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Suspected sleeping van driver, 13 Myanmar workers killed in fire

By The Nation

 

Photo by Josor 100 radio

 

A chartered van taking Myanmar workers from Tak to Bangkok crashed into the rear of a truck in Sing Buri early on Friday, causing a fire that killed the driver and all 13 passengers, police said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012831-suspected-sleeping-van-driver-13-myanmar-workers-killed-in-fire-in-sing-buri/

 

The Pavlov's Dog Pattaya - then Russian shoplifter gives cops the finger

 

Picture: TNews

 

A husband and wife shoplifting team would not be on anyone's list of quality tourists.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012832-the-pavlovs-dog-pattaya-then-russian-shoplifter-gives-cops-the-finger/

 

Samsung Galaxy A5 (2018): The best of the Galaxy S8 at an affordable price, new leak reveals

BY STAFF WRITER

 

Galaxy A5 (2018) render: Sammobile

 

Samsung’s popular mid range smartphone, the Galaxy A5, will include some of the best features from Galaxy S8, Note 8 and S9, according to a new leak.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/samsung-galaxy-a5-2018-best-galaxy-s8-affordable-price-new-leak-reveals/25849/

New leaked images reveal the Samsung Galaxy S9, which is set to be unveiled in January

BY STAFF WRITER

 

Galaxy S8

 

Samsung is expected to unveil the Galaxy S9 in January next year, much earlier then previously thought, according to a new report.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/new-leaked-images-reveal-samsung-galaxy-s9-set-unveiled-january/25845/

Scores of Android users infected with banking malware hidden in flashlight apps – here’s how to protect yourself

BY STAFF WRITER 

 

 

Security experts have warned about a dangerous form of banking malware that has managed to infiltrate the Google Play Store.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/scores-android-users-infected-banking-malware-hidden-flashlight-apps-heres-protect/25841/

Landmark or blight on the face of Pattaya? - video mock-up as PM asks the question

 

video screenshot

 

A video purporting to be a conversation between the Thai prime minister and the Pattaya mayor regarding an unfinished building project has appeared on Facebook.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012837-landmark-or-blight-on-the-face-of-pattaya-video-mock-up-as-pm-asks-the-question/

 

Pheu Thai urges govt to lead on human rights by example

By The Nation

 

The Pheu Thai Party on Wednesday welcomed the coup-backed government’s move to make human rights a national agenda but urged it to lead by example.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012838-pheu-thai-urges-govt-to-lead-on-human-rights-by-example/

 

Men found at northern Japan marina say they are from North Korea - police

 

TOKYO (Reuters) - Police in northern Japan have found eight men near a boat at a seaside marina who said they were from North Korea, and appear to be fishermen whose vessel ran into trouble, rather than defectors, a police official said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012839-men-found-at-northern-japan-marina-say-they-are-from-north-korea-police/

 

Tearful Kobkarn plays up her "quality tourism" achievements as chop looms

 

Picture: INN

 

Minister of tourism and sports Kobkarn Watanavarangul burst into tears when reporters suggested she was facing the axe in PM Prayut's cabinet reshuffle, reported Independent News Network.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012840-tearful-kobkarn-plays-up-her-quality-tourism-achievements-as-chop-looms/

 

Exiled Thais still without papers despite court judgement

By The Nation

 

 

A group of formerly exiled Thai people in Tak gathered at Mae Sot District Office on Thursday to request authorities speed up registration of their citizenship, which was recognised by the Administrative Court in September.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012841-exiled-thais-still-without-papers-despite-court-judgement/

 

Two young men shot dead on Pathum Thani roadside

By The Nation

 

Two young men were shot dead on a road in Pathum Thani’s Thanyaburi district early Friday morning.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012843-two-young-men-shot-dead-on-pathum-thani-roadside/

 

Lift kills repairman at Ministry of Science and Technology in Bangkok

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

A cable on a lift under repair reportedly snapped and plunged to the ground killing a 24 year old elevator worker yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012844-lift-kills-repairman-at-ministry-of-science-and-technology-in-bangkok/

 

Southern provinces warned of heavy rains, flash floods

By The Nation

 

The Meteorological Department on Friday warned residents of 12 southern provinces to brace themselves for heavy rains and possible flash flooding from Friday to Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012846-southern-provinces-warned-of-heavy-rains-flash-floods/

 

Domestic terminal opens another section for the high season

The opening will offer more convenience to the passengers, both departures and arrivals, with a wider check-in area, more check-in counters and a more organised pick-up and drop-off points.

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

  

Phuket International Airport will open the domestic terminal on the north side of the old terminal to welcome travellers during Phuket’s tourism high season starting November 28. The south section, which is currently used as the domestic terminal, will be closed down for renovation.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012849-phuket-international-airport-domestic-terminal-opens-another-section-for-the-high-season/

 

Thalang Police uncover 400+ kilos of drugs

At the scene police searched a car parked right in front of the room and found 2 guns and six .45mm bullets hidden in a brown bag.

