Wish you were here - you could help us pick up the trash on the beach....

 

Image: Sophon Cable

 

Every picture tells a story. This one comes from Jomtien beach in Pattaya where two foreign men are doing a spot of sunbathing.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007183-this-has-to-be-seen-to-be-believed-wish-you-were-here-you-could-help-us-pick-up-the-trash-on-the-beach/

 

Have you seen these Russians? Phangan police and hotels want a word

 

 

A Thai woman went on Facebook to appeal for information in connection with two Russian men she said are conning their way around Thailand.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007173-have-you-seen-these-russians-phangan-police-and-hotels-want-a-word/

 

Sudarat rightly rebuked over her ‘flower campaign’

By ATTAYUTH BOOTSRIPOOM 
THE NATION

 

 

A FLOWER campaign that came at the wrong time has backfired on a veteran Pheu Thai politician. On Sunday, Sudarat Keyuraphan was seen riding on a vehicle around Bangkok inviting people to plant and deliver marigold flowers in honour of His Majesty the late King.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007204-sudarat-rightly-rebuked-over-her-‘flower-campaign’/

 

Sudarat defends herself over ‘self-promoting’ flower parade

By WASAMON AUDJARINT 
THE NATION

 

Khunying Sudarat Keyuraphan on a pickup truck equipped with a banner of her name during a marigold-|planting activity in tribute to the late King.

 

PHEU THAI PARTY key figure and former minister Sudarat Keyuraphan yesterday defended herself against claims that she used a marigold-planting activity in tribute to His Majesty the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej as a political tool to boost her own popularity.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007205-sudarat-defends-herself-over-‘self-promoting’-flower-parade/

 

UPDATE:

 

Yingluck driver breached code

By THE NATION

 

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THE POLICE fact-finding committee against Pol Colonel Chairit Anurit of the Metropolitan Police, who allegedly drove former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to Sa Kaew province during her flight on August 23, has ruled that the officer committed grave disciplinary offence.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007122-yingluck-escape-driver-severely-breached-ethics-police-committee/?do=findComment&comment=12366304

 

City’s drains ‘unprepared’

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION

 

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Authorities admit shortcomings of system exposed by massive deluge

BANGKOK CANNOT withstand more than 150 millimetres of rain, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has admitted, adding that authorities were doing their best to drain floodwater.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007206-bangkok-authorities-admit-shortcomings-of-system-exposed-by-massive-deluge/

 

Less hostility, better healthcare

By The Nation

 

The debate over Toon Bodyslam’s hospital fund-raisers boils down to weaning a military government off its arms purchases

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007208-less-hostility-better-healthcare/

 

Insurers, customers lodge CSD complaint against SMP Insure for alleged fraud

By Kampanart La-ong 
The Nation

 

 

Representatives of nine insurance companies, along with some 30 individuals claiming to have suffered a combined Bt3 million in damages, on Monday lodged a complaint against two executives of SMP Insure Co for alleged fraud.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007209-insurers-customers-lodge-csd-complaint-against-smp-insure-for-alleged-fraud/

 

PM calls urgent meeting to combat flooding

By Thai PBS

 

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Monday (Oct 16) called an urgent meeting to monitor the flooding situation while the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has stepped up preparations for another round of deluge after Bangkok was told to brace for more rain until Oct 20.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007210-pm-prayut-calls-urgent-meeting-to-combat-flooding/

 

DSI asked to probe engine performance enhancement fluid

By Thai PBS

 

 

The Department of Special Investigation was asked by a group of customers of a brand of engine performance enhancement fluid to investigate the product importers for allegedly selling substandard product on Monday (Oct 16).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007211-dsi-asked-to-probe-engine-performance-enhancement-fluid/

 

UPDATE:

 

Thai hotels booked up ahead of funeral of revered king

 

Officials take part during a funeral rehearsal for late Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej at the Royal Crematorium near the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand, October 15, 2017. REUTERS/Kerek Wongsa

