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Dismemberment case suspects risk death penalty

By The Nation

 

 

Police have now pressed pre-meditated murder charge against four of the five suspects in the dismemberment murder case.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986835-dismemberment-case-suspects-risk-death-penalty/

 

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PM wants Thailand to become food industry ‘superpower’ in 20 years

By The Nation

 

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha vowed to make the country a food industry “superpower” in the next 20 years with a new strategy.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986824-pm-wants-thailand-to-become-food-industry-‘superpower’-in-20-years/

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Thailand’s 4G networks are improving but still lags behind, new report finds

BY JONATHAN FAIRFIELD

 

Image: ThaiRath

 

BANGKOK: -- The average speed of Thailand’s 4G networks are almost twice as fast as they were 6 months ago, a new report has found.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/thailands-4g-networks-are-improving-but-still-lags-behind-new-report-finds/22158/

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Cop who lost the plot in Khao San Road is "stressed" says station chief who gives him some time off 

 

Picture: Sanook

 

BANGKOK: -- A video of a man bearing a striking resemblance to a policeman going berserk yelling at members of the public has been confirmed as a cop attached to Chana Songkhram police. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986843-cop-who-lost-the-plot-in-khao-san-road-is-stressed-says-station chief-who-gives-him-some-time-off/

 

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Catching birds to let them go - may lead to two years in jail...or more!

 

Source: Daily News

 

BANGKOK: -- The Thai habit of catching birds only to release them for merit making may land people in jail, says a Thai animal protection group.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986844-catching-birds-to-let-them-go-may-lead-to-two-years-in-jailor-more/

 

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Thai "Topgun" shows US airmen how it's done!

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

BANGKOK: -- A Thai airman has received a top flight flying award at a US national championships for the second year in a row.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986845-thai-topgun-shows-us-airmen-how-its-done/

 

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Indochina War explosives discovered in Mukdahan
By The Nation

 

 

MUKDAHAN: -- A bomb squad in northeastern province of Mukdahan on Wednesday unearthed 24 explosive devices including mortar and artillery shells believed to be left over from the Indochina War.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986846-indochina-war-explosives-discovered-in-mukdahan/

 

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1,000 artists set to perform on Royal cremation day
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- About 1,000 artists will take part in traditional performances in front of His Majesty the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s crematorium on Royal cremation day.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980183-royal-cremation-of-the-late-king-bhumibol-adulyadej-is-set-on-october-26/?do=findComment&comment=11963936

 

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Online content providers will have to register with regulator
By THE NATION

 

Photo from: facebook.com/ONBTC

 

BANGKOK: -- THE National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has taken its first step in regulating over-the-top (OTT) content on social media platforms by requiring popular content providers to register with the agency.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986848-online-content-providers-will-have-to-register-with-regulator/

 

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The cryptic commander: PM’s ‘vow of silence’ leaves media relying on team of interpreters
By WASAMON AUDJARINT
THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- IT IS COMMONLY known that a doctor’s sloppy handwriting can possibly result in a patient’s death, but what about the handwriting of someone as prominent as a prime minister?

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986849-the-cryptic-commander-pm’s-‘vow-of-silence’-leaves-media-relying-on-team-of-interpreters/

 

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Warnings amid media frenzy in ‘Preaw’ case
By Wasamon Audjarint
The Nation

 

 

Forum urges more responsibility as teenage girls ‘idolise’ murder suspect

 

BANGKOK: -- AS MEDIA OUTLETS get carried away with sensational news on the Internet and become overly reactive about their popularity ratings, several academics yesterday voiced a note of caution. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986850-warnings-amid-media-frenzy-in-‘preaw’-case/

 

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Security surveillance credited with drop in violence in deep South
By Pratch Rujivanarom
The Nation
Yala

 

The military officer guards the checkpoint on the entrance to Yala's Betong District.

