Bull elephant found gored to death in Loei

By The Nation

 

 

A wild bull elephant was found gored to death near a plantation of villagers in the Wang Saprung district Loei province on Friday morning, officials said.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017070-bull-elephant-found-gored-to-death-in-loei/

Police arrest man who shot at group of rival bikers in Bangkok

 

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Region 9 police joined forces with officers from Bang Khun Thian, western Bangkok, to arrest a 22 year old man on a warrant for murder and attempted murder.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017094-police-arrest-man-who-shot-at-group-of-rival-bikers-in-bangkok/

Flour truck causes a million baht of damage to expressway tollbooth in Bangkok.

 

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An 18 wheel truck carrying a large load of cassava flour ignored calls to use a wider section of the Bang Khun Thian toll booth and caused damage estimated at a million baht.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017095-flour-truck-causes-a-million-baht-of-damage-to-expressway-tollbooth-in-bangkok/

Famous politician's son set to go after poster who embarrassed his family

 

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The son of one of Thailand's most well known and influential politicians has said that he intends to get the person who embarrassed him and his family online with allegedly spurious claims.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017096-famous-politicians-son-set-to-go-after-poster-who-embarrassed-his-family/

Call center crackdown - members of public start to get their money back!

 

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Members of the public who have been victims of call center con men have started to get their money back.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017098-call-center-crackdown-members-of-public-start-to-get-their-money-back/

U.N. Security Council imposes new sanctions on North Korea over missile test

By Rodrigo Campos and Hyonhee Shin

 

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley votes among other members of the United Nations Security Council to impose new sanctions on North Korea, in New York, U.S., December 22, 2017. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky

 

UNITED NATIONS/SEOUL (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council unanimously imposed new sanctions on North Korea on Friday for its Nov. 29 intercontinental ballistic missile test, seeking to limit its access to refined petroleum products and crude oil and its earnings from workers abroad.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017099-un-security-council-imposes-new-sanctions-on-north-korea-over-missile-test/

 

Trump signs tax, government spending bills into law

By Susan Heavey and Lisa Lambert

 

U.S. President Donald Trump signs the $1.5 trillion tax overhaul plan in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., December 22, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump signed Republicans' massive $1.5 trillion tax overhaul into law on Friday, cementing the biggest legislative victory of his first year in office, and also approved a short-term spending bill that averts a possible government shutdown.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017100-trump-signs-tax-government-spending-bills-into-law/

 

Arsenal and Liverpool share spoils in six-goal thriller

 

Soccer Football - Premier League - Arsenal vs Liverpool - Emirates Stadium, London, Britain - December 22, 2017 Liverpool's Roberto Firmino scores their third goal Action Images via Reuters/John Sibley

 

ARSENAL 3 LIVERPOOL 3

 

Dec 22 (Reuters) - Arsenal recovered from a woeful first half display to battle back from two goals down and draw 3-3 with Liverpool on a crazy night of Premier League action at the Emirates Stadium on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017101-arsenal-and-liverpool-share-spoils-in-six-goal-thriller/

Two ex-South American soccer officials convicted in FIFA bribery case

By Jan Wolfe

 

Former head of the Paraguayan Football Association Juan Angel Napout, (C), defendant in the FIFA corruption trial, arrives at United States Federal Court in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., December 22, 2017. REUTERS/Stephen Yang

 

(Reuters) - A New York jury on Friday found two former South American soccer officials guilty of taking bribes in exchange for the award of valuable marketing and media rights to international matches, the first trial verdicts in a U.S. probe of world soccer's governing body FIFA.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017102-two-ex-south-american-soccer-officials-convicted-in-fifa-bribery-case/

 

Taking back control: UK's classic blue-and-gold passport to return

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday hailed the return of Britain's classic blue passport as a benefit of leaving the EU, pleasing Brexit campaigners for whom it is a symbol of national sovereignty but attracting derision from many remainers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017103-taking-back-control-uks-classic-blue-and-gold-passport-to-return/

 

Exports in November grow to record high in six years

 

 

Thai exports continued to grow strongly with a two-digit growth of 13.4% registered last month, making it the highest in six years time.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017106-exports-in-november-grow-to-record-high-in-six-years/

 

Royal Cup to draw 2017 to a close

By Agency

 

 

Pattaya - The Royal Cup will feature on the Asian Tour Schedule as a special event when it is staged at the Phoenix Gold Golf and Country Club in Pattaya next week.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017107-royal-cup-to-draw-2017-to-a-close/

 

Prawit has hand in another story

By The Nation

 

 

His right hand was in the spotlight again on Friday as Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan appeared at Government House with a bandage on it.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017108-prawit-has-hand-in-another-story/

 

Duterte imposes no overseas travel policy for officials

 

 

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announced that he would impose a “no travel” policy starting January 1 for all officials in the Executive Department, The Manila Times Online reported on Friday (Dec 22).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017109-duterte-imposes-no-overseas-travel-policy-for-officials/

 

Sab Wapee’s case forwarded to prosecutor

 

 

