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Thailand seizes $21 million in assets from dead founder of dark net marketplace AlphaBay

BY REUTERS

 

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai police have seized nearly $21 million worth of assets, from cars to cryptocurrency, belonging to the late founder of dark web marketplace AlphaBay, who died in a Bangkok jail this month, they said on Monday.

 

Full Story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/thailand-seizes-21-million-assets-dead-founder-dark-net-marketplace-alphabay/23146/

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Another corpse found on a Samui beach

 

 

A second corpse in a month has been found on a Koh Samui beach.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994003-another-corpse-found-on-a-samui-beach/

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Another sickening attack as boy nearly dies in Ayutthaya after fifth attack by same dog

 

Picture: Sanook

 

AYUTTHAYA: -- Thai media reported yet another sickening dog attack in Ayutthaya.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994024-another-sickening-attack-as-boy-nearly-dies-in-ayutthaya-after-fifth attack-by-same-dog/

 

 

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OPINION

A ‘social contract’ we’re forced to sign

By The Nation

 

In pushing for reconciliation, the junta distorts an esteemed democratic fundamental 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994025-a-‘social-contract’-we’re-forced-to-sign/

 

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Groups call for stronger law on environment

By Chularat Saengpassa 
The Nation

 

 

CONCERN OVER PUBLIC HEARINGS AFTER BIOMASS PLANT OPPONENTS SHUT OUT
 

BANGKOK: -- THE PEOPLE’S Network for Sustainable Development has demanded a better law on environmental quality after identifying several perceived flaws in a crucial environment bill. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994026-groups-call-for-stronger-law-on-environment/

 

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Ministry aims to legalise 2m migrant workers

By THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- A TOTAL of 101 temporary centres began a 15-day project to register foreign migrant workers across Thailand yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994027-thai-ministry-aims-to-legalise-2m-migrant-workers/

 

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PM warns against mobilising Yingluck's supporters

By The Nation 

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday warned supporters against mobilising for ex-premier Yingluck Shinawatra when the Supreme Court delivers its verdict late next month.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994028-pm-warns-against-mobilising-yinglucks-supporters/

 

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Govt to seize 12 of Yingluck’s bank accounts

By THE NATION

 

Yingluck Shinawatra

 

First civil liability action taken over rice-pledging row

BANGKOK: -- TWELVE of Yingluck Shinawatra’s bank accounts will be seized by the Department of Legal Execution in the first civil liability action against the ex-premier whose rice-pledging scheme has been alleged to have caused huge financial damages to the country.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993996-legal-execution-dept-gets-yingluck’s-12-bank-accounts/?do=findComment&comment=12116481

 

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Ex-PAD leaders released on bail

By The Nation

 

Chamlong Srimuang

 

BANGKOK: -- SIX FORMER leaders of the now-defunct People’s Alliance for Democracy were temporarily released on bail after the Appeals Court ruled on Monday to uphold the Court of First Instance’s sentences on charges of invading Government House in 2008 during protests against the government.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994029-ex-pad-leaders-released-on-bail/

 

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HM the King invited to China for state visit

By WASAMON AUDJARINT 
THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- CHINA has officially invited His Majesty the King Maha Vajiralongkorn for a state visit, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said yesterday during his official visit to Thailand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994030-hm-the-king-invited-to-china-for-state-visit/

 

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Private firm plans to build rail workshop

By WICHIT CHAITRONG 
THE NATION

 

Sekbud Buaduang, board director of the Siam Railway Development Co.

 

BANGKOK: -- A THAI investor plans to build a train repair and refurbishment centre in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) to take advantage of the government’s decision to extend the railway system.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994031-private-firm-plans-to-build-rail-workshop/

https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994031-private-firm-plans-to-build-rail-workshop/

 

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THAI eyes high-margin ground services

By KWANCHAI RUNGFAPAISARN 
THE NATION

 

Usanee gives an interview to Nation TV and The Nation last week.