 

BANGKOK: -- VIOLENCE IN Thailand’s deep South decreased as a result of successful security surveillance, authorities claim, but an academic insists the government has to ensure social justice to find a permanent solution to the insurgency.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986851-security-surveillance-credited-with-drop-in-violence-in-deep-south/

 

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Dismemberment case suspects face death penalty
By Siva Loho,
Sumalee Suwankorn
The Nation

 

 

KHON KAEN: -- Four of the five suspects in the muchpublicised dismemberment case are facing the death penalty after police yesterday pressed premeditated murder charges against them.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986835-dismemberment-case-suspects-risk-death-penalty/

 

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Maj-Gen link to arms suspect
By THE NATION

 

Democrat Party deputy leader Chaiwut Bannawat’s house in the border province of Tak was searched yesterday by a joint force of some 50 police and military officers.

 

‘Smuggled weapons may have been for political purposes’; house of democrat deputy leader Chaiwut searched

 

BANGKOK: -- A RETIRED ARMY major-general has been linked to a junior military officer arrested last Saturday on suspicion of smuggling a large quantity of weapons from Cambodia, a security source said yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986852-maj-gen-link-to-arms-suspect/

 

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Bangkok-Doha air travel remains normal

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Air travel between Thailand and Qatar remains operation as normal with five flights leaving Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport for Doha airport on daily basis, said Mr Sirote Duangrat, director of Suvarnabhumi airport of the Airports of Thailand Public Company.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986853-bangkok-doha-air-travel-remains-normal/

 

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Old Mor Chit bus terminal will be revived to accommodate long-haul buses

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Transport Company has decided to return to its old bus terminal at Mor Chit which has been turned into the train maintenance centre of the BTS elevated rail system.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986389-mor-chit-bus station-to-be-relocated-back-to-its-original-pahonyothin-road-site/?do=findComment&comment=11963979

 

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Certain Thai exports likely to be impacted by Qatar isolation

 

BANGKOK, 8 June 2017 (NNT) – The Ministry of Commerce has indicated that the isolation of Qatar by its neighboring countries could affect exports of some Thai products. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986854-certain-thai-exports-likely-to-be-impacted-by-qatar-isolation/

 

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PM stresses solutions to informal debt

 

BANGKOK, 8 June 2017 (NNT) - The Prime Minister emphasized the need to solve the public's informal debt issue, urging them to seek help and advice from the Government Savings Bank, Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives, or the Damrongtham Centers. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986855-pm-prayut-stresses-solutions-to-informal-debt/

 

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Singapore authorities 'in touch' with Thailand seeking return of StanChart robber

 

Photo of David Roach. (Photo: Nation TV)

 

SINGAPORE: Authorities in Singapore "remain in touch" with their Thai counterparts regarding a request for the return of Standard Chartered bank robbery suspect David Roach. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986856-singapore-authorities-in-touch-with-thailand-seeking-return-of-stanchart-robber/ 

 

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Trump picks white-collar crime lawyer to replace Comey at FBI

By Julia Edwards Ainsley and Steve Holland

 

Christopher Wray is seen in an undated photo released by King and Spalding, New York, U.S., on June 7, 2017. King and Spalding/Handout via REUTERS

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Wednesday ended a fraught month-long search for an FBI chief after firing James Comey by selecting Christopher Wray, who has prosecuted and defended white-collar crime cases and represented New Jersey's governor in a political scandal.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986859-trump-picks-white-collar-crime-lawyer-to-replace-comey-at-fbi/

 

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Ex-FBI head Comey accuses Trump of pressure on Russia probe

By Patricia Zengerle

 

FILE PHOTO - FBI Director James Comey waits to testify to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing on "Russia's intelligence activities" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. January 10, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former FBI Director James Comey said on Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump asked him to drop an investigation of former national security adviser Michael Flynn as part of a probe into Russia's alleged meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986860-ex-fbi-head-comey-accuses-trump-of-pressure-on-russia-probe/

 

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Trump offers to help resolve Gulf crisis, UAE tightens squeeze on Qatar

