Thailand Live Monday 15 Aug 2016

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Cambodian Crash Victim Attached To His Bike

 

 

PATTAYA: -- On the evening of August 14 Banglamung police were informed of an accident on Soi Nongketyai, close to the Crocodile Farm in Pattaya.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937713-cambodian-crash-victim-attached-to-his-bike/

 

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Search for missing army helicopter resumes this morning

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Search for the missing UH-72 A Lakota  light utility helicopter with the commander of the Fourth Infantry Division Maj-Gen Nopporn Ruanchan, two pilots and two mechanics, on board  continued this morning with 30 teams of soldiers, police, forestry officials, village volunteers, and air force personnel set off on foot to suspected targets in the densely jungles adjoining Mae Hong Son and Chiang Mai provinces.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937677-chopper-with-a-general-on-board-lost-contact-with-control-tower/?do=findComment&comment=11051685

 

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Terminal at JFK airport evacuated after shots reported 

 

NEW YORK (AP) — Police are evacuating a terminal at New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport following reports of shots fired.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937724-terminal-at-jfk-airport-evacuated-after-shots-reported /

 

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Thailand’s Economy Expanded More Than Expected in Second Quarter

 by Suttinee Yuvejwattana 

 

BANGKOK: -- Thailand’s economy grew more than analysts estimated in the second quarter as the military government accelerated spending on road and rail projects to help offset weak demand for the nation’s exports.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937725-thailand’s-economy-expanded-more-than-expected-in-second-quarter/

 

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Trump would stop issuing visas if screenings were inadequate

By JILL COLVIN

 

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Donald Trump will declare an end to nation building if elected president, replacing it with what aides described as "foreign policy realism" focused on destroying the Islamic State group and other terrorist organizations.

In a speech the Republican presidential nominee will deliver on Monday in Ohio, Trump will argue that the country needs to work with anyone that shares that mission, regardless of other ideological and strategic disagreements. Any country that wants to work with the U.S. to defeat "radical Islamic terrorism" will be a U.S. ally, he is expected to say.

 

 

 

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Communists back out from Duterte government’s anti-drug campaign

 

MANILA: -- The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) has withdrawn support for President Rodrigo Duterte’s campaign against illegal drugs, claiming that the campaign has rapidly spiraled into a frenzied campaign of extrajudicial killings and vigilante murders perpetrated by police and by police-linked criminal syndicates, The Manila Times Online reported on Monday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937732-communists-back-out-from-duterte-government’s-anti-drug-campaign/

 

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Police: Reports of shots fired at JFK airport unfounded 

 

NEW YORK (AP) — Reports of shots fired at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport Sunday night led to evacuations, grounded flights and some frightening moments for fliers before the reports were later determined to be unfounded.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937724-terminal-at-jfk-airport-evacuated-after-shots-reported /?do=findComment&comment=11051952

 

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New Jakarta airport terminal flooded just days after opening 

 

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The operator of the Indonesian capital's main airport has apologized to passengers for flooding at its brand new terminal after rains overcame drainage pipes and inundated the arrivals area on Sunday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937734-new-jakarta-airport-terminal-flooded-just-days-after-opening /

 

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Police say mobile phones and power bank chargers used to commit arson in South

  

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT, 15 August 2016 (NNT) - Police believe that mobile phones and power bank chargers were used to commit arson in several southern provinces last week. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937735-police-say-mobile-phones-and-power-bank-chargers-used-to-commit-arson-in-south/

 

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Phuket leading property developer offers 100,000 baht cash reward for arrest of bomb suspect

 

 

PHUKET: -- A leading property developer in Phuket has offered a 100,000 baht cash reward to anyone who can give information that could lead to the arrest of bombers responsible for the bombings at Patong beach.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937738-phuket-leading-property-developer-offers-100000-baht-cash-reward-for-arrest-of-bomb-suspect/

 

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British Mum in Coma After 'Something She Ate in Pattaya'

Story by Albert Jack

 

Jen Clayton collapsed in Pattaya last week.

 

PATTAYA: -- Mrs Jen Clayton and her husband Darren were spending two-weeks in Pattaya and had planned a further week in Bangkok after a traumatic year following the death of their son, Alan Kalandra, of an epileptic fit aged only thirty-one.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937739-british-mum-in-coma-after-something-she-ate-in-pattaya/

 

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New Finnish Ambassador to Bangkok

by Maria Jønsson

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Finnish government has appointed Satu Suikkari-Kleven as the new ambassador in Bangkok, Thailand. With this new title, Ms. Suikkari-Kleven will be the new Ambassador to both Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937741-new-finnish-ambassador-to-bangkok/

 

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Patong security guard praised, to receive B50k reward for removing potential fire bomb

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Security guard Kamthon Kedkaeo will be rewarded for removing the potential fire bomb to a safe area 50 metres from the main shopping complex. Photo: Dhammatuch Jumpa / Facebook

 

PHUKET: -- The Phuket security guard whose quick action removed a potential explosive device from a shopping area in Patong last Wednesday will be rewarded with B50,000 for his bravery.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937742-patong-security-guard-praised-to-receive-b50k-reward-for-removing-potential-fire-bomb/

 

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Russian loses life in red flag zone swim at Karon Beach

Phuket Gazette

 

       

Beach goers look on as lifeguards attempt to resuscitate a Russian man who went swimming in the red flag zone at Karon Beach. Photo: Third Naval Area Command

 

PHUKET: -- A Russian man was pronounced dead shortly after lifeguards at Karon Beach pulled his unconscious body from the surf yesterday morning.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937746-russian-loses-life-in-red-flag-zone-swim-at-karon-beach/

 

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Thai rail system lampooned in Facebook "bullet train" picture

 

Image: Manager Online

 

BANGKOK: -- A picture of a Thai train next to one from Malaysia at the border has caused a lot of laughs and comment online

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937749-thai-rail-system-lampooned-in-facebook-bullet-train-picture/

 

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Donut wars! Aggressive staff who confronted customers under investigation! 

