webfact Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 Thanathorn, disputing verdict, says party will carry on By THE NATION Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit Disputing the Constitutional Court’s verdict against him on Wednesday (November 20), Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, leader of the Future Forward Party, vowed to continue in his political career. Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1134976-thanathorn-disputing-verdict-says-party-will-carry-on/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share Posted November 20, 2019 Supreme Court upholds Spaniard’s conviction in Bangkok condo murder By The Nation Artur Segarra Princep The Supreme Court on Wednesday (November 20) upheld the conviction of Spaniard Artur Segarra Princep in the 2016 murder of a compatriot in Bangkok. Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1134915-thailand’s-supreme-court-upholds-spaniard’s-death-sentence-for-murder/?do=findComment&comment=14784438 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share Posted November 20, 2019 Gov’t to nominate Songkran as intangible cultural heritage BANGKOK (NNT) - Continuing our stories on natural resource conservation, the Cabinet has agreed to nominate Khorat Geopark for consideration by UNESCO as a world geopark. On the conservation of local arts and culture, the Ministry of Culture will be proposing to the Cabinet the nomination of the Songkran Festival as an aspect of intangible cultural heritage to the UNESCO. Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1134944-gov’t-to-nominate-songkran-as-intangible-cultural-heritage/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share Posted November 20, 2019 TAT plans grandest countdown at ICONSIAM By THE NATION The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has teamed up with public and private partners, as well as communities along the Chao Phraya River for "Amazing Thailand Countdown 2020", promised to be the grandest and most spectacular event in welcoming in the New Year. Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1134951-tat-plans-grandest-countdown-at-iconsiam/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share Posted November 20, 2019 New MP to replace disqualified Thanathorn in seven days By The Nation Manop Kiri-Phuwadol Following the Constitutional Court's ruling against Future Forward party leader Thanathorn Jungroongruangkit, disqualifying him as a member of parliament for holding shares in a media company, a new face will move up to replace him within seven days in parliament. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135003-new-mp-to-replace-disqualified-thanathorn-in-seven-days/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share Posted November 20, 2019 Uttama upbeat on EEC investments By THE NATION Finance Minister Uttama Savanayana is confident that more local and foreign companies will invest in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC). Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135004-uttama-upbeat-on-eec-investments/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share Posted November 20, 2019 AOT nods to second terminal at Suvarnabhumi Airport By THE NATION The Airports of Thailand (AOT) board yesterday (November 20) approved a plan to establish a second terminal on the northern part of Suvarnabhumi Airport. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135005-aot-nods-to-second-terminal-at-suvarnabhumi-airport/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share Posted November 20, 2019 Patong gets B11mn ‘smart CCTV’ surveillance system By The Phuket News Patong Mayor Chalermluck Kebsup at the Security Command and Control Centre at the Patong Municipality offices. Photo: Patong Municipality PHUKET: Patong Municipality has installed 37 CCTV “smart” cameras along the beachfront and opened its “Security Command and Control Center” located at the Patong municipality offices. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135007-patong-gets-b11mn-‘smart-cctv’-surveillance-system/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share Posted November 20, 2019 Top Ten things to know about the Bangkok Skytrain (BTS) By The Thaiger Bangkok Transit System, better known by locals and tourists as the ‘Skytrain’, is as ubiquitous in Bangkok as good street food and fake Viagra. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135008-top-ten-things-to-know-about-the-bangkok-skytrain-bts/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share Posted November 20, 2019 PM orders gov't Economic Team to change plans BANGKOK (NNT) - The Prime Minister has urged economic Cabinet members to change their operational approach to better drive national development inclusively, and ordered related agencies to tackle the unemployment crisis. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135010-pm-orders-govt-economic-team-to-change-plans/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share Posted November 20, 2019 OPINION Thailand's problem? Too much success Government must stop battling currency and start future-proofing economy William Pesek As the global trade war upends developing nations everywhere, Thailand has a decidedly contrarian problem on its hands: too much winning. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135011-thailands-problem-too-much-success/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share Posted November 20, 2019 Prince Andrew halts public duties over sex scandal By Andy Bruce and Michael Holden FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prince Andrew, Duke of York visits the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital to open the new Stanmore Building, in London, Britain March 21, 2019. David Mirzoeff/ Pool via REUTERS/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Andrew stepped down from public duties on Wednesday, saying the controversy surrounding his "ill-judged" association with late U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein had caused major disruption to the royal family's work. