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DSI officials to take lie detector tests in Tawatchai death case

By The Nation

 

 

The Department of Special Investigation has already required five of its officials and security guards to submit to lie detector tests in connection with the controversial death of a suspect in custody last year and passed the results to the court.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996505-dsi-officials-to-take-lie-detector-tests-in-tawatchai-death-case/

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A Spanish tourist has gone online to issue a dire warning to the Thais about messing up their country

 

Picture: TNews

 

In a eloquent plea to the people of Thailand he said that their country was paradise but in ten years it would all be gone - along with all the money from tourism.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996523-a-spanish-tourist-has-gone-online-to-issue-a-dire-warning-to-the-thais about-messing-up-their-country/

 

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Pattaya's iconic dolphin roundabout: Not necessary to ask the public what they want, says spokesman

 

Picture: Sophon Cable

 

PATTAYA: -- A spokesman for the Pattaya authority had some sharp words for protesters who want to save the resort's famous dolphin roundabout.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996524-pattayas-iconic-dolphin-roundabout-not-necessary-to-ask-the-public what-they-want-says-spokesman/

 

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Minivan driver dead but all passengers safe in Bang Na - Trat accident

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

PATTAYA/CHONBURI: -- A minivan driver was pronounced dead after he suffered what police said was a likely heart attack while driving from Bangkok to Bang Saen.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996525-minivan-driver-dead-but-all-passengers-safe-in-bang-na-trat-accident/

 

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NCPO urged to lift ban on politicians’ activities

By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- While the Pheu Thai Party accepted the junta’s decision not to lift the ban on political activities, although the organic law on political parties has already passed the National Legislative Assembly (NLA), politicians could have assisted flood victims if they were allowed to work.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996526-ncpo-urged-to-lift-ban-on-politicians’-activities/

 

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Pheu Thai slams junta for curbing freedom of expression

By The Nation

 

File photo

 

BANGKOK: -- Pheu Thai Party on Wednesday issued a statement calling for the ruling National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) to stop intimidating citizens, media and academics from exercising their freedom of expression.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996527-pheu-thai-slams-junta-for-curbing-freedom-of-expression/

 

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New voting rules ‘will reduce poll fraud’

By The Nation

 

Chief charter drafter Meechai Ruchupan

 

BANGKOK: -- The new voting system in which consistency candidates have totally different numbers will reduce poll fraud, chief charter drafter Meechai Ruchupan said on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996528-new-voting-rules-‘will-reduce-poll-fraud’/

 

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Thai Air Force to seek action against drone operator

By Jittraporn Senawong 
The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Air Force commander-in-chief on Wednesday said his office would seek legal action against the operator of a drone that flew in the vicinity of the Air Force airport, for violating the Confidential Information Act.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996529-thai-air-force-to-seek-action-against-drone-operator/

 

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Move to exempt Thais from immigration form

By MAYUREE SUKYINGCHAROENWONG, 
ANGSUMA SRIDOKKHAM 
THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Agency boosting staff and counters at Don Mueang airport in bid to alleviate huge crowds of arriving passengers.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996531-move-to-exempt-thais-from-immigration-form/

 

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New routes to revitalise Bangkok bus network begin test run next week

By THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- NEWLY PAINTED buses will go on trial on eight new routes in Greater Bangkok from next Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996532-new-routes-to-revitalise-bangkok-bus-network-begin-test-run-next-week/

 

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All-powerful agency being established to improve water management

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION

 

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha

 

BANGKOK: -- EXPERTS have backed the government’s plan to establish a single all-encompassing organisation to combine the efforts of different agencies and oversee the country’s water management policies.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996533-all-powerful-agency-being-established-to-improve-water-management/

 

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Soldier detained in Pattani after allegedly firing gun to threaten female students

By PAREZ LOHASAN 
THE NATION

 

 

PATTANI: -- POLICE HAVE detained a soldier for allegedly firing gunshots to threaten two female university students in Pattani province.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996464-pattani-soldier-held-after-students’-gunshots-claim/

 

