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). In brief, pave way for elections next year, non-elected PM and appointed senatehttp://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36972396
Video: enraged wife throws husband's "sideline girl" out of condo naked
Image: Kapook
BANGKOK:-- The online world of Thai scandals and shares has hit new heights - or perhaps lows - with thousands of people viewing a couple's marital meltdown as a naked mistress is humiliated on video.
The video shows a wife coming home to find her cheating rat of a husband in bed with a girl he has hired off the internet - known these days as "sideline girls" in Thai, reported Kapook.
While the wife films every step of the way the husband cowers while the girl is ordered out of the couple's bedroom. Dressed only in a bed cover she scurries into the living room where the wife wants even that returned as the insults are hurled.
Virtually naked she is ejected from the premises and left crying by the condo lift before the husband retrieves her hand bag and she gets some panties to put on. She is pictured later having regained some modicum of respectability as she leaves.
But not before the wife - who reserves her vitriol for the girl rather than the husband - has called her a "whore" and "disgusting".
The girl is shocked and questions why she is being treated like this before commenting "and I didn't even get a single baht".
The wife produced a long rambling description of the event and her feelings in an online post.
She said that it was not her intention to share the video with the world but with 73,000 shares that was exactly what happened. She claimed that she had sent it to a close friend who had wondered what was wrong and then it had gone viral after that.
She said that on 31st July she decided to end with her husband.
Apparently he had bought her the condo where they lived.
Online comment was massive - some people supported the wife while others said she should not have behaved so unkindly to the girl. That anger might have been directed at her husband, many thought.
While yet others felt that she should forgive him. He had after all bought her the condo and men will be men.
Source: Kapook
Image: Kapook
BANGKOK:-- The online world of Thai scandals and shares has hit new heights - or perhaps lows - with thousands of people viewing a couple's marital meltdown as a naked mistress is humiliated on video.
The video shows a wife coming home to find her cheating rat of a husband in bed with a girl he has hired off the internet - known these days as "sideline girls" in Thai, reported Kapook.
While the wife films every step of the way the husband cowers while the girl is ordered out of the couple's bedroom. Dressed only in a bed cover she scurries into the living room where the wife wants even that returned as the insults are hurled.
Virtually naked she is ejected from the premises and left crying by the condo lift before the husband retrieves her hand bag and she gets some panties to put on. She is pictured later having regained some modicum of respectability as she leaves.
But not before the wife - who reserves her vitriol for the girl rather than the husband - has called her a "whore" and "disgusting".
The girl is shocked and questions why she is being treated like this before commenting "and I didn't even get a single baht".
The wife produced a long rambling description of the event and her feelings in an online post.
She said that it was not her intention to share the video with the world but with 73,000 shares that was exactly what happened. She claimed that she had sent it to a close friend who had wondered what was wrong and then it had gone viral after that.
She said that on 31st July she decided to end with her husband.
Apparently he had bought her the condo where they lived.
Online comment was massive - some people supported the wife while others said she should not have behaved so unkindly to the girl. That anger might have been directed at her husband, many thought.
While yet others felt that she should forgive him. He had after all bought her the condo and men will be men.
Source: Kapook
Plan to track all foreigners - NOT JUST TOURISTS - by SIM cards moves forward
By Sasiwan Mokkhasen, Staff Reporter
Photo: Sascha Kohlmann / Flickr
BANGKOK — A plan to require all foreigners in Thailand to use a special SIM card that can track their location will be reviewed by authorities Tuesday afternoon.
Announced last week by the national telecom regulator, the plan would require anyone – not just tourists but everyone who doesn’t hold a Thai passport – to use the new SIM card which would enable the authorities to track its owner’s location at any time, said the Secretary General of the Office of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission.
Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/...rs-not-just-tourists-sim-cards-moves-forward/
By Sasiwan Mokkhasen, Staff Reporter
Photo: Sascha Kohlmann / Flickr
BANGKOK — A plan to require all foreigners in Thailand to use a special SIM card that can track their location will be reviewed by authorities Tuesday afternoon.
Announced last week by the national telecom regulator, the plan would require anyone – not just tourists but everyone who doesn’t hold a Thai passport – to use the new SIM card which would enable the authorities to track its owner’s location at any time, said the Secretary General of the Office of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission.
Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/...rs-not-just-tourists-sim-cards-moves-forward/
NBTC demands no-go zones for 'Pokemon Go' Mobile providers to set up billing alerts
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1057457/nbtc-demands-no-go-zones-for-pokemon-go.
An incredulous Bodindecha (Sing Singhaseni) School student checks his phone against the poster banning 'Pokemon-Go' on school premises - supposedly to ensure they won't be distracted from their studies....
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1057457/nbtc-demands-no-go-zones-for-pokemon-go.
An incredulous Bodindecha (Sing Singhaseni) School student checks his phone against the poster banning 'Pokemon-Go' on school premises - supposedly to ensure they won't be distracted from their studies....
POKEMON GO
Game fever sweeps across Thailand
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Game-fever-sweeps-across-Thailand-30292671.html
Pokemon Go players, increasingly referred to as "pokemon zombies", totally absorbed by the game in Pathumwan district of Bangkok, as the telecom regulator threatens to ban the app unless the developer...
Game fever sweeps across Thailand
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Game-fever-sweeps-across-Thailand-30292671.html
Pokemon Go players, increasingly referred to as "pokemon zombies", totally absorbed by the game in Pathumwan district of Bangkok, as the telecom regulator threatens to ban the app unless the developer...
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Hua Hin bombs kill one, injure many
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1059140/hua-hin-bombs-kill-one-injure-many.
Shrapnel pieces marked as evidence immediately after the blast show that the bomb was meant to be deadly - and only luck kept casualties as low as they were. (Matichon photo)
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1059140/hua-hin-bombs-kill-one-injure-many.
Shrapnel pieces marked as evidence immediately after the blast show that the bomb was meant to be deadly - and only luck kept casualties as low as they were. (Matichon photo)
Thailand hit with spate of bomb attacks
The Nation August 12, 2016 9:48 am
In less than 24 hours, bombs attacks were launched in Trang, Hua Hin town of Pachuap Khiri Khan,
Surat Thani, and Patong town of Phuket, killing at least three and injuring more than thirty.
One was killed and six others were injured in the explosion at the Center Point shopping mall in Trang at 3 pm Thursday.
Then two explosions hit the Hua Hin town late Thursday night, killing a Thai woman and injuring 21 Thai and foreign tourists.
At 8:02 am, two explosions occurred in front of the marine police station and Mueang Surat Thani police station, killing one person and injuring many other.
Nearly at the same time, one was injured in an explosion on Patong beach. Police safely disposed another bomb at the Loma beac.
Then at 9 am, two more explosions reportedly occurred at the clock tower in Hua Hin.
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Thailand-hit-with-spate-of-bomb-attacks-30292771.html
The Nation August 12, 2016 9:48 am
In less than 24 hours, bombs attacks were launched in Trang, Hua Hin town of Pachuap Khiri Khan,
Surat Thani, and Patong town of Phuket, killing at least three and injuring more than thirty.
One was killed and six others were injured in the explosion at the Center Point shopping mall in Trang at 3 pm Thursday.
Then two explosions hit the Hua Hin town late Thursday night, killing a Thai woman and injuring 21 Thai and foreign tourists.
At 8:02 am, two explosions occurred in front of the marine police station and Mueang Surat Thani police station, killing one person and injuring many other.
Nearly at the same time, one was injured in an explosion on Patong beach. Police safely disposed another bomb at the Loma beac.
Then at 9 am, two more explosions reportedly occurred at the clock tower in Hua Hin.
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Thailand-hit-with-spate-of-bomb-attacks-30292771.html
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/08/12/asia/thailand-explosions/index.html
Phuket, Hua Hin hit as Thailand rocked by eleven bombs in one day
By Kocha Olarn and Joshua Berlinger, CNN
Updated 0707 GMT (1507 HKT) August 12, 2016
Series of blasts hit tourist areas in Thailand
Story highlights
Bangkok (CNN)Five provinces in Thailand have been hit by eleven bombings in less than a day, authorities say.
At least four people have been killed and about 34 injured.
No one has claimed responsibility for the blasts -- and it's not clear if the bombings are connected.
Thai police say there's no evidence the attacks are related to international terrorism.
"These incidents are different from the usual terrorism acts, they are more local sabotage on certain locations and provinces," Deputy Police Spokesman Maj. Gen. Piyapan Pingmuang said at a news conference Friday.
