THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Friday 19 May 2017

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Thai police bust online betting gang at two Pattaya locations

 

 

Thai police have arrested 13 Chinese nationals running an online betting operation at two locations in Pattaya.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983800-thai-police-bust-online-betting-gang-at-two-pattaya-locations/

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Vietnamese man runs out of Bangkok cab after argument with girlfriend, jumps in klong and drowns

 

 

A 21 year old Vietnamese man drowned in Bangkok Noi Canal after jumping in following an argument with his girlfriend in a taxi.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983805-vietnamese-man-runs-out-of-bangkok-cab-after-argument-with-girlfriend-jumps-in-klong-and-drowns/

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Civil Court Rejects City's Challenge To BTS Accessibility Suit

By Sasiwan Mokkhasen, Staff Reporter

 

Disabled commuters and rights activists rally along Ratchadapisek Road in Bangkok on their way to the Civil Court on Friday, Jan. 20, to file a class-action lawsuit against the city.

 

BANGKOK — The Civil Court said Thursday it has the authority to consider a class-action suit filed against City Hall for failing to make the BTS Skytrain system accessible to people with disabilities.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983796-civil-court-rejects-citys-challenge-to-bts-accessibility-suit/

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Roger Ailes, former Fox News chief, dies at 77

By Jessica Toonkel

REUTERS

 

FILE PHOTO - Roger Ailes, chairman and CEO of Fox News and Fox Television Stations, attends a panel discussion at the Television Critics Association summer press tour in Pasadena, California, U.S. on July 24, 2006. REUTERS/Fred Prouser/File Photo

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Roger Ailes, founder and former chief executive of Fox News, the cable news channel popular with conservatives that helped reshape the U.S. political landscape, has died at age 77.

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983822-roger-ailes-former-fox-news-chief-dies-at-77/

 

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Pattaya underpass expected to be ready end of May

 

Picture: STV Pattaya

 

PATTAYA: -- Official connected to the building of the1.9km Pattaya Klang underpass are confident everything will be ready by the end of this month.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983823-pattaya-underpass-expected-to-be-ready-end-of-may/

 

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Crocs on the loose after flooding in Kamphaeng Phet

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

KAMPHAENG PHET: -- Three crocodiles have escaped from a holding pond after heavy flooding in the Pran Kratai area of Kamphaeng Phet.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983824-crocs-on-the-loose-after-flooding-in-kamphaeng-phet/

 

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More than 57,000 Thais currently on overstay in South Korea

 

Source: TNews

 

BANGKOK: -- It has been revealed that there are currently more than 57,000 Thai people currently on overstay in South Korea.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983825-more-than-57000-thais-currently-on-overstay-in-south-korea/

 

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Baht Bus driver tries ripping off tourists

By Online Admin -

 

 

PATTAYA: -- Just before 10:00pm on May 17th, Pattaya police were called to the scene of an argument between some Chinese tourists and a Baht bus driver.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983826-pattaya-baht-bus-driver-tries-ripping-off-tourists/

 

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Bike smashes into back of parked truck leaving 1 fatality

By Online Admin -

 

 

PATTAYA: -- At around 11:30 on May 17th, Pattaya police and emergency services were called to the scene of a fatality after another road accident involving a motorbike.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983827-bike-smashes-into-back-of-parked-truck-leaving-1-fatality/

 

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Car export in April drops 14.37 percent

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Car export for the month of April dropped 14.37 percent to 68,900 units from last April’s 80,400 units, representing the lowest export in 48 months, said Mr Surapong Paisitpattanapong, spokesman of the automotive industry of the Federation of Thai Industries.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983828-car-export-in-april-drops-1437-percent/

 

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Agriculture Ministry orders a cleanup of all cooperatives

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Cooperatives Promotion Department has been instructed by the agriculture minister to check and grade all the cooperatives throughout the country in a bid to clean up cooperatives in the wake of mismanagement at Noppaklao Ruamjai savings cooperative.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983829-agriculture-ministry-orders-a-cleanup-of-all-cooperatives/

 

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Gen Prayut disbands Farmers’ Fund board

 

 

BANGKOK: -- In his capacity as head of the National Council for Peace and Order, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha ordered the disbandment of the board of Farmers Rehabilitation and Development Fund, citing its incompetency and lack of transparency in the management of the fund to resolve farmers’ indebtedness.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983830-gen-prayut-disbands-farmers’-fund-board/

 

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Govt organizes biggest Thai-Chinese business matching