 

BANGKOK: -- THAI Airways International (THAI) plans to ramp up the contribution to revenue of a range of on-ground business activities under a five-year plan to offset the low margins earned on passenger ticket sales.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994032-thai-eyes-high-margin-ground-services/

 

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Maiden flight

By Watcharapong Jingkhaojai 
The Nation

 

 

A tourist takes a picture of his friend while she uses a zipline across the Ban Phae Kwang “grand canyon” in Chiang Mai’s Hang Dong district on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994033-maiden-flight-across-ban-phae-kwang-“grand-canyon”-in-chiang-mai/

 

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Tragedy averted after Phuket woman threatens to end her life

Phuket Gazette 

 

Several people commented on the post to try to dissuade her and others shared it in hopes of locating her family members and warning them before she made good on her threat. Image: Facebook

 

PHUKET: -- A Phuket woman is reportedly safe after widespread alarm was raised over a video clip she shared on Facebook last week announcing her intention to end her life. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994035-tragedy-averted-after-phuket-woman-threatens-to-end-her-life/

 

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Air Asia plane’s tyre burst at U-Tapao airport

By Thai PBS

 

 

U-Tapao airport in Chon Buri was closed for about three hours on Monday after an Air Asia flight from Chiang Mai burst a tyre as it touched down at the airport.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994036-air-asia-plane’s-tyre-burst-at-u-tapao-airport/

 

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Cabbie and security guards charm Briton by returning his missing wallet with cash

By Thai PBS

 

 

BANGKOK: -- A Good Samaritan taxi driver found a passenger’s wallet left in his car and drove all the way back to the Suvarnabhumi international airport to hand over the wallet to a security guard who managed to return it to the owner just 5 minutes before his plane took off.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994037-cabbie-and-security-guards-charm-briton-by-returning-his-missing-wallet-with-cash/

 

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Insurgents attack army base in Pattani after stealing vehicle, killing its owner

By Thai PBS

 

 

Pattani — A group of southern insurgents launched an attack on the operation base of an infantry company of Pattai Task Force 24 in Nong Chik district late on Sunday night after stealing a vehicle and killing its owner, police reported.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994038-insurgents-attack-army-base-in-pattani-after-stealing-vehicle-killing-its-owner/

 

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UPDATE:

 

Thailand freezes former PM Yingluck's bank accounts in rice subsidy case

 

FILE PHOTO: Ousted former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra greets supporters as she arrives at the Supreme Court in Bangkok, Thailand, July 21, 2017. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's justice ministry froze some of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's bank accounts, the ministry and her legal team said on Monday, in relation to a $1 billion fine imposed by the ruling junta over her administration's rice-subsidy programme.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993996-legal-execution-dept-gets-yingluck’s-12-bank-accounts/

 

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Thai transgender boxer winning the fight for acceptance

By Athit Perawongmetha

 

Muay Thai boxer Nong Rose Baan Charoensuk (R), 21, who is transgender, kicks Priewpak Sorjor Wichit-Padrew during a boxing match at the Rajadamnern Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, July 13, 2017. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Clad in a pink tank top and shorts, her face made up with rouge and red lipstick, transgender Muay Thai fighter Nong Rose Baan Charoensuk is a formidable opponent.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994039-thai-transgender-boxer-winning-the-fight-for-acceptance/

 

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Thailand approves 'reconciliation social contract', but some sceptical

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A reform panel headed by Thai junta chief Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha on Monday approved a "reconciliation social contract", part of a plan aimed at healing years of political division, but critics of the military were not impressed.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994040-thailand approves-reconciliation-social-contract-but-some-sceptical/

 

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Israel to replace metal detectors in Jerusalem with less obtrusive surveillance

 

Israeli security forces remove metal detectors which were recently installed at an entrance to the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City July 25, 2017. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

 

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel on Tuesday decided to remove metal detectors it had placed at the entrance to a holy site in Jerusalem's Old City with other, less obtrusive surveillance means, a cabinet statement said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994041-israel-to-replace-metal-detectors-in-jerusalem-with-less-obtrusive-surveillance/

 

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Trump pleads with U.S. Republicans to roll back Obamacare

By Ayesha Rascoe and Amanda Becker

 

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to departing White House interns after posing for a photograph with them in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., July 24, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump made a last-ditch plea to U.S. Senate Republicans on Monday to "do the right thing" and fulfill seven years of campaign promises to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994042-trump-pleads-with-us-republicans-to-roll-back-obamacare/

 

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Trump son-in-law details contacts with Russians, denies collusion

By Jeff Mason and Patricia Zengerle

 

After speaking to lawmakers on Captiol Hill about his contacts with Russia, President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner makes a statement from the White House saying, "All of my actions were proper.". 

