THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Tuesday 18 Apr 2017

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British PM May calls for early election on June 8

By Elizabeth Piper and Kylie MacLellan

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May called on Tuesday for an early election on June 8, saying the government had the right plan for negotiating the terms of Britain's exit from the European Union and she needed political unity in London.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979043-british-pm-may-calls-for-early-election-on-june-8/

 

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Taiwan extends visa-free visits for Thai passport holders for another year

 

 

Thai Trade and Economic Office Taipei has recently decided to extend visa-free visits to Taiwan by holders of Thai passports for another year as of August 1, 2017 until August 31, 2018.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979053-taiwan-extends-visa-free-visits-for-thai-passport-holders-for-another-year/

 

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Taxi driver falls to death from elevated expressway

By The Nation

 

 

A taxi driver fell to his death from the Bang Plee-Suksawat elevated expressway after he apparently tried to traverse the gap between two roads.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979054-taxi-driver-falls-to-death-from-elevated-expressway/

 

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French tourist delighted to get stolen smartphone back

By The Nation

 

 

A French tourist whose smartphone was stolen by a gang while he was celebrating Songkran in Bangkok was overjoyed to get it back on Tuesday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979055-french-tourist-delighted-to-get-stolen-smartphone-back/

 

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PM not happy although Songkran death toll has dropped

 

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha said on Tuesday that he was not satisfied with the statistics of road accidents during the Songkran festival although death toll has dropped.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979057-pm-not-happy-although-songkran-death-toll-has-dropped/

 

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Prayut to invite Mideast investment in EEC during visit to Bahrain

By The Nation

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha will invite Middle Eastern interests to invest in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) during his visit to that country from April 24 to 26 to discuss possible expansion of investment and trade between the two nations.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979058-prayut-to-invite-mideast-investment-in-eec-during-visit-to-bahrain/

 

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Tourists’ spending during Songkran 14% higher than last year

By The Nation

 

 

Overall spending by Thai and foreign travellers during the Songkran holiday period from April 11 to 17 topped an estimated Bt45 billion, 14.4 per cent higher than in last year’s festive season, Tourism and Sports Minister Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul said on Tues.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979059-tourists’-spending-during-songkran-14-higher-than-last-year/

 

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Windows users urged to install latest updates following NSA hacking leak

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

Windows users have been urged to make sure their operating systems are kept up to date after hackers released details of exploits which cyber criminals could use to hack Microsoft’s operating system.

 

Full Story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/windows-users-urged-to-install-latest-updates-following-nsa-hacking-leak/21082/

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Major flaw found in Google Chrome lets devious fraudsters steal your passwords

BY JONATHAN FAIRFIELD

 

 

Google will fix a major security flaw found in the Chrome web browser that can leave users wide open to phishing attacks.

 

Full Story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/major-flaw-found-in-google-chrome-lets-devious-fraudsters-steal-your-passwords/21084/

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Four dead in Phuket’s ‘Seven Days of Danger’

The Phuket News

 

Two people in this car survived a high-speed impact into a power pole on Saturday (Apr 15).

 

PHUKET:-- The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM-Phuket) has reported today (Apr 18) that Phuket suffered four road deaths during the Songkran Festival’s “Seven Days of Danger” road-safety campaign.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979069-four-dead-in-phuket’s-‘seven-days-of-danger’/

 

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Phi Phi national park officer charged for fraud

The Phuket News

 

Chanarong Pantan, 44, has confessed to the charge of fraud, said Ao Nang Police. Photo: Hat Noppharat Thara–Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park

 

PHUKET:-- A national park officer stationed near Phi Phi Island has been charged for fraud and – according to police – confessed to pocketing cash payments by reusing already paid entry tickets to the park.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979071-phi-phi-national-park-officer-charged-for-fraud/

 

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