THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Monday 30 Jan 2017

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4 killed and 18 injured in a bus accident in Ang Thong

 

 

Four officials of Phatthalung cooperative office were killed and 18 others were injured when a tour bus in which they were travelling flipped and turned over after a tire burst on the Asian highway in Ang Thong province early Sunday morning.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966208-4-killed-and-18-injured-in-a-bus-accident-in-ang-thong/

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Four killed, five injured in grenade attack in Chachoengsao

By The Nation

 

A brawl between two groups of teenagers at a temple fair in Chachoengsao resulted in a grenade attack that killed four and injured five of them, police said. The attack happened at 1 am Sunday at Amphawan Temple in Tambon Lat Krathing in Sanam Chaiket district.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966216-four-killed-five-injured-in-grenade-attack-in-chachoengsao/

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Attorneys general from 16 US states condemn President Donald Trump's executive order on travel bans /BBC

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Half a millon ya baa pills and three kgs of Ice seized from an BMW

 

 

PHITSANULOK: -- Highway police in Phitsanulok province and anti-narcotics officials arrested two men and seized over half a million methamphetamine (ya baa) pills and three kilogrammes of crystal Ice from a car they had been chasing for speeding.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966259-half-a-millon-ya-baa-pills-and-three-kgs-of-ice-seized-from-bmw/

 

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Media organizations up in arms against media restriction bill

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Thirty media organizations have demanded the National Reform Steering Assembly (NRSA) to scrap a bill proposed by a panel to the assembly seeking to rein in the media and to restrict freedom of the media.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966260-media-organizations-up-in-arms-against-media-restriction-bill/

 

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Tourism and Sports Minister to organize roadshow events in 4 countries

 

 

BANGKOK, 30 January 2017 (NNT) – The Minister of Tourism and Sports has planned on organizing road show events in four countries, expecting revenue from tourism to reach 2.7 trillion baht in 2017. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966262-thai-tourism-and-sports-minister-to-organize-roadshow-events-in-4-countries/

 

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Revealed: the 'real' reason why Donald Trump and Theresa May held hands - and it's not what you think

Robert Mendick, chief reporter 

Peter Dominiczak, political editor 

 

So it wasn’t necessarily an affectionate holding of hands after all

 

WASHINGTON: -- It has emerged that Theresa May was only photographed hand in hand with Donald Trump - because, bizarre as it sounds, the president may have a fear of slopes and needed a soothing arm to negotiate a downhill stretch of path.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966263-revealed-the-real-reason-why-donald-trump-and-theresa-may-held-hands-and-its-not-what-you-think/

 

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Government to appoint “Minister Reform” to help plot the future

 

 

BANGKOK, 30 January 2017 (NNT) - The government is planning to appoint a number of specialists to help steer its national reform efforts forward. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966264-thai-govt-to-appoint-minister-reform-to-help-plot-the-future/

 

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Flooding persists in only 5 provinces as situation improves

 

 

BANGKOK, 30 January 2017 (NNT) – Floods in the southern region has receded with several areas in 5 provinces still inundated, while the Prime Minister calls for damage assessment followed by immediate rehabilitation, says government spokesman. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966265-flooding-persists-in-only-5-thai-provinces-as-situation-improves/

 

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Thai Govt unfazed by lower ranking in corruption index

 

 

BANGKOK, 30 January 2017 (NNT) – The Thai government is not perturbed about the recently-released 2016 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) which ranks Thailand at number 101 among 176 countries surveyed. The government gave an assurance that its top priority is to remove corruption practices from Thai society. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966266-thai-govt-unfazed-by-lower-ranking-in-corruption-index/

 

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Govt not to invoke Article 44 in Rolls-Royce fraud case

 

 

BANGKOK, 30 January 2017 (NNT) – The government won't resort to Article 44 of the interim constitution to speed up the investigation into a bribery case against Britain’s Rolls-Royce, saying normal legal procedures will be followed. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966267-thai-govt-not-to-invoke-article-44-in-rolls-royce-fraud-case/

 

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Cockfighters reap Year of Rooster bonus inThailand

By Natasha Howitt

REUTERS

 

