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Attempt to seize Yingluck's assets hit snag

By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Authorities failed to confiscate assets belonging to former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra as the Legal Execution Department could not locate any property belonging to her, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989092-attempt-to-seize-yinglucks-assets-hit-snag/

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No royal wants to be king or queen, Britain's Prince Harry says

 

Britain's Prince Harry, on a promotional visit for the 2018 Invictus Games, visits the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Center which will be a host venue in Sydney, Australia, June 8, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Reed

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Prince Harry said no one in Britain's royal family wants to be king or queen and criticised a decision to force him to parade behind his mother Princess Diana's coffin after her death in 1997, according to an interview with a U.S. magazine.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989082-no-royal-wants-to-be-king-or-queen-britains-prince-harry-says/

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Local store in countryside named ‘messiest shop in Thailand’

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

Photo: Sanook

 

A local shop in Phitsanulok province, about six hours from Bangkok, has been nicknamed “the messiest shop in Thailand” by locals, who insist it is the epitome of “organized clutter.” Despite the fact that what you came to buy is generally buried in a mountain of other goods, you can simply tell the owner what you need and he will immediately find it for you, they say.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989083-local-store-in-countryside-named-‘messiest-shop-in-thailand’/

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Wanted for raping his own daughter - French man dragged off the streets of Bangkok

 

Picture: Sanook

 

BANGKOK: -- Police commandos working in tandem with Interpol arrested a 58 year old French national wanted in France for raping his own daughter.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989110-wanted-for-raping-his-own-daughter-french-man-dragged-off-the streets-of-bangkok/

 

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Anything the Pattaya police can't do - he can do better!

 

Picture: Pattaya News

 

PATTAYA: -- A security guard at the Amari hotel in Pattaya showed the local cops a thing or two about catching criminals on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989112-anything-the-pattaya-police-cant-do-he-can-do-better/

 

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Thais in rant-a-thon: Who needs a farang husband anyway? Besides all they like is the black ones

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

BANGKOK: -- All the old stereotypes emerged online as Thais vented their disapproval of a woman in the news who said she had dated 5,000 foreigners.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989114-thais-in-rant-a-thon-who-needs-a-farang-husband-anyway-besides-all-they-like-is-the-black-ones/

 

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PM's US visit expected to boost relations
By WASAMON AUDJARINT
THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The US administration under President Donald Trump is moving to enhance relations with Thailand, after setbacks following the coup in Thailand three years ago.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989116-pm-prayuts-us-visit-expected-to-boost-relations/

 

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Bid to seize Yingluck’s assets runs into snag
By THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Legal execution department says yet to receive a list from finance ministry; Wissanu says task can be started before court rules on her plea.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989092-attempt-to-seize-yinglucks-assets-hit-snag/?do=findComment&comment=12013400

 

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Skepticism over national strategy
By KASAMAKORN CHANWANPEN
THE NATION

 

 

Plan shows regime intends to cling to power, says critic of 20-year strategy.

 

BANGKOK: -- THE NATIONAL Legislative Assembly (NLA)’s passage of the 20-year national strategy and reform draft bills yesterday drew mixed reactions from a politician and a scholar, while the bills’ drafters insisted the inclusion of security officials was necessary.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989117-skepticism-over-national-strategy/

 

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Academics warn that China rail project could lead to bankruptcy
By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM
THE NATION

 

 

Academics severely criticise deal with China.

