Thailand Live Tuesday 23 Aug 2016

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Public agree -  playing Pokémon Go on the roads should be regulated

 

Image: Sanook

 

BANGKOK: -- Following the announcement from the National Police Bureau that playing Pokémon Go is forbidden even on the footpath in ten major Bangkok roads, reporters went to find out what the public thought about the idea.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939034-public-agree- playing-pokémon-go-on-the-roads-should-be-regulated/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

New PlayStation 4 photos leak online – Is this Sony’s new gaming console?

 

 

Images which appear to show the new PlayStation 4 have leaked online.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/new-playstation-4-photos-leak-online-is-this-sonys-new-gaming-console/16996/

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Android Nougat set to be released THIS WEEK

 

 

Google is set to start updating devices with Android Nougat, the latest version of its mobile operating system.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/android-nougat-set-to-be-released-this-week/17000/

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There’s one major problem with the Samsung Galaxy Note 7

 

 

The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 is not due for release in Thailand until September 9th.

 

However, there is a problem with regards to Samsung’s stunning new flagship smartphone.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/theres-one-major-problem-with-the-samsung-galaxy-note-7/17003/

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Bali police murder: UK man confesses to hitting officer

 

BALI: -- A British man has reportedly admitted he had a violent confrontation with a police officer on the Indonesian resort island of Bali.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939051-bali-police-murder-uk-man-confesses-to-hitting-officer/

 

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Speedo USA, 3 other sponsors drop Lochte after Rio incident 
PAUL NEWBERRY, AP National Writer

 

NEW YORK: -- Less than 24 hours after the close of the Rio Olympics, Ryan Lochte took a major financial hit Monday for a drunken incident he initially tried to pass off as an armed robbery.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939052-speedo-usa-3-other-sponsors-drop-lochte-after-rio-incident /

 

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Hit and Run Trucker Leaves Family Man Dead in the Road

Report by Pattaya One News Team

 

 

PATTAYA: -- At 8.30pm, on the evening of August 22, a man was killed at the Pong Elevated Bridge (flyover) on the M7 at Banglamung.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939054-hit-and-run-trucker-leaves-family-man-dead-in-the-road/

 

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US works to keep Turkey in its fold as NATO ally looks east

By JOSH LEDERMAN

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — With suspicions on both sides mounting, the United States is struggling to preserve its wobbly partnership with Turkey as it entertains a closer relationship with Russia and fumes over a U.S.-based cleric it blames for orchestrating last month's failed coup attempt.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939059-us-works-to-keep-turkey-in-its-fold-as-nato-ally-looks-east/

 

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Boy, 8, killed in grenade attack on apartment in Sweden

 

GOTENBURG: -- An eight-year-old boy has been killed after a grenade was thrown into a flat in the Swedish city of Gothenburg, police said.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939061-british-boy-8-killed-in-grenade-attack-on-apartment-in-sweden/

 

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Selling Drugs to Buy Mother a House

Report by Pattaya One News Team

 

 

PATTAYA: -- At 6pm, on the evening of August 22, Pattaya police arrested thirty-one-year-old Mr Widhya Pongkiew, a mobile tea and coffee vendor at the Four Regions Floating Market.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939062-pattaya-man-sells-drugs-to-buy-mother-a-house/

 

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UN: Thousands of Central American children seek to enter US

By EDITH M. LEDERER

 

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Thousands of children trying to escape gang violence and poverty in Central America have made their way to the United States this year — and there is no sign that the flow is letting up, the U.N. children's agency said in a report released late Monday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939065-un-thousands-of-central-american-children-seek-to-enter-us/

 

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GoGo Girl Stabbed in The Face in Soi 6, Beach Road

Report by Pattaya One Team

 

 

PATTAYA: -- At 3am, on the morning of August 23, Pattaya Police were called to a disturbance on Soi 6, Beach Road, Pattaya.

 

Full story:  http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939069-gogo-girl-stabbed-in-the-face-in-soi-6-beach-road-pattaya/

 

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Thailand approves cyber plan, including offense for deterrence

By Shaun Waterman

 

The move to get cyber deterrence capabilities comes on the heels of Chinese cyberattacks last month against several of Thailand's neighbors

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939070-thailand-approves-cyber-plan-including-offense-for-deterrence/

 

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SET falls 5.96 to 1,533.28 at opening /Bangkok Post

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BANGKOK (AP) - Thai military court opens trial of two foreigners accused of 2015 bombing of Bangkok shrine that killed 20

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Thai military court opens trial in Bangkok shrine blast 

 

BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai military court has started the trial of two foreigners charged with the bombing of a popular shrine in Bangkok's center a year ago that killed 20 people and injured more than 120.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939072-thai-military-court-opens-trial-in-bangkok-shrine-blast /

 

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Many Chinese tourists injured in bus crash in Phuket’s Patong beach again

 

 

PHUKET: -- About 20 Chinese tourists were injured when the tour coach they were travelling in a developed brake failure and rammed at the rear of a van before crashing  into a temple wall as it was descending down a hilly road to Patong beach in Phuket last night.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939073-many-chinese-tourists-injured-in-bus-crash-in-phuket’s-patong-beach-again/

