Thailand Live Monday 22 Aug 2016

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PM Lee completes speech after being helped off the stage

 

 

SINGAPORE: -- Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was helped off the stage as he delivered a National Day Rally speech Sunday night, according to The Straits Times Online on Monday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/938903-singapore-pm-lee-completes-speech-after-being-helped-off-the-stage/

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Dianmu leaves 9 dead and millions of dollars of damage in Vietnam

 

 

HO CHI MINH CITY: -- Tropical storm Dianmu has already blown past Vietnam but has left behind a trail of destruction and deaths in northern part of the country, according to Thanh Nien News Online on Sunday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/938906-dianmu-leaves-9-dead-and-millions-of-dollars-of-damage-in-vietnam/

 

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800 year old castle in Korat successfully renovated

 

  

NAKHON RATCHASIMA, 22 August 2016 (NNT) - An 800-year-old castle in Khon Buri district, Nakhon Ratchasima province is going to become a new tourist attraction after undergoing a 10-month renovation. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/938909-800-year-old-castle-in-korat-successfully-renovated/

 

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Here is all you need to know on using Pokemon Go Gyms once you get to level 5

BY STAFF WRITER 

 

 

Pokemon Go is already one of the biggest apps of all time and now that the game has launched in Thailand, it is the perfect time to get clued up on some of the finer points of the augmented reality gaming sensation.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/here-is-all-you-need-to-know-on-using-pokemon-go-gyms-once-you-get-to-level-5-2/16988/

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Missing Japanese tourist believed found in cave after villager has dream

 

Image: Daily News

 

CHIANG RAI: -- Search teams believe they have found the location of the body of a missing Japanese tourist almost two weeks after he disappeared.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/938681-chiang-rai-rangers-searching-for-missing-asian-tourist/?do=findComment&comment=11072567

 

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Prawit says bomb probe makes much progress

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan says investigations into the recent spate of bomb and arson attacks in seven provinces have made much progress and reiterates it has no link with southern insurgency.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/938911-prawit-says-bomb-probe-makes-much-progress/

 

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French woman drowns at unprotected Phuket beach

The Phuket News

 

Rescue workers recover the 23-year-old French tourist Anne Sophie Faisant Torrijos from rocks near Phuket's Nai Thon Beach. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- A 23-year-old French woman drowned at a small beach south of Nai Thon on Saturday (Aug 20). The small beach is one of the few beaches in Phuket where lifeguards are asked not to patrol the waters to keep tourists safe.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/938913-french-woman-drowns-at-unprotected-phuket-beach/

 

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Further baht gains may hurt recovery, Bank of Thailand says

 

BANGKOK, Aug 22 — Thailand’s central bank is concerned further appreciation of the baht will hurt exporters and damage the nation’s economic recovery.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/938917-further-baht-gains-may-hurt-recovery-bank-of-thailand-says/

 

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S. Korea, US start drills despite N. Korea's nuclear threat

By HYUNG-JIN KIM

 

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea and the United States began annual military drills Monday despite North Korea's threat of nuclear strikes in response to the exercises that it calls an invasion rehearsal.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/938919-s-korea-us-start-drills-despite-n-koreas-nuclear-threat/

 

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Homes in North and Northeast prone to flooding

  

LOEI, 22 August 2016 (NNT) - Rivers in several provinces in the North and Northeast of Thailand have flooded homes and riverside communities as water levels continue to rise. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/938920-homes-in-north-and-isaan-prone-to-flooding/

 

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Five senior policemen sent to inactive posts after nightclub raid

 

Image: Sanook

 

BANGKOK: -- Five senior policemen at Bangkok's Bang Seu station have been ordered to inactive posts after a raid at a local nightclub uncovered evidence of human trafficking.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/938921-five-senior-policemen-sent-to-inactive-posts-after-nightclub-raid/

 

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Bodies found on, near Phi Phi believed to be missing crew

The Phuket News

 

Navy rescue officers recovered the body off Phi Phi Island yesterday. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

KRABI: -- The Royal Thai Navy recovered the body of a man found floating in the sea west of Phi Phi Island yesterday and are en route to recovering another body found washed ashore at the popular tourist island today (Aug 22).

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/938923-bodies-found-on-near-phi-phi-believed-to-be-missing-crew/

 

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Wastewater tank at PTT Phenol factory in Rayong explodes

 

 

RAYONG: -- A wastewater tank of the PTT Phenol factory in Rayong province exploded and caught fire early Monday, slightly injured a worker.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/938928-wastewater-tank-at-ptt-phenol-factory-in-rayong-explodes/

 

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Four electrocuted in hotel water treatment pond

Phuket Gazette

 

One of the workers being stretchered at Thai International Hospital. Photo: Suchat Hankij

 

SAMUI: -- One man was killed and three others were hospitalized on Saturday night after they were electrocuted while working in a wastewater retention pond at a hotel on Koh Samui.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/938931-four-electrocuted-in-hotel-water-treatment-pond-on-koh-samui/

 

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Thammasat Uni to cut energy consumption by 40%

 

  

BANGKOK, 22 August 2016 (NNT) - Thammasat University has installed solar panels on a building roof in a hope of saving 40% of its electricity consumption. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/938935-thammasat-uni-to-cut-energy-consumption-by-40/

 

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Please help - our cratered road looks like something from the moon

 

Image: Daily News

 

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: -- Villagers in Nakon Sri Thammarat have a problem that will be familiar to many who live out in the sticks.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/938937-please-help-our-cratered-road-looks-like-something-from-the-moon/

 

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Fighting cocks death - is a grisly ghost at work?

