Gen Udomdej assures of tight security at mobile cabinet meeting in Deep South

By Thai PBS

 

 

The deputy minister of Defence has assured of security preparedness when the prime minister leads his cabinet ministers to hold meeting in Songkhla and Pattani during November 27-28.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011581-gen-udomdej-assures-of-tight-security-at-mobile-cabinet-meeting-in-deep-south/

 

Pravit Rojanaphruk Receives Press Freedom Award

By Lobsang Dundup Sherpa Subirana, Deputy Editor

 

  

Pravit Rojanaphruk receives a CPJ press freedom award Wednesday in New York City. Image: Committee to Protect Journalists

 

NEW YORK — Khaosod English senior staff reporter Pravit Rojanaphruk was presented a prestigious press award Wednesday by an American organization dedicated to the freedom of journalists worldwide.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011585-pravit-rojanaphruk-receives-press-freedom-award/

 

Unicef Thailand video says give migrant kids a break

By The Nation

 

 

Unicef has posted a video online to raise awareness about migrant children’s difficulty in accessing education and healthcare in Thailand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011589-unicef-thailand-video-says-give-migrant-kids-a-break/

 

 

Condition of security guard in hit-and-run case improves slightly

By Thai PBS

 

 

The condition of the Public Health Ministry’s security guard is improving slightly after he can partly breathe by himself.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011590-condition-of-security-guard-in-hit-and-run-case-improves-slightly/

 

Sudden surge in Android malware hitting the Google Play Store – find out if you are at risk

BY STAFF WRITER 

 

 

Security researchers from McAfee have warned that up to 17.4 million Android users may have downloaded a form of Trojan malware that is reported to have been present in 144 different apps.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/sudden-surge-android-malware-hitting-google-play-store-find-risk/25674/

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DSI posts encroachment warning signs at Layan, Leypang beaches

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Officials place the warning signs at Layan and Leypang beaches today. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Officials from the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) today (Nov16) posted signs warning against land encroachment at Leypang and Layan beaches.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011566-dsi-warns-phuket-business-operators-to-vacate-beachfront/?do=findComment&comment=12452755

 

Mall promotes ‘joy of giving’ to boost economy

By The Nation

 

 

The Mall Shopping Centre has revealed its latest marketing strategy for 2018 that aims to boost the Thai economy and bid farewell to 2017.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011595-mall-promotes-‘joy-of-giving’-to-boost-economy/

 

Thailand aims to have no illegal migrants by March next year

By Thai PBS

 

 

The Labour Ministry has set a target for Thailand to be without illegal migrant workers by March 31 next year and all legal workers will be provided with protection under the Thai and international labour laws, said permanent secretary for labour affairs Jarin Jakkapak on Nov 16.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011596-thailand-aims-to-have-no-illegal-migrants-by-march-next-year/

 

21 men identified in girl’s forced prostitution case

By Kampanart La-ong 
The Nation

 

 

Crime Suppression Division (CSD) police on Thursday brought two suspects allegedly involved in forcing a 15-year-old girl into prostitution in Ayutthaya province to apply for a court order for their first 12-day detention period.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011598-21-men-identified-in-girl’s-forced-prostitution-case/

 

Thailand plans joint arms factory with China

By Panu Wongcha-um

 

A Royal Thai air force prototype combat drone developed by the Defense Science and Technology Department is pictured during the Defense and Security 2017 exhibition in Bangkok, Thailand, November 7, 2017. REUTERS/Panu Wongcha-um

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's defence technology agency plans to set up a joint centre with China to produce and maintain military equipment in the latest sign of the strengthening security relationship since a 2014 coup.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011601-thailand plans-joint-arms-factory-with-china/

 

Transvestite allegedly killed by boyfriend in Chiang Mai

By The Nation

 

Police have arrested a man for allegedly murdering his transvestite girlfriend in Chiang Mai’s Jom Thong district on Wednesday night.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011603-transvestite-allegedly-killed-by-boyfriend-in-chiang-mai/

 

 

Albino Bats Discovered by Lottery Number Hunting Villagers

by CityNews

 

 

CityNews – Villagers discover albino bats in Tham Luang Mae Sap Cave, Samoeng, after they go to search for lottery number inspiration.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011614-albino-bats-discovered-by-lottery-number-hunting-villagers/

 

Angelina Jolie condemns sexual violence against Rohingya women refugees

By Ruma Paul

 

 

DHAKA (Reuters) - Filmstar Angelina Jolie has condemned sexual violence inflicted on Rohingya women in Myanmar's Rakhine State, where a military counter-insurgency operation has sent hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees across the border to Bangladesh.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011615-angelina-jolie-condemns-sexual-violence-against-rohingya-women-refugees/

 

Human Rights Watch accuses Myanmar military of widespread rape

 

Rohingya refugees walk along the temporary shelters at Kutupalong refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh November 15, 2017. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

 

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Human Rights Watch accused Myanmar security forces on Thursday of committing widespread rape against women and girls as part of a campaign of ethnic cleansing during the past three months against Rohingya Muslims in the country's Rakhine state.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011616-human-rights-watch-accuses-myanmar-military-of-widespread-rape/

 

Zimbabwe's Mugabe resisting army pressure to quit, sources say

By MacDonald Dzirutwe

 

 

HARARE (Reuters) - President Robert Mugabe is insisting he remains Zimbabwe's only legitimate ruler and balking at mediation by a Catholic priest to allow the 93-year-old former guerrilla a graceful exit after a military coup, sources said on Thursday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011617-zimbabwes-mugabe-resisting-army-pressure-to-quit-sources-say/

 

PM concerned about school bus accident

 

 

Prime Miniser Prayut Chan-o-cha has expressed regrets to the families of people who were killed and injured in an accident involving a bus taking students on a study tour and a pick-up truck in Nakhon Ratchasima’s Dan Khun Thot district on Wednesday (Nov 15).

