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Our Hotel Deal of the Week this week proudly features VIE Hotel MGallery by Sofitel in Bangkok, Wora Bura in Hua Hin, and Mai Khao Lak

 

Info: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980286-hotel-deals-book-by-may-1st-to-receive-an-extra-10-discount-on-our-already-great-prices/

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Police defend response to baby murder Facebook video

By The Nation

 

 

Royal Thai Police has defended their response to a horrific video clip of a father murdering his baby daughter that remained on Facebook Live for almost 24 hours before it was removed.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980388-police-defend-response-to-baby-murder-facebook-video/

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Dash cam catches daylight shooting in North Pattaya

 

Picture: Siamchon news

 

PATTAYA: -- A car's dash cam captured a shooting on Tuesday afternoon in an incident in North Pattaya

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980401-dash-cam-catches-daylight-shooting-in-north-pattaya/

 

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It never rains but it pours for Chinese bag snatch victims in Pattaya

 

Picture: Siamchon news

 

PATTAYA: -- A Chinese tourist couple suffered a double whammy on the mean streets of Pattaya yesterday - after they lost all their money and passports in a bag snatch they crashed into the back of a red plate Mercedes Benz.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980402-it-never-rains-but-it-pours-for-chinese-bag-snatch-victims-in-pattaya/

 

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Video: It's the battle of Route 151 and 27 - Round One!

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

BANGKOK: -- Transport chiefs want a word as two bus drivers were filmed Tuesday trying to attack each other with knives and bars in full view of passengers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980403-video-its-the-battle-of-route-151-and-27-round-one/

 

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Foreign tourists wrongfully arrested for fraud in Phuket

Phuket Gazette 

 

  

The two were wrongfully accused of being involved in credit card fraud. Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

PHUKET: -- Two Chinese tourists were arrested and subsequently released yesterday after officers in Phuket received a warning from officials in Bangkok about their alleged involvement in credit card fraud.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980404-foreign-tourists-wrongfully-arrested-for-fraud-in-phuket/

 

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Thailand Under Strain from Tourism Surge

 

BANGKOK – Thailand’s tourist industry faces “trouble” without urgent investment to cope with an expected near-doubling of visitors to 60 million by 2030, a top official has warned.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980405-thailand-under-strain-from-tourism-surge/

 

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US travel ban a threat to tourism, Cameron warns
By Nophakhun Limsamarnphun
The Nation

 

Former United Kingdom prime minister David Cameron gives a keynote speech during the World Travel and Tourism Council Summit at a Bangkok hotel yesterday.

 

Former UK premier slams Trump’s policies as prayut calls for balanced approach to help combat terrorism

 

BANGKOK: -- FORMER UK prime minister David Cameron has urged the global tourism industry to work closely with governments and embrace new technology to boost traveller safety and cross-border security amid increased challenges.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980406-us-travel-ban-a-threat-to-tourism-david-cameron-warns/

 

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More arrest warrants sought in child prostitution ring in Mae Hong Son
By Kornkamol Aksorndej,
Supachai Petchtewee
The Nation

 

 

MAE HONG SON: -- ANTI-HUMAN trafficking police will seek arrest warrants for at least two more persons in connection with the alleged prostitution of minors in Mae Hong Son.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980407-more-arrest-warrants-sought-in-child-prostitution-ring-in-mae-hong-son/

 

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Sub deal details still below the surface
By THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- DESPITE THE Cabinet’s green light to buy a submarine, the Royal Thai Navy cannot yet reveal all details of the Bt13.5-billion deal, the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces said yesterday.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980408-sub-deal-details-still-below-the-surface/

 

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Underage sex scandal rocks quiet northeastern town
By THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- A QUIET northeastern town has been shocked by revelations that several government officials allegedly bought sex from underage girls for years.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980409-underage-sex-scandal-rocks-quiet-northeastern-town/

 

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World-changing benefits of travel touted at tourism summit
By MANOTE TRIPATHI
SPECIAL TO THE NATION

 

Cameron, left, and Scowsill

 