 

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Fake ISIS attack in Prague, intended as protest, causes panic

Dan Bilefsky and Jan Richter

 

PRAGUE: -- Men sporting detachable beards, wielding fake sub-machine guns and shouting "Allahu akbar", drove a Hummer onto Old Town Square in Prague on Sunday in a misguided stunt.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939075-fake-isis-attack-in-prague-intended-as-protest-causes-panic/

 

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Five police generals to face drug charges

 

MANILA: -- Five Philippine police generals accused of being protectors of drug syndicates by President Rodrigo Duterte will face soon face charges, The Manila Times Online reported on Tuesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939081-five-philippine-police-generals-to-face-drug-charges/

 

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Vietnam may allow sports betting but keep the daily limit at $45

 

 

HANOI: -- Vietnam is considering legalizing sports betting but keeping the maximum limit of betting at VND1 million or US$45 a day, Thanh Nien News Online reported on Monday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939083-vietnam-may-allow-sports-betting-but-keep-the-daily-limit-at-45/

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Chinese Phuket tourists safe after runaway tour bus slams Patong temple wall

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The driver brought the vehicle to a stop by ploughing it into the temple wall. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- More than 30 Chinese tourists were taken to Patong Hospital after the tour bus they were travelling on sped out of control down Patong Hill and crashed into the perimeter wall at Wat Suwankhiriwong (Wat Patong) just before 8pm last night (Aug 22).

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939073-many-chinese-tourists-injured-in-bus-crash-in-phuket’s-patong-beach-again/?do=findComment&comment=11075718

 

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SET creates mentorship program to promote financial discipline in Thai organizations

 

  

BANGKOK, 23 August 2016 (NNT) - Six public and private organizations have put together a program to promote financial discipline within organizations in Thailand. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939091-set-creates-mentorship-program-to-promote-financial-discipline-in-thai-organizations/

 

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Greece: Turkish coup suspect soldiers ‘fear for their lives’ if sent home

 

 

ATHENS: -- Eight Turkish soldiers who fled to Greece after last month’s failed military coup in their homeland, say they fear execution if they are sent back.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939092-greece-turkish-coup-suspect-soldiers-‘fear-for-their-lives’-if-sent-home/

 

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Clinton: Trump health allegations a 'wacky strategy'

By LISA LERER

 

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hillary Clinton pushed back Monday against charges that she's physically unfit for the White House.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939095-clinton-trump-health-allegations-a-wacky-strategy/

 

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Erawan Shrine bombing suspects hear first plaintiff’s testimony at Military Court today

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Bangkok Military Court today began the first plaintiff's testimony in the trial of the two Erawan Shrine bombing  suspects after their arrest in late August and early September last year.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939072-thai-military-court-opens-trial-in-bangkok-shrine-blast /?do=findComment&comment=11075817

 

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These are people accused of carrying out southern bombings

By Sasiwan Mokkhasen, Staff Reporter -

 

Photo of an unidentified man believed to have started a fire at a plastic shop in Surat Thani province on Aug. 12. Photo: Surat Thani Police

 

BANGKOK — The hunt for those responsible for a wave of terror attacks that shook the south two weeks ago goes on, but police have revealed very little about the suspected perpetrators.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939099-these-are-people-accused-of-carrying-out-southern-bombings/

 

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Bus driver flees after Chinese tourists injured in crash

Phuket Gazette - 

 

         

The police arrived to a bus-load of Chinese tourists crying and in shock. Photo: Winai Sarot

 

PHUKET: -- More than 30 Chinese tourists were injured when their tour bus crashed into the temple at the bottom of Patong Hill last night.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939073-many-chinese-tourists-injured-in-bus-crash-in-phuket’s-patong-beach-again/?do=findComment&comment=11075847

 

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Gem retailers turn in firing line from Phuket bus association

Darawan Naknakhon

 

ABTA president Mr Chonnawee-ek Ektwensakul (2nd from left) hands a letter to Ms Walairat Kanthong, a secretary from Royal Gems Co. Photo: Darawan Naknakhon

 

PHUKET: -- Four of the island’s gem retailers have come under fire from a local bus company who they say are denying local bus drivers of work by drafting in their own buses to provide transport for the shop’s clients.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939102-gem-retailers-turn-in-firing-line-from-phuket-bus-association/

 

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Nonthaburi school girl not abducted - caught out in a lie

 

Image: Sanook

 

BANGKOK: -- The seventeen year old Nonthaburi student who said she was abducted by three men on her way to school on Friday was lying.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939109-nonthaburi-school-girl-not-abducted-caught-out-in-a-lie/

 

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Hua Hin dissolves operation centre after peace returns

 

 

HUA HIN: -- Hua Hin authorities have dissolved the centre set up recently to solute disorderly situation after a spate of arson and bomb attacks.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939112-hua-hin-dissolves-operation-centre-after-peace-returns/