THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Friday 7 Jul 2017

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Jobs to be created for returnees from Thailand

By Thai PBS

 

              

The Myanmar government is trying to create jobs in collaboration with the private sector for returnees from Thailand to escape harsher labour law introduced by the Thai government, said a report in the Myanmar Times Online on Friday (July 7).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/991424-jobs-to-be-created-for-returnees-from-thailand/

 

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Five arrested for allegedly selling marijuana via parcel post
By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- Police have arrested five men in Bangkok for allegedly selling marijuana and shipping it via parcel post.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/991426-five-arrested-for-allegedly-selling-marijuana-via-parcel-post/

 

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Bank forecasts 3.4% growth but warns of impact from exodus of migrant workers

By Thai PBS

 

 

Kasikorn Research Center Thursday (July 6) forecast continual growth of the economy as export prospective remains bright.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/991427-bank-forecasts-34-growth-but-warns-of-impact-from-exodus-of-migrant-workers/

 

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Prayuth refuses to identify with military captain from TV soap ‘Love Missions’

By Coconuts Bangkok 

 

 

BANGKOK: -- “Love Missions,” a military-themed soap opera on Channel 7, features the lives of four hunks in the armed forces. The episode that aired last weekend, titled “Pull the Trigger on my Heart,” revolved around the story of Purich, a charming captain who served in the 21st Infantry Queen’s Guard regiment—just like the Thai PM, Prayuth Chan-ocha.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/991428-prayuth-refuses-to-identify-with-military-captain-from-tv-soap-‘love-missions’/

 

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14 million Android devices infected with CopyCat malware – here’s what you need to know

BY STAFF WRITER 

 

 

More than 14 million Android devices have been infected with a dangerous new strain of malware.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/14-million-android-devices-infected-copycat-malware-heres-need-know/22795/

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Bitcoin can be an asset but not currency – China central bank adviser

BY REUTERS 

 

REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/Illustration/Files

 

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Virtual currencies like bitcoin are assets but bitcoin in itself does not have the fundamental attributes needed to be a currency that could meet modern economic development needs, a Chinese central bank adviser said.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/bitcoin-can-asset-not-currency-china-central-bank-adviser-2/22800/ 

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Bangkok cops swoop on drug-peddling ring 
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Twenty men and women from Uganda, Tanzania and Ethiopia were arrested in Bangkok on Friday on suspicion of selling illegal drugs.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/991431-bangkok-cops-swoop-on-drug-peddling-ring/

 

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Elephants put on a show for Buddhist Lent
By The Nation

 

 

CHIANG MAI: -- A Chiang Mai sub-district on Friday touted its status as Thailand’s new elephant capital by marking the beginning of Buddhist Lent with a parade of pachyderms carrying giant wax candles.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/991433-elephants-put-on-a-show-for-buddhist-lent/

 

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Food company finds following labour law pays dividends

 

File photo : Large number of undocumented foreign migrants leave Tak province recently following the new labour regulations.

 

BANGKOK: -- Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) has vowed that its migrant worker recruitment and practice are in line with the country’s migrant labour law. And that, in turn, has resulted in a workforce confident about working with the company and with no intention of returning home, says a company executive.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/991434-food-company-finds-following-labour-law-pays-dividends/

 

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Decree That Sparked Migrant Worker Panic Becomes Law

By Sasiwan Mokkhasen, Staff Reporter

 

  

Migrant workers are aboard a vessel Monday heading from Ranong province to Myanmar.

 

BANGKOK — The junta-appointed legislature approved without amendment Thursday the emergency decree that recently prompted an exodus of migrant workers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/991435-decree-that-sparked-migrant-worker-panic-becomes-law/

 

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Reminder: Old MRT cards no longer work after July 15

By Coconuts Bangkok 

 

If you have any of the card designs above, they will no longer work at the end of next week. Photo: MRT Bangkok/ Facebook

 

BANGKOK: -- Starting July 16, MRT cards from two years ago (and older) will no longer work, but commuters can still transfer their balance to a new card by Tuesday, July 11.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/991436-reminder-old-mrt-cards-no-longer-work-after-july-15/

 

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Labour union fears bus reforms will benefit certain investors

By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Bangkok Mass Transit Authority’s (BMTA) labour union representatives on Friday urged Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha to review the Transport Ministry’s reform plan for public bus services in Bangkok and surrounding provinces. The union is worried the reforms would be done without transparency and benefit only certain investors.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/991438-labour-union-fears-bus-reforms-will-benefit-certain-investors/

 

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DEALS: Discounts on iPhone SE and iPhone 6S Plus ahead of iPhone 8 launch

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

Everyone might be talking about the upcoming iPhone 8 but if you are looking to upgrade or make the switch to iPhone, you might consider one of Apple’s older devices.

