THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Wednesday 12 Oct 2016

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What does the future hold for Thailand's Expats? Have your say in our survey

 

 

How will the Thailand Expat landscape change over the next 12 months? 

 

Survey: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/948037-what-does-the-future-hold-for-thailands-expats-have-your-say-in-our-survey/

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People show up to express well wishes to the King

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Many Thai people spontaneously don pink shirts on Tuesday to express their well wishes to His Majesty the King.

 

At Siriraj hospital where the King has been treated by a medical team, several people – many of them wearing pink T-shirts – show up every day since they learned about the King’s condition from the announcement of the Bureau of the Royal Household on Sunday night to pray for their beloved monarch’s quick recovery from illness.

 

Many people were reported to have asked garment vendors for pink T-shirts.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/people-show-express-well-wishes-king/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2016-10-12

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PM calls on Thais to pray for the King and to wish him well

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha on Tuesday urged Thai people throughout the country to pray for the good health of His Majesty the King and to express their well wishes for his quick recovery from illness.

 

After the cabinet meeting, the prime minister accompanied by his wife, led cabinet ministers, commanders of the three armed forces and the police as well as their wives to the Royal Palace to express their well wishes to HM the King who is being treated at Siriraj hospital.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/pm-calls-thais-pray-king-wish-well/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2016-10-12

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Chiang Mai governor insists officials did not discriminate against Mr Tan’s hotel

 

 

CHIANG MAI: -- Chiang Mai Governor Pawin Chamniprasart assured on Tuesday that authorities did not discriminate against green tea tycoon Tan Passakornnatee’s Eastin Tan Hotel in Chiang Mai when they raided the hotel to check its operating licence for the second time today.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/948332-chiang-mai-governor-insists-officials-did-not-discriminate-against-mr-tan’s-hotel/

 

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Compensation for rice crops from flood increased to 3,000 baht per household

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The cabinet on Tuesday agreed to increase the compensation for damage to rice crops by flood from 1,000 baht to 3,000 baht per each household.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/948333-compensation-for-rice-crops-from-flood-increased-to-3000-baht-per-household/

 

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CHIANG MAI

Alleged drug baron Laota nabbed in sting in Mae Ai

The Nation 

 

Alleged drug baron Laota Sanli, who was arrested in a “sting” operation yesterday along with 13 others in Mae Ai district in Chiang Mai, holds evidence from the operation, which included 20 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine known as “ice”

 

Infamous figure caught with 20 kilograms of ‘ice’ after yearlong operation, police say

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/948305-alleged-major-drug-trafficker-laota-arrested/?do=findComment&comment=11235461

 

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DEATH OF STINGRAYS

Prayut orders probe into ray deaths

Chularat Saengpassa,
Anapat Deechuay
The Nation 

 

BANGKOK: -- PRIME MINISTER General Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday ordered relevant agencies to determine the cause of the recent multiple deaths of giant freshwater stingrays.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/948335-prayut-orders-probe-into-ray-deaths/

 

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ALIBABA.COM

Entrepreneurs must persevere: Jack Ma

PICHAYA CHANGSORN
THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- “TODAY IS DIFFICULT. Tomorrow is more |difficult. The day after tomorrow is very beautiful,” Jack Ma, the founder of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba.com, said yesterday, when asked to give advice to young entrepreneurs.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/948337-entrepreneurs-must-persevere-jack-ma/

 

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NEW CONSTITUTION

CDC hands final charter draft to Prayut

KHANITTHA THEPPAJORN, 
ANAPAT DEECHUEY 
THE NATION 

 

Meechai

 

BANGKOK: -- THE NEW charter was delivered to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday, who will seek to have it royally endorsed before it is implemented.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/948338-cdc-hands-final-charter-draft-to-prayut/

 

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Monk and teenager ‘confess’ to raping and killing 6-year-old boy

Pornpan Phetchsaen,
Jitima Janphrom,
Siwa Loho
The Nation

 