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law and a senior White House adviser, told Senate investigators on Monday he had met with Russian officials four times last year but said he did not collude with Moscow to influence the 2016 U.S. election.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994043-trump-son-in-law-details-contacts-with-russians-denies-collusion/

 

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Britain seeking certainty with U.S. as it Brexits - UK's Fox

 

Britain's International Trade Secretary Liam Fox speaks during an interview with Reuters at the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva, Switzerland, July 20, 2017. REUTERS/Pierre Albouy

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Britain wants to ensure business relations with the United States are not disrupted and will seek negotiations on an "ambitious" trade agreement with the United States, UK trade secretary, Liam Fox, told Trump administration officials at the launch of discussions on Monday on post-Brexit planning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994044-britain-seeking-certainty-with-us-as-it-brexits-uks-fox/

 

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Polish president halts justice reforms after days of protests

By Agnieszka Barteczko and Pawel Florkiewicz

 

Poland's President Andrzej Duda speaks during his media announcement about Supreme Court legislation at Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland, July 24, 2017. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

 

WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish President Andrzej Duda unexpectedly announced on Monday he would veto two of three judicial reform bills passed by parliament that have triggered nationwide protests and raised EU and U.S. concerns about a politicisation of the courts.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994045-polish-president-halts-justice-reforms-after-days-of-protests/

 

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Chinese jets intercept U.S. surveillance plane - U.S. officials

By Idrees Ali

 

FILE PHOTO: A U.S. Navy EP-3E Aries signals reconnaissance aircraft, escorted by an EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft, performs a flyby over aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman in the Arabian Gulf April 24, 2016. U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Bobby J Siens/Handout/File Photo via REUTERS

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two Chinese fighter jets intercepted a U.S. Navy surveillance plane over the East China Sea at the weekend, with one jet coming within about 300 feet (91 meters) of the American aircraft, U.S. officials said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994046-chinese-jets-intercept-us-surveillance-plane-us-officials/

 

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UK government to discuss Brexit implementation period later this year - minister

 

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Secretary of State for Business, Greg Clark, arrives in Downing Street for a cabinet meeting, in central London, Britain July 18, 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo

 

BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) - Britain's business minister said the government will discuss later this year how a transitional period after Brexit might work, a key demand for businesses worried about a cliff-edge exit at the end of two-year talks in March 2019.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994047-uk-government-to-discuss-brexit-implementation-period-later-this-year-minister/

 

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Tusks? What tusks? Vietnamese men arrested at Suvarnabhumi airport

 

Picture: Daily News

 

BANGKOK: -- Two Vietnamese men were arrested at Suvarnabhumi airport yesterday with 74.8 kilos of elephant tusks in two bags.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994051-tusks-what-tusks-vietnamese-men-arrested-at-suvarnabhumi-airport/

 

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Raid at Pattaya department store nets pirated goods - but all sellers manage to escape

 

video screenshot

 

PATTAYA: -- A raid at a dozen shops at a Pattaya beach department store yielded hundreds of fake brand name goods.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994052-raid-at-pattaya-department-store-nets-pirated-goods-but-all-sellers manage-to-escape/

 

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Pattaya: The sea is black and the beach filthy with rubbish

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

PATTAYA: -- Just when some people were thinking that the image of Pattaya as a beach holiday could not get any worse, influential Thai media Thai Rath came to town.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/994053-pattaya-the-sea-is-black-and-the-beach-filthy-with-rubbish/