The series of blasts come days before the one year anniversary of the Erawan Shrine bombing, which killed 20 people, and five days after the country voted on a new constitution.
Pingmuang said the blasts are not linked to the Erawan bombing.
Thursday's blasts
The bombings began Thursday.
The first explosion occurred at 3 p.m. local time in Trang province, killing one man and injuring six people, according to Royal Thai Police.
Two bombs went off that evening in the resort city of Hua Hin -- one at 10:15 p.m. near a bar called Johnny's 56, and another at 11 p.m. in front of the Rain Tree Spa.
A woman working at a food vending cart was killed, Police Lieutenant Colonel Samoer Yoosumran said.
Royal Thai Police said another 21 people were wounded.
Photos: Explosions hit resort towns in Thailand
Police Lieutenant Colonel Samoer Yoosumran said the bombs had been planted in tree pots near the targets. Edwin Wiek, who has lived in Thailand for almost 30 years, tweeted a photo of a planter that was blown apart in one of the blasts.
Multiple attacks Friday
On Friday morning at least eight explosions occurred in five provinces.
Bombs went off again Hua Hin as well as in Surat Thani, Trang Province, Phang-nga province and the resort island of Phuket.
Two bombings in Phuket happened at 7:45 a.m. and 8:45 a.m. on Friday, according to Royal Thai Police.
The explosions hit Patong Beach and Bang La Street -- both popular tourist sites -- said Major General Theerapol Thipcharoen, the chief of Phuket Provincial Police.
One person suffered minor injuries in the Phuket incident, authorities said.
In Surat Thani city, two explosions occurred at 8:01 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. local time. The blasts were located about 650 feet (200 meters) apart from each other, local Police Captain Chavalit Chanmornoi told CNN.
The 8:01 a.m. blast killed a female municipal worker.
Chanmornoi said four people were injured in the incident, though Royal Thai Police put the number of wounded at three.
Two bombs also went off in the Bang Miang market in Phang-nga province at 9 a.m., Royal Police said. No one was injured.
Back in Hua Hin, another two bombs placed in tree pots went off at 9 a.m. and 9:05 a.m. near a clock tower, a city landmark, according to Royal Police.
"Police have tightened security," Yoosumran said. "We have set up check points and inspecting bags and other things."
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Timing
Many of the Friday blasts occurred near seaside resorts -- but in the morning, before crowds would have gathered to soak up the sun.
However, the bombs were not particularly big and most beach resorts were on high alert after a bomb was found in Phuket Wednesday night, Paul Quaglia, a Thailand security expert and 20-year veteran of the CIA, told CNN.
Quaglia also said the bombings are likely not related to the recent constitutional referendum, as it would be difficult to plan and execute coordinated explosions in such a short time.
Friday is Mother's Day in Thailand, which is a public holiday.
Resort areas
Hua Hin is a popular coastal resort, about 90 miles (145 kilometers) southwest of the Thai capital, Bangkok. The city is home to many international hotel chains, including the Marriott, Hilton and Hyatt.
It's also home to the Klai Kangwon Palace, the seaside residence of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
The palace is located less than a mile (about 2 kilometers) from the bombing site.
The island of Phuket is one of Thailand's most popular destination for foreign tourists. Patong beach is lined with cafes and bars, while nearby Bang La Road is known as one of Thaliand's more raucous nightlife hotspots.
Phuket, Hua Hin hit as Thailand rocked by eleven bombs in one day
By Kocha Olarn and Joshua Berlinger, CNN
Updated 0707 GMT (1507 HKT) August 12, 2016
Series of blasts hit tourist areas in Thailand
Story highlights
- At least four people killed, more than 30 injured
- Not clear if blasts are connected
- Police say no international terrorism links
Bangkok (CNN)Five provinces in Thailand have been hit by eleven bombings in less than a day, authorities say.
At least four people have been killed and about 34 injured.
No one has claimed responsibility for the blasts -- and it's not clear if the bombings are connected.
Thai police say there's no evidence the attacks are related to international terrorism.
"These incidents are different from the usual terrorism acts, they are more local sabotage on certain locations and provinces," Deputy Police Spokesman Maj. Gen. Piyapan Pingmuang said at a news conference Friday.
The series of blasts come days before the one year anniversary of the Erawan Shrine bombing, which killed 20 people, and five days after the country voted on a new constitution.