 

Full Story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/deals-discounts-iphone-se-iphone-6s-plus-ahead-iphone-8-launch/22803/

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The world’s first automatic toothbrush will clean your teeth in 10 SECONDS

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

A new hands-free automatic toothbrush called Amabrush could clean your teeth in just 10 seconds.

 

Full Story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/worlds-first-automatic-toothbrush-will-clean-teeth-10-seconds/22807/

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Here’s how to lock down your Facebook account and protect your privacy

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

Facebook continuously updates its privacy settings so it is worth checking that you only allow people to view what you want them to see.

 

Full Story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/heres-lock-facebook-account-protect-privacy/22812/

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Migrant worker clampdown leaves Phuket constructors seeking help

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Constructors visit Provincial Hall yesterday seeking help from Governor Norraphat Plodthong following the latest crackdown on migrant workers. Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET:-- Constructors who say they have been affected by the new Emergency Decree on “Management Immigrant Work” have sought help from government officials.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/991449-migrant-worker-clampdown-leaves-phuket-constructors-seeking-help/

 

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11 Cambodians caught in sewerage tubes

 

 

Eleven Cambodians, including some children, were arrested by paramilitary rangers on Thursday (July 6) as they tried to sneak back into Cambodian through an unofficial border crossing in Aranyaprathet district of Sa Kaeo province.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/991450-11-cambodians-caught-in-sewerage-tubes/

 

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Suspects in Japan tour scam plead not guilty

By The Nation

 

 

Pasit “Sin Sae Shogun” Ariyalapit, the founder and chief executive of food supplement firm WealthEver, and eight people who were her relatives and close aides, on Friday pleaded not guilty in the Criminal Court to charges of fraud charges over a much-publicised tour scam. The defendants said they would find their own lawyers to fight the charges, hence the judge has set the evidence review session

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/991452-suspects-in-japan-tour-scam-plead-not-guilty/

 

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Group urges strict enforcement of anti-alcohol drink laws

By Suriya Patathayo
The Nation

 

 

Some 35 members of the Stop Drink Network and related organisations submitted a petition to national police chief Pol General Chakthip Chaijinda on Friday to have officers strictly enforce anti-alcohol drink measures during the three-month Buddhist Lent period.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/991454-group-urges-strict-enforcement-of-anti-alcohol-drink-laws/

 

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Yingluck rules out sister taking over as Pheu Thai leader

By The Nation

 

 

Former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Friday denied one of her sisters would be named Pheu Thai Party leader to fight the next general election.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/991456-yingluck-rules-out-sister-taking-over-as-pheu-thai-leader/

 

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Thailand increases seizures of illegal ivory

By The Nation

 

 

Thailand has stepped up efforts to suppress illegal elephant ivory trade, with nearly 500 pieces weighing around 335 kilograms seized during the first half of this year.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/991457-thailand-increases-seizures-of-illegal-ivory/

 

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Amnart Charoen woman pregnant two years after vasectomy

By The Nation

 

A woman in Amnart Charoen has filed a complaint after she become pregnant two years after she received a vasectomy at the provincial hospital.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/991458-amnart-charoen-woman-pregnant-two-years-after-vasectomy/

 

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'Spartan Race' Obstacle Course Coming To Thailand

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

Photo: Spartan Race Thailand / Facebook

 

CHONBURI — This September, get ready to bust through an obstacle course so hard, you might feel like one of Leonidas’s 300.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/991464-spartan-race-obstacle-course-coming-to-thailand/

 

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Bus Fuss: Viral video of old, leaking bus in rain spurs Thais to demand repairs

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

Screenshots: YouLike/ Facebook

 

Thai netizens are demanding that the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) fix the city’s worn-down buses after a video of a sad, worse-for-wear bus with a leaking roof went viral.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/991466-bus-fuss-viral-video-of-old-leaking-bus-in-rain-spurs-thais-to-demand-repairs/

 

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