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Junta Romanticized In 'Love Missions' Military Drama

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

The military cast members of soap opera “Love Missions.” Photo: Wassana Nanuam / Facebook

 

BANGKOK — A military-themed romantic soap opera premiered Saturday, inaugurating three months of the television show, which a mass media expert said is an attempt by the military government to rebrand itself and regain public popularity.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990943-junta-romanticized-in-love-missions-military-drama/

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PM pens another poem as morale booster for his Cabinet

By The Nation

 

 

This time it was his Cabinet’s turn to benefit, with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s talented poetry writing still in full flow as he penned another poem for his ministerial colleagues, aimed at boosting their morale by encouraging them to remain focused and work tirelessly for the people.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990956-pm-pens-another-poem-as-morale-booster-for-his-cabinet/

 

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At least 11 people infected with Zika virus in Pichit district

By The Nation

 

 

Eleven people in Phichit’s Bung Na Rang district have been confirmed as being infected with the Zika virus while another 16 are believed to have been infected and 33 people who were in close contact are being tested and monitored, officials said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990957-at-least-11-people-infected-with-zika-virus-in-pichit-district/

 

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Midweek Rant: Police and the press – time for more professionalism

 

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Professionalism and the police. Hardly two words that fit like a glove.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990967-midweek-rant-police-and-the-press-–-time-for-more-professionalism/

 

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Video: Who's in the wrong? Three injured as ambulance and pick-up collide in Ayutthaya

 

Picture: Daily News

 

AYUTTHAYA: -- Daily News posed the question of who was to blame after an ambulance with siren blaring went through an amber light and hit a pick-up going through green.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990968-video-whos-in-the-wrong-three-injured-as-ambulance-and-pick-up collide-in-ayutthaya/

 

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Portrait of Thai culture as Constable shows student who is the Old Master

 

Picture: Daily News

 

SAMUT SAKHON: -- Thai social media was rife with comment after a rich old police constable driving a Mercedes Benz slapped a student after he scratched his car.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990969-portrait-of-thai-culture-as-constable-shows-student-who-is-the-old-master/

 

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Hua Hin uni students apologize after hazing ritual on transgender girl went too far

 

Picture: Sanook

 

HUA HIN: -- Five senior students at a famous Hua Hin university have apologized en masse to relatives of a transgender first year female student.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990970-hua-hin-uni-students-apologize-after-hazing-ritual-on-transgender-girl went-too-far/

 

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Thais warned not to use their national ID number to log onto Facebook

 

Picture: Sanook

 

BANGKOK: -- A Thai online protection agency has warned Thai people not to use their national ID number to access Facebook.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990971-thais-warned-not-to-use-their-national-id-number-to-log-onto-facebook/

 

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Troops to boost police presence at final hearing in Yingluck’s trial
By The Nation

 

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BANGKOK: -- The military will deploy troops to help the police maintain security later this month during the final hearing in the rice-pledging case involving embattled former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990972-troops-to-boost-police-presence-at-final-hearing-in-yingluck’s-trial/

 

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World Grand Prix Finals Bangkok Stop to Start July 21
By The Nation

 

BEC (TV Channel 3) Deputy Managing Director Mr Surin Krittayapongphan

 

BANGKOK: -- Thailand, the host nation for the last year’s FIVB World Grand Prix Finals, has confirmed its readiness to host the 2017 World Grand Prix Preliminary Round Pool H encounters which include Turkey, Italy and Dominican Republic from July 21 to 23 at the Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990973-world-grand-prix-finals-bangkok-stop-to-start-july-21/

 

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Experts baulk at plan for social media ‘watch centre’
By Asina Pornwasin
The Nation

 

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BANGKOK: -- MEDIA and legal experts have strongly opposed a proposed social media monitoring centre, which would require all users to register with their fingerprints and ID cards, saying it will lead to even more underground online content.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990975-experts-baulk-at-plan-for-social-media-‘watch-centre’/

 

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Firms wary of new labour law
By Pratch Rujivanarom
The Nation

 

 