 

Image: Daily News

 

BANGKOK: -- An altercation in a department store that was caught on tape caused much online comment. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937753-donut-wars-aggressive-staff-who-confronted-customers-under-investigation /

 

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Police commander denies Bangkok "targets" identified in wake of bombs

 

Image: Daily News

 

BANGKOK: -- The Region 1 police commander has moved to deny claims that Bangkok targets were identified by police in the wake of the bombs that hit Hua Hin and further south last week.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937754-police-commander-denies-bangkok-targets-identified-in-wake-of-bombs/

 

 

 

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Dud grenade found under Bangkok bridge

By Coconuts Bangkok 

 

Photo: Ruamduai Chuaikan

 

BANGKOK: -- City workers in Bangkok alerted the authorities to what eventually turned out to be a dud grenade in the residential area of Ramkhamhaeng yesterday afternoon.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937757-dud-grenade-found-under-bangkok-bridge/

 

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Caught stealing from an accident victim - motorcycle taxi man admits ten similar offences

 

Image: Sanook

 

BANGKOK: -- A motorcycle taxi rider pretending to be a good Samaritan at an accident scene was caught in a photograph lifting money from a victim's wallet.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937758-caught-stealing-from-an-accident-victim-motorcycle-taxi-man-admits-ten-similar-offences/

 

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Islamic State gets know-nothing recruits and rejoices

By AYA BATRAWY, PAISLEY DODDS and LORI HINNANT

 

PARIS (AP) — The jihadi employment form asked the recruits, on a scale of 1 to 3, to rate their knowledge of Islam. And the Islamic State applicants, herded into a hangar somewhere at the Syria-Turkey border, turned out to be overwhelmingly ignorant.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937760-islamic-state-gets-know-nothing-recruits-and-rejoices/

 

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UDD flatly denies its involvement in bomb and arson attacks

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The redshirt United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) Yesterday issued a statement strongly denounced the bomb and arson attacks in seven provinces that left four dead and over 30 injured.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937765-udd-flatly-denies-its-involvement-in-bomb-and-arson-attacks/

 

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All in a day's work - Thai road sweeper delivers baby!

 

Image: Thairath

 

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: -- A roadside cleaner in the south of Thailand had an unusual duty to perform in the early hours of this morning - she delivered a baby!

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937770-all-in-a-days-work-thai-road-sweeper-delivers-baby/

 

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Missing helicopter debris found by search team

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Rescue teams searching for the UH-72 A Lakota army light utility helicopter which went missing while on the way back from Mae Hong Son to Phitsanulok have found the helicopter debris at a location 2,445 metres above mean sea level.

 

Full story:  http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/missing-helicopter-debris-found-search-team/

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Dog abandoned at Nok Air cargo after airline cancels pet travel

By Coconuts Bangkok 

 

Photo: Watcharapon Saetang/Facebook

 

BANGKOK: -- A photo of a canine who was allegedly abandoned at Nok Air Cargo at Don Mueang Airport after his owner found out airline canceled its pet travel service went viral this weekend, breaking hearts of animal lovers.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937778-dog-abandoned-at-nok-air-cargo-after-airline-cancels-pet-travel/

 

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Khao San Carries On: Many backpackers unaware of weekend bombings in Thailand

By Coconuts Bangkok 

 

Khao San Road remained packed. Photo: Marc/Flickr

 

BANGKOK: -- Backpackers on Khao San Road had differing responses to news about thebombings across Southern Thailand this weekend that killed four people and left 30 injured, including foreign tourists. They also had different levels of knowledge about increased security measures in place across the country.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937780-khao-san-carries-on-many-backpackers-unaware-of-weekend-bombings-in-thailand/

 

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All five bodies found

 

 

CHIANG MAI: -- Rescue teams have finally found the bodies of five army officers who were on board the fatal UH-72 Lakota light utility helicopter that crashed into a cliff near Doi Inthanon mountain in Mae Chaem district of Chiang Mai late this afternoon.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937677-chopper-with-a-general-on-board-lost-contact-with-control-tower/?do=findComment&comment=11052697

 

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British tourists rescued after getting lost in Koh Chang forest

 

Image: Thairath

 

KOH CHANG:-- Two British tourists have been rescued after spending almost 24 hours lost in dense woodland on Koh Chang.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937815-british-tourists-rescued-after-getting-lost-in-koh-chang-forest/

 

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Windows 10 Anniversary Update keep crashing your computer? Here’s a quick fix

 

If you have encountered problems after installing the Windows 10 Anniversary update then you are not alone.

 

Microsoft has now officially acknowledged the problem and while there is as of yet no proper fix, the tech giant is working on a solution and have released details of a possible workaround.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/windows-10-anniversary-update-keep-crashing-your-computer-heres-a-quick-fix/16854/

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Pokemon GO will permanently BAN anyone found cheating at the game

 

 

Niantic Inc, the makers of Pokemon Go have started handing out permanent bans to anyone it thinks has been cheating at the game.

 

The company very discreetly updated its terms and conditions over the weekend to include a permanent ban for “violations of the Pokemon Go Terms of Service”.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/pokemon-go-will-permanently-ban-anyone-found-cheating-at-the-game/16858/