THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Thursday 20 Jul 2017

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Sukhothai province told to install big bags to prevent possible flooding

 

 

The Royal Irrigation Department has warned Sukhothai provincial administration to brace for the arrival of water runoff from Phrae province, expected on Friday (July 21), by putting up big bags in the municipal area and at the Yom river embankment which is now under construction.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993354-sukhothai-province-told-to-install-big-bags-to-prevent-possible-flooding/

 

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Udomsuk, Onnut Skytrain stations overcrowded

 

 

Passengers suffered long queues at two major BTS Skytrain stations on the Sukhumvit route on Thursday morning, although a rail official said there was no problem with the service.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993351-udomsuk-onnut-skytrain-stations-overcrowded/

 

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Samsenwittayalai director faces disciplinary investigation

 

 

A committee will be set up to investigate the director of Samsenwittayalai School in Bangkok for a serious breach of discipline for allegedly demanding 400,000 baht in “tea money” from a parent in exchange for enrolling his child to study in Mathayom Sueksa 1, said Office of the Basic Education Commission (Obec) secretary-general Karun Sakulpradit.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993352-director-of-prestigious-bangkok-school-faces-disciplinary-investigation/

 

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‘Forbidden Careers’ For Expats May Be Relaxed, Official Says

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

  

A foreigner may soon be able to work as a handicraft artisan, a job currently reserved for Thais. Original image by Matichon.

 

BANGKOK — The infamous list of occupations reserved for Thais may soon be a thing of the past, a labor official said Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993282-jobs-forbidden-for-foreigners-labor-ministry-says-law-is-out-of-date-and-there-will-be-changes/?do=findComment&comment=12101620

 

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Supreme Court Jails Redshirt Leader For Defaming Former PM

By Sasiwan Mokkhasen, Staff Reporter

 

  

Redshirt leader Jatuporn Prompan is taken into military custody while talking to reporters on November 30, 2015 in Samut Sakhon province.

 

BANGKOK — The Supreme Court overturned two lower court rulings Thursday to sentence Redshirt leader Jatuporn Prompan to a year in prison for defaming a former prime minister and political rival.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993356-supreme-court-jails-redshirt-leader-jatuporn-for-defaming-former-pm/

 

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U.S. Senator McCain diagnosed with aggressive brain cancer

By Patricia Zengerle

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator John McCain looks on during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan on July 4, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator John McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential nominee known for political independence during more than three decades in the Senate, has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer, his office said on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993359-us-senator-mccain-diagnosed-with-aggressive-brain-cancer/

 

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Russia, U.S. duel at U.N. over whether North Korea fired long-range missile

By Michelle Nichols

 

The intercontinental ballistic missile Hwasong-14 is seen during its test in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang, July 5 2017. KCNA/via REUTERS

 

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States and Russia are waging rival campaigns at the United Nations Security Council over the type of ballistic missile fired by North Korea earlier this month as the U.S. pushes to impose stronger sanctions on Pyongyang over the test.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993362-russia-us-duel-at-un-over-whether-north-korea-fired-long-range-missile/

 

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Jatuporn gets one year jail for defaming Abhisit

By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Jatuporn Prompan, chairman of the red-shirt group, has been handed a one-year jail term for defaming former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva in speeches he made in 2009.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993356-supreme-court-jails-redshirt-leader-jatuporn-for-defaming-former-pm/?do=findComment&comment=12101751

 

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‘Luang Pu Nenkham’ agrees to disrobe, but refuses to chant monkhood-leaving prayer

By The Nation

 

 

Wiraphon Sukphon, better known as his monk’s alias of Luang Pu Nenkham, who has just been extradited from the US, has agreed to disrobe but refuses to chant the Pali phrase for monks to exit the monkhood, the chief of the Department of Special Investigation said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993315-jet-set-monk-arrives-in thailand after-extradition-from-us/?do=findComment&comment=12101765

 

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Lhong Khot police set up complaints desk in beautiful surroundings

By Patinya Srisupamat 
The Nation

 

 

CHIANG MAI: -- The Lhong Khot Police Station in Chiang Mai's Phrao district has maximized its beautiful surroundings to set up an outdoor service point to collect complaints and opinions as part of its strategy to boost good relations with the community. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993363-chiang-mai-lhong-khot-police-set-up-complaints-desk-in-beautiful-surroundings/

 

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Foreigner Found In Pool May Have Fallen To Death

