THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Tuesday 20 Jun 2017

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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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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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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 aims to attract foreign experts and investors with special "startup visa"

 

Picture: Daily News

 

BANGKOK: -- The ministry for the digital economy (DE) is looking into plans to issue special incentive visas for foreign startup firms and their staff to come and work in Thailand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988607-thailand-aims-to-attract-foreign-experts-and-investors-with-special startup-visa/

 

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Car rams police van on Paris' Champs Elysees, driver dead

By Johnny Cotton and Michel Rose

 

French police officers engage with a suspect outside a car at the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, France June 19, 2017 in this still image obtained from social media. EUGENIO MORCILLO via REUTERS

 

PARIS (Reuters) - A man deliberately rammed a car carrying weapons and explosives into a police van as it drove in a convoy down Paris's Champs Elysees avenue on Monday, officials said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988608-car-rams-police-van-on-paris-champs-elysees-driver-dead/

 

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U.S. student who was returned from North Korea in coma has died

 

FILE PHOTO - Otto Frederick Warmbier, a University of Virginia student who has been detained in North Korea since early January, attends a news conference in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this photo released by Kyodo February 29, 2016. Mandatory credit REUTERS/Kyodo/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. student Otto Warmbier, who was imprisoned in North Korea for 17 months before being returned home in a coma less than a week ago, has died in a Cincinnati hospital, his family said in a statement on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988609-us-student-who-was-returned-from-north-korea-in-coma-has-died/

 

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Ban on political meetings should be loosened, EC’s Somchai says
By KASAMAKORN CHANWANPEN
THE NATION

 

Election Commissioner Somchai Srisuthiyakorn

 

BANGKOK: -- AN ELECTION commissioner yesterday suggested the ruling junta should loosen its ban on political assembly to allow parties to work and fulfil requirements under the new law on political parties.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988610-ban-on-political-meetings-should-be-loosened-ec’s-somchai-says/

 

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Battle on high-speed rail
By The Nation

 

 

NGO petitions dual court review of article 44 order

 

BANGKOK: -- THE controversial Thai-Chinese high-speed rail project faces a new hurdle as both the Constitutional and Administrative courts will be asked to review the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO)’s June 16 order that granted multiple legal exemptions to the multi-billion-baht scheme.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988611-battle-on-high-speed-rail/

 

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NGOs oppose plan to use A44 to allow ALRO land for energy
By Pratch Rujivanarom
The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- CIVIC-SOCIETY GROUPS are opposing government efforts to employ the special power of Article 44 of the provisional charter to allow petroleum exploitation in areas managed by the Agricultural Land Reform Office (ALRO) on the grounds that the land was originally allocated to benefit landless people, not big corporations.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988612-ngos-oppose-plan-to-use-a44-to-allow-alro-land-for-energy/

 

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Group wants assurance it will be heard on health bill
By THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- THE PEOPLE Health Systems Movement (PHSM) will decide today if it will join the upcoming public consultation process for a key health bill.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988613-group-wants-assurance-it-will-be-heard-on-health-bill/

 

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Political crisis ‘is a clash of regimes, not colour groups’
By PIYAPORN WONGRUANG
THE NATION

 

Seksan Prasertkul

 

‘State elites’ feel threatened by ‘modern elites’ in tussle for power, intellectual says

 

BANGKOK: -- THAILAND’S political crisis is not the result of an ideological clash between colour-coded political groups, but a clash between the two regimes of “Modern elites” and “State elites”, Seksan Prasertkul, a noted political scientist and social thinker, has said.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988614-political-crisis-‘is-a-clash-of-regimes-not-colour-groups’/

 

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Thailand plans to sign electricity accord with Laos and Malaysia
By CHULARAT SAENGPASSA
THE NATION

 

Asean Power Grid

 

BANGKOK: -- THAILAND is preparing to sign a tripartite electricity-trading agreement with two neighbouring countries at the upcoming Asean Ministers of Energy Meeting.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988615-thailand-plans-to-sign-electricity-accord-with-laos-and-malaysia/

 

