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North Korea shipments to Syria chemical arms agency intercepted - U.N. report

By Michelle Nichols

 

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A man walks beside mass graves of people who died during chemical attacks on Zamalka, in Eastern Ghouta, a suburb of Damascus August 21, 2014. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh

 

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Two North Korean shipments to a Syrian government agency responsible for the country's chemical weapons program were intercepted in the past six months, according to a confidential United Nations report on North Korea sanctions violations.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998303-north-korea-shipments-to-syria-chemical-arms-agency-intercepted-un-report/

 

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DSI concludes investigation on false overtime claims at PAT

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BANGKOK: -- The Department of Investigation (DSI) has found 11 administrators of the Port Authority of Thailand (PAT) to have colluded in false overtime claims for staff, causing 300 – 400 million baht a year in damages, DSI deputy director-general Suriya Singhakamol said on Monday (Aug 21).

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998309-dsi-concludes-investigation-on-false-overtime-claims-at-port-authority-of-thailand/

 

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NCPO asks center fielding complaints against state officials to compile periodic reports

 

BANGKOK, 22 August 2017 (NNT) – The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) has asked the center fielding complaints against state officials to compile periodic reports and for efforts against water hyacinth to continue. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998314-ncpo-asks-center-fielding-complaints-against-state-officials-to-compile-periodic-reports/

 

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Pavena Foundation saves Thai woman from human trafficking in Bahrain

 

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BANGKOK, 22 August 2017 (NNT) – The Pavena Foundation for Children and Women has successfully coordinated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to return a Thai woman deceived into prostitution in Bahrain home. 

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998315-pavena-foundation-saves-thai-woman-from-human-trafficking-in-bahrain/

 

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Trump commits to more troops in Afghanistan, vows 'fight to win'

By Steve Holland and Ayesha Rascoe

 

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U.S. President Donald Trump announces his strategy for the war in Afghanistan during an address to the nation from Fort Myer, Virginia, U.S., August 21, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump opened the door on Monday night to an increase in U.S. troops in Afghanistan as part of a retooled strategy for the region, overcoming his own doubts about America's longest war and vowing "a fight to win."

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998282-trump-oks-sending-4000-more-troops-to-afghanistan-fox-news/?do=findComment&comment=12200859

 

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Canadian tourist charged for killer Phuket U-turn

Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

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CCTV footage showed the car making the U-turn as two motorbikes approached at speed. Image: CCTV

 

PHUKET: -- A 37-year-old Canadian tourist has been charged with reckless driving causing death and injury after his attempted U-turn across the path of two motorbikes on Chao Fa West Rd in Chalong late yesterday afternoon (Aug 21) left one of the riders dead and the other in hospital.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998319-canadian-tourist-charged-for-killer-phuket-u-turn/

 

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Princess Sirivannavari win silver medal in dressage team

By The Nation

 

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Her Royal Highness Princess Sirivannavari claimed her second SEA Games medal after her dressage team settled at second for the silver medal in the equestrian competition at the Endurance and Putrajaya Equestrian Park in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998328-princess-sirivannavari-win-silver-medal-in-dressage-team/

 

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Phuket rescue workers appeal to Chinese gods for a ‘safer’ Patong Hill

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

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The procession aimed to make the notorious Patong Hill safer. Photo: Kusoldharm Foundation

 

PHUKET: -- Scores of rescue workers from the Phuket chapter of the Kusoldharm Foundation held a mass procession over Patong Hill and through the streets of Patong yesterday (Aug 21) in the hopes that an appeal to the Chinese gods will help make the hill safer.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998334-phuket-rescue-workers-appeal-to-chinese-gods-for-a-‘safer’-patong-hill/

 

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Prayuth Tells Frog His Fairy Tale Dream On Isaan Goodwill Tour

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By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

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Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha addresses a frog as local officials, members of his cabinet and a puzzled farmer look on from the bed of a truck at a royal farm project Monday in Nakhon Ratchasima province.

