Entrance limit set at 10,000
By JUTHATHIP LUCKSANAWONG

THE NATION

 

 

Mourners complain as new queue card system implemented, leaving people confused and unable to enter Sala Sahathai Samakhom

 

BANGKOK: -- FROM Saturday, the number of mourners allowed to pay respects to His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej before the Royal Urn inside the Grand Palace will be limited to 10,000 a day.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950283-sala-sahathai-samakhom-entrance-limit-set-at-10000/

 

 

Industry inspectors find no cyanide in wastewater released by factories into Mae Klong river

 

 

SAMUT SONGKHRAM: -- Inspectors from the Industry Ministry have not found any traces of cyanide from wastewater released by eight factories in Samut Songkhram and 19 more in Ratchaburi into the Mae Klong river.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950285-industry-inspectors-find-no-cyanide-in-wastewater-released-by-factories-into-mae-klong-river/

 

One died, 17 injured in Pattani market blast

 

 

PATTANI: -- One woman was killed and 17 others injured when a home-made bomb planted at a crowded market in Pattani town exploded at 7.00pm Monday night.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950286-one-dies-17-injured-in-pattani-market-blast/

 

Rangers miraculously escape injury from roadside bombing

 

Six para-military rangers narrowly escaped death and injury after a pick-up truck in which they were travelled was struck by a roadside bomb in Pattani’s Yarang district on Monday morning.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950287-rangers-miraculously-escape-injury-from-pattani-roadside-bombing/

 

Arisman's house partially burned

 

 

BANGKOK: -- A three-storey house belonging to former red-shirt leader Arisman Pongruangrong was partially burned in a fire Monday morning.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950288-arismans-house-partially-burned/

 

Banks told to distribute commemorative banknotes

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Bank of Thailand has coordinated with commercial banks and state-owned banks to allocate commemorative banknotes still available for distribution to members of the public to prevent profiteering from the sale of these banknotes.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950289-banks-told-to-distribute-commemorative-banknotes/

 

UPDATE:

 

Bangkok fire damages red-shirt activist’s home
By THE NATION

 

 

 

BANGKOK: -- A FIRE broke out in the house of singer and red-shirt activist Arisman Pongruangrong yesterday, causing minor damage and leaving the singer with a slight burn to his foot. No one else was hurt.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950288-arismans-house-partially-burned/?do=findComment&comment=11266524

 

Tears of grief wash away conflict, divisions
By The Nation

 

A Thai mourner cries as others clad in black light candles for late Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej at the Sanam Luang Park outside the Grand Palace in Bangkok on October 22, 2016. Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej died at the age of 88 on October 13

 

BANGKOK: -- Many tears have flowed over scenes of Sanam Luang depicted in millions of stories and photos shared in the past 11 days. But the grief also contains deep feelings of generosity and unity.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950290-tears-of-grief-wash-away-conflict-divisions/

 

UPDATE:

 

Yingluck punishment in rice scheme slammed as divisive
By The Nation

 

Yingluck

 

BANGKOK: -- A politician and a critic have questioned the Finance Ministry’s order to make former prime minister Yingluck Shinawtra pay Bt35 billion in compensation for the huge loss incurred by her government’s rice pledging scheme.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950234-fining-yingluck-for-rice-subsidy-in-grey-area-critic-of-policy-says/?do=findComment&comment=11266531

 

Move to restore peace in deep South
By Pares Lohasan

The Nation

 

 

PATTANI: -- The front command Cabinet tasked with tackling unrest in the deep South has announced it is ready to work towards peace restoration in the region.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950291-move-to-restore-peace-in-deep-south/

 

600,000 'yaba' pills nabbed in 2 drug busts
By AYUTHAI NONNITIRAT, JESSADA CHANTHARAK

THE NATION

 

 

NAKHON SAWAN: -- POLICE have busted two major drug gangs and jointly netted 600,000 “yaba” pills and two |kilograms of crystal meth, or “ice”.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950292-600000-yaba-pills-nabbed-in-2-drug-busts/

 

Top boxers among many trekking to Grand Palace
By THE NATION

 

Lamphun man Ekkapol Tan, 39, is accompanied by local rescue workers as he walks through Phichit province on his quest to walk from Phitsanulok province to Bangkok to pay his respects to the late King. He began his trip on Sunday.

 

BANGKOK: -- THREE Olympic medallists are among at least a dozen people undertaking journeys to the Grand Palace on foot or bicycle from upcountry as a mark of respect for His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950293-top-boxers-among-many-trekking-to-grand-palace/

 

King’s ties to deep South remembered
By SUPITCHA RATTANA

THE NATION

 

Dilok

 

Visits led to fluency in local dialect.

 

NARATHIWAT: -- HM KING Bhumibol Adulyadej had spent so much time working in the strife-torn southernmost region that he could speak the local dialect fluently. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950295-king’s-ties-to-deep-south-remembered/

 

Korat to host mass singing of anthem on Thursday
By THE NATION

 

 

NAKHON Ratchasima will be the next venue for a mass singing of the Royal Anthem in honour of HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej, according to the man who conducted the first event at Bangkok’s Sanam Luang on Saturday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950296-korat-to-host-mass-singing-of-anthem-on-thursday/

 

Thousands of volunteers for mourners, but rubbish mounts
By THE NATION

 

Young volunteers carry garbage bags around Sanam Luang asking mourners whether they had any rubbish and offering to collect it for them.

