THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Monday 19 Jun 2017

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Six year old saves the day as Ya Ba crazed rapist attacks mum

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

CHONBURI: -- A six year old boy ran for help as a would be rapist attacked his mother after they arrived home in a car after shopping.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988462-six-year-old-saves-the-day-as-ya-ba-crazed-rapist-attacks-mum/

 

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Video: Brilliant police work as cop calms knifeman and it ends in a big hug

 

Picture: video screenshot

 

BANGKOK: -- It is a situation that in many countries may have ended in a shooting of an assailant. But at Huay Kwang police station a potentially violent situation ended in a big Thai bear hug.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988463-video-brilliant-police-work-as-cop-calms-knifeman-and-it-ends-in-a-big-hug/

 

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Finsbury Park: 'Several hurt' as vehicle hits pedestrians

 

LONDON: -- A vehicle has struck pedestrians "leaving a number of casualties" in north London, police said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988464-londonfinsbury-park-several-hurt-as-vehicle-hits-pedestrians/

 

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Video: Thai man threatens fellow driver with a knife because he hooted him

 

Picture; Sanook

 

SAKON NAKORN: -- Thai social media was abuzz after a video of a road rage incident was shared online.

 

Full story:   https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988465-video-thai-man-threatens-fellow-driver-with-a-knife-because-he-hooted-him/

 

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Pattaya Soi Siam Country Club "a dangerous obstacle course for tourists and residents alike"

 

Picture: Manager

 

PATTAYA: -- Manager reported that foreign residents and tourists were furious about the lack of progress and shoddy work being done in Soi Siam Country Club in Pattaya.

 

Full story:   https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988466-pattaya-soi-siam-country-club-a-dangerous-obstacle-course-for-tourists-and-residents-alike/

 

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Me first! Me first! - two Thai trains derailed at Bangkok's Hua Lamphong station

 

Picture: Sanook

 

BANGKOK: -- Two trains at Bangkok's Hua Lamphong station were pictured trying to use the same piece of track and were stuck for hours.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988468-me-first-me-first-two-thai-trains-derailed-at-bangkoks-hua-lamphong-station/

 

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It's elegant and highly intelligent
By Kingsley Wijayasinha
The Nation

 

 

INFLUENCED BY THE CONCEPT COUPE AND INSPIRED BY ROGER MOORE’S P1800, VOLVO’S S90 CHALLENGES THE ‘BIG THREE’ GERMAN CARMAKERS

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988469-volvo-its-elegant-and-highly-intelligent/

 

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There are still good cabbies - this one called the cops after drunk teen passed out then fell unconscious

 

Picture: Sanook

 

BANGKOK: -- Sanook reported that there are still good cabbies in Bangkok - and it was just as well for a drunk teen.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988471-there-are-still-good-cabbies-this-one-called-the-cops-after-drunk teen-passed-out-then-fell-unconscious/

 

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Several injured after vehicle rams people leaving London mosque: witnesses

By Ritvik Carvalho and Costas Pitas

 

Police officers attend to the scene after a vehicle collided with pedestrians in the Finsbury Park neighborhood of North London, Britain June 19, 2017. MANDATORY CREDIT Thomas Van Hulle/Social Media via REUTERS

LONDON (Reuters) - Several people were injured in north Londonearly on Monday after a van rammed into worshippers leaving a mosque, witnesses said, in what British police described as a "major incident".

