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Man dead, two injured following police-chase car crash

By The Nation

 

UBON RATCHATHANI: -- A man was killed and his two friends injured when the car they were travelling in crashed into a bridge in Ubon Ratchathani province following a 100-kilometre police chase early Monday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997115-man-dead-two-injured-following-police-chase-car-crash/

 

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Harpoon missiles to be equipped on high-performance frigate

By Thai PBS

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Harpoon anti-ship missiles to be procured from the US will be equipped on the high-performance frigate HTMS Tachin now under construction in South Korea, the Royal Thai Navy’s spokesman’s office said in a statement.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997116-harpoon-missiles-to-be-equipped-on-high-performance-frigate/

 

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Gunmen kill at least 17 in attack on Burkina Faso restaurant

By Thiam Ndiaga

 

An armoured vehicle opens fire in the direction of a restaurant following an attack by gunmen on the restaurant in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, in this still frame taken from video August 13, 2017. REUTERS/Reuters TV

 

OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Suspected jihadists killed at least 17 people and wounded eight during a raid on a restaurant in Burkina Faso's capital on Sunday, the communications' minister said, as security forces at the scene tried to end the attack.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997117-gunmen-kill-at-least-17-in-attack-on-burkina-faso-restaurant/

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Canadian pastor sees his release from N. Korea as goodwill gesture

By Hyungwon Kang

 

Pastor Hyeon Soo Lim, who returned to Canada from North Korea after the DPRK released Lim on August 9, after being held for 31 months, arrives at the Light Presbyterian Church in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, August 13, 2017. REUTERS/Mark Blinch

 

TORONTO (Reuters) - A 62-year-old Canadian pastor held in a North Korean prison for more than 2 1/2 years said he suspected his life sentence was commuted last week to help reduce pressure on Pyongyang.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997118-canadian-pastor-sees-his-release-from-n-korea-as-goodwill-gesture/

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Hackers release more HBO episode shows: report

BY REUTERS 

 

Cast member Larry David attends a panel for the television series "Curb Your Enthusiasm" during the TCA HBO Summer Press Tour in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., July 26, 2017. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

 

(Reuters) – Hackers have released more unaired episodes of popular HBO shows but the latest leak did not include anything on the hit series “Game of Thrones,” the Associated Press reported on Sunday.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/hackers-release-hbo-episode-shows-report/23566/

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Immigration Bureau beefs up numbers at major airports to remedy delays

 

BANGKOK, 14 August 2017 (NNT) – The Immigration Bureau has stepped up its numbers at Don Muang and Suvarnabhumi Airports to better accommodate the high volume of travelers during long holidays. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997080-200-more-immigration-officials-deployed-at-don-mueang-and-suvarnabhumi-airports/?do=findComment&comment=12177643

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King donates Bt100 million for hospital building’s construction

By The Nation

 

Courtesy of the Royal Household Bureau

 

HM King Maha Vajiralongkorn has graciously given Bt100 million to Siriraj Hospital for the construction of a new building. 

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997120-king-donates-bt100-million-for-hospital-building’s-construction/

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Peaceful solution to Venezuela crisis is possible - U.S. VP Pence

 

Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos greets U.S. Vice President Mike Pence after his arrival in Cartagena, Colombia August 13, 2017. Colombian Presidency/Handout via REUTERS

 

(Reuters) - A peaceful solution to unrest and political turmoil in Venezuela is possible, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said on Sunday, after President Donald Trump threatened military action and sparked condemnation around the region.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997125-peaceful-solution-to-venezuela-crisis-is-possible-us-vp-pence/

 

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Drunk Man Watches Sunrise From Atop Rama I Statue

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter

 

  

BANGKOK — A man chose to climb atop a monument to King Rama I just before dawn Monday morning where he spent several hours before agreeing to come down.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997114-drunk-man-‘rescued’-from-‘lap’-of-king-rama-i-statue-at-memorial-bridge-in-bangkok/?do=findComment&comment=12177747

 

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iPhone 8 users will be able to mute notifications just by looking at the phone, new leak reveals

BY JONATHAN FAIRFIELD 

 

Image: Martin Hajek. iPhone 8 render

 

Thanks to facial recognition technology, iPhone 8 users will be able to mute notifications simply by glancing at the device, a new leak has revealed.

