iCon Group Execs Still Stressed, No Smiles: Department of Corrections

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Police try to allay fear of wiretapping law

 

 

To allay public fear of wiretapping abuses in wake of cabinet’s recent approval of the Criminal Procedural Code amendment to empower police to conduct wiretapping, the Royal Thai Police assured that wiretapping would be done only on certain cases and with court’s approval.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980546-police-try-to-allay-fear-of-wiretapping-law/

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Prayut tries to calm fears over media bill

By The Nation

 

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Thursday attempted to allay fears over the controversial media regulatory bill, denying it was intended to restrict media freedom and calling for mutual trust between the media and the government.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980541-prayut-tries-to-calm-fears-over-media-bill/

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ISPs given 7 days to erase illicit content from servers

 

 

All internet service providers (ISPs) have been given seven days by the broadcasting and telecom regulator to block illicit webpages and content deemed illegal by the court or they may have their licenses revoked.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980523-isps-given-7-days-to-erase-illicit-content-from-servers/

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Two hill tribesmen arrested, three escape in big Chiang Rai drugs bust

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

CHIANG RAI: -- Two Hmong hill tribesmen were taken into custody but three escaped in a drugs bust on the banks of the Mekhong River yesterday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980583-two-hill-tribesmen-arrested-three-escape-in-big-chiang-rai-drugs-bust/

 

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"Beg - packers" - Western Cheap Charlies who come to Thailand with no money should "begger off" say Thais on Facebook

 

Image: video screeenshot

 

BANGKOK: -- Thais have reacted strongly to the emerging trend of Western tourists who come to Thailand and either beg or barter their way around the country.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980584-beg-packers-western-cheap-charlies-who-come-to-thailand-with-no money-should-begger-off-say-thais-on-facebook/

 

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Get up early Sunday for an unforgettable view of Venus!

 

Image: Daily News

 

BANGKOK: -- The Thai Astrological Society has announced that people throughout Thailand will be able to view the planet Venus at its brightest this Sunday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980585-get-up-early-sunday-for-an-unforgettable-view-of-venus/

 

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'Boss' faces arrest warrant after another no-show in hit-and-run case from 2012
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- AN ARREST warrant will be sought for Vorayuth “Boss” Yoovidhya, the heir to the Red Bull fortune who is accused of running over and killing a police officer in 2012, after he again failed to meet prosecutors in Bangkok yesterday because he was “preoccupied” overseas.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980586-boss-faces-arrest-warrant-after-another-no-show-in-hit-and-run-case-from-2012/

 

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Teen sex ring ‘to face justice’
By The Nation

 

 

PM vows prosecution of every culprit

 

BANGKOK: -- PRIME MINISTER General Prayut Chan-o-cha has pledged to take action against every culprit in the latest teenage-prostitution scandal, which has already implicated several senior officials.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980543-pm-vows-prosecution-of-every-culprit/?do=findComment&comment=11836214

 

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Famous designer Vatanika shames Thai woman who stole dress, replaced it with copycat

By Coconuts Bangkok 

 

Photos: Vatanika Official/ Instagram

 

BANGKOK: -- Famous Thai designer label Vatanika called out a woman for “bringing home the wrong dress,” which is a nice way of saying that she switched a counterfeit product for a real one at their shop in Emquartier.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980587-famous-designer-vatanika-shames-thai-woman-who-stole-dress-replaced-it-with-copycat/

 

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'Tradition' of victimisation
By Chularat Saengpassa
The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- LOCAL OFFICIALS have a tradition of procuring underage girls to satisfy visiting senior officials’ sexual fantasies, an anti-human trafficking group said yesterday.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980588-tradition-of-victimisation/

 

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NRSA set to take up media regulatory bill
By Kasamakorn Chanwanpen
Asina Pornwasin
The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The contentious media regulatory bill, which now covers online media, will be taken up by the National Reform Steering Assembly (NRSA) at its meeting next Monday despite strong opposition.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980589-nrsa-set-to-take-up-media-regulatory-bill/

 