Pingmuang said the blasts are not linked to the Erawan bombing.
Thursday's blasts
The bombings began Thursday.
The first explosion occurred at 3 p.m. local time in Trang province, killing one man and injuring six people, according to Royal Thai Police.
Two bombs went off that evening in the resort city of Hua Hin -- one at 10:15 p.m. near a bar called Johnny's 56, and another at 11 p.m. in front of the Rain Tree Spa.
A woman working at a food vending cart was killed, Police Lieutenant Colonel Samoer Yoosumran said.
Royal Thai Police said another 21 people were wounded.
Photos: Explosions hit resort towns in Thailand
Police Lieutenant Colonel Samoer Yoosumran said the bombs had been planted in tree pots near the targets. Edwin Wiek, who has lived in Thailand for almost 30 years, tweeted a photo of a planter that was blown apart in one of the blasts.
Multiple attacks Friday
On Friday morning at least eight explosions occurred in five provinces.
Bombs went off again Hua Hin as well as in Surat Thani, Trang Province, Phang-nga province and the resort island of Phuket.
Two bombings in Phuket happened at 7:45 a.m. and 8:45 a.m. on Friday, according to Royal Thai Police.
The explosions hit Patong Beach and Bang La Street -- both popular tourist sites -- said Major General Theerapol Thipcharoen, the chief of Phuket Provincial Police.
One person suffered minor injuries in the Phuket incident, authorities said.
In Surat Thani city, two explosions occurred at 8:01 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. local time. The blasts were located about 650 feet (200 meters) apart from each other, local Police Captain Chavalit Chanmornoi told CNN.
The 8:01 a.m. blast killed a female municipal worker.
Chanmornoi said four people were injured in the incident, though Royal Thai Police put the number of wounded at three.
Two bombs also went off in the Bang Miang market in Phang-nga province at 9 a.m., Royal Police said. No one was injured.
Back in Hua Hin, another two bombs placed in tree pots went off at 9 a.m. and 9:05 a.m. near a clock tower, a city landmark, according to Royal Police.
"Police have tightened security," Yoosumran said. "We have set up check points and inspecting bags and other things."
1/4
Timing
Many of the Friday blasts occurred near seaside resorts -- but in the morning, before crowds would have gathered to soak up the sun.
However, the bombs were not particularly big and most beach resorts were on high alert after a bomb was found in Phuket Wednesday night, Paul Quaglia, a Thailand security expert and 20-year veteran of the CIA, told CNN.
Quaglia also said the bombings are likely not related to the recent constitutional referendum, as it would be difficult to plan and execute coordinated explosions in such a short time.
Friday is Mother's Day in Thailand, which is a public holiday.
Resort areas
Hua Hin is a popular coastal resort, about 90 miles (145 kilometers) southwest of the Thai capital, Bangkok. The city is home to many international hotel chains, including the Marriott, Hilton and Hyatt.
It's also home to the Klai Kangwon Palace, the seaside residence of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
The palace is located less than a mile (about 2 kilometers) from the bombing site.
The island of Phuket is one of Thailand's most popular destination for foreign tourists. Patong beach is lined with cafes and bars, while nearby Bang La Road is known as one of Thaliand's more raucous nightlife hotspots.
GDP up 3.5% in Q2 and 3.4% in first half
http://www.bangkokpost.com/print/1062077/
Gross domestic product rose 3.5% year-on-year in the second quarter this year, compared with 3.2% in the first quarter, with growth in the first half of 2016 at 3.4%, the National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) announced on Monday.
When seasonal factors were adjusted, the GDP in the second quarter increased 0.8% over the first quarter.
Supportive factors were increases in household spending, the export of services, and government investment.
Household spending rose 3.8%, up from 2.3% the previous quarter, as spending on durable goods, especially passenger cars, rose for the first time in 13 quarters by 4.8%, compared with a 26.6% decline in the previous quarter.
The government's spending on consumption rose 2.2%, slowing from an 8% increase the previous quarter. Overall investment expanded 2.7% as government investment grew by 10.4%.
Private investment edged up 0.1%, compared with a 2.1% rise in the first quarter, as investment in construction dropped 2.1% while investment in machinery went up 0.7%.
The value of product exports amounted to US$51.03 billion, dropping 3.1%. The decline was at 1.4% in the first quarter. The NESDB attributed it to the economies of trading partners slowing and lower prices of exported products. Export volume fell 2.3% and the prices of exports decreased 0.8%.