 

BANGKOK, 19 May 2017 (NNT) - The Board of Investment of Thailand (BOI) and the Bank of China have collaborated to arrange the biggest business matching between Thai and Chinese entrepreneurs. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983831-govt-organizes-biggest-thai-chinese-business-matching/

 

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Number of nurses to enter civil service concluded for Cabinet’ review

 

 

BANGKOK, 19 May 2017 (NNT) – The Deputy Prime Minister for Legal Affairs has convened a meeting to conclude the number of contract nurses to be listed as civil servants while insisting that the government is willing to help all of them as much as possible. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983832-number-of-nurses-to-enter-civil-service-concluded-for-cabinet’-review/

 

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NCPO: Our biggest achievement is peace

 

 

BANGKOK, 19 May 2017 (NNT) - Spokesman of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) have announced the council’s achievements during its three years in office, highlighting peace and less conflicts in Thailand. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983833-ncpo-our-biggest-achievement-is-peace/

 

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Commerce Ministry Permanent Secretary: US confirms its trade and investment relations with Thailand

 

BANGKOK, 19 May 2017 (NNT) - The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce stated that the United States has confirmed its trade and investment relations with Thailand will remain the same. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983835-commerce-ministry-permanent-secretary-us-confirms-its-trade-and-investment-relations-with-thailand/

 

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Motorist crashes into Times Square crowd, killing one person, injuring 22

By Daniel Trotta and Jonathan Allen

REUTERS

 

A vehicle that struck pedestrians in Times Square and later crashed is seen on the sidewalk in New York City, U.S., May 18, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Segar

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. Navy veteran ploughed his car into pedestrians in New York City's packed Times Square on Thursday, killing an 18-year-old woman and injuring 22 people. The city's mayor said there was no indication it was an act of terrorism.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983836-motorist-crashes-into-times-square-crowd-killing-one-person-injuring-22/

 

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Trump calls special counsel Russia probe 'greatest witch hunt' in U.S. history

By Doina Chiacu and Patricia Zengerle

REUTERS

 

U.S. President Donald Trump listens to questions from the media as he meets with Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos (not pictured) in the Oval Office in Washington, DC, U.S., May 18, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Thursday assailed the Justice Department's appointment of a special counsel to probe possible ties between his 2016 presidential campaign and Russia, calling it "the single greatest witch hunt" in U.S. history and a move that "hurts our country terribly."

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983837-trump-calls-special-counsel-russia-probe-greatest-witch-hunt-in-us-history/

 

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New ferry links North Korea and Russia despite U.S. calls for isolation

By Valeria Fedorenko

REUTERS

 

The North Korean ferry, the Mangyongbong, is docked in the port of the far eastern city of Vladivostok, Russia, May 18, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Maltsev

 

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Reuters) - A new ferry between isolated North Korea and Russia docked for the first time at the Pacific port of Vladivostok on Thursday, in spite of U.S. calls for countries to curtail relations with Pyongyang over its nuclear and missile programmes.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983838-new-ferry-links-north-korea-and-russia-despite-us-calls-for-isolation/

 

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World Court orders Pakistan to delay execution of alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav

By Stephanie van den Berg

REUTERS
 

An Indian border guard stands near Indian (L) and Pakistani flags during a fair at Chamliyal in Jammu and Kashmir, June 22, 2006. REUTERS/Amit Gupta/Files

 

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The World Court ordered Pakistan on Thursday not to execute Indian citizen Kulbhushan Sudhir Jadhav, convicted of spying, until it hears a case brought by India arguing that Islamabad violated a treaty guaranteeing diplomatic assistance to foreigners accused of crimes.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983839-world-court-orders-pakistan-to-delay-execution-of-alleged-indian-spy-kulbhushan-jadhav/

 

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For Trump's defenders, White House turmoil is politics as usual

By John Whitesides

REUTERS

 

U.S. President Donald Trump looks over at Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos (L) during their joint news conference at the White House in Washington, U.S. May 18, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In Washington, the chatter about a deepening, Watergate-style crisis has engulfed the White House - and those conversations are echoed in big cities across the country and in a succession of headlines that seem to suggest almost certain doom for the young Trump administration.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983840-for-trumps-defenders-white-house-turmoil-is-politics-as-usual/

 

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China, ASEAN agree on framework for S.China Sea code of conduct

REUTERS

 

An aerial view of China occupied Subi Reef at Spratly Islands in disputed South China Sea April 21, 2017. REUTERS/Francis Malasig/Pool