 

BANGKOK: -- ALMOST 5,000 people have joined the Volunteers for Dad group to provide services to mourners paying homage to His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej at the Grand Palace.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950298-thousands-of-volunteers-for-mourners-but-rubbish-mounts/

 

Remaining Mahakan Fort homes to go this year: BMA
By Tanatpong Kongsai

The Nation

 

Mahakan Fort

 

BANGKOK: -- Bangkok Governor Pol General Aswin Kwanmuang yesterday insisted that the demolition of the remaining 42 houses at the Mahakan Fort community would be completed by the end of this year.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950300-remaining-mahakan-fort-homes-to-go-this-year-bma/

 

A star of Asia: Farewell, Dhammaraja
By Maura Moynihan

Special to The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- In the afternoon of October 13, King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand, Rama IX of the Chakri dynasty, passed away at the age of 88, in the 70th year of his reign. I ran to a cafe in Sukhumvit to watch the announcement, as streets in Bangkok grew quiet, people huddled around television screens, many sobbing in disbelief. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950301-a-star-of-asia-farewell-dhammaraja/

 

Foreign traders have ‘faith in government economic policies’
By PETCHANET PRATRUANGKRAI

THE NATION

 

Potential buyers shop for old coins and commemorative banknotes at a roadside stall in the Thewes area recently. People were particularly interested in old coins and banknotes picturing the face of His Majesty the King.

 

BANGKOK: -- INTERNATIONAL traders doing business with Thailand are confident they will continue to do |so because they have faith in the country’s economy despite this period of great national mourning over the King’s death, according to reports from Thai trade officials overseas.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950302-foreign-traders-have-‘faith-in-government-economic-policies’/

 

Politicos And Activists Agree To Pause Politics - For Now

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer -

 

A crowd of black-clad mourners Friday outside the Grand Palace in Bangkok.

 

BANGKOK — Sirawith Seritiwat, a prominent student activist and persistent junta critic, said it wasn’t long after the Oct. 13 death of His Majesty the Late King that soldiers rang him up to ask whether he would engage in any political activities and urge him not to make any moves during the mourning period.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950303-politicos-and-activists-agree-to-pause-politics-for-now/

 

Detained in Thailand, Cannabis Coffeeshop Pioneer Asks Dutch King for Rescue

DERRICK BERGMAN

 

BANGKOK: -- Former coffeeshop owner and Dutch cannabis pioneer Johan van Laarhoven, who faces a 103-year jail sentence in Thai prison, has written a letter to King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, pleading for help freeing him from “this Thai hell.”

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950304-detained-in-thailand-cannabis-coffeeshop-pioneer-asks-dutch-king-for-rescue/

 

Meet the Billionaires of Thailand's Red Bull Fortune  

By Sterling Wong

Bloomberg

 

- Booming segment creates $45 billion of individual net worth

- The brand accounts for 87% of world’s energy-drink billions

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950305-meet-the-billionaires-of-thailands-red-bull-fortune  /

 

Libya: Freed ISIL migrant girl relives kidnap ordeal

 

 

TRIPOLI: -- The horror of life in the clutches of ISIL has been described by a 12-year-old girl, one of a group of Eritrean female captives of the extremists to have been freed by pro-government forces in Libya.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950306-libya-freed-isil-migrant-girl-relives-kidnap-ordeal/

 

Russia “currently not considering” fresh truce in Aleppo

Catherine Hardy

 

 

• Russia currently not considering a new truce
• Government forces reportedly capture a strategic hilltop
• At least 16 civilians die in attacks on the province of Idlib

Russia says it is not currently considering a new truce in the Syrian city of Aleppo

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950307-russia-“currently-not-considering”-fresh-truce-in-aleppo/

 

UPDATE:

 

Calm prevails as the Jungle is cleared

Catherine Hardy

 

 

CALAIS: -- France has begun clearing the sprawling “Jungle” migrant camp near Calais.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950246-france-moving-more-than-6000-migrants-destroying-huge-camp /?do=findComment&comment=11266599

 

Brexit meeting ‘deeply frustrating’ says Scotland’s First Minister

 

 

LONDON: -- The British prime minister has called on the devolved parliaments of the UK to stand united on Brexit.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950308-brexit-meeting-‘deeply-frustrating’-says-scotland’s-first-minister/

 

CO2 emissions in earth’s atmosphere hit important threshold

 

 

PARIS: -- The earth has reached a worrying new milestone. Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have reached the symbolic threshold of 400 parts per million on average across the whole of 2015, and may not dip below that level for many generations.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950310-co2-emissions-in-earth’s-atmosphere-hit-important-threshold/

 

Saving the whale – IWC meets in Slovenia

 

 

What is happening?

 

More than 80 nations have gathered in Slovenia for the biennial meeting of the International Whaling Commission.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950312-saving-the-whale-–-iwc-meets-in-slovenia/

 

Trump rejects 'phony' polls, insists 'we are winning'

By STEVE PEOPLES and JONATHAN LEMIRE

 

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP) — A defiant Donald Trump blamed his campaign struggles on "phony polls" from the "disgusting" media on Monday, fighting to energize his most loyal supporters as his path to the presidency shrinks.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950313-trump-rejects-phony-polls-insists-we-are-winning/

 

Poll: Young voters now coming through for Hillary Clinton

By LAURIE KELLMAN and EMILY SWANSON

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Liane Golightly has finally decided who she'll vote for on Election Day. Hillary Clinton is not a choice the 30-year-old Republican would have predicted, nor one that excites her. But the former supporter of Ohio Gov. John Kasich says it's the only choice she can make.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950314-poll-young-voters-now-coming-through-for-hillary-clinton/

 

Pavilion in honor of His Majesty to be opened in Hua Hin reservoir

 

Picture: tnamcot

 

HUA HIN: -- Preparations are underway to finish a royal pavilion in a Hua Hin reservoir.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950315-pavilion-in-honor-of-his-majesty-to-be-opened-in-hua-hin-reservoir/