THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Tuesday 2 May 2017

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After month of protests, Venezuela's Maduro triggers shakeup of powers

By Andrew Cawthorne and Alexandra Ulmer

REUTERS

 

Demonstrators hold a Venezuelan flag while rallying against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela May 1, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

 

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's socialist President Nicolas Maduro announced on Monday the creation of a new popular assembly with the ability to re-write the constitution, which foes decried as a power-grab to stifle weeks of anti-government unrest.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981192-after-month-of-protests-venezuelas-maduro-triggers-shakeup-of-powers/v

 

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Power of the internet brings family together again after 15 years

 

Picture: Facebook

 

PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: -- A family is set to be reunited today with a man who ran away from home 15 years ago.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981194-power-of-the-internet-brings-family-together-again-after-15-years/

 

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Korean family don't make the airport as minivan overturns in Phetchaburi

 

Picture: Sanook

 

PHETCHABURI: -- Five people were seriously injured when a minivan overturned after hitting a tree in the central reservation on Petchkasem Road in the Kao Yoi area yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981195-korean-family-dont-make-the-airport-as-minivan-overturns-in-phetchaburi/

 

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Songkran road safety measures evaluated for possible adjustments

 

BANGKOK, 2 May 2017 (NNT) – The Road Safety Directing Center has convened a meeting to assess the effectiveness of road safety measures used during the past Songkran holiday in order to make necessary adjustments for the future. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981196-songkran-road-safety-measures-evaluated-for-possible-adjustments/

 

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Price of Bitcoin skyrockets to new all time high

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

Bitcoin jumped to a new all time high over the weekend, continuing its upward trend throughout 2017.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/price-of-bitcoin-skyrockets-to-new-all-time-high/21358/

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Election 2017: Labour promises 10,000 extra police

 

(BBC) -- Labour is promising to put 10,000 more police on the streets of England and Wales if it wins the election.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981198-uk-election-2017-labour-promises-10000-extra-police/

 

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Father in copycat "Facebook live" murder/suicide apologizes to society

 

Picture: Sanook

 

BANGKOK: -- A Thai father who came home from work in Bangkok after finding out his wife had left him went on Facebook to say he was going to hang his daughter and kill himself.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981199-thai-father-in-copycat-facebook-live-murdersuicide-apologizes-to-society/

 

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Chinese tourist loses half a gold necklace in Pattaya snatch!

 

Picture: Pattaya News

 

PATTAYA: -- Things could have been worse for a Chinese tourist in Pattaya yesterday - a motorcycle snatch thief got away with just half of his valuable gold necklace.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981201-chinese-tourist-loses-half-a-gold-necklace-in-pattaya-snatch/

 

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SET falls 0.54 to 1,565.78 at opening /Bangkok Post

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Chonburi man sells car on Facebook - then steals it back with a spare key

 

Source: Pattaya News

 

BANGKOK: -- A Chonburi man in cahoots with his son sold a car on Facebook then went back to the house of the person who bought it at night and used a spare key to steal it back.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981204-chonburi-man-sells-car-on-facebook-then-steals-it-back-with-a-spare-key/

 

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Thailand expects 1.8 trillion baht from tourism revenues in 2017

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Thailand is expected to earn tourism revenues up to 1.8 trillion baht this year, according to the Tourism Council of Thailand (TCT).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981205-thailand-expects-18-trillion-baht-from-tourism-revenues-in-2017/

 

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Korat road sweeper returns wallet containing 100,000 baht to businessman

 

Picture: Thai News Agency

 

NAKHON RATCHASIMA: -- A poor Korat road sweeper was hailed as the latest honest Thai after she returned a wallet containing 100,000 baht to its owner yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981209-korat-road-sweeper-returns-wallet-containing-100000-baht-to-businessman/

 

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Two more boats to ply Pattaya - Hua Hin route later this month

 

Source: STV Pattaya

 

PATTAYA: -- Two more high speed catamarans will soon be plying the Pattaya to Hua Hin route after the successful introduction of the service that began in February.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981212-two-more-boats-to-ply-pattaya-hua-hin-route-later-this-month/

 

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Mushroom-picking couple's prison term reduced to 5 years

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter

 

Daeng Sirisorn and Udom Sirisorn are escorted by officers into a courtroom Tuesday morning in Kalasin province.

 

KALASIN — A middle-aged couple appealing harsh punishment for picking mushrooms from a protected forest had their sentences reduced by 10 years by the Supreme Court on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981215-mushroom-picking-couples-prison-term-reduced-to-5-years/

 

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Thailand’s unemployment rate to go below 1%

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Thailand's unemployment rate is decreasing gradually with expectation that it will drop to below one percentage point from 1.3% in the past five years.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981216-thailand’s-unemployment-rate-to-go-below-1/

 

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Transport Min seeking 300 billion baht for transportation improvement

 

 

BANGKOK, 2 May 2017 (NNT) - The Ministry of Transport will seek 300 billion baht from the Cabinet to expedite the development of the country’s railway system and basic infrastructure. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981220-transport-min-seeking-300-billion-baht-for-transportation-improvement/

 

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Sugar prices to float late this year

 

 