BANGKOK: -- WORLD LEADERS, globalisation scholars and advocates for sustainable tourism urged the business world to conduct longer-term thinking in a bid to tackle global issues at the two-day World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) Global Summit that began in Bangkok yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980410-world-changing-benefits-of-travel-touted-at-tourism-summit-in-bangkok/

 

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About 500 Cambodians detained for illegal entry in Sa Kaew
By The Nation

 

 

SA KAEW: -- More than 500 Cambodians have been arrested during separate raids for illegally entering Thailand in Sa Kaew’s Wang Nam Yen district.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980411-about-500-cambodians-detained-for-illegal-entry-in-sa-kaew/

 

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Govt lauded for its efforts to fight graft
By PIYAPORN WONGRUANG
THE NATION

 

Prayut

 

Experts seek more action to deal with cronyism.

 

BANGKOK: -- THE PRAYUT government has made some progress in suppressing corruption but it needs to show that it would not spare any wrongdoers including its cronies, anti-corruption experts said yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980412-thai-govt-lauded-for-its-efforts-to-fight-graft/

 

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Experts push for inquisitorial system of justice
By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- Experts at a seminar on constitutional procedure in the organic law related to the Constitutional Court expressed the need to emphasise on the inquisitorial system over the adversarial legal system as well as allow the public to bring constitutional dispute cases to the Court.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980413-experts-push-for-inquisitorial-system-of-justice/

 

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EDITORIAL

Government secrecy undermines public trust
By The Nation

 

So now Thailand has a submarine, but why, and at what cost to stability, remain to be seen

 

BANGKOK: -- The government’s covert approval for the purchase of a Chinese-made submarine for the Royal Thai Navy has further stirred public resentment over the controversial procurement. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980414-government-secrecy-undermines-public-trust/

 

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OPINION

What has a world war got to do with the new Thai charter?
By Suthichai Yoon
The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- When I sat down with Meechai Ruchupan, chairman of the constitution drafting committee, it wasn’t to chat about the rising tension on the Korean Peninsula. But the war scenario did come up.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980415-what-has-a-world-war-got-to-do-with-the-new-thai-charter/

 

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Producers, importers and distributors of internet TV boxes must get permits

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission has issued an announcement requiring producers, importers and distributers of Internet TV boxes to get permits from the broadcasting regulator or face two-year imprisonment and/or a maximum fine of two million baht.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980416-producers-importers-and-distributors-of-internet-tv-boxes-must-get-permits/

 

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U.S. says strategy on North Korea centres on sanctions, open to talks

By Phil Stewart and David Brunnstrom

REUTERS

 

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un watches a military drill marking the 85th anniversary of the establishment of the Korean People's Army (KPA) in this handout photo by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) made available on April 26, 2017. KCNA/Handout via REUTERS

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration said on Wednesday it aimed to push North Korea into dismantling its nuclear and missile programs through tougher international sanctions and diplomatic pressure, and remained open to negotiations to bring this about.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980417-us-says-strategy-on-north-korea-centres-on-sanctions-open-to-talks/

 

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French presidential foes take spin battle to tumble-drier factory

By Michel Rose

REUTERS

 

Emmanuel Macron, head of the political movement En Marche !, or Onwards !, and candidate for the 2017 presidential election, attends a campaign rally in Arras, France, April 26, 2017. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

 

AMIENS/ARRAS, France (Reuters) - Marine Le Pen set a public relations trap for rival presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday when she showed up among striking French workers at a closing factory the day he was meeting their union representatives a few miles away.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980418-french-presidential-foes-take-spin-battle-to-tumble-drier-factory/

 

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French intelligence says Assad forces carried out sarin attack

By John Irish

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

 

PARIS (Reuters) - French intelligence has concluded that forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad carried out a sarin nerve gas attack on April 4 in northern Syria and that Assad or members of his inner circle ordered the strike, a declassified report showed.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980420-french-intelligence-says-assad-forces-carried-out-sarin-attack/

 

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Israel seeks U.S. backing to avert permanent Iran foothold in Syria

