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High speed train Bangkok - Korat 500 baht/one hour 17 minutes - "no way will it fail"

 

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BANGKOK: -- A government source has told the Thai media that there is no way that the controversial high speed Thai/Chinese rail project will fail.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989914-high-speed-train-bangkok-korat-500-bahtone-hour-17-minutes-no way-will-it-fail/

 

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"Applying make-up and eating while driving quite alright" says top Bangkok cop

 

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BANGKOK: -- A top Bangkok traffic cop says it is quite alright to apply make-up or have a snack while driving a car.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989917-applying-make-up-and-eating-while-driving-quite-alright-says-top-bangkok-cop/

 

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Pattaya concrete road reclaimed for joggers as tour buses banned

 

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PATTAYA: -- A popular strip of concrete by the sea has been reclaimed for keep fit enthusiasts after complaints were made to the Pattaya mayor.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989919-pattaya-concrete-road-reclaimed-for-joggers-as-tour-buses-banned/

 

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Factbox – Companies hit by global ransomware attack on June 27

BY REUTERS 

 

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(Reuters) – A global ransomware attack on Tuesday hit computers at Russia’s biggest oil company, Ukraine’s international airport, global shipping firm A.P. Moller-Maersk and the world’s biggest advertising agency WPP .

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/factbox-companies-hit-global-ransomware-attack-june-27/22589/

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Facing revolt on healthcare bill, U.S. Senate Republicans delay vote

By Susan Cornwell and Richard Cowan

 

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U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Senate Republicans about healthcare in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., June 27, 2017. Trump is flanked by Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK). REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

     

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republican leaders postponed a vote on a healthcare overhaul on Tuesday after resistance from members of their own party, and President Donald Trump summoned Republican senators to the White House to urge them to break the impasse.

     

    Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989922-facing-revolt-on-healthcare-bill-us-senate-republicans-delay-vote/

     

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    U.S. says needs to work together with China on North Korea, trade

     

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    Newly appointed U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad steps out of his residence to meet the media in Beijing, China June 28, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

     

    BEIJING (Reuters) - Newly appointed U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad said on Wednesday there is a need to work together with China on some pressing issues, such as North Korea and expanding trade.

     

    Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989924-us-says-needs-to-work-together-with-china-on-north-korea-trade/

     

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    Exclusive - China's CNPC suspends fuel sales to North Korea as risks mount: sources

    By Chen Aizhu

     

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    FILE PHOTO: PetroChina's logo is seen at its petrol station in Beijing, China, March 21, 2016. Picture taken March 21, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo

     

    BEIJING (Reuters) - China National Petroleum Corp has suspended sales of fuel to North Korea over concerns the state-owned oil company won't get paid, as pressure mounts on Pyongyang to rein in its nuclear and missile programmes, three sources told Reuters.   

     

    Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989927-exclusive-chinas-cnpc-suspends-fuel-sales-to-north-korea-as-risks-mount-sources/

     

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    Venezuela says Supreme Court attacked from helicopter

    By Silene Ramírez

     

     

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    FILE PHOTO - A man walks in front of a building of the Venezuela Supreme Court in Caracas December 23, 2015. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins/File Photo

     

    CARACAS (Reuters) - President Nicolas Maduro said on Tuesday a police helicopter had attacked the Supreme Court in a ratcheting up of Venezuela's political crisis, but a grenade tossed at the building did not explode.

     

    Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989929-venezuela-says-supreme-court-attacked-from-helicopter/

     

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    Murder hunt after partially-naked body of waitress found in her apartment
    By The Nation

     

    PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: -- Police have launched a murder investigation after the partially naked body of a waitress was found in her apartment on Wednesday morning in Prachuap Khiri Khan’s Pranburi district.

     

    Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989931-murder-hunt-after-partially-naked-body-of-waitress-found-in-her-apartment/

     

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    Phurua park chief faces disciplinary probe for alleged corruption

    By Thai PBS Reporters

     

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    LOEI: -- A disciplinary committee is to be set up to investigate chief of Phurua national park in Loei province after it was discovered that the 1,300 “life” weir projects he initiated did not have the approval of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plants Conservation and 20 million baht in budget had been secured and spent to implement the projects.

