THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Thursday 15 Dec 2016

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Yahoo says hackers stole information from over 1B accounts

By The Associated Press

 

NEW YORK (AP) — Yahoo says it believes hackers stole data from more than one billion user accounts in August 2013, in what is thought to be the largest data breach at an email provider.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958604-yahoo-says-hackers-stole-information-from-over-1b-accounts/

 

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Trump tells anxious tech leaders: 'We're here to help'

By JONATHAN LEMIRE and MICHAEL LIEDTKE

 

NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump, who faced fierce opposition from some Silicon Valley leaders during the election campaign, strove to assure the titans of tech on Wednesday that his administration is "here to help you folks do well."

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958605-trump-tells-anxious-tech-leaders-were-here-to-help/

 

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Phuket Airport uses terminal screening for checked baggage in international terminal

 

BANGKOK, 15 December 2016 (NNT) – Phuket Airport will be changing its security measures for checked baggage in its international terminal, opting for terminal screening to increase confidence among passengers and entrepreneurs. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958615-phuket-airport-uses-terminal-screening-for-checked-baggage-in-international-terminal/

 

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ICRC provides budget to Sea Search and Rescue Project

 

BANGKOK, 15 December 2016 (NNT) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has compiled a budget towards the Sea Search and Rescue Project in six southern provinces affected by tsunami to develop the capability of volunteers in helping maritime disaster victims. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958617-icrc-provides-budget-to-sea-search-and-rescue-project/

 

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PRD chief urges "Reform Voice" to keep people updated on national reform

 

BANGKOK, 15 December 2016 (NNT) - Acting Director-General of the Public Relations Department (PRD) Lt.Gen. Sansern Kaewkamnerd suggested that the National Reform Steering Assembly (NRSA) should keep updating the society on their work and cooperate with the media in publicizing information about the national reform campaign. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958619-prd-chief-urges-reform-voice-to-keep-people-updated-on-national-reform/

 

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Deputy PM ensures security for people on New Year holiday

 

BANGKOK, 15 December 2016 (NNT) - Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Gen. Prawit Wongsuwon has emphasized stringent enforcement of laws during the New Year festival and expressed readiness to ensure safety for the people. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958620-deputy-pm-prawit-ensures-security-for-people-on-new-year-holiday/

 

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Police turn female impersonators as knife snatch team nabbed

 

Picture: Daily News

 

BANGKOK: -- Cops in northern Bangkok nabbed a gang stealing property at knifepoint with some imaginative proactive policing.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958623-police-turn-female-impersonators-as-knife-snatch-team-nabbed/

 

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Gold mine ban 'not final'
By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION

 

 

Experts believe junta order allows room for amendment later; Akara Resources says 1,000 workers will lose jobs.

 

PHICHIT: -- ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERTS believe that the junta’s order on Tuesday to suspend gold mining operations is not final and there is room to reverse the decision or amend the order, even as Akara Resources pledged to comply with the diktat and stop mining operations.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958625-gold-mine-ban-not-final/

 

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Politicians criticise party law’s focus on money
By KASAMAKORN CHANWANPEN 
THE NATION 

 

 

SECOND CONCERN EXPRESSED TO CDC IS LIMITED TIME EXISTING PARTIES WILL HAVE TO ADJUST

 

BANGKOK: -- THE PROPOSED annual membership fee for political party membership and the limited time to adjust to the new rules were the two main points of concern put before constitution drafters yesterday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958626-politicians-criticise-party-law’s-focus-on-money/

 

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Independent UK companies look to co-production with Thai media firms
By WATCHIRANONT THONGTEP 
THE NATION

 

McCarthy-Simpson

 

BANGKOK: -- DESPITE BEING faced with a series of uncertainties, the Thai broadcasting industry remains attractive for overseas content distributors – and a group of independent British film and entertainment production houses have recently jumped on the bandwagon.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958629-independent-uk-companies-look-to-co-production-with-thai-media-firms/

 

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Fourteen year old hero saves girls from Trang floodwaters

 

Picture: Kapook

 

TRANG: -- A fourteen year old boy in the south of Thailand is being hailed as a hero after he helped save two girls who were drowning.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958632-fourteen-year-old-hero-saves-girls-from-trang-floodwaters/

 

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Phuket airport sets out beach safety zone, warning system

Yutthawat Lekmak

 

Warning signs have been posted at the end of the runway, where people like to take photos of the aircraft landing. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- Phuket International Airport (PIA) has put in place a safety zone and warning system at the end of the runway along Mai Khao Beach to protect a growing number of beachgoers who visit that area to take photographs and videos of landing aircraft.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958633-phuket-airport-sets-out-beach-safety-zone-warning-system/

 

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Commissioner's help to booze firm not a problem, say police

 

Picture: Thai News Agency

 

BANGKOK: -- The national police office has played down concerns that there is a conflict of interest after it was revealed that the metropolitan commissioner is an advisor with a firm that produces alcohol.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958636-commissioners-help-to-booze-firm-not-a-problem-say-police/

 

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Driver saved from fire as two 18 wheelers collide east of Bangkok

 

Picture: Sanook

 

BANGKOK: -- A lucky driver was saved certain death as he was hauled from his burning cab after two 18 wheelers collided in Bang Plee yesterday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958638-driver-saved-from-fire-as-two-18-wheelers-collide-east-of-bangkok/

 

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Two injured when trailer truck smashes into electricity pylon in Phuket

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The driver of the truck told police he crashed into the pylon when trying to avoid a collision with a pickup truck which braked unexpectedly. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- Two people were injured in Thepkrasattri yesterday afternoon (Dec 14) when a trailer truck carrying a backhoe ploughed into an electricity pylon to avoid colliding with a pickup truck.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958641-two-injured-when-trailer-truck-smashes-into-electricity-pylon-in-phuket/