Declining export items included rice, rubber, cassava, petroleum, and chemical and petrochemical products.
Increases in exports included passenger cars, air-conditioners, prawns, crabs and lobsters.
Exports to the United States and Australia grew but those to the European Union, China, Japan and other Asean countries fell.
When the export of gold bullion was excluded, the value of exports dropped by 5.0%.
The value of imports amounted to $41.28 billion, falling 7.8%, due to declines in the volume and prices of imports.
The NESDB predicted the GDP would grow 3-3.5% this year on government spending and investment, stimulus, tourism and higher farm incomes.
It expected government spending and investment of 1.64 trillion baht and stimulus worth 100.49 billion baht in the second half of this year.
The value of product exports was projected to drop 1.9%, while household consumption was tipped to rise 2.7% overall this year and investment by 3.3%.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/print/1062077/
Gross domestic product rose 3.5% year-on-year in the second quarter this year, compared with 3.2% in the first quarter, with growth in the first half of 2016 at 3.4%, the National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) announced on Monday.
When seasonal factors were adjusted, the GDP in the second quarter increased 0.8% over the first quarter.
Supportive factors were increases in household spending, the export of services, and government investment.
Household spending rose 3.8%, up from 2.3% the previous quarter, as spending on durable goods, especially passenger cars, rose for the first time in 13 quarters by 4.8%, compared with a 26.6% decline in the previous quarter.
The government's spending on consumption rose 2.2%, slowing from an 8% increase the previous quarter. Overall investment expanded 2.7% as government investment grew by 10.4%.
Private investment edged up 0.1%, compared with a 2.1% rise in the first quarter, as investment in construction dropped 2.1% while investment in machinery went up 0.7%.
The value of product exports amounted to US$51.03 billion, dropping 3.1%. The decline was at 1.4% in the first quarter. The NESDB attributed it to the economies of trading partners slowing and lower prices of exported products. Export volume fell 2.3% and the prices of exports decreased 0.8%.
Declining export items included rice, rubber, cassava, petroleum, and chemical and petrochemical products.
Increases in exports included passenger cars, air-conditioners, prawns, crabs and lobsters.
Exports to the United States and Australia grew but those to the European Union, China, Japan and other Asean countries fell.
When the export of gold bullion was excluded, the value of exports dropped by 5.0%.
The value of imports amounted to $41.28 billion, falling 7.8%, due to declines in the volume and prices of imports.
The NESDB predicted the GDP would grow 3-3.5% this year on government spending and investment, stimulus, tourism and higher farm incomes.
It expected government spending and investment of 1.64 trillion baht and stimulus worth 100.49 billion baht in the second half of this year.
The value of product exports was projected to drop 1.9%, while household consumption was tipped to rise 2.7% overall this year and investment by 3.3%.
East-West ferry to run by 2020
The Hua Hin to Pattaya service is tipped to cut journey time by two-thirds.
The Hua Hin to Pattaya service is tipped to cut journey time by two-thirds.
- Published: 22/08/2016 at 07:01 AM
GOVERNMENT SAVINGS BANK
ATM hackers steal Bt12m
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/business/ATM-hackers-steal-Bt12m-30293636.html
THAILAND HAS suffered its first ATM (automatic teller machine) hack, which affected 21 cash machines in Bangkok and other provinces resulting in stolen cash totalling more than Bt12 million, while another 200 ATMs are suspected of having been infected with computer viruses.
Police said the incident involving ATMs at the Government Savings Bank (GSB) earlier this month was similar to hacking attacks in Taiwan and Malaysia, where money was stolen from ATMs after malware was used to trick the affected machines into releasing cash without authorisation.
ATM hackers steal Bt12m
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/business/ATM-hackers-steal-Bt12m-30293636.html
THAILAND HAS suffered its first ATM (automatic teller machine) hack, which affected 21 cash machines in Bangkok and other provinces resulting in stolen cash totalling more than Bt12 million, while another 200 ATMs are suspected of having been infected with computer viruses.
Police said the incident involving ATMs at the Government Savings Bank (GSB) earlier this month was similar to hacking attacks in Taiwan and Malaysia, where money was stolen from ATMs after malware was used to trick the affected machines into releasing cash without authorisation.
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