SHORTAGE OF WORKERS AND HIGHER COSTS REMAIN A WORRY DESPITE GOVT CONCESSIONS

 

BANGKOK: -- EMPLOYERS of foreign workers are worried about government efforts to solve the migrant workers’ issue, as they feel recently-announced measures are not enough to relieve the worker shortage and many small businesses may have to temporarily close down.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990976-firms-wary-of-new-labour-law/

 

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PM orders review of migrant workers law
By WASAMON AUDJARINT
THE NATION

 

 

DECREE WILL NOT BE FULLY ENFORCED UNTIL END OF THE YEAR AS PRESSURE MOUNTS ON GOVERNMENT

 

BANGKOK: -- MILLIONS of illegal migrants and their employers have been given a six-month reprieve as the government has bowed to pressure and postponed full enforcement of the tougher foreign-labour law until the end of this year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990977-pm-prayut-orders-review-of-migrant-workers-law/

 

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Radical change is needed to unlock country’s potential 
By WICHIT CHAITRONG
THE NATION

 

Take a clue of development direction from a villager house under fallen tree for two months without helping hand from authorities.

 

BANGKOK: -- DELIVERING his keynote speech at the conference on implementation of the 12th National Economic and Social Development Plan on Monday, Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha was furious about the inactivity of authorities over the plight of a villager whose house was hit by a fallen tree.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990978-radical-change-is-needed-to-unlock-thailands-potential /

 

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Complaint lodged against franchise operator selling amulets and talismans

By Thai PBS

 

 

BANGKOK: -- A group of 13 investors have lodged a complaint with Thai PBS’s People Station programme, claiming they were cheated of 15 million baht they had invested in a franchise selling Sarika Linthong amulets and talismans for worshipping.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990982-complaint-lodged-against-franchise-operator-selling-amulets-and-talismans/

 

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Shops urged to conform with New Tobacco Products Control Act

 

BANGKOK, 5 July 2017 (NNT) - The provincial public health department in Nong Khai and relevant units have organized a campaign to urge shops to conform with the new Tobacco Products Control Act that has now come into effect. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990983-shops-urged-to-conform-with-new-tobacco-products-control-act/

 

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Appointment of new Supreme Court president within 15 days
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- THE JUDICIAL Commission will consider the appointment of a new president of the Supreme Court again within 15 days, after it resolved on Monday not to appoint a senior judge to the post on the grounds of “unsuitable” management skills.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990984-appointment-of-new-supreme-court-president-within-15-days/

 

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OPINION

Forget primary elections – let’s try something more practical
By Tulsathit Taptim
The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- I like the idea of having voters select election candidates, but now that the “reformers” are pushing it, why not take things to the extreme? The proposal for primary elections is apparently intended to improve the quality of members of Parliament, which is great. There are two main problems here, though.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990985-forget-primary-elections-–-let’s-try-something-more-practical/

 

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North Korea says tested ICBM that can carry large nuclear warhead - KCNA

By Jack Kim and Christine Kim

 

A man watches a TV broadcast of a news report on North Korea's ballistic missile test, at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, July 4, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Wednesday it had conducted a test of a newly developed intercontinental ballistic missile that can carry a large and heavy nuclear warhead, triggering a call by Washington for global action to hold Pyongyang accountable for its pursuit of nuclear weapons.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990987-north-korea-says-tested-icbm-that-can-carry-large-nuclear-warhead-kcna/

 

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Juncker tells near-empty EU parliament: 'You are ridiculous'

By Gilbert Reilhac

 

FILE PHOTO: President of the EU Commission Jean-Claude Junckerlistens during a news conference in Tallinn, Estonia, June 30, 2017. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins

 

STRASBOURG (Reuters) - EU chief executive Jean-Claude Juncker called European lawmakers "ridiculous" on Tuesday for failing to turn up to an address by Malta's prime minister, saying they should show more respect for smaller members of the bloc.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990988-juncker tells-near-empty-eu-parliament-you-are-ridiculous/

 

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India's Modi heads to Israel, lifting the curtain on close ties

By Sanjeev Miglani and Tova Cohen

 

FILE PHOTO: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a joint news conference with U.S. President Trump in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., June 26, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

