THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Sunday 23 Jul 2017

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Indian musician plays guitar as doctors perform brain surgery

By Zeyad Masroor Khan

 

 

(Reuters) - Musician Abhishek Prasad strummed his guitar throughout his neurosurgery to help doctors zero in on the part of the brain being operated on during the first such procedure in India.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993667-indian-musician-plays-guitar-as-doctors-perform-brain-surgery/

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The week that was in Thailand news: A certain lack of political correctness

 

 

I came to Thailand before the term political correctness had ever been coined. Or if it had I certainly had never heard of it.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993720-the-week-that-was-in-thailand-news-a-certain-lack-of-political-correctness/

 

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Forces monitoring groups as Yingluck verdict nears

By THE SUNDAY NATION

 

 

AUTHORITIES ARE closely following movements by certain groups of people ahead of the Supreme Court verdict in the case against former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra scheduled to be read late next month, according to a source in the ruling junta.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993723-forces-monitoring-groups-as-yingluck-verdict-nears/

 

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Future govts ‘will be wary of populist policies’ after action against ex-PM

By THE SUNDAY NATION

 

 

HARSH legal actions against former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra and her ex-ministers over her government’s rice-pledging scheme is likely to discourage future administrations from formulating such a large-scale populist policy, an economist has predicted.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993724-future-govts-‘will-be-wary-of-populist-policies’-after-action-against-ex-pm/

 

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Red shirts reconciled to grim future

By THE SUNDAY NATION

 

 

JATUPORN PROMPAN has become the latest – and most senior – red-shirt leader to be sent to jail, and this seems to be further weakening the movement.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993725-red-shirts-reconciled-to-grim-future/

 

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Junta-initiated road to reconciliation long and full of hurdles

By KASAMAKORN CHANWANPEN 
THE SUNDAY NATION

 

 

SEVERAL KEY political factions have shown support for, or given way to, the junta-initiated reconciliation effort that came in the form of a national harmony pact revealed last week. But does this non-hostile position mean that reconciliation will be achieved? Critics remain sceptical that this will be the case.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993726-junta-initiated-road-to-reconciliation-long-and-full-of-hurdles/

 

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Constitutional Court set to look into EC petition

By THE SUNDAY NATION 

 

 

THE Constitutional Court will convene on Wednesday to consider whether to accept the Election Commission’s petition against the new EC draft law.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993727-constitutional-court-set-to-look-into-ec-petition/

 

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Overflowing dyke following heavy rains hits 600 families

By THE SUNDAY NATION

 

 

At least 600 families in northeastern Chaiyaphum’s Bamnet Narong district have been hit by flooding following torrential rains that caused an irrigation dyke to overflow.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993728-overflowing-dyke-following-heavy-rains-hits-600-families/

 

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Thailand delight boisterous home fans with historic win over Turkey in World Grand Prix

By The Nation

 

 

Thailand claimed their second win in the 2017 FIVB World Grand Prix after a thrilling 3-0 (25-20 25-22 25-11) victory over Turkey in their second Pool H encounter at the Hua Mark Indoor Stadium on Saturday. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993729-thailand-delight-boisterous-home-fans-with-historic-win-over-turkey-in-world-grand-prix/

 

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“Cell phone-free classroom” good for students, teacher says

 

 

Noticing that students pay more attention to smartphone screen than to classroom board, a school in Phitsanulok province has launched a mobile-phone-free-classroom project to make them focus on classroom lessons.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993730-“cell-phone-free-classroom”-good-for-students-teacher-says/

 

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August 3 set as final deadline for Patong taxis to return parking spaces to public 

Premkamon Ketsara

 

The initial plan presupposed slashing the number of taxi ranks in Patong from current 81 to just 21. Photo: Premkamon Ketsara
 

PHUKET: Army demanded tuk-tuk and taxi drivers in Patong vacate most of currently occupied parking spaces by August 3.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993731-august-3-set-as-final-deadline-for-patong-taxis-to-return-parking-spaces-to-public/

 

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Phuket Police silent on corruption probes

The Phuket News

 

Phuket Provincial Police Commander Gen Teeraphol Thipjaroen. Photo: The Phuket News / file
 

PHUKET: Months after investigations have been launched into alleged corrupt practices by police on the island, Phuket Provincial Police Commander Maj Gen Teeraphol Thipjaroen has yet to publicly reveal the results of any of the investigations.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993732-phuket-police-silent-on-corruption-probes/

 

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Phuket expats call for action over deadly Patong Hill road

The Phuket News

 

The tour bus on July 10 was carrying 36 passengers when it failed to stop and crashed at the bottom of the hill, just past Wat Patong. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: An online poll launched by The Phuket News has sparked a flurry of emails from readers calling for specific action to be taken to make the deadly road down Patong Hill safer.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993733-phuket-expats-call-for-action-over-deadly-patong-hill-road/

 

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Phuket burglar leaves Russian couple B25k light 

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

A burglar broke into a house in Chalong and left an unnamed Russian couple B25k light. Photo: CCTV / Eakkapop Thongtub
 