A cockfight is seen at an event organised to celebrate the Lunar New Year and the year of the Rooster on the outskirts of Bangkok, ThailandJanuary 29, 2017. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Prized birds faced off in front of thousands of spectators at a stadium near Thailand's capital on Sunday as celebrations for the Year of the Rooster brought a windfall for some.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966268-cockfighters-reap-year-of-rooster-bonus-inthailand/

 

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Myanmar ruling party lawyer shot dead at Yangon airport

By Wa Lone, Shwe Yee Saw Myint and Simon Lewis

REUTERS

 

Ko Ni, a prominent member of Myanmar's Muslim minority and legal adviser for Myanmar's ruling National League for Democracy, is seen during an interview in Yangon January 13, 2016. Picture taken January 13, 2016. Ko ni was shot dead outside the Yangon International Airport on January 29, 2017. Phyo Thiha Cho/Myanmar

 

YANGON (Reuters) - A legal adviser for Myanmar's ruling National League for Democracy was shot dead outside the country's busiest airport on Sunday, in a rare outbreak of what appeared to be political violence in the commercial capital, Yangon.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966269-myanmar-ruling-party-lawyer-shot-dead-at-yangon-airport/

 

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'Political policy needed to heal country'

 

Sungsidh

 

CHAIRMAN OF SPECIAL SUB-PANEL GIVES VIEWS ON THE QUEST FOR RECONCILIATION

 

BANGKOK: -- IN AN ATTEMPT to find a way out of the long-time conflicts hurting the country – especially among figures from political sector which is seen as the most divisive

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966270-political-policy-needed-to-heal-thailand/

 

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Air Force awaits answers on fatal Gripen crash
By JITRAPORN SENAWONG
THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- THE AIR FORCE is attempting to determine the cause of the deadly JAS 39 Gripen crash |at a Songkhla air show this month, as it |considers buying a full fleet of the Swedish-made fighter jets to make up one of the strongest air forces in Asean.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966271-thai-air-force-awaits-answers-on-fatal-gripen-crash/

 

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UPDATE:
 

Four killed in grenade attack after teenagers brawl at temple fair
By THE NATION

 

 

CHACHOENGSAOA BRAWL BETWEEN two groups of teenagers at a temple fair in Chachoengsao province early yesterday resulted in a grenade attack that killed four and injured five, police said.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966216-four-killed-five-injured-in-grenade-attack-in-chachoengsao/?do=findComment&comment=11571885

 

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Top official in paintings theft scandal suspended
By THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- INTELLECTUAL Property Department deputy director-general Suphat Saquandeekul has been suspended from duty pending an investigation into his theft of paintings from a Japanese hotel, the Commerce Minister Apiradi Tantraporn said yesterday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966272-top-thai-official-in-paintings-theft-scandal-suspended/

 

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Minister to focus on role of teachers
By NOPHAKHUN LIMSAMARNPHUN
THE NATION

 

Teerakiat

 

BANGKOK: -- NEWLY APPOINTED Education Minister Teerakiat Jareonsettasin is spearheading a reform of education with a focus on ensuring that the country’s 400,000 teachers put in quality time for their teaching responsibilities.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966273-thai-education-minister-to-focus-on-role-of-teachers/

 

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Human capacity building key to country’s manpower problems, forum told
By CHULARAT SAENGPASSA
THE NATION

 

Dr Bun Phearin, president of the National Polytechnic Institute of Cambodia, delivers a lecture on an academia and industry collaboration in Cambodia during an international forum in Chiang Mai.

 

CHIANG MAI: -- HUMAN CAPACITY building was the focus when participants from various sectors came together at an international forum to find ways for Thailand to step out of the middle-income trap.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966274-human-capacity-building-key-to-thailand’s-manpower-problems-forum-told/

 

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Govt confident of implicating Rolls-Royce ‘bribe-takers’
By The Nation

 

Suwaphan

 

BANGKOK: -- Justice Minister Suwaphan Tanyuvardhana has expressed confidence the government will be able to implicate the alleged recipients of bribes worth billions of baht from UK-based engine-maker Rolls-Royce in return for lucrative business deals with Thai Airways International and other state enterprises.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966275-thai-govt-confident-of-implicating-rolls-royce-‘bribe-takers’/