 

BANGKOK: -- ACADEMICS HAVE cautioned that the Bangkok-Nakhon Ratchasima high-speed train project could end in bankruptcy and fail to develop sought-after technology in Thailand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989099-bankruptcy-warning-for-sino-thai-high-speed-rail-project/?do=findComment&comment=12013409

 

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King Taksin concubine’s artefacts missing from temple where novice’s body found
By Chularat Saengpassa,
Krissana Tiwatsirikul
The Nation

 

 

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: -- ANCIENT FABRIC pieces believed to have belonged to King Taksin’s royal concubine Chao Chom Manda Prang and several other historical items have gone missing from a temple in Nakhon Si Thammarat province.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989118-king-taksin-concubine’s-artefacts-missing-from-temple-where-novice’s-body-found/

 

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Man, 58, confesses to sexual assault, killing daughter of ‘best friend’
By The Nation

 

 

RAYONG: -- Construction worker Wichai Chotisena, 58, has confessed to sexually assaulting and killing his friend’s 11-year-old daughter in Rayong’s Pluak Daeng district.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989119-man-58-confesses-to-sexual-assault-killing-daughter-of-‘best-friend’/

 

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Ex-PM Somchai petitions court to close 2008 crackdown case

By The Nation

 

Former prime minister Somchai Wongsawat

 

BANGKOK: -- Former prime minister Somchai Wongsawat, of the now defunct People’s Power Party, has petitioned the court to close the case following the crackdown by his government on People’s Alliance for Democracy protesters in 2008.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989120-ex-pm-somchai-petitions-court-to-close-2008-crackdown-case/

 

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Pattani warning of explosives hidden in traffic cones
By The Nation

 

File photo

 

PATTANI: -- People in the southern province of Pattani have been warned to beware of traffic cones as insurgents may have hidden explosives in them.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989121-pattani-warning-of-explosives-hidden-in-traffic-cones/

 

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Political parties must come to terms with new Act, says Wissanu
By The Nation

 

Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam

 

BANGKOK: -- Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said on Thursday that political parties would lose out if they were unable to field candidates on time as required by the new Political Parties Act.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989122-political-parties-must-come-to-terms-with-new-act-says-wissanu/

 

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National parks department disagrees with paying more to local governments

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plants Conservation has made clear that it will not give any more revenue from its entrance fees collected from tourists to its national parks to local governments beyond the 5 percent rate already given.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989123-national-parks-department-disagrees-with-paying-more-to-local-governments/

 

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Stolen British supercars shipped to Thailand in tax scam

At least 38 vehicles were taken from the UK in the scheme, which sought to bypass import taxes of more than 300%.

 

More than 120 supercars were seized as authorities dismantled an elaborate tax avoidance scam in Britain and Thailand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989124-stolen-british-supercars-shipped-to-thailand-in-tax-scam/

 

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Cash no longer king in payments shift
By THE NATION

 

Suripong Tantiyanon, Visa country manager for Thailand.

 

BANGKOK: -- THREE-QUARTERS of Thais polled say they use electronic payments - including cards, mobile devices and wearables - more often than cash.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989125-cash-no-longer-king-in-payments-shift/

 

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Good start, not enough: EU leaders mull May's Brexit offer

By Elizabeth Piper and Noah Barkin

 

Prime Minister Theresa May and European Council President Donald Tusk pose during a EU leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium June 22, 2017. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

 

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Theresa May offered fellow EU leaders a "fair" deal on Thursday for compatriots living in Britain after Brexit, though her peers sounded sceptical and demanded more detail from a prime minister weakened by an electoral misfire two weeks ago.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989126-good-start-not-enough-eu-leaders-mull-mays-brexit-offer/

 

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Trump says he did not record conversations with former FBI chief Comey

By Amanda Becker and Jeff Mason

 

U.S. President Donald Trump (L) speaks in Ypilanti Township, Michigan March 15, 2017 and FBI Director James Comey testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., May 3, 2017 in a combination of file photos. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Kevin Lamarque/File Photos

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he did not make and does not possess any tapes of his conversations with James Comey, after suggesting last month he might have recordings that could damage the former FBI director.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989127-trump-says-he-did-not-record-conversations-with-former-fbi-chief-comey/

 

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U.S. Senate Republicans unveil Obamacare replacement bill, fate uncertain

By Richard Cowan and Susan Cornwell

 

