THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Friday 7 Apr 2017

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HOTEL DEALS: Book by April 10th to receive an extra 10% discount on our already great prices!

 

 

Book by April 10th for extra great discounts: Chinatown's very own Shanghai Mansion, the classy Burasari Resort in Patong, and Pattaya's amazing Cape Dara are the properties featured in this week's special deal.

 

Info: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/976915-hotel-deals-book-by-april-10th-to-receive-an-extra-10-discount-on-our-already-great-prices/

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UPDATE:

 

Only six passengers allowed in cargo bed of pickups during Songkran

By Natthapat Phromkaew

The Nation

 

 

While the government waits for full enforcement of new strict traffic safety laws, it says that no more than six passengers will be allowed to ride in the cargo bed of pickup trucks during the Songkran period.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977248-a-pickup-can-carry-no-more-than-six-passengers-on-its-back-government-spokesman/?do=findComment&comment=11775851

 

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Government to discuss closure of gold mine with Kingsgate

By The Nation

 

 

The government has agreed to discuss the closure of a gold mine with Australian company Kingsgate Consolidated.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977278-government-to-discuss-closure-of-gold-mine-with-kingsgate/

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‘Disgruntled motorist’ smashes speed-detection camera in Songkhla

By Somchai Samart

The Nation

 

 

Highway Police are hunting for an unknown person who smashed a booth that contained an automatic speed-detection camera between the 14th and 15th kilometre markers on Highway No 43 in Songkhla’s Na Mom district on Tuesday night.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977279-‘disgruntled-motorist’-smashes-speed-detection-camera-in-songkhla/

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'Prasong' the "slithery snake" has his car taken away

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

BANGKOK: -- A well known Thai figure who caused an internet sensation by driving like a snake slithering to and fro across the road has had his car taken away.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977305-prasong-the-slithery-snake-has-his-car-taken-away/

 

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Sorry for murdering your son - seven soldiers "graap" dead conscript's grieving mum

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

SURAT THANI: -- Our picture this morning shows seven of the suspects in the fatal attack on a soldier at a military prison in the south begging for forgiveness to the dead man's mother.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977227-soldiers-accused-of-beating-killing-young-recruit-made-to-apologize/?do=findComment&comment=11776627

 

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Pick-up seating ban: teacher writes poetry to say why the kids can go out no more

 

Picture: Sanook

 

NAN: -- A teacher has turned to verse to explain her regret to her students for not being able to take them out again on fun trips in the future.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977306-pick-up-seating-ban-teacher-writes-poetry-to-say-why-the-kids-can-go-out-no-more/

 

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Two patrol cops with hearts of gold had the locals in Sattahip singing their praises

 

Picture: Sanook

 

SATTAHIP: -- The officers had been helping a drunk woman who had passed out and fallen into a drain.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977307-two-patrol-cops-with-hearts-of-gold-had-the-locals-in-sattahip-singing their-praises/

 

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Diplomats and businesses mix hope with caution on return of democracy
By SUPALAK GANJANAKHUNDEE,
WICHIT CHAITRONG 
THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- THE INTERNATIONAL community yesterday expressed hope that the promulgation of a new Constitution would pave the way for Thailand’s return to full democracy although some concerns remained because of restrictions on political rights and activities imposed by the junta.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977308-diplomats-and-businesses-mix-hope-with-caution-on-return-of-democracy/

 

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Legal experts warn Article 44 remains major impediment
By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM
THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- UNLESS the absolute power of Article 44 and existing National Council for Peace and Order’s (NCPO) orders are revoked, citizens will still face a struggle to protect the environment and their rights, legal experts say.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977309-legal-experts-warn-article-44-remains-major-impediment/

 

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'Just give us a moment' – 3 years later
By KASAMAKORN CHANWANPEN
THE NATION

 

 

Charter promulgation ends long delay

 

BANGKOK: -- THE 20TH Constitution of the Kingdom has finally been promulgated, and everything that attaches to it – the road map, the election and the resumption of democratic rule – now becomes more concrete after almost three years of a nebulous rule since the coup.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977310-just-give-us-a-moment-–-3-years-later/

 

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Police link bombing to 2007, 2010 blasts
By THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- THE SMALL EXPLOSION on Bangkok’s Ratchadamneon Klang Road on Wednesday night was likely an attack based on old tactics similar to those used in the 2007 and 2010 blasts in Bangkok, deputy national police chief Pol General Srivara Ransibrahmanakul said yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977311-police-link-bombing-to-2007-2010-blasts-in-bangkok/

 

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Rama IV becoming 'new landmark' for mixed-use developments
By Somluck Srimalee
The Nation

 

One Bangkok is a Bt120-billion project being developed by TCC Assets Group on Rama IV Road.

