Thailand Live Tuesday 26 July 2016

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Storm Warning – Met Office Forecasts Heavy Rain
Story by Albert Jack – Source: Met Office Warnings


The Storm is Coming

BANGKOK: -- The Meteorological Department has warned of heavy rain nationwide from Thursday to Sunday thanks to a strong monsoon in the South and a storm approaching southern China.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/934368-storm-warning-met-office-forecasts-heavy-rain/

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Thaivisa daily news - MALAYSIAN ROBBED BY 6 LADYBOYS - 26 July

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DITP assembles database for Thai investors looking to China



BANGKOK, 26 July 2016 (NNT) – The Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP) has advised Thai investors looking to invest in China to thoroughly study the country’s regulations and consumer behavior while pointing out Thai-China trade reached a value of 25.427 billion USD in the first 5 months of this year.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/934379-ditp-assembles-database-for-thai-investors-looking-to-china/

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Referendum voter list now monkey-resistant
By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter


Election officials on Monday treat monkeys to a free meal of fruit and vegetables at Wat Hat Mun Krabua in Pichit

BANGKOK — Should a gang of monkeys return to terrorize a Pichit provincial polling station a second time, they’ll need thumbs to get at the pink voter lists after the fragile documents were moved into a glass enclosure.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/934383-referendum-voter-list-now-monkey-resistant/

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Girl abandons baby in gas station toilet
Phuket Gazette


The newborn baby girl is being taken care of at Khlong Thom Hospital. Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong

KRABI: -- An 18 year-old Songkla student living in Phuket allegedly abandoned her newborn baby girl in a Krabi gas station toilet bowl yesterday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/934386-girl-abandons-baby-in-krabi-gas-station-toilet/

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F1 chief Bernie Ecclestone's mother-in-law 'kidnapped in Sao Paulo'

SAO PAULO: -- The mother-in-law of Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has been kidnapped in Brazil with criminals demanding a ransom of $36.5m (£28m), reports say.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/934390-f1-chief-bernie-ecclestones-mother-in-law-kidnapped-in-sao-paulo/

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Two armed men take hostages at a church near Rouen in northern France, media reports say /BBC

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2 shot dead after taking hostages in Normandy church

PARIS (AP) — A French security official says police have killed two attackers who used knives to seize hostages in a church near the Normandy city of Rouen.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/934402-2-shot-dead-after-taking-hostages-in-normandy-church/

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Palestinians to sue Britain over 1917 pledge on Jewish state

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Palestinian president says he will sue Great Britain over the 1917 Balfour Declaration and its support for a Jewish national home in the Holy Land.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/934404-palestinians-to-sue-britain-over-1917-pledge-on-jewish-state/

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Infected with ransomware? This new site will help you tackle cyber crime

European police agency Europol has teamed up with online security companies and law enforcement organisations to create a new initiative designed reduce the increase in ransomware.

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/infected-with-ransomware-this-new-site-will-help-you-tackle-cyber-crime/16442/

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PornHub hacked! But don’t worry, hackers aren’t going to share your embarrassing data

Hackers have managed to access the private information about members of the adult website PornHub – but have promised not to leak the data.

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/pornhub-hacked-but-dont-worry-hackers-arent-going-to-share-your-embarrassing-data/16440/

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Good reads dirt cheap: Massive sale of 2 million English books
By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter

BANGKOK — Wander through piles of two million books for heavily discounted reads from Mario Puzo’s “The Godfather” to Seth Grahame-Smith’s “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.”

