THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Monday 14 Aug 2017

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Flood-torn Buriram & Maha Sarakham get temporary connecting bridge

 

 

BURIRAM, 14 August 2017 (NNT) - Various agencies of Buriram and Maha Sarakham have jointly opened a temporary bridge linking the two provinces that were recently separated by the waters of a heavy flood. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997065-flood-torn-buriram-maha-sarakham-get-temporary-connecting-bridge/

 

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Auditor-General rejects complaints about rice sales

By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- THE Office of Auditor-General has insisted that there have been no irregularities in recent sales of state-owned rice totalling 2.8 million tonnes as the government clears up its huge inventory resulting from the previous government’s rice-pledging scheme.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997067-auditor-general-rejects-complaints-about-rice-sales/

 

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US Thai groups to demand bodies’ retrieval

By The Nation

 

 

SEVERAL THAI associations in California will gather today to call for US authorities to speed up the recovery of the bodies of two Thai students and their rental car, according to a respresentative.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997068-us-thai-groups-to-demand-bodies’-retrieval/

 

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Victim speaks up as senior public health official accused of serial sexual harassment

By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- THE PUBLIC Health Ministry is investigating a senior official over an allegation that he sexually harassed a subordinate for years.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997072-victim-speaks-up-as-senior-public-health-official-accused-of-serial-sexual-harassment/

 

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Inquiry deepens in maj-general’s extortion probe

By Angsuma Sridokkham 
The Nation

 

 

Five soldiers among suspects in Chinese businessman’s case

 

BANGKOK: -- POLICE ARE preparing to probe the financial transactions of all suspects in the racket that allegedly extorted money from a Chinese businessman. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997073-inquiry-deepens-in-maj-general’s-extortion-probe/

 

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Mobility aids put smiles on faces

By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- THE MENTAL Health Department (MHD) says it is trying to make people with physical challenges happier by equipping them with mobility-assistance tools.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997074-mobility-aids-put-smiles-on-faces/

 

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Biodiversity Hero chosen to represent Thailand by Asean summit

By Pratch Rujivanarom 
The Nation 

 

Nonn Panitvong poses with the Asean Biodiversity Hero Award that was presented to him during the 50th Asean Summit in Manila. // Pratch Rujivanarom

 

THAILAND’S first Asean Biodiversity Hero has a passion for both nature and running an eco-friendly business as he works to increase understandings of nature and raise the public’s environmental awareness.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997075-biodiversity-hero-chosen-to-represent-thailand-by-asean-summit/

 

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China's loan terms rejected

By Wichit Chaitrong 
The Nation 

 

Minister of Transport Arkhom Termpittayapaisith in an exclusive interview with Thepchai Yong, group editor in chief of the Nation Multimedia Group.

 

High-speed railway project proceeds as Beijing demands high interest rate that thai transport ministry believes unfair
 

BANGKOK: -- FINANCING details of the Sino-Thai high speed train remain unresolved, although the two governments have agreed that the first phase of the new route will be the Bangkok to Nakhon Ratchasima route, said Minister of Transport Arkhom Termpittayapaisith in an exclusive interview with Thepchai Yong, group editor-in-chief of the Nation Multimedia Group. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997076-high-speed-railway-project-chinas-loan-terms-rejected/

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Hotel collapse victims remembered 24 years on

By Kasem Chanathinat 
The Nation

 

File photo : Royal Plaza Hotel , Nakhon Ratchasima

 

KORAT: -- Survivors of the Royal Plaza Hotel tragedy came together on Sunday to make merit to those who died during the collapse of the building 24 years ago.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997077-royal-plaza-hotel-collapse-victims-remembered-24-years-on/

 

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EDITORIAL

‘Influencer’ marketing needs legal and ethical tweaks

By The Nation

 

New advertising model is double-edged sword

 

How easy is it to become an “influencer” nowadays? If luck is on your side, it can be extremely easy. More money than one can ever dream of will pour in. Then tax authorities are very likely to follow, along with some ethical questions like whether it is all right to pose with a bottle of beer and upload it to Instagram, or whether it is perfectly justifiable to tax the poster.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997079-‘influencer’-marketing-needs-legal-and-ethical-tweaks/

 

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200 more immigration officials deployed at Don Mueang and Suvarnabhumi airports

By Thai PBS

 

 