By William Maclean and Tom Finn

 

FILE PHOTO: (Front R-L) Jordan's King Abdullah II, Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, U.S. President Donald Trump, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan and Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani pose for a photo during Arab-Islamic-American Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia May 21, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

 

DUBAI/DOHA (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump offered on Wednesday to help resolve a worsening diplomatic crisis between Qatar and other Arab powers as the United Arab Emirates invoked the possibility of an economic embargo on Doha over its alleged support of terrorism.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986862-trump-offers-to-help-resolve-gulf-crisis-uae-tightens-squeeze-on-qatar/

 

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U.S. might expand laptop ban to 71 airports - Homeland Security

By David Shepardson

 

FILE PHOTO: A TSA official removes a laptop from a bag for scanning using the Transport Security Administration's new Automated Screening Lane technology at Terminal 4 of JFK airport in New York City, U.S., May 17, 2017. REUTERS/Joe Penney/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government might expand a ban on larger electronics like laptops in airplane cabins to flights originating from dozens of airports in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the head of Homeland Security said on Wednesday, though an expansion could be avoided if countries agree to improved security procedures.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986863-us-might-expand-laptop-ban-to-71-airports-homeland-security/

 

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Einstein's theory provides new technique to size up stars

By Irene Klotz

 

FILE PHOTO: This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the bright star-forming ring that surrounds the heart of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1097, a Seyfert galaxy. NASA/ESA/Hubble/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

 

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Astronomers have found a new application for Albert Einstein's century-old theory of relativity - using it to directly measure the size of a star beyond the sun. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986864-einsteins-theory-provides-new-technique-to-size-up-stars/

 

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Islamist militants strike heart of Tehran, Iran blames Saudis

By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin

 

Islamic State has claimed responsibility for an attack in the Iranian capital of Tehran, targetting Parliament and the Mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini.

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Suicide bombers and gunmen attacked the Iranian parliament and Ayatollah Khomeini's mausoleum in Tehran on Wednesday, killing at least 13 people in an unprecedented assault that Iran's Revolutionary Guards blamed on regional rival Saudi Arabia.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986764-gunmen-attack-iran-parliament-and-mausoleum-killing-at-least-one-state-media/?do=findComment&comment=11964055

 

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Thai wife says five paracetamol killed British husband

 

Picture: Daily News

 

BANGKOK: -- A Surin wife told police she believed that five paracetamol and a glass of orange juice killed her healthy British husband.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986871-thai-wife-says-five-paracetamol-killed-british-husband/

 

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430 Cases of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease Reported

by CityNews

 

 

CityNews – Chiang Mai Provincial Public Health Office have reported that there have been 430 confirmed cases of Hand, Foot and Mouth disease, advising a state of caution among citizens.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986872-430-cases-of-hand-foot-and-mouth-disease-reported/

 

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Soldiers and police heroes pull minivan driver from burning wreckage

 

Picture: Daily News

 

SATTAHIP: -- A group of soldiers and police friends saved a driver's life when they pulled him from the burning wreckage of his minivan that had hit a tree and burst into flames.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986873-soldiers-and-police-heroes-pull-minivan-driver-from-burning-wreckage/

 

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Suan Dok Hospital Short on Blood, Asking for Donations

by CityNews

 

 

CityNews – Maharaj Nakron Chiang Mai Hospital (Suan Dok Hospital) is short on blood of all types and is accepting donations every day during regular working hours.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986874-suan-dok-hospital-short-on-blood-asking-for-donations/

 

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Total Overhaul of Red Songtaews Announced

by CityNews

 

 

CityNews – The Nakorn Lanna Cooperative who manage the Red Songtaews in Chiang Mai have announced a total overhaul of their services that will be rolled out this month and completed by August 30 after a new policy was announced at the Sustainable Urban Transport Conference.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/986875-total-overhaul-of-red-songtaews-in-chiang-mai-announced/