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Integration pushed as vital for tourism
By MANOTE TRIPATHI
SPECIAL TO THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- ASEAN tourism ministers gathering at the WTTC global summit in Bangkok vowed to promote regional travel and tourism integration through air, land and maritime connectivity.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980590-integration-pushed-as-vital-for-tourism/

 

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Somkid targets 70% Hong Kong market share for Thai rice
By The Nation

 

File photo : Somkid

 

BANGKOK: -- Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak has targeted that Thai rice will secure 70 per cent of the Hong Kong market this year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980591-somkid-targets-70-hong-kong-market-share-for-thai-rice/

 

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Thai food giants expected to gain from US tax cuts
By The Nation

 

Thailand's agricultural and food sectors are expected to gain from US tax reductions, according to a brokerage house. Companies operating in the United States could gain from a massive tax cut for businesses and individuals in the country, said Asia Plus Securities, which has raised its 2017 net-profit forecasts by 3.0 per cent for Thai Union Group (TU) and by 0.4 per cent Chareon Pokphand Foods.

 

Full story:   https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980592-thai-food-giants-expected-to-gain-from-us-tax-cuts/

 

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Armed British police arrest man with knives near May's office

By Kylie MacLellan and William James

REUTERS

 

A man is held by police in Westminster after an arrest was made on Whitehall in central London, Britain, April 27, 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Armed British police officers arrested a man carrying knives near Prime Minister Theresa May's office in London on Thursday on suspicion of preparing an act of terrorism.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980594-armed-british-police-arrest-man-with-knives-near-mays-office/

 

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Russian intelligence ship sinks off Turkey's Black Sea coast

REUTERS

 

Russian Navy's reconnaissance ship Liman of the Black Sea fleet sails in the Bosphorus, on its way to the Mediterranean Sea, in Istanbul, Turkey, October 21, 2016. REUTERS/Murad Sezer/Files

 

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Russian naval intelligence ship sank off Turkey's Black Sea coast on Thursday after colliding with a vessel carrying livestock and all 78 personnel on board the navy ship were evacuated, Turkish officials said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980595-russian-intelligence-ship-sinks-off-turkeys-black-sea-coast/

 

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Macedonian police fire stun grenades after protesters storm parliament

By Kole Casule

 

Protesters entered Macedonia's parliament after the governing Social Democrats and ethnic Albanian parties voted to elect an Albanian as parliament speaker in Skopje. Macedonia April 27, 2017. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski

 

SKOPJE (Reuters) - Macedonian police fired stun grenades on Thursday evening to disperse protesters outside the parliament and clear the way for the evacuation of lawmakers still in the building.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980596-macedonian-police-fire-stun-grenades-after-protesters-storm-parliament/

 

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Turkish referendum on Erdogan powers passed by 51.4 percent - final figures

REUTERS

 

Supporters of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan celebrate in Istanbul. REUTERS/Huseyin Aldemir

 

ANKARA (Reuters) - Final results from Turkey's referendum on expanding President Tayyip Erdogan's powers showed 51.4 percent support for the "Yes" vote to approve the sweeping constitutional changes, the High Electoral Board said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980597-turkish-referendum-on-erdogan-powers-passed-by-514-percent-final-figures/

 

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Germany to ban civil servants, judges, soldiers from wearing full-face veil

REUTERS

 

A woman wearing a headscarf walks through a street in Berlin's Neukoelln district September 6, 2010. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Bundestag lower house of parliament agreed to a draft law on Thursday that will prevent civil servants, judges and soldiers in Germany from wearing full-face veils at work.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980598-germany-to-ban-civil-servants-judges-soldiers-from-wearing-full-face-veil/

 

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Number of U.S. visas to citizens of Trump travel ban nations drops

By Yeganeh Torbati

REUTERS

 

Demonstrators protest against President Donald Trump's revised travel ban outside the offices of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., March 16, 2017. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States issued about 40 percent fewer temporary visas in March to citizens of seven countries covered by President Donald Trump's temporary travel bans than it did in an average month last year, according to a Reuters analysis of preliminary government data released on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980599-number-of-us-visas-to-citizens-of-trump-travel-ban-nations-drops/

 

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United Airlines reaches settlement with passenger dragged from plane

By Timothy Mclaughlin

REUTERS

 