BANGKOK: -- About 200 immigration officials from immigration offices throughout the country have been mobilized and deployed at the Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang airports to cope with increasing number of arrivals.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997080-200-more-immigration-officials-deployed-at-don-mueang-and-suvarnabhumi-airports/

 

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Ex-soldier confessed to kidnapping and killing his girlfriend

By Thai PBS

 

 

KORAT: -- An ex-soldier wanted by police for alleged abducting a factory worker gave himself up to a combined police and army force which laid siege to his hideout in Nong Boonmark district of Nakhon Ratchasima on Sunday (Aug 13).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997082-ex-soldier-confessed-to-kidnapping-and-killing-his-girlfriend/

 

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DSD enhances skills of tourism personnel to accommodate growing tourism industry

 

BANGKOK, 14 August 2017 (NNT) - Mr. Theeraphol Khunmuang, Director-General of the Department of Skill Development (DSD), has disclosed that Skill Development Institute along with the private sector and tourism operators had cooperated to train personnel for the tourism industry. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997083-dsd-enhances-skills-of-tourism-personnel-to-accommodate-growing-tourism-industry/

 

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Airports Department Director General opens project for constructing levees to prevent Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport from being flooded

 

BANGKOK, 14 August 2017 (NNT) - The Director General of Airports Department opened the levee construction project to prevent the Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport from being flooded, after risk assessments showed that Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport was highly prone to floods. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997084-airports-department-director-general-opens-project-for-constructing-levees-to-prevent-nakhon-si-thammarat-airport-from-being-flooded/

 

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Jet crash in Rayong leaves 2 injured

 

RAYONG, 14th August 2017 (NNT) - A jet plane has crashed during a test flight in Rayong, leaving two people injured. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997085-jet-crash-in-rayong-leaves-2-injured/

 

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PM pleased with world community’s admiration for educational opportunities in Thailand

 

 

BANGKOK, 14 August 2017 (NNT) – The Prime Minister is pleased with the world community’s admiration towards the educational opportunities in Thailand thanks to the graduation of a 91-year-old Thai woman. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997087-pm-prayut-pleased-with-world-community’s-admiration-for-educational-opportunities-in-thailand/

 

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GHB tests new hardware system

 

 

BANGKOK, 14 August 2017 (NNT) - The Government Housing Bank (GHB) is testing a new hardware system to increase the efficiency of its services. The system will be used with its braches in department stores for the first time on 14 August 2017. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997088-ghb-tests-new-hardware-system/

 

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Thai airlines roll out ‘pink’ carpet for women travellers

 

Photo: Thai Airways International

 

Thai airlines are offering special privileges for women travellers throughout the month of August

BANGKOK: -- A number of Thai airlines have rolled out the ‘pink’ carpet for women travellers throughout August 2017 in conjunction with the ongoing Women’s Journey Thailand Campaign. These include special privileges and benefits as well as airfare promotions from Thai Airways International, Thai Smile Airways, Bangkok Airways and NokScoot.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997089-thai-airlines-roll-out-‘pink’-carpet-for-women-travellers/

 

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After criticism, White House says Trump condemns KKK, neo-Nazis

By Ian Simpson

 

White supremacists clash with counter protesters at a rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S., August 12, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

 

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's remarks condemning violence at a white nationalist rally were meant to include the Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazi groups, the White House insisted on Sunday, a day after he was criticized across the political spectrum for not explicitly denouncing white supremacists.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997090-after-criticism-white-house-says-trump-condemns-kkk-neo-nazis/

 

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CIA chief: Not surprising if North Korea tests missile again

By Lindsay Dunsmuir

 

People participate in a Pyongyang city mass rally held at Kim Il Sung Square on August 9, 2017, to fully support the statement of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) government in this photo released on August 10, 2017 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang. KCNA/via REUTERS

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. intelligence official said on Sunday he would not be surprised if North Korea tested another missile, given that it had two tests in July, amid rising tensions between the United States and North Korea.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997091-cia-chief-not-surprising-if-north-korea-tests-missile-again/

 

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Lebanon's Hezbollah says U.S. can't hurt it, dismisses sanctions

 

Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speaks via a screen during a rally marking the 11th anniversary of the end of Hezbollah's 2006 war with Israel, in the southern village of Khiam, Lebanon August 13, 2017. REUTERS/Aziz Taher

 

