THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Saturday 3 Jun 2017

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English teacher "wais" and says sorry for attacking a primary school student - but now faces immigration enquiry.

 

Image: Daily News

 

The foreign teacher at the center of an online furor after he attacked a P5 student during an English class has wai-ed the child and his mother in apology.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986132-english-teacher-wais-and-says-sorry-for-attacking-a-primary-school-student-but-now-faces-immigration-enquiry/

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Piracy crackdown means the end for once thriving Aranyaprathet market

 

Image: Thai Rath

 

The once bustling Rong Klua market in Aranyaprathet in Sa Kaew province is facing closure.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986133-piracy-crackdown-means-the-end-for-once-thriving-aranyaprathet-market/

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Bike rider is thankful for a kind cop after roadside "red plate" stop

 

Image: Sanook

 

A story from Facebook is a timely reminder about the length of time a red plate can be used on a new vehicle.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986135-bike-rider-is-thankful-for-a-kind-cop-after-roadside-red-plate-stop/

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Latest "Uber misunderstanding" as woman surrounded by taxis and red bus in Chiang Mai.

 

Image: Sanook

 

A female member of the public has gone on Facebook to complain at how she was surrounded by angry taxi drivers and a red bus who claimed she was working for Uber.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986136-latest-uber-misunderstanding-as-woman-surrounded-by-taxis-and-red-bus-in-chiang-mai/

 

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Thai government on alert after warning of potential cyber attack

 

Image: Thai Rath

 

The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission said they had set up a unit to investigate and possibly hunt down a group of hackers after a threat appeared on Facebook.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986137-thai-government-on-alert-after-warning-of-potential-cyber-attack/

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More than 100 models expected at Vintage Car Contest

By The Nation

 

The Vintage Car Club of Thailand, Future Park Rangsit and Zpell will this month stage the 41st Vintage Car Contest, which is expected to attract over 100 vintage and classic cars.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986139-more-than-100-models-expected-at-vintage-car-contest/

 

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Rights groups are under close watch for bias

 

 

Human rights groups were warned on Thursday by the Interior Ministry that they are being closely watched for alleged bias towards the opposition CNRP, The Phnom Penh Post Online reported on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986141-rights-groups-are-under-close-watch-for-bias/

 

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Police, FBI, NGOs unite to combat child abuse, sex exploitation in Phuket

Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

 

PHUKET: Phuket today became home to the first Child Advocacy Centre in Southern Thailand to spearhead a multi-agency campaign against human trafficking and sexual exploitation of children.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986142-police-fbi-ngos-unite-to-combat-child-abuse-sex-exploitation-in-phuket/

 

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German police suspend open-air rock concert due to terrorism alert

 

A still image taken from video shows people leaving the open-air weekend "Rock am Ring" concert near the Nuerburgring race track in Nurburg, Germany June 2, 2017. INSTAGRAM / @ZUZIA93 / via Reuters

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - German police temporarily stopped an open-air weekend concert at Nuerburgring race track on Friday due to a possible terrorist threat.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986143-german-police-suspend-open-air-rock-concert-due-to-terrorism-alert/

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U.N. expands North Korea blacklist in first U.S., China sanctions deal under Trump

By Michelle Nichols

 

The United Nations Security Council vote on a resolution to expand its North Korea blacklist after the Asian state's repeated missile tests, at the U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., June 2, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Segar

 

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council on Friday expanded targeted sanctions against North Korea after its repeated missile tests, adopting the first such resolution agreed by the United States and Pyongyang's only major ally China since President Donald Trump took office.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986144-un-expands-north-korea-blacklist-in-first-us-china-sanctions-deal-under-trump/

 

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World pledges to save 'Mother Earth' despite Trump's snub to climate pact

By Thomas Escritt and Philip Blenkinsop

 

People hold banners as they protest next to the Brandenburg Gate, beside the U.S. embassy, against the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris climate change deal, in Berlin, Germany, June 2, 2017. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

 

BERLIN/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - China and Europe pledged on Friday to unite to save what German Chancellor Angela Merkel called "our Mother Earth", standing firmly against President Donald Trump's decision to take the United States out of the Paris climate change pact.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986145-world-pledges-to-save-mother-earth-despite-trumps-snub-to-climate-pact/

 

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Afghans protesting after truck bomb killed in clash with police

By Mirwais Harooni and Akram Walizada

 

Afghan protesters set a fire during a protest in Kabul, Afghanistan June 2, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

 

KABUL (Reuters) - Protesters demanding the resignation of the Afghan government after this week's devastating truck bomb clashed with riot police in Kabul on Friday in a confrontation that resulted in at least four deaths.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986146-afghans-protesting-after-truck-bomb-killed-in-clash-with-police/

 

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Leo Varadkar - Son of an immigrant set to become Ireland's youngest PM

By Padraic Halpin

 

Ireland's Minister for Social Protection Leo Varadkar launches his campaign bid for Fine Gael party leader in Dublin, Ireland May 20, 2017. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne/Files

 

DUBLIN (Reuters) - When Leo Varadkar's Indian father, Ashok, moved to Ireland in the 1970s, he chose one of Western Europe's most socially conservative countries to call home.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986147-leo-varadkar-son-of-an-immigrant-set-to-become-irelands-youngest-pm/

 

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PM May confident Britain can get good Brexit deal, but prepared to walk away

 

