Lufthansa’s flagship Airbus A380 now services Bangkok-Frankfurt route

By The Nation

 

First Class cabin

 

Lufthansa’s flagship Airbus A380 touched down for the first time at Suvarnabhumi Airport last week.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010283-lufthansa’s-flagship-airbus-a380-now-services-bangkok-frankfurt-route/

 

'Junta Party' Leader Says He Isn't, Critic Says He Is

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

Junta chairman Prayuth Chan-ocha speaks to reporters Tuesday at Government House

 

BANGKOK — Songklod Thiprat is an army general who once worked for the ruling junta. He’s also presented himself as an “acting chairman” of a political party called Palang Chart Thai (literally, Power of the Thai Nation).

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010284-junta-party-leader-says-he-isnt-critic-says-he-is/

 

Bitcoin a new asset class, not a crypto-currency: CME's Melamed

Tomo Uetake, Hideyuki Sano

 

FILE PHOTO - Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) group's Chairman Emeritus Leo Melamed speaks during an interview with Reuters in Tokyo June 30, 2014. REUTERS/Yuya Shino

 

TOKYO (Reuters) - Bitcoin is likely to become a new asset class in its own right, such as gold or stocks, which can be traded by major investors and regulated, not simply a crypto-currency, Leo Melamed, Chairman Emeritus of CME Group (CME.O), said on Tuesday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010286-bitcoin-a-new-asset-class-not-a-crypto-currency-cmes-melamed/

 

Police arrest mother who threw her baby boy from 17th floor of Pattaya condo

 

 

Pattaya police have made a quick arrest of a mother who put her newborn baby boy in a plastic bag and threw him to his death from the 17th floor of a condominium.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010287-police-arrest-mother-who-threw-her-baby-boy-from-17th-floor-of-pattaya-condo/

 

‘Violent attack’ in Brit tourist’s plea for fundraising exposed as fake

Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

 

PHUKET:-- The British man who claimed his leg was broken when he was mugged at gunpoint in a violent attack in Phuket last Thursday (Nov 2) fled the island with his wife this morning (Nov 7) on a flight to Dubai before before police could present him with CCTV evidence showing him jumping from a hotel balcony in Patong.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010288-‘violent-attack’-in-brit-tourist’s-plea-for-fundraising-exposed-as-fake/

 

Suspended Chumphon-Koh Tao ferry service back to normal Wednesday

By The Nation

 

File photo

 

The ferry service between Chumphon and Koh Tao was suspended on Tuesday due to rough sea conditions as a result of an approaching storm.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010289-suspended-chumphon-koh-tao-ferry-service-back-to-normal-wednesday/

 

Pattaya Beach Road prostitutes rounded up ahead of international boat show

 

 

Pattaya police rounded up 50 prostitutes from Beach Road on Tuesday ahead of the international boat show next week.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010296-pattaya-beach-road-prostitutes-rounded-up-ahead-of-international-boat-show/

 

Dashcam footage captures yet more crazy driving in Thailand

 

 

Dash cam footage posted to Facebook showed the latest crazy driving on Thai roads.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010299-dashcam-footage-captures-yet-more-crazy-driving-in-thailand/

 

Facebook launches Marketplace in Thailand

BY THE NATION

 

 

Facebook on Tuesday announced the launch of Marketplace in Thailand, giving the 48 million Facebook users in the Kingdom a place to discover, buy and sell goods in their local communities.

 

Full Story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/facebook-launches-marketplace-thailand/25473/

Xiaomi opens second Mi Store in Thailand

BY THE NATION

 

 

China’s information and communications technology product manufacturer Xiaomi recently opened its second authorised Mi Store outlet in Thailand, at Seacon Square Bangkae shopping mall.

 

Full Story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/xiaomi-opens-second-mi-store-thailand/25476/

HOLIDAY TRAGEDY Manchester grandad Shaun Walley electrocuted ‘by cheap Thailand hotel’s HANDRAIL’ as family fight to raise £10,000 to bring body home

By Mark Hodge

 

MERCURY PRESS

 

A GRANDAD died after being electrocuted by a handrail that allegedly became live in a budget hotel in Thailand.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010304-holiday-tragedy-manchester-grandad-shaun-walley-electrocuted-‘by-cheap-thailand-hotel’s-handrail’-as-family-fight-to-raise-£10000-to-bring-body-home/

 

Four city officials faulted by NACC for light show project

 

 

Four officials of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) have been faulted by the National Anti-Corruption Commission for malfeasance in office in connection with the controversial 39.5-million-baht “Bangkok Light of Happiness” project.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010306-four-city-officials-faulted-by-nacc-for-light-show-project/

 

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