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

  

Naphalai Place. Photo: Google

 

SONGKHLA — A foreign man was found dead in a condominium swimming pool in Songkhla province Thursday morning, rescue personnel said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993364-foreigner-found-in-pool-in-songkhla-may-have-fallen-to-death/

 

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Turtle-Rescuing Man Is Hero Of Thai Interwebs

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

  

At left, a rescue worker picks up a turtle dubbed ‘P’Tao’ from the road early Wednesday morning. At right, the bandaged turtle recuperates Wednesday night. Photos: Teerapon Tspeed Susilaporn / Facebook

 

BANGKOK — All the internet had rallied by Thursday behind a desperate bid to rescue a bloody and battered turtle left to die in a road by a hit-and-run driver.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993365-turtle-rescuing-man-is-hero-of-thai-interwebs/

 

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Trump ends CIA arms support for anti-Assad Syria rebels - U.S. officials

By John Walcott

 

FILE PHOTO - Syria's President Bashar al-Assad speaks during an interview in Damascus, in this handout photograph distributed by Syria's national news agency SANA on September 26, 2013. SANA/Handout via Reuters/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration has decided to halt the CIA's covert programme to equip and train certain rebel groups fighting the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, two U.S. officials said, a move sought by Assad ally Russia.

 

Full story:   https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993367-trump-ends-cia-arms-support-for-anti-assad-syria-rebels-us-officials/

 

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Public can visit Royal Crematorium from November 1 to 30

By The Nation

 

 

The public will be allowed to visit the Royal Crematorium and related structures as well as an exhibition about the Royal Cremation, at Bangkok's Sanam Luang from November 1 to 30. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980183-royal-cremation-of-the-late-king-bhumibol-adulyadej-is-set-on-october-26/?do=findComment&comment=12102109

 

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Glue sniffing young man alleged to have raped, assaulted elderly woman

By The Nation

 

NING KHAI: -- A young man said to be high from sniffing glue was arrested Thursday for allegedly raping and beating an elderly woman in Nong Khai, police said.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993376-glue-sniffing-young-man-alleged-to-have-raped-assaulted-elderly-woman/

 

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Phuket power chiefs told to speed up cable tangle clean-up

The Phuket News

 

Phuket PEA chiefs have been ordered to hurry with their project to tidy up ugly tangles of cables, as pictured, from major roads in Phuket. Photo: Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

PHUKET: -- Phuket Govenor Norraphat Plodthong yesterday (July 19) called in the heads of Phuket’s three main Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) offices to order them to speed up their efforts in tidying up ugly tangles of overhead cables along Phuket main roads.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993378-phuket-power-chiefs-told-to-speed-up-cable-tangle-clean-up/

 

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Three-metre-long python captured after eating kittens

By The Nation

 

SUPHAN BURI: -- An elderly woman who lives alone in Suphan Buri woke up on Thursday morning to the shock of seeing a three-metre-long python inside her house in Tambon Tha Philiang of Suphan’s Muang district.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993379-three-metre-long-python-captured-after-eating-kittens/

 

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Alleged murderer of 14-year-old girl linked to four other rapes

By Sonthanaporn Inchan 
The Nation

 

Supornchai Noonoi

 

CHACHOENGSAO: -- The mother of a 14-year-old schoolgirl who was found raped and murdered in her home in Chachoengsao’s Ban Pho district on the night of July 12 said on Thursday that she would not cremate her child’s body until the suspect apologised for what he had done.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993380-alleged-murderer-of-14-year-old-girl-linked-to-four-other-rapes/

 

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PEA opens electric-vehicle charging station in Nakhon Ratchasima

By The Nation

 

 

KORAT: -- An electric vehicle charging station was opened at the Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) main office in the northeastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima on Thursday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993382-pea-opens-electric-vehicle-charging-station-in-nakhon-ratchasima/

 

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Heavy rain causes mayhem for Pattaya roads

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PATTAYA: -- If you are currently here enjoying your time in Pattaya, unless you have been living under a rock, or recovering from the previous day/nights hangover in bed, you will have noticed we had quite a bit of rain last night, July 19th.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993383-heavy-rain-causes-mayhem-for-pattaya-roads/

 

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U.S. ends controversial laptop ban on Middle East carriers

By Alexander Cornwell

 

An illustration picture shows a laptop on the screen of an X-ray security scanner, April 7, 2017. REUTERS/Srdjan Zivulovic/Illustration/Files