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Chiang Mai student wins NJ Spelling Bee regional round

By THE NATION

 

Patcharapat Chaijaroen from Chiang Mai University Demonstration School, winner of the NJ Spelling Bee Northern regional round in Chiang Mai, poses with other contestants as well as event sponsors and organisers during closing ceremonies last Saturday

 

CHIANG MAI: -- MORE THAN 20,000 students have joined the NJ Spelling Bee competition this year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996534-chiang-mai-student-wins-nj-spelling-bee-regional-round/

 

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Japan police model cited

By THE NATION

 

File photo

 

Reform of Thai force is focus of seminar

BANGKOK: -- UNLIKE THEIR Thai counterparts, Japanese police have a good image. Japanese people find their country’s police force to be reliable and believe that they can count on the police if any problem arises, participants at a recent seminar in Bangkok were told.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996535-japan-police-model-cited-reform-of-thai-force-is-focus-of-seminar/

 

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Phuket's Rawai Mayor waiting on ‘express instructions’ from court for Eva Beach

The Phuket News

 

Rawai Mayor Aroon Solos. Photo: The Phuket News / file

 

PHUKET: -- Rawai Mayor Aroon Solos has told The Phuket News that he will not take any action against the Eva Beach condo project until he receives express instructions from the court.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996536-phukets-rawai-mayor-waiting-on-‘express-instructions’-from-court-for-eva-beach/

 

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Sea lice in Phuket no cause for alarm, says marine expert

Shela Riva

 

Marine-life experts say the sea lice in the waters around Phuket are no cause for alarm. Photo: DMCR

 

PHUKET: -- A local marine-life expert has addressed concerns about the risk of sea lice attacks at Phuket’s beaches after a news report of an Australian teen’s legs being bitten to the point of profuse bleeding went viral around the world on Monday (Aug 7).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996537-sea-lice-in-phuket-no-cause-for-alarm-says-marine-expert/

 

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4-hour hostage drama in Uttradit ends peacefully

By Thai PBS

 

 

UTTRADIT: -- A knife-wielding man who held the owner of a motorcycle dealer’s shop and three other employees hostage agreed to free his hostage unharmed after tough negotiations with a military negotiator.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996538-4-hour-hostage-drama-in-uttradit-ends-peacefully/

 

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PM makes political remarks to SEA Games athletes

By Thai PBS

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Wednesday (Aug 9) made some political remarks while speaking to a number of athletes who called on him at Government House before departing for Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for the 29th SEA Games.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996539-pm-prayut-makes-political-remarks-to-sea-games-athletes/

 

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North Korea calls Trump's warning a 'load of nonsense'

By Doina Chiacu, Idrees Ali and Christine Kim

 

Two U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers fly from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, for a 10-hour mission, with an escort of a pair of Japan Self-Defense Forces F-2 fighter jets in the vicinity of Kyushu, Japan August 8, 2017. U.S. Air Force/Handout via REUTERS

 

WASHINGTON/SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea is working on plans for a missile strike near the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam, calling President Donald Trump's warning of "fire and fury" a "load of nonsense" and that only "absolute force can work on him."

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996540-north-korea-calls-trumps-warning-a-load-of-nonsense/

 

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Car rams into soldiers in Paris suburb, suspect arrested after manhunt

By Richard Lough and Benoit Tessier

 

Police and rescue forces are seen on the scene where the man suspected of ramming a car into a group of soldiers on Wednesday in the Paris suburb of Levallois-Perret was shot and arrested on the A16 motorway, near Marquise, France, August 9, 2017. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol

 

PARIS (Reuters) - French police shot and arrested a man on Wednesday suspected of deliberately ramming his car into a group of soldiers in a Parisian suburb hours earlier, injuring six of them in what the government called a deliberate attack.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996451-french-police-seek-vehicle-after-soldiers-hit-and-injured-in-paris/?do=findComment&comment=12165717

 

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UK says EU offers restricted post-Brexit residency rights to Britons

 