PHUKET: Phuket police are still hunting for the suspect who broke into a house in Soi Bangrae in Chalong and stole B25k from a Russian couple three days before.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993735-phuket-burglar-leaves-russian-couple-b25k-light/

 

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Phuket teacher, teens escape injuries in car flip 

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

 

PHUKET: A British teacher and his two teenage passengers escaped unharmed when their car flipped on a windy road behind Loch Palm Golf Club in Kathu.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993736-phuket-teacher-teens-escape-injuries-in-car-flip/

 

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Video-on-demand service iflix ties up with Samsung’s smart TVs

By Paisal Chuenprasaeng

THE NATION

 

 

Popular video-on-demand service iflix is now available with an app on certain Samsung TVs, making it much more convenient to enjoy the huge selection of movies and TV programmes from the online service.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/video-demand-service-iflix-ties-samsungs-smart-tvs/23106/

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Samsung Q7F QLED TV: Top-tier telly for your living room

By Paisal Chuenprasaeng

THE NATION

 

 

Super sharp and very smart, the Samsung Q7F QLED TV brings a touch of class to any home

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/samsung-q7f-qled-tv-top-tier-telly-living-room/23100/

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Here’s a round up of the best new tech released in Thailand this week – 22 July

BY THE NATION

 

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/heres-round-best-new-tech-released-thailand-week-22-july/23091/

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Pattaya police raid unlicensed pub

By The Nation

 

Pattaya police and district officials raided a pub in Pattaya early Saturday and rounded up 17 underage drinkers and 4 other drug abusers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993738-pattaya-police-raid-unlicensed-pub/

 

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Almost two million meth pills seized from a house in Ayutthaya

 

 

Police on Friday (July 21) seized almost two million methamphetamine pills from a house in Ayutthaya of a suspect wanted for the shooting of a man in Ang Thong province in February.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993739-almost-two-million-meth-pills-seized-from-a-house-in-ayutthaya/

 

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Duterte announces NPA rebels next target

 

 

The armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines, the New People’s Army (NPA), will be the government’s next target after government forces have crushed the IS-inspired Maute terrorists in Marawi City, President Rodrigo Duterte warned on Thursday (July 20).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993740-duterte-announces-npa-rebels-next-target/

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Philippine lawmakers voted to extend martial law in Mindanao to end of this year

 

 

Congress of the Philippnes on Saturday (July 22) voted to extend martial law in Mindanao until the end of 2017, Inquirer.net reported.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993741-philippine-lawmakers-voted-to-extend-martial-law-in-mindanao-to-end-of-this-year/

 

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Exports enjoys 11.7% sustained growth in June

 

 

Exports for June enjoyed sustained growth expanding by 11.7%, according to the Ministry of Commerce.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993742-exports-enjoys-117-sustained-growth-in-june/

 

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Share market prepares for aftershocks of Yingluck verdict

By The Nation

 

 

The Stock Exchange of Thailand is bracing for any possible impact from the verdict in the trial of former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, and has made an assurance that any effect on financial markets will be short-term.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993743-share-market-prepares-for-aftershocks-of-yingluck-verdict/

 

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Three Cambodian men arrested for selling weapons to Thais

By The Nation

 

 

Cambodian police have arrested three Cambodians for allegedly supplying war weapons that were smuggled into Thailand by six Thais.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993745-three-cambodian-men-arrested-for-selling-weapons-to-thais/

 

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Rayong noodle vendor found dead inside stall

By The Nation

 

A noodle vendor was found dead inside her stall at a Rayong market on Saturday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993746-rayong-noodle-vendor-found-dead-inside-stall/

 

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Thousands affected as tropical storm Talas lashes many northern provinces

By THE NATION

 

 

VARIOUS PROVINCES in northern Thailand yesterday continued to suffer from heavy downpours and floods from tropical storm Talas.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993747-thousands-affected-as-tropical-storm-talas-lashes-many-northern-provinces/

 

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Livestock official transferred after a donated buffalo went missing

 

 

A livestock official of Khao Kho district was, on Friday (July 21), ordered transferred to Phetchabun provincial livestock office pending an investigation into the disappearance of a buffalo under the Buffalo Bank programme.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993749-livestock-official-transferred-after-a-donated-buffalo-went-missing/

 

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Police on lookout for Phuket gold snatcher 

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

 

PHUKET: Police in Phuket are searching for the key suspect in yesterday's gold theft, identified as Pornsak Thongjit, 21, from Nakhon Sri Thammarat.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993750-police-on-lookout-for-phuket-gold-snatcher/

 

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Thieves fell Siamese rosewood trees at Maha Sarakham temple

By The Nation

 

 

Buddhist monks rang their temple bells early Saturday to rally villagers to help protect two Siamese rosewood trees in the temple’s compound in Maha Sarakham – but it was too late, as thieves had cut the both down.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993751-thieves-fell-siamese-rosewood-trees-at-maha-sarakham-temple/