 

DUBAI (Reuters) - The United States has ended a four month ban on passengers carrying laptops onboard U.S. bound flights from certain airports in the Middle East and North Africa, bringing to an end one of the controversial travel restrictions imposed by President Donald Trump's administration.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993384-us-ends-controversial-laptop-ban-on-middle-east-carriers/

 

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Jutaporn’s to get health checked before jail sentence begins, says corrections chief

By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Corrections Department will check the health of the red shirt leader, produce a criminal record, before sending him to jail, said the department chief, Kobkiat Kasiwiwat, on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993356-supreme-court-jails-redshirt-leader-jatuporn-for-defaming-former-pm/?do=findComment&comment=12102329

 

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Turkey PM warns Cyprus on 'untimely and dangerous' energy moves

 

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim speaks during a joint news conference with his Greek counterpart Alexis Tsipras after their meeting at the Maximos Mansion in Athens, Greece, June 19, 2017. REUTERS/Costas Baltas

 

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim on Thursday warned Cyprus its moves to explore for energy around the eastern Mediterranean were "untimely and dangerous", adding that Ankara would continue to protect the rights and interests of Turkish Cypriots.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993388-turkey-pm-warns-cyprus-on-untimely-and-dangerous-energy-moves/

 

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Phuket residents express concerns about destruction of historic building

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The Phuket Treasury Office confirmed that they are just clearing out the landscape and did not aim to destroy the building. Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

PHUKET: -- Residents of Phuket Town have raised concerns about the destruction of an abandoned 100-year-old building on Damrong Road in Talad Yai, which they say is of historic value to the island.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993389-phuket-residents-express-concerns-about-destruction-of-historic-building/

 

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Thai opposition 'red shirt' leader jailed for defaming former PM

 

FILE PHOTO: Pro-government "red shirt" protest leader Jatuporn Prompan gestures during a new conference at his encampment in Nakhon Pathom province on the outskirts of Bangkok, in this May 22, 2014 file photo. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom/Files

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's Supreme Court jailed a firebrand opposition leader for a year on Thursday for defaming a former prime minister, overturning two previous court rulings, in 2012 and 2014, that dismissed the charge against him.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993356-supreme-court-jails-redshirt-leader-jatuporn-for-defaming-former-pm/?do=findComment&comment=12102402

 

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Thailand should leave 'no stone unturned' after 62 found guilty of trafficking

By Amy Sawitta Lefevre

 

FILE PHOTO: Lieutenant General Manas Kongpan (C), a suspected human trafficker, is escorted by officers as he arrives at the criminal court in Bangkok, Thailand, November 10, 2015. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - More needs to be done to ensure that human traffickers are brought to justice and Rohingya migrants are protected, rights groups said on Thursday, after a trial in which 62 people were convicted of crimes including trafficking and murder.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993391-thailand should-leave-no-stone-unturned-after-62-found-guilty-of-trafficking/

 

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Photos of new Nokia 8 leaks online, Thailand release imminent

BY STAFF WRITER 

 

 

While many people are eagerly anticipating the release of the iPhone 8 and Samsung Galaxy Note 8, which are both due to be released in September, the Nokia 8 could be the phone to look out for this year.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/photos-new-nokia-8-leaks-online-thailand-release-imminent/23055/

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iPhone 8 will actually be called iPhone Pro, will go on sale in September but will cost $$$

BY STAFF WRITER

 

Image: Martin Hajek. iPhone 8 render

 

Apple’s 10th anniversary iPhone, dubbed the iPhone 8, will actually be called the iPhone Pro and will go on sale in September as scheduled.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/iphone-8-will-actually-called-iphone-pro-will-go-sale-september-will-cost/23053/

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This secret iPhone keyboard hack is the most useful thing you will read about today

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

If you ever struggle to correct a mistake or typo when typing a message on an iPhone, you are going to absolutely love this really useful hack.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/iphone-keyboard-hack-trackpad/23051/

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Man arrested with 205kg of marijuana in Sakhon Nakhon

By The Nation

 

SAKHON NAKHON: -- A man was arrested by Sakon Nakhon highway police early Thursday for allegedly trying to smuggle 205 kilograms of compressed marijuana from Nakhon Phanom to Nakhon Ratchasima.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993393-man-arrested-with-205kg-of-marijuana-in-sakhon-nakhon/