THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Saturday 1 Jul 2017

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Class action lawsuit filed against distributor of “Korea King” frying pans

 

 

A 1.65-billion-baht class action lawsuit was on Friday (June 30) lodged with the Civil Court against Wizard Solution Company, distributor of Korea King frying pans in Thailand, by the Consumers Foundation and 74 customers of the frying pans from South Korea.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990432-class-action-lawsuit-filed-against-distributor-of-“korea-king”-frying-pans/

 

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Treasury Department defends observation tower project

By The Nation

 

 

The director general of the Treasury Department has defended the Bangkok observation tower project after critics raised concerns over transparency of the 459-metre tall tower.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990435-treasury-department-defends-observation-tower-project/

 

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Adjustment to Dawei contract eyed

By SOMLUCK SRIMALEE
THE NATION

 

Myanmar Commerce Minister Dr Than Myint, second from right, and Thai Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith, left, discuss ways to speed up the development of the Dawei Special Economic Zone yesterday.

 

THE Myanmar-Thailand Joint Coordinating Committee (JCC) for development of the Dawei Special Economic Zone (DSEZ) has agreed to work on ways to speed up construction of the initial phase of the project.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990436-adjustment-to-dawei-contract-eyed/

 

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Panel set up to review election agency law

By Kasamaporn Chanwanpen
The Nation

 

THE NATIONAL Legislative Assembly (NLA) yesterday set up a joint law review committee to unravel issues in the controversial organic law governing the Election Commission (EC), the first of four organic laws essential for the upcoming election.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990437-panel-set-up-to-review-election-agency-law/

 

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Midyear investment outlook generally positive

By SPECIAL TO THE NATION

 

THE FIRST half of 2017 is ending and investors are urged to ask: “What are the issues to be followed up and what assets in what markets are considered good investment opportunities in the second half of the year?”

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990438-midyear-investment-outlook-generally-positive/

 

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Export growth could hit 5% this year, shippers’ council says

By THE NATION

 

EXPORTS are on track to meet the 3.5-per-cent growth estimate this year, but have a good chance of hitting 5 per cent if the global economy stays on the recovery path, according to the Thai National Shippers’ Council.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990440-export-growth-could-hit-5-this-year-shippers’-council-says/

 

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Phuket police mystified after finding no wounds on man who claimed he had been shot, stabbed 

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The man told locals and police that he had been shot and stabbed. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub
 

PHUKET: Police have been left mystified after being unable to find any serious wounds on a man who said he had been shot and stabbed in an attack carried out in the early hours of this morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990442-phuket-police-mystified-after-finding-no-wounds-on-man-who-claimed-he-had-been-shot-stabbed/

 

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Driver charged with reckless driving after crashing trailer-truck in Phuket 

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

 

PHUKET: The driver of a trailer-truck has been charged with reckless driving after crashing his vehicle into a roadside ditch on bypass road in the early hours of this morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990445-driver-charged-with-reckless-driving-after-crashing-trailer-truck-in-phuket/

 

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Western man slightly injured in fall from Samui pier bridge

By The Nation

 

A western man was slightly injured when he fell from a pier bridge in Koh Samui on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990446-western-man-slightly-injured-in-fall-from-samui-pier-bridge/

 

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Two Myanmar workers injured in bus accident in Angthong

By The Nation

 

Two Myanmar workers were injured when a bus taking them from Mae Sot to Samut Sakhon province veered off the road in Angthong province early Saturday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990447-two-myanmar-workers-injured-in-bus-accident-in-angthong/

 

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Lao man rescued from 10-metre-high billboard

By The Nation

 

A rescuer saved a disturbed Lao man who had climbed a 10-metre-high billboard in Pathum Thani province early Saturday by jumping down with him into a large air cushion below in a two-hour rescue drama.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990448-lao-man-rescued-from-10-metre-high-billboard/

 

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China's Xi warns Hong Kong to toe the line as he swears in new leader

By James Pomfret and Venus Wu

 

Members of the Hong Kong government swear an oath of office in front of Chief Executive Carrie Lam and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the 20th anniversary of the city's handover from British to Chinese rule, in Hong Kong, China, July 1, 2017. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

 