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Hotels in Bangkok's bustling old town, home to a backpacker enclave favoured by foreign tourists, are booked up as Thailand prepares to host the lavish funeral of its revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej next week, the hotel association said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980183-royal-cremation-of-the-late-king-bhumibol-adulyadej-is-set-on-october-26/?do=findComment&comment=12366339

 

Thai rice price up 15% this year on high demand

 

BANGKOK, 17 October 2017 (NNT) – The Thai Rice Exporters Association has indicated a 15 percent increase in the average price of Thai rice this year due mainly to high demand among importers. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007212-thai-rice-price-up-15-this-year-on-high-demand/

EGAT confirms no water discharge from Bhumibol and Sirikit dams

 

BANGKOK, 17 October 2017 (NNT) – The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) has assured it has complied with water situation analyzing subcommittee resolution to not discharge water from Bhumibol and Sirikit dams. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007213-egat-confirms-no-water-discharge-from-bhumibol-and-sirikit-dams/

 

North Korea warns states: Don't join any U.S. action and you're safe

 

FILE PHOTO - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during the Second Plenum of the 7th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang October 8, 2017. KCNA/via REUTERS/File Photo

 

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - North Korea warned countries at the United Nations on Monday in a statement: don't join the United States in military action against the Asian state and you will be safe from retaliation.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007215-north-korea-warns-states-dont-join-any-us-action-and-youre-safe/

 

Iraqi forces seize oil city Kirkuk from Kurds in bold advance

By Maher Chmaytelli and Mustafa Mahmoud

 

Members of Iraqi federal forces gather near oil fields in Kirkuk, Iraq October 16, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer

 

BAGHDAD/KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi government forces captured the major Kurdish-held oil city of Kirkuk on Monday, responding to a Kurdish referendum on independence with a bold lightning strike that transforms the balance of power in the country.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007216-iraqi-forces-seize-oil-city-kirkuk-from-kurds-in-bold-advance/

 

May, Juncker call for faster Brexit talks

By Andrew MacAskill and Alastair Macdonald

 

Britain's Prime Minster Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street in London, Britain, October 11, 2017. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

 

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May and European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker agreed over dinner in Brussels on Monday that the pace of negotiations over Britain's departure from the European Union should be stepped up.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007217-may-juncker-call-for-faster-brexit-talks/

 

Anti-corruption blogger killed by huge bomb in Malta

By Chris Scicluna

 

Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia poses outside the Libyan Embassy in Valletta April 6, 2011. Investigative journalist Caruana Galizia was killed after a powerful bomb blew up a car killing her in Bidnija, Malta, in October 16, 2017. Picture taken April 6, 2011. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi

 

VALLETTA (Reuters) - Daphne Caruana Galizia, Malta's best-known investigative journalist, was killed on Monday when a powerful bomb blew up her car, police said, in a case that stunned the small Mediterranean island.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007218-anti-corruption-blogger-killed-by-huge-bomb-in-malta/

 

Woman accusing Trump of misconduct subpoenas presidential campaign

 

FILE PHOTO: Summer Zervos listens as her attorney Gloria Allred speaks during a news conference announcing the filing of a lawsuit against President-elect Donald Trump in Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 17, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A woman who has said that U.S. President Donald Trump groped her during a 2007 meeting has subpoenaed his presidential campaign for any documents concerning similar allegations, according to a subpoena filed in New York State Supreme Court.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007219-woman-accusing-trump-of-misconduct-subpoenas-presidential-campaign/

 

Death toll from Somalia bomb attacks tops 300

By Abdi Sheikh

 

Somali government forces and civilians gather at the scene of an explosion in KM4 street in the Hodan district of Mogadishu, Somalia October 15, 2017. REUTERS/Feisal Omar

 

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - More than 300 people were killed by twin bomb explosions in Mogadishu, an official said on Monday, as locals packed hospitals in search of friends and relatives caught by Somalia's deadliest attack in a decade.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007220-death-toll-from-somalia-bomb-attacks-tops-300/

 