FILE PHOTO: UK Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union David Davis gives a statement at the start of a first full round of talks on Britain's divorce terms from the European Union, in Brussels, Belgium July 17, 2017. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - The European Union has proposed that Britons living in the bloc after Brexit will only have the right to stay in the country where they are resident when Britain leaves, Brexit minister David Davis said in a letter on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996541-uk-says-eu-offers-restricted-post-brexit-residency-rights-to-britons/

 

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Netanyahu accuses Israeli left, media of trying to oust him

By Rami Amichay

 

Israeli Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) and his wife Sara react to his supporters during an event by his Likud Party in Tel Aviv, Israel August 9, 2017. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

 

TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused his leftist opponents and the country's media on Wednesday of trying to oust his government by pressuring investigators to indict him "at any cost".

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996542-netanyahu-accuses-israeli-left-media-of-trying-to-oust-him/

 

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North Korea will develop Guam strike plan by mid-August: KCNA

By Christine Kim and Soyoung Kim

 

North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un signs the order to carry out the test-fire of inter-continental ballistic rocket Hwasong-14 in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang, July, 4 2017. KCNA/via REUTERS

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea will develop a plan by mid-August to launch four intermediate range missiles at the U.S. territory of Guam before presenting it to leader Kim Jong Un who will make a decision on whether to proceed, the North's state media said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996543-north-korea-will-develop-guam-strike-plan-by-mid-august-kcna/

 

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FBI raided former Trump campaign manager's home in Russia probe

By Sarah N. Lynch and Patricia Zengerle

 

FILE PHOTO: Paul Manafort, campaign manager to Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump, escapes a mob of reporters asking about the Republican National Convention Committee on Rules in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. July 14, 2016. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A July FBI raid on the Virginia home of President Donald Trump's former campaign manager, confirmed on Wednesday, showed that a federal investigation of possible ties between Trump's campaign and Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election was intensifying.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996544-fbi-raided-former-trump-campaign-managers-home-in-russia-probe/

 

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Transgender military personnel sue Trump over service ban

By Daniel Trotta

 

FILE PHOTO: Newly inaugurated U.S. President Donald Trump (in red tie), first lady Melania (L), Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen (R) preside over a military parade during Trump's swearing ceremony in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - Five transgender members of the U.S. military including Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans sued President Donald Trump on Wednesday, challenging his ban on transgender people serving in the armed forces.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996545-transgender-military-personnel-sue-trump-over-service-ban/

 

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Tourism and Sports Ministry launches Thai Sustainable Tourism in Thai Way of Life campaign

 

BANGKOK, 10 August 2017 (NNT) – The cabinet has approved the Ministry of Tourism and Sports’ proposal to make 2018 a year of “Thai Sustainable Tourism in Thai Way of Life”. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996547-tourism-and-sports-ministry-launches-thai-sustainable-tourism-in-thai-way-of-life-campaign/

 

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Northeastern flooding expected to subside in one week: PM

 

 

 

BANGKOK, 10 August 2017 (NNT) – The flood situation in the northeastern region is expected to subside in a one-week time, said Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996548-northeastern-flooding-expected-to-subside-in-one-week-pm-prayut/

 

 

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Govt instructs Thai consular officers to provide best services

 

 

BANGKOK, 10 August 2017 (NNT) - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has arranged a seminar for Thai consulate officers from all over the world with the objective of developing their capacity to handle all aspects of their work.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/996550-govt-instructs-thai-consular-officers-to-provide-best-services/

 

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Clash of Clans celebrates with Thai edition

BY THE NATION

 

 

Finnish mobile game developer Supercell has joined hands with Tencent (Thailand) to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the popular Clash of Clans game and announce that it is now available in Thai language for the first time.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/clash-clans-celebrates-thai-edition/23492/

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Mass market hopes for battery-free cell phone technology

BY REUTERS

 

REUTERS/Mike Blake

 

SEATTLE (Reuters) – Researchers in the United States have unveiled a prototype of a battery-free mobile phone, using technology they hope will eventually come to be integrated into mass-market products.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/mass-market-hopes-battery-free-cell-phone-technology/23495/