A video screengrab shows passenger David Dao being dragged off a United Airlines flight at Chicago O'Hare International Airport in this video filmed by @JayseDavid April 9, 2017. Jayse D. Anspach via REUTERS

 

CHICAGO (Reuters) - United Airlines <UAL.N> and the passenger who was dragged from a Chicago flight earlier this month have reached a settlement for an undisclosed sum, they said on Thursday, in the carrier's latest step to contain damage from an incident that sparked international outrage.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980600-united-airlines-reaches-settlement-with-passenger-dragged-from-plane/

 

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French would-be president Macron says would seek Poland sanctions

By Sarah White

REUTERS

 

Emmanuel Macron, head of the political movement En Marche !, or Onwards !, and candidate for the 2017 presidential election, leaves his home in Paris, France, April 27, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

 

PARIS (Reuters) - French centrist Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday France would push for European Union sanctions against Poland if he is elected president, signalling he wanted to take the lead in defending the bloc's democratic values.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980601-french-would-be-president-macron-says-would-seek-poland-sanctions/

 

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China welcomes U.S. saying it is open to talks on North Korea

By Michael Martina and Ju-min Park

REUTERS

 

   

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

 

BEIJING/SEOUL (Reuters) - China on Thursday welcomed an apparently softer tone by the United States on the North Korean nuclear and missile crisis but stressed its opposition to a U.S. missile defence system being deployed in South Korea.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980602-china-welcomes-us-saying-it-is-open-to-talks-on-north-korea/

 

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Attack-hit city of Nice split over Le Pen vote in French presidentials

By Ingrid Melander and Michel Bernouin

REUTERS

 

 

Marine Le Pen (C), French National Front (FN) political party candidate for French 2017 presidential election, leaves a fishing boat after a campaign visit to the port in Grau-du-Roi, France, April 27, 2017. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier

 

NICE, France (Reuters) - Taking a break from his morning jog on Nice's seaside boulevard, the Promenade des Anglais, 62-year-old Dominique Eche gets tears in his eyes when he recalls being around the corner when an Islamic State attack killed 86 people there last Bastille Day.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980603-attack-hit-city-of-nice-split-over-le-pen-vote-in-french-presidentials/

 

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Govt to install mobile signal towers covering national park areas nationwide

 

BANGKOK, 28 April 2017 (NNT) – The Office of National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) and the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation is increasing the mobile signal and internet coverage areas in national parks to facilitate officials and tourists. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980604-thai-govt-to-install-mobile-signal-towers-covering-national-park-areas-nationwide/

 

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Govt not canceling 30-baht health care program: NHSO

 

BANGKOK, 28 April 2017 (NNT) – The government is not canceling the 30-baht health care program but instead increasing the health care benefits, said National Health Security Office (NHSO) spokesman Attaporn Limpanyalert. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980612-govt-not-canceling-30-baht-health-care-program-nhso/

 

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PM urges Ministry of Science to support research and innovation

 

 

BANGKOK, 28 April 2017 (NNT) - Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has delivered his policy address to the Ministry of Science and Technology, urging the ministry to mobilize policies that coincide with the government's Thailand 4.0 agenda.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980613-pm-prayut-urges-ministry-of-science-to-support-research-and-innovation/

 

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PRD Region 3 invites foreigners to join photo contest “Thailand in your mind”

 

 

BANGKOK, 28 April 2017 (NNT) – The Government Public Relations Department (PRD) Region 3 in Chiang Mai has launched the online photo contest “Thailand in your mind”, inviting foreigners who are currently residing in Thailand to join the contest. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980614-foreigners-invited-to-join-photo-contest-“thailand-in-your-mind/

 

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Exclusive - Trump says 'major, major' conflict with North Korea possible, but seeks diplomacy

By Stephen J. Adler, Steve Holland and Jeff Mason

REUTERS

 

   

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an interview with Reuters in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., April 27, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday a major conflict with North Korea is possible in the standoff over its nuclear and missile programs, but he would prefer a diplomatic outcome to the dispute.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980615-exclusive-trump-says-major-major-conflict-with-north-korea-possible-but-seeks-diplomacy/