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah on Sunday dismissed the prospect of tougher U.S. sanctions against his group, which is backed by Iran, and said the U.S. administration had no way to harm it.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997092-lebanons-hezbollah-says-us-cant-hurt-it-dismisses-sanctions/

 

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Death toll in Nepal floods, landslides rises to 49

 

A woman carrying her child looks toward the flood affected area in Janakpur, Nepal August 13, 2017. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

 

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Torrential rain battered Nepal on Sunday, causing widespread flooding and landslides and raising the death toll from three days of severe weather to 49 people, according to officials.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997093-death-toll-in-nepal-floods-landslides-rises-to-49/

 

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President Trump's reelection campaign releases television ad

By Ginger Gibson

 

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks before signing the Veterans Affairs Choice and Quality Employment Act at Trump's golf estate in Bedminster, New Jersey, U.S. August 12, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's reelection campaign released its first television advertisement on Sunday, a 30-second spot that attacks Democrats and touts the accomplishments of his first seven months in office.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997094-president-trumps-reelection-campaign-releases-television-ad/

 

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Merkel's rival insists he can win German election, attacks Trump

By Gernot Heller

 

Germany's Social Democratic Party candidate for chancellor Martin Schulz at the end of a news conference at Chigi Palace in Rome, Italy, July 27, 2017. REUTERS/Max Rossi

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel's main challenger, Martin Schulz, labelled U.S. President Donald Trump "irresponsible" on Sunday and insisted he could still win Germany's Sept. 24 election despite languishing in polls.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997095-merkels-rival-insists-he-can-win-german-election-attacks-trump/

 

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French man, 72, found dead from alleged suicide in Rawai

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Rescue workers transported the man's body to Vachira Hospital. Photo: Sayan Thammaphan

 

PHUKET: -- Police are investigating the alleged suicide of a 72-year-old French man at a house in Rawai yesterday (Aug 12). Chalong Police were notified of the death at 7pm.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997096-french-man-72-found-dead-from-alleged-suicide-in-rawai/

 

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Google gives Thai start-ups a golden opportunity

BY THE NATION 

 

 

GOOGLE GIVES THAI START-UPS A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN HOW TO GROW THEIR FORTUNES

By JINTANA PANYAARVUDH

 

JOINING A START-UP bootcamp initiative organised by Google in Silicon Valley last month has been an eye-opener for the two participating Thai start-ups, their founders say.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/google-gives-thai-start-ups-golden-opportunity/23560/

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As Thailand's corporate cash pile swells, investors grow restless

Chayut Setboonsarng

 

Labourers work at a Thailand's PTT Chemical Pcl complex at the Map Ta Phut industrial estate in the eastern province of Rayong September 15, 2011.Sukree Sukplang

 

BANGKOK, August 14 (Reuters) - Thai companies have accumulated a record $34 billion in cash, prompting some investors to demand companies from oil producers to food suppliers consider deals to put the money to work - or hand it back to shareholders.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997110-as-thailands-corporate-cash-pile-swells-investors-grow-restless/

 

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Australian deputy PM says he may not be eligible for parliament

By Colin Packham

 

Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (2nd R) reacts with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi (L) as Barnaby Joyce, Australia's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, laughs during an official signing ceremony at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, March 24, 2017. REUTERS/David Gray

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce said on Monday he may not be eligible for parliament after being told he may be a dual citizen of Australia and New Zealand, potentially posing a threat to the conservative government's hold on power.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997112-australian-deputy-pm-says-he-may-not-be-eligible-for-parliament/

 

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North Korea still needs time to perfect re-entry technology - South Korea vice defence minister

 

Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Hwasong-14 is pictured during its second test-fire in this undated picture provided by KCNA in Pyongyang on July 29, 2017. KCNA via Reuters

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea still does not appear to have mastered missile re-entry technology and will take at least one or two more years to do so, although its ability to miniaturise a nuclear warhead is advancing quickly, South Korea's vice defence minister said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997113-north-korea-still-needs-time-to-perfect-re-entry-technology-south-korea-vice-defence-minister/

 

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Drunk man ‘rescued’ from ‘lap’ of King Rama I statue

By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- A drunk man was spotted sitting on the “lap” of King Rama I’s statute at Memorial Bridge in Bangkok’s Phra Nakhon district early Monday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997114-drunk-man-‘rescued’-from-‘lap’-of-king-rama-i-statue-at-memorial-bridge-in-bangkok/