THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Saturday 15 Apr 2017

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HOTEL DEALS: Book by April 17th to receive an extra 10% discount on our already great prices

 

 

Book by April 17th for extra great discounts: Be quick to snap up the latest offers on Sacha's Hotel Uno in Bangkok, Classic Kameo in Ayutthaya, and Kantary Bay in Rayong. Great hotels at great prices!

 

Info: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/978015-hotel-deals-book-by-april-17th-to-receive-an-extra-10-discount-on-our-already-great-prices/

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Thai Alert: New app warns public of possible dangers

BY THE NATION

 

 

Thammasat University’s Puey Ungphakorn School of Development Studies has introduced an application called “Thai Alert” that warns the public about possible dangers they could face.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/thai-alert-new-app-warns-public-of-possible-dangers/21001/

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French tourist, 44, dies after bathroom collapse at Phuket resort 

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Rescue workers at the bungalow resort in Rawai where French tourist Pedro Da Costa was found unconscious and unresponsive on the bathroom floor. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub
 

PHUKET: A French tourist has died after being found by family members collapsed on the bathroom floor at a bungalow resort in southern Phuket.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/978525-french-tourist-44-dies-after-bathroom-collapse-at-phuket-resort/

 

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14 fewer road accident deaths in first three days of Songkran holiday

By THE NATION

 

Accident in Kalasin province on April 14.

 

There have been 14 fewer road deaths this year compared to last year during the first three days of the so-called “seven dangerous days” of the Songkran holiday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/978526-14-fewer-road-accident-deaths-in-first-three-days-of-songkran-holiday/

 

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1932 coup foundation seal mysteriously changed

 

 

A historical foundation seal marking the June 24, 1932 coup by the so-called Promoters which eventually transformed then Siam from Absolute Monarchy to Constitutional Monarchy has mysteriously gone missing and replaced by a new seal.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/978527-1932-coup-foundation-seal-mysteriously-changed/

 

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YouTube has a secret Dark Mode – here’s how to activate it

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

A feature has been discovered in YouTube that completely transforms how the site looks.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/youtube-has-a-secret-dark-mode-heres-how-to-activate-it/21005/

 

 

 

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Ariya finds magic in putter to go top in Hawaii

By The Nation and Agency

 

Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand plays a tee shot on the 13th hole during the second round of the LPGA LOTTE Championship Presented By Hershey at Ko Olina Golf Club on April 13, 2017 in Kapolei, Hawaii.

 

World No 2 Ariya Jutanugarn shot an error-free 66 for a share lead with South Korea’s Kim In-kyung after a rain-hit second round of the LPGA Tour’s Lotte Championship in Kapolei, Hawaii, on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/978528-ariya-finds-magic-in-putter-to-go-top-in-hawaii/

 

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Phuket survives Songkran main holiday with no road fatalities 

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

 

PHUKET: The third day of the Seven Days of Danger road-safety campaign for the Songkran holidays drew to a close at midnight last night with Phuket maintaining a record of zero deaths in road accidents during the campaign.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/978531-phuket-survives-songkran-main-holiday-with-no-road-fatalities/

 

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‘Reckless’ Songkran revellers get suspended jail terms

By Preewadi Wichaiprasit
The Nation

 

 

Six young Songkran revellers were yesterday jailed for 15 days and fined Bt5,000 each for throwing bags of cooking oil and fish sauce at passers-by in their seaside province on Wednesday night.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/978532-‘reckless’-songkran-revellers-get-suspended-jail-terms/

 

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Farmers see future in value-adding

By Somluck Srimalee
The Nation

 

Phuchit Ountheaw shows off mangoes that grow outside the season, for export to South Korea, China, Japan and Vietnam. The enterprises’s sales generate more than Bt10 million a year.