 

KHON KAEN: -- A 36-YEAR-OLD monk and a 15-year-old boy have been arrested for allegedly raping and killing a six-year-old boy in Khon Kaen’s Mancha Khiri district.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/948176-monk-arrested-as-six-year-old-boy-murdered-and-sodomized-in-khon-kaen/?do=findComment&comment=11235486

 

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CCTV links Myanmar suspect to death of homeless woman

The Nation 

 

 

BANGKOK: -- SECURITY cameras have linked the 20-year-old Myanmar suspect in the murders of three scavengers in Pathum Thani last week to the death of a homeless woman whose mutilated body was found under a Bangkok U-turn overpass on Sunday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/948339-cctv-links-myanmar-suspect-to-death-of-homeless-woman/

 

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Activist lodges complaint against Prawit over Hawaii trip

Chanikarn Phumhiran 
The Nation 

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Srisuwan Janya, secretary-general of the Association for the Protection of the Thai Constitution, lodged a petition with the Ombudsman yesterday asking for an inquiry into Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwan’s ethics and whether he had followed the junta’s propounded 12 values in relation to a recent trip to Hawaii.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/948340-activist-lodges-complaint-against-prawit-over-hawaii-trip/

 

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Court revokes Jatuporn’s bail over ‘provocative’ comments

JUTHATHIP LUCKSANAWONG 
THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- THE CRIMINAL Court revoked red-shirt leader Jatuporn Prompan’s release on bail yesterday due to his allegedly “provocative and offensive” comments on TV and in the press, which according to the court defamed third parties, affected the public and breached bail conditions.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/948215-jatuporn-says-ready-for-third-time-in-jail/?do=findComment&comment=11235494

 

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STOPPAGE TIME

A tale of three loose-tongued politicians

Tulsathit Taptim
The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- One is American. Another is anti-America. The third has just sneaked in and out of America; he and America are strange bedfellows at the moment. But Donald Trump, Rodrigo Duterte and Thaksin Shinawatra have at least one thing in common: Their boasting and provocative comments know no bounds.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/948341-opinion-a-tale-of-three-loose-tongued-politicians/

 

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BURNING ISSUE

Jack Ma arrives bearing lessons for Thailand’s digital economy

Nophakhun Limsamarnphun 
The Nation 

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba and China’s richest businessman, imparted valuable lessons to Thai policymakers and entrepreneurs on how to develop the digital economy during his visit to Bangkok to attend Monday’s Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) conference.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/948342-jack-ma-arrives-bearing-lessons-for-thailand’s-digital-economy/

 

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Thai Union takes stake in Red Lobster

SIRIVISH TOOMGUM
THE NATION 

 

Thiraphong

 

THAI UNION Group, one of the world’s largest seafood companies, has purchased a minority stake in Red Lobster Seafood Co, the world’s largest seafood-restaurant company, in a deal worth US$575 million (Bt20.3 billion) as part of its strategic expansion into a new business segment, retail food services.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/948343-thai-union-takes-stake-in-red-lobster/

 

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PM fears news of possible attacks could cause panic

  

BANGKOK, 12 October 2016 (NNT) - Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha urges all sides to be careful when speaking to the public about possible car bomb attacks, saying they can cause panic and affect confidence. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/948306-pm-pleads-with-media-to-report-bomb-plot-in-capital-with-caution/?do=findComment&comment=11235515

 

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Thailand aims to increase plastic export value to 1.1 trillion bt within 5 years

  

BANGKOK, 12 October 2016 (NNT) – The Ministry of Industry is planning to increase revenue from plastic exports to 1.1 trillion baht by the year 2021. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/948344-thailand-aims-to-increase-plastic-export-value-to-11-trillion-baht-within-5-years/

 

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Samsung announces total halt in production of Galaxy Note 7

BY EURONEWS 

 

 

Samsung is to abandon production of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones due to consumer safety concerns.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/samsung-announces-total-halt-in-production-of-galaxy-note-7/18011/

