THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Thursday 11 May 2017

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Architectural Digest names Elephant Building one of the ugliest skyscrapers in the world

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

Photo: Wikimedia Commons

 

BANGKOK: -- Architectural Digest, the most respected magazine covering global architecture, included Bangkok’s iconic Elephant Building in its list of the 24 ugliest skyscrapers in the world last week, alongside Trump Tower.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/982632-architectural-digest-names-bangkoks-elephant-building-one-of-the-ugliest-skyscrapers-in-the-world/

 

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Despite crackdown, people-smuggling across Thai-Myanmar border has risen

By Amy Sawitta Lefevre

 

 

MAE SOT, Thailand (Reuters) - People smuggling across the border from Myanmar to Thailand is on the rise despite a crackdown by authorities in both countries that has made it more expensive and dangerous, Thai immigration police say.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/982638-despite-crackdown-people-smuggling-across-thai-myanmar-border-has-risen/

 

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Govt Torpedoes Plan To Add 11,000 Hospital Nurses

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

In a homage to Florence Nightingale, newly graduated nurses light candles in a graduation ceremony at Boromarajonani College of Nursing Suphan Buri in 2015. Image: SncChannels / YouTube

 

BANGKOK — A number of nurse associations expressed anger Thursday over the government’s decision not to hire 10,000 new hospital workers as requested by public health officials.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/982644-govt-torpedoes-plan-to-add-11000-hospital-nurses/

 

 

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Man caught in police sting operation trying to sell Porsche supercar

By Supachai Phetchthewee

The Nation

 

 

A Thai man has been arrested in a police sting operation after he tried to sell an illegal Porsche supercar on a car sale website for more than Bt4 million less than the market price.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/982645-man-caught-in-police-sting-operation-trying-to-sell-porsche-supercar/

 

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Teenager charged with document forgery

By Supachai Phetchthewee

The Nation

 

 

A teenager who was poised to enter university was arrested on Thursday for forging identity cards, including tour guide licences and certificates.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/982646-teenager-charged-with-document-forgery/

 

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Uber says to partner with taxis in Myanmar expansion drive

BY REUTERS

 

 

YANGON (Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc is only hiring government-accredited taxi drivers in Myanmar, a regional executive said, a move that allows it to avoid the legal hurdles that have dogged it across Asia in one of the region’s last frontier markets.

 

Full Story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/uber-says-to-partner-with-taxis-in-myanmar-expansion-drive/21573/

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The end of Android? Leaked photos lift the lid on Google’s new operating system Fuchsia

BY JONATHAN FAIRFIELD

 

 

Images of what could become Google’s new mobile operating system, which is being built from scratch and is entirely separate to Android, have surfaced online.

 

Full Story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/the-end-of-android-leaked-photos-lift-the-lid-on-googles-new-operating-system-fuchsia/21576/

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Yacht that fled from police in Krabi belongs to Thai resort operators

By Sitthichai Sikhawat

The Nation

 

 

A Bt20 million-worth yacht, in which suspects of in an illegal spearfishing case brazenly escaped from police in Krabi’s Mu Koh Lanta National Park last Saturday, belonged to a group of Thai resort business operators, a source in the investigation team said on Thursday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/982649-yacht-that-fled-from-police-in-krabi-belongs-to-thai-resort-operators/

 

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Oops! Britney Spears adds second show in Bangkok

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

Photo: BEC-Tero

 

Britney Spears announced this afternoon she will add an extra show in Bangkok on June 23, as the show on June 24 quickly sold out.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/982651-oops-britney-spears-adds-second-show-in-bangkok/

 

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‘Clear evidence’ against ‘Patt’ as second summons issued

By KORNKAMON AKSORNDECH

THE NATION

 

 

THE NARCOTICS Suppression Bureau (NSB) has issued a second summons for actress Napapa “Patt” Tantrakul to hear charges of conspiracy to commit money laundering.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/982652-‘clear-evidence’-against-‘patt’-as-second-summons-issued/

 

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Body of owner of pickup truck used to make car bomb in Big C explosion found

 

 

Security forces have found the body of Mr Nuson Kachornkham, a canvas vendor whose pick-up truck was used to make a car bomb by suspected southern militants in the bomb attack of Big C superstore in Pattani province on Tuesday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/982653-body-of-owner-of-pickup-truck-used-to-make-car-bomb-in-big-c-explosion-found/

 

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Woman killed for talking on the phone while crossing road

 

 

A woman who kept talking on her smartphone while crossing the road in Si Racha district of Chon Buri was killed when she was hit by a car.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/982514-school-janitor-talking-on-the-phone-tossed-into-the-air-in-sri-racha-collision/?do=findComment&comment=11877755

 

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Serial thief apprehended in Phuket

Winai Sarot

 

 

PHUKET:-- A serial thief was arrested in Phuket early this morning, after at least ten incidents of coin theft from washing machine slots were reported by laundry shop owners in the span of a week.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/982660-serial-thief-apprehended-in-phuket/

 

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TAT, Phuket Tourist Police come to American tourist’s aid

Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

PHUKET:-- A lost American tourist, who could neither recall the name nor the address of the hostel he was staying at, was safely returned there by tourist police this morning. 

 

Full Story:https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/982661-tat-phuket-tourist-police-come-to-american-tourist’s-aid/

 

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Phuket driver survives sideways slam into power pole

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

 

PHUKET:-- Rescue workers took 15 minutes to cut a man free from his work pickup truck after the vehicle slammed sideways into a power pole in Mai Khao, in northern Phuket, this afternoon (May 11).

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/982662-phuket-driver-survives-sideways-slam-into-power-pole/

 

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Facebook given deadline to block 131 “illegal” web pages

BY THE NATION

 

 

Thai authorities have given social media giant Facebook until Tuesday morning to block access to 131 web pages that are deemed illegal, mainly with content insulting the monarchy.

 

Full Story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/facebook-given-deadline-to-block-131-illegal-web-pages/21585/

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New leaked photos claim to show the iPhone 8 in all its glory – and it is beautiful

BY JONATHAN FAIRFIELD

 

iPhone 8 render. Image: Onleaks

 

A new set of photos which claim to show the iPhone 8 have leaked online.

 

Full Story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/new-leaked-photos-claim-to-show-the-iphone-8-in-all-its-glory-and-it-is-beautiful/21581/

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District chief, four others, linked to Big C bombing

By THE NATION

 

 

Five men, including a Tambon Administration Organisation (TAO) chief, have been detained for questioning over their alleged involvement in the broad daylight bomb blasts in Pattani province, Fourth Army Region Commander Lt-General Piyawat Narkwanich said Thursday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/982670-district-chief-four-others-linked-to-big-c-bombing/

 

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