 

Full story:  http://tech.thaivisa.com/iphone-8-users-will-able-mute-notifications-just-looking-phone-new-leak-reveals/23570/

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Bus rams at rear of trailer killing one, injuring 14 others in Pak Chong 

By Thai PBS

 

 

KORAT: -- One passenger was killed and over a dozen others were injured when an interprovincial bus rammed at the rear of a parawood truck on the Friendship Highway known as Mittraphap in Pak Chong district of Nakhon Ratchasima province before dawn Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997127-bus-rams-at-rear-of-trailer-killing-one-injuring-14-others-in-pak-chong/

 

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Greater Bangkok buses get English characters

By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- English characters will appear in Greater Bangkok’s bus-numbering system on select routes in a one-month trial. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997130-greater-bangkok-buses-get-english-characters/

 

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Driver drowns as flash flood sweeps pickup off Krabi road

By The Nation

 

KRABI: -- A Krabi motorist drowned on Monday morning after turbulent floodwaters swept her pickup truck off a road in Khao Phanom district.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997131-driver-drowns-as-flash-flood-sweeps-pickup-off-krabi-road/

 

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Elephant Devours Durian In Daring Dawn Raid (Video)

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

  

PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN — An elephant with an appetite for durian raided a storeroom Sunday in the west of Thailand, eating about 40 of the fruit and causing 70,000 baht in damage.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997133-elephant-devours-durian-in-daring-dawn-raid-video/

 

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Alien marine species driving indigenous species ‘towards extinction’

By The Nation

 

KHON KAEN: -- The fisheries chief of Khon Kaen province has urged people not to release alien marine species into public waterways. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997135-alien-marine-species-driving-indigenous-species-‘towards-extinction’/

 

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GoDaddy boots white supremacist web site after offensive post

BY REUTERS

 

REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

 

(Reuters) – The web hosting company GoDaddy said on Sunday it had given The Daily Stormer 24 hours to move its domain to another provider after the extremist web site posted an article denigrating the woman who was killed at a white nationalist rally in Virginia.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/godaddy-boots-white-supremacist-web-site-offensive-post/23572/

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Electrical fire spreads to power cable and trees on Ratchayothin Road

 

Photo from Jor Sor 100 Facebook page

 

BANGKOK: -- A communication cable along Ratchayothin Road in front of Major Cineplex Ratchayothin caught fire on Monday morning and spread to a power cable and nearby trees.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997137-electrical-fire-spreads-to-power-cable-and-trees-on-ratchayothin-road/

 

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Cambodian migrant worker killed in Pathum Thani in row over motorcycle

By The Nation

 

PATHUM THANI: -- A quarrel among Cambodians working at a chicken processing plant in Pathum Thani left one man stabbed to death and two others injured early Monday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997140-cambodian-migrant-worker-killed-in-pathum-thani-in-row-over-motorcycle/

 

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Find these brazen bikini blaggers - Krabi police hunt foreign women thieves

 

Picture: Daily News

 

CCTV in Ao Nang, Krabi showed a team of foreign women casually stealing swimwear from a shop in the tourist zone.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997141-find-these-brazen-bikini-blaggers-krabi-police-hunt-foreign-women-thieves/

 

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MP drawing lots proposal flawed, says EC’s Somchai

By The Nation

 

Election Commissioner Somchai Stisuthiyakorn

 

BANGKOK: -- A plan to have the number for MP candidates in each constituency determined by drawing lots may not efficiently prevent vote buying, Election Commissioner Somchai Stisuthiyakorn said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997143-mp-drawing-lots-proposal-flawed-says-ec’s-somchai/

