Yosemite rock fall kills at least one person, hurts another

 

FILE PHOTO: Yosemite Falls is seen from a helicopter carrying the press corps traveling with then U.S. President Barack Obama in Yosemite National Park, California, U.S. on June 19, 2016. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo

 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - At least one person was killed and another hurt on Wednesday when a rockslide from the famed El Capitan granite monolith in Yosemite National Park in California rained boulders onto a popular hiking trail, a park spokesman said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004512-yosemite-rock-fall-kills-at-least-one-person-hurts-another/

 

South Korea expects more North Korea provocations mid-October

By Christine Kim

 

South Korean soldiers stand guard inside a conference room in the United Nations Command Military Armistice Commission Conference Building at the truce village of Panmunjom, South Korea, September 28, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea expects North Korea to engage in more provocative action next month to coincide with the anniversary of the founding of its communist party and China's all-important Communist Party Congress.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004513-south-korea-expects-more-north-korea-provocations-mid-october/

 

Frenchman shoots himself dead in his wheelchair

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

KALASIN: -- A French man shot himself in the head after sending his Thai wife off to the market.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004514-frenchman-shoots-himself-dead-in-his-wheelchair/

 

It's official - TAT was right all along about booming tourism!

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

Latest figures released by the World Tourism Organization show Thailand's tourism is booming like never before - they are up to number three in the world.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004518-its-official-tat-was-right-all-along-about-booming-tourism/

 

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Yingluck in Dubai, passport to be revoked: PM

By The Nation

 

 

Fugitive former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra is now in Dubai, Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha disclosed on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004511-prayut-says-yingluck-in-dubai-now/

 

Chinese "Night Safari" website ripping off Thais to the tune of 20 million baht

 

Picture: Springnews

 

A complaint has been made to Chiang Mai police about a website selling cut price tickets for the Night Safari.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004520-chinese-night-safari-website-ripping-off-thais-to-the-tune-of-20-million-baht/

 

Thailand travel advisory on the Royal Cremation for the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej

 

 

The Royal Thai Government has announced that the Royal Cremation for the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej is scheduled for 25-29 October, 2017. Thursday, 26 October, will be the royal cremation day, and it has been declared a public holiday by the Cabinet to allow the people to take part in paying a final tribute to the late King.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004521-thailand-travel-advisory-on-the-royal-cremation-for-the-late-king-bhumibol-adulyadej/

 

Video: Monk nearly dispatched to the next life by learner driver

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

A popular video online showed a tubby monk nearly run down in his own parking lot by a learner driver.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004523-video-monk-nearly-dispatched-to-the-next-life-by-learner-driver/

 

Playboy founder Hugh Hefner dies 

 

Playboy Enterprises Chairman Emeritus Hugh Hefner (2nd R) is flanked by twin magazine cover models Sandy and Mandy Bentley before ringing the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange on April 13. PM/RCS

 

(Reuters) - Playboy Enterprises Inc said on Wednesday its founder Hugh Hefner has died from natural causes.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004525-playboy-founder-hugh-hefner-dies-at-age-91/at age 91

 

Scores of women, transvestites arrested for selling sex services

By The Nation

 

PATTAYA: -- Tourist police late on Wednesday rounded up 36 Thai women, 19 foreign women, and six Thai transvestites for alleged solicitation in Pattaya.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004527-scores-of-women-transvestites-arrested-for-selling-sex-services-in-pattaya/

 

Video: When will Thai drivers learn their lesson?

 

Picture: Siamstations

 

A video doing the rounds of social media shows that the story of a Thai man killed on a motorcycle the other week has not really sunk in.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004528-video-when-will-thai-drivers-learn-their-lesson/

 

Yingluck has promised 'not to be involved in politics’ 

By The Nation

 

 

Fugitive former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra is in Dubai and has promised not to be involved in any political activities, Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004529-yingluck-has-promised-not-to-be-involved-in-politics’/

 

Stolen 12 million baht winning lottery ticket - more details emerge

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Yet more intriguing details have emerged in the case of a Buriram man who said someone stole and cashed his two winning lottery tickets worth 12 million baht.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004478-allegations-fly-as-stolen-lottery-ticket-story-takes-new-twists/?do=findComment&comment=12311557

 

Phuket pickup truck passenger injured when driver rear-ends trailer truck

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The pickup truck rear-ended the trailer truck as it made a left turn. Photo: Ruamjai Kupai rescue team

 

PHUKET: The passenger in a pickup truck was left with serious injuries this morning when the driver of the truck rear-ended a 22-wheeler trailer truck on Chao Fa West Rd in Wichit.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004539-phuket-pickup-truck-passenger-injured-when-driver-rear-ends-trailer-truck/

 

A worker was injured by a bomb explosion at an iron scrap factory

By Thai PBS

 

 

One worker at an iron scrap factory in Nonthaburi province was seriously wounded by an explosion when he tried to cut an old artillery shell with a blow torch.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004543-a-worker-was-injured-by-a-bomb-explosion-at-an-iron-scrap-factory/

 

UPDATE:

 

Thai PM says former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is in Dubai

 