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/934412-good-reads-dirt-cheap-massive-sale-of-2-million-english-books/?p=10999358

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Woman found cobra corpse in store-bought pickled fish jar
By Coconuts Bangkok

Photo: Morning News

THAILAND:-- The Department of Public Health inspected a “pla ra,” or pickled fish store, in a local market in Kampangpetch after a woman found pieces of a snake in her jar of delicious fermented goodness.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/934415-woman-found-cobra-corpse-in-store-bought-pickled-fish-jar/

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Officials order 4,200 vans at Victory Monument, Rattanakosin Hotel to relocate
By Coconuts Bangkok

Photo: Mike Cogh

BANGKOK:-- The long-running van hub of Victory Monument area will soon close as officials have ordered all commuter vans to move to three bus terminals in Bangkok, starting Oct. 25 in order to clear up traffic congestion.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/933691-bangkok-mini-vans-to-be-relocated-from-victory-monument/?p=10999410

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Governor moves for Phuket light rail project to start in 2017
The Phuket News

PHUKET:-- Phuket Governor Chamroen Tipayapongtada is moving to get construction of the Phuket light rail project started as soon as next year to relieve the island’s traffic woes and boost its tourism for the future.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/934417-governor-moves-for-phuket-light-rail-project-to-start-in-2017/

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Rival Phuket teens to be called in for ‘treatment camp’
Tanyaluk Sakoot

Patong police chief Col Chaiwat Uikum. Photo: Tanyaluk Sakoot

PHUKET:-- Police in Patong are to call in 30-40 members of teenage gangs from the area to take part in a “treatment camp” which is part of a project aimed at reducing conflicts among teenagers from the island’s entertainment hub.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/934418-rival-phuket-teens-to-be-called-in-for-treatment-camp/?p=10999442

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'Crackdown on nut-selling Kaek' article in newspaper is latest example of casual racism in Thai culture
By Coconuts Bangkok

THAILAND:-- A news article about the increase of police prosecution on illegal street vendors was headlined as “a crackdown on nut-selling Kaeks [indians]” on the front page of a leading Thai newspaper yesterday. It was the latest in a string of examples of casual racism against people of Indian-descent that are casually accepted in Thai culture and presented in the media.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/934420-crackdown-on-nut-selling-kaek-article-in-newspaper-is-latest-example-of-casual-racism-in-thai-cult/

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You’ll be able to get a direct flight to the U.S. from Thailand next year
By Coconuts Bangkok

Photo: Mark Harris/Flickr

THAILAND:-- If you go to the U.S. regularly, you know how long the travel times can be. If you head to the East Coast, you can be looking at 24 hours of transit or more. To some of us, the only thing that makes it worse is a guaranteed two or more hour layover in Dubai, Seoul, Delhi or Tokyo.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/934421-youll-be-able-to-get-a-direct-flight-to-the-us-from-thailand-next-year/

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Mayor accused of stripping reporter for reporting his engagement to teen
By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

A reporter on Monday films the entrance to the office of mayor Premsak Piayura in Khon Kaen province.

KHON KAEN — A reporter for a national newspaper was stripped to his underwear by a mayor in northeastern Thailand on Tuesday as revenge for his coverage of the official’s engagement to a teen schoolgirl, according to a report.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/934422-mayor-accused-of-stripping-reporter-for-reporting-his-engagement-to-teen/

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Thailand’s overall situation has improved: Govt spokesman

BANGKOK, 26 July 2016 (NNT) - Thailand's overall situation has improved in terms of peace and order, the economy and investors' confidence, thus contributing to national reforms according to the Roadmap, said government spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/934424-thailands-overall-situation-has-improved-govt-spokesman/?p=10999667

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Top businessman warns Thais not to chase away Chinese tourists

Charoen Pokphand vice chairman and CEO Thanakorn Seriburi warned Thai people not to chase away or boycott Chinese tourists because of the misbehavior of some of the tourists.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/934425-top-businessman-warns-thais-not-to-chase-away-chinese-tourists/

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Gen Prawit asks Thaksin to keep a low profile

Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan said Tuesday that he would like fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to keep a low profile and to let the National Council for Peace and Order to do its job so that the country can move forward.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/934427-gen-prawit-asks-thaksin-to-keep-a-low-profile/

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Wet alert: Rat-drowning downpour to hit Bangkok
By Sasiwan Mokkhasen, Staff Reporter

Six Bangkokians ride out the waters in October 2011. Photo: Matichon

BANGKOK — When is rain news during the rainy season? When great skies full of the stuff are expected to drench the capital, such as are forecast for Thursday through the weekend.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/934428-wet-alert-rat-drowning-downpour-to-hit-bangkok/

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