 

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Air-con technician interviewed by police after fire at top Pattaya Go-Go bar

 

Picture: TNews

 

PATTAYA: -- Police are interviewing an air-conditioning technician after fire broke out at The Iron Club in Walking Street, Pattaya, yesterday afternoon.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997145-air-con-technician-interviewed-by-police-after-fire-at-top-pattaya-go-go-bar/

 

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One year on - Italian bomb victim feted on return to Hua Hin

 

Picture: Daily News

 

HUA HIN: -- The local tourism authority and other organizations pulled out all the stops in inviting and welcoming an Italian tourist wounded in last year's bombs at the resort.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997148-one-year-on-italian-bomb-victim-feted-on-return-to-hua-hin/

 

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Boy, 7, resuscitated back to life at Phuket beach

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Phuket lifeguards performed CPR on the child until he regained his pulse and breathing. Photo: Phuket Lifeguard Service

 

PHUKET: -- Lifeguards have called for parents keep a close eye on children swimming at Phuket beaches over the Mother’s Day long weekend after a 7-year-old boy was rescued from a lagoon at the southern end of Nai Harn Beach yesterday (Aug 13).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997151-boy-7-resuscitated-back-to-life-at-phuket-beach/

 

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Belgium couple say they were robbed by “Thai police”

 

Foto Sander Bral

 

BANGKOK: -- A couple from Belgium have claimed they were robbed by “police” while staying in Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997152-belgium-couple-say-they-were-robbed-by-“thai-police”/

 

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Russian man re-arrested after suspected super glue attack on doors at Jomtien condo

 

Picture: Siamchon News

 

PATTAYA: -- Police in Pattaya took a 55 year old Russian man into custody in the early hours of Monday morning on charges of criminal damage.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997154-russian-man-re-arrested-after-suspected-super-glue-attack-on-doors-at jomtien-condo/

 

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Cold Case: Family Gets Answers As Soldier Accused Of Deadly Abduction

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

 

A graduation photo Ploynarin Pleepol kept at her family home.

 

SARABURI — A 29-year-old soldier was under military detention Monday on suspicion of kidnapping a woman and murdering her three years ago.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997157-cold-case-family-gets-answers-as-soldier-accused-of-deadly-abduction/

 

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Pattaya hospital director says it's all a "misunderstanding" after old terminally ill cancer patient pictured in blood on the floor

 

Picture: Daily News

 

PATTAYA: -- The director of Bang Lamung hospital in Pattaya has said a picture and comments alleging an attack by hospital staff on an aging cancer patient at his hospital was a misunderstanding.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997158-pattaya-hospital-director-says-its-all-a-misunderstanding-after-old terminally-ill-cancer-patient-pictured-in-blood-on-the-floor/

 

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Korea tensions ease slightly as U.S. officials play down war risks

By Christine Kim and Ben Blanchard

 

U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford talks with South Korean Defence Minister Song Young-moo during their meeting at the Defence Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, August 14, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

 

SEOUL/BEIJING (Reuters) - Tensions on the Korean peninsula eased slightly on Monday as South Korea's president said resolving Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions must be done peacefully and key U.S. officials played down the risk of an imminent war with North Korea.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997160-korea-tensions-ease-slightly-as-us-officials-play-down-war-risks/

 

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Tourist exposing himself on "Erect Willy" apologizes to Chaiyaphum!

 

Picture: Sanook

 

A Thai tourist who clambered on a well known rock in Chaiyaphum has apologized to national park officials and the people of the province in Thailand's north east.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997161-tourist-exposing-himself-on-erect-willy-apologizes-to-chaiyaphum/

 

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Thai ban on e-cigarettes could lead to ’10-year jail term’

by Ben Ireland 

 

Agents are being urged to warn customers about a Thai law that prohibits e-cigarettes being brought into the country.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997162-thai-ban-on-e-cigarettes-could-lead-to-’10-year-jail-term’/