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

Last night (November 23), Thalang police arrested 7 alleged drug dealers with 20,000 amphetamine pills alongside 220 kilograms of kratom leaves, 2 guns and bullets.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012853-thalang-police-uncover-400-kilos-of-drugs/

 

Nearly half of ‘squatter’ houses moved to make way for Bangkok promenade

By The Nation

 

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has relocated almost 50 per cent of the houses of squatters along the Chao Phraya River banks to pave the way for the controversial 14-kilometre river walkways project, a BMA deputy governor said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012854-nearly-half-of-‘squatter’-houses-moved-to-make-way-for-bangkok-promenade/

 

Cadet's death - army defends training methods

 

Picture: Daily News

 

An army source has defended the force's training methods after an 18 year old cadet died.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012855-cadets-death-army-defends-training-methods/

 

UPDATE:

 

Foreigners Among 14 Killed In Sing Buri Van Crash: Police

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter

 

 

  

SING BURI — A van which police said was carrying foreign workers crashed into a truck early Friday morning in Sing Buri, killing all 14 aboard.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012831-suspected-sleeping-van-driver-13-myanmar-workers-killed-in-fire-in-sing-buri/?do=findComment&comment=12477290

 

Backlash among German MPs against parliamentary Twitter ban

 

Wolfgang Schaeuble of CDU, president of the Bundestag, German lower house of Parliament, is seen during a session of the Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, November 21, 2017. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - German lawmakers have protested after Wolfgang Schaeuble, the new president of the Bundestag, announced a ban on sending tweets from inside the parliament chamber.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012860-backlash-among-german-mps-against-parliamentary-twitter-ban/

983 foreigners busted for overstays in 3 days

 

PATTAYA:-- Eight Chinese nationals wanted for sex trafficking in Pattaya were among nearly 1,000 foreigners fined or arrested for overstaying their visas in a three-day regional immigration crackdown.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012859-983-foreigners-busted-for-overstays-in-3-days/

 

Long-time homeless American deported

PATTAYA:--An American man living on Pattaya Beach for years is on his way home after finally being scooped up by immigration police.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012862-long-time-homeless-american-deported/

 

Thief leaves safe on motorbike, gets drunk on Pattaya Beach

 

PATTAYA:--Pattaya police arrested a 19-year-old Bangkok man who admitted stealing his grandfather’s safe, then leaving it on the back of a motorbike while he got drunk and passed out on the beach.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012864-thief-leaves-safe-on-motorbike-gets-drunk-on-pattaya-beach/

 

Russia says Google down-ranking Sputnik, RT would be censorship

BY REUTERS

 

REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/File Photo

 

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s foreign ministry said on Thursday that moves by Alphabet Inc’s Google to place articles from Russian news outlets Sputnik and Russia Today lower in search results would amount to censorship.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/russia-says-google-ranking-sputnik-rt-censorship/25854/

Warrant sought for Jomsap’s arrest

By The Nation

 

 

Police have asked the Nakhon Phanom Provincial Court to issue an arrest warrant for former teacher Jomsap Saenmuangkhot on suspicion she helped recruit scapegoats in a bid to exonerate herself in a fatal 2005 hit-and-run accident.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012868-warrant-sought-for-jomsap’s-arrest/

Montessori Thailand to host congress, says country leads Asean in education model

By The Nation

 

 

Thailand is viewed as the centre of Montessori education among Asean nations, said Megan Tyne, project manager of the International Montessori Congress 2021 and of the Association Montessori Internationale (AMI) in a press release on Friday.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012870-montessori-thailand-to-host-congress-says-country-leads-asean-in-education-model/

 

BMA preparing to contend with floods next year

 

 

BANGKOK, 24th November 2017 (NNT) – The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has instructed all of the city’s 50 district offices to draft flood prevention and remedy plans to be publicized in towns and cities in preparation for rains next year. 

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012873-bma-preparing-to-contend-with-floods-next-year/

 

A Salute To 50 Years Of Late Nights At Bangkok’s Malaysia Hotel

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter

 

  

BANGKOK — Night owls go to the Malaysia Hotel for its khao tom or to continue drinking at dawn after tiptoeing out of nearby Wong’s. Gay travelers have known it as an affordable place to stay and pick up young Thai men.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012875-a-salute-to-50-years-of-late-nights-at-bangkok’s-malaysia-hotel/

 

BMA targets four officials over New Year lighting scandal

By The Nation

 

Four Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) officials are to be punished over their alleged roles in the 2016 New Year lighting scandal, in which Bt39.6 million was spent to illuminate City Hall.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012877-bma-targets-four-officials-over-new-year-lighting-scandal/

 

UPDATE:

 

Thai woman, French husband commit double suicide in Uthai Thani

By The Nation

 

 

A Thai woman and her French husband were found dead side-by-side in a bedroom of their house in Uthai Thani in what police believe to be double suicides.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012826-frenchman-with-no-money-and-thai-wife-in-apparent-suicide-pact-in-uthai-thani/?do=findComment&comment=12477799

 

 

New patent suggests Apple will release a FOLDABLE iPhone

BY STAFF WRITER

 

Image: Patently Apple

 

Following on from the recent news that Samsung is developing a foldable phone, it seems that Apple is doing the same with a device that is both a smartphone and a tablet.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/new-patent-suggests-apple-will-release-foldable-iphone/25856/