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011618-pm-concerned-about-school-bus-accident/

 

Agriculture Ministry staff pack their bags amid uncertainty

By The Nation

 

 

Agriculture Minister General Chatchai Sarikulya’s staff on Thursday started packing their belongings at the ministry amid reports that Chatchai will be shifted to the Labour Ministry, ministry sources said.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011619-agriculture-ministry-staff-pack-their-bags-amid-uncertainty/

 

Construction of Thai-Chinese high-speed railway to begin in December

 

 

The Transport Ministry is confident the construction of the 3.5-kilometre section of the Thai-Chinese high-speed railway between Klang Dong – Pang Asok stations in Nakhon Ratchasima province will begin in December since the environmental impact assessment report for it has been completed, Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith said.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011620-construction-of-thai-chinese-high-speed-railway-to-begin-in-december/

 

Condo market soars in Silom-Sathon

By The Nation

 

 

Housing prices are rising in the Silom-Sathon area due to higher land value and condominium projects.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011622-condo-market-soars-in-silom-sathon/

 

UN queried over mysterious falling metal pieces

By The Nation

 

 

Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA) officials have joined police investigating metal pieces of unknown origin that fell from the sky following the sound of an explosion in the Thai-Lao border area of Ubon Ratchathani province early Wednesday morning.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011623-un-queried-over-mysterious-falling-metal-pieces/

 

Meetings pave way for giant flood-mitigation projects

By The Nation

 

File photo

 

Plans and other details for new mega irrigation projects in the lower Chao Phraya River Basin are being prepared to present to the National Water Resource Committee (NWRC) under the government’s plan to solve the flood problem in the region.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011625-meetings-pave-way-for-giant-flood-mitigation-projects/

 

Wrist-Slap For Bangkok Shop's Illegal Fireworks Hoard

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

Image: Bangkok Metropolitan Administration / Courtesy

 

BANGKOK — For illegally stockpiling more than 120 tons of fireworks just down the road from Bangkok’s City Hall, a company is facing a hefty fine of 1,000 baht, police said Thursday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011626-wrist-slap-for-bangkok-shops-illegal-fireworks-hoard/

 

World-famous artists headline first Bangkok Art Biennale

By Phatarawadee Phataranawik 
The Nation

 

From Left - Artistic director of BAB 2018 Professor Apinan Poshyananda and Chinese-French artist Huang Yong Ping visited Wat Pho where the artist will create new installation to display there yesterday.

 

Yugoslav Marina Abramovic, Chinese-French Huang Yong Ping, South Korean Choi Jeong Hwa, Indonesian Heri Dono, Japanese Yoshitomo Nara and Thai Sakarin Krue-on will be showcased at the first Bangkok Art Biennale.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011627-world-famous-artists-headline-first-bangkok-art-biennale/

 

Phuket’s ‘Leypang the Croc’ is a ‘mongrel’, confirm experts, his future to be decided tomorrow

 

What officials will do with 'Leypang the croc' will be decided tomorrow. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub / file

 

PHUKET:-- What the public want to do with “Leypang the Croc”, captured in a swamp in BangTao on Phuket’s west coast in August, will be discussed and decided at a public meeting tomorrow, The Phuket News has learned.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011628-phuket’s-‘leypang-the-croc’-is-a-‘mongrel’-confirm-experts-his-future-to-be-decided-tomorrow/

 

Phuket school minivan driver accused of sexual assault against seven-year-old girl

The Phuket News

 

The complaint was filed by a parent of the seven-year-old at Mueang Phuket Provincial Police Station. Photo: Phuket REC / Facebook

 

PHUKET:-- A parent has today (Nov 16) filed a sexual assault complaint at the Mueang Phuket Provincial Police Station against a school minivan driver accusing him of molesting and raping a child of seven years old.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011629-phuket-school-minivan-driver-accused-of-sexual-assault-against-seven-year-old-girl/

 

Noodle soup thrower charged for battery, pays compensation to burned woman

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

Screenshots: T News and ABbungbuff Channel

 

The hangry Thai woman who threw her takeout noodle at an employee of a food stall in Chiang Mai — reportedly because the portion was too small — was charged with battery and has compensated the victim.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011630-noodle-soup-thrower-charged-for-battery-pays-compensation-to-burned-woman/

 

NACC passes on ministers’ alleged share violations to PM

By The Nation

 

File photo

 

The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) will refrain from scrutinising two government ministers over claims about their shares due its stated lack of authority in the matter.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011632-nacc-passes-on-ministers’-alleged-share-violations-to-pm/

 

Google Maps gets a complete new look and some awesome new features

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

Google has just given Google Maps its first makeover in the best part of a decade.

 

Full Story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/google-maps-gets-complete-new-look-awesome-new-features/25678/

U.S. approves digital pill that tracks when patients take it

BY REUTERS

 

REUTERS/Proteus Digital Health

 

(Reuters) – U.S. regulators have approved the first digital pill with an embedded sensor to track if patients are taking their medication properly, marking a significant step forward in the convergence of healthcare and technology.

 

Full Story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/25683-2/25683/