THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Wednesday 23 Aug 2017

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MOPH warns against dengue fever after flood water subsides

 

BANGKOK, 23 August 2017 (NNT) – The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) has instructed officials in flood-affected areas to be on alert for an outbreak of dengue fever after flood waters have subsided. 

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998462-moph-warns-against-dengue-fever-after-flood-water-subsides/

 

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China relaunches world's fastest train

 

China's fleet of high-speed trains is set once again to become the world's fastest.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998465-china-relaunches-worlds-fastest-train/

 

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Bangkok’s Blue Line extension authorities select Thales to deliver seamless ticketing experience as commuter growth soars

 

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Reinforcing its strengths in the Thai transportation market, Thales has been selected by the Bangkok Expressway Metro Public Company Limited (BEM) and CH. Karnchang Public Company Limited (CK) to deliver the Automatic Fare Collection (AFC) system for the Bangkok metro’s Blue Line Extension.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998468-bangkok’s-blue-line-extension-authorities-select-thales-to-deliver-seamless-ticketing-experience-as-commuter-growth-soars/

 

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Five suspects in the murder of Khon Kaen karaoke bargirl indicted in court

By Thai PBS

 

 

The Khon Kaen public prosecutor on Tuesday (Aug 22) formally indicted five suspects allegedly involved in the murder of a karaoke bargirl and cutting up her body to facilitate burial in order to conceal their crime.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998472-five-suspects-in-the-murder-of-khon-kaen-karaoke-bargirl-indicted-in-court/

 

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Bus and truck curfew in place for Patong Hill

By Nattha Thepbamrung

 

Authorities suggest that prohibited vehicles avoid the Patong Hill by using roads through Kata/Karon or through Surin and Kamala.

  

PHUKET: -- Following the sucession of accidents involving buses and trucks in recent months, Traffic Police have placed official restrictions on access to Patong over the notorious Patong Hill for during certain hours of the day.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998474-bus-and-truck-curfew-in-place-for-patong-hill/

 

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North Korea's Kim orders production of more rocket engines, warhead tips - KCNA

 

FILE PHOTO - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects the long-range strategic ballistic rocket Hwasong-12 (Mars-12) in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 15, 2017. KCNA via REUTERS/File photo

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered the production of more solid-fuel rocket engines and rocket warhead tips, the North's official media said on Wednesday in a report otherwise lacking threats against Washington after weeks of heightened tension.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998476-north-koreas-kim-orders-production-of-more-rocket-engines-warhead-tips-kcna/

 

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Chinese tourists rescued from dangerous Phuket surf

The Phuket News

 

One of the Chinese tourists rescued from the rip current was taken to hospital to be treated for exhaustion. Photo: Phuket Lifeguard Service

 

PHUKET: -- Phuket lifeguards have repeated their warning for swimmers to beware dangerous surf along Phuket’s west coast after two Chinese tourists were rescued from drowning at Nai Harn Beach yesterday evening (Aug 22).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998481-chinese-tourists-rescued-from-dangerous-phuket-surf/

 

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Police ready to ensure public safety and order at Supreme Court

 

BANGKOK, 23rd August 2017 (NNT) - The police are ready to ensure public safety and order at the Supreme Court when judges deliver the verdict in the rice-pledging case against former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998356-yingluck-verdict-‘we’ve-got-situation-under-control’-say-security-chief/?do=findComment&comment=12203604

 

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Severe Typhoon Hato wreaks havoc in Hong Kong, flights cancelled, trading delayed

By James Pomfret and Anne Marie Roantree

 

Waves triggered by Typhoon Hato are seen in Hong Kong, China August 23, 2017. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

 

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong braced for Typhoon Hato, a maximum category 10 storm on Wednesday, with hundreds of flights cancelled, trading in financial markets suspended and schools and most businesses in the Asian financial hub closed.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998482-severe-typhoon-hato-wreaks-havoc-in-hong-kong-flights-cancelled-trading-delayed/

 

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Woman shot in rubber plantation manages to call for help

By The Nation

 

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: -- A woman called her relatives to take her to a hospital after she was shot inside her rubber plantation in Nakhon Si Thammarat’s Thung Yai district early Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998483-woman-shot-in-rubber-plantation-in-nakhon-si-thammarat-manages-to-call-for-help/

 

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Woman found strangled to death in Samut Sakhon motel

By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- A woman was found strangled to death in the room of a motel in Samut Sakhon province’s Ban Praew district late Tuesday night.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998484-woman-found-strangled-to-death-in-samut-sakhon-motel/

 

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Thailand ranked among the cheapest places to buy a beer

 

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A new study has ranked Thailand among the cheapest countries in the world to buy a beer.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998485-thailand-ranked-among-the-cheapest-places-to-buy-a-beer/

 

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Over 500,000 meth pills seized after car chase in Chiang Rai

By The Nation

 

CHIANG RAI: -- Drug mules dumped five bags containing 578,000 methaphetamine pills after being chased by a police car, but managed to speed away in Chiang Rai province’s Mae Sai district on Wednesday morning.