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EDITORIAL

High speed not the only risk with railway
By The Nation

 

In its dictatorial direct dealings with China, Thailand invites international peril

 

BANGKOK: -- The government will have to formulate a completely new strategy if the planned high-speed railway is to meet national interests and enhance our own economic development rather than merely serving China’s needs.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988616-high-speed-not-the-only-risk-with-railway/

 

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Meechai concerned over timeline implications of NLA’s primary-election requirement
By The Nation

 

Meechai

 

BANGKOK: -- As it stands, the draft organic bill on political parties could create timeline conflicts and procedural constraints in the run-up to the next general election, Constitution Drafting Commission (CDC) chairman Meechai Ruchuphan said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988617-meechai-concerned-over-timeline-implications-of-nla’s-primary-election-requirement/

 

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Petition campaign urges competitive bidding for high-speed rail project
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- A petition campaign was launched in change.org on Sunday, calling for more transparency in terms of the appointment of contractors for the planned Thai-Chinese high-speed railway project by adopting a competitive-bidding auction system.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988618-petition-campaign-urges-competitive-bidding-for-high-speed-rail-project/

 

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Court issues arrest warrant for Somkiart for missing verdict on 2008 PAD invasion of Govt House
By The Nation

 

Somkiart Pongpaibul 

 

BANGKOK: -- THE Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant yesterday for Somkiart Pongpaibul, a former leader of the now-defunct People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD), after he failed to show up to hear an Appeals Court ruling on the group’s 2008 invasion of Government House and state agencies.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988619-court-issues-arrest-warrant-for-somkiart-for-missing-verdict-on-2008-pad-invasion-of-govt-house/

 

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Tesco exits ‘unprofitable’ bulk selling segment, focusing on direct retail clients
By KWANCHAI RUNGFAPAISARN
THE NATION

 

Tesco Lotus CEO John Christie.

 

BANGKOK: -- TESCO has stopped a “bulk selling” operation in Thailand after concluding it could not make a profit.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988620-tesco-exits-‘unprofitable’-bulk-selling-segment-focusing-on-direct-retail-clients/

 

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Caught in the middle of the act…

The oral act!

By Online Admin -

 

Caught in the middle of the act…The oral act

 

PATTAYA: -- A team of Pattaya police and army personnel have raided a popular gentleman’s club in South Pattaya to find illegal oral sexual activity taking place.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988621-pattaya-gentlemans-club-raid-caught-in-the-middle-of-the-act…/

 

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DOE to discuss fisheries labor shortage with Myanmar

 

 

BANGKOK, 20 June 2017 (NNT) – Members of the fisheries industry have lamented a labor shortage of up to 74,000 people with as many as 4,000 ships docked due to a lack of workers, saying discussions are to be held with Myanmar to attract immigrant laborers. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988622-fishery-industry-faces-acute-labour-shortage/

 

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Roadside bombs kills six soldiers in south Thailand

 

PATTANI, Thailand (Reuters) - A roadside bomb planted by suspected Muslim insurgents killed six Thai soldiers and wounded four on Monday in the southern province of Pattani, police said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988516-six-troops-killed-four-injured-in-pattani-bomb-attack/?do=findComment&comment=12002834

 

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UPDATE:

 

Attack killing six soldiers linked to Ramadan violence
By THE NATION

 

 

PATTANI: -- A ROADSIDE bomb killed six troops and injured four others as they were on patrol in the restive South yesterday, Internal Security Operation Command (Isoc) officers said, adding that a spike in insurgent violence was expected before the end of the holy month of Ramadan on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988516-six-troops-killed-four-injured-in-pattani-bomb-attack/?do=findComment&comment=12002841

 

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With the clock ticking, Britain, EU play up chance of deal

By Alastair Macdonald and Elizabeth Piper

 

Britain's Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union David Davis and his delegation sit across from European Union's chief Brexit negotiator Michael Barnier and his delegation at the start of their first day of talks at the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium, June 19, 2017. REUTERS/Emmanuel Dunand/Pool

 

