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Fears for Indian after he is swept away by flooded stream

By THE NATION

 

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A file photo, taken on September 23, of a flooded area in Kabin buri district of Prachin Buri province

 

An Indian national has gone missing in a strong, overflowing stream amid floods in Prachin Buri province, prompting a frantic search for him and fears that he could have lost his life.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1124982-fears-for-indian-after-he-is-swept-away-by-flooded-stream/

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Farmers want solution to falling price of snapper fish

 

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A group of fish farmers have called on the government to solve the problem of the falling price of snapper. Pramot Mongkolcheeva, a member of the group that raises snapper, said the price of the fish had fallen from Bt130-Bt140 per kilo to between Bt60 and Bt80 early this month.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1124985-farmers-want-solution-to-falling-price-of-snapper-fish/

 

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‘Eat, Shop, Spend’ wins 1m subscribers on very first day

By The Nation

 

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The “Eat, Shop, Spend” campaign earned an overwhelming response on Monday (September 23), the very first day of its launch, with close to one million Thais registering.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125001-‘eat-shop-spend’-wins-1m-subscribers-on-very-first-day/

 

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Pro-democracy body calls on UN to look into Thailand’s ‘military govt in disguise’

By The Nation

 

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Credit: Jaran Ditapichai/Kritsada Akkhapracha Facebook

 

The Association of Thai Democrats without Borders’ president Jaran Ditapichai wrote to the United Nations on Monday (September 23) asking it to look into the government of General Prayut Chan-o-cha.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125033-pro-democracy-body-calls-on-un-to-look-into-thailand’s-‘military-govt-in-disguise’/

 

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Four UDD members plead guilty to seizure of Prem’s home

By THE NATION

 

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The Criminal Court, which was initially scheduled to read the Supreme Court’s verdict on Monday (September 23) on a case involving seven core members of the red-shirt United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), had to reschedule as four defendants retracted their not-guilty plea and submitted their confessions instead.

 

Source: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1124944-court-postpones-reading-of-verdict-on-former-red-shirt-leaders-over-2007-storming-of-general-prem’s-residence/?do=findComment&comment=14600215

 

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Thailand’s durian market: Boom or bust?

By Krittaya Sangkasem
Sirada Siribenchapruek
Nillawan Fufuengsin
Southern Region Office, Bank of Thailand

 

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According to a study conducted by the Bank of Thailand’s Southern Region Office, the supply of durian has been rising since 2016 in line with rising prices.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125035-thailand’s-durian-market-boom-or-bust/

 

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Public forum to be held on reviving Thai-European FTA talks

By The Nation

 

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Auramon Supthaweethum

 

A seminar titled “Opportunity and challenges for Thailand in Thai-EU free trade agreement negotiations” was held in response to Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit’s decision to continue discussions with the European Union on the FTA, said Auramon Supthaweethum, director of the Department of International Trade Negotiations (DTN), after the opening speech at the seminar on Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125036-public-forum-to-be-held-on-reviving-thai-european-fta-talks/

 

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Date set for contract-signing on high speed train project

By THE NATION

 

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The committee tasked with overseeing bidding for the high speed train project, linking three major international airports, will ask the bid winner, a consortium led by Charoen Pokphand (CP) group, to sign off on the contract on October 15.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125037-date-set-for-contract-signing-on-high-speed-train-project/

 

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China’s planned focus on domestic economy ‘will hit Thai exports badly’

By Wichit Chaitrong
The Nation

 

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Thai exporters will face the biggest challenge once China shifts its focus to its domestic economy as a result of is trade war with the United States.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125038-china’s-planned-focus-on-domestic-economy-‘will-hit-thai-exports-badly’/

 

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Russian woman seriously injured in Chalong Underpass motorbike accident

By The Phuket News

 

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Rescue workers attend to 35-year-old Russian national Olesia Mailian as police look on. Choto: Chalong Police

 

PHUKET: A Russian woman is in serious condition at Vachira Phuket Hospital after a motorbike accident inside the Chalong Underpass on Friday evening (Sept 20)

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125039-russian-woman-seriously-injured-in-chalong-underpass-motorbike-accident/

 

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Pheu Thai threatens to expose government’s bid to lure its MPs to defect

 

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The Pheu Thai party has threatened to expose the government’s various attempts, including financial offers and intimidation, to lure its MPs to defect to the Palang Pracharat Party.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125040-pheu-thai-threatens-to-expose-government’s-bid-to-lure-its-mps-to-defect/

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Leicester City crash victim's family sues owners for $10m

 

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Nusara Suknamai was one of the five people killed in the crash

 

The family of a woman who died in the Leicester City helicopter crash has sued the estate of the club's billionaire owner, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125042-leicester-city-crash-victims-family-sues-owners-for-10m/

 

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Teenager Thunberg angrily tells U.N. climate summit 'you have stolen my dreams'

By Valerie Volcovici and Matthew Green

 

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16-year-old Swedish Climate activist Greta Thunberg speaks at the 2019 United Nations Climate Action Summit at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S., September 23, 2019. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

 

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Teenage activist Greta Thunberg angrily denounced world leaders on Monday for failing to tackle climate change, unleashing the outrage felt by millions of her peers in the heart of the United Nations by demanding: "How dare you?"