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OIC tightening rules for offering insurance policies through banks

  

BANGKOK, 12 October 2016 (NNT) – The Office of Insurance Commission (OIC) will be tightening banks' insurance policies, stressing that brokers must clearly state whether their transaction is an insurance or a deposit. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/948345-oic-tightening-rules-for-offering-insurance-policies-through-banks/

 

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Thousands flee fighting near site of dam backed by Thailand

Pratch Rujivanarom
The Nation 

 

 

Nearby villages flooded with refugees facing imminent crisis

 

AS MANY as 10,000 people in Kayin State in Myanmar have been displaced due to fighting over the Hat Gyi Dam construction site, as plans move forward to begin building on the Salween River.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/948346-thousands-flee-fighting-near-site-of-dam-backed-by-thailand/

 

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Trump defiant as Clinton rides high in the polls

 

 

WASHINGTON: -- One looks on track for the White House as the other’s campaign seems to be spiralling out of control.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/948347-trump-defiant-as-clinton-rides-high-in-the-polls/

 

 

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President Obama plots a course to Mars and back by the 2030s

Chris Cummins

 

 

WASHINGTON: -- US President Barack Obama has revealed that the United States is working in partnership with private companies to send and expedition to Mars and back by the 2030s.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/948348-president-obama-plots-a-course-to-mars-and-back-by-the-2030s/

 

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Putin pulls out of Paris trip amid Syria tensions

 

 

PARIS: -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has cancelled a planned trip to Paris next week, after his French counterpart said he would see him only for talks on Syria.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/948349-putin-pulls-out-of-paris-trip-amid-syria-tensions/

 

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Stephen King steps in to calm the creepy clown craze

Catherine Hardy

 

 

• Sightings in US and across the UK
• Warnings from police
• Horror writer Stephen King steps in
• Keep reading to see a cute clown pic

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/948351-stephen-king-steps-in-to-calm-the-creepy-clown-craze/

 

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France opens first supervised injection facility for drug addicts

Chris Cummins

 

 

PARIS: -- France has opened its first supervised injection facility for drug users.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/948352-france-opens-first-supervised-injection-facility-for-drug-addicts/

 

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Unshackled, Trump unleashes aggressive attacks on own party

By STEVE PEOPLES, JONATHAN LEMIRE and JILL COLVIN

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — The "shackles" gone, Donald Trump stepped up his fierce attacks on his own party leaders Tuesday, promising to teach Republicans who oppose him a lesson and fight for the presidency "the way I want to."

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/948347-trump-defiant-as-clinton-rides-high-in-the-polls/?do=findComment&comment=11235560

 

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Airstrike in Yemen deepens war, puts pressure on US

By MAGGIE MICHAEL and AHMED AL-HAJ

 

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — More than 1,000 mourners were packed into the funeral hall, including some of the most powerful figures in Yemen's rebel movement. Ali al-Akwa, who was just about to start reciting the Quran, heard warplanes overhead — but that wasn't strange for wartime Sanaa. Surely a funeral would be safe, he thought.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/948353-airstrike-in-yemen-deepens-war-puts-pressure-on-us/

 

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Leaks show Clinton inner circle grappling with email issue

By MICHAEL BIESECKER, JULIE BYKOWICZ and CHAD DAY

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hacked emails show that Hillary Clinton's campaign was slow to grasp the seriousness of the controversy over her use of a homebrew email server and believed it might blow over after one weekend.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/948354-leaks-show-clinton-inner-circle-grappling-with-email-issue/

 

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Premature baby's corpse disappears from hospital amid fears it was taken for an occult ceremony

 

Image: Thairath

 

BANGKOK: -- Samut Prakarn hospital has lost the corpse of a baby born to a mother prematurely.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/948355-premature-babys-corpse-disappears-from-hospital-amid-fears-it-was-taken-for-an-occult-ceremony/