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Arctic thaw quickening threatens trillion-dollar costs - report

By Alister Doyle

REUTERS

 

FILE PHOTO: Residents view the first iceberg of the season as it passes the South Shore, also known as "Iceberg Alley", near Ferryland Newfoundland, Canada April 16, 2017. REUTERS/Greg Locke/File Photo

 

OSLO (Reuters) - The Arctic's quickening thaw is melting the permafrost under buildings and roads from Siberia to Alaska, raising world sea levels and disrupting temperature patterns further south, an international study said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980114-arctic-thaw-quickening-threatens-trillion-dollar-costs-report/

 

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U.S. judge temporarily halts second Arkansas execution

By Steve Barnes

REUTERS

 

Inmate Jack Jones is shown in this booking photo provided March 21, 2017. Jones is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection in Arkansas, April 24, 2017. Courtesy Arkansas Department of Corrections/Handout via REUTERS

 

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) - A U.S. judge temporarily halted the second of Arkansas' two planned executions late on Monday after the inmate's lawyers argued that the first execution was inhumane due to a flawed procedure.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980117-us-judge-temporarily-halts-second-arkansas-execution/

 

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What happened to the Happy Zone? Chaotic scenes as Walking Street brawl caught on camera

 

Image: video screenscot

 

PATTAYA: -- A video which appears to show two groups of men fighting in Walking Street Pattaya has gone viral after being shared on Facebook.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980118-what-happened-to-the-happy-zone-chaotic-scenes-as-walking-street-brawl-caught-on-camera/

 

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Thailand reaches for the stars with new Michelin Guide

REUTERS

 

Men work at a street food restaurant in central Bangkok March 2, 2013. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

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BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand will be the latest country to have a Michelin Guide, its state tourism agency said on Monday, taking its place on the culinary world map just days after authorities announced they would shut down Bangkok's vibrant street food scene.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980121-thailand-reaches-for-the-stars-with-new-michelin-guide/

 

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Father murders his baby daughter on Facebook Live
By The Nation

 

PHUKET: -- A man angry over his wife leaving him hanged his 11-month-old daughter on Facebook Live before hanging himself at a deserted building in Phuket’s Thalang district on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980125-father-murders-his-baby-daughter-on-facebook-live/

 

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Fake motorcycle taxi driver arrested for theft
By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- Police have arrested a man who allegedly disguised himself as a taxi motorcyclist to snatch valuables from people on Sukhumvit Road.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980128-fake-motorcycle-taxi-driver-arrested-for-theft-in-bangkok/

 

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Toyota pledges record high investment in 50 years to make Thailand regional hub for eco-car production

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Japanese automotive giant Toyota has announced to make Thailand a regional hub for eco-cars with confidence of the country's potential and pledge of record high investment in 50 years.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980129-toyota-pledges-record-high-investment-in-50-years-to-make-thailand-regional-hub-for-eco-car-production/

 

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Q1 exports hit 4-year high of 56.4 bil USD

 

BANGKOK, 25 April 2017 (NNT) - First quarter exports have hit a four-year high, due to economic recovery in the country’s trading partners as well as efforts to broaden Thailand’s export markets. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980130-q1-thai-exports-hit-4-year-high-of-564-bil-usd/

 

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Phuket man hangs 11-month-old daughter, self in double-homicide jealousy

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The 11-month-old babe 'Beta' looks up at her father d Wuttisan “Tei” Wongtalay, 20, moments before he hangs her. Image: Screengrab

 

PHUKET: -- A man hanged his 11-month-old daughter then himself in Sakoo, south of Phuket International Airport, late yesterday afternoon (April 24) in a video broadcast live on Facebook in what police believe was an act of jealousy.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980125-father-murders-his-baby-daughter-on-facebook-live/?do=findComment&comment=11828100

 

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Police hunt for motorcycle gang after bomb was thrown at police station 

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Metropolitan police are now hunting for a teenage motorcycle gang after a small bomb was thrown at Huey Kwang police station shortly after midnight in what the police described as a daring defiance of law enforcement officers.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980132-thai-police-hunt-for-motorcycle-gang-after-bomb-was-thrown-at-police-station /

 

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Money from sales of Shogun's assets to be reimbursed to Japan trip scam victims

 

 

BANGKOK, 25 April 2017 (NNT) - The Legal Execution Department suggests assets of Pasit Arinchayalapit, who tricked people into wiring their money to her account via a business scam in exchange for a cheap trip to Japan, be confiscated and sold off. 

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980135-money-from-sales-of-shoguns-assets-to-be-reimbursed-to-japan-trip-scam-victims/

 

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Epic: The First Symphonic Performance Of The Complete Songs Of HM King Rama IX

 

Opera Siam, in collaboration with the Department of Cultural Promotion of the Ministry of Culture, has assembled a team of musical greats to mount what is sure to be one of the most spectacular tributes to His Late Majesty King Rama IX: the first “symphonic” rendition of His Late Majesty’s complete song: a concert called 48 FOREVER.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980136-epic-the-first-symphonic-performance of-the-complete-songs-of-hm-king-rama-ix/

 

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Prawit confirms China submarine purchase done deal
By The Nation

 

Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwan talks to media before he chairs a Cabinet meeting at the Government House on Tuesday.