 

Image: Daily News

 

NAKHON SAWAN: -- The mysterious deaths of ten valuable fighting cocks has led a villager to believe that a grisly ghost is at work.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/938938-fighting-cocks-death-is-a-grisly-ghost-at-work/

 

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Jellyfish warning signs go up at Samui and Bang Saen beaches

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Jellyfish warning signs are now posted on the beaches of the country's famous tourist destinations, Samui and Bang Saen,  after a dozen of tourists have been stung and injured.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/938940-jellyfish-warning-signs-go-up-at-samui-and-bang-saen-beaches/

 

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Bangkok sixth form girl abducted on way to school - school issues warning to students

 

Image: Manager Online

 

BANGKOK: -- A sixth form girl at a Nonthaburi, Bangkok, school was abducted on her way to school on Friday, it has been revealed.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/938942-bangkok-sixth-form-girl-abducted-on-way-to-school-school-issues-warning-to-students/

 

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More than 20 people carry out southern bomb attacks, police say

By Sasiwan Mokkhasen, Staff Reporter 

  

 

Police officers on Aug. 12 inspect a bomb site in Hua Hin.

 

BANGKOK — Police believe more than 20 people were involved in the wave of explosions and firebombs that struck seven provinces during Mother’s Day holidays, but only one arrest warrant has been issued so far.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/938947-more-than-20-people-carry-out-southern-bomb-attacks-thai-police-say/

 

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Expert warns reclamation may ruin Penang’s seascape and people’s livelihood

 

 

PENANG: -- A marine biology expert has warned that Penang is sitting on a ticking time bomb as coastal reclamation will exacerbate the island’s seascape, reported the New Straits Times Online on Monday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/938948-expert-warns-reclamation-may-ruin-penang’s-seascape-and-people’s-livelihood/

 

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Windows 10 Anniversary update has broken millions of webcams, but there’s a fix

BY STAFF WRITER 

 

 

The Windows 10 Anniversary update is the latest and largest update since Microsoft launched its new operating system last year.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/windows-10-anniversary-update-has-broken-millions-of-webcams-but-theres-a-fix/16990/

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Here’s what happens to your social media accounts when you die

BY STAFF WRITER 

 

 

When someone dies in the 21st Century, a very modern problem is left behind – their social media accounts.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/heres-what-happens-to-your-social-media-accounts-when-you-die/16993/

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Microsoft will now pay you to use its Edge browser

BY STAFF WRITER 

 

 

Microsoft’s Edge browser was launched with Windows 10 and is the long term replacement for Internet Explorer.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/microsoft-will-now-pay-you-to-use-its-edge-browser/16944/

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20-year-old shot by boss after drinking kratom at work

Phuket Gazette

 

         

Emergency personnel remove Mr Wichan’s body from the shop. Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

KRABI: -- Police are hunting for the owner of a car body shop in Krabi, on the run after shooting dead an employee found drinking kratom juice at work on Saturday afternoon.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/938951-20-year-old-shot-by-boss-after-drinking-kratom-at-work-in-krabi/

 

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Portugal braces itself for diplomatic row with Iraq over brutal attack

 

 

LISBON: -- Portugal’s government is considering asking Iraq to remove its diplomatic immunity from the sons of its ambassador after they allegedly attacked a 15-year-old boy.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/938954-portugal-braces-itself-for-diplomatic-row-with-iraq-over-brutal-attack/

 

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France destroy’s ISIL weapons storage facility in Raqqa

 

 

RAQQA: -- France has carried out airstrikes against an ISIL target in the Syrian city of Raqqa. According to the French Ministry of Defence, its fighter jets destroyed a heavy weapons storage and maintenance centre.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/938957-france-destroy’s-isil-weapons-storage-facility-in-raqqa/

 

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Thailand’s Casual Racism Returns: Comedian in blackface wins 'Best Dressed' award at elite party

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

Photo: Payoon3/ Instagram

 

Time after time, the casual use of blackface in Thai media has caused rage in the international community. The latest Thai comedian to put on the taboo face paint used it as part of an ill-advised hip-hop costume. Was she shamed for her racist portrayal? Hardly. She actually won the ‘Best Dressed’ award at Channel 3’s annual costume party, where a hundred of the country’s top superstars were in attendance.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/938977-thailand’s-casual-racism-returns-comedian-in-blackface-wins-best-dressed-award-at-elite-party/

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Pornpetch insists CDC to decide whether senators can nominate candidate for prime minister’s post

 

 

The Constitution Drafting Committee will have to decide whether senators have the right to nominate the candidate for the premiership post or not, National Legislative Assembly (NLA) president Pornpetch Wichitcholachai said on Monday.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/938978-pornpetch-insists-cdc-to-decide-whether-senators-can-nominate-candidate-for-prime-minister’s-post/