 

BANGKOK: -- Rama IV Road is transforming into a new landmark area of Bangkok as it increasingly becomes the location of mixed-used developments combining luxury hotels, retail outlets, offices and condominiums.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977312-rama-iv-becoming-new-landmark-for-mixed-use-developments/

 

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Quake jolts villages in Chumphon province

 

 

CHUMPHON: -- An earthquake shook villages in Chumphon's Langsuan district on Thursday night, sending locals running out of their houses in panic.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977313-quake-jolts-villages-in-chumphon-province/

 

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Mazda looks into making electric vehicles in Thailand
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Japanese carmaker Mazda has responded to the government’s “Thailand 4.0” technology policy with a feasibility study on producing electric vehicles (EVs) in this country.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977314-mazda-looks-into-making-electric-vehicles-in-thailand/

 

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Phuket transport chief confirms pickup passengers allowed, no seatbelts required in tuk-tuks

Shela Riva

 

Riding in the back of pickup trucks is legal, Phuket's Land Transport chief has confirmed. Photo: The Phuket News / file

 

PHUKET: -- While Bangkok authorities this week debated whether or not people can ride in the back of pickup trucks – a common practice across Thailand – the Chief of the Phuket Land and Transport Office (PLTO) has confirmed to The Phuket News that it is beyond doubt legal to ride in the back of pickup trucks on Thai roads.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977315-phuket-transport-chief-confirms-pickup-passengers-allowed-no-seatbelts-required-in-tuk-tuks/

 

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BMA: Songkran festive activities are not banned

 

BANGKOK, 7 April 2017 (NNT) - Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) explained that festive activities during the Songkran holiday have not been banned, but the public should be mindful of politeness and appropriateness. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977317-bangkok-administration-songkran-festive-activities-are-not-banned/

 

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Trump says 'something should happen' with Assad, U.S. military studies options

By Steve Holland and Phil Stewart

REUTERS

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about the gas attack in Syria during a joint news conference with Jordan's King Abdullah II in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 5, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

 

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that "something should happen" with President Bashar al-Assad after a deadly poison gas attack in Syria, as the Pentagon and the White House studied military options.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977320-trump-says-something-should-happen-with-assad-us-military-studies-options/

 

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U.S. Senate goes 'nuclear,' ends Democrats' blockade of Trump court pick

By Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung

REUTERS

 

Republicans fail to end a Democratic bid to block a U.S. Senate confirmation vote on President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nomination. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Republicans on Thursday crushed a Democratic blockade of President Donald Trump's U.S. Supreme Court nominee in a fierce partisan brawl, approving a rule change dubbed the "nuclear option" to allow for conservative judge Neil Gorsuch's confirmation by Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977321-us-senate-goes-nuclear-ends-democrats-blockade-of-trump-court-pick/

 

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Trump, China's Xi meet as trade, North Korea issues loom

By Steve Holland

REUTERS

 

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson walks with China's President Xi Jinping upon arrival at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., April 6, 2017. REUTERS/Joe Skipper

 

PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping met face-to-face for the first time on Thursday, spending some social time together with their wives before digging in to the thorny trade and security issues that bedevil the relationship between the world's two largest economies.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977322-trump-chinas-xi-meet-as-trade-north-korea-issues-loom/

 

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Kremlin TV shows Syria gas attack - without the victims

By Andrew Osborn

REUTERS

 

A civil defence member breathes through an oxygen mask, after what rescue workers described as a suspected gas attack in the town of Khan Sheikhoun in rebel-held Idlib, Syria April 4, 2017. REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTX33ZAV

 