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping swore in Hong Kong's new leader on Saturday with a stark warning that Beijing will not tolerate any challenge to its authority in the divided city as it marked the 20th anniversary of its return from Britain to China.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990449-chinas-xi-warns-hong-kong-to-toe-the-line-as-he-swears-in-new-leader/

 

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Trump to Senate Republicans: kill Obamacare now, replace later

By Doina Chiacu and Susan Cornwell

 

U.S. President Donald Trump talks to journalist at the Oval Office of the White House after the AHCA health care bill was pulled before a vote, accompanied by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price (2nd R) and Vice President Mike Pence (not pictured), in Washington, U.S., March 24, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/Files

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump urged Republican senators in a tweet on Friday to repeal Obamacare immediately if they cannot agree on a new plan to replace it, muddying the waters as congressional leaders struggle for consensus on healthcare legislation.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990450-trump-to-senate-republicans-kill-obamacare-now-replace-later/

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U.S. says ex-consultant set up meetings over Iran's nuclear programme

By Brendan Pierson

 

FILE PHOTO - Ahmad Sheikhzadeh (C), a consultant to the Iranian mission to the United Nation, leaves Brooklyn Federal Court in New York, March 23, 2016. REUTERS/Pearl Gabel/File Photo

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors said in a court filing on Friday that a former consultant to Iran's mission to the United Nations recruited a United States-based atomic scientist to meet with Iranian officials about Iran's nuclear programme.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990451-us-says-ex-consultant-set-up-meetings-over-irans-nuclear-programme/

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U.S., Britain urge Russia to bring Nemtsov murder perpetrators to justice

 

FILE PHOTO: Suspects of involvement in the killing of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov sit in the defendants' cage during a court hearing in Moscow, Russia March 1, 2016. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev/File Photo

 

LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and Britain urged Russia on Friday to bring to justice all those responsible for the murder of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990452-us-britain-urge-russia-to-bring-nemtsov-murder-perpetrators-to-justice/

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Islamic State under pressure in Iraqi and Syrian strongholds

By Stephen Kalin and Goran Tomasevic

 

The ruined Grand al-Nuri Mosque is seen after it was retaken by the Iraqi forces from the Islamic State militants at the Old City in Mosul, Iraq, June 30, 2017. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani

 

MOSUL, Iraq/RAQQA, Syria (Reuters) - U.S.-backed Iraqi forces pressed Islamic State fighters holding out in Mosul's Old City on Friday, while in Syria the militant group launched a counter-attack against an alliance of militias trying to oust it from its de facto capital of Raqqa.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990454-islamic-state-under-pressure-in-iraqi-and-syrian-strongholds/

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Pentagon delays transgender recruitment by six months

 

U.S. Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis leaves a news conference after a NATO defence ministers meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, Belgium June 29, 2017. REUTERS/Eric Vidal

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Friday approved a six-month delay in allowing transgender recruits to join the U.S. armed forces, a Pentagon spokeswoman said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990456-pentagon-delays-transgender-recruitment-by-six-months/

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Brazil unions protest Temer's reforms amid political crisis

By Pedro Fonseca

 

Demonstrators prepare a burning barricade during a protest against President Michel Temer's proposal reform of Brazil's social security system in the general strike in Sao Paulo, Brazil, June 30, 2017. REUTERS/Leonardo Benassatto

 

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Labour unions staged a nationwide strike on Friday to protest against legislative changes to Brazil's labour and pension laws that are central to the economic reform agenda of embattled centre-right President Michel Temer.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990457-brazil-unions-protest-temers-reforms-amid-political-crisis/

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New feature from Facebook helps you find free WiFi anywhere in the world

BY JONATHAN FAIRFIELD

 

 

Facebook is launching a new feature that will help its users around the world find free WiFi connections.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/new-feature-facebook-helps-find-free-wifi-anywhere-world/22673/

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Qatar to comply with new U.S. airline security measures - minister

By Allison Lampert

 

View of departures area at Hamad International airport in Doha, Qatar, June 20, 2017. Picture taken June 20, 2017. REUTERS/Deepa Babington

 

MONTREAL (Reuters) - Qatar will comply with enhanced security measures for flights to the United States designed to prevent expanding an in-cabin ban on laptops, the country's minister of transport said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990462-qatar-to-comply-with-new-us-airline-security-measures-minister/

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