 

BANGKOK: -- Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwan on Tuesday admitted that the Cabinet had approved a Navy proposal to buy a Yuan-class submarine from China for Bt13.5 billion.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980140-prawit-confirms-china-submarine-purchase-done-deal/

 

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Reports of North Korea artillery drill as U.S. submarine makes South Korea port call

By Ju-min Park

 

The USS Michigan, an Ohio-class nuclear-powered submarine, arrives at a naval base in Busan, South Korea, April 25, 2017. Cho Jueong-ho/Yonhap via REUTERS

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea put on a massive live-fire drill on Tuesday to mark the foundation of its military, a media report said, as a U.S. submarine docked in South Korea in a show of force amid growing concern over Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programmes.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980142-reports-of-north-korea-artillery-drill-as-us-submarine-makes-south-korea-port-call/

 

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Supreme Court upholds 50-year jail term for boss who raped employee
By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday sentenced an employer to 50 years in jail for raping a female employee on several occasions in 2008.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980144-supreme-court-upholds-50-year-jail-term-for-boss-who-raped-employee/

 

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Thai dancer stabs himself to death on stage in Chiang Mai

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

CHIANG MAI: -- A Thai cultural dancer performing a classic routine stabbed himself to death with a sword in front of hundreds of spectators Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980145-thai-dancer-stabs-himself-to-death-on-stage-in-chiang-mai/

 

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Father and children rescued as heavy rains lash Koh Samui

 

Picture: Thai News Network

 

SAMUI: -- Rescue services managed to save a father and his two children who were  trapped by floodwaters at the Hin Lat waterfall on Koh Samui yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980146-father-and-children-rescued-as-heavy-rains-lash-koh-samui/

 

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BMA to reward for reporting traffic violations

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) will announce rewards to anyone sending pictures or videos of traffic violations next month in its efforts to encourage the general public to participate in its better traffic management.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980148-bma-to-reward-for-reporting-traffic-violations/

 

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Future uncertain for closed James Bond tourist attraction in south

 

Picture: Sanook

 

PHANG NGA: -- The future remains uncertain for the James Bond tourist attraction opened at the Surakun port in Phang Nga in 2014.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980152-future-uncertain-for-closed-james-bond-tourist-attraction-in-south/

 

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Giant King Cobra returned to nature in joint Thai/British rescue operation

 

Picture: TNews

 

SAMUI: -- A four meter long King Cobra was successfully returned to its habitat yesterday in a joint rescue operation conducted by a Briton and Thai locals.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980153-giant-king-cobra-returned-to-nature-in-joint-thaibritish-rescue-operation/

 

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Summer heat to max out this week
By The Nation

 

Photo courtesy of the National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand: The sun is reaching zenith position directly overhead on different days in different places in Thailand this month, shadows shrinking to minimum size.

 

BANGKOK: -- Friday and Saturday (April 28-29) will be the hottest days of the year in Thailand, with the temperature expected to reach 43 degrees Celsius in Mae Hong Son, Chiang Rai and Lampang, the Meteorological Department says.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980154-summer-heat-to-max-out-this-week/

 

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Frenchman plunges to his death at Bangkok condo
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- A 57-year-old French national fell to his death from his apartment on the 21st floor of a Bangkok condominium on Tuesday morning, police said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980155-frenchman-plunges-to-his-death-at-bangkok-condo/

 

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The True South Project – Changing History

The True South Project is the opportunity of a lifetime as well as history in the making. The goal of the project is to build a team of 10 Thais to make the 1200 km journey from Union Glacier to the South Pole unassisted on foot.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980161-group-aims-to-become-first-team-from-thailand-to-reach-the-south-pole-unassisted-on-foot/

 

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Phuket man streams live video of his suicide and murder of his baby daughter

Phuket Gazette

 

   

Wuttusan Wongtalay, 21, and his 11-month-old daughter Natalee Wongtalay, were found hanging from a 10-meter-high wall at Peninsula Hotel in Nai Harn. Photo: Winai Sarot

 

PHUKET: -- A young father and his 11-month-old baby were found hanging at an abandoned construction site for a hotel in an apparent murder-suicide in Nai Thon last night.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980125-father-murders-his-baby-daughter-on-facebook-live/?do=findComment&comment=11828646

 

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Witchdoctor Killed by Revengeful Family After Curse Allegedly Stops Husband Defecating

by CityNews

 

 

CityNews – A famous witchdoctor in Omkio was shot dead by 15 bullets to the anus by a hitman on April 21, believed to be hired by a family who had allegedly been cursed by the doctor, preventing the husband from being able to defecate properly.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980170-witchdoctor-killed-by-revengeful-family-after-curse-allegedly-stops-husband-defecating/

 

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Woman claims she was not involved with teenage prostitution ring
By The Nation

 

MAE HONG SON: -- A woman wanted in connection with a teenage prostitution ring in which girls allegedly had sex with senior officials in Mae Hong Song province has insisted she is innocent and does not know the police officer implicated in the affair.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980177-woman-claims-she-was-not-involved-with-teenage-prostitution-ring/

 

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Royal cremation of the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej is set on October 26

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Cabinet today acknowledged the holding of the 5-day royal funeral ceremonies of the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej from October 25-29 this year.

 

Info: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980183-royal-cremation-of-the-late-king-bhumibol-adulyadej-is-set-on-october-26/

 

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Tarit probe ‘blueprint’ for cases against corrupt state officials
By The Nation

 

Pol General Watcharapol Prasarnrajkit

 

BANGKOK: -- The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) chairman Pol General Watcharapol Prasarnrajkit has said the investigation into former Department of Special Investigation chief Tarit Pengdit will serve as an example for other cases against corrupt state officials.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980187-tarit-probe-‘blueprint’-for-cases-against-corrupt-state-officials/

 

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Activist detained after filing complaint about Siamese Revolution plaque
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Pro-democracy activist Ekachai Hongkangwan was detained at the 11th Military Circle after attempting to submit a complaint regarding the missing Siamese Revolution plaque at Government House on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980189-activist-detained-after-filing-complaint-about-siamese-revolution-plaque/