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135013-prince-andrew-halts-public-duties-over-sex-scandal/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share Posted November 20, 2019 Hong Kong students' sewer escape thwarted By Donny Kwok and Clare Baldwin A rescue diver from the Fire Service department is rinsed after entering the sewage system to search anti-government protesters who escaped from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) after being barricaded by police officers in Hong Kong, China, November 20, 2019. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha HONG KONG (Reuters) - Some anti-government protesters trapped inside a Hong Kong university on Wednesday tried to flee through the sewers, where one student said she saw snakes, but firemen prevented further escape bids by blocking a manhole into the system. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135014-hong-kong-students-sewer-escape-thwarted/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted November 21, 2019 Author Share Posted November 21, 2019 Magnitude 5.9 quake strikes Laos: EMSC (Reuters) - A magnitude 5.9 quake struck Laos on Thursday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135020-magnitude-59-quake-strikes-laos-emsc/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted November 21, 2019 Author Share Posted November 21, 2019 Earthquake of magnitude 6.1 strikes Thailand - USGS FILE photo SINGAPORE (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck near the district of Muang Nan in northern Thailand, the United States Geological Survey said on Wednesday. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135022-earthquake-of-magnitude-61-strikes-thailand-usgs/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted November 21, 2019 Author Share Posted November 21, 2019 Pattaya: Immigration top brass arrest German after guns repeatedly fired at his house Thai caption: Brazen farang with guns arrested Sanook reported that top officials from Chonburi immigration armed with a search warrant had arrested a German man and his Thai girlfriend at a luxury house in Pattaya after reports that neighbors were scared by the repeatedly firing of guns. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135024-pattaya-immigration-top-brass-arrest-german-after-guns-repeatedly-fired-at-his-house/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted November 21, 2019 Author Share Posted November 21, 2019 UPDATE: Buildings shake in downtown Bangkok after earthquake on Laos border Thai media had reported that buildings shook in downtown Bangkok after an earthquake in the Laos border region. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135022-earthquake-of-magnitude-61-strikes-thailand-usgs/?do=findComment&comment=14785460 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted November 21, 2019 Author Share Posted November 21, 2019 Code Red: Australia's bushfire crisis spreads to another state By Colin Packham Smoke from bushfires engulf an area in Paradise City, Adelaide, southern Australia, November 20, 2019, in this still image obtained from a social media video. Courtesy of Chirag Thakkar/Social Media via REUTERS. SYDNEY (Reuters) - Firefighters battled nearly 200 bushfires across Australia on Thursday as authorities issued a Code Red alert for parts of Victoria state and Sydney was blanketed in hazardous smoke for the third consecutive day. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135030-code-red-australias-bushfire-crisis-spreads-to-another-state/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted November 21, 2019 Author Share Posted November 21, 2019 Pattaya: British pensioner to the rescue as Thai man makes suicide leap Thai caption: I could only grab his shirt A 70 year old British tourist rushed to the aid of a Thai man who was about to jump from a pedestrian bridge in Pattaya yesterday evening. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135031-pattaya-british-pensioner-to-the-rescue-as-thai-man-makes-suicide-leap/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted November 21, 2019 Author Share Posted November 21, 2019 The Special One wasn’t Spurs first choice Was seven-goal humiliation in Champions League the final straw? Maybe we'll have to wait for the book David Buckley Jose Mourinho is the new man in charge at Spurs, but it seems that the Special One was not the Tottenham first choice. The Daily Mail is reporting that the north London side had hoped to lure Leicester City boss Brendan Rogers (left) to their new stadium, but the Thai-owned Midlands outfit were having none of it. Given the Foxes start to the season compared with that of Spurs you can understand it in footballing terms. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135034-the-special-one-wasn’t-spurs-first-choice/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted November 21, 2019 Author Share Posted November 21, 2019 UPDATE: 6.4 quake reported in Laos, tremors felt in many parts of Thailand By THE NATION A 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit Laos at a depth of 3 kilometres on Thursday morning (November 21). The epicenter was 20 km southeast of Khunnan sub district, Chaloem Prakiat district in Nan province. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135022-earthquake-of-magnitude-61-strikes-thailand-usgs/?do=findComment&comment=14785633 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted November 21, 2019 Author Share Posted November 21, 2019 DOA reveals top 10 local airports in Thailand By THE NATION The Department of Airports (DOA) on Wednesday (November 20) released the air transport statistics for the 2019 fiscal year (October 1, 2018 - September 30, 2019), which showed that it operated 146,181 flights at the airports under its administration, with combined totals of passengers of 18,573,543 and 5,717 tonnes of cargo weight. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135035-doa-reveals-top-10-local-airports-in-thailand/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted November 21, 2019 Author Share Posted November 21, 2019 Trump considering whether Apple should be exempt from China tariffs FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump views Apple products as he tours Apple's Mac Pro manufacturing plant in Austin, Texas, U.S., November 20, 2019. REUTERS/Tom Brenner AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Wednesday after touring a plant that assembles Apple Inc <AAPL.O> computers that he was considering whether to exempt the U.S. company from tariffs on imports from China. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135038-trump-considering-whether-apple-should-be-exempt-from-china-tariffs/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted November 21, 2019 Author Share Posted November 21, 2019 Canada's Trudeau unveils new Cabinet, seeks to calm anger in energy-rich west By Steve Scherer and Kelsey Johnson Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Gov. Gen. Julie Payette pose with the new cabinet, at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada November 20, 2019. REUTERS/Blair Gable OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday made major changes to his Cabinet, making several ministerial appointments in a hid to help stave off increasing unhappiness in the energy-producing west. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135040-canadas-trudeau-unveils-new-cabinet-seeks-to-calm-anger-in-energy-rich-west/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted November 21, 2019 Author Share Posted November 21, 2019 Thai father in loss of face over wedding shoots son-in-law in front of pregnant daughter Revenge killing of son-in-law A 40 year old Thai father is being sought by police in Nakhon Sri Thammarat after he shot his common law son-in-law as he rested in a hammock. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135041-thai-father-in-loss-of-face-over-wedding-shoots-son-in-law-in-front-of-pregnant-daughter/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted November 21, 2019 Author Share Posted November 21, 2019 U.S. Navy moves to expel court-martialed SEAL commando after Trump restored his rank By Steve Gorman FILE PHOTO: U.S. Navy SEAL Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher prepares to answer a question from the media with wife Andrea Gallagher after being acquitted on most of the serious charges against him during his court-martial trial at Naval Base San Diego in San Diego, California, U.S., July 2, 2019. REUTERS/John Gastaldo/File Photo (Reuters) - The U.S. military formally notified a court-martialed Navy SEAL commando on Wednesday that he faces proceedings to expel him from the ranks of elite special forces after his demotion was reversed by President Donald Trump, his lawyer and a Navy spokeswoman said. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135043-us-navy-moves-to-expel-court-martialed-seal-commando-after-trump-restored-his-rank/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted November 21, 2019 Author Share Posted November 21, 2019 Toy gun, fake bomb, knife.... hapless robber found out how to rob a bank on YouTube Picture: Naew Na A young Thai husband and father in debt to the tune of half a million baht went to YouTube to learn how to pull off a bank robbery. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135048-toy-gun-fake-bomb-knife-hapless-robber-found-out-how-to-rob-a-bank-on-youtube/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted November 21, 2019 Author Share Posted November 21, 2019 U.S. considers pulling up to 4,000 troops from South Korea - Chosun Ilbo By Joyce Lee U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper speaks at the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam in Hanoi, Vietnam November 20, 2019. REUTERS/Kham SEOUL (Reuters) - The United States is considering a significant cut to its troop numbers in South Korea if Seoul does not contribute more to the cost of the deployment, South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo reported on Thursday. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135050-us-considers-pulling-up-to-4000-troops-from-south-korea-chosun-ilbo/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted November 21, 2019 Author Share Posted November 21, 2019 Video: Taxi thief arrested after 250 kilometer joyride Thai caption: Hunt for taxi thief A man who stole a taxi in Bangkok while the driver was nipping out to get a coffee was finally arrested, 250 kilometers away from the scene of the crime. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135060-video-taxi-thief-arrested-after-250-kilometer-joyride/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted November 21, 2019 Author Share Posted November 21, 2019 Chiang Mai: Airshow set to promote tourism and the aviation industry Tourism officials and the San Kamphaeng district chief held a news conference to promote an airshow that will be held in the district in February. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1135064-chiang-mai-airshow-set-to-promote-tourism-and-the-aviation-industry/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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