THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Wednesday 12 Jul 2017

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Video: More appalling driving caught on tape

 

Picture: TNews

 

Tnews reported that it was another case of appalling Thai driving caught on tape after a video was shared online on the "Youlike Clip Det 3" page.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992067-video-more-appalling-driving-caught-on-tape/

 

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Bangkok pub raided for operating after hours

By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- A pub in a Bangkok hotel was raided by police early Wednesday for operating after closing hours, despite an earlier order to suspend business.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992068-bangkok-pub-raided-for-operating-after-hours/

 

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Human remains found near closed Phuket nightclub

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The skeletal remains were found just 50 metres from Phra Phuket Kaew Rd in kathu, near the now-closed King Kong Party Club. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- Police are hoping to identify human remains found in jungle near the now-closed King Kong Party Club nightlife venue in Kathu yesterday afternoon (July 11).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992070-human-remains-found-near-closed-phuket-nightclub/

 

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Facebook expands ad testing on Messenger globally

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

(Reuters) – Facebook Inc said on Tuesday that it was testing advertising on its Messenger app globally as the world’s largest social media company looks to further monetize its popular chat service.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/facebook-expands-ad-testing-messenger-globally/22881/

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Taiwan says Chinese carrier sails into its defence zone

 

China's aircraft carrier Liaoning sails through East Lamma Channel as it departs Hong Kong, China, July 11, 2017. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

 

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Chinese aircraft carrier the Liaoning entered Taiwan's air defence identification zone early on Wednesday morning on its way back from Hong Kong and is being monitored, Taiwan's defence ministry said, adding there was no cause for alarm.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992071-taiwan-says-chinese-carrier-sails-into-its-defence-zone/

 

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China sends troops to Djibouti for opening of military base

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - Ships carrying Chinese military personnel for Beijing's first overseas military base, in Djibouti in the Horn of Africa, have left China to begin setting up the facility, state news agency Xinhua has reported.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992072-china-sends-troops-to-djibouti-for-opening-of-military-base/

 

 

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China envoy says North Korea trade growth picture 'distorted'

By David Brunnstrom

 

File Photo - Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the United States Cui Tiankai speaks during the "China and the U.S.: One Belt, One Road and 100-Day Plan," a discussion hosting high-level delegation of Chinese leaders, in Manhattan, New York, U.S., June 14, 2017. REUTERS/Bria Webb

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China's ambassador to the United States has said reports of trade growth between his country and North Korea, in spite of international efforts to press Pyongyang to give up its nuclear and missile programs, give "a distorted picture."

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992073-china-envoy-says-north-korea-trade-growth-picture-distorted/

 

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A picture and its story - Capturing the nine-month battle for Mosul

 

A man cries as he carries his daughter while walking from an Islamic State-controlled part of Mosul towards Iraqi special forces soldiers during a battle in Mosul, Iraq, March 4, 2017. Goran Tomasevic: "Both screaming in terror, the father and the young daughter he cradled in his arm fled through the rubble-strewn streets of Wadi Hajar, transformed in a flash into a battleground between Islamic State fighters and Iraqi special forces. They and their neighbours - some wearing rubber sandals, some barefoot - were running from an IS counter-attack in this part of Mosul, dodging gunfire as the militants closed in. When they reached the special forces lines, males were ordered to lift their shirts to prove they weren't suicide bombers. The father was so beside himself, so panicked. It was obvious because he had a short shirt on and was carrying a child that he wasnÕt Islamic State. I believe they will both be taken to a refugee camp." REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic/File photo

 

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - A screaming father running down a rubble-strewn street in Mosul carrying his distressed daughter was one of the most powerful Reuters images taken during the Iraqi-led assault to remove Islamic State from its stronghold.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992074-a-picture-and-its-story-capturing-the-nine-month-battle-for-mosul/

 

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Rubber authority appeals to PM for help as latex price tumbles

By The Nation

 

File photo

 

BANGKOK: -- Rubber Authority of Thailand governor Titus Suksaard has asked Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha to help keep the price of latex at no less than Bt40 per kilogram after it dipped to Bt41 yesterday.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992076-rubber-authority-appeals-to-pm-prayut-for-help-as-latex-price-tumbles/

 

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SET opens up 3.19 to 1,572.43 /Bangkok Post

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Da Nang gears up for APEC 2017

 

 

Da Nang, July 12 (VNA) – The central coastal city of Da Nang has been working to improve necessary infrastructure in preparation for the APEC Summit Week in November. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992078-da-nang-gears-up-for-apec-2017/

 

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Governor holds meeting over Krabi family massacre

By The Nation

 

KRABI: -- Krabi Governor Pinij Boonlert met with various government agencies on Wednesday to discuss the massacre of village headman Worayuth Sunglung and his family.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992082-governor-holds-meeting-over-krabi-family-massacre/

 

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CSD chief in Krabi to investigate family massacre

By The Nation

 

KRABI: -- Crime Suppression Division Commander Pol Maj Gen Suthin Suppuang and several CSD officers arrived at Krabi on Wednesday morning to take part in the investigation into the massacre of a village headman and seven members of his family.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992082-governor-holds-meeting-over-krabi-family-massacre/?do=findComment&comment=12073135 

 

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Who is Donald Trump Jr and why is he compared to Fredo Corleone in The Godfather?

By Our Foreign Staff 

 

Donald Trump Jr. has long been the brawler who has helped fuel the president's pugilistic instincts and stood firm as one of his fiercest defenders.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992084-who-is-donald-trump-jr-and-why-is-he-compared-to-fredo-corleone-in-the-godfather/

 

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Streaming TV apps grapple with password sharing

BY REUTERS

 

REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

 

(Reuters) – More than one-fifth of young adults who stream shows like “Game of Thrones” or “Stranger Things” borrow passwords from people who do not live with them, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll, a finding that suggests media companies are missing out on significant revenue as digital viewership explodes.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/streaming-tv-apps-grapple-password-sharing/22885/

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Citing indelible memories and people, the Phuket Gazette bows out in a nostalgic farewell

Phuket Gazette 

 

Founders Rungtip Hongjakpet (left) and John Magee in a 1997 story in The Nation.