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A deadly poison gas attack in Syria this week led TV news bulletins across the West with images of the victims -- children and adults struggling to breathe -- front and centre. In Russia, it was item 10 of 17 and the victims were not shown.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977323-kremlin-tv-shows-syria-gas-attack-without-the-victims/

 

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Is the sky blue? Depends on what Donald Trump says

By Chris Kahn and James Oliphant

REUTERS

 

President Trump attends the National Prayer Breakfast. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans generally agree that politicians should not enrich themselves while running the country. Yet most think it is okay for President Donald Trump to do so.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977324-is-the-sky-blue-depends-on-what-donald-trump-says/

 

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China fighter plane spotted on South China Sea island - think tank

By David Brunnstrom

REUTERS

 

A Chinese J-11 fighter jet is pictured on the airstrip at Woody Island in the South China Sea in this March 29, 2017 handout satellite photo. CSIS Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative/DigitalGlobe/Handout via REUTERS

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Chinese fighter plane has been spotted on a Chinese-held island in the South China Sea, the first such sighting in a year and the first since U.S. President Trump took office, a U.S. think tank reported on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977325-china-fighter-plane-spotted-on-south-china-sea-island-think-tank/

 

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Basque separatists ETA says will disarm on April 8 - BBC

REUTERS

 

(Reuters) - Basque separatist group ETA said it will fully disarm on April 8 after the Basque parliament asked it to disarm as soon as possible, the BBC reported, citing a letter from ETA.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977326-basque-separatists-eta-says-will-disarm-on-april-8-bbc/

 

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U.S.-educated Islamic State propagandist killed in Syria

REUTERS

 

Ahmad Abousamra, 31, a dual U.S./Syrian citizen from Mansfield, Massachusetts, is seen in this FBI handout photo taken in 2004. REUTERS/FBI/Handout

 

CAIRO (Reuters) - A U.S.-Syrian Islamic State militant who helped run an online media campaign disseminating jihadist material to sympathisers around the world from its self-declared caliphate has been killed in Syria, the group said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977327-us-educated-islamic-state-propagandist-killed-in-syria/

 

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Merkel says lack of U.N. resolution on Syria attack a "scandal"

REUTERS

 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers her speech at 10th National Maritime conference in Hamburg, Germany, April 4, 2017. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday it was a scandal that the United Nations Security Council did not pass a resolution condemning a suspected chemical attack in Syria this week which killed at least 70 people.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977328-merkel-says-lack-of-un-resolution-on-syria-attack-a-scandal/

 

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British workers encouraged to retire to Thailand after Brexit and snap up a £60k 20-year residency permit - just watch out for your state pension being frozen

 

British workers encouraged to retire to Thailand after Brexit and snap up a £60k 20-year residency permit - just watch out for your state pension being frozen

 

• A Thai official claims Brexit offers UK expats a 'good opportunity' to move

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977330-british-workers-encouraged-to-retire-to-thailand-after-brexit-and-snap-up-a-£60k-20-year-residency-permit/

 

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US launches multiple strikes targeting airfield in Syria, following suspected chemical attack - US media reports /BBC

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BREAKING

 

Trump unleashes military strikes against Assad airbase in Syria

By Steve Holland

REUTERS
 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about the gas attack in Syria during a joint news conference with Jordan's King Abdullah II in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 5, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

 

PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) - The U.S. military launched cruise missile strikes ordered by President Donald Trump against a Syrian airbase controlled by President Bashar al-Assad's forces in response to a deadly chemical attack in a rebel-held area, a U.S. official said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977334-trump-unleashes-military-strikes-against-assad-airbase-in-syria/

 

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Wave of attacks across southern Thailand after new constitution signed

REUTERS

 

Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun (R) returns the constitution after signing it to Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha at Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall in Bangkok, Thailand April 6, 2017. Thailand Royal Household Bureau/Handout via REUTERS

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai police on Friday reported 22 attacks, including at least five small bomb blasts, in Muslim-majority southern Thailand only hours after King Maha Vajiralongkorn signed a new constitution on Thursday as a step towards ending military rule.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977345-wave-of-attacks-across-southern-thailand-after-new-constitution-signed/