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The British and EU Brexit negotiators agreed how to organise talks on Britain's divorce at a first meeting in Brussels on Monday, where both sides stressed goodwill but also the huge complexity and tight deadline.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988623-with-the-clock-ticking-britain-eu-play-up-chance-of-deal/

 

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White House says it retains right to self-defence in Syria; Moscow warns Washington

By Steve Holland, Phil Stewart and Andrew Osborn

 

A U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) in the Mediterranean Sea June 28, 2016. U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ryan U. Kledzik/Handout via Reuters

 

WASHINGTON/MOSCOW (Reuters) - The White House said on Monday that coalition forces fighting Islamic State militants in Syria retained the right to self-defence as Russia warned it viewed any planes flying in its area of operations as potential targets.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988624-white-house-says-it-retains-right-to-self-defence-in-syria-moscow-warns-washington/

 

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By keeping U.S. focus on Islamic State, Trump risks wider Syria war

By Phil Stewart and Jonathan Landay

 

Kurdish fighters from the People's Protection Units (YPG) fires rifles at a drone operated by Islamic State militants in Raqqa, Syria June 16, 2017. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump has ordered stepped-up military operations against Islamic State and delegated more authority to his generals, but without a comprehensive Syria strategy, his approach risks further confrontation with Syria, Iran and even Russia, according to U.S. officials and analysts.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988625-by-keeping-us-focus-on-islamic-state-trump-risks-wider-syria-war/

 

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Brexit risks to UK economy in focus as Hammond, Carney speak

By William Schomberg

 

FILE PHOTO - Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond leaves 11 Downing Street, London, March 14, 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo

 

FILE PHOTO - Bank of England Governor Mark Carney speaks during the central Bank's quarterly Inflation Report press conference at the Bank of England in the City of London, Britain May 11, 2017.REUTERS/Adrian Dennis/Pool

 

LONDON (Reuters) - The two men in charge of Britain's economy are expected to spell out on Tuesday how they plan to prevent a further hit to its already weakened growth prospects following the launch of the country's historic Brexit talks.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988626-brexit-risks-to-uk-economy-in-focus-as-hammond-carney-speak/

 

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'Real victory will be in five years,' says Macron camp after election win

By Richard Lough and Brian Love

 

French President Emmanuel Macron (L) attends a ceremony marking the 77th anniversary of late French General Charles de Gaulle's resistance call of June 18, 1940, at the Mont Valerien memorial in Suresnes, near Paris, France, June 18, 2017. REUTERS/Bertrand Guay/Pool

 

PARIS (Reuters) - President Emmanuel Macron's government on Monday promised to reshape France's political landscape after winning a commanding parliamentary majority to push through far-reaching pro-growth reforms.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988627-real-victory-will-be-in-five-years-says-macron-camp-after-election-win/

 

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Brian Cant, Play School presenter, dies at 83

 

Children's presenter Brian Cant has died at the age of 83.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988629-brian-cant-bbcs-play-school-presenter-dies-at-83/

 

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American tourist who died at remote waterfall "insulted the spirits" say Koh Samui locals

 

Picture: Daily News

 

KOH SAMUI: -- A young American tourist who fell to his death at a remote Koh Samui waterfall died because he insulted the spirits of the area, locals told Thai media.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988632-american-tourist-who-died-at-remote-waterfall-insulted-the-spirits say-koh-samui-locals/

 

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Sexy dancer "Lamyai" who annoyed the general says poverty is what drives her 

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

BANGKOK: -- The sexy dancer and singer who Prime Minister Prayut ordered to cover up has spoken of her desire to help her family escape the clutches of poverty.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988633-sexy-dancer-lamyai-who-annoyed-the-general-says-poverty-is-what-drives-her/

 

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Fake monk with the catchphrase "Wanna die do you?" arrested thanks to social media

 

Picture: Sanook

 

BANGKOK: -- Police in Bangkok arrested a man posing as a monk after he was recognized from previous cons caught on camera and spread on social media.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988634-fake-monk-with-the-catchphrase-wanna-die-do-you-arrested-thanks-to social-media/