 

PHUKET: -- Times change and old media continue to bow to the new. With great regret, the Phuket Gazette is retiring from the field and will cease operations with effect from the end of this month – midnight, July 31.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992088-citing-indelible-memories-and-people-the-phuket-gazette-bows-out-in-a-nostalgic-farewell/

 

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Some 1,000 rai of paddy fields flooded after dyke ruptures

By The Nation

 

SAKHON NAKHON: -- An irrigation dyke in Sakon Nakhon broke on Wednesday morning after several days of heavy rains, flooding some 1,000 rai of paddy fields in three districts.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992090-some-1000-rai-of-paddy-fields-flooded-after-dyke-ruptures/

 

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Transport van driver fined Bt10,000 for carrying too many passengers

By The Nation

 

 

Chon Buri Land Transport Office fined a Chon Buri-Rayong public transport van driver Bt10,000 and suspended his licence for 30 days after a passenger's Facebook post claimed the van took more passengers than the number of seats in the vehicle.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992092-transport-van-driver-fined-bt10000-for-carrying-too-many-passengers/

 

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Immigration Bureau warns of dismissal for tea money collection

By Thai PBS

 

 

Immigration Bureau today issued an order forbidding immigration police at all border checkpoints to demand tea money from tourists, with warning that violator will face dismissal.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992094-immigration-bureau-warns-of-dismissal-for-tea-money-collection/

 

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Patong Mayor calls to ramp up safety after deadly Phuket tour bus crash

Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

Patong Mayor Chalermluck Kebsup yesterday called for the road itself to be made less dangerous. Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET: -- The Mayor of Patong has called for the government to re-engineer the deadly road down the steep hill descending into the key resort town in the hopes of preventing further tour bus accidents claiming the lives of tourists and local residents.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992095-patong-mayor-calls-to-ramp-up-safety-after-deadly-phuket-tour-bus-crash/

 

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Agriculture incomes up on better weather

 

BANGKOK, 12 July 2017 (NNT) – Favorable weather conditions have supported agricultural production this year with income for farmers during the first half of the year found to be up by 15 percent. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992097-agriculture-incomes-up-on-better-weather/  

 

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This is the most played video on YouTube

BY REUTERS 

 

Gangnam Style by South Korean pop star Psy is no longer the most played video on YouTube.

 

Full story:   http://tech.thaivisa.com/played-video-youtube/22888/

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U.S. free-speech group sues Trump for blocking Twitter users

By Dustin Volz

 

The masthead of U.S. President Donald Trump's @realDonaldTrump Twitter account is seen on July 11, 2017. @realDonaldTrump/Handout via REUTERS

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A free-speech group on Tuesday sued U.S. President Donald Trump for blocking Twitter users from his @realDonaldTrump account, arguing the practice violates the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992098-president-trump-sued-for-blocking-people-on-twitter/

 

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Amid divisions with Macron, Trump to travel to Paris to discuss Syria, terrorism

By Ayesha Rascoe

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump looks at French President Emmanuel Macron before a family photo at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany July 7, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will travel to Paris on Wednesday to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron where the two leaders will seek to work together on Syria and countering terrorism, while avoiding the thorny issues that have divided them.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992099-amid-divisions-with-macron-trump-to-travel-to-paris-to-discuss-syria-terrorism/

 

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Suspect sketch released in Krabi massacre

By The Nation

 

 

KRABI: -- Police have released a facial sketch of a possible suspect in Monday’s massacre of a village headman and seven members of his family in Krabi.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992114-suspect-sketch-released-in-krabi-massacre/

 

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Tears flow, charges fly over schoolgirl denied her home

By Thanapat Kijjakosol 
The Nation

 

 

SA KAEW: -- Participants in a closed-door meeting over housing for a stateless girl in Sa Kaew suspect that local administrative officials were merely looking for excuses in the fiasco that resulted.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992116-tears-flow-charges-fly-over-schoolgirl-denied-her-home/

 

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On the bucket list, seeing Thailand’s biggest tree

By The Nation

 

 

Tourists continue to flock to the latest attraction in Phang Nga – a tree believed to be the country’s largest.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992117-on-the-bucket-list-seeing-thailand’s-biggest-tree/

 

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German Nico Papke charged for murder of Phuket girlfriend ‘Lek’

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

'I love Lek', German national Nico Papke said from his hospital bed yesterday (July 11).

 

PHUKET: -- Police have confirmed that they have charged German national Nico Papke, a 35-year-old fitness instructor who lived in Rawai, for the murder of his girlfriend Pischa ‘Lek” Nampadung.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/991825-german-gets-arrest-warrant-for-allegedly-killing-girlfriend/?do=findComment&comment=12073900

 

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Canadian Drug Suspect Found Hanged In Cell Room, Cop Says

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

Police officers arrive at the detention center where a Canadian drug suspect was found hanged Wednesday morning.

 

BANGKOK — A Canadian man arrested on charges of transnational drug trafficking hanged himself in a police station cell room Wednesday morning, police said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992119-canadian-drug-suspect-found-hanged-in-cell-room-cop-says/

 

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Solider shot by alleged drug runner

By The Nation

 

KALASIN: -- A soldier helping police man a Kalasin road checkpoint was shot and wounded late Tuesday afternoon before two alleged drug couriers were arrested.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/992122-solider-shot-by-alleged-drug-runner/