 

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Media outlets oppose new law
By KASAMAKORN CHANWANPEN
THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Journalists say professional council overseeing sector would be vulnerable to political interference; urge NRSA to drop draft.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966260-media-organizations-up-in-arms-against-media-restriction-bill/?do=findComment&comment=11571901

 

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OPINION

Turning Bangkok into Geneva of Asia
By Kavi Chongkittavorn
The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- The capital with the world’s longest name is gradually transforming into Geneva of Asia. Is it for real? It is an inspiration of the current military government that the City of Angel will soon become the city of international organizations and conventions filling with civil servants, campaigners and advocators.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966276-turning-bangkok-into-geneva-of-asia/

 

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The art and science of helping Thailand’s poorest
By SPECIAL TO THE NATION

 

BANGKOK: -- BY NOW the Prayut Chan-o-cha government should have finished its task of transferring Bt3,000 cash to each targeted poor or low-income person in the non-farm sector who earns less than Bt30,000 a year, and Bt1,500 cash to those with annual income not exceeding Bt100,000. Combined with an earlier programme under which the poor in the farm sector were given similar cash assistance, the number of poor.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966277-the-art-and-science-of-helping-thailand’s-poorest/

 

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Thaicom proposes joint-venture broadband satellite deal with CAT
By USANEE MONGKOLPORN
THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- SATELLITE OPERATOR Thaicom has approached state agency CAT Telecom to set up a 70:30 joint venture to develop the planned Thaicom 9 broadband satellite to serve bandwidth demand by state agencies.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966278-thaicom-proposes-joint-venture-broadband-satellite-deal-with-cat/

 

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Netanyahu in hot water over US embassy and wall

Catherine Hardy

 

 

JERUSAELM: -- The Israeli Prime Minister has voiced his support for moving the US Embassy to Jerusalem.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966279-netanyahu-in-hot-water-over-us-embassy-and-wall/

 

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Global backlash grows against Trump's immigration order

By Maher Chmaytelli and Lin Noueihed

REUTERS

 

Activists gather outside the White House to protest President Donald Trump's executive actions on immigration in Washington January 29, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein

 

BAGHDAD/CAIRO (Reuters) - A global backlash against U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration curbs gathered strength on Sunday as several countries including long-standing American allies criticised the measures as discriminatory and divisive.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966280-global-backlash-grows-against-trumps-immigration-order/

 

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Commando dies in U.S. raid in Yemen, first military op OK'd by Trump

By Mohammed Ghobari and Phil Stewart

REUTERS

 

SANAA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. commando died and three others were wounded carrying out a deadly dawn raid on the al Qaeda militant group in southern Yemen on Sunday, in the first military operation authorized by President Donald Trump.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966281-commando-dies-in-us-raid-in-yemen-first-military-op-okd-by-trump/

 

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Hardline Hamon wins French Socialist presidential race

 

 

PARIS: -- It’s easy to say it now with hindsight but Benoit Hamon’s swift rise to the top shouldn’t really be much of a surprise.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966282-hardline-hamon-wins-french-socialist-presidential-race/

 

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Trump faces tide of criticism, protests, legal challenges over travel bans

By Doina Chiacu and Steve Holland

 

Demonstrators spell out "# No Muslim Ban" during the "Boston Protest Against Muslim Ban and Anti-Immigration Orders" to protest U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order travel ban in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. January 29, 2017. REUTERS/Brian Snyder - RTSXY8H

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump fought back on Sunday amid growing international criticism, outrage from civil rights activists and legal challenges over his abrupt order for a halt on arrivals of refugees and people from seven Muslim-majority countries.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966283-trump-faces-tide-of-criticism-protests-legal-challenges-over-travel-bans/

 

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Germany's Schaeuble admits 'mistakes' in refugee policy

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German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble of the conservative Christian Democratic Union party CDU uses a mobile phone during the CDU party convention in Essen,Germany, December 7, 2016. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany made mistakes with an open-door policy that saw more than a million migrants enter Germany over the past two years, Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble acknowledged on Sunday, but he said Berlin was trying to learn from those missteps.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966284-germanys-schaeuble-admits-mistakes-in-refugee-policy/