 

A COMMUNITY enterprise of mango growers in Udon Thani is pursuing a value-adding strategy with plans to spend Bt5 million on a processing operation in the hope of doubling its sales next year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/978533-farmers-see-future-in-value-adding/

 

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‘Terrifying’ storm hammers Chaiyaphum

By The Nation

 

 

A violent storm that struck Chaiyaphum province at around 3am on Friday morning severely damaged 40 homes and destroyed orchards, two rice storage facilities and 11 buildings where silkworms were cultivated.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/978534-‘terrifying’-storm-hammers-chaiyaphum/

 

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CIB forms a special inquiry team to probe WealthEver’s operations

 

 

The Central Investigation Bureau commissioner on Friday set up a special inquiry team to investigate the extent of the operations of WealthEver company suspected of operating a Ponzi scheme in the guise of a direct sale firm.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/978535-cib-forms-a-special-inquiry-team-to-probe-wealthever’s-operations/

 

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Palestinian fatally stabs British woman on Jerusalem train

By Ori Lewis

 

 

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A Palestinian man fatally stabbed a British student on Jerusalem's transit network on Friday, Israeli police said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/978537-palestinian-fatally-stabs-british-woman-on-jerusalem-train/

 

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China says North Korea tension has to be stopped from reaching 'irreversible' stage

By Dominique Patton and Sue-Lin Wong

 

North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un observes a target-striking contest by the Korean People's Army (KPA) in this undated photo, released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), April 13, 2017. REUTERS/KCNA

 

BEIJING/PYONGYANG (Reuters) - China said on Friday tension over North Korea had to be stopped from reaching an "irreversible and unmanageable stage" as a U.S. aircraft carrier group steamed towards the region amid fears the North may conduct a sixth nuclear weapons test.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/978538-china-says-north-korea-tension-has-to-be-stopped-from-reaching-irreversible-stage/

 

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'Right time' to use huge bomb in Afghanistan - U.S. general

By Ahmad Sultan and Hamid Shalizi

 

The GBU-43/B, also known as the Massive Ordnance Air Blast, detonates during a test at Elgin Air Force Base, Florida, U.S., November 21, 2003 in this handout photo provided April 13, 2017. REUTERS/U.S. Air Force photo/Handout via REUTERS

 

ACHIN, Afghanistan/KABUL (Reuters) - The top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan said on Friday that the decision to deploy one of the largest conventional bombs ever used in combat was purely tactical, and made as part of the campaign against Islamic State-linked fighters.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/978539-right-time-to-use-huge-bomb-in-afghanistan-us-general/

 

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United Air passenger says scorpion bit him on flight from Texas

 

FILE PHOTO: A United Airline Airbus A320 aircraft lands at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., April 11, 2017. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski/File Photo

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - United Airlines found itself on the defensive again on Friday after a passenger complained that a scorpion stung him during a flight from Texas, capping off a bruising week for the public image of the one of the world's largest carriers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/978540-united-air-passenger-says-scorpion-bit-him-on-flight-from-texas/

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Doubts about letters claiming Islamist motive for German attack - prosecutors

 

FILE PHOTO: Football Soccer - Borussia Dortmund v AS Monaco - UEFA Champions League Quarter Final First Leg - Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund, Germany - 11/4/17 The Borussia Dortmund team bus is seen after an explosion near their hotel before the game. Reuters / Kai Pfaffenbach/File Photo

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - German prosecutors have doubts about the authenticity of letters that had suggested Islamist militants carried out an attack on the bus of soccer team Borussia Dortmund, a spokeswoman said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/978542-doubts-about-letters-claiming-islamist-motive-for-german-attack-prosecutors/

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Decades of sexual abuse at elite Connecticut school documented in report

By Barbara Goldberg

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Students at Choate Rosemary Hall, an elite boarding school in Connecticut, were sexually abused by at least 12 faculty members in incidents that date back to the 1960s, according to a report commissioned by the school and released on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/978543-decades-of-sexual-abuse-at-elite-connecticut-school-documented-in-report/

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More than 2,000 migrants rescued in dramatic day in Mediterranean

 

A rescue swimmer holds onto migrants frantically trying to stay afloat after falling off their rubber dinghy during a rescue operation by the Malta-based NGO Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) ship in the central Mediterranean in international waters some 15 nautical miles off the coast of Zawiya in Libya, April 14, 2017. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi

 

ROME (Reuters) - More than 2,000 migrants trying to reach Europe were plucked from the Mediterranean on Friday in a series of dramatic rescues and one person was found dead, officials and witnesses said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/978544-more-than-2000-migrants-rescued-in-dramatic-day-in-mediterranean/

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Metropolitan Police Chief Loses 37 Kilograms of Compressed Marijuana

 

A police source said the marijuana was among crime items seized which were put on display at a recent press briefing by the MPB.