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May reacts during a campaign stop near Doncaster, Britain June 2, 2017. REUTERS/Scott Heppell

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May said on Friday that she was confident that Britain could get a good deal in negotiations to leave the European Union, but would be prepared to walk away without an accord on departure terms if necessary.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986148-pm-may-confident-britain-can-get-good-brexit-deal-but-prepared-to-walk-away/

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British police seize a car as part of Manchester attack investigation

 

Police walk up the street towards Devell House, in Rusholme, Manchester, Britain June 2, 2017. REUTERS/Andrew Yates

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British police have lifted a cordon in the centre of Manchester and seized a car on Friday which they said could be potentially significant to their investigation into last week's suicide bombing in the city.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986149-british-police-seize-a-car-as-part-of-manchester-attack-investigation/

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Exclusive - Special counsel Mueller to probe ex-Trump aide Flynn's Turkey ties

By Nathan Layne, Mark Hosenball and Julia Edwards Ainsley

 

White House National Security Advisor Michael Flynn (C) arrives prior to a joint news conference between Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, U.S. on February 13, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/Files

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating possible ties between the Trump election campaign and Russia, is expanding his probe to assume control of a grand jury investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn, three sources told Reuters.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986150-exclusive-special-counsel-mueller-to-probe-ex-trump-aide-flynns-turkey-ties/

 

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Popular password manager suffers major security breach – have you been hacked?

BY JONATHAN FAIRFIELD

 

 

Hackers have breached the security of popular password manager OneLogin.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/popular-password-manager-suffers-major-security-breach-have-you-been-hacked/22082/

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Apple Music Thailand review

By Paisal Chuenprasaeng

THE NATION 

 

 

The new and improved Apple Music app makes it even easier to find the sounds you love

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/apple-music-thailand-review/22077/

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British Airways I.T. outage caused by contractor who switched off power – Times

BY REUTERS

 

 

LONDON (Reuters) – A contractor doing maintenance work at a British Airways data centre inadvertently switched off the power supply, knocking out the airline’s computer systems and leaving 75,000 people stranded last weekend, the Times newspaper reported on Friday.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/british-airways-i-t-outage-caused-by-contractor-who-switched-off-power-times/22074/

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Police, ONCB at odds over murder suspect’s link to drug gangs in Golden Triangle

By The Nation

 

 

THE NATIONAL anti-drug agency and police yesterday gave conflicting information over whether Priyanuch Nonwangchai, a prime suspect in the murder and dismemberment of her friend in Khon Kaen province, was related to a transnational drugs syndicate.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986159-police-oncb-at-odds-over-murder-suspect’s-link-to-drug-gangs-in-golden-triangle/

 

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Woman wrongly diagnosed with HIV 15 years ago seeks to sue hospital

File photo : Suthida//Photo from Songkran's Facebook

 

A 23-year-old woman whose a blood test showed that she is free from HIV disease is taking legal action against a hospital that diagnosed her with the disease 15 years ago.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986160-woman-wrongly-diagnosed-with-hiv-15-years-ago-seeks-to-sue-hospital/

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Dugong tracking project halted in face of opposition

By Pratch Rujivanarom
Knita Seetong
The Nation

 

 

A dugong tracking project has been scrapped after complaints from local environmentalists, as the group claimed the tracking device harmed the mammals.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986165-dugong-tracking-project-halted-in-face-of-opposition/

 

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Public views on ‘four questions’ being collected

By THE NATION

 

Interior Minister General Anupong Paochinda

 

PEOPLE ARE required to show up at government-run complaint centres and identify themselves with citizen ID numbers to respond to the prime minister’s “four questions”.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986166-public-views-on-‘four-questions’-being-collected/

 

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New university admission later this year

By THE NATION

 

 

THE UNIVERSITY admission system will undergo another drastic change later this year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986169-new-university-admission-later-this-year/

 

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EC members to stay until new election team picked

By THE NATION

 

Somchai Srisutthiyakorn

 

New commissioners due by October.

 

ALL FIVE members of the Election Commission plan to serve until their last day in office and won’t resign till replaced by new commissioners later this year, EC member Somchai Srisutthiyakorn said yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986170-ec-members-to-stay-until-new-election-team-picked/

 

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Digitisation to drive Thai economy, AWS chief says

By   NOPHAKHUN LIMSAMARNPHUN
THE NATION

 

THAILAND’S future economic growth will be driven by digitisation that enables new products and services in various sectors, according to Nick Walton, who heads Amazon Web Services (AWS) in Asean.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986171-digitisation-to-drive-thai-economy-aws-chief-says/

 

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Freighter causes extensive damage to coral reef near Koh Si Chang

 

 

The coral reef at Ran Dok Mai island off Koh Si Chang has sustained extensive damage caused by a freighter which ran aground and smashed into the reef on May 28.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986175-freighter-causes-extensive-damage-to-coral-reef-near-koh-si-chang/

 

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PM tells hospital blast investigators to avoid interviews

By The Nation

 

 

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha has instructed officers investigating the May 22 bomb blast at the Phramongkutklao Hospital in Bangkok not to give interviews about the case progress, a police source said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986176-pm-tells-hospital-blast-investigators-to-avoid-interviews/

 

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Prayut to visit the US next month

By The Nation

 

 

PRIME Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha is set to pay an official visit to the United States in July that could focus on trade relations and intellectual property management.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986180-prayut-to-visit-the-us-next-month/