 

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SET falls 5.81 to 1,515.44 at opening /Bangkok Post

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Security boosted to ensure public safety during New Year celebration

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Security measures are now being imposed by police and the military to ensure safety for the people as the New Year is approaching. Notably the police will emphasize on traffic safety as people are expected to travel out of the capital back homes to celebrate the long New Year holidays.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958620-deputy-pm-prawit-ensures-security-for-people-on-new-year-holiday/?do=findComment&comment=11424554

 

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Japan moves to allow casino gambling at 'integrated resorts' 
KELVIN CHAN, AP Business Writers
ELAINE KURTENBACH, AP Business Writers

 

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's parliament approved Thursday a law on "integrated resorts" that is the first major hurdle in allowing casinos to set up shop in the wealthy nation.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958645-japan-moves-to-allow-casino-gambling-at-integrated-resorts /

 

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List of 300,000 Internet users submitted to NLA to reconsider computer crime bill
By Kasamakorn Chanwanpen 
The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Thai Netizen Network and Amnesty International Thursday lodged a petition endorsed also by 300,000 Internet users with the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) to reconsider the amendment of the computer crimes law allegedly posing threats to human rights.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958653-list-of-300000-internet-users-submitted-to-nla-to-reconsider-computer-crime-bill/

 

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Inside Aleppo – One photographer tells of the horror of the fall of the city

Daleen Hassan

 

 

ALEPPO: -- To gain more insight on the humanitarian situation on the ground in the city of Aleppo euronews contacted Salah al-Alashqar, a freelance photographer. He is now in the neighborhood of Seif al-Dawla, one eastern district shelled by Syrian regular forces.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958656-inside-aleppo-–-one-photographer-tells-of-the-horror-of-the-fall-of-the-city/

 

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Manhunt now launched for rape suspect of an Aussie tourist 

 

BANGKOK: -- Bangkok police are now hunting for a former 32-year-old motorcycle taxi and charity worker after gaining strong evidence that he might be the suspect who raped a 21-year-old Australian tourist at an abandoned building in Bangkok last Monday.

 

Full story:  http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958555-police-issue-warrant-for-rapist-of-aussie-tourist-he-is-a-motorcycle-taxi-rider-not-a-tuk-tuk-driver/?do=findComment&comment=11424686

 

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British man gets prison time in Trump attack case in Vegas

By KEN RITTER

 

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A British man diagnosed with mental illness was sentenced Tuesday to about four more months in a U.S. prison for trying to grab a police officer's gun in a plan to kill presidential candidate Donald Trump at a campaign rally last June in Las Vegas.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958659-british-man-gets-prison-time-in-trump-attack-case-in-vegas/

 

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Duterte says he is not sure he will finish his term

 

 

MANILA: -- President Rodrigo Duterte told a cheering crowd of several thousand expatriate Filipinos in Phnom Penh on Wednesday that he had “found out very late” that he did not need the presidency at his age, the Philippine Inquirer Online reported on Thursday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958660-duterte-says-he-is-not-sure-he-will-finish-his-term/

 

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Thailand Yacht Show sets sail today at Ao Por Grand Marina

Phuket Gazette 

 

         

Marine toys go on show at the Thailand yacht Show 2016 at Ao Po Marina. Photo: Gazette file

 

PHUKET: -- The second edition of the Thailand Yacht Show (TYS) officially opens today at Phuket’s Ao Po Grand Marina, showcasing superyachts, marine toys, sailing accessories and exclusive lifestyles.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958666-thailand-yacht-show-sets-sail-today-at-ao-por-grand-marina/

 

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Selfies on dangerous mountain cliffs banned

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Tourists visiting national parks in the country are now banned from taking selfies at dangerous locations on mountain cliffs.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958669-selfies-on-dangerous-mountain-cliffs-banned/

 

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Phuket airport taxi drivers rail against fee hikes

The Phuket News

 

Metered taxi drivers gathered at Phuket Provincial Hall to file a formal complaint about parking fees charged at Phuket International Airport. photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET: -- More than 100 metered taxi drivers operating out of Phuket International Airport massed at Phuket Provincial Hall yesterday (Dec 14) to file a formal complaint over being charged what they called “exorbitant” fees for parking at the airport, among a slew of other grievances.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958674-phuket-airport-taxi-drivers-rail-against-fee-hikes/

 

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Pretty Brit teen twin on dream holiday found washed up on Thai beach

By Tom Evans

 

A STUDENT drowned after going for a swim alone off the coast of a Thai island just hours after arriving, an inquest heard.

 

NORTHAMPTON: -- Tragic Bryony Freestone, 19, was found washed up on Koh Chang beach at 9am on August 14 while on a dream holiday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958677-british-teen-died-on-koh-chang-accidentally-an-inquest-heard/

 

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French tourists robbed in Phuket

Phuket Gazette 

 

The suspect was charged with robbery and taken to Cherng Talay Police Station for further legal processing. Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

PHUKET: -- A man was arrested for robbing a French couple in Cherng Talay last night. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958682-french-tourists-robbed-in-phuket/

 

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Iran sanctions renewal becomes law without Obama signature 
JOSH LEDERMAN, Associated Press

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — In an unexpected reversal, President Barack Obama declined to sign a renewal of sanctions against Iran but let it become law anyway, in an apparent bid to alleviate Tehran's concerns that the U.S. is backsliding on the nuclear deal.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958685-iran-sanctions-renewal-becomes-law-without-obama-signature/

 

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Possibly illegal elephant seized from owner by authorities

 

 

RATCHABURI, 15 December 2016 (NNT) – Authorities have seized an elephant after finding its DNA did not match information indicated in its documentation. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958689-possibly-illegal-elephant-seized-from-owner-by-authorities/