THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Wednesday 31 May 2017

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Pattaya locals visiting magic log in droves for lottery numbers

 

Picture: Daily News

 

PATTAYA: -- Daily News reported that there was a steady stream of hopeful believers heading to Wat Huay Yai near Pattaya to get lottery numbers from a magic log.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985711-pattaya-locals-visiting-magic-log-in-droves-for-lottery-numbers/

 

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Glitches hit new SIM-card registration system in deep South
By Narong Nuansakul,
Nakarin Chinnawornkomon
The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The first day when pre-paid mobile phone users in Yala, Pattani, Narathiwat and two Songkhla districts were required to have their fingerprints scanned and pictures taken in addition to showing ID cards when they buy new SIM cards has already encountered several issues.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985712-glitches-hit-new-sim-card-registration-system-in-deep-south/

 

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Social media pictures lead to Rangsit road bridge closure

 

Picture: Daily News

 

BANGKOK: -- The Highways department have order the temporary closure of a road bridge after pictures posted on social media showed it coming apart.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985716-social-media-pictures-lead-to-rangsit-road-bridge-closure/

 

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Red-faced over Blackface: Vogue Thailand fails with model channeling Grace Jones in blackface

By Coconuts Bangkok 

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Vogue Thailand’s latest Instagram photoshoot features a Thai model in blackface makeup meant to impersonate legendary Jamaican-American model, musician, and actress Grace Jones in an ill-advised bid to promote “selfie mode” on Huawei’s new much-hyped P10 phone.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985719-red-faced-over-blackface-vogue-thailand-fails-with-model-channeling-grace-jones-in-blackface/

 

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Video: Impatient drivers show appalling driving habits

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

BANGKOK: -- A video posted online shows a stream of drivers at an intersection going the wrong way around a U-turn.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985721-video-impatient-drivers-show-appalling-driving-habits/

 

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Woman, 21, denies dismembering 22-year-old in Khon Kaen killed for ‘tipping off police’

By Siwa Loho, Nattawat Laping

 

A lawyer representing Jidarat Phromkhun, 21, who is among four people accused of killing a woman and chopping her body into pieces, is applying for her release on bail after she told police on Wednesday that she had nothing to do with the killing in Khon Kaen.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985725-woman-21-denies-dismembering-22-year-old-in-khon-kaen-killed-for-‘tipping-off-police’/

 

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You can still upgrade to Windows 10 for FREE – here’s how

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

Microsoft’s offer for users to upgrade to Windows 10 for free officially ended on 29 July 2016 – or so we were lead to believe.

 

Full Story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/you-can-still-upgrade-to-windows-10-for-free-heres-how/22013/

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Latest leak gives most detailed look yet at iPhone 8

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

It seems that more and more leaks are making their way out regarding the new iPhone 8.

 

Full Story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/latest-leak-gives-most-detailed-look-yet-at-iphone-8/22018/

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TAT, Online Tourism Club take aim at low-quality tour packages 

By The Nation

 

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and the recently established Online Tourism Club (Thailand) are seeking ways to minimise online operators that sell lower-quality tour packages, especially in the Chinese FIT (free independent traveller) sector, to protect the interests of both tourists and Thai tourism-service providers.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985742-tat-online-tourism-club-take-aim-at-low-quality-tour-packages/

 

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Case against PAD leaders dismissed

By The Nation

 

 

A court on Wednesday acquitted 10 leaders of the former People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) in a case dating back to 2011 involving trespassing of designated security areas and violating the 2008 security act.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985743-case-against-pad-leaders-dismissed/

 

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Another luxury car stolen from Britain recovered as 1,000 vehicles implicated

By Piyanuch Tamnukasetchai
The Nation

 

 

The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) and Customs Department have retrieved another luxury car that appeared to have been stolen from Britain and sent to Thailand, while a joint investigation found evidence suggesting 1,000 cars had been falsely declared during import to avoid tax, said DSI deputy chief Korrawat Panprapakorn on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985744-another-luxury-car-stolen-from-britain-recovered-as-1000-vehicles-implicated/

 

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Wissanu to seek media opinion after receiving all versions of regulation draft bill

By The Nation

 

 

Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam on Wednesday said that he expected to see all versions of the media regulation draft bill written by the National Reform Steering Assembly (NRSA) as part of deliberations on the controversial draft.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985746-wissanu-to-seek-media-opinion-after-receiving-all-versions-of-regulation-draft-bill/

 

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MRT Ramps Up Security After Bomb Found Near Station

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter

 

Guards and a canine unit patrol an entrance to a MRT’s Purple Line station during the Songkran holidays. Photo: Matichon

 

BANGKOK — Bangkok’s subway system raised security measures Wednesday following the discovery of a pipe bomb found near one of its stations.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985747-mrt-ramps-up-security-after-bomb-found-near-station/

 

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Police advise motorists to clamp their cars after auto theft gang rounded up

 

 

Police have advised the public to clamp their cars when parking them outside their properties at night.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985749-police-advise-motorists-to-clamp-their-cars-after-auto-theft-gang-rounded-up/

 

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Malaysian father and daughter drown at Thamphra Waterfall

 

 

A father drowned on Wednesday in a vain bid to save his 10-year-old daughter who had fallen into the Thampra Waterfall in Puwoe National Park.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/985756-malaysian-father-and-daughter-drown-at-thamphra-waterfall/

 

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