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988464-londonfinsbury-park-several-hurt-as-vehicle-hits-pedestrians/?do=findComment&comment=11999838

 

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Girl, 11, killed in motorcycle crash in Mukdahan 
By The Nation

 

MUKDAHAN: -- A 11-year-old pillion rider was killed when her brother lost control of his motorcycle and crashed into another motorcycle in Mukdahan while riding with other teenagers.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988473-girl-11-killed-in-motorcycle-crash-in-mukdahan/

 

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Two worshippers feared dead in London mosque incident - the Sun newspaper

 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988464-londonfinsbury-park-several-hurt-as-vehicle-hits-pedestrians/?do=findComment&comment=11999899

 

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Airport Rail Link suspends services after woman falls onto track
By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- A woman fell onto a track at the Airport Rail Link’s Ban Thap Chang Station, resulting in train services to and from the Suvarnabhumi Airport to be suspended Monday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988467-airport-rail-link-suspends-services-after-woman-falls-onto-track/?do=findComment&comment=11999868

 

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New set of leaked images claim to reveal the Samsung Galaxy Note 8

BY JONATHAN FAIRFIELD

 

 

Samsung is gearing up for the release of its next flagship smartphone – the Note 8.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/new-set-leaked-images-claim-reveal-samsung-galaxy-note-8/22394/

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Airport Rail Link train kills woman: CCTV shows her final moments
By The Nation

 

Photo credit @naphat_69, @pingicu

 

BANGKOK: -- A woman crushed to death by an approaching Airport Rail Link train at Ban Thap Chang Station was seen on CCTV walking towards to the track and falling onto it, Airport Rail Link vice chairman Suthep Phanpeng said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988467-airport-rail-link-suspends-services-after-woman-falls-onto-track/?do=findComment&comment=11999979

 

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SET opens up 3.56 to 1,580.14 /Bangkok Post

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Trump aides Kushner and Greenblatt to visit Israel, Palestinians this week

 

FILE PHOTO - White House senior advisor Jared Kushner arrives to join U.S. President Donald Trump and the rest of the U.S. delegation to meet with Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud at the Royal Court in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia May 20, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is sending two top aides to Jerusalem and Ramallah this week to discuss potential next steps in his bid to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, a White House official said on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988477-trump-aides-kushner-and-greenblatt-to-visit-israel-palestinians-this-week/

 

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South Korea's President Moon says plans to exit nuclear power

 

South Korean President Moon Jae-in delivers a speech at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea June 12, 2017. REUTERS/Ahn Young-joon/Pool

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's new President Moon Jae-in said on Monday the country will halt plans to build new nuclear power plants and will not extend the lifespan of existing plants, in a bid to phase out nuclear power.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988479-south-koreas-president-moon-says-plans-to-exit-nuclear-power/

 

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Japan PM to reshuffle cabinet as ratings slump - media

 

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attends a news conference at the end of the G7 Summit in Taormina, Sicily, Italy, May 27, 2017. REUTERS/Tony Gentille

 

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will likely reshuffle his cabinet to try to bolster ratings battered by suspicions that he helped a friend get favoured treatment for his business, media reported on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988480-japan-pm-to-reshuffle-cabinet-as-ratings-slump-media/

 

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At least 26 hurt after China Eastern Airlines flight hits turbulence

 

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - At least 26 people were injured when a China Eastern Airlines flight from Paris to the southwestern Chinese city of Kunming hit turbulence on Sunday, state news agency Xinhua reported.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988481-at-least-26-hurt-after-china-eastern-airlines-flight-hits-turbulence/

 

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Phuket high-speed accident leaves three dead, Chinese air crew safe

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Rescue teams render assistance at the scene. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- Three people died and several more injured after a pickup truck struck a van carrying China Airlines crew, including pilots, and overturned on Thepkrasattri Rd in Thalang early yesterday morning (June 18), and was then struck by a big bike travelling at high speed.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988486-phuket-high-speed-accident-leaves-three-dead-chinese-air-crew-safe/

 

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Body of drowned schoolboy retrieved from Pattani River

 

YALA: -- The body of one of two schoolboys who drowned in the Pattani River in Yala’s Muang district was found late Sunday night, police said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988487-body-of-drowned-schoolboy-retrieved-from-pattani-river/

 

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Water shut-offs in areas of Phuket Town tomorrow

The Phuket News

 

