THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Monday 19 Jun 2017

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Nosy: Thai officials hire 167 people to smell bad stuff and report on it

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

Photo: Edward Musiak/Flickr

 

Thailand’s pollution control division has just hired 167 people to be “Smell Assessors” on a panel tasked with telling them exactly what stinks, which smells may be dangerous, and which are just annoying.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988581-nosy-thai-officials-hire-167-people-to-smell-bad-stuff-and-report-on-it/

 

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Bomb suspect to be handed to police tomorrow

By Suriya Patatayo
The Nation

 

 

A RETIRED electrical engineer arrested for planting a bomb at Phramongkutklao Hospital and other spots in Bangkok will be handed over to police on Tuesday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988582-bomb-suspect-to-be-handed-to-police-tomorrow/

 

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Phuket residents demand clean-up of beach rubbish

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Residents are demanding someone takes responsibility for clearing the rubbish. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET:-- Residents living around Soi 4 Mai Khao in Thalang are up in arms and demanding officials take responsibility for clearing a large pile of rubbish building up at Nai Yang Beach where the runway for Phuket International Airport lies.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988591-phuket-residents-demand-clean-up-of-beach-rubbish/

 

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Laptops get even thinner with Asus’s new Thai line-up

BY THE NATION

 

 

Asus on Monday announced the release in Thailand of the highly anticipated new line-up of the company’s ultra-thin ZenBook and VivoBook laptop series – products which it said “pushed the boundaries of design and technology with unprecedented craftsmanship and unparalleled performance to deliver the ultimate mobile computing experiences”.

 

Full Story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/laptops-get-even-thinner-asuss-new-thai-line/22412/

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Arrest this brazen farang liquor thief scream irate Thais!

 

 

CHIANG MAI:-- Footage posted online shows a Western woman engaging in a spot of self-service at a bar in Chiang Mai - helping herself and her male friend to booze behind the counter for free.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988594-arrest-this-brazen-farang-liquor-thief-scream-irate-thais/

 

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A new punishment in the Thai teacher's armory - shaming the kids on social media!

 

 

Thai social media was alive with positive comment and laughter as a Korat teacher decided on a modern version of shaming naughty students into better behavior.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988595-a-new-punishment-in-the-thai-teachers-armory-shaming-the-kids-on-social-media/

 

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Thailand plans cyber network scrutiny, law to toughen online monitoring

BY REUTERS

 

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand aims to buy software to strengthen the military government’s ability to track online networks and monitor online activity while planning a cyber law that will expand powers to pry into private communications.

 

Full Story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/thailand-plans-cyber-network-scrutiny-law-toughen-online-monitoring/22415/

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Relatives mourn Phuket soldier’s death in Pattani road-bomb attack

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

 

PHUKET:-- Friends and family are in mourning for 23-year-old Phuket-born Kitthiphong Borna, who was among the six soldiers killed by a bomb planted in a road in Pattani earlier today (June 19).

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988598-relatives-mourn-phuket-soldier’s-death-in-pattani-road-bomb-attack/

 

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