powerful-quake-hits-off-indonesia-tsunami-warning-issued/

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Missing MH370: Possible Boeing 777 Part Found Off Mozambique, Sources Say

by TOM COSTELLO and ALASTAIR JAMIESON

An object that could be debris from a Boeing 777 has been found off Mozambique and is being examined by investigators searching for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, sources told NBC News.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/899587-missing-mh370-possible-boeing-777-part-found-off-mozambique-sources-say/

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to continue:

Thailand Live Thursday 3 Mar 2016

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/899645-thailand-live-thursday-3-mar-2016/