The works will go on from 9am until 5:30pm. Photo: The Phuket News/file

 

PHUKET: -- The Phuket Provincial Waterworks Authority (PWA) has today (June 19) announced that the water supply will be shut-off at specific roads in Phuket Town tomorrow (June 20) while works are carried out to electrical systems.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988489-water-shut-offs-in-areas-of-phuket-town-tomorrow/

 

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Van driver deliberately ploughed into worshippers in London - Muslim Council of Britain

 

Men pray after a vehicle collided with pedestrians near a mosque in the Finsbury Park neighborhood of North London, Britain June 19, 2017. REUTERS/Neil Hall

 

LONDON (Reuters) - A white man deliberately ploughed a van into worshippers near a north London mosque, the Muslim Council of Britain said on Monday, citing witnesses and video from the incident which left several people injured.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988464-londonfinsbury-park-several-hurt-as-vehicle-hits-pedestrians/?do=findComment&comment=12000166

 

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Probe launched into 'tea money' allegation at famous Bangkok school
By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- Office of the Basic Education Commission (Obec) chief Karun Sakulpradit has ordered a probe into an allegation that the director of a famous public school on Bangkok's Rama VI Road had demanded Bt400,000 in “tea money” from a parent in exchange for the parent’s Mathayom 1 child being accepted into the school.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988493-probe-launched-into-tea-money-allegation-at-famous-bangkok-school/

 

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Changes to Health Insurance Act see little disagreement from public

 

 

BANGKOK, 19 June 2017 (NNT) – The head of the committee revamping the nation’s Health Insurance Act has assured that all amendments to the bill are to ensure greater benefit to the public and will not impact any privileges citizens are currently receiving. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988494-changes-to-health-insurance-act-see-little-disagreement-from-public/

 

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Van rams worshippers leaving London mosque, killing at least one

By Ritvik Carvalho and Costas Pitas

 

Police officers attend to the scene after a vehicle collided with pedestrians in the Finsbury Park neighborhood of North London, Britain June 19, 2017. MANDATORY CREDIT Thomas Van Hulle/Social Media via REUTERS

 

LONDON (Reuters) - A van ploughed into worshippers leaving a London mosque on Monday, killing at least one person and injuring several in what Britain's largest Muslim organisation said was a deliberate act of Islamophobia.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988464-londonfinsbury-park-several-hurt-as-vehicle-hits-pedestrians/?do=findComment&comment=12000270

 

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Fruit picker charged with murdering 'adopted stepdaughter’
By The Nation

 

CHANTHABURI: -- A 61-year-old fruit picker suspected of raping and murdering his 40-year-old “stepdaughter” in Chanthaburi was arrested at a relative’s house in his Si Sa Ket hometown on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988496-fruit-picker-charged-with-murdering-adopted-stepdaughter’/

 

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German Embassy welcomes tributes to Kohl
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The German Embassy in Bangkok will welcome members of the public this week wishing to pay respects to Helmut Kohl, the country’s former chancellor who died on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988498-german-embassy-welcomes-tributes-to-kohl/

 

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Look out! more beams drop from elevated rail site

By Sasiwan Mokkhasen, Staff Reporter

 

  

A broken scaffolding at the construction of the elevated Blue Line Extension as seen Sunday night. Photo: Matichon

 

BANGKOK — Metal scaffolding came raining down on a busy intersection Sunday night from an elevated rail station being built in the capital’s Bangkok Noi district.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988499-look-out-more-beams-drop-from-elevated-rail-site/

 

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Suvarnabhumi Stand-off: Airport claps back after being called ninth worst

By Coconuts Bangkok 

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Since being rated the ninth worst airport in the world last week in a report by the website airhelp.com, Suvarnabhumi has released a statement calling into question the survey, its data-collection methods, and their low score.  

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988502-suvarnabhumi-stand-off-airport-claps-back-after-being-called-ninth-worst/