BANGKOK, 2 May 2017 (NNT) - The Office of the Cane and Sugar Board will let sugar prices float in December this year whereas sugar prices in the global market remain relatively stable.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981221-sugar-prices-to-float-late-this-year/

 

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2 new motorway routes to go to auction

 

 

BANGKOK, 2 May 2017 (NNT) – The Department of Highways is preparing to open a new auction for 2 motorway routes between Bang Pa-In and Nakhon Ratchasima and Bang Yai and Kanchanaburi together costing an estimated 14 billion baht. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981222-2-new-motorway-routes-to-go-to-auction/

 

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PM responds to journalists’ concerns: ‘Cabinet will discuss controversial media bill today’ 
By Wasamon Audjarint
The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha says he will discuss the controversial media reform draft bill in the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981224-pm-prayut-responds-to-journalists’-concerns-‘cabinet-will-discuss-controversial-media-bill-today’ /

 

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North Korea says U.S. bomber flights push peninsula to brink of nuclear war

REUTERS

By Ju-min Park

 

FILE PHOTO: A pair of B-1B Lancer bombers soar over Wyoming in an undated file photo. Staff Sgt. Steve Thurow/U.S. Air Force/Handout via REUTERS/File photo

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea accused the United States on Tuesday of pushing the Korean peninsula to the brink of nuclear war after a pair of strategic U.S. bombers flew over the area in a training drill with the South Korean air force.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981227-north-korea-says-us-bomber-flights-push-peninsula-to-brink-of-nuclear-war/

 

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Supreme Court jails elderly couple for deforestation 
By The Nation

 

KALASIN: -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday sentenced an elderly couple from Kalasin province to five years in prison for deforestation.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981215-mushroom-picking-couples-prison-term-reduced-to-5-years/?do=findComment&comment=11848714

 

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Trump invited to visit Thailand in November
By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- The Thai government has returned the United States’ courtesy by inviting President Donald Trump to visit the Kingdom during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in November, Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981228-trump-invited-to-visit-thailand-in-november/

 

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American Phuket school teacher slammed off motorbike on second day at work

Premkamon Ketsara

 

Police and rescue workers arrived to find the white Honda City sedan with heavy damage to its front. Photo: Premkamon Ketsara

 

PHUKET: -- A 26-year-old American woman on her second day as a school teacher in Phuket was slammed off her motorbike in Kathu this morning (May 2) while driving to school.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981231-american-phuket-school-teacher-slammed-off-motorbike-on-second-day-at-work/

 

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Beer yoga is illegal warn Thai health officials

 

Picture: Voice TV

 

BANGKOK: -- Beer yoga, Bangkok’s favourite new pastime, may actually be illegal government officials have warned.

 

Full story:   https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981243-beer-yoga-is-illegal-warn-thai-health-officials/

 

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First Chinese tour group to enter Kingdom via Mekong River
By Nattawat Laping
The Nation

 

 

CHIANG RAI: -- The first group of Chinese tourists to visit Thailand on a cruise along the Mekong River arrived at Chiang Rai's Chiang Saen Pier on Monday evening.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981244-first-chinese-tour-group-to-enter-thailand-via-mekong-river/

 

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Plastic bottle blamed for Phuket Town car flip

Phuket Gazette

 

The accident occurred on Komaraphat Roat near Phuket City Municipality Pawnshop. Photo: Peerapong

 

PHUKET: -- In a crash that is being blamed on a plastic bottle, a car in Phuket Town flipped over onto its roof yesterday afternoon after the driver lost control at a traffic stop.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981245-plastic-bottle-blamed-for-phuket-town-car-flip/

 

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Phuket pub musician falls asleep driving, flips pickup truck and escapes with minor injury

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The pickup truck flipped without colliding into other vehicles near PTT petrol station in Baan Lipon. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- A pub musician escaped with only minor injuries and a charge for reckless driving after his vehicle flipped when he fell asleep at the wheel at 5am yesterday morning (May 1) about 200 metres from the PTT petrol station in Baan Lipon, Srisoonthorn.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981246-phuket-pub-musician-falls-asleep-driving-flips-pickup-truck-and-escapes-with-minor-injury/

 

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Transvestites arrested for ‘offering sex’ to tourists in Chiang Mai
By The Nation

 

CHIANG MAI: -- Police arrested six transvestites for allegedly propositioning tourists in Tha Phae Gate area in downtown Chiang Mai late on Monday night.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981249-transvestites-arrested-for-‘offering-sex’-to-tourists-in-chiang-mai/

 

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Government can disagree with media reform bill, says Wissanu 
By The Nation

 

Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam

 

BANGKOK: -- Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said on Tuesday that it was possible for the government to disagree with the media regulation draft bill proposed by the National Reform Steering Assembly (NRSA) before it forwarded the document to the Council of the State, its legal arm, to amend.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981251-government-can-disagree-with-media-reform-bill-says-wissanu /

 

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Fugitive Vorayuth left Thailand for Singapore on April 25, police say
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Vorayuth “Boss” Yoovidhya, the fugitive heir to the Red Bull fortune who is being sought on charges of running over and killing a police officer in 2012, entered Thailand on April 23 and departed on April 25 for Singapore, Immigration Police revealed on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981258-fugitive-vorayuth-left-thailand-for-singapore-on-april-25-police-say/