Prosecutor will set up a working panel to peruse the Nakhon Phanom police inquiry officers’ case file of Sab Wapee and his wife who have been charged with perjury.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017110-sab-wapee’s-case-forwarded-to-prosecutor/

 

Voice TV to lay off 127 employees

 

 

Voice TV Company, the operator of digital television station Voice TV, will lay of 127 employees as part of its structural change and adjustment of its programming.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017111-voice-tv-to-lay-off-127-employees/

 

Woman ‘helped boyfriend’ murder his fiancee

By THANONGSAK SUPAKARN 
THE NATION

 

 

POLICE IN CHUMPHON province yesterday arrested a 23-year-old woman for helping her boyfriend kill his bride-to-be and purchase a Bt7,000 gun, said provincial police commander Pol Maj-General Sonthichai Awattanakulthep.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017112-woman-‘helped-boyfriend’-murder-his-fiancee/

 

NCPO chief gives more time to political parties to meet legal requirements

 

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha in his capacity as head of the National Council for Peace and Order invoked Section 44 of the interim Constitution to amend the transitional provision of the Political Parties Act to give political parties more time to prepare for the upcoming election.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017114-ncpo-chief-gives-more-time-to-political-parties-to-meet-legal-requirements/

 

Starbucks opens its biggest Thai store

By THE NATION

 

Murray Darling, managing director of Starbucks Coffee Thailand

 

STARBUCKS Coffee (Thailand) yesterday opened its largest store in Thailand, with the outlet in Siam Square becoming its flagship property in the country.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017115-starbucks-opens-its-biggest-thai-store/

 

Thais working abroad prone to exploitation

By Pratch Rujivanarom 
The Nation

 

Academics and experts on migration and the labour movement at an academic seminar yesterday, where they discussed the problems of overseas Thai labourers in order to find a way to secure them better rights protection. Nation / Pratch Rujivanarom

 

Academics seek policy that would prevent trafficking and oppression

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017116-thais-working-abroad-prone-to-exploitation/

 

Junta order raises doubts about poll in November

By THE NATION

 

 

NCPO chief allows parties to engage in admin work but ban on activities likely to stay until June.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017118-junta-order-raises-doubts-about-poll-in-november/

 

School bribe whistleblowers complain of death threats

By Jakkapan Rawiwan 
The Nation

 

 

SIX KALASIN TEACHERS, who recently exposed a school director for allegedly demanding and accepting bribes, have filed a police complaint claiming that they had received death threats and were now in fear for their own safety.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017121-school-bribe-whistleblowers-complain-of-death-threats/

 

New museum to exhibit parts of Royal Crematorium

By Phatarawadee Phataranawik 
The Nation 

 

 

KING RAMA IX’s Royal Crematorium will be deconstructed early next year and parts displayed in a new museum in Pathum Thani province, Culture Minister Vira Rojpojchanarat said yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017117-new-museum-to-exhibit-parts-of-royal-crematorium/

 

Bitcoin falls 30 percent, posts worst week since 2013

BY REUTERS

 

 

NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Bitcoin plunged by 30 percent to below $12,000 on Friday as investors dumped the cryptocurrency after its sharp rise to a peak close to $20,000 prompted warnings by experts of a bubble.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/bitcoin-falls-30-percent-posts-worst-week-since-2013/26415/

Cuddly toy and knuckle duster incident leaves Aussie in a heap

 

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An Australian engineer was left needing hospital treatment after a late night fight in Pattaya.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017133-cuddly-toy-and-knuckle-duster-incident-leaves-aussie-in-a-heap/

Two Walking Street bars raided in New Year "safety for tourists" swoop

 

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A raid in the name of keeping tourists safe was conducted last night by Bang Lamung district officials in Walking Street.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017134-two-walking-street-bars-raided-in-new-year-safety-for-tourists-swoop/

Motorcycle taxi rank have had enough of "Nonthaburi mafia" as gran speaks up!

 

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Motorcycle taxi riders in the Nonthaburi area north of Bangkok have gone to the police to complain about extortion.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017135-motorcycle-taxi-rank-have-had-enough-of-nonthaburi-mafia-as-gran-speaks-up/

New tourism minister makes his debut - assures safety for tourists in 2018

 

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The new Minister for Tourism and Sports Weerasak Kowsurat has spoken of his desire to lower accidents and crime directed at tourists in Thailand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017136-new-tourism-minister-makes-his-debut-assures-safety-for-tourists-in-2018/

Two dead as couple slam into the back of chicken lorry doing U-turn in Nakorn Nayok

 

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A man and a woman died from severe head trauma after they slammed into the back of a turning ten wheel truck on the Suwansorn Road in Nakorn Nayok last night.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017140-two-dead-as-couple-slam-into-the-back-of-chicken-lorry-doing-u-turn-in-nakorn-nayok/

Video: Some very powerful amulets! Remarkable escape from death in Chiang Mai

 

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Dash cam footage at a Chiang Mai intersection on Thursday showed several people have a remarkable escape from death.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017141-video-some-very-powerful-amulets-remarkable-escape-from-death-in-chiang-mai/