Ex-U.S. soldier 'Rambo' faces new murder-for-hire charges

By Brendan Pierson

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors on Monday brought new charges against a former U.S. Army sergeant nicknamed "Rambo" who is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to taking part in a murder-for-hire conspiracy.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007221-ex-us-soldier-rambo-faces-new-murder-for-hire-charges/

 

U.S. judge questions government on Trump's latest travel ban

By Yeganeh Torbati

 

International passengers arrive at Washington Dulles International Airport after clearing immigration and customs in Dulles, Virginia, U.S. September 24, 2017. REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan

 

GREENBELT, Md. (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Monday questioned attorneys defending the Trump administration about a classified report the government is using to justify its latest ban on citizens of some countries from entering the United States.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007222-us-judge-questions-government-on-trumps-latest-travel-ban/

 

Time to get the trainers out for the Bangkok Marathon 2017

 

 

It's still not too late to get in training for the upcoming Bangkok Marathon (the mini-marathon, anyway)

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007223-time-to-get-the-trainers-out-for-the-bangkok-marathon-2017/

 

Austria's conservative shift opens path to power for far right

By Francois Murphy and Michael Shields

 

Top candidate of the People's Party (OeVP) Sebastian Kurz attends his party's victory celebration meeting in Vienna, Austria, October 15, 2017. REUTERS/Dominic Ebenbichler

 

VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria's shift to the right in a parliamentary election has paved the way for young conservative star Sebastian Kurz to become the next leader and opened a path for the resurgent far right to return to power.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007228-austrias-conservative-shift-opens-path-to-power-for-far-right/

 

Adobe warns that hackers are exploiting its Flash software

BY REUTERS

 

 

TORONTO (Reuters) – Adobe Systems Inc warned on Monday that hackers are exploiting vulnerabilities in its Flash multimedia software platform in web browsers, and the company urged users to quickly patch their systems to prevent such attacks.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/adobe-warns-hackers-exploiting-flash-software/25016/

Cars abandoned as northern Bangkok floods again after heavy rain

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath reported that Chaeng Wattana Road was badly hit by flooding last night as one hour of torrential rain hit the northern Bangkok area.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007229-cars-abandoned-as-northern-bangkok-floods-again-after-heavy-rain/

 

Congo elected to U.N. rights council; Britain, U.S. unhappy

 

Congolese ladies hold paper replicas of Democratic Republic of Congo's new flag during a ceremony to mark the signing of a post-war constitution at the presidential palace in the capital Kinshasa February 18, 2006. REUTERS/David Lewis

 

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo was among 15 countries elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council for a three-year term on Monday, a moved criticized by Britain, the United States and rights groups after the vote by the 193-member General Assembly.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007230-congo-elected-to-un-rights-council-britain-us-unhappy/

 

Thai woman suspects foul play at Bangkok ATM

 

Picture: Sanook

 

An ATM customer getting money out of a machine called the bank after suspecting that an overhead camera was recording her pin number.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007231-thai-woman-suspects-foul-play-at-bangkok-atm/

 

U.S. jury finds New Jersey man guilty in 2016 Manhattan bombing

By Brendan Pierson

 

New Jersey man, Ahmad Khan Rahimi, was found guilty Monday and faces mandatory life in prison for planting two bombs in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood in September 2016, one of which exploded and wounded 30 people.

 

(Reuters) - A New Jersey man was found guilty by a federal jury in New York on Monday of planting two bombs in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood in September 2016, one of which exploded and wounded 30 people.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007233-us-jury-finds-new-jersey-man-guilty-in-2016-manhattan-bombing/

 

People power - Surat Thani police station besieged by 300 angry protesters

 

Picture: TNews

 

Some three hundred people gathered outside Muang Surat police station last night to demand action in a case where a volunteer policeman in a patrol pick-up collided with a teen.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007235-people-power-surat-thani-police-station-besieged-by-300-angry-protesters/

 

Just another manic Monday as local official falls asleep at the lights!

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Police were called after a local official on his way to work fell asleep at a red light in Chonburi causing a massive traffic jam.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007236-just-another-manic-monday-as-local-official-falls-asleep-at-the-lights/