By Matt Spetalnick and Mark Hosenball

REUTERS

 

File photo: Yisrael Katz arrives at the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem September 4, 2016. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israel is seeking an "understanding" with the Trump administration that Iran must not be allowed to establish a permanent military foothold in Syria, Israel's intelligence minister told Reuters on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980421-israel-seeks-us-backing-to-avert-permanent-iran-foothold-in-syria/

 

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U.S. Congress may seek one-week funding extension to avert shutdown

By Richard Cowan

REUTERS

 

FILE PHOTO: A worker stands next to a newly built section of the U.S.-Mexico border fence at Sunland Park, U.S. opposite the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico January 25, 2017. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress inched toward a deal to fund the government through September but was preparing to possibly extend a midnight Friday deadline in order to wrap up negotiations and avoid an imminent government shutdown.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980422-us-congress-may-seek-one-week-funding-extension-to-avert-shutdown/

 

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Britain's May tries to warm the Brexit atmosphere with EU

 

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May welcomes Head of the European Commission, President Jean-Claude Juncker to Downing Street in London, Britain April 26, 2017. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May told European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Wednesday she wanted a "deep and special relationship" with the European Union, trying to warm the atmosphere before Brexit talks begin.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980423-britains-may-tries-to-warm-the-brexit-atmosphere-with-eu/

 

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Turkey says detains 1,000 'secret imams' in police purge

By Ece Toksabay

REUTERS

 

Suspected supporters of the U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen are escorted by plainclothes police officers as they arrive at the police headquarters in Kayseri, Turkey, April 25, 2017. Olcay Duzgun/Dogan News Agency/via REUTERS

 

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish authorities said they had arrested more than a thousand "secret Imams" who had infiltrated police forces on behalf of a U.S.-based cleric accused by President Tayyip Erdogan of trying to topple him last July.

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980424-turkey-says-detains-1000-secret-imams-in-police-purge/

 

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U.S., European military chiefs call for better data-sharing against terrorism

By Andrea Shalal

REUTERS

 

Commander of U.S. Forces in Europe, General Curtis Scaparrotti (R) speaks during U.S.-led NATO troops welcoming ceremony at polygon near Orzysz, Poland, April 13, 2017. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

 

WIESBADEN, Germany (Reuters) - Top military officials from the United States and Europe called on Wednesday for better information-sharing to fight terrorism and regular coordinating meetings for justice officials.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980425-us-european-military-chiefs-call-for-better-data-sharing-against-terrorism/

 

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Trump slams federal court ruling on funding for 'sanctuary cities'

REUTERS

 

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers the keynote address at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's "Days of Remembrance" ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, U.S, April 25, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Wednesday attacked a federal judge's ruling that blocked his executive order seeking to withhold funds from "sanctuary cities" for illegal immigrants, vowing to appeal it to the U.S. Supreme Court.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980438-trump-slams-federal-court-ruling-on-funding-for-sanctuary-cities/

 

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Thailand and Germany join hands to tackle climate change

 

BANGKOK, 27 April 2017 (NNT) – Thailand and Germany are moving ahead with behavioral reformation to accommodate climate change in accordance with the master plan 2015-2050. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980439-thailand-and-germany-join-hands-to-tackle-climate-change/

 

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Trump gives Pentagon power to reset Iraq, Syria troop limits

By Phil Stewart

REUTERS

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a joint news conference at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 20, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump has given the military the authority to reset a confusing system of troop limits in Iraq and Syria that critics said allowed the White House to micro-manage battlefield decisions and ultimately obscured the real number of U.S. forces.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980440-trump-gives-pentagon-power-to-reset-iraq-syria-troop-limits/

 

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Son kowtows to mom with guilt before he surrenders to police on drugs charges

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

Photo: Sanook

 

CHONBURI: -- A 44-year-old son kowtowed at mother’s feet as an apology for his wrongdoing, as the police arrived to arrest him on drug charges at their home in Chonburi yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980442-son-kowtows-to-mom-with-guilt-before-he-surrenders-to-chonburi-police-on-drugs-charges/