 

NEW DELHI/TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Narendra Modi begins a first visit to Israel by an Indian prime minister on Tuesday, in a public embrace of a country that he has long admired for its military and technical expertise but which his predecessors kept at arm's length.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990989-indias modi heads-to-israel-lifting-the-curtain-on-close-ties/

 

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PM says time to end France's addiction to spending

By Michel Rose and Ingrid Melander

 

French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe delivers a speech on the government general policies plans at the National Assembly in Paris, France, July 4, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

 

PARIS (Reuters) - Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said on Tuesday it was time to end France's addiction to easy public spending, promising to cut expenditures over the next five years and rein in debts he said were at an unacceptable level.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990990-pm-says-time-to-end-frances-addiction-to-spending/

 

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Qatar shows mettle, offers compromise as Gulf states prepare meeting

By Tom Finn and Rania El Gamal

 

FILE PHOTO: An aerial view of Doha's diplomatic area March 21, 2013. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad/File Photo

 

DOHA (Reuters) - Qatar announced plans for a steep rise in Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) production capacity on Tuesday that suggested it was ready for a protracted dispute with Gulf neighbours, but Doha said it was doing all it could to reach agreement.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990992-qatar-shows-mettle-offers-compromise-as-gulf-states-prepare-meeting/

 

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Police seize knives, bats, incendiaries ahead of Hamburg G20 summit

 

Special police poses for a picture ahead the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, July 4, 2017. REUTERS/Christian Charisius/POOL

 

BERLIN/HAMBURG (Reuters) - German police said on Tuesday they had seized knives, baseball bats and presumed incendiary devices at locations in and around Hamburg apparently intended for anti-capitalist rioting during a Group of 20 summit in the city on Friday and Saturday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990993-police-seize-knives-bats-incendiaries-ahead-of-hamburg-g20-summit/

 

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Sugar cane farmer who slashed ex wife to death waited three days before committing suicide

 

Picture: Daily News

 

CHAIYAPHUM: -- A man who is believed to have murdered his ex wife was found hanging from a tamarind tree in Chaiyaphum yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990997-sugar-cane-farmer-who-slashed-ex-wife-to-death-waited-three-days before-committing-suicide/

 

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Eight injured as Bangkok bound tour bus collides with 18 wheel container truck in Kanchanaburi

 

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KANCHANABURI: -- Eight people were hurt - including a bus driver who was in a serious condition - after a tour bus heading from Kanchanaburi to Bangkok hit a large truck yesterday evening.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/990998-eight-injured-as-bangkok-bound-tour-bus-collides-with-18-wheel container-truck-in-kanchanaburi/

 

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Pattaya tunnel being repaired before it's even open

 

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PATTAYA: -- The Department of Rural Road have been digging up the exit from Pattaya's much vaunted tunnel after they noticed water damage to the road surface.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/991001-pattaya-tunnel-being-repaired-before-its-even-open/

 

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Thais in Russia - now there are 2,300 working, studying and married there

 

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BANGKOK: -- Thai TV took time out from the Confederation's Cup football tournament to check up on Thais who have decided to go and live in Russia.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/991002-thais-in-russia-now-there-are-2300-working-studying-and-married-there/

 

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Netherlands To Prosecute Dutch Coffeeshop Owner Imprisoned In Thailand

By Janene Pieters

 

The Dutch Public Prosecutor is prosecuting four executives of coffeeshop chain The Grass Company for fraud, money laundering and participation in a criminal organization. One of those to be prosecuted is former owner Johan van Laarhoven, who is currently serving a 73 year prison sentence in Thailand for money laundering through the coffeeshop, ANP reports.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/991006-netherlands-to-prosecute-dutch-coffeeshop-owner-imprisoned-in-thailand/

 

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NCPO uses Article 44 to grant more time for notifying waterway encroachment
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) has allowed an additional 60 days for the notification of waterway encroachment, by exercising the special powers granted to it under Article 44 of the interim charter.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/991008-ncpo-uses-article-44-to-grant-more-time-for-notifying-waterway-encroachment/