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125043-teenager-thunberg-angrily-tells-un-climate-summit-you-have-stolen-my-dreams/

 

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At U.N., Trump pushes religious freedom at event slamming China over Uighurs

By Michelle Nichols and David Brunnstrom

 

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Poland's President Andrzej Duda on the sidelines of the annual United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York City, New York, U.S., September 23, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump called for an end to religious persecution on Monday at a U.S. event on the sidelines of the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations featuring a woman whose Uighur father has been imprisoned in China.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125045-at-un-trump-pushes-religious-freedom-at-event-slamming-china-over-uighurs/

 

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PM Johnson says no to election pact with Brexit Party

 

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FILE PHOTO: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson attends a roundtable at Downing Street in London, Britain, September 19, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/Pool

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday his governing Conservative Party would not agree an election pact with Nigel Farage's Brexit Party, which has offered a deal if Johnson agrees to a clean break from the European Union.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125047-pm-johnson-says-no-to-election-pact-with-brexit-party/

 

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Trump discusses North Korea with South's Moon, asks what a 3rd Kim summit would yield

By Steve Holland and Joyce Lee

 

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U.S. President Donald Trump holds a bilateral meeting with South Korea's President Moon Jae-in on the sidelines of the annual United Nations General Assembly in New York City, New York, U.S., September 23, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

NEW YORK/SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump and his South Korean counterpart held a summit in New York on Monday to discuss plans to restart U.S.-North Korea talks, as the allies prepare for talks in Seoul on sharing the cost of American soldiers stationed in South Korea.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125048-trump-discusses-north-korea-with-souths-moon-asks-what-a-3rd-kim-summit-would-yield/

 

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Trump questions Mnuchin over request Chinese delay U.S. farm trip

By Steve Holland

 

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U.S. President Donald Trump looks on as Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin explains a delay in a Chinese agricultural trade delegation visiting the U.S., during Trump’s meeting with Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in New York, U.S. September 23, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday questioned a decision by his top trade negotiators to ask Chinese officials to delay a planned trip to U.S. farming regions after trade talks last week, saying he wanted China to buy more American farm products.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125049-trump-questions-mnuchin-over-request-chinese-delay-us-farm-trip/

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Hua Hin: "Dangerous" American fugitive arrested by Thai immigration police
 
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Thai immigration police working with the department of Homeland Security Investigations of the USA have announced the arrest of a man who had been hiding out in Hua Hin. 
 
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Oops! Canadian from "VANCOVER" arrested using fake passport
 
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A 54 year old Canadian man was arrested on the border at Mukdahan trying to leave Thailand on a stolen passport that had had its main bearer information page changed. 
 
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Court ruling could throw Johnson's Brexit plan into more disarray

By Estelle Shirbon

 

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FILE PHOTO: Campaigner Gina Miller leaves the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom hearing on Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decision to prorogue parliament, in London, Britain September 18, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

 

LONDON (Reuters) - The UK Supreme Court will say on Tuesday whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson acted unlawfully when he suspended parliament just weeks before Brexit, a ruling that may further complicate his plans to lead his country out of the European Union next month.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125053-court-ruling-could-throw-johnsons-brexit-plan-into-more-disarray/

 

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Four Dobermans dead after being poisoned then killed by traffic

 

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Thai caption: Four died tragically

 

Watchdog Thailand reported on a tragic case of the death of four Doberman dogs in the eastern province of Sa Kaew. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125058-four-dobermans-dead-after-being-poisoned-then-killed-by-traffic/

 

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205 on watchlist for 'discharging industrial waste'

By THE NATION

 

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Permanent Secretary for Industry Ministry, Pasu Loharjun: File photo

 

A total of 205 factories have been placed on the watchlist of the Industry Ministry for allegedly having tendency to discharging industrial waste into public areas, said permanent secretary Pasu Loharjun yesterday (September 23).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125059-205-on-watchlist-for-discharging-industrial-waste/

 

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Woman driver survives after being hit by a ten wheel truck

 

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Picture: 77kaoded

 

Our picture shows the aftermath of a collision between a ten wheel truck and a Honda car near the entrance to the Ayanalai municipal offices in Wiang Sa district of Nan in Thailand's far north. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125065-woman-driver-survives-after-being-hit-by-a-ten-wheel-truck/

 

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Opportunist female gold thief offers string of excuses
 
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A joint police operation has resulted in the arrest of a 22 year old Thai woman who stole 90,000 baht worth of gold jewelry from a Prachinburi gold shop on Saturday. 
 
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Chonburi stabbing: Woman's ex attacked new boyfriend after he had Facebook pop at his mum

 

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Thai caption: He was angry after the other guy had a go at his mum

 

Chonburi provincial police chief Pol Maj-Gen Nanthachart Suphamongkhon announced the arrest of a 26 year old Thai man after he stabbed a 27 year old Thai in Muang district. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125071-chonburi-stabbing-womans-ex-attacked-new-boyfriend-after-he-had-facebook-pop-at-his-mum/

 

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Prayut's speech at United Nations Climate Action Summit 2019

By The Nation

 

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PHOTO CREDIT: Ministry of Foreign Affairs

 

Statement by

His Excellency General Prayut Chan-o-cha (Ret.),

Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand,

on behalf of the ASEAN Member States,

at the United Nations Climate Action Summit 2019

United Nations Headquarter, New York, 23 September 2019

 

Full speech: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125072-prayuts-speech-at-united-nations-climate-action-summit-2019/

 

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Prayut pledges Asean’s commitment to climate change cooperation

By The Nation

 

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Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha on Monday pledged Asean’s commitment to partnering with the international community to address climate change.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125077-prayut-pledges-asean’s-commitment-to-climate-change-cooperation/

 

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