FILE PHOTO: An emergency sign points to the entrance to Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, California, U.S. March 23, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate leaders on Thursday unveiled a draft of legislation to replace Obamacare, proposing to kill a tax on the wealthy that pays for it and reduce aid to the poor to cut costs.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989128-us-senate-republicans-unveil-obamacare-replacement-bill-fate-uncertain/

 

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Macron brings corporate background to cabinet shake-up

By Michel Rose and Richard Lough

 

French President Emmanuel Macron, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe and ministers pose for a family photo in the gardens of the Elysee Palace before the weekly cabinet meeting in Paris, France, June 22, 2017. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

PARIS (Reuters) - When President Emmanuel Macron reshuffled his cabinet after four ministers with judicial probes hanging over them said they were quitting, he snubbed well-known heavyweights to fill the posts.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989129-macron-brings-corporate-background-to-cabinet-shake-up/

 

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Anger in Mosul as Islamic State destroys historic mosque

By Kawa Omar and Ahmed Rasheed

 

A black jihadist flag hangs from Mosul's Al-Habda minaret at the Grand Mosque, where Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared his caliphate back in 2014, in western Mosul, Iraq May 29, 2017. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis/Files

 

MOSUL/BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) - The leaning al-Hadba minaret that towered over Mosul for 850 years lay in ruins on Thursday, demolished by retreating Islamic State militants, but Iraq's prime minister said the act marked their final defeat in the city.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989130-anger-in-mosul-as-islamic-state-destroys-historic-mosque/

 

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North Korea tests rocket engine - U.S. officials

By Phil Stewart

 

FILE PHOTO - The flag of North Korea is seen in Geneva, Switzerland, June 20, 2017. REUTERS/Pierre Albouy/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea has carried out another test of a rocket engine that the United States believes could be part of its programme to develop an intercontinental ballistic missile, a U.S. official told Reuters on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989131-north-korea-tests-rocket-engine-us-officials/

 

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Glastonbury 2017: Johnny Depp hints at Trump 'assassination'

 

Actor Johnny Depp appeared to threaten US President Donald Trump during a speech at the Glastonbury Festival.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989132-glastonbury-2017-johnny-depp-hints-at-trump-assassination/

 

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Appeal for blood as student fights for his life after foreigner killed mother and son in Udon

 

Picture: TNews

 

UDON THANI: -- An appeal for blood has been made on Facebook for a 15 year old boy who remains in a critical condition in hospital in Udon Thani.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989135-appeal-for-blood-as-student-fights-for-his-life-after-foreigner-killed mother-and-son-in-udon/

 

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Thai boxing champ slams fight chiefs for allowing unseemly "street fight"

 

Picture: TNews

 

BANGKOK: -- The traditional and respectful world of Muay Thai has been rocked after one of its champions has condemned a fight being organized at Lumpini Boxing Stadium in Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989136-thai-boxing-champ-slams-fight-chiefs-for-allowing-unseemly-street-fight/

 

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Shock horror tactics employed to stop under fifteens driving to school on motorcycles

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

UDON THAN: -- Authorities in Ubon came together in front of a school yesterday to try to stop one aspect of Thailand's appalling road carnage:

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989139-shock-horror-tactics-employed-to-stop-under-fifteens-driving-to-school on-motorcycles/

 

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Retired military officer dies in apparent suicide fall from apartment 
By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- A retired military officer died in a fall from the 26th floor of a Bangkok apartment building on Thursday night in what is believed to be a suicide.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989142-retired-military-officer-dies-in-apparent-suicide-fall-from-apartment /

 

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China to hit polluters harder in new soil protection law

 

A man points to water and soil which turned red after being contaminated by industrial waste from a closed dye factory, amid heavy rainfall at a mountain in Ruyang county, Henan province September 15, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer/Files

 

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China will fine polluters as much as 2 million yuan ($293,000) for dumping untreated contaminants into the soil, according to a new draft law submitted to the country's parliament, the official China Daily reported on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989145-china-to-hit-polluters-harder-in-new-soil-protection-law/