 

BANGKOK – The Chief of Prawet Metropolitan Police in Bangkok is facing a temporary transfer pending a probe into missing compressed marijuana seized as evidence late last month.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/978546-metropolitan-police-chief-loses-37-kilograms-of-compressed-marijuana/

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Alongkorn leaves politics to focus on reform

By The Nation

 

 

Former Democrat and current vice president of the National Reform Steering Assembly (NRSA) Alongkorn Ponlaboot has announced that he is leaving politics and will focus on national reform.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/978547-alongkorn-leaves-politics-to-focus-on-reform/

 

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Anti-Money Laundering Office freezes Bt3 million of ‘Shogun’s assets

The nation

 

 

The Anti-Money Laundering Office (Amlo) has frozen Bt3 million in the bank accounts of fraud suspect Pasit “Shogun” Ariyalapit, with almost 400 victims of her alleged tour scam having filed complaints with police.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/978535-cib-forms-a-special-inquiry-team-to-probe-wealthever’s-operations/

 

 

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WhatsApp’s best new feature will soon be available to even more users

BY JONATHAN FAIRFIELD

 

 

WhatsApp looks set to make the ability to recall sent messages available to even more users.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/whatsapps-best-new-feature-will-soon-be-available-to-even-more-users/21015/

 

 

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Hackers release files indicating NSA monitored global bank transfers

BY REUTERS

 

 

(Reuters) – Hackers released documents and files on Friday that cybersecurity experts said indicated the U.S. National Security Agency had accessed the SWIFT interbank messaging system, allowing it to monitor money flows among some Middle Eastern and Latin American banks.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/hackers-release-files-indicating-nsa-monitored-global-bank-transfers/21013/

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Four youths injured in small bomb explosion

 

 

Four youths in Kalasin province were injured after the ping pong home made small bombs they were making exploded yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/978565-four-youths-injured-in-small-bomb-explosion/

 

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Activist group up in arms over change in ‘peg’ that heralded democracy in 1932

By The Nation

 

 

A pro-democracy action group has cried foul over the mysterious removal of a historic peg that marked the start of democracy in Thailand by a revolution in 1932, demanding it be returned to its place at the Royal Plaza.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/978566-activist-group-up-in-arms-over-change-in-‘peg’-that-heralded-democracy-in-1932/

 

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Trump White House will not make visitor logs public, break from Obama policy

By Ayesha Rascoe

 

U.S. President Donald Trump salutes a Marine as he walks from Marine One upon his return to the White House in Washington, U.S., April 9, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/Files

 

PALM BEACH, FLA. (Reuters) - The Trump administration will not make public White House visitor logs, the records that detail who has visited President Donald Trump and his staff on official business, his office confirmed, in a departure from a practice that was established under former President Barack Obama.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/978569-trump-white-house-will-not-make-visitor-logs-public-break-from-obama-policy/

 

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United changes crew booking policy after passenger dragged off plane

 

A United Airline Boeing 737-800 aircraft lands at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., April 11, 2017. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski

 

REUTERS - United Airlines said on Friday it is changing its policy on booking its own flight crews onto its planes after a man was dragged off an overbooked flight to make way for a United employee on Sunday, video of which went viral and made the airline the target of global criticism and ridicule.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/978574-united-changes-crew-booking-policy-after-passenger-dragged-off-plane/

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Violence flares at Australian refugee facility in PNG

By Peter Gosnell

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Violence has flared at an Australian asylum-seeker detention centre in Papua New Guinea (PNG), and shots were fired when local people tried to break into the centre after an argument got out of hand, media and a rights group reported on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/978578-violence-flares-at-australian-refugee-facility-in-png/

 

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Iranian President Rouhani to seek second term, faces hardline challenge

By Parisa Hafezi

 

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a joint news conference following a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia March 28, 2017. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin

 

ANKARA (Reuters) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani registered on Friday to run for a second four-year term, state television said, buoyed by Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers though facing a hardline conservative challenge over his economic record.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/978580-iranian-president-rouhani-to-seek-second-term-faces-hardline-challenge/