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998487-over-500000-meth-pills-seized-after-car-chase-in-chiang-rai/

 

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Nurse gets suspended jail term for faking robbery story

By The Nation

 

The Trang Provincial Court gave a suspended jail term to a nurse and imposed a fine of Bt15,000 after convicting her for falsifying a robbery story to win sympathy from her husband.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998488-nurse-gets-suspended-jail-term-for-faking-robbery-story/

 

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Kindling: Seminal sexpat blogger Stickman Bangkok packs it in after two decades

By Laurel Tuohy

 

In his nightlife reporting, Stickman reported on bar girls but also on nightlife regulars, club owners, bartenders and other characters on the scene. Photos: Stickman Bangkok

 

BANGKOK: -- In a sad and surprising post, Stick, the blogger behind one of Bangkok’s oldest expat blogs, Stickman Bangkok, announced that he’s packing it in and calling it a day after writing about Bangkok’s naughty nightlife scene and publishing glamour photos of bar girls for 19 years.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998490-stickman-bangkok-packs-it-in-after-two-decades/

 

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Football betting shut down at four Phuket locales, 30 arrested

By The Nation

 

PHUKET: -- Police raided four locations in Mueang Phuket on Tuesday night where illegal betting on overseas football matches was taking place.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998491-football-betting-shut-down-at-four-phuket-locales-30-arrested/

 

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Pontoon boat operators charged for polluting Koh Sichang sea

By Thai PBS

 

 

A combined force of local district officials, military personnel and police on Tuesday (Aug 22) charged operators of two pontoon boats for causing marine pollution during transportation of cassava roots at sea. 

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998492-pontoon-boat-operators-charged-for-polluting-koh-sichang sea/

 

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How getting the screen repaired could let hackers take control of your smartphone

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

How many of us have got our phones repaired at a one of those phone repair shops you find in the mall?

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/getting-screen-repaired-let-hackers-take-control-smartphone/23731/

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Whisky tastes better when you add water, and here is the proof

BY STAFF WRITER 

 

Photo edited to comply with Thailand's laws regarding alcohol promotion.

 

It has long been a question asked amongst experts and whisky snobs, does adding water make the flavour more intense?

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/whisky-tastes-better-add-water-proof/23734/

 

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iPhone users warned about new iMessage scam

BY STAFF WRITER 

 

 

Hackers are using a new scam to try and obtain usernames and passwords from unsuspecting iPhone users.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/iphone-users-warned-new-imessage-scam/23737/

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BBC journalist on trial for Thailand crime reporting

By Agence France-Presse

 

BBC foreign correspondent Jonathan Head arrives at court to fight defamation charges brought against him by a Thai lawyer in Phuket on August 23, 2017. /AFP

 

PHUKET, Thailand - A British BBC journalist appeared in a Thai court on Wednesday for the start of a criminal defamation trial brought by a lawyer who featured in an investigation about foreigners being scammed of their retirement homes.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998495-bbc-journalist-on-trial-for-thailand-crime-reporting/

 

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Mother, daughter drown in Chiang Rai river accident

By Natthawat Laping 
The Nation

 

 

CHIANG RAI: -- A woman and her two-year-old daughter drowned in the Kok River in Chiang Rai on Tuesday afternoon when the long-tail boat in which they were riding struck a large mid-channel rock and broke apart.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998503-mother-daughter-drown-in-chiang-rai-river-accident/

 

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Animal charity won’t press charges against dog-eating migrant workers

By The Nation

 

 

Smiling Dogs House, based in Songkhla’s Hat Yai district, is maintaining its smile and will not file a police complaint against four migrant workers from Myanmar who killed and ate a stray dog at a construction site there.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998505-songkhla-animal-charity-won’t-press-charges-against-dog-eating-migrant-workers/

 

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CU deputy rector resigns over alleged mismanagement of saving fund

By Thai PBS

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The deputy rector of Chulalongkorn University (CU) has resigned from the position after he was ordered to pay compensation for mishandling the saving fund of the university cooperative.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998506-chulalongkorn-university-deputy-rector-resigns-over-alleged-mismanagement-of-saving-fund/

 

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PAT union insists no corruption in overtime claims

By Thai PBS

 

 

The Port Authority of Thailand’s Labour Union on Tuesday (Aug 22) strongly dismissed massive corruption in his organisation as alleged by the Department of Special Investigation (DSI).

 

 Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998309-dsi-concludes-investigation-on-false-overtime-claims-at-port-authority-of-thailand/?do=findComment&comment=12204292
 

 

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Phitsanulok gets first look at ‘know-it-all’ post boxes

By Mongkolchaowarat Tangmangmee 
The Nation

 

 

“Smart post boxes” that can recharge phones and offer advice on local attractions are drawing good feedback during their trial run in Phitsanulok.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998507-phitsanulok-gets-first-look-at-‘know-it-all’-post-boxes/

 

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Tourist police network targets airport thieves 

By Kittipong Maneerit 
The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Tourist Police Division has launched a group chat network to issue alerts about crimes targeting passengers at Suvarnabhumi International Airport, division chief Pol Maj-General Prasert Ngernyuang told the press conference on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998512-tourist-police-network-targets-suvarnabhumi-airport-thieves /

 

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Four indicted on murder charges for Khon Kaen dismemberment

By The Nation

 

 

All five suspects in a high-profile dismemberment murder case were indicted for trial 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998472-five-suspects-in-the-murder-of-khon-kaen-karaoke-bargirl-indicted-in-court/?do=findComment&comment=12204419

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Supreme Court upholds life imprisonment for 4 suspects in grenade attack

By Thai PBS

 

 

The Supreme Court has upheld life imprisonment handed down by two lower courts on four suspects found guilty of firing M79 grenades with a launcher into a large crowd of protesters at the rally of the People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) in Ratchadamri area on Feb 23, 2014.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998513-supreme-court-upholds-life-imprisonment-for-4-suspects-in-grenade-attack/

 

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Saphan Hin green upgrades and Old Phuket Town cabling goes underground

By Nattha Thepbamrung

 

 

Saphan Hin is Phuket Town’s most popular public space with mangroves, plenty of green landscaping, activity spaces and a public sports complex with a public swimming pool.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998516-saphan-hin-green-upgrades-and-old-phuket-town-cabling-goes-underground/