     

    Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989935-phurua-park-chief-faces-disciplinary-probe-for-alleged-corruption/

     

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    Pineapple Market Crashes Forcing Farmers to Let Their Crops Rot

    by CityNews

     

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    CityNews – Farmers are leaving their pineapples to rot in their fields as the price of pineapples has crashed from 12 baht to as low as 2 baht per kilo due to a supply-demand imbalance.

     

    Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989938-pineapple-market-crashes-forcing-farmers-to-let-their-crops-rot/

     

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    Car Overshoots Turning and Crashes into AIA C.I. Tower

    by CityNews

     

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    CityNews – A sedan car lost control and overshot a turning, crashing across Boon Ruengrit Road and into the main sign at the front of the AIA C.I. Tower on the southwest corner of the moat.

     

    Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989940-car-overshoots-turning-and-crashes-into-aia-ci-tower/

     

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    Phuket Governor signs Thailand’s first anti-bribery MoU

    The Phuket News

     

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    PACC Secretary-General Prayong Priyajit speaks to the press outside Phuket Provincial Hall yesterday (June 27).

     

    PHUKET: -- The signing of what is being hailed as Thailand’s first anti-bribery Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) drew more than 120 people to Phuket Provincial Hall meeting room yesterday (June 27).

     

    Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989941-phuket-governor-signs-thailand’s-first-anti-bribery-mou/

     

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    Facebook hits 2 billion-user mark, doubling in size since 2012

    BY REUTERS 

     

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    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc said on Tuesday that 2 billion people are regularly using its flagship service, marching past another milestone in its growth from a college curiosity in the United States to the world’s largest social media network.

     

    Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/facebook-hits-2-billion-user-mark-doubling-size-since-2012/22592/

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    Masked robbers with a shotgun and an M16 foiled by a single man in Phang-nga

    Phuket Gazette

     

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    PHANG NGA: Police are hunting for two men who used an M16 machine gun in a failed attempt to rob a snooker hall in Phang-nga on Monday night. 

     

    Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989943-masked-robbers-with-a-shotgun-and-an-m16-foiled-by-a-single-man-in-phang-nga/

     

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    VGI Global Media PCL increases shareholding in Thailand’s leading financial online brokerage rabbit finance

     

    rabbit finance offers digital insurance and banking products to modern Thai consumers. The company has expanded fast over the last four years, growing over 200% per year, fueled by strong consumer demand. rabbit finance is a fully licensed OIC brokerage with both life and non-life licenses under the company name Rabbit Insurance Broker Company Limited.

     

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    Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989945-vgi-global-media-pcl-increases-shareholding-in-thailand’s-leading-financial-online-brokerage-rabbit-finance/

     

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    Foreign Affairs Ministry affirms nation's commitment to combating human traffic after issuance of latest TIP report

     

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    BANGKOK, 28 June 2017 (NNT) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has affirmed Thailand’s commitment to combating the issue of human trafficking after the United States maintained the Kingdom’s status at Tier 2 on its latest Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. 

     

    Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989951-foreign-affairs-ministry-affirms-nations-commitment-to-combating-human-traffic-after-issuance-of-latest-tip-report/

     

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    Deeper probe into temple corruption discovers new type of corruption

    By Thai PBS Reporters

     

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    BANGKOK: -- The Counter Corruption Division (CCD) police have detected another unethical conduct of state officials entrusted with position of authority in monastic affairs after they conducted deeper investigation into corruption of state subsidies for temples across the country.

     

    Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989956-deeper-probe-into-temple-corruption-discovers-new-type-of-corruption/

     

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    Border life-line
    By Jim Pollard
    The Nation

     

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    Wheelchairs from Australia are distributed in Mae Sot and across the border in Karen State, where medical treatment is very basic, expensive and medics lack both drugs and this sort of badly needed equipment.

     

    The Burma Children’s Medical Service in Mae Sot helps kids from Myanmar whose parents are too poor to pay for healthcare in their homeland 

     

    Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/989958-mae-sot-border-life-line/

     

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