THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Wednesday 24 Aug 2016

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Sketches of three Hua Hin bomb suspects released

 

HUA HIN: -- The Criminal Records Division of the Royal Thai Police today released the sketches of three suspects in the bomb and arson attacks in Hua Hin which killed two persons and injured 30 others on August 11-12.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939326-sketches-of-three-hua-hin-bomb-suspects-released/

 

 

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Stolen hospital ambulance used in car bomb attack at hotel in Pattani

 

 

PATTANI: -- The Internal Security Operations  Forward Command in the South said before noon today that a stolen hospital ambulance was used by southern militants in the car bomb attack at the Southern View Pattani Hotel last night.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939219-car-bomb-blast-outside-hotel-in-thailand-leaves-one-dead-and-29-injured/?do=findComment&comment=11079868

 

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BTS board meet to discuss lowering fares on newly opened Purple Line

 

Image: Thairath

 

BANGKOK: -- The Skytrain board are to meet urgently this afternoon (Wednesday) to discuss lowering fares on the Purple Line train.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939328-bts-board-meet-to-discuss-lowering-fares-on-newly-opened-purple-line/

 

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Thai man suffocated after sniffing his bike's petrol tank

 

Image: CH7

 

NAKHON PATHOM: -- Police say that a Thai man in Nakorn Pathom suffocated after he sniffed gasoline in his motorbike's petrol tank.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939331-thai-man-suffocated-after-sniffing-his-bikes-petrol-tank/

 

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Defense committee calls for integration of intelligence agencies

  

BANGKOK, 24 August 2016 (NNT) - The Ministry of Defense's committee on state administration reform has tasked the police and the National Security Council (NSC) with integrating intelligence agencies nationwide. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939332-thai-defense-committee-calls-for-integration-of-intelligence-agencies/

 

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GSB hack: ATM malware gang have escaped abroad, say police

 

Image: Thairath

 

BANGKOK: -- Police have announced that the Eastern European gang that hit almost two dozen Omsin Bank ATMs in the south and Bangkok have fled the country.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939334-gsb-hack-atm-malware-gang-have-escaped-abroad-say-police/

 

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Thailand and Japan declare readiness to cooperate on humanitarian aid in natural disasters

 

  

BANGKOK, 24 August 2016 (NNT) – Thailand has joined Japan in declaring its readiness to cooperate in providing humanitarian aid in times of natural disaster following a visit by Japan’s deputy minister for defense. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939338-thailand-and-japan-declare-readiness-to-cooperate-on-humanitarian-aid-in-natural-disasters/

 

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Senate will only nominate PM in event of deadlock, lawmakers say

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer -

 

Yingluck Shinawatra on Aug. 5, 2011, thanks her party members moments after majority of the parliament voted her as Thailand’s 28th Prime Minister. In the new charter, the Senate will also have a say in selecting a Prime Minister. Photo: Matichon

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939342-senate-will-only-nominate-pm-in-event-of-deadlock-lawmakers-say/

 

 

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Eastern European theft gang behind the hacking of GSB’s ATMs

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Five eastern European hackers were believed to have hacked into the Government Savings Bank’s ATM system with the use of Malware virus and escaped with about 12 million baht in cash, Pol Gen Panya Mamen, a senior advisor of the Royal Thai Police, disclosed on Wednesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939334-gsb-hack-atm-malware-gang-have-escaped-abroad-say-police/?do=findComment&comment=11080172

 

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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkish state media says Turkish tanks have crossed into Syria as part of operation to free IS-held town.

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Turkish tanks enter Syria in anti-IS operation 

 

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Latest developments in the civil war in Syria

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939348- turkish-tanks-enter-syria-in-anti-is-operation /

 

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Powerful earthquake shakes central Myanmar 

 

BANGKOK (AP) — Officials say a powerful earthquake measuring a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 has shaken central Myanmar.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939378-powerful-earthquake-shakes-central-myanmar /

 

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Officials mull measures to reduce road accidents in Koh Samui

 

 

Foreign tourists may be required to undergo driving lessons and an orientation in Thai traffic rules for at least two hours before they are allowed to rent a vehicle, especially a motorcycle, for driving in Koh Samui.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939380-officials-mull-measures-to-reduce-road-accidents-in-koh-samui/

 

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Bye Buy: Khao San street sellers organize against BMA’s new vendor rules

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

Photo: Anthony Bouch/Flickr

 

The citywide war on street vendors continues, and Khao San Road has been targeted next. The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has said that street vendors on the tourist street will only be allowed to sell Thursday through Sunday from 6pm until midnight.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939295-khao-san-vendors-to-petition-government -on-vending-restrictions/?do=findComment&comment=11080915

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Phuket police hunt two men after attack in Srisoonthorn

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Rescue works prepare to take the injured man to Thalang Hospital. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET:-- Police are on the lookout for two men who are alleged to have assaulted a man leaving him unconscious in Srisoonthorn last night (Aug 23).

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939381-phuket-police-hunt-two-men-after-attack-in-srisoonthorn/

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Myanmar quake shakes up Bangkok

By Khaosod English

 

Location of Wednesday's quake in Myanmar. Image: United States Geological Survey

 

BANGKOK — People in tall buildings in Bangkok took to social media to describe their surprise at feeling tremors from a powerful quake which struck Myanmar at about 5.30pm on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939378-powerful-earthquake-shakes-central-myanmar /

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Phuket water supply shut-off as workers upgrade Koh Kaew mains

Chanida Summast

 

Water supply to major housing developments in Koh Kaew will be affected by the waterworks starting tomorrow (Aug 25).

 

PHUKET:-- The Phuket Waterworks Authority (PWA) has announced that water supply in some parts of Koh Kaew will be shut off tomorrow (Aug 25) as workers upgrade the mains to increase the efficiency of water supply in that area.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939383-phuket-water-supply-shut-off-as-workers-upgrade-koh-kaew-mains/

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Thailand Live Thursday 25 Aug 2016 

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/939407-thailand-live-thursday-25-aug-2016/