FILE PHOTO: Ousted former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra greets supporters as she arrives at the Supreme Court in Bangkok,Thailand, August 1, 2017. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said on Thursday former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is currently in the United Arab Emirates.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004511-prayut-says-yingluck-in-dubai-now/?do=findComment&comment=12311684

 

A history lesson on 100th anniversary of national flag

By KHANITTHA THEPPHAJORN 
THE NATION

 

 

THAILAND HAS been using its current national flag, Thong Trairong, for exactly a century as of today.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004545-a-history-lesson-on-100th-anniversary-of-national-flag/

 

National flag’s centenary sees largest ever unfurled

By Mongkolchaowarat Thangmangmee 
The Nation

 

 

The largest Thailand flag ever made was unfurled on the football pitch at Phitsanulok University on Thursday morning to commemorate the national ensign’s 100th anniversary.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004549-national-flag’s-centenary-sees-largest-ever-unfurled/

 

FDA criticised over ad urging halt to taking anti-virus drug

Breaking News September 28, 2017 11:16

By The Nation

 

A doctor of the Thai Red Cross has criticised the Food and Drug Administration for its alleged inaction against advertisements of a supplementary food that urged people with HIV to stop taking the anti-viral drug.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004551-thailands-fda-criticised-over-ad-urging-halt-to-taking-anti-virus-drug/

 

How to buy Bitcoin in Thailand

BY STAFF WRITER 

 

 

It’s likely that over the past couple of years you have heard about cryptocurrencies or more specifically Bitcoin.

 

Full story:  http://tech.thaivisa.com/buy-bitcoin-thailand/24583/

Gen Y top Web hogs list

BY THE NATION

By JIRAPAN BOONNOON
THE NATION

 

Image: Reuters

 

THAI members of the so-called Generation Y spend an average of 7.12 hours on the Internet every day, a survey has found.

 

Full story:  http://tech.thaivisa.com/24591-2/24591/

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Prawit says it’s good for Yingluck to be there in Dubai

By Thai PBS

 

 

Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan said on Thursday (Sept 28) that it’s good for ex-premier Yingluck Shinawatra to be in Dubai as it has no extradition treaty with Thailand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004529-yingluck-has-promised-not-to-be-involved-in-politics’/?do=findComment&comment=12311824

 

Tourist Police hold simulated marine rescue exercise in Phuket

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The aim of the today’s (Sept 28)simulated exercise was to ensure clear lines of communication and boundaries of responsibility are set for all organisations who become involved in rescue efforts should a real incident arise for tourists. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: The Tourist Police Bureau today carried out a simulated marine air-rescue exercise at Bansapam Mongkholwittaya School on Thepkrassattri Rd in Koh Kaew.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004558-tourist-police-hold-simulated-marine-rescue-exercise-in-phuket/

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50 prostitutes rounded up in Pattaya prostitution bust

By Thai PBS

 

 

A combined force of police and soldiers rounded up 50 prostitutes in the prostitution crackdown in Pattaya on Thursday (Sept 28).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004527-scores-of-women-transvestites-arrested-for-selling-sex-services-in-pattaya/?do=findComment&comment=12312100

 

New traffic tickets in use by December

By Chalarntorn Yothasmutra

 

 

Newly-designed tickets for traffic violaters to pay fines will start to be used throughout the country by December, assistant police chief Pol Lt Gen Withaya Prayongphan said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004559-new-traffic-tickets-in-use-by-december/

Formal request needed to trigger Yingluck passport Review: Foreign Ministry

By The Nation

 

 

The Foreign Ministry needs to be formally requested to do so in order to consider revoking the Thai passport of fugitive ex-PM Yingluck Shinawatra, ministry spokesperson Busadee Santipitaks said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004560-formal-request-needed-to-trigger-yingluck-passport-review-foreign-ministry/

 

Man gets citizen ID card after adoption 33 years ago

By The Nation

 

A man who was adopted by foster parents 33 years ago has received his first citizen identification card after he found his biological mother in Nakhon Ratchasima.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004562-man-gets-citizen-id-card-after-adoption-33-years-ago/

 

Graft-buster to indict 14 persons in 2015 city light show for corruption

By Chalarntorn Yothasmutra

 

 

The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has agreed to indict 14 people of corruption charges for the 39.5 million baht decorative lighting project of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) in 2015.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004563-graft-buster-to-indict-14-persons-in-2015-bangkok-light-show-for-corruption/

Japan calls snap election as new party roils outlook

By Linda Sieg and Elaine Lies

 

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (3rd L) and his party's lawmakers raise their fists as they pledge to win in the upcoming lower house election, at their party headquarters in Tokyo, Japan September 28, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

 

TOKYO (Reuters) - A fledgling party led by popular Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike gained momentum on Thursday ahead of an Oct. 22 election as the biggest opposition Democratic Party said it would step aside to let its candidates run under her reformist banner.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004568-japan-calls-snap-election-as-new-party-roils-outlook/

Former Thai PM left Dubai on Sept. 11 for UK, source in UAE says

 

FILE PHOTO: Ousted former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra greets supporters as she arrives at the Supreme Court in Bangkok, Thailand, August 1, 2017. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo

 

DUBAI (Reuters) - Former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra was in Dubai but left for London on Sept. 11, a source in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004570-former-thai-pm-yingluck-left-dubai-on-sept-11-for-uk-source-in-uae-says/