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - China and Southeast Asian countries agreed on Thursday to a framework for a long-mooted code of conduct for the disputed South China Sea, China's foreign ministry said, as both sides step up efforts to ease tension in the strategic waterway.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983841-china-asean-agree-on-framework-for-schina-sea-code-of-conduct/

 

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GrabCar’s new function makes passengers pay for dropping off friends

By Coconuts Bangkok 

 

Commuters pass Grab transport booking service app advertisements at a train station in Singapore, February 10, 2016. Photo: Edgar Su/Reuters

 

BANGKOK: -- GrabCar has recently introduced the “extra stop” button, so you’ll have to make a proper booking and pay an extra fee if you want to drop your friends off on the way.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983842-grabcar’s-new-function-makes-passengers-pay-for-dropping-off-friends/

 

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Soundgarden's Chris Cornell's death ruled suicide by hanging

By Jill Serjeant

REUTERS

 

Musician Chris Cornell poses at Elton John's 70th Birthday and 50-Year Songwriting Partnership with Bernie Taupin benefiting the Elton John AIDS Foundation and the UCLA Hammer Museum at RED Studios Hollywood in Los Angeles, California, U.S. March 25, 2017. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok/Files

 

(Reuters) - Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell died of hanging by suicide, the Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983738-musician-chris-cornell-dies-at-52-ap/?do=findComment&comment=11901155

 

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China-Hong Kong bridge to unity, or tentacle of Beijing control?

By James Pomfret

REUTERS

 

A worker stands on the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge under construction in Zhuhai, China May 17, 2017. Picture taken May 17, 2017. REUTERS/James Pomfret

 

PEARL RIVER ESTUARY, China (Reuters) - As a 30-km (19-mile) bridge between Hong Kong and China across the Pearl River estuary nears completion, Chinese officials are hoping it will bring more than economic integration at a time of growing tension between the two sides.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983845-china-hong-kong-bridge-to-unity-or-tentacle-of-beijing-control/

 

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Security experts find clues to ransomware worm’s lingering risks

BY REUTERS 

 

REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration/File Photo

 

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Two-thirds of those caught up in the past week’s global ransomware attack were running Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system without the latest security updates, a survey for Reuters by security ratings firm BitSight found.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/security-experts-find-clues-to-ransomware-worms-lingering-risks/21763/

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Motor mouth: T. rex could bite with the force of three cars

By Will Dunham

REUTERS

 

FILE PHOTO - Bill Simpson looks inside a fossil of a Tyrannosaurus rex known as "SUE", before removing its forelimb to be used for research at the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. on October 6, 2016. REUTERS/Jim Young/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists have come up with one more reason to be amazed by Tyrannosaurus rex. When the huge carnivorous dinosaur took a bite, it did so with an awe-inspiring force equal to the weight of three small cars, enabling it to crunch bones with ease.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983848-motor-mouth-t-rex-could-bite-with-the-force-of-three-cars/

 

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Economist blames government for inefficient budget management

By WICHIT CHAITRONG
THE NATION

 

Sakon Waranyuwattana

 

BANGKOK: -- THE GOVERNMENT’S move to increase the central fund demonstrates that state agencies are functioning poorly, said Sakon Waranyuwattana, dean of Thammasat University’s faculty of economics.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983853-economist-blames-government-for-inefficient-budget-management/

 

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Nation University pitches plan to tackle online sexual harassment

By THE NATION

 

Students of the Nation University join a campaign to stop sexual harassment in the online world.

 

BANGKOK: -- NATION University is waging a campaign against online sexual harassment to address a still largely ignored problem.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983856-nation-university-pitches-plan-to-tackle-online-sexual-harassment/

 

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Worry dogs last Pak Bang Dam forum

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM
THE NATION
CHIANG RAI

 

The people in Chiang Rai's Wiang Kaen District register before entering the public hearing on Pak Beng Dam as per Procedures for Notification, Prior Consultation and Agreement (PNPCA) process yesterday at Wiang Kaen District Office .

 

Thai residents not reassured by pledge to review concerns about Lao project

 

BANGKOK: -- LOCAL PEOPLE along the Mekong River in Thailand have expressed concerns over the Pak Bang Dam in Laos and urged the Lao government to reconsider the project amid worries it could cause major flooding in Chiang Rai and destroy people’s livelihoods.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983857-worry-dogs-last-pak-bang-dam-forum/