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U.S. can talk to North Korea if it stops missile tests: Tillerson

By Christian Shepherd and David Brunnstrom

 

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U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson answers questions during a news conference in Manila, Philippines August 7, 2017. REUTERS/Karen Lema

     

    MANILA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson held a door open for dialogue with North Korea on Monday, saying Washington was willing to talk to Pyongyang if it halted a series of recent missile test launches.

     

    Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996226-us-can-talk-to-north-korea-if-it-stops-missile-tests-tillerson/

     

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    China says willing to pay the price for new North Korea sanctions

    By Ben Blanchard

     

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    China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) shakes hands with North Korea's Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho before their bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the 50th Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum (ARF) in Manila, Philippines August 6, 2017. REUTERS/Pool

     

    BEIJING (Reuters) - China will pay the biggest price from the new United Nations sanctions against North Korea because of its close economic relationship with the country, but will always enforce the resolutions, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said.

     

    Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996229-china-says-willing-to-pay-the-price-for-new-north-korea-sanctions/

     

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    Khon performance to be featured in royal cremation ceremony

     

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    BANGKOK, 8 August 2017 (NNT) – The SUPPORT Foundation is preparing to arrange a traditional Khon mask dance during the royal cremation ceremony of His Majesty the late King Rama IX at Sanam Luang. 

     

    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=12160068

     

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    Japan defence review warns of enhanced North Korea threats

    By Kiyoshi Takenaka

     

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    FILE PHOTO:Members of Japan's Self-Defence Forces' infantry unit march during the annual SDF ceremony at Asaka Base, Japan, October 23, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo

     

    TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan warned on Tuesday against the acute threat posed by North Korea's weapons programmes as Pyongyang's continued series of missile and nuclear tests, in defiance of U.N. sanctions, brings technological progress to the reclusive state.

     

    Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996240-japan-defence-review-warns-of-enhanced-north-korea-threats/

     

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    Outing Turns Terrifying For Family Trapped At Phatthalung Waterfall

    By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

     

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    Emergency officials and resident men rescue a stranded family from the Na Bon River.

     

    PHATTHALUNG — Nine tourists had to be rescued Monday after they became trapped by flash flooding on a rock at a popular waterfall spot in the south.

     

    Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996246-outing-turns-terrifying-for-family-trapped-at-phatthalung-waterfall/

     

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    Labour Ministry inundated with employers and illegal workers 

    By Kunlaphun Siripimamporn 
    The Nation

     

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    BANGKOK: -- Hundreds of employers and their illegal migrant workers descended on the Labour Ministry on Tuesday morning in response to measures to alleviate the impact of new and stricter foreign labour law. 

     

    Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996249-labour-ministry-inundated-with-employers-and-illegal-workers/

     

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    Tillerson in Thailand as U.S. ties improve

    By Amy Sawitta Lefevre

     

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    U.S. State Secretary Rex Tillerson arrives at the ASEAN-U.S. Ministerial meeting of the 50th Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum (ARF) in Manila, Philippines August 6, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro

     

    BANGKOK (Reuters) - Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived in Thailandon Tuesday in the highest level visit by a U.S. official since a military coup in 2014 soured relations with the United States and brought the ruling junta closer to China.

     

    Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996251-tillerson-in thailand as-us-ties-improve/

     

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    Phuket Police yet to close case in Canadian Muay Thai boxer’s death

    Shela Riva

     

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    Muay Thai fighter Mathew Richardson was well-known and much respected in Phuket. Photo: Mathew Richardson / Facebook

     

    PHUKET: -- Police have confirmed they have yet to conclude their investigation into the death of 27-year-old Canadian Muay Thai fighter Matthew Richardson, whose body was found in his rented house in Patong last month.

     

    Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996256-phuket-police-yet-to-close-case-in-canadian-muay-thai-boxer’s-death/

     

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    Phuket readies to commemorate Queen Sirikit’s Birthday, Mother’s Day

    The Phuket News

     

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    PHUKET: -- Many Thais will have a three-day weekend as the nation celebrates Queen Sirikit’s 85th birthday on August 12 this Saturday, which is also celebrated throughout the nation as Mother’s Day.

     

    Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996259-phuket-readies-to-commemorate-queen-sirikit’s-birthday-mother’s-day/

     

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    Farang Fiancé: Course teaches Thai women married to foreigners what to expect abroad

    By Coconuts Bangkok 

     

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    BANGKOK: -- Stories of culture shock are rife in Thailand. Foreigners arriving in the country, as well as Thais going to live abroad, report endless surprises and uncertainties about how to act and what to expect.

     

    Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996270-farang-fiancé-course-teaches-thai-women-married-to-foreigners-what-to-expect-abroad/

     

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    China’s first female astronaut, Liu Yang, 39, will visit Thailand as guest of the Ministry of Science and Technology

    By Thai PBS

     

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    BANGKOK: -- Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA) executive director Anond Snidvongs said Liu Yang’s visit to Thailand will be her first country after completing her 13-day space mission in orbiting space laboratory module Tiangong 1 in June 2012.

     

    Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996272-china’s-first-female-astronaut-liu-yang-39-will-visit-thailand-as-guest-of-the-ministry-of-science-and-technology/

     

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    Police team lauded for turning down Bt100,000 reward 

    By The Nation

     

    SAMUT SONGKRAM: -- A team of police officers from a station in Samut Songkram province were honoured on Tuesday for solving a fraud case in which two elderly people were victims - but the officers refused to accept a Bt100,000 reward.

     

    Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996273-police-team-lauded-for-turning-down-bt100000-reward /

     

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    Get ready for LINE Mobile

    BY THE NATION

     

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    LINE Mobile, a business collaboration between LINE Thailand and DTN, is aimed at digital millennials, solving the pain points of traditional telecom service, including queuing at shops to sign up or pay their bills, figuring out complicated price plans, running out of Internet time when watching their favourite shows, and bill shock from roaming fees.

     

    Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/get-ready-line-mobile/23461/

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    Authorities unable to confirm ‘Ko Tee’ is dead

    By The Nation

     

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    File photo: Fugitive red-shirt leader Wutthipong Kachathamakul

     

    General Thawip Netniyom, secretary-general of the National Security Council, says he cannot confirm speculation fugitive red-shirt leader Wutthipong Kachathamakul is dead, after previous reports he had been abducted.

     

    Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995058-military-stays-mum-on-rumour-that-‘ko-tee’-abducted-and-killed/?do=findComment&comment=12160748

     

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    Don defends US efforts to reach missing students’ car

    By The Nation

     

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    BANGKOK: -- Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai on Tuesday said authorities in the United States had tried their best to retrieve the car rented by two missing Thai students that plunged into a California ravine late last month.

     

    Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996129-weather-delays-search-for-thais-students-missing-in-the-us/?do=findComment&comment=12160781

     

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    Airport authority announces plan to keep weekend immigration hell from being repeated

    By Coconuts Bangkok 

     

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    BANGKOK: -- After a much-publicized immigration debacle at Don Mueang International Airport that saw tourists waiting four hours on Friday night, Thai airport officials are speaking out about the issue and how they plan to resolve it.

     

    Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996280-airport-authority-announces-plan-to-keep-weekend-immigration-hell-from-being-repeated/

     

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