 

NAKHON RATCHASIMA — Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha took a break from his hearts-and-minds tour in the northeast Monday to chat with a frog, some cows and grandmas.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998335-prayuth-tells-frog-his-fairy-tale-dream-on-isaan-goodwill-tour/

 

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India's top court rules controversial Muslim divorce law 'unconstitutional'

 

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FILE PHOTO: A television journalist sets his camera inside the premises of the Supreme Court in New Delhi, India, February 18, 2014. REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee/File Photo

 

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled a controversial Muslim quick divorce law "unconstitutional", a landmark victory for Muslim women who had long argued that it violated their right to equality.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998341-indias-top-court-rules-controversial-muslim-divorce-law-unconstitutional/

 

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Thai man confesses to slitting throat of Facebook date who said he ‘sucked at sex’

By Coconuts Bangkok 

 

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Photo: Songkhla Police

 

SONGKHLA: -- A Thai man confessed to police that he murdered a woman he was on a first date with out of anger, after she let out a complaint that he “sucked at sex” during their coupling — at least in his version of the story.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998354-thai-man-confesses-to-slitting-throat-of-facebook-date-who-said-he-‘sucked-at-sex’/

 

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Yingluck verdict: ‘We’ve got situation under control,’ say security chief

By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- National Security Council secretary-general General Thawip Netniyom has expressed confidence that there will not be unruly scenes following Friday’s verdict in former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s negligence trial.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998356-yingluck-verdict-‘we’ve-got-situation-under-control’-say-security-chief/

 

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China defends ally Pakistan after Trump criticism

 

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U.S. President Donald Trump announces his strategy for the war in Afghanistan during an address to the nation from Fort Myer, Virginia, U.S., August 21, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - China defended its ally Pakistan on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States could no longer be silent about Pakistan's "safe havens" for militants and warned it had much to lose by continuing to "harbour terrorists".

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998364-china-defends-ally-pakistan-after-trump-criticism/

 

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France's Macron, seeking to re-shape Europe, heads east

By Richard Lough and Lidia Kelly

 

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FILE PHOTO French President Emmanuel Macron waits for a guest at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, June 28, 2017. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo

 

PARIS/WARSAW (Reuters) - While Britain toils over its messy divorce with the European Union, France's president Emmanuel Macron is embarking on a drive to deepen the economic integration of a bloc he says needs to be more protective of its citizens.


Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998365-frances-macron-seeking-to-re-shape-europe-heads-east/

 

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Hong Kong democracy leader Joshua Wong back in dock days after being jailed

By Venus Wu

 

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Student leader Joshua Wong leaves the High Court in a prison van after his sentencing on charges related to the 2014 pro-democracy Umbrella Movement, also known as Occupy Central protests, in Hong Kong, China August 17, 2017. Apple Daily/Tse Wing Yiu via REUTERS

 

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Less than a week after being jailed for unlawful assembly, Hong Kong democracy leader Joshua Wong was summoned again to court on Tuesday for an ongoing contempt of court charge related to the 2014 "Occupy" pro-democracy protests.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998367-hong-kong-democracy-leader-joshua-wong-back-in-dock-days-after-being-jailed/

 

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Deputy BKK Governor meets Municipal Chiefs on rewards for littering reports

 

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BANGKOK, 22 August 2017 (NNT) – Bangkok officials have handed policy to municipal heads in all 50 districts of the city on the rewarding of citizens who provide information leading to the arrest of litterers. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998368-deputy-bkk-governor-meets-municipal-chiefs-on-rewards-for-littering-reports/

 

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Phones banned in courtroom during reading of Yingluck verdict

By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- All communication devices will be banned in the courtroom during Friday’s reading of the verdict in the cases against former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra and officials from her government, Supreme Court officials said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998369